You've outdone yourself... I didn't even imagined that his moveset was so full of references to the DDD moveset attacks (except for the dark roll and the barrier) P.s. I'm pretty sure that the choice of doing less video will pay because the increased quality it's already evident
@@BioRoxas actually no, he just does his purple version sadly, but it still looks cool =) You actually might want to watch some of the CPU friends and how they fight! You can equip a accessoire that lets you use your phone camera in combat even when you are hit! Do that on easy mode where you receive little damage and equip some high defense gear, and you can nicely watch the CPU fight =)
Whoa, I noticed immediately that he still has his Barrier and Dark Roll abilities from DDD but had no idea he used Flowmotion-based attacks too! I love how Riku's moveset shows the results of his training in that game.
Riku & Aqua’s Move set on the Main Story were severely Limited due to the Fact they were Temporary Playable. However they’re Bound to have More Abilities & Actions once they become Fully Playable. On Site Note: I like Riku’s Dark Barrier, it is an Upgraded & Mastered Version of his Dark Shied as well as seemingly a Dark Version of Aqua’s Barrier.
Yes!! I find it funny sometimes because on one hand it's like: [Riku]: _"Mickey what are you doing?! Get back up here and protect me!"_ But on the other hand its like: *"Mouse Refuses to Die from the Sheer Power of Friendship alone"*
Ik I figured this out when I first played and I just thought that roku didn't needed mickey for his shield I thought Mickey was there for something cool
I won’t get my hopes up but it’s good to be Positive. If I’m not mistaking there was an interview where Nomura said that Riku, Aqua & Roxas Will be fully Selectable upon Clearing the Main KH3 Story. On a Side Note I wonder how Roxas’s Gameplay Mechanic will work? 🤔
To quote Just A Pancake: Riku:"I need a haircut, oh look, a barber shop" Mickey:"no riku you idiot, that's a demon tower" Riku:"that's a weird name for a barber shop" Demon Tower:*gives haircut to raiku* Riku:"the results are impressive"
I really liked riku's combat style, I played DDD a lot like 2 weeks befores I got to play kh3, and riku was a lot more satisfying to play than sora. When I got riku, it was like if I was playing DDD again, but more powerful
I did everything under my power to not drop while I played as riku, because everything about his side of the story appeals me more, from his combos to the boss battles.
@@christopherdsuza324 Dream Drop Distance, or as I like to call it, kingdom hearts 2.75. Its a game released for the 3ds and remastered in the kingdoms hearts 2.8 final chapter prologue bundle for the ps4. It basically is sora's and riku's keyblade master exam, that happens basically days or even hours before the beggining on KH3
Didn't even notice that Oathkeeper Soras moveset seems to be the same one as Riku. That's kinda neat, Rikus moveset was pretty cool. And it gives me hope they might have added more keyblades like that for the other movesets. Maybe. Although i think that if it turns out to be a similar moveset, then Oblivion would have made more sense, beeing linked to Riku more than Oathkeeper, which is usually linked to Kairi.
@@SSlash Yeah i'm just saying that Oblivion is linked to Riku, so if that keyblade has Rikus moveset Oblivion would have made more sense. But of course it's possible that it's a best off of the NPC movesets, and that there is some Kairi and Aqua and Ven or so in there. We haven't seen the whole moveset yet after all. In that case Oathkeeper would probably make more sense indeed.
EskChan19 yeah, at this point I would honestly expect oblivion to be a skin of oathkeeper, I’d rather than than not have it at all, which seems sadly likely since there’s no sign of it so far
@@SSlash Yeah. I agree. Although i still think there should be a keyblade that makes you dual wield both. Since Roxas is going to be playable in ReMind, maybe just with his moveset too. That would be pretty great. But yeah, doesn't seem likely at this point sadly.
It still makes sense since it's keyed off of Riku's LIGHT attacks, rather than dark. You could parallel it with Sora/Kairi and Riku/Mickey, or just group it together as the Destiny Island trio having the same flavor of Light.
@@SSlash These are the Story Modes I'm Hoping become available at some point. Riku/Mickey - Story Kairi/Lea - Story Aqua/Ven - Story I'm also hoping they'll Add Additional Story Content on the Main KH3 Story as well as Extra Boss Battle Phases.
Riku, the (imo) first person who's able to use the darkness to serve the light. His darkness could easily overpower any Heartless, and powers up allies, sometimes ridiculously. And the references to DDD, damn. Though, I wished now that there was also a bit of references to CoM:Rebirth.
