Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Top 10 Worlds I would Like to See in the Next Kingdom Hearts Game

When it comes to video games from the Disney corporation no game has intrigued me more then the Kingdom Hearts series. For those of you who don't know, let me fill you in. Kingdom Hearts was a collaboration project between the Disney corporation and game developer Square (now Square-Enix) in an attempt to find a way to get Mickey Mouse and friends to appeal to a slightly older audience.  The games are a series of hack-and-slash adventure games akin to the God of War series where you play a young boy named Sora and travel from world to world, of which each are based off a corresponding Disney animated film. There, Sora meets the heroes from the film and helps them fight off their enemies as well as a species of dark beings known as heartless. This all culminates to a rather fun and interesting series. The only downside I find with the game is that rather then sticking to one gaming console, it has a tendency for console hopping. This means that in order to enjoy the latest installment of the series, you have to buy the corresponding system that comes with it. This makes being a fan of the series a very expensive proposition.

With the release of the much anticipated Kingdom Hearts III looming in the horizon, I developed a list of the top ten worlds based off of a film based from Disney's animated feature film library that I would love to see in the next installment of the series.

10. Enchanted Bayou (The Princess and the Frog)
 A dastardly spell was put on Queen Minnie at the hands of Pete that erases all of her memory of King Mickey. Sora and company as well as Merlin are summoned by King Mickey to investigate the cause of her amnesia. Merlin suddenly realizes that the spell put on Queen Minnie was originally concocted by the Shadow Man a.k.a Dr. Facilier and that it can only be reversed by through help of Madam Odie. Sora and company arrive at the Enchanted Bayou and meet up with Prince Naveen and Tiana who are also searching for Madam Odie in order to reverse the spell put on them by Dr. Facilier. They eventually run afoul of Dr Facilier who now commands heartless instead of evil voodoo spirits and do battle with him. They then help Prince Naveen and Tiana break the spell put on them, seal up the keyhole, and return with an antidote to break the spell put on Queen Minnie.
Bosses:
First Visit:Dr. Facilier
Second Visit: Voodoo Mask Heartless

9. Ant Island (A Bug's Life)
You may notice quite a few worlds based on the Disney/Pixar movies in this list. Here, our heroes would shrink down to the size of insects and come across an ant named flick. After seeing them fight off a group of insect-like heartless, flick begs them to join him in fighting off a group of marauding grasshoppers.
Bosses:
First Visit: Hopper
Second Visit: Scarab Heartless

8. Hero City (The Incredibles)
Sora and company done super hero costumes as they help reunite a family of super heroes.
 Bosses:
First Visit:Omnidroid, Syndrome
Second Visit: Gigantic Godzilla-like Heartless 

7. Disney Town Slums (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Pete is organizing a group of miscreant weasels from the bad side of town to rise up against King Mickey and Queen Minnie and disrupt an important event. As such, Sora and company are assigned to protect King Mickey's informant, Roger Rabbit. Instead of dipping him like in the film, the weasels plan to capture him and turn him into a heartless!

6. Sugar Rush (Wreck-It Ralph)
I think it might be interesting to see how a world based off of a video game movie would do in an already video game environment. What I see is that Sora and company go inside a computer in Disney Castle to fix it and find that Ralph's game jumping is causing their computer problems. They find out later on that King Candy is responsible and team up with Ralph to set things right.
Bonus Game: Actually partake in a race from the movie.
If not, Ralph can always appear as a summon.
Bosses: King Candy


5. The Highlands (Brave)
Bosses:
First Visit:Mor'du
Second Visit: Unknown

4. Monstropolis (Monsters Inc.)
Bosses:
First Visit: Randel Boggs, Mr. Waternoose

3. Deep Jungle 2 (The Jungle Book)
Our heroes return to the Deep Jungle from the first Kingdom Hearts. This time around, they help a young boy named Mowgli gain up enough courage to fight off Shere Khan.

2. A world Based Off of the movie Tangled (Tangled)

1. Midgar (Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children)
One thing that has interested me was that many characters from the Final Fantasy series have made an appearance in the Kingdom Hearts games but we have yet to see a world from the Final Fantasy series make an appearance. Let's change that shall we? One question I might want to ask is, why haven't they done this sooner? 

One thing I would like to see is a return to fighting the villains from said animated films rather then a generic heartless boss themed from that world.

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