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| - Roxas certainly cared about Axel during his time in the Organization, and we can be certain that he treasured that time, as evidenced by his going to "free Kingdom Hearts" for the sole purpose of the sea salt trio being together again.
Also, what about appearance? Axel has his shock of red spiky hair, but Roxas' hair is just uber snazzy and he is the pinnacle of good looks.
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| - Big Hero 6 confirmed for Kingdom Hearts III
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| - Roxas' life was difficult enough on its own, especially with him not being supposed to exist. His struggles, his story and his hair all combine together to make him the character that I love. No convincing on anyone else's part will sway me from that.
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| - Aixon and Chainoffire face off in a Roxas vs. Axel debate.
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| - Acquire Zolephant in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.
- Defeat Riku in Mission 93 of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days while wearing the Extreme Ring.
- Beat Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts II without the use of magic or items.
- Consecutively complete three of Kingdom Hearts' Jungle Slider courses without being hit once.
- Earn five consecutive Fantastic scores on any Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ice Cream Beat songs.
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| - We will have to differ on the topic of light being extinguishable then. Ansem, Seeker of Darkness was wrong, after all...
Regarding the life span, Roxas was never supposed to exist, thus naturally he never had a chance to attain his other goals . He was always meant to return to Sora, and even Riku himself had to succumb to the darkness to take him in. Axel's accepting of death was directly tied to his having nothing to live for. Roxas was gone for good, as far as he knew.
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| - Although there's no episode for today,
- But!
- You'll have to keep your excitement at bay.
- For this issue, the roomies are away.
- The sorry folk still have something to say:
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| - Dancers from Kingdom Hearts II. No contest.
Besides the fact that they’re one of the only Nobodies that don’t have a reaction command, their kicks knock off quite a large chunk of HP, and they have a move that cannot be reflected or blocked. Once you’re trapped in said move, you have no control over Sora, and you lose an even larger portion of your health than their normal kicks. These enemies are especially tedious if you’re doing a level 1 critical mode playthrough, any of their attacks signify a certain death! Also they look stupid. Ugh.
- For me, it's definitely community events! Mainspace editing is fun and fine but it's when you collab with the other Wikians that you experience the full effect of being part of a wiki. It's great to see the lively buzz that the magazine and End of Year Events tend to cause.
When I am doing real wiki work, I tend to stick with gameplay articles, especially sections of the wiki that are extremely vacant and empty. It's very satisfying to complete a project that actually contributes new information to the wiki as opposed to mundane clean-up work. Those of you into that stuff, I'm so glad you exist, because I certainly don't have that patience!
- rightWell, reader, I think the obvious choice lies in one of Sora's male counterparts. Who would not kill to have such gloriously gravity-defying hair as Sora, or Roxas, or Ventus? Axel is another contender, but I think his sideburns are a bit too funky for me to tame.
So let's narrow down the list. In the first Kingdom Hearts game, Sora's hair sets the precedent for the spike-a-thon do's of the KH males. Unfortunately, as the series continues, his hair becomes less and less fabulous, leaving us with the cat ear style of Kingdom Hearts III. Therefore, I dub Sora's hair too unpredictable and eliminate him from the running.
Next up is Ventus and Roxas, the clone twins. I'm all about originality, so I eliminate both of their hairstyles to ensure I don't get a clone of my own who copies my early 2000's scene punk hair. So that leaves us with the best option, Vanitas!
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Vanitas has the wonderful height of Sora's hair, without the loss of volume Sora is prone to. His hair is imbued with the teenage-y angst of Ventus and Vanitas, without the dual twin theme. He also pays tribute to Xion, via the hair color.But, most importantly, the picture of Vanitas above was taken shortly after he removed the motorbike helmet he wears for the majority of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. That's right folks, Vanitas' hair defies the laws of helmet hair. And that, in my opinion, is a power worth becoming the ?-blade for.
- Being a cat owner, I know how it feels to feed and clean up after your furry little animal without getting any thanks in return . That's why I think Chef Kyroo would be the greatest pet ever! He cooks, he cleans, he scares away the burglars, what more could you ask for? Sure, he isn't very furry but I could make do with cuddling a teddy bear instead.
