A fun Regular Pat drinking game for the holiday season. Take a drink every time: I swear (only for the brave souls) I bring up the critical level 1 run I bring up my first playthrough I make a reference you don't get I ranked something improperly (too high/too low) I badmouth KH2 or DDD Good luck have fun!!
Repliku's last words being "Take care of her" actually was the intent and was what he said in the Japanese dub. Translators just dropped the ball and didn't catch it.
Inbetween this, the callback in Data-Xion's defeat quote that was also lost in translation, and whatever was going on with Saix's facial animations, I feel like KH3's localization really left a lot to be desired
@@joa6336 In relation to the Data-Xion quote: her defeat line, "This is... how it's supposed to be", was apparently translated from what in the Japanese version was the same line as "You'll be better off now... (Roxas)". In relation to Saix's animations: one of his facial expressions was a lot softer and happier in the Japanese version of the scene with him and Lea on the clock tower, but in the English version he has his usual stern facial expression on in the same shot. A few people interpreted this as the localization team or perhaps some of the higher ups (something something Disney) thinking the scene felt "too gay" and wanted to change it, other people more charitably thought it was just an oversight. Either way, it's a weird and completely unnecessary change; gay or not, they've been friends since childhood, it only makes sense for him to be genuinely happy to see Lea despite their current circumstances at opposite sides of the Keyblade War.
@@BearfaxII they did this a lot for some ungodly reason. When Sora tells Kairi "I feel strong with you Kairi" he originally says "you are strong after all Kairi". Which was supposed to be a KH1 callback to that scene where Sora tells Kairi to stay put because it's too dangerous and she'll only get in the way. Now Sora finally understands that Kairi has strength of her own, that she CAN help and that she's not some helpless little girl who constantly needs protection. He finally sees her as his equal but the English Localization Team decided to change it, making the scene all about Sora instead of Kairi.
TBF, the localization team dropped the ball a LOT in KH3... between flubbing Riku's lines to make them less gay for Sora (and thus muddling his characterization...) and trying to push SoKai ship at the expense of Sora's characterization ("WHY HER?!" makes it seem like he'd care less if anyone but Kairi had been killed, where as the original line "WHY?! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!" fits WAY better to Sora's "my friends are my power!" characterization. And then later, "I thought we'd finally be together..." vs the original "I thought we'd finally all go home..."? Yeah)... it's a shit show. So many of the dialogue changes with the Destiny Trio seem to be about erasing any strong feelings from Riku about Sora... and altering Sora's dialogue to push SoKai as hard as possible. I hate it. Sora loves his friends. He's gonna want to try and lift them up, not use them as a ladder to bolster himself (as a previous comment mentioned, "I feel strong with you" vs the original "You're strong, Kairi" lines). I HATE what the localization team has been doing. They were more subtle about it in previous games... probably because Nomura had a larger part in making sure his work was translated faithfully... but it did still happen. They've been trying to push SoKai from the start, and now there's strong evidence that if there IS an end game ship to KH, it's gonna be SoRiku (come on... Sora falling to his knees while clinging to Riku's hand and crying, "It's Riku! Riku is here!"? Kairi doesn't get that kind of treatment. lmfao), so they are pushing even harder on SoKai to the point of harming characterization... smh
i think the reason Sora freaks out at the sight of one Shadow is because he's used to there being "more where that came from" kind of like how you don't see roaches out and about during the day unless there's just no space for them back at their nest, tipping you off to the presence of an infestation he isn't referring to just that one Shadow when he yells "HEARTLESS!", he's freaking out because this place he thought would be a safe hideaway seemed for just a moment to have been invaded by an indefinite number of them But that's just a theory...
Honestly I feel you're on the right track about that, yeah Sora's handles Quadrillians by the hour... but normal people that don't have a keyblade can't exactly fend for themselves, like back on destiny island in KH1.
@@marxxplaysgames Mhm! -It's a nice touch that he specifically calls out Donald and Goofy, who he knows can get into a fight with Heartless at a moment's notice, whereas it looks like Big Hero 6 need to suit up to start having a chance against them.- He'd be understandably worried about everyone and probably jumped to the conclusion that the visor was a device that lets you see hidden, lurking Heartless-a terrifying prospect, to be sure... Edit: I noticed later that most of BH6 is suited up already, so that element is out.
That, and it’s not really HIM that he’s scared for, it’s the fact that he straight up watched a man get eaten by these things before, and he’d rather NOT see that happen with anyone much squishier than he. So, maybe more like seeing your kid walk up to you holding a live rattlesnake
Even if fights like The Kraken and Davy Jones aren’t the most mechanically interesting fights ever made, those battles really opened my eyes to how much I value the mood of a fight. The pouring rain, the music, the sense of urgency, it’s palpable and I’m so here for it.
I really loved the Port Royal representation on KH3, starting i thought "oh, tía knows something", "Is the Leviatan's appearance convenience of Kingdom Hearts or convenience of Jack Sparrow existing right there?" And then everything clicked at the end, i saw THE moment where sora's (a bit of) trigger (and a lot of) *HAPPY* scheme started falling apart against Davy Jones, it was beautiful and actually made me want to watch the Pirates of the Caribean movies (and possibly edit the third movie by putting the scenes from KH3 to make a "definitive KH hype experience"
While kh3 is my least favorite of the mainline games, Port Royal is in my top 3 favorite worlds. It was the peak world in this game and one of the best in the series to me for how explorable it is, the battles, atmosphere, just about everything about it I loved.
And the thing about the Kraken is... IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD! Becket's men killed it and it's corpse was supposed to be the first thing we see upon returning from the afterlife.
Fun fact about Skoll; He is named after the norse creature of the same name, a massive wolf that chased to sun as his brother chased the moon. His name meaning 'treachery' or 'mockery'. His DM, mostly called 'Black Sun', is also a small reference to the events of Ragnerok where Fenrir, son of Loki, devoured the sun.
and that was the peak of creativity that went into the frozen adverti- I mean fully fleshed out and functioning world of the video game Kingdom Hearts III.
about your existential questions about the toys, around the beginning sora asks "why don't those ones move?" and woody responds "i guess they haven't figured it out yet," implying that every toy is created with consciousness but needs to actually recognize it and learn to move on their own. so really it's like puppeteering an infant too young to hold its own head up.
Davy Jones actually can teleport in the movies. He does it during Dead Man's Chest to warp onto the Black Pearl. Granted, he doesn't seem to do it very OFTEN for some reason.
I feel his teleporting was tied to things connected to his curse. Like he could teleport anywhere within his ship, and to Jack because he made a deal with him, he just doesn't do it often out of the possibility that Jack might be on dry land instead of his ship.
Yeah, her issue is more that she doesn’t get enough chances to SHOW that Fire in her. Even in base KH3, there’s some there, but not really touched on as much.
@@spindash64 I personally wish she shows more of her personality from KH1. Since like KH2, she's just felt mostly like a damsel in distress with the old Disney princess personality if that makes sense. I still like her as a character, but I wish she showed how she acted in the first game.
I admit, I love shitposting about how Kairi is boring and has no personality, but it only frustrates me because I feel like when she was first introduced, she had this “spunky low-key tomboy” vibe about her that I greatly appreciated. Her introduction was calling Sora a lazy piece of shit and telling him to get moving. I feel like we haven’t gotten to see that much after KH1, which just annoys the hell out of me. She had a personality, and it could have been a lot of fun. But a side-effect of them focusing on stuff that wasn’t her, and her being stuck in the role of “that girl Sora saves” prevented them from diving into the personality it felt like they’d started building for her. Hence why I roast her.
I had always thought that the World Terminus was how the Heartless traveled back and forth between different worlds in KH1, maybe confusing "terminus" for "terminal," like some sort of train station.
@@lucyferos205 Had always thought, where "had" is in past tense, referring to how my 8-year-old self had interpreted Kingdom Hearts 1 as a standalone text.
