As someone who came here originally for your Union χ Retrospective Analysis video... And was re-directed to this video instead. I must say, finding this video was very tough. For some reason, all your retrospectives aren't in a playlist.
Okay, serious lore question: How is time-travel with objects possible? Just kidding, the reason is obvious: the need for promotional material was paramount and superseded everything already established. Anyway, who cares? It's just a phone game.. Haha! Okay, but there was one thing that did confuse me. In the beginning, we were told that the worlds being visited and harvested were actually digital, and so I guess all of the Lux procured from there was really from the main planet. But then, later, it seems that the worlds are now real, that the heroes are actually visiting locations that provide Lux. Am I understanding that right and, if so, what caused the shift? Is it because the virtual locations were part of the "tutorial", so that young, aspiring keyblade wielders can train in relative safety and then, once the tutorial ended, the challenges became "real"? Also, there was one plot point that seemed to go nowhere: one of the leaders promised to summon KH, but then we don't see that happen. Is this addressed elsewhere or something? So, Xehanort is the last owner of the Master's keyblade? I guess we might assume that he is the latest of the apprentices that showed the Master the future and probably holds the chained box? And, because of being part of a long line of wielders with a very specific goal, each one passing down the keyblade and the rationale for it, he was probably privy to some knowledge of this Age of Fantasy that others did not have. If so, that knowledge of a land when KH was around could have been the inspiration he needed to reforge the X-blade and bring KH back.
A lot of plot threads seemingly don’t get resolved if one played both the mobile game and then watched Back Cover around January 2017, which is partially why this video seems so lacking in answers; I was trying to imitate how confusing and contradictory it seemed at the time in how the story was presented to most Global fans who don’t pay attention to the Japanese development or history of the original browser game. So I partially take the blame for not really clearing it up here. But I did this all with a plan, I swear! This videos runs on the knowledge one would have back when II.8 and thus Back Cover was out, so all the contradictory information and lack of answers is deliberate on my part, but this was why I kept addressing this as a Part 1 with this particular ongoing story. Because you’re right: Daybreak Town and the other worlds should seemingly still be one unified world given how the Foretellers were trying to prevent the Keyblade War. But Ephemer was convinced the world was actually a series of projections, as seemingly confirmed by Master Ava in how she made him the leader of the Dandelions in her absence going forward towards the apocalypse, so your theory on if this is training in relative safety doesn’t seem too far fetched. Add to that you’re right; this Keyblade War or the desperate and seemingly inevitable summoning of Kingdom Hearts wasn’t ever shown in either Unchained or Back Cover, since both seem to stop right before the event. Add to that the entire reveal and mystery about the No Name Keyblade that Luxu was successful in passing down the line to eventually end up in Xehanort’s possession, it’s not too far a leap to say he may know something about the ancient past we’re presumably seeing. And then there’s the Black Box, which is probably the largest takeaway and vital thing to latch on to for most watching Back Cover alongside the Gazing Eye in No Name that was necessary to show the many players who aren’t familiar with or playing the mobile game to know for Kingdom Hearts III. A lot of things just “stop” right before events come to a head, so while there’s a bit of lore and new characters to chew on, as of right now, we don’t know how much of that is vital for KHIII’s finale regarding Xehanort’s Gambits. Exciting, but frustrating at times, haha. Nevertheless, don’t worry! Part 2 in two more videos will actually be covering the original browser game as well as all the remaining and up to date information on the current version of the mobile title as of the launch of KHIII at the end of January 2019 to help make sense of this fragmented tale. The curtain will be lifted so to speak on a good portion of the questions you’ve brought up, so thanks again for your thoughts! It’s always nice for me to see honest reactions and theories to the developments Kingdom Hearts as a series throws at people, especially so close to the end of the current major story arc.
@@GazKnightofNylrac Oh, those next few videos, and the inevitable KH3 Walkthrough, will be interesting, even if the answers don't really happen. At this point, I'm just along for the ride. This crazy, crazy ride. A part of me wishes that the game would release on PC, but at least your expertise with this series should create an entertaining viewing experience.
