What surprises me the most about this fight is that how little effort Xemnas seems to put into it. He'll do small combos with his ethereal blades, then just attack from a distance.
@@grandmasterjayd1184 Not at all, that all happens during Chain of Memories, and the memory aspect actually surprised him, he was just using her as a back up/duplicate of Roxas, the memory thing was beneficial in the end though
Xemnas's fight was so good in KH1. It gave the feeling that he was just toying with you. Throughout the fight, even through his insanely graceful twirls, he looked so relaxed, as if he had all the time in the world.
in all fairness he's testing sora but he's also using his best weapon "interdiction" (that's the name of the red ethereal blades Xemnas uses) instead of his base weapon "Malice"
@@WednesdayMan Still Sora was from a logical point of view, no match for him ... Same with Sephiroth in the entire franchise ... as if Sora would actually be a match for Sephiroth... maybe (and thats a BIG MAYBE!) KH3 Sora would be a match for him ... but still he wont go out of the fight as a winner ...
@@venar4248 idk man, keyblades are pretty powerful, and it’s implied in KH2 that not only can keyblades chose their wielder, but they can guide the user’s strikes. Roxas’s keyblade pulled him towards the nobody to defeat it.
@@redictor The funny thing is in Kingdom hearts 2, before we knew about final mix outside of Japan, there was one cutscene right after Sora wakes up you can see a part with all the other memores of Sora where Sora is fighting the Unknown and deflecting the energy blast before the fight begins. This was in the English version of Kingdom Hearts 2 as well.
The most terrified thing about this boss fight is the fact you have even the game mechanics against you. Xemnas acts exactly like he acts in KH2 while Sora at this point is still a novice,he lacks the discipline and the abilities he has in KH2. He's clunky and slow. This is something that Kingdom Hearts would never be able to repeat again,as even though characters like Young Xehanort move even faster that Xemnas,Ventus,Terra and Aqua are able to fight toe to toe against the time traveller version of Master Xehanort with preparation. Here it doesn't matter how much you try to prepare to this fight,Xemnas would always move faster that Sora and the player can act in KH1.
+John Sargent i agree because the newer one just sounds faster. this has more depth from the dark emotion. explains his character very well. i feel bad for those people who hasn't discovered who is REALLY is.
I'd like to applaud Xemnas in this fight for being able to take a beating in the fight and not making a sound himself, sound coming only from the energy of his attack's Seriously he doesn't even need to grunt when you whack him in the face with the keyblade.
Phoenix Champion Because Sora is alot weaker in Kh1 so I imagine his attacks just barely effects Xemnas. Remember, it took both Sora and Riku to take Xemnas down in KH2 and even then they were exhausted af by the end of the battle.
Its terrifying that the idea of this character existed 2 years before chain of memories and 3 before 2. Like back then you really had completely no idea who this person was at all till you saw the same cloak design in chain of memories 2 years later. Thats such an awesome tease.
@@dragonmist9963 The Unknown figure/Xemnas was added in the Final Mix version of the game, 9 months after the originals Japanese release. Final Mix was exclusive only to Japan, and wouldn't be released in the west until 11 year later. Due to this, Kingdom Hearts 2 in the west had a plot hole as the cutscene where Sora fights Xemnas is present during the prologue, despite being absent in the original version of the game. You have no idea how stumped and confused I was when I first saw this during Roxas's restoration sequence, thinking that I missed an important part of the previous game when it only existed in the "updated" version. I'm still bitter about the Final Mixes even to this day for having to wait years for an official release of these versions.
I knew from the start that the black cloak guy you met in Castle Oblivion wasn't Xemnas In Re:Chain of Memories, you actually see he drops petals from flowers, so the real identity of the black cloak guy in Castle Oblivion is Marluxia/Lauriam. Even though I haven't played all of the games, I sure am immersed in its lore
What made this fight scary to me is that he completely no sells your attacks, doesn't flinch to anything you throw at him which means you aren't even hurting him while Sora and his friends are fighting for their lives.
@@douk3395 *Mysterious figure fighting to get back up for 5 seconds* *Mysterious figure immediately cast Shock like a fucking Sith Lord* *Sora gets hit with low HP* AWWWWWWWWWWWWWwwwwwww...
He doesn't even try. He's literally just playing around the entire fight. Practically dancing at times. It's such a well designed fight, and it's one of the defining moments for the power scaling of the series. Here you are at the end of the game, and here's a boss that makes you feel like youre underdeveloped and really have to bring your all. The holder of Ultima Weapon being pressed like that...*chefs kiss*
This fight... the first time... it made you feel like you are not prepared, it was on a Complete different lvl. the music... so Amazing. This is THE hardest Xemnas Boss fight ever.
Xemnas at his most powerful. The way he fought here was nothing how he fought in KFII. He actually used attacks that resemble the force grip and force lightning.
Tbh, the complete opposite for me. Atleast when you got to a high level, you could literally beat his ass on first try. Even Sephiroth took me more tries then.