Small personal note on the Nort Quart: While I totally agree that the "titans of the series" comment mainly should include Ansem and Xemnas with the BBS funny keyblade storm in the background, I have a little bit more personal history with it. My first KH game was 3D, and Young Xehanort was an incredibly challenging fight for me. It destroyed me over and over, knocked me down and then time-stopped me to stab me again. So when I walked into Nort Quart, every member felt more important; the original villain, the villain who I enjoyed the most, and the boss that crushed me years and years ago and singlehandedly started my love for KH bosses. Fantastic video, by the way
I think part of the problem with Darkside in KH3 is that the side games kind of positioned it totally different in the interrim. 0.2 had those World of Darkness Darksides (you know, the ones we've known since KH1 lived there naturally), Days had it as a series of bosses you fought that got harder as you went up the family tree from Darkside to the Dark Follower, who had an additional attack to stop you from just standing in the back and pelting it with magic like a wimp, and Re:Coded has the initial Darkside encounter (which is markedly different from any other one in that Darkside itself is totally inaccessible outside of when it is attacking) go through three forms, with it getting buggier as it goes in and eventually becoming something that doesn't even look like Darkside, and then in the final boss fight shows up as a form Sora's Heartless takes with significantly more vicious attacks than any other version to that point, before turning into Anti-Sora directly. But then it just... shows up in KH3, with even less attacks than it had in KH1? And then shows up in a gauntlet in the final true ending where it's barely gotten back to KH1 level, except now you can attack it at literally any time because your jump height and rising attacks can reach up even to its face at any point? Why? What's the point? He's not even remotely threatening then, you needed to give him more to do.
@@tumultuousv That showing only matters though IF you have prior knowledge... yet prior knowledge also shows that Sora handles massive groups like a Warrior's game and is inherently more powerful.
I always felt that Sora's heartless should have been Darkside rather than just a shadow. Could have tied in better later, like Destiny Island falling to darkness, including Sora, and then Vens light fights Sora's heartless with Sora's body a la Roxas foreshadowing and then defeating Darkside puts Sora's heart back into his body which is why he's the only dood from Destiny Island in traverse town. Coulda been something there.
The bosses in KH3 are so good! If I have a favorite, it would be the Nort Court. The synchronization, the wild mayhem, and the goodbyes from the bosses makes it the best.
The wordplay is off the charts, Pat. For real though, incredible video. My roommates and I are going through III blind as a final game before he moves away and this came at the perfect time. I'm very happy to reminisce about the game as I prepare to send off one of my best buds at the same time, so in an odd way this was real comforting. Thanks for the incredible work, dude.
that ending... I've been around since the days when you hit 1K and despite the fact I've dipped in and out as life's happened, I'm so proud of all you've done and even though I've only managed to pop into any stream of yours for a grand total of 10 minutes, your journey has been incredibly inspiring. your scripts (and unscripted content too) has put me in stitches on several occasions and your more opinion based content never feels very forced down the throat at any point. looking forward to whatever's next! also stellar thumbnail and obscure references btw the lump moment slapped
I just finished reading the Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days novel recently (though, I still have yet to beat the actual DS game), and as a MAJOR fan of the sea salt trio and their stories, I REALLY can't wait to see your 358/2 Days video! That and it's been almost a year since I officially became a Kingdom Hearts fan! Thanks so much for helping me stay invested in this marvellous series, Pat! It means a lot!
Every time you post a video, I always think: will this be the video that beats the manga video as my new nighttime “fall asleep” video? And damn every time it is! That’s a compliment btw. Your writing has been so good, especially in this video! I love how you balance informative analysis of each fight with your usual deadpan humor. Great stuff👍 Also, I love the clip of Vexen being hit by fire. Very much for me specifically✌️ Wishing you a happy end to women’s history month and cheers to December, women’s history month💕
Your writing was completely on point this video! Perfect mix of dissecting the good and bad points of the various boss fights, as well as amazing quips and comedic bits. I can really see the thought and effort you put into this :)
Gotta disagree on the Anti Sora segment being hard to tell when it'll end! The gold arrows that are normally used for form changes tells you how close you are! (At least I'm pretty sure)
Your Baymax voice when you said “Oh no. Guess I’ll just go fuck myself.” Was /so/ spot on perfect that I had to pause for almost three whole minutes because I was rofling so hard. Another excellent video; I’d been waiting for this one for a while! Thanks for giving me some honest to god laughs and consequently brightening my day, I don’t think I realized how much I needed that. As ever, you continue to be my all-time favorite KH channel, and I can’t wait to see what else you come up with next! All the best, and happy holidays!
I like how Kairi throws the key blade as part of her combos, I hope sora can get some moves like that in the future and maybe even using the chain on his keyboard to swing it around and stuff, especially with how we see him use the keychain for traversal
Man you never fail to deliver Pat, that one Katy Pericles joke was hilarious damn. Love the way you wrote this down, I mean they're always a banger but this one has been your best so far imo. EDIT: Real happy for you to try and engage more with positive comments than the haters. I can't imagine what that's like in an internet standpoint, but happy holidays and enjoy your school break, my guy
I never realized that u could use goofy bombardment ( the attack where sora throws goofy) to force the lump of horror out of its invincible phase, just like how goofy can insta kill the sand heartless things
I'm always impressed at your script work, the way you can riff out metaphors like crazy without skipping a beat is amazing. Once I recover from a great joke, you're already making the next one. Its so exciting whenever you release videos, this is one of your best ones yet! Your commentary on the Davy Jones fight just convinces me more that I wish somehow we could play Roxas v Riku in HD. The DS graphics are not enough. edit: The cameo from Richard Epcar was so sweet
This was such a blast of a video! Loved it all the way through! Keep up the great work, Pat. You really have the genuineness that isn’t seen in a lot of content creators!
The long-awaited ranking video…! Absolutely a fan of the analysis and witty writing, it’s been really fun relistening to the prior boss rankings like podcasts and the KH3 ranking’s an amazing evolution
Agree on 13 seekers, so unsettled at first, maybe a bit of fear, so walking over a few feet and getting greeted with a barrage of attacks was so memorable and evoked a lot of emotion and hype. Which was hard to come by for me in KH3
And even technically knowing WHAT they are doesn’t really address the fear of HOW they are. Not, “how are you doing”, but “how the fuck are you still moving?”. Is Xehanort literally controlling them like marionettes? Are they operating on just enough awareness to be sentry bots? Are they something else?
I've always thought it was the keys MX collected that controls these marionettes and taking a literal form (since Xehanort was collecting them like keys pretty much after they get defeated).
Thank you so much for your videos, Pat. I love Kingdom Hearts, and I have been watching your stuff since 2019. I hope you have a great holiday season. Here's to many more years of awesome things.
You know, the thing I've always loved about your videos is even when I don't agree with that you're saying, you articulate your points so well that I can totally see where you're coming from. Fantastic job on this! Data Xemnas, Data Marluxia (though you're not counting data fights here), Yozora, Lump of Horror and Davy Jones were my favorite fights in this game and it was cool to see you talk about them.
Random thought regarding the world terminus in KH1: I always thought those were gateways the Heartless used to get to those worlds. Meaning you actually do travel back to the worlds. I could be wrong of course. Edit: also that video was fucken great!
I love this video a ton, just a few things I can comment on: 12:13 That's actually just the Flying Dutchman, it's just a persistent little octopus head. 15:00 Dude, I'd LOVE to fight Mozenrath from the animated series too, no joke XD 24:42 There ARE arguments I saw (TV Tropes did a bang-up job of it too) to justify why each hero is in which world, so there can be some speculating done there. Basically; Riku had the same godly expectations Hercules did and fell to temptation that required them to prove themselves, Aqua and Davy Jones were both masters of their crafts forced to go through matching 10 years of Hell only to be abandoned by people they cared about, Ventus and Woody share the fear of being left behind by their loved ones and ended up at the mercy of a psychopathic kid wanting to kill them, Mickey and Rapunzel are two nobles estranged from home who were rescued and given new motivation by roguish-type handsome guys, Goofy and Anna were both enamored with the idea of following destiny until it led them to toxic people that hurt them, Donald started with Sully's professional-only approach to their respective charges until they grew to genuinely care for them, and finally both Axel/Lea and Hiro lost someone dear to them and their stories are more about the aftermath of them dealing with the grief. 48:16 Yeah screw Unknown-Xehanort. 53:57 I mean, thematically it makes sense. Gothel is SO obsessed with keeping appearances, her youthful look, that the Heartless STILL just looks like her AS a Heartless. 01:01:10 Aaaactually the light balls he drops are purely for aesthetics XD You're supposed to check the Action Command gauge for this (the golden arrows that show up over the command menu as you're building up a bigger one) But you're right that it isn't as clear as it could be. Also, the order you fought the Nort Court is the one I like to do it in. With matching keyblades for each. Keep being amazing, man!