I thought there was going to be some nods to CoM with Mickey and riku’s joint attack but I didn’t see anything. They do go back to back like some attacks from CoM but Mickey does that with Aqua in 0.2 so I think it’s just how he works.
@@BioRoxas Sad. Also I'm waiting for your reply in the Links Breakdown reply. I got some ideas for the reason why Starlight is dark, and also a possible reason why Sora has a link with Stich.
Just wanted to point out that Riku's aerial finish in this seems to actually be the beginning of his KH2 aerial combo. It looks incredibly similar and I think is a nod toward that move.
Riku gameplay was quite fun, though it would've been nice to see an actual chapter with him, as opposed to two boss fights against the same boss lol. Maybe reuse some of the assets from 0.2? Maybe a shotlock or a formchange as well, and I think he'd be good to go.
Zane Landin I would also like the Shotlock where he Generates & attacks using 2 Giant Energy Blades Before Combining them into 1, as well as his Dark Maelstrom Attack from Re:Com. In this Game they were called Sleights.
Derrick O'Neal Like Master Xehanort said Light & Darkness must be Balanced, you can’t have one without the Other. Riku’s Darkness is Unique as it is Light Blue Instead of the Usual Black Color.
Sora Light it’s more purple than blue, at least it is now, darkness used to generally be a lighter or darker blue color but they made it more purple in 3
@@SSlash Right here in the Realm of Darkness is Purplelish but when he fights as Party Member at Keyblade Graveyard the is somewhere between light Blue & light Purple. His Dark Firaga & Dark Aura attacks are still light Blue in Color. I guess the Enviroment changes the Color of Riku's attacks.
If you remember from the end of Chain of memories, Riku chose tl follow the road of dawn. As he truly walks the line between light and darkness, Riku is able to use both powers. Shadow breaker from DDD has him use darkness followed by light, without Riku being a master. This also explains why Micky never uses darkness amd Sora is shown using it very rairly.
I’d like to point out that the combo finisher where Riku makes an upward strike looks like a claw mark. This made me think of his Darkest Fears Style Change in DDD, where he’s mostly using claw and feet strikes against enemies, using Dark magic. The attacks even leave Dark claw marks behind. I thought it made another nice callback to DDD alongside the Shadowbreaker finisher with Mickey. But those Flowmotion animations were a good catch, I didn’t even notice them until now!
Amazing video great job I honestly never realized he had those moves from DDD except for shadowbreaker that one was obvious I love that move. But just that the oathkeeper form has the same combos as Riku makes me wanna use the form right now.
I look forward for the dlc. Cannot wait to use Riku in Keyblade Graveyard battles (we don't know if we can use him only against Xigbar and Riku replica or if we can use him also against other Organization members)
Also I did notice that there are no similarities between Kh2 Riku (during Xemnas' bossfight) and Kh3 Riku. Also Dark Firaga is different, in Kh2 he cast it from his hands and in Kh3 he cast it from his keyblade.
@@giampierofuschi1438 Side note on that dark firaga. It looks similiar to how Sora and other keyblade wielders cast ragnarok. Maybe dark firaga keyblade master edition is just a dark version of ragnarok? Also, dark firaga has different versions by the looks of it when comparing it from kh2 to bbs to ddd and to kh3. So maybe it's just a matter of magic manipulation
So is their an in universe explanation for Riku not using commands or flowmotion? For the former, it could be simply mandatory for the exam and simply chose to not use them while the latter could be exclusive to his dream eater form.
*Bio after finishing the breakdown* c: I hope I don’t forget smt *laughs* *justs rests his head* *Wakes up in the morning with a vieny eye* HOLY SHT I KNEW I FORGET SMT!!
Since Riku dabbles in both light in darkness during some of his attacks and the light colors mix you could have always said, instead of rays of light and darkness, Rays Of Dawn when both are seen together.
It's because of KH3 that I always use Shadowbreaker, Dark Firaga, Thundaga, and Curaga in KH3D, with Dark Aura and Dark Splicer thrown in for extra measure for the final boss battle. I also try to make sure Sora's moveset is similar, with Icebreaker, Firaga, Blizzaga, Sonic Blade, Ars Arcanum, and Curaga.
Great video once again I'm curious if Riku will have the double duel situation command except with Sora, dark firaga or a completely new situation command for Re:mind
I wish and hope in the dlc you get the option to play as riku full time I want to play as him for more then just 2 fights I love his dark attacks and I wish to use them freely
Something i noticed in my first playthrough of kh 3 is that there’s a loading screen that talks about yensid’s tower popping up in new places when you’re not looking. But that didn’t happen in kh3... do you think it was a scrapped idea back from when it was supposed to be playable?