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| - For this quarter, we're focusing on , a mechanic that's fairly major to the series yet badly covered on our wiki. The plan is to list every Reaction Command of every game in a table that covers the command's name, description, and trigger context. For Kingdom Hearts II, much of the information is already on the page under hidden text, but they need to be merged into the table to work effectively. We know a lot less about Reaction Commands from other games, such as Birth by Sleep, Re:coded, and Dream Drop Distance, so we need to pool together information for these. Visit the article's for more guidance and don't be shy in helping out!
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| - It may be easy to resonate with your character, but the series wouldn't be the same without Axel introducing Roxas to the "icing on the cake"!
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| - Spare a thought and wish a happy birthday when the day comes around!
- Oct 26: Draaek
- These users will be celebrating their birthdays in the next quarter-year:
Oct 07: TheFifteenthMember
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| - Our most popular post of the past quarter is...
- Lexaeus teaches Roxas
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| - Neumannz: Hey there, guys! This is your friendly neighborhood Neumannz, welcoming you to Round Room Corner! ... What do you mean a round room has no corners?! ... You get outta here! ... *door slam* ... Okay, guys, now that Chain is gone, let me say a few words. I've been kicking around on the Kingdom Hearts Wiki since Fall 2009, back in the days of Days, and I've been bureaucrat since February 2011, when we decided our landlord was being kind of a jerk and moved out. When we decided we were doing a podcast, I jumped at the chance to get involved on this kick-awesome project!
- Chainoffire: Hey Hey! It’s your friendly neighborhood Ch- HEY! NEZZY TOOK MY LINE! Well, it’s Chain! I was “coded” onto the Keyhole back when Re:coded was the latest game to hit the shelves in April 2011. I became an admin back in December 2013, and have been going back and forth between The Keyhole and the KHWiki ever since. When I heard about the podcast, I happily decided to volunteer my efforts to get more acquainted with some of the other users. Thus… here I am!
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| - Since he wasn't supposed to exist, Roxas is lucky that someone like Axel came along to become his friend at all! He even died to save his somebody, so Axel was definitely there for Roxas. But can Roxas say the same?
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| - Traverse through the maze to lock the Keyhole!
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| - If you could have the hairstyle of any character in the Kingdom Hearts series, whose would you choose?
- What's your favourite job to do on KHWiki or the Keyhole and why?
- If you could rid one enemy from the entirety of the Kingdom Hearts series, which would it be?
- If you could have one Dream Eater as a lifetime pet, which would you choose?
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Chainoffire: So Aixon, you're the newest staff member over at the Keyhole, what's it feel like to have all that power?
Aixon: Power is fine, as long as the bearer knows how to deal with it. This isn't my first time in such a position, so there is very little difference from being a regular editor. Very little has changed for me really, besides perhaps bearing a little more responsibility to ensure that correct edits are being made to the mainspace.
Chain: You've been such a position before? Where was this?
Aixon: An online browser game which I still play today. I shan't name the game though
Chain: I won't press for it then. So what brought you to this fine wikiverse?
Aixon: Originally, I came to the Keyhole when looking for tips on how to beat the Ruler of the Sky. I was brought back by a friend who used the site for all his Kingdom Hearts related information. I wanted to try editing out, so I joined. The rest is history heh…
Chain: Ahh yes, ruler of the sky. That and leechgrave are some of the nastiest creatures that you're required to defeat. So not a fan of days huh? What is your favorite KH game and non KH-game? Also, your favorite bosses both in and outside of the KH series?
Aixon: I never had too many issues with the Leechgrave myself. Just utilise those limit breaks well, and success is guaranteed. Oh, don't get me wrong, Days is a great game! The only reason that I decline to play it through again is to avoid the pain of that horrible flying disaster boss... My favourite Kingdom Hearts game in terms of storyline has to be Re: Chain of Memories, and in game-play it would be Dream Drop Distance. I haven't played a huge array of games, but I can say that Tales of the Abyss is up there among my favourites. For bosses, my favourite KH boss is Chill Clawbster; outside the KH series it would have to be Legretta from TotA. "Power, come to me!"