Sometimes calling someone a "content creator" feels derogatory to me because it evokes the sterile feeling of something being created purely to be consumed, digested, and quickly forgotten about. That's never what Pat's videos feel like to me. It sincerely feels like he's building a library of videos that I actually want to return to and revisit later, rather than just a curiosity I've seen on my homepage with no staying power. It's in part because he takes the essay approach and puts real thought into what he's saying rather than just speaking on the fly. But it's more than that because they feel pretty painstakingly produced. It would be so easy to make a ranking where you just put up footage of yourself fighting each boss and talking over it, but the imagery used really effectively demands the audience's attention and enhances the already smartly written commentary (and that's to say nothing about the hundreds of clever visual and editing gags and easter eggs). I really don’t care THAT much about Kingdom Hearts but Pat really makes a compelling case for why this franchise is actually worth talking about. And I’ve worked in the field of documentary post-production, and I can say with authority that there are famous or well-regarded filmmakers making archival footage-based feature-length theatrical or broadcast released documentaries that have put less effort into their final product (in both planning and editing) than Pat has here in his own feature-length video. Whatever success he has had or will have is totally earned, and probably not enough.
Also, this comment makes it feel like we're talking about serious business but rest assured Pat is extremely funny and strikes the perfect balance between taking the material seriously (to provide substantial and insightful commentary) and understanding how funny and ridiculous it is (in order to make fun of the franchise and himself) with some really funny writing, visuals, and editing.
not me about to straight-up sob. Thank you so much. I know it might seem pretentious or too self-serious, but I really do want my channel to feel like a library of projects instead of "a channel with videos on it." Obviously it's still that, but I really do want each one to feel like an experience. Obviously there are memes and off-the-cuff things thrown in, but I try to make it apparent that they're like a "sub-series" separate from what I consider the real chronology of the channel. Thank you again for saying all of this
Pat, your words on Ansem reminded me (no pun intended) how much I love this franchise and will probably still be playing this franchise, even as my fingers' dexterity and reflexes begin to fade, there will always be more to seek.
I remember being here since I discovered your channel from the COM video shortly after it came out. Your videos have always been incredibly enjoyable and here's to another year of awesome stuff!
Your content is top notch, of all the channels I watch your one of very few (less than 5) that I feel doesn’t put on a persona or fake anything for views, you seem genuine and legit enjoy making way you do, and in this day and age is something incredibly rare on UA-cam, for what it’s worth, your the only creator I’ve considered supporting on patreon. Take the good and the bad, your not human otherwise and if you ignore tha negative how can you grow. All the best
Learning all of Yozoras attacks over days of grinding to practice for whenever I get there on my lvl 1 all pro codes critical mode run was honestly really fun. I've even almost got down how to dodge the mecha attack without any summons.
I love kingdom hearts reviews. There is something about it that is really comforting to me. Kingdom hearts was one of the first videogames I played with my best friend at age 8 so it's a series that has stuck in my memory. Thanks for the awesome review and the genuine words at the end speaking to us viewers. Keep at it my friend, keep giving it your all!
Kingdom hearts fills a surprisingly hard to fill niche today of a series that KNOWS it is utterly absurd in its premise, but refuses to let that hold it back from taking itself seriously. Very few other stories can have Donald Duck grieving for watching the 14 year old he basically adopted by accident _commit suicide,_ and yet Kingdom Hearts does that without it feeling “edgy” or “forced”, because the characters still act with earnestness
My first playthrough of KH3 was after he was announced for Smash, on Critical, and I thought the hardest had passed with BBS, thinking that the last Keyblade Graveyard was the hardest the games would get. I had heard KH3 was overall easier than the others, forgetting that Critical was added when Remind came out. When I played this game, I think this might be consistently the hardest in the series. I remember taking a lot of attempts on numerous bosses, every end of area boss took like 10-20+ attempts. Keep in mind, I had binged the entire series up to this point, and thought I was used to early game struggle to mid-late game ease until the very end. But this game was constantly kicking my ass, there were some regular enemy encounters that would often wreck my shit. But overall, no boss was as hard or as fun as the “Nort Court” that shit took me at least 3 hours to fully get through, and it was mostly the first phase being a bitch. I think the worst part is, even if you beat one Nort and then die after damaging the remaining alive ones, they respawn at full health, which only made it take longer. And then Armored and Final Xehanort were somehow harder, and the Remind fights ducked with the menu. Still, I think I love this game, and Sephiroth in KH2 might still be my favorite fight in the whole series. And no, I have yet to beat the Data Org fights in Remind, I kinda lost motivation to play KH after steamrolling the entire series over the course of my senior year of high school, but am getting through it every now and again.😊
I started watching back when you had like 300 followers maybe I was always looking for kh vids that wherent all about big revelas and leaked stuff and your stuff really was exactly what I was lookibg for. Thanks to ur stuff i also found out about lots of other channels that do that. You are like my favorite UA-camr now for what ever thats worth. All that to say thanks for the great vids !
You ever consider putting your stuff on Spotify? I’m selfishly asking for myself lol I’ll admit it and I’m not ashamed of it but I work two jobs and the second one is a night shift. I’m a heavy metal/hard rock guy but on the way home most nights I prefer something chill especially since I’m starting to go home at roughly 2/3am. So I go to UA-cam and throw on your boss ranking or world ranking videos and everytime I finish a run of them (run as in watching them all in chronological order), I just…start at the top again, every once in a while throwing the Days or mini game ranking in the mix. This has been going on for literally over a year and I’d like to get just the audio since even though I’ve seen all of your videos 20+ times I can’t resist peaking at the screen every once in a while 😂 legitimately appreciate you man, you’ve become one of my favorite UA-camrs and reignited my love for KH. Forever blessed that the original boss ranking video found its way into my recommended tab a couple years ago
I'm glad to always see a video from you Pat. I can always feel the passion and love for the series you have in each video and I regularly go back to your older vids just cus I feel you have such interesting analysis. I've always wanted to try and make content for KH but have always stopped myself. Then I see you make a jump for it and find your own success and it inspires me. Thank you for all the hard work and if I was in a better financial situation I'd be happily supporting you on patreon
It's kinda funny that you regard Larxene and Marluxia's fight as the one Sora would rememer since all of his Chain of Memories encounters were rewritten to fix his memories while he does remeber Luxord as KH2 was after his memories being fixed.
58:55. No Pat that's not choking. Choking is when you get a piece of food stuck in your throat. What Xehanort is doing is strangling Sora and Aqua, totally different. He just loves strangling people! But yeah, another incredible boss ranking video, thank you for the early holidays gift. Your kh1 boss ranking is how I found out about your channel. I was actually so impressed with how you write your videos that I showed them to my sister who became a fan of your stuff as well. If you don't make anymore videos this year then I wish you happy holidays and a great new year!
I agree with some of the bosses feeling easy. I wanted some more DM/counter DM like Skoll or Grim Guardianess. But the DMs we do get are extremely fun to play
I just have to talk about how thematically on point the Grim Guardianess was to Gothel's character. Almost everything about her fight is a reference to the themes of the story she is from. The cage she creates is her desire to keep Rapunzel trapped forever. The flowers she generates are because of the "flower gleam and glow" spell Rapunzel sings to keep Gothel looking young. The birds... okay I am not quite sure about the birds, it's been a bit of a while since I saw the movie or fought the boss. But if you view Grim Guardianess from the perspective of the movie's plot, I was absolutely not surprised that it ended up so high on your list. The gameplay being great was an excellent bonus as well!
"I think it would be a lot easier to nail the choreography when you're teaming uo with yourself" * In the Graveyard* Ansem: Ok, guys, we know what we have to do, right? Xemnas: Yes YMX: Kick their asses while bopping and dancing to 90s pop music. Xemnas: Yeah but minus the dancing to 90s pop music. Ansem: Although we can still dance... *Proceed to do the dopest choreography in history... WHILE BATTLING! *
Pat you are the reason I finally made the push to get more into this series finally getting and playing these games this year. So far I have played 1, finally finished com after never beating it as a kid, and 2. I’m going to be moving on to bbs soon and hopefully have the rest of the series finished next year. These are games I wish I had played as a kid I’m loving them. Also as a side note your comedy game has been consistently improving this video had me laughing so much.
Despite only getting into the series this year, playing through all the games(No mobile, or the ds games) that battle between the three Xehanorts was just too good for me. Similar to you I also went onto YX first, trauma wounds from DDD still stinging as I heard his voice lines(Love me som Ben Disikn), and seeing as it made sense i knocked the other two down in order. The speech for Ansem really hit me a lot as he too is my favorite in the series even if its only been a few months since I started the series. Yet it hit me quite hard, it made me think back and just appreciate how much I enjoyed the games...as well as my life which started out terrible last year into early this year but became one of the best years of my life hopeful for those to come
"What a journey we've had... It's time to move on" really hit different. Coincided with a major change in my life, and really felt like closing a chapter.
One thing I hoped you mention during King of Toys is ‘Skyward Striker.’ That was one of the most epic songs I’ve ever heard, and it’s only found in the final battle in the Toy Story level of all things.