Definitely. Riku has been using transformations way before Sora. Its his thing. He wears his power. Its why he absorbs dream eaters instead of fighting with them like Sora.
this isn't nearly as egregious though. also the pokemon animations are terrible to begin with. Edit: plus KH3 managed to put the fandom in turmoil anyhow.
This kind of reuse is quite respectable, even a good thing since it means that different movesets are entirely compatible across multiple characters. That's a KH2 level guarantee for mods that you don't really get in any other video game.
Hey Roxas, you killing it brother. I’m doing Explained on Lore and you are doing breakdowns for Gameplay.........we the information brothers. Also Oathkeeper also has Sora adopt Kairis battle style so if he is also copying Riku, what would the finisher be. Oathkeeper is a keyblade of light...
Huh, you'd think they'd base Oathkeeper's animations with Kairi's and give Riku's to Oblivion. Then again, Oathkeeper being associated with Riku still makes some sense.
@@ss0766 As far as I could tell, his move set is his air flair finisher move from bbs and he's also got wind raid. But I do like how Ven and Aqua's attack combo with each other. Like Ven would use wind raid and then Aqua would do a combo while they're(vanitas/terranort) staggered by wind raid
Soooo, basically recycling animations for Riku's combat, huh. If this was pokémon, they'd be asking for Nomura's retirement by now xD Also i've wondered how, if Riku is already a full-fledged keyblade master, he doesn't have any keyblade transformations nor mastery over magic. Like, really? Only Thundaga and Curaga? And the only "dark" attack is Dark Firaga for a situation command? Talk about laziness. We'll see in the Re: mind trailer if this is updated or what. But i digress. Good job on this video, my dude. Keep it up!
Logically, if he's coming straight off of DDD. He should be able to use everything he got from DDD. Including mastery over basic magic and some more advanced ones like graviza. I personally he should have at least have one form change that boasts his darkness abilities and the finisher would be dark aura which is his signature move
@@OneRandomVictory Yeah, for Roxas made sense because he was brainwashed, so he couldn't even remember that he had a keyblade. Even sora forgot all of his magic while sleeping, so well... kinda made sense. But not for Riku. I agree with the comment above this one. Riku should have had more protagonism and more abilities since the beginning, not depending on DLC's. At least have all the magic like they did with Aqua, damn. It wasn't that difficult.
Lunar Ohmus for the events of DDD and how Sora lost his power, I’m more thinking that Sora didn’t forget but rather he couldn’t. What I mean by this is because yen sid said that he lost his strength instead of something else like power or abilities. Essentially, Sora was just too weak to use any of his advanced magic spells instead of forgetting how to do them. My main “evidence “ is how Sora was able to use something like Ars Arcanum and Sonic Blade in Olympus where he’s not supposed to have them. Even farther, he was able to use fire after Darkside so he had enough power to do that. Idk how you’re gonna tell me that he was remind of how to use fire after fighting a water based enemy. Oh and for grand magic and other situation commands, it’s better to think of those as limit breaks rather than something they can casually do(unless you’re name is Mickey and can casually cast ultima)
Xys d i mean what did you want it to do tho, I’m just glad it’s not second form, and we haven’t even seen the ground combo either so I dunno calm down or whatever lol
Oh god so um... they were too lazy to make a new combo for Sora so they reused Riku's. Additionally Bio...a lot of the 'rays of light' you see are really just action lines. Not magic being cast
I wouldn’t say “lazy” since they melded both Kairi and riku’s attack into the oathkeeper formchange combo. What’s an action line? Also, I think the attacks where riku’s keyblade glows means he is casting magic since it glows which is similar to magic being cast.
@@BioRoxas Also only the combo enders are the same as Riku. The beginning of the air combo is similar to kairi's combo. The only other thing they pulled from other animations is one of ultima form's finishers.
Recycling would mean they are just copy and pasting the same animation. They remade the attacks from DDD in the new engine and they aren’t the exact same just extremely similar. Sora’s oathkeeper attacks are not the entire combo recycled but just a part of it if you could even say that since it’s not even the whole parts of the attack that he uses.
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You've outdone yourself... I didn't even imagined that his moveset was so full of references to the DDD moveset attacks (except for the dark roll and the barrier)
P.s. I'm pretty sure that the choice of doing less video will pay because the increased quality it's already evident
Wait, isn't Dark Roll and Dark Barrier in DDD though?