Chain: Interesting choices! Now with the announcement of Kingdom Hearts 2.8 and the anticipation of Kingdom Hearts III ever increasing, what do you look forward to most for these games, or the future of the franchise in general?
Aixon: I am very excited to see where the storyline is going to develop to from this point. The "final clash" in KHIII is certainly enough to get excited about. I am also very keenly anticipating Aqua's return from the realm of darkness, as well as hoping daily that Ansem the Wise's speech from the end of KHDDD will mean the returns of both Roxas and Xion. Beyond KHIII, I am interested to see what Tetsuya Nomura is going to do with the story
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| - Number Four
- Whether it matches the specific event, environment or setting for which it is written. If it is a character theme, does it associate well with the character for which it is written?
Expression
- Does it evoke emotions or is it monotonous? What kind of emotions does it raise?
Memorability
- Marking criteria:
Tonality
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- Just how much, as fans, do we remember the song? Do we associate it with a character, or place, or game in general?
- How melodic or atonal a piece is. Does it sound harmonious or discordant?
Context
- Fate of the Unknown, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
- That's a secret kept under lock and key.
- This is a continuation of last issue's piece. If you haven't seen it already, catch up before you continue!
- As far as I am aware , there isn’t an entry in the soundtrack for the music to the secret ending of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix. That secret ending, called “Birth by Sleep,” is the fan favourite for a good reason: there is a lot going on visually and musically. In fact, in the last issue of the Twilight Times, Birth by Sleep was voted our favourite secret ending of all time. It is my favourite too, mainly for the music. All of us who have played Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep have found that this secret ending has been promoted to an actual in-game event.
I think it a real pity that the only appearance of Fate of the Unknown was in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, because I wanted to hear this in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep as well.
Tonality
I think a lot of people would agree with me when I say that this piece is pure orchestral awesomeness. It begins rather solemnly, and then progresses to something relatively quick-paced. A lot of the piece sounds decisive, like the kind of music you would hear at a fight. But somewhere in the middle, a calm point occurs. The presence of that calm point in the middle is the clincher for me. Only a few instruments take centre stage – the piano and the violin, and the context of this will be discussed in a later section, of course. Then, it gets fast again, building up to a decisive end.
Today, many of us would recognise a good bit of this piece to sound like Terra’s character theme, while the calm point is Aqua’s character theme. Recognising these bits would perhaps make us appreciate this piece of music a lot more.
Context
I bet a lot of us remember how Birth by Sleep goes. In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, this secret ending was promoted to an actual event in the game, and we will have seen the progression of events at some point. Now, let’s tie the music to the story.
thumb|right|200px|Ventus, Aqua and Terra are facing forward, and the wind is blowing their capes about. In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, this wind is a sign of Xehanort's presence. By this point, they all understand the truth about what Xehanort has done.
We are in the Keyblade Graveyard, an ancient battleground for countless Keyblade wielders who clashed over the light, and wanted to possess it for themselves. We do not know what this world looked like before; all that remains is the husk of a world, with thousands upon thousands of lifeless keys stuck in the ground and on rock faces here and there. Xehanort and Vanitas, who are approaching our heroes, Terra, Aqua and Ventus, are about to turn this area into a battleground once more. All the while, we hear a solemn choir telling us that there is a very sinister power about, one far more sinister than anything we have ever faced before.
We are then treated to a slew of Keyblade-wielding theatrics: Xehanort has immense power and we immediately see him as the antagonist. Terra rushes to Xehanort before anyone can stop him. The solemn introduction fades into a battle theme with little extravagance. Things are getting serious, and the gloves are off. There is little time for talking. Xehanort summons a cliff, and then another. Before Terra can attack him any further, Xehanort freezes Terra’s right arm. Ventus attacks in Terra’s stead.
Vanitas rides upon the many lifeless keys, effectively desecrating the memory of the many Keyblade wielders who fell on these grounds. The music flourishes into a lush fragment of Terra’s theme, and then repeats. At this point, Vanitas knocks Ventus over with a great many keys before concentrating on Terra.