41:50 You know I actually do dig Xigbar and Luxord being the joint boss. Maybe they could make it minigame-ish too, like you have to find the Luxord Card before Xigbar finds the Riku card. And Xigbar seems like the type who would be down for Luxord's games.
The commentary, editing, humor and knowledge of the game you have isn’t comparable to any other KH channel I’ve seen. KH was one of the first games I’ve ever felt a story line so compelling and will always enjoy replay and trying differently. It’s a very niche community and you already do well. I’d love to see you analyze other games to and possibly expand your audience. You are very well spoken and fair on your analysis. I’d love to see some different games to and see you expand your territory. I haven’t seen a gamer as talented as you in ages. Love ya pat!
Dude, it is criminal how UA-cam hasn't recommended your channel to me sooner. I don't know how you write 90 minute scripts that entertain all the way through, but I'm obsessed.
Commenting for the algorithm. But also to say that I can’t believe you keep outdoing yourself. You’re already on track making yourself better and better. Excellent stuff. 👍
Thank you, Pat! Because of these videos I finally decided to pick up the Kingdom Hearts series and earlier in the year I beat Kingdom Hearts for the first time using only the Kingdom Key and without equipping Combo Plus and things like Strike Raid and Ragnarok. Recently I did the same for KH2. Can't wait to do it for KH3 once I've examined this video 30 times like I did for the other two rankings. You're the best Door to Darknesser on the site!
It's been such a wild ride. I remember back when your level 1 playthrough on the first game was relatively new and it blew me away. Keep surprising the KH community!!
You definitely made me realise the deeper feel of the Replica-Norts and their creepy vibes. I never thought about them the way you did, and it has opened my eyes now that you explained them in a more precise way, other than them basically being Replica-True-Org-Member-Xehanorts. But other than that, amazing video, good luck on your New Year's Resolutions next year. You can do more and seek more
always appreciate the thoughtfulness and humor you bring to videos like this. i think i commented something similar god...a year and a half ago now? but it feels worth mentioning again that i found you randomly during a kh1 replay i was doing where i thought, hey i wonder if someone's done a guide for the treasures in this game, and came across your early video doing just that. i distinctly remember being like yeah yeah i'll just jump around through the video and maybe have to listen to this guy dryly explain how to reach some of the tricky ones. and instead i found myself entertained by a treasure walkthrough video and going to check out your other stuff. it was completely unexpected and something i've always appreciated about your work: you make a genuine effort to be entertaining even when the subject could easily be straightforward, and go the extra mile with videos like this, never taking things too seriously but also never shying away from your emotional investment in this series. great to see you still doing this with the same energy i enjoyed so much back then. i will say that i had to drop out of being a patron for a while because i switched jobs and had some financial insecurity for a minute there, but i'm planning to be back in the new year. i know every person counts, and i hope we can get you to that sweet, sweet 150 and beyond.
1:00:58 Technically, there is a bar that shows that. The Formchange gauge goes up as you collect the little light orbs. But I can also see that being hard to notice.
New here, so obviously not part of your journey but really cool to see you’ve grown from the early days you talk about. Here’s to many years to come, dude
So hyped for this. Started marathoning KH when sora was announced for smash and found your channel around the same time. KH has since become one of my favourite franchises, and your channel one of my faves on the platform, so (Count Dooku voice) I’ve been looking forward to this
FINALLY someone that does a list considering EVERYTHING a boss fight involves: music, lore involvement, combat, the envoirment... Not just: "fight easy therefore fight bad"
Well, what you could do is since the data fights technically count as "Canon" because they are canonically how the characters fight in the graveyard, you could list the datas in place of their graveyard counterparts, or list them as so.
The Nort Court and Guardian of Light fights are my most favorite boss fights in KH3 and probably some of my favorites in all of gaming. Fighting 3 versions of the main villain with Sora's best friend and the mascot of Disney holds a lot more than just normal. You're also fighting the previous main villains of the games in a final, once and for all setting since this was the end of the Xehanort saga (until Dark Road but whatevs). Their combo attacks were just icing on the cake too, especially during the Keyblade raid, Riku and Mickey are yeeted away and the focus is all on Sora and they all combine their attacks at just him. Even the same for when the DM ends, it's awesome. Not to mention how the song Oscurita di Xehanort being a remix of Ansem, Xemnas, and Young Xehanort's themes all together making the fight much more epic. The Guardians teaming up is just like how Pat says, a scenario that you imagine as a kid coming together for fanservice. If this is considered a boss or not, I don't care, I love it. The characters we've come to meet across the then 18 years of KH come together to team up and defend themselves while also having character moments together. Seeing interactions we've always wanted to see since their introductions. The combo attacks were PERFECT as well, everything about this fight got me so hype when I first played it, I specifically have a save file for that fight alone.
I find "The Treysh" infinitely more funny than I should. Congratulations on making me disturb my neighbors by laughing too hard with a single misspelled word on a screen.
In the winter of 2021 I got covid from work and had to self isolate at home. How did I spend those two weeks locked in my room? Watching your videos and playing Kingdom hearts! I hated that job at the time but your uploads just make it feel so nostalgic. It wasn't even that long ago! That's the magic of your writing. Thank you Pat 😊
Remember I first found your channel halfway through lockdown, when I had to do university from home. I ended up binging all your videos instead of listening to my lectures on gore in Shakespeare haha. Glad to still be around!
I definitely agree with having too much at your kit way too soon. The story tries to make you believe Sora is regaining his strenght during your journey through rediscovering the power of waking or something, but you don't unlock keyblade forms, grand magic, attractions or shotlocks throughout your journey. Only links, because you find them, there is no story behind them in any way.
A fun Regular Pat drinking game for the holiday season. Take a drink every time:
I swear (only for the brave souls)
I bring up the critical level 1 run
I bring up my first playthrough
I make a reference you don't get
I ranked something improperly (too high/too low)
I badmouth KH2 or DDD
Good luck have fun!!
This is possibly the most diabolical drinking game I’ve ever seen
Yeah I'll pass on that thanks though
Are you trying to kill me?
Yo I can confirm this does kill you.
To be completely honest that Regular Pat character development felt cinematic as hell.
Pat, never stop, you make me remember why this is my favorite video game series of all time without failure every time you upload something like this.
ok
My thoughts exactly (in regards to OP)
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Repliku's last words being "Take care of her" actually was the intent and was what he said in the Japanese dub. Translators just dropped the ball and didn't catch it.
Inbetween this, the callback in Data-Xion's defeat quote that was also lost in translation, and whatever was going on with Saix's facial animations, I feel like KH3's localization really left a lot to be desired
@@BearfaxII could you elaborate?
@@joa6336 In relation to the Data-Xion quote: her defeat line, "This is... how it's supposed to be", was apparently translated from what in the Japanese version was the same line as "You'll be better off now... (Roxas)".
In relation to Saix's animations: one of his facial expressions was a lot softer and happier in the Japanese version of the scene with him and Lea on the clock tower, but in the English version he has his usual stern facial expression on in the same shot. A few people interpreted this as the localization team or perhaps some of the higher ups (something something Disney) thinking the scene felt "too gay" and wanted to change it, other people more charitably thought it was just an oversight. Either way, it's a weird and completely unnecessary change; gay or not, they've been friends since childhood, it only makes sense for him to be genuinely happy to see Lea despite their current circumstances at opposite sides of the Keyblade War.
@@BearfaxII they did this a lot for some ungodly reason. When Sora tells Kairi "I feel strong with you Kairi" he originally says "you are strong after all Kairi". Which was supposed to be a KH1 callback to that scene where Sora tells Kairi to stay put because it's too dangerous and she'll only get in the way. Now Sora finally understands that Kairi has strength of her own, that she CAN help and that she's not some helpless little girl who constantly needs protection. He finally sees her as his equal but the English Localization Team decided to change it, making the scene all about Sora instead of Kairi.
TBF, the localization team dropped the ball a LOT in KH3... between flubbing Riku's lines to make them less gay for Sora (and thus muddling his characterization...) and trying to push SoKai ship at the expense of Sora's characterization ("WHY HER?!" makes it seem like he'd care less if anyone but Kairi had been killed, where as the original line "WHY?! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!" fits WAY better to Sora's "my friends are my power!" characterization. And then later, "I thought we'd finally be together..." vs the original "I thought we'd finally all go home..."? Yeah)... it's a shit show.