Loved the video. Fun fact: Riku does the Mickey-Riku team attack by himself in the 3 Xehanort battle
Oh what? That’s awesome
Does he alternate between dark and light like with shadow breaker?
@@BioRoxas actually no, he just does his purple version sadly, but it still looks cool =) You actually might want to watch some of the CPU friends and how they fight! You can equip a accessoire that lets you use your phone camera in combat even when you are hit! Do that on easy mode where you receive little damage and equip some high defense gear, and you can nicely watch the CPU fight =)
I've done it for a couple of them ^^ I just didn't even think to look at Riku in the fight against the Xehanorts!
Whoa, I noticed immediately that he still has his Barrier and Dark Roll abilities from DDD but had no idea he used Flowmotion-based attacks too! I love how Riku's moveset shows the results of his training in that game.
Poor Sora 😅
Yeah it's really cool to see him retain a lot of his moveset from DDD!
Riku & Aqua’s Move set on the Main Story were severely Limited due to the Fact they were Temporary Playable. However they’re Bound to have More Abilities & Actions once they become Fully Playable.
On Site Note: I like Riku’s Dark Barrier, it is an Upgraded & Mastered Version of his Dark Shied as well as seemingly a Dark Version of Aqua’s Barrier.
Bio-Roxas yeah, you think they’ll let him superjump in the bossfights now that there’s actual walls to jump off of? 🤪
@@BioRoxas i noticed that some of his moves come from his Dream Eater forms
If Mickey dies during the first fight, you can use his shield to bring him back to life. Kind of useful to know, eh?
Yes!! I find it funny sometimes because on one hand it's like:
[Riku]: _"Mickey what are you doing?! Get back up here and protect me!"_
But on the other hand its like:
*"Mouse Refuses to Die from the Sheer Power of Friendship alone"*
Ik I figured this out when I first played and I just thought that roku didn't needed mickey for his shield I thought Mickey was there for something cool
That's awesome! I never knew that!
I was mindblown when I first discovered it. Like, wow!
Riku & Aqua are Bound to have more available abilities on ReMind.
Hopefully.
@@Wanderingsage7 big hopefully
Sora Light i mean I hope so, but I don’t know if it’s guaranteed
I won’t get my hopes up but it’s good to be Positive. If I’m not mistaking there was an interview where Nomura said that Riku, Aqua & Roxas Will be fully Selectable upon Clearing the Main KH3 Story.
On a Side Note I wonder how Roxas’s Gameplay Mechanic will work? 🤔
Hopefully and Sora too for his base form....
To quote Just A Pancake:
Riku:"I need a haircut, oh look, a barber shop"
Mickey:"no riku you idiot, that's a demon tower"
Riku:"that's a weird name for a barber shop"
Demon Tower:*gives haircut to raiku*
Riku:"the results are impressive"
I really liked riku's combat style, I played DDD a lot like 2 weeks befores I got to play kh3, and riku was a lot more satisfying to play than sora. When I got riku, it was like if I was playing DDD again, but more powerful
Ya I loved playing as Riku! It was so cool to be in the realm of darkness too!
I did everything under my power to not drop while I played as riku, because everything about his side of the story appeals me more, from his combos to the boss battles.
Whats ddd?
@@christopherdsuza324 Dream Drop Distance, or as I like to call it, kingdom hearts 2.75.
Its a game released for the 3ds and remastered in the kingdoms hearts 2.8 final chapter prologue bundle for the ps4.
It basically is sora's and riku's keyblade master exam, that happens basically days or even hours before the beggining on KH3
@@isrockcarmona6837 Oh okay thanks, bro :)
@Bio-Roxas I saw something when Riku using Dark Firaga at 2:59. A silhouette of the Oblivion Keyblade!
Didn't even notice that Oathkeeper Soras moveset seems to be the same one as Riku. That's kinda neat, Rikus moveset was pretty cool. And it gives me hope they might have added more keyblades like that for the other movesets. Maybe. Although i think that if it turns out to be a similar moveset, then Oblivion would have made more sense, beeing linked to Riku more than Oathkeeper, which is usually linked to Kairi.
EskChan19 well Kairi hasn’t fought outside of the one time, but there IS another move that seems to reflect Kairi in that air combo he has
@@SSlash Yeah i'm just saying that Oblivion is linked to Riku, so if that keyblade has Rikus moveset Oblivion would have made more sense. But of course it's possible that it's a best off of the NPC movesets, and that there is some Kairi and Aqua and Ven or so in there. We haven't seen the whole moveset yet after all. In that case Oathkeeper would probably make more sense indeed.