We are treated to more Keyblade-wielding theatrics: Vanitas attacks Terra with the lifeless keys upon which he rides. Aqua casts Barrier on Terra but it is still not enough to protect him: the keys deal significant damage to him anyway. And then, halfway through, Ventus, hoping he could gain the upper hand, tries to attack Xehanort from behind. Xehanort cracks Ventus’ armour and freezes him, and sends him falling off the cliff. Ventus’ Keyblade snaps in half as he falls off the cliff – a detail absent from Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.
left|250px Aqua, who is still on the ground, rushes to hold Ventus’ body in her arms in a sort of Pietà pose. Those of you who do not know what the Pietà is, it is Michelangelo’s sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary holding the crucified Christ in her arms. Aqua holds Ventus in this sort of fashion. The music is mournful.
Is he dead? Is he still breathing somehow? We see an instance of tender, almost motherly, compassion, in the midst of a battleground. It is here that Aqua’s theme plays, and that musical section, in my mind, heightens the feeling that Aqua is willing to show compassion, even in the face of death. Of the team of three friends, it seems as if Aqua is the medic, even though theoretically, each can heal the other due to knowing the Curaga spell. Aqua has a particular affinity for magic, and would fulfil that role best. In many stories of the past world wars, we have heard of the heroic acts and sacrifices of medics; this particular section suggest to me that Aqua might indeed do the exact same, with the amount of silent resolve that she has… except that she does not know if Ventus is dead or alive.
Then we see a slight glimmer of hope: Ventus’ eyes are moving! He is alive!
And then, the music gets louder, once again to ready us for battle. Xehanort parts the clouds above him. To everyone’s shock and horror, Xehanort summons Kingdom Hearts.
thumb|right|200px|Just look at Terra's eyes...
Aqua can only look up into the sky without saying anything. It is no secret that he is about to wrest control of Kingdom Hearts, should he not be stopped.
It becomes clear, with the visuals and the increase in drama in the music, that this is another one of Xehanort’s many forms that need to be defeated. And as the music builds up into a crescendo, once again playing Terra’s theme fragment, and reaches its dramatic climax and resolution, we see just what happens to Terra.
He looks up to the sky… his eyes turn yellow… is Terra, of all people, the “Ansem” that we once fought all those years ago!!!!????
Cut to black.
Fate of the Unknown has been a no-frills, no-nonsense battle theme showing that time is of the essence in stopping Xehanort from doing the unthinkable. There has been no other secret ending music or battle music much like this.
Expression
Fate of the Unknown starts off solemn and sinister, telling us that the approaching enemies are of a calibre beyond what anyone has faced up to this point. Then, it builds up to a sense of urgency, and stays there up to about halfway through. At that point, it becomes calm and solemn once more, playing Aqua’s theme, showing a great deal of sadness and the possibility of imminent loss. Then the music builds up, it climaxes very quickly, showing that the change that has happened to Terra is so quick, that Xehanort could probably have a stranglehold on how fast things progress. There is a whole mix of emotions in this piece of music, and it fits, as we find out in the actual story of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep that Terra, Aqua and Ventus enter into battle with Xehanort and Vanitas with mixed emotions.
Memorability
Seriously, don’t tell me this thing isn’t memorable at all. The many people who voted for Birth by Sleep as KHWiki’s and The Keyhole’s favourite secret ending speak for themselves.
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| - So, Chain... Here we are, at the start of our little character debate. I'm going to start by saying how easy it is for me to resonate with my favourite Kingdom Hearts character, Roxas.
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| - Light can be extinguished as well! Darkness is the heart's true essence! Axel can not only use his fire to build a wall around himself, and make the floor slowly burn you to death, but he can make someone combust into flames in just a snap!
You say "Roxas' light is superior", then why couldn't he survive for more than a year? Axel was alive for a MUCH longer amount of time than Roxas. Plus, Roxas lost his life because he couldn't accept his fate. Axel, on the other hand, welcomed it with open arms. Got it memorized?
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- Inferior to my intellect; unable to see through my guise.
- A flurry of flames passes by.
- A gift between us; I have one, too.
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