So many of the dialogue changes with the Destiny Trio seem to be about erasing any strong feelings from Riku about Sora... and altering Sora's dialogue to push SoKai as hard as possible. I hate it. Sora loves his friends. He's gonna want to try and lift them up, not use them as a ladder to bolster himself (as a previous comment mentioned, "I feel strong with you" vs the original "You're strong, Kairi" lines). I HATE what the localization team has been doing. They were more subtle about it in previous games... probably because Nomura had a larger part in making sure his work was translated faithfully... but it did still happen. They've been trying to push SoKai from the start, and now there's strong evidence that if there IS an end game ship to KH, it's gonna be SoRiku (come on... Sora falling to his knees while clinging to Riku's hand and crying, "It's Riku! Riku is here!"? Kairi doesn't get that kind of treatment. lmfao), so they are pushing even harder on SoKai to the point of harming characterization... smh
i think the reason Sora freaks out at the sight of one Shadow is because he's used to there being "more where that came from"
kind of like how you don't see roaches out and about during the day unless there's just no space for them back at their nest, tipping you off to the presence of an infestation
he isn't referring to just that one Shadow when he yells "HEARTLESS!", he's freaking out because this place he thought would be a safe hideaway seemed for just a moment to have been invaded by an indefinite number of them
But that's just a theory...
Honestly I feel you're on the right track about that, yeah Sora's handles Quadrillians by the hour... but normal people that don't have a keyblade can't exactly fend for themselves, like back on destiny island in KH1.
@@marxxplaysgames Mhm! -It's a nice touch that he specifically calls out Donald and Goofy, who he knows can get into a fight with Heartless at a moment's notice, whereas it looks like Big Hero 6 need to suit up to start having a chance against them.- He'd be understandably worried about everyone and probably jumped to the conclusion that the visor was a device that lets you see hidden, lurking Heartless-a terrifying prospect, to be sure...
Edit: I noticed later that most of BH6 is suited up already, so that element is out.
That, and it’s not really HIM that he’s scared for, it’s the fact that he straight up watched a man get eaten by these things before, and he’d rather NOT see that happen with anyone much squishier than he.
So, maybe more like seeing your kid walk up to you holding a live rattlesnake
@@spindash64 Oh defo
“[sniffing sound] Roaches! ROACHES-“ Coryxkenshin, SSS# 29
Even if fights like The Kraken and Davy Jones aren’t the most mechanically interesting fights ever made, those battles really opened my eyes to how much I value the mood of a fight. The pouring rain, the music, the sense of urgency, it’s palpable and I’m so here for it.
I really loved the Port Royal representation on KH3, starting i thought "oh, tía knows something", "Is the Leviatan's appearance convenience of Kingdom Hearts or convenience of Jack Sparrow existing right there?"
And then everything clicked at the end, i saw THE moment where sora's (a bit of) trigger (and a lot of) *HAPPY* scheme started falling apart against Davy Jones, it was beautiful and actually made me want to watch the Pirates of the Caribean movies (and possibly edit the third movie by putting the scenes from KH3 to make a "definitive KH hype experience"
And also the fact that Sora punches Davy Jones _in the face._ no magic, no Keyblade, just straight up decks a motherfucker
While kh3 is my least favorite of the mainline games, Port Royal is in my top 3 favorite worlds. It was the peak world in this game and one of the best in the series to me for how explorable it is, the battles, atmosphere, just about everything about it I loved.
Alsso immaculate graphicss. Don’t know what it iss but that sssene lookss ssuper good
And the thing about the Kraken is... IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD! Becket's men killed it and it's corpse was supposed to be the first thing we see upon returning from the afterlife.
"These ranking videos are secretly essays in disguise."
Yes. That's why I watch them
“sora, dumbassedly” is one of my favorite quotes ever now, thank u patrick
My fav was when he said " that'd be like my darkness manifesting as a hand me down ford escape" 😂
Fun fact about Skoll; He is named after the norse creature of the same name, a massive wolf that chased to sun as his brother chased the moon. His name meaning 'treachery' or 'mockery'. His DM, mostly called 'Black Sun', is also a small reference to the events of Ragnerok where Fenrir, son of Loki, devoured the sun.
and that was the peak of creativity that went into the frozen adverti- I mean fully fleshed out and functioning world of the video game Kingdom Hearts III.
This is the kind of stuff that makes a game more fascinating after I learn it
They put such a cool boss in the most lackluster area they called a world :/ Poor Skoll...
Fefnir
@@Someguyonline7732 Fefnir is Loki's son and did something different. Skoll and Fefnir are two different wolves.
Regular Pat: Uploads long awaited KH3 boss ranking video
Me in disbelief: Thats...Nuts!
about your existential questions about the toys, around the beginning sora asks "why don't those ones move?" and woody responds "i guess they haven't figured it out yet," implying that every toy is created with consciousness but needs to actually recognize it and learn to move on their own. so really it's like puppeteering an infant too young to hold its own head up.
Reading this out loud in my head, your explanation sounds darker than I remember. Nice
this is easily some of your best writing pat its insane
How can you possibly say that when you wrote this comment 2 minutes after this 1 hour video was uploaded
@@13EqualsB i watched it early cause im subscribed to regular pats patreon, which you can too for as low as 5 dollars!!
@@koumori9214 TOP TIER SHILLING
@@RegularPat YES SIR 🫡🫡
Ef yes
Davy Jones actually can teleport in the movies. He does it during Dead Man's Chest to warp onto the Black Pearl.
Granted, he doesn't seem to do it very OFTEN for some reason.
i had him do it alot somehow .... definitely didn't entirely like him teleporting around but it also wasn't a problem
I feel his teleporting was tied to things connected to his curse. Like he could teleport anywhere within his ship, and to Jack because he made a deal with him, he just doesn't do it often out of the possibility that Jack might be on dry land instead of his ship.
not me crying over Pat reconciling with fictional corporate overlord icon Mickey Mouse.
God tier script writing and delivery as always Pat!
I love that you actually appreciate Kairi. Too many people treat her like Sakura. “sHe HaS nO pErSoNaLiTy…” Glad someone sees her value
Yeah, her issue is more that she doesn’t get enough chances to SHOW that Fire in her. Even in base KH3, there’s some there, but not really touched on as much.
@@spindash64 I personally wish she shows more of her personality from KH1. Since like KH2, she's just felt mostly like a damsel in distress with the old Disney princess personality if that makes sense. I still like her as a character, but I wish she showed how she acted in the first game.
@@phantom-X2086 she's in a coma for half of KH1 but I catch your cold.
@@AnAverageGoblin I meant the character she showcased throughout when she wasn't in that comatose state
I admit, I love shitposting about how Kairi is boring and has no personality, but it only frustrates me because I feel like when she was first introduced, she had this “spunky low-key tomboy” vibe about her that I greatly appreciated. Her introduction was calling Sora a lazy piece of shit and telling him to get moving.
I feel like we haven’t gotten to see that much after KH1, which just annoys the hell out of me. She had a personality, and it could have been a lot of fun. But a side-effect of them focusing on stuff that wasn’t her, and her being stuck in the role of “that girl Sora saves” prevented them from diving into the personality it felt like they’d started building for her. Hence why I roast her.
I had always thought that the World Terminus was how the Heartless traveled back and forth between different worlds in KH1, maybe confusing "terminus" for "terminal," like some sort of train station.
I like this headcanon
Terminus can actually refer to the endpoint terminal of a railway
@@noodle4542 The more you know!
I'm pretty sure they use the same corridors of darkness as the Organization
@@lucyferos205 Had always thought, where "had" is in past tense, referring to how my 8-year-old self had interpreted Kingdom Hearts 1 as a standalone text.
Small personal note on the Nort Quart:
While I totally agree that the "titans of the series" comment mainly should include Ansem and Xemnas with the BBS funny keyblade storm in the background, I have a little bit more personal history with it.
My first KH game was 3D, and Young Xehanort was an incredibly challenging fight for me. It destroyed me over and over, knocked me down and then time-stopped me to stab me again. So when I walked into Nort Quart, every member felt more important; the original villain, the villain who I enjoyed the most, and the boss that crushed me years and years ago and singlehandedly started my love for KH bosses.
Fantastic video, by the way
I think part of the problem with Darkside in KH3 is that the side games kind of positioned it totally different in the interrim. 0.2 had those World of Darkness Darksides (you know, the ones we've known since KH1 lived there naturally), Days had it as a series of bosses you fought that got harder as you went up the family tree from Darkside to the Dark Follower, who had an additional attack to stop you from just standing in the back and pelting it with magic like a wimp, and Re:Coded has the initial Darkside encounter (which is markedly different from any other one in that Darkside itself is totally inaccessible outside of when it is attacking) go through three forms, with it getting buggier as it goes in and eventually becoming something that doesn't even look like Darkside, and then in the final boss fight shows up as a form Sora's Heartless takes with significantly more vicious attacks than any other version to that point, before turning into Anti-Sora directly.