EskChan19 yeah, at this point I would honestly expect oblivion to be a skin of oathkeeper, I’d rather than than not have it at all, which seems sadly likely since there’s no sign of it so far
@@SSlash Yeah. I agree. Although i still think there should be a keyblade that makes you dual wield both. Since Roxas is going to be playable in ReMind, maybe just with his moveset too. That would be pretty great. But yeah, doesn't seem likely at this point sadly.
It still makes sense since it's keyed off of Riku's LIGHT attacks, rather than dark.
You could parallel it with Sora/Kairi and Riku/Mickey, or just group it together as the Destiny Island trio having the same flavor of Light.
Riku's combo is so delicious
Mauy 🤨
I pray for a DLC Detailing Riku & Mickey’s Activities during KH3. I’d love to Visit Radiant Garden.
Sora Light Y E S
@@SSlash These are the Story Modes I'm Hoping become available at some point.
Riku/Mickey - Story
Kairi/Lea - Story
Aqua/Ven - Story
I'm also hoping they'll Add Additional Story Content on the Main KH3 Story as well as Extra Boss Battle Phases.
@@soralight_x Yes please...
I wish that Nomura would have put in a Riku story with Mickey.
C M R He might! As well as a Aqua/Ventus Story Mode.
Riku, the (imo) first person who's able to use the darkness to serve the light. His darkness could easily overpower any Heartless, and powers up allies, sometimes ridiculously.
And the references to DDD, damn. Though, I wished now that there was also a bit of references to CoM:Rebirth.
I thought there was going to be some nods to CoM with Mickey and riku’s joint attack but I didn’t see anything. They do go back to back like some attacks from CoM but Mickey does that with Aqua in 0.2 so I think it’s just how he works.
@@BioRoxas Sad.
Also I'm waiting for your reply in the Links Breakdown reply. I got some ideas for the reason why Starlight is dark, and also a possible reason why Sora has a link with Stich.
I have this as my moves set because Riku is badass
Just wanted to point out that Riku's aerial finish in this seems to actually be the beginning of his KH2 aerial combo. It looks incredibly similar and I think is a nod toward that move.
Riku gameplay was quite fun, though it would've been nice to see an actual chapter with him, as opposed to two boss fights against the same boss lol. Maybe reuse some of the assets from 0.2? Maybe a shotlock or a formchange as well, and I think he'd be good to go.
I wish Riku had his own shotlock. Maybe it could be that when you fully charge it, he use Dark Aura.
Ya it’s kinda weird that they didn’t give him a shotlock. They could’ve used the favorite deputy shotlocks!
Bio-Roxas yeah it could have been like a dark aura move!
Zane Landin I would also like the Shotlock where he Generates & attacks using 2 Giant Energy Blades Before Combining them into 1, as well as his Dark Maelstrom Attack from Re:Com.
In this Game they were called Sleights.
Or Meteor Crash. That move causes lots of damage. But I guess they'll save that for Terra's moveset
Night Rise Personaly I would like Meteor Crash to be a Finish Command as it is a Finishing move.
A lot of detail put into his moveset. Nice analysis!
1:55 so a keyblade master can utilize both light and darkness. Hmmm isn't that what...nvm
Derrick O'Neal Like Master Xehanort said Light & Darkness must be Balanced, you can’t have one without the Other.
Riku’s Darkness is Unique as it is Light Blue Instead of the Usual Black Color.
Sora Light it’s more purple than blue, at least it is now, darkness used to generally be a lighter or darker blue color but they made it more purple in 3
@@SSlash Right here in the Realm of Darkness is Purplelish but when he fights as Party Member at Keyblade Graveyard the is somewhere between light Blue & light Purple.
His Dark Firaga & Dark Aura attacks are still light Blue in Color. I guess the Enviroment changes the Color of Riku's attacks.
If you remember from the end of Chain of memories, Riku chose tl follow the road of dawn. As he truly walks the line between light and darkness, Riku is able to use both powers. Shadow breaker from DDD has him use darkness followed by light, without Riku being a master. This also explains why Micky never uses darkness amd Sora is shown using it very rairly.
Sora Light I was more thinking that Riku is maybe mixing light into his dark attacks since he can use both after all
I’d like to point out that the combo finisher where Riku makes an upward strike looks like a claw mark. This made me think of his Darkest Fears Style Change in DDD, where he’s mostly using claw and feet strikes against enemies, using Dark magic. The attacks even leave Dark claw marks behind. I thought it made another nice callback to DDD alongside the Shadowbreaker finisher with Mickey. But those Flowmotion animations were a good catch, I didn’t even notice them until now!
