8 times I cried ugly in Kingdom Hearts
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SPOILER WARNING! In the following article, Stuart breaks down some pretty impressive spoilers as he takes us on an emotional and tearful journey through Kingdom Hearts. If you haven’t played the games and are sensitive to spoilers, we recommend checking back in a year or so once you’ve played all of them. Otherwise, keep in mind that certain unfortunate events are discussed in detail.
Of course, if you haven’t played the games, none of this will make sense anyway, but you’ve been warned!
Look, I’m well aware that a feature like this is systematically destroying my heretofore unassailable credibility in the game-writing space. But there comes a time, friends. There comes a moment!
I love Kingdom Hearts, me. The series is as silly as a brush, but where would we be without brushes? The fences would be unpainted, the hair unkempt, the mascara applied randomly! …
I’m not sure where I’m going with this. The question isMy emotional attachment to Square-Enix’s delirious Disney action RPG series is quite strong and there have been instances where I confess that I came close to shedding a tear or two. Okay, a total ugly cry. Mucous and tear discharge, maybe even a little blood. I said it was ugly.
With the announcement that the Switch would get cloud versions of the Kingdom Hearts series, prompting an onslaught of ugly crying itself: Why not port the PS3 versions? – This seems like as good a time as any to present this downright embarrassing list of eight times a Kingdom Hearts game made me cry like a baby at a terrifying wedding.
Kingdom Hearts (2002): Sora’s Heartless
Well of course I had to open up with this. With the final keyhole in Hollow Bastion still incomplete and Kairi in a borderline-comatose state, her heart has been transferred to Sora himself, the spiky-haired protagonist naturally uses Ansem’s Keyblade to TURN OFF INTO THE HEART, thus releasing to Kairi and carrying her. he regained consciousness and, at the same time, transformed him into one of the heartless little creatures, certainly corny.
A selfless sacrifice, and while, yes, it reverses relatively quickly, it’s still a powerful moment in a series packed with them.
Kingdom Hearts (2002): The leader of the club makes an appearance.
Look! It’s me! Right at the end of the original Kingdom Hearts, after his close battle against Ansem, who should make an inaugural appearance but Walt Disney’s beloved bug, Michael Mouse.
Emerging from a bright light in silhouette as the corporate God that he truly is, King Mickey’s debut (because it is him) is a landmark moment in the series, evoking fond memories of games like Castle of Illusion, Magical Quest and – of course – Kid Klown in Night Mayor World (search it).
Cynicism aside, the glorious, magical hegemony of Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse masterpiece is genuinely quite a wonderful moment in a game that seems to be made of stardust, chocolates, and pretty girl kisses. Joyful mouse-based victory.
Kingdom Hearts II (2005): The Fate of Roxas
Oh, this one hurts. Oh is bad. And, at launch, it was completely Lack of Context: The game that explains (almost) everything, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, didn’t appear until four years later, totally reframing the previously heavily derided prologue to Twilight Town’s Kingdom Hearts 2 for the utter brutal tragedy that it really is.
The gradual destruction of Roxas’ counterfeit existence, the shift from borderline utopia to terrifying limbo, and ultimately Sora’s discovery leading to Nobody’s heartbreaking proclamation that his “summer vacation” is over. With what he means his existence. BELOW.
Kingdom Hearts II (2005): Goofy f ***** g dies
Shortly before the most epic massive battle in Kingdom Hearts II, Goofy – yes, the comic and goofy Disney straight – is hit on the head with a rock and killed.
Yes, they kill him. He suffers massive brain trauma and shuts down instantly. Sora and Donald are sent into paroxysms of guilt and fear over this senseless murder, while the current King Mickey simply clenches his fist and announces “They will pay for this.”
Yes, it’s funny, but think of it this way: who will break the news to Max? Roxanne squeezing her hand as she sadly chants “Gawrsh”…
No, I am not ok. Nothing is wrong with me. (smell)
Kingdom Hearts II (2005): Sora leaves Twilight Town
Look … Kingdom Hearts II is really heartbreaking, okay? It’s the crux of the whole series, basically. Multiple games revolve around its story, and it makes up for so many emotional paths started on, which is quite confusing, titles that came out later.
Once again, the full impact of this scene doesn’t hit you until you’ve played (or watched) 358/2 Days, but a nostalgic familiar still hits you as you leave this town. Sora feels it too, feels it something He still doesn’t know is Roxas’ unknown and unrepresented agony in his simple habit of existing, welling up inside Sora and manifesting as a single inexplicable tear.
Roxas’s friends Hayner, Pence and Olette watch the train leave the station, taking away the last remnant of their forgotten friend. And they long for something, but they will never know what.
WAAAAAAAAAAA. (Blows the noise with a comical horn sound)
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (2009): Sea Salt Ice Cream
The most underrated game in the series, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days is a tragic tale of futility and deception, a protagonist convinced that he is something he is not and convinced that It is not something that he a lot is.
They told him that he is incapable of emotions, despite showing them clearly throughout the adventure, Roxas is a Nobody, the mere shadow of a real hero. But he is so much more than that, and the worldliness of his existence and the extent to which he is a victim of abuse and gaslighting make his relationship with fellow Organization XIII members Axel and Xion even more crucial.
The closest thing he has to conventional friendship is his afternoons sitting in the Twilight Town clock tower eating sea salt ice cream. And when his friend Xion finally turns out to be another ruse, another cruel twist, he is forced to fight her. In a highly mocked scene that is often taken out of context, he laments his fallen friend with a confused and broken “Who am I going to have ice cream with !?” Ridible on the surface, but after 30 hours with this dynamic, you know it’s the only frame of reference he has for “friendship.” And boy oh boy does it hurt?
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010): “Finish with me.”
Torn between the inevitability of his fate and his desire to protect his friends Terra and Aqua, the sweet and naive Ventus shrugs off the comforts and platitudes of his companions and directly announces his wish to die. “I’m asking you, as a friend. Just kill me.”
There are a surprising number of suicidal themes in the Kingdom Hearts series, but they are never brought to the forefront as directly as here, in this unassuming PSP prequel. It’s a bit of a depth-loading and easily the most haunting moment in the series’ history.
Kingdom Hearts III (2019): when it was announced
God, how long had it been since Kingdom Hearts 2? Announced in 2013, eight years after its direct predecessor, Kingdom Hearts III took another six years to see launch. And while your mileage may vary, it didn’t disappoint, offering a truly epic remake of Disney worlds, exciting and beautiful stories, long-term rewards and redemptions, and naturally the beginning. of something even crazier in the next step in the Kingdom Hearts series, a series that is often mocked for having a ridiculous and complicated story.
And it does. And I would not do it any other way. Do you have it memorized?
All of these moments and more will be for Switch owners to enjoy once the controversial cloud version of the main games launches soon on Switch. Let us know which of these moments made you whine into your controller below, and which ones you would add to your personal KH tear list.
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