But then it just... shows up in KH3, with even less attacks than it had in KH1? And then shows up in a gauntlet in the final true ending where it's barely gotten back to KH1 level, except now you can attack it at literally any time because your jump height and rising attacks can reach up even to its face at any point? Why? What's the point? He's not even remotely threatening then, you needed to give him more to do.
It might be to show sora is op now.
@@tumultuousv That showing only matters though IF you have prior knowledge... yet prior knowledge also shows that Sora handles massive groups like a Warrior's game and is inherently more powerful.
I always felt that Sora's heartless should have been Darkside rather than just a shadow. Could have tied in better later, like Destiny Island falling to darkness, including Sora, and then Vens light fights Sora's heartless with Sora's body a la Roxas foreshadowing and then defeating Darkside puts Sora's heart back into his body which is why he's the only dood from Destiny Island in traverse town. Coulda been something there.
The bosses in KH3 are so good! If I have a favorite, it would be the Nort Court. The synchronization, the wild mayhem, and the goodbyes from the bosses makes it the best.
this aged well
Also Oscurita di Xehanort is an S-Tier nostalgia nuke of a song.
god, Ansem and Xemnas got my heart's ass tbf, I really love those cutscenes
love Teen Nort's scene; he dies as he lived, a little fucking shit lol
@@leowulf5280I second that.
Thanks for your hard work, Pat! Your writing style always makes my day 😁
Thank you!! That makes MY day!
The wordplay is off the charts, Pat. For real though, incredible video. My roommates and I are going through III blind as a final game before he moves away and this came at the perfect time. I'm very happy to reminisce about the game as I prepare to send off one of my best buds at the same time, so in an odd way this was real comforting. Thanks for the incredible work, dude.
that ending... I've been around since the days when you hit 1K and despite the fact I've dipped in and out as life's happened, I'm so proud of all you've done and even though I've only managed to pop into any stream of yours for a grand total of 10 minutes, your journey has been incredibly inspiring. your scripts (and unscripted content too) has put me in stitches on several occasions and your more opinion based content never feels very forced down the throat at any point. looking forward to whatever's next! also stellar thumbnail and obscure references btw the lump moment slapped
I just finished reading the Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days novel recently (though, I still have yet to beat the actual DS game), and as a MAJOR fan of the sea salt trio and their stories, I REALLY can't wait to see your 358/2 Days video!
That and it's been almost a year since I officially became a Kingdom Hearts fan! Thanks so much for helping me stay invested in this marvellous series, Pat! It means a lot!
Every time you post a video, I always think: will this be the video that beats the manga video as my new nighttime “fall asleep” video? And damn every time it is! That’s a compliment btw. Your writing has been so good, especially in this video! I love how you balance informative analysis of each fight with your usual deadpan humor. Great stuff👍
Also, I love the clip of Vexen being hit by fire. Very much for me specifically✌️
Wishing you a happy end to women’s history month and cheers to December, women’s history month💕
I'm so happy to see that somebody else says 'Yeetus Vanitas' for the Monster's Inc. segment. I cracked up so hard at that bit on my first playthrough.
Your writing was completely on point this video! Perfect mix of dissecting the good and bad points of the various boss fights, as well as amazing quips and comedic bits. I can really see the thought and effort you put into this :)
Gotta disagree on the Anti Sora segment being hard to tell when it'll end! The gold arrows that are normally used for form changes tells you how close you are! (At least I'm pretty sure)
Your right but on a first playthrough it may not be obvious
That sounds similar to Ven fighting Vanitas in BBS, but that also wasn't immediately obvious to many.
@@rupeehyrulian5259Doesn't the tutorial bring those arrows to your attention for both building to your form change and when the buildup may drop?
Your Baymax voice when you said
“Oh no. Guess I’ll just go
fuck myself.”
Was /so/ spot on perfect that I had to pause for almost three whole minutes because I was rofling so hard. Another excellent video; I’d been waiting for this one for a while! Thanks for giving me some honest to god laughs and consequently brightening my day, I don’t think I realized how much I needed that. As ever, you continue to be my all-time favorite KH channel, and I can’t wait to see what else you come up with next! All the best, and happy holidays!
I like how Kairi throws the key blade as part of her combos, I hope sora can get some moves like that in the future and maybe even using the chain on his keyboard to swing it around and stuff, especially with how we see him use the keychain for traversal
Man you never fail to deliver Pat, that one Katy Pericles joke was hilarious damn. Love the way you wrote this down, I mean they're always a banger but this one has been your best so far imo.
EDIT: Real happy for you to try and engage more with positive comments than the haters. I can't imagine what that's like in an internet standpoint, but happy holidays and enjoy your school break, my guy
I never realized that u could use goofy bombardment ( the attack where sora throws goofy) to force the lump of horror out of its invincible phase, just like how goofy can insta kill the sand heartless things
I found this out during my most recent run though on complete accident
I'm always impressed at your script work, the way you can riff out metaphors like crazy without skipping a beat is amazing. Once I recover from a great joke, you're already making the next one. Its so exciting whenever you release videos, this is one of your best ones yet!
Your commentary on the Davy Jones fight just convinces me more that I wish somehow we could play Roxas v Riku in HD. The DS graphics are not enough.
edit: The cameo from Richard Epcar was so sweet
This was such a blast of a video! Loved it all the way through! Keep up the great work, Pat. You really have the genuineness that isn’t seen in a lot of content creators!
The long-awaited ranking video…! Absolutely a fan of the analysis and witty writing, it’s been really fun relistening to the prior boss rankings like podcasts and the KH3 ranking’s an amazing evolution
Agree on 13 seekers, so unsettled at first, maybe a bit of fear, so walking over a few feet and getting greeted with a barrage of attacks was so memorable and evoked a lot of emotion and hype. Which was hard to come by for me in KH3
And even technically knowing WHAT they are doesn’t really address the fear of HOW they are. Not, “how are you doing”, but “how the fuck are you still moving?”. Is Xehanort literally controlling them like marionettes? Are they operating on just enough awareness to be sentry bots? Are they something else?
@@spindash64 My headcanon is that Xehanort is controlling them, messing with Sora before basically making the armor.
I've always thought it was the keys MX collected that controls these marionettes and taking a literal form (since Xehanort was collecting them like keys pretty much after they get defeated).
Thank you so much for your videos, Pat. I love Kingdom Hearts, and I have been watching your stuff since 2019. I hope you have a great holiday season. Here's to many more years of awesome things.
Thank you for sticking around!!
You know, the thing I've always loved about your videos is even when I don't agree with that you're saying, you articulate your points so well that I can totally see where you're coming from.
Fantastic job on this! Data Xemnas, Data Marluxia (though you're not counting data fights here), Yozora, Lump of Horror and Davy Jones were my favorite fights in this game and it was cool to see you talk about them.
Random thought regarding the world terminus in KH1: I always thought those were gateways the Heartless used to get to those worlds. Meaning you actually do travel back to the worlds. I could be wrong of course.
Edit: also that video was fucken great!
I love this video a ton, just a few things I can comment on:
12:13 That's actually just the Flying Dutchman, it's just a persistent little octopus head.
15:00 Dude, I'd LOVE to fight Mozenrath from the animated series too, no joke XD
24:42 There ARE arguments I saw (TV Tropes did a bang-up job of it too) to justify why each hero is in which world, so there can be some speculating done there. Basically; Riku had the same godly expectations Hercules did and fell to temptation that required them to prove themselves, Aqua and Davy Jones were both masters of their crafts forced to go through matching 10 years of Hell only to be abandoned by people they cared about, Ventus and Woody share the fear of being left behind by their loved ones and ended up at the mercy of a psychopathic kid wanting to kill them, Mickey and Rapunzel are two nobles estranged from home who were rescued and given new motivation by roguish-type handsome guys, Goofy and Anna were both enamored with the idea of following destiny until it led them to toxic people that hurt them, Donald started with Sully's professional-only approach to their respective charges until they grew to genuinely care for them, and finally both Axel/Lea and Hiro lost someone dear to them and their stories are more about the aftermath of them dealing with the grief.
48:16 Yeah screw Unknown-Xehanort.
53:57 I mean, thematically it makes sense. Gothel is SO obsessed with keeping appearances, her youthful look, that the Heartless STILL just looks like her AS a Heartless.
01:01:10 Aaaactually the light balls he drops are purely for aesthetics XD You're supposed to check the Action Command gauge for this (the golden arrows that show up over the command menu as you're building up a bigger one) But you're right that it isn't as clear as it could be.
Also, the order you fought the Nort Court is the one I like to do it in. With matching keyblades for each.
Keep being amazing, man!