Whoa good catch! ^^
Oh hey I was watching your roxas kh2 play through earlier and you uploaded today. Sick.
The roxas mod for KH2? That was such a fun playthrough!
@@BioRoxas I'm still partway in but I love the way the outfits changed mid cut scene
I love his dash effects
Wow, theres lot of little details I never noticed even down to the Reflect being different colors. Good eye!
I love rikus fighting. You should do a breakdown of kh2 Riku fighting.
I plan to c:
Bio-Roxas yay! I think Riku fights beautifully in kh2!
In the ReMind content, if you play as Riku in the battle against Dark Riku, Xigbar, and Xemnas, Riku has a shotlock called Dark Divide.
This is awesome man! Keep up the amazing work
Certainly a lot of detail despite these segments not being particularly long. Kudos to the team!
The amount of detail in this amazing! This is an awesome breakdown.
RIKU NEEDS THEM KEYBLADE TRANSFORMATIONS!!!
Nevertheless, it's fun playing as him, can't wait for the DLC 💖💖💖
Riku is awesome
Amazing video great job I honestly never realized he had those moves from DDD except for shadowbreaker that one was obvious I love that move. But just that the oathkeeper form has the same combos as Riku makes me wanna use the form right now.
Your content and various work has reignited a spark to create in me.
I look forward for the dlc. Cannot wait to use Riku in Keyblade Graveyard battles (we don't know if we can use him only against Xigbar and Riku replica or if we can use him also against other Organization members)
Anyway really good breakdown, didn't notice the similarly between some of Kh3 Riku attacks and some of DDD Riku
Also I did notice that there are no similarities between Kh2 Riku (during Xemnas' bossfight) and Kh3 Riku. Also Dark Firaga is different, in Kh2 he cast it from his hands and in Kh3 he cast it from his keyblade.
@@giampierofuschi1438 Side note on that dark firaga. It looks similiar to how Sora and other keyblade wielders cast ragnarok. Maybe dark firaga keyblade master edition is just a dark version of ragnarok? Also, dark firaga has different versions by the looks of it when comparing it from kh2 to bbs to ddd and to kh3. So maybe it's just a matter of magic manipulation
I'm really excited for the DLC! ^^ I cannot wait to see all the new stuff they've been working on!
Vincent Pham it’s no doubt more powerful when channeled through the keyblade, just look how much damage Riku does
So is their an in universe explanation for Riku not using commands or flowmotion? For the former, it could be simply mandatory for the exam and simply chose to not use them while the latter could be exclusive to his dream eater form.
This just makes Riku seem so much cooler!
Riku is my all time favorite character of Kingdom Hearts and he still is my favorite playable character
Riku is ass
I love riku
I wonder what Riku's Shotlock would be, I don't want it to be Dark Aura though.
Riku can also be seen using Shadowbreaker by himeself when you team up with him against Dark Riku & Xigbar or against the 3 Xehanorts
Are you going to be doing an updated version of this for the ReMind Riku? He got his own Shotlock now (Dark Divide, with I think.... 28 max).
Thank you. This info will be useful to me in the future.
VERY COOL! Great job!!
I'm still not gonna get used to Riku's new keyblade
Ginyu Tokusentai neverrr
Someone compare the Riku’s combat in KH2 and KH3. What are the improvements and changes in the latter?
*Bio after finishing the breakdown* c: I hope I don’t forget smt *laughs*
*justs rests his head*
*Wakes up in the morning with a vieny eye* HOLY SHT I KNEW I FORGET SMT!!
LOL This cracked me up xD
this was made two years ago, damn. anyways, thought i'd point out that the air combo finisher is the finisher for dark splicer in DDD
Riku really liked his DDD Combos
Great video this made me so happy xD
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay I love Riku :D
Thanks for the heart bio! :D
Since Riku dabbles in both light in darkness during some of his attacks and the light colors mix you could have always said, instead of rays of light and darkness, Rays Of Dawn when both are seen together.
Ooh I like that xD
It's because of KH3 that I always use Shadowbreaker, Dark Firaga, Thundaga, and Curaga in KH3D, with Dark Aura and Dark Splicer thrown in for extra measure for the final boss battle.
I also try to make sure Sora's moveset is similar, with Icebreaker, Firaga, Blizzaga, Sonic Blade, Ars Arcanum, and Curaga.
Kinda like a “Canon” run!