As someone who came here originally for your Union χ Retrospective Analysis video... And was re-directed to this video instead. I must say, finding this video was very tough. For some reason, all your retrospectives aren't in a playlist.
My Retrospectives playlist isn’t visible? That’s weird, I’ll see if there’s an issue somewhere on that front.
Okay, serious lore question: How is time-travel with objects possible?
Just kidding, the reason is obvious: the need for promotional material was paramount and superseded everything already established. Anyway, who cares? It's just a phone game.. Haha!
Okay, but there was one thing that did confuse me. In the beginning, we were told that the worlds being visited and harvested were actually digital, and so I guess all of the Lux procured from there was really from the main planet. But then, later, it seems that the worlds are now real, that the heroes are actually visiting locations that provide Lux. Am I understanding that right and, if so, what caused the shift? Is it because the virtual locations were part of the "tutorial", so that young, aspiring keyblade wielders can train in relative safety and then, once the tutorial ended, the challenges became "real"?
Also, there was one plot point that seemed to go nowhere: one of the leaders promised to summon KH, but then we don't see that happen. Is this addressed elsewhere or something?
So, Xehanort is the last owner of the Master's keyblade? I guess we might assume that he is the latest of the apprentices that showed the Master the future and probably holds the chained box? And, because of being part of a long line of wielders with a very specific goal, each one passing down the keyblade and the rationale for it, he was probably privy to some knowledge of this Age of Fantasy that others did not have. If so, that knowledge of a land when KH was around could have been the inspiration he needed to reforge the X-blade and bring KH back.
A lot of plot threads seemingly don’t get resolved if one played both the mobile game and then watched Back Cover around January 2017, which is partially why this video seems so lacking in answers; I was trying to imitate how confusing and contradictory it seemed at the time in how the story was presented to most Global fans who don’t pay attention to the Japanese development or history of the original browser game. So I partially take the blame for not really clearing it up here.
But I did this all with a plan, I swear! This videos runs on the knowledge one would have back when II.8 and thus Back Cover was out, so all the contradictory information and lack of answers is deliberate on my part, but this was why I kept addressing this as a Part 1 with this particular ongoing story.
Because you’re right: Daybreak Town and the other worlds should seemingly still be one unified world given how the Foretellers were trying to prevent the Keyblade War. But Ephemer was convinced the world was actually a series of projections, as seemingly confirmed by Master Ava in how she made him the leader of the Dandelions in her absence going forward towards the apocalypse, so your theory on if this is training in relative safety doesn’t seem too far fetched.
Add to that you’re right; this Keyblade War or the desperate and seemingly inevitable summoning of Kingdom Hearts wasn’t ever shown in either Unchained or Back Cover, since both seem to stop right before the event. Add to that the entire reveal and mystery about the No Name Keyblade that Luxu was successful in passing down the line to eventually end up in Xehanort’s possession, it’s not too far a leap to say he may know something about the ancient past we’re presumably seeing.
And then there’s the Black Box, which is probably the largest takeaway and vital thing to latch on to for most watching Back Cover alongside the Gazing Eye in No Name that was necessary to show the many players who aren’t familiar with or playing the mobile game to know for Kingdom Hearts III. A lot of things just “stop” right before events come to a head, so while there’s a bit of lore and new characters to chew on, as of right now, we don’t know how much of that is vital for KHIII’s finale regarding Xehanort’s Gambits. Exciting, but frustrating at times, haha.
Nevertheless, don’t worry! Part 2 in two more videos will actually be covering the original browser game as well as all the remaining and up to date information on the current version of the mobile title as of the launch of KHIII at the end of January 2019 to help make sense of this fragmented tale. The curtain will be lifted so to speak on a good portion of the questions you’ve brought up, so thanks again for your thoughts! It’s always nice for me to see honest reactions and theories to the developments Kingdom Hearts as a series throws at people, especially so close to the end of the current major story arc.
@@GazKnightofNylrac Oh, those next few videos, and the inevitable KH3 Walkthrough, will be interesting, even if the answers don't really happen. At this point, I'm just along for the ride. This crazy, crazy ride.
A part of me wishes that the game would release on PC, but at least your expertise with this series should create an entertaining viewing experience.