GENIE! My final wish! I wish to be an all powerful BIG FISH so I can pull off the hat trick!
Sometimes calling someone a "content creator" feels derogatory to me because it evokes the sterile feeling of something being created purely to be consumed, digested, and quickly forgotten about. That's never what Pat's videos feel like to me. It sincerely feels like he's building a library of videos that I actually want to return to and revisit later, rather than just a curiosity I've seen on my homepage with no staying power. It's in part because he takes the essay approach and puts real thought into what he's saying rather than just speaking on the fly. But it's more than that because they feel pretty painstakingly produced. It would be so easy to make a ranking where you just put up footage of yourself fighting each boss and talking over it, but the imagery used really effectively demands the audience's attention and enhances the already smartly written commentary (and that's to say nothing about the hundreds of clever visual and editing gags and easter eggs).
I really don’t care THAT much about Kingdom Hearts but Pat really makes a compelling case for why this franchise is actually worth talking about. And I’ve worked in the field of documentary post-production, and I can say with authority that there are famous or well-regarded filmmakers making archival footage-based feature-length theatrical or broadcast released documentaries that have put less effort into their final product (in both planning and editing) than Pat has here in his own feature-length video. Whatever success he has had or will have is totally earned, and probably not enough.
Also, this comment makes it feel like we're talking about serious business but rest assured Pat is extremely funny and strikes the perfect balance between taking the material seriously (to provide substantial and insightful commentary) and understanding how funny and ridiculous it is (in order to make fun of the franchise and himself) with some really funny writing, visuals, and editing.
not me about to straight-up sob. Thank you so much. I know it might seem pretentious or too self-serious, but I really do want my channel to feel like a library of projects instead of "a channel with videos on it." Obviously it's still that, but I really do want each one to feel like an experience. Obviously there are memes and off-the-cuff things thrown in, but I try to make it apparent that they're like a "sub-series" separate from what I consider the real chronology of the channel. Thank you again for saying all of this
Pat, your words on Ansem reminded me (no pun intended) how much I love this franchise and will probably still be playing this franchise, even as my fingers' dexterity and reflexes begin to fade, there will always be more to seek.
I appreciate you and your uploads, Pat.
"Say what you will or even Elizabeth about the Pirates franchise" is top tier writing, my god.
I remember being here since I discovered your channel from the COM video shortly after it came out. Your videos have always been incredibly enjoyable and here's to another year of awesome stuff!
The CoM one is a deep cut!! Thank you for sticking around!
Your content is top notch, of all the channels I watch your one of very few (less than 5) that I feel doesn’t put on a persona or fake anything for views, you seem genuine and legit enjoy making way you do, and in this day and age is something incredibly rare on UA-cam, for what it’s worth, your the only creator I’ve considered supporting on patreon. Take the good and the bad, your not human otherwise and if you ignore tha negative how can you grow. All the best
Learning all of Yozoras attacks over days of grinding to practice for whenever I get there on my lvl 1 all pro codes critical mode run was honestly really fun. I've even almost got down how to dodge the mecha attack without any summons.
I love kingdom hearts reviews. There is something about it that is really comforting to me. Kingdom hearts was one of the first videogames I played with my best friend at age 8 so it's a series that has stuck in my memory. Thanks for the awesome review and the genuine words at the end speaking to us viewers. Keep at it my friend, keep giving it your all!
Kingdom hearts fills a surprisingly hard to fill niche today of a series that KNOWS it is utterly absurd in its premise, but refuses to let that hold it back from taking itself seriously. Very few other stories can have Donald Duck grieving for watching the 14 year old he basically adopted by accident _commit suicide,_ and yet Kingdom Hearts does that without it feeling “edgy” or “forced”, because the characters still act with earnestness
My first playthrough of KH3 was after he was announced for Smash, on Critical, and I thought the hardest had passed with BBS, thinking that the last Keyblade Graveyard was the hardest the games would get. I had heard KH3 was overall easier than the others, forgetting that Critical was added when Remind came out. When I played this game, I think this might be consistently the hardest in the series. I remember taking a lot of attempts on numerous bosses, every end of area boss took like 10-20+ attempts. Keep in mind, I had binged the entire series up to this point, and thought I was used to early game struggle to mid-late game ease until the very end. But this game was constantly kicking my ass, there were some regular enemy encounters that would often wreck my shit. But overall, no boss was as hard or as fun as the “Nort Court” that shit took me at least 3 hours to fully get through, and it was mostly the first phase being a bitch. I think the worst part is, even if you beat one Nort and then die after damaging the remaining alive ones, they respawn at full health, which only made it take longer. And then Armored and Final Xehanort were somehow harder, and the Remind fights ducked with the menu. Still, I think I love this game, and Sephiroth in KH2 might still be my favorite fight in the whole series. And no, I have yet to beat the Data Org fights in Remind, I kinda lost motivation to play KH after steamrolling the entire series over the course of my senior year of high school, but am getting through it every now and again.😊
Holy shit this was way longer than I thought it was gonna be wtf
I started watching back when you had like 300 followers maybe
I was always looking for kh vids that wherent all about big revelas and leaked stuff and your stuff really was exactly what I was lookibg for. Thanks to ur stuff i also found out about lots of other channels that do that.
You are like my favorite UA-camr now for what ever thats worth. All that to say thanks for the great vids !
Thanks so much!!
Maybe that giant heartless in the KH4 trailer is an evolved version of Darkside, as they share alot of similarities.
You ever consider putting your stuff on Spotify? I’m selfishly asking for myself lol I’ll admit it and I’m not ashamed of it but I work two jobs and the second one is a night shift. I’m a heavy metal/hard rock guy but on the way home most nights I prefer something chill especially since I’m starting to go home at roughly 2/3am. So I go to UA-cam and throw on your boss ranking or world ranking videos and everytime I finish a run of them (run as in watching them all in chronological order), I just…start at the top again, every once in a while throwing the Days or mini game ranking in the mix. This has been going on for literally over a year and I’d like to get just the audio since even though I’ve seen all of your videos 20+ times I can’t resist peaking at the screen every once in a while 😂 legitimately appreciate you man, you’ve become one of my favorite UA-camrs and reignited my love for KH. Forever blessed that the original boss ranking video found its way into my recommended tab a couple years ago
Although I would switch a few around I 100% agree with the motivations for each ranks.
"true titans of the series kh1, kh2, BBS in the background" I love this subtle roast
I had to pause the video at 1:07:54 after the “Yo Zora!” line because I was crying laughing 😭
I'm glad to always see a video from you Pat. I can always feel the passion and love for the series you have in each video and I regularly go back to your older vids just cus I feel you have such interesting analysis. I've always wanted to try and make content for KH but have always stopped myself. Then I see you make a jump for it and find your own success and it inspires me. Thank you for all the hard work and if I was in a better financial situation I'd be happily supporting you on patreon
Another great video. Thank you for taking the time to make all of your great videos.
It's kinda funny that you regard Larxene and Marluxia's fight as the one Sora would rememer since all of his Chain of Memories encounters were rewritten to fix his memories while he does remeber Luxord as KH2 was after his memories being fixed.
"Thought you'd win?"
"No, I really very didn't, thanks so much Dylan."
I'm crying
58:55. No Pat that's not choking. Choking is when you get a piece of food stuck in your throat. What Xehanort is doing is strangling Sora and Aqua, totally different. He just loves strangling people! But yeah, another incredible boss ranking video, thank you for the early holidays gift. Your kh1 boss ranking is how I found out about your channel. I was actually so impressed with how you write your videos that I showed them to my sister who became a fan of your stuff as well. If you don't make anymore videos this year then I wish you happy holidays and a great new year!
I agree with some of the bosses feeling easy. I wanted some more DM/counter DM like Skoll or Grim Guardianess. But the DMs we do get are extremely fun to play
I just have to talk about how thematically on point the Grim Guardianess was to Gothel's character. Almost everything about her fight is a reference to the themes of the story she is from. The cage she creates is her desire to keep Rapunzel trapped forever. The flowers she generates are because of the "flower gleam and glow" spell Rapunzel sings to keep Gothel looking young. The birds... okay I am not quite sure about the birds, it's been a bit of a while since I saw the movie or fought the boss. But if you view Grim Guardianess from the perspective of the movie's plot, I was absolutely not surprised that it ended up so high on your list. The gameplay being great was an excellent bonus as well!
"I think it would be a lot easier to nail the choreography when you're teaming uo with yourself"
* In the Graveyard*
Ansem: Ok, guys, we know what we have to do, right?
Xemnas: Yes
YMX: Kick their asses while bopping and dancing to 90s pop music.
Xemnas: Yeah but minus the dancing to 90s pop music.