Awh you sounded so tired!!!❤❤
Can't wait for a possible Lea combat showcase
For sure! Most likely when the Re:MIND DLC drops ^^
Great video once again
I'm curious if Riku will have the double duel situation command except with Sora, dark firaga or a completely new situation command for Re:mind
Ooh good question! I assume it'll be dark firaga but I really hope we get a new situation command!
If anything, I'm hoping they'll do a variation of the mirage splitter/nightmare's end since it's shown they can still use it when together
Ooh now that I like the sound of
Just noticed there's a video in the playlist listed as private.
Since remind is out, when did Riku get a shot lock?
I wish and hope in the dlc you get the option to play as riku full time I want to play as him for more then just 2 fights I love his dark attacks and I wish to use them freely
Similar finishers between Riku and Oathkeeper Sora...?
Wow, Sora is learning a lot from Riku, at least from what I gather.
Something i noticed in my first playthrough of kh 3 is that there’s a loading screen that talks about yensid’s tower popping up in new places when you’re not looking. But that didn’t happen in kh3... do you think it was a scrapped idea back from when it was supposed to be playable?
Hmm 🤔 well that could still be the case! I don’t think it’s still connected to twilight town so it’s probably moved on to another place!
You forgot the mega dark destruction ball of darkness and destruction and knuckles
I wish riku was fully playable
Also Morning Bio certainly sounded tired 😅
XD My voice is so much lower when I wake up haha
Will you ever do aqua’s breakdown?
Ya I will! ^^ I don't know if I'll cover her base form in KH3 but I'm putting up a video on her command styles this Saturday!
Bio-Roxas okayyy!
Quick question can you name all the Attacks and Guard that you just showed in the Video
I can't! Sorry :< Not sure if they have names though I imagine the KH wiki or one of the sites may have that data.
With moves like that, why couldn't Riku be MORE playable??
I wish riku had a form change/transformation. He feels a little under developed.
Definitely. Riku has been using transformations way before Sora. Its his thing. He wears his power. Its why he absorbs dream eaters instead of fighting with them like Sora.
Uh-oh square enix reusing the same animations now the fan base going to be in chaos like the pokemon community...
this isn't nearly as egregious though. also the pokemon animations are terrible to begin with. Edit: plus KH3 managed to put the fandom in turmoil anyhow.
This kind of reuse is quite respectable, even a good thing since it means that different movesets are entirely compatible across multiple characters. That's a KH2 level guarantee for mods that you don't really get in any other video game.
Hey Roxas, you killing it brother. I’m doing Explained on Lore and you are doing breakdowns for Gameplay.........we the information brothers. Also Oathkeeper also has Sora adopt Kairis battle style so if he is also copying Riku, what would the finisher be. Oathkeeper is a keyblade of light...
Thanks!
Yeah I talk about kairi’s attacks in the actual oathkeeper formchange breakdown but didn’t think it warranted an explanation here ^^
I would love to see breakdowns of other allies in the game (kairi, Axel, ben, etc.) but I know it may be hard...:/
I’m going to do those! I just want to wait for Re:MIND in case we actually get to play as all of them!
Bio-Roxas yeah! That’s what I was thinking you might do. I look forward to it!!
Could you do a breakdown of Riku/Dark Mode Riku from Re:Chain of Memories?
Good idea! ^^ I’ll write it down!
i wonder you'll do a dream eater breakdown for kimdom hearts DDD (you can do just the special one) because i feel it can be interesting
I plan to! c:
@@BioRoxas cool. so you'll do all of them ?
I don't know if it's true but if you guard when Mickey is Dead it will bring him back to life I don't know if this is true tho
I saw someone else say that! I never knew you could do that!
Huh, you'd think they'd base Oathkeeper's animations with Kairi's and give Riku's to Oblivion.
Then again, Oathkeeper being associated with Riku still makes some sense.
There are some attacks that are from kairi as well! It kind of melds both Riku and kairi’s attacks together!
@@BioRoxas For real? That's nuts. Wonder what they'll do for Oblivion then...
It may be the same thing but with a darkness based finisher!
@@BioRoxas Huh, fitting. Kinda liked something unique though, not gonna lie.
Actually riku is associated with oblivion and kairi is associated with oathkeeper
Wait weren't you gonna wait for the DLC to come out before making this video?
I kept seeing people ask for it and I would be really surprised if his moveset changed in the DLC! If it does I'll cover it ^^
So Riku is a grey Jedi
Yosh
Hearing you talk in the middle of the video without a script sure feels VERY different.
Ya I am so bad at talking off the cuff 😂
Wow I'm pathetic... I knew all of these things before this video came out lol
Wait rikus in this game?
Very very briefly xD
Will u do Roxas ventus Kari axel and xions combat from kh3
At some point! I’m going to wait until to ReMIND before I do that though ^^
I think Ven only has two attacks
@@ss0766 As far as I could tell, his move set is his air flair finisher move from bbs and he's also got wind raid. But I do like how Ven and Aqua's attack combo with each other. Like Ven would use wind raid and then Aqua would do a combo while they're(vanitas/terranort) staggered by wind raid
Despite the small number of attacks, Ven was quite useful in that fight
@@ss0766 very true cause of all the staggering he does
Soooo, basically recycling animations for Riku's combat, huh. If this was pokémon, they'd be asking for Nomura's retirement by now xD Also i've wondered how, if Riku is already a full-fledged keyblade master, he doesn't have any keyblade transformations nor mastery over magic. Like, really? Only Thundaga and Curaga? And the only "dark" attack is Dark Firaga for a situation command? Talk about laziness. We'll see in the Re: mind trailer if this is updated or what.
But i digress. Good job on this video, my dude. Keep it up!
nitpicks
Minor playable roles often aren’t fleshed out. He only like 2 attacks in KH2 and Roxas couldn’t even use magic when he was playable in 2.
Logically, if he's coming straight off of DDD. He should be able to use everything he got from DDD. Including mastery over basic magic and some more advanced ones like graviza. I personally he should have at least have one form change that boasts his darkness abilities and the finisher would be dark aura which is his signature move
@@OneRandomVictory Yeah, for Roxas made sense because he was brainwashed, so he couldn't even remember that he had a keyblade. Even sora forgot all of his magic while sleeping, so well... kinda made sense. But not for Riku. I agree with the comment above this one. Riku should have had more protagonism and more abilities since the beginning, not depending on DLC's. At least have all the magic like they did with Aqua, damn. It wasn't that difficult.
Lunar Ohmus for the events of DDD and how Sora lost his power, I’m more thinking that Sora didn’t forget but rather he couldn’t. What I mean by this is because yen sid said that he lost his strength instead of something else like power or abilities. Essentially, Sora was just too weak to use any of his advanced magic spells instead of forgetting how to do them. My main “evidence “ is how Sora was able to use something like Ars Arcanum and Sonic Blade in Olympus where he’s not supposed to have them. Even farther, he was able to use fire after Darkside so he had enough power to do that. Idk how you’re gonna tell me that he was remind of how to use fire after fighting a water based enemy. Oh and for grand magic and other situation commands, it’s better to think of those as limit breaks rather than something they can casually do(unless you’re name is Mickey and can casually cast ultima)
So glad when I saw they kept his DDD abilities
Unlike another spiky hair freak 😏
it is sad he didn't keep the ballons.
gms bi man the balloons can stay in the hell they were spawned from 😦
Anyone else pissed off about oathkeeper being recycled moves?
Xys d i mean what did you want it to do tho, I’m just glad it’s not second form, and we haven’t even seen the ground combo either so I dunno calm down or whatever lol
Oh god so um... they were too lazy to make a new combo for Sora so they reused Riku's. Additionally Bio...a lot of the 'rays of light' you see are really just action lines. Not magic being cast
I wouldn’t say “lazy” since they melded both Kairi and riku’s attack into the oathkeeper formchange combo.
What’s an action line? Also, I think the attacks where riku’s keyblade glows means he is casting magic since it glows which is similar to magic being cast.
@@BioRoxas Also only the combo enders are the same as Riku. The beginning of the air combo is similar to kairi's combo. The only other thing they pulled from other animations is one of ultima form's finishers.
Photon Alchemist it’s not identical tho even if it is similar
Monty2289 it’s not really reused if they had to remake the animations for Sora, and we haven’t seen the ground combo either 🤷🏼♂️
@@BioRoxas Action line refers to things like the lines during Aerial Finish i think.
That's not darkness. It's black light. Maybe that's why Xeahnort isn't a Villian
You're making me tired with that sleepy voice.
Also oh man this is way more detailed than I expected.
It looks ddd of kingdom hearts
They’re just recycling animations at this point and everyone really eats it up its nuts square give no fucks about kingdom hearts and it shows
Recycling would mean they are just copy and pasting the same animation. They remade the attacks from DDD in the new engine and they aren’t the exact same just extremely similar. Sora’s oathkeeper attacks are not the entire combo recycled but just a part of it if you could even say that since it’s not even the whole parts of the attack that he uses.