Ansem: Although we can still dance...
*Proceed to do the dopest choreography in history... WHILE BATTLING! *
Pat you are the reason I finally made the push to get more into this series finally getting and playing these games this year. So far I have played 1, finally finished com after never beating it as a kid, and 2. I’m going to be moving on to bbs soon and hopefully have the rest of the series finished next year. These are games I wish I had played as a kid I’m loving them. Also as a side note your comedy game has been consistently improving this video had me laughing so much.
The jokes in this video are peak
Sora also fights Darkside in Chain of Memories, so that's technically 6-7 times you fight him across the series as Sora alone.
oh my god you're right. fittingly i forgot
Not making Bahamut the final boss of Toy Box was criminal
It could have been really cool
Despite only getting into the series this year, playing through all the games(No mobile, or the ds games) that battle between the three Xehanorts was just too good for me. Similar to you I also went onto YX first, trauma wounds from DDD still stinging as I heard his voice lines(Love me som Ben Disikn), and seeing as it made sense i knocked the other two down in order. The speech for Ansem really hit me a lot as he too is my favorite in the series even if its only been a few months since I started the series. Yet it hit me quite hard, it made me think back and just appreciate how much I enjoyed the games...as well as my life which started out terrible last year into early this year but became one of the best years of my life hopeful for those to come
"What a journey we've had... It's time to move on" really hit different. Coincided with a major change in my life, and really felt like closing a chapter.
One thing I hoped you mention during King of Toys is ‘Skyward Striker.’ That was one of the most epic songs I’ve ever heard, and it’s only found in the final battle in the Toy Story level of all things.
SMH my head, when will these ego-inflated UA-camrs stop e-begging all the time 🙄🙄
replying so everyone knows that this person is one of my first ever patrons
@@RegularPat If they don't stick around for the Pat reon credits that's on them tbqh
I didn't expect a Regular Pat character development moment regarding Mickey in this video, but i'm glad we got one
41:50 You know I actually do dig Xigbar and Luxord being the joint boss. Maybe they could make it minigame-ish too, like you have to find the Luxord Card before Xigbar finds the Riku card. And Xigbar seems like the type who would be down for Luxord's games.
I never realized how perfect Davy Jones is as a KH villain. He's literally a heartless Disney villain.
44:17 Poker Night in the World that Never Was is the next KH spinoff I want now
The commentary, editing, humor and knowledge of the game you have isn’t comparable to any other KH channel I’ve seen. KH was one of the first games I’ve ever felt a story line so compelling and will always enjoy replay and trying differently. It’s a very niche community and you already do well. I’d love to see you analyze other games to and possibly expand your audience. You are very well spoken and fair on your analysis. I’d love to see some different games to and see you expand your territory. I haven’t seen a gamer as talented as you in ages. Love ya pat!
Dude, it is criminal how UA-cam hasn't recommended your channel to me sooner. I don't know how you write 90 minute scripts that entertain all the way through, but I'm obsessed.
Happy to be a patron! All the support Pat 💖💖
Commenting for the algorithm. But also to say that I can’t believe you keep outdoing yourself. You’re already on track making yourself better and better. Excellent stuff. 👍
Thank you, Pat! Because of these videos I finally decided to pick up the Kingdom Hearts series and earlier in the year I beat Kingdom Hearts for the first time using only the Kingdom Key and without equipping Combo Plus and things like Strike Raid and Ragnarok. Recently I did the same for KH2. Can't wait to do it for KH3 once I've examined this video 30 times like I did for the other two rankings. You're the best Door to Darknesser on the site!
It's been such a wild ride. I remember back when your level 1 playthrough on the first game was relatively new and it blew me away. Keep surprising the KH community!!
You definitely made me realise the deeper feel of the Replica-Norts and their creepy vibes. I never thought about them the way you did, and it has opened my eyes now that you explained them in a more precise way, other than them basically being Replica-True-Org-Member-Xehanorts.
But other than that, amazing video, good luck on your New Year's Resolutions next year. You can do more and seek more
Katy Pericles is proof that Pat is the best Kh content creator
always appreciate the thoughtfulness and humor you bring to videos like this. i think i commented something similar god...a year and a half ago now? but it feels worth mentioning again that i found you randomly during a kh1 replay i was doing where i thought, hey i wonder if someone's done a guide for the treasures in this game, and came across your early video doing just that. i distinctly remember being like yeah yeah i'll just jump around through the video and maybe have to listen to this guy dryly explain how to reach some of the tricky ones. and instead i found myself entertained by a treasure walkthrough video and going to check out your other stuff. it was completely unexpected and something i've always appreciated about your work: you make a genuine effort to be entertaining even when the subject could easily be straightforward, and go the extra mile with videos like this, never taking things too seriously but also never shying away from your emotional investment in this series. great to see you still doing this with the same energy i enjoyed so much back then.
i will say that i had to drop out of being a patron for a while because i switched jobs and had some financial insecurity for a minute there, but i'm planning to be back in the new year. i know every person counts, and i hope we can get you to that sweet, sweet 150 and beyond.
Found these on my recommended list. This 'series' earned you a sub. Love the love.
Here's to 2023. So proud to be a part of this community, thanks Pat. Happy WHM 💕
I love the lip synch when you said "What an absolute menace" in Yozora's entry
1:00:58 Technically, there is a bar that shows that. The Formchange gauge goes up as you collect the little light orbs. But I can also see that being hard to notice.
Ah, finally had the time to watch the whole video. Another witty, funny, and AMAZING video!!! Thank you for all of your hard work!!!
1:17 never took you for a Portal fan. You are a man of good taste.
New here, so obviously not part of your journey but really cool to see you’ve grown from the early days you talk about. Here’s to many years to come, dude
you're part of it now!
So hyped for this. Started marathoning KH when sora was announced for smash and found your channel around the same time. KH has since become one of my favourite franchises, and your channel one of my faves on the platform, so (Count Dooku voice) I’ve been looking forward to this
(Anakin voice) My powers have doubled since the last time we met, count.
FINALLY someone that does a list considering EVERYTHING a boss fight involves: music, lore involvement, combat, the envoirment...
Not just: "fight easy therefore fight bad"
Well, what you could do is since the data fights technically count as "Canon" because they are canonically how the characters fight in the graveyard, you could list the datas in place of their graveyard counterparts, or list them as so.
The Nort Court and Guardian of Light fights are my most favorite boss fights in KH3 and probably some of my favorites in all of gaming.
Fighting 3 versions of the main villain with Sora's best friend and the mascot of Disney holds a lot more than just normal. You're also fighting the previous main villains of the games in a final, once and for all setting since this was the end of the Xehanort saga (until Dark Road but whatevs). Their combo attacks were just icing on the cake too, especially during the Keyblade raid, Riku and Mickey are yeeted away and the focus is all on Sora and they all combine their attacks at just him. Even the same for when the DM ends, it's awesome. Not to mention how the song Oscurita di Xehanort being a remix of Ansem, Xemnas, and Young Xehanort's themes all together making the fight much more epic.
The Guardians teaming up is just like how Pat says, a scenario that you imagine as a kid coming together for fanservice. If this is considered a boss or not, I don't care, I love it. The characters we've come to meet across the then 18 years of KH come together to team up and defend themselves while also having character moments together. Seeing interactions we've always wanted to see since their introductions. The combo attacks were PERFECT as well, everything about this fight got me so hype when I first played it, I specifically have a save file for that fight alone.
Fantastic video, as always. Took me right back to a couple months ago when I played kh3 for the first time. The feels are somehow still very real
Thanks for the portal 2 reference. I appreciated that.
Great video, sounds like one of the best birthday presents you could have gotten. Looking forward to your future videos.
I find "The Treysh" infinitely more funny than I should. Congratulations on making me disturb my neighbors by laughing too hard with a single misspelled word on a screen.
i take a large amount of inspirtion from how Danny DeVito says it on Always Sunny
In the winter of 2021 I got covid from work and had to self isolate at home. How did I spend those two weeks locked in my room? Watching your videos and playing Kingdom hearts! I hated that job at the time but your uploads just make it feel so nostalgic. It wasn't even that long ago! That's the magic of your writing. Thank you Pat 😊
Remember I first found your channel halfway through lockdown, when I had to do university from home. I ended up binging all your videos instead of listening to my lectures on gore in Shakespeare haha. Glad to still be around!
I definitely agree with having too much at your kit way too soon. The story tries to make you believe Sora is regaining his strenght during your journey through rediscovering the power of waking or something, but you don't unlock keyblade forms, grand magic, attractions or shotlocks throughout your journey. Only links, because you find them, there is no story behind them in any way.