No, its Xemnas. When you beat Xemnas the first time in KH 2, he says: "So, it was not a fluke..." Or something along those lines. He's referring to this battle.
Saw a gut at Youmacon dressed exactly like this guy. He was so accurate it was scary. I took a picture and his face literally looks like straight darkness
Tinker Bell, Strike Raid, Megalixers, Ultima Weapon, and every ability you can muster against this guy. He will wreck you the moment the battle begins if you're not careful.
It's best if you do. But it takes three Lucky Strike abilities and most of the Final Mix only enemies to beat are required to get enough materials to get it.
i am the broken piteous remnant of true humanity, the lord of nothingness and nonexistence. i am the shell, the tainted shadow of a man whose presence i am blessed and doomed never to comprehend. try as you might, you cannot defeat me, for i do not truly exist. i am the shadow hanging thick upon the heart of the world. i am the darkness that creeps emptily into the minds of countless others. I'm what's left, or perhaps, i'm all that ever was.... i am.....the disappeared.
"I am the shadow hanging thick upon the heart of the world" "I am the darkness that creeps emptily into the minds of countless others" This sounds more like a secret boss fight with the literal devil.
After beating KH1 - and before KH2 released - I scoured the web for a copy of Final Mix and came up short, and ended up ordering it from a seller that was gonna take 2 months to get it to me, which would be after KH2 hit. Since I'd already purchased it, I justified downloading a copy of it with a translation patch and burning it/setting up my PS2 to play it. When I got to this fight, I was super hype. Something new I'd never seen, a character that seemed to completely trump every other challenge in the game. Took me the better part of a day to actually manage to beat him. This song was cemented in my memory. When KH2 hit, and I got to the latter half of TWTNW, the first fight with Xemnas kicked off, and this song started playing? Dear christ, the "go mode" switch in my head clicked, and it was one of the most insanely memorable boss fights I've ever played. That's how you make a player feel like their character progressed - Make their character barely scrape by, and then way later, have them absolutely rip the boss apart on a later encounter. It felt so satisfying.
@@giratina56 uh... only the single match superbosses in KH Final Mix require Sora to go alone, meaning that Sephiroth and Ice Titan are the only ones Sora has to go alone (well technically I guess there are 5 super bosses)
@@GuyHeadset I mean terra never armored up in kh3 so that probably explains why he doesn't know it's actually terra but then again they fought in the keyblade graveyard and sora was surprised when he arrived there in kh 3, but then again sora was awkwardly surprised by a lot of things in kh3 even though sora done seen it all in all kh series before 3. So eh
I'm gonna be completley honest, the name if the song tied with the song itself puts me in a cold sweat & gives me goosebumps, either i'm a pissbaby or the omnious man in the dark-cloak who speaks in riddles & kicked my ass 7 times is spooky as hell.
Dear god, the line with the darkness creeping emptily into the minds of countless others was purely unintentional, I think i wrote this before i ever played kh3d.
And even MORE years later, now that Kingdom Hearts 4 is out, we have people speculating that Future Donald is actually Goofy's wife from a alternate universe
+Nicholas Hinds very different battle mechanics. In KH1 there are no reaction commands to aid you. But at the same time that is what made the first IMO superior than the second. It was far more challenging.
Nicholas Hinds I already beat him in proud mode with the Kingdom key at that. With the right items, and avoiding that move that you have to click the right command to get out off he isn't all that hard.
This specific version is my favorite, more than the KH2 version and the .5 ones for each game. Maybe the bass is louder, maybe it's the piano, but something about this version always sounded the best for me.
@LeeEverett1 Finally, someone who agrees!! I genuinely only find a couple songs to be improved in the .5 versions, and find the originals to be strictly superior in every way.
@@somethingsomething9006 Right I feel like they sound too soft in a way and don't hit as hard. The only real upgraded track that's a massive improvement over the original is Sephiroths theme in KH2
@LeeEverett1 The only song I think is a very strict improvement is the Assault on the Dreadnaught theme, the symphonic swells at the chorus section feel more epic in .5 than the original, other than that I agree with you completely. A lot of the .5 versions lack the bass and fusion of synths/techno drumming that the original had, which I think is Yoko's signature. The fusion of those electronic drums and bass on top of symphony is what makes KH music for me, and the majority of .5 versions are too soft and calm compared to the higher octane originals.
Xemnas: *just testing sora* also Xemnas: *uses his best fucking weapons* Xemnas are you trying to kill sora or test him? I can't tell cause you're using your BEST weapon Interdiction instead of your default weapon Malice!
Its because the games reflect timeline differences. Terras lingering spirit (Enigmatic Soldier) was much further down the timeline than when he first manifested in BBS, so his skills had grown in reflection of the passing time. Thats why hes stronger in KH2 than he was in BBS. The same way Xemnas is way harder in KH1, even though he has the same skills (he just uses them differently), because Sora is far stronger in KH2 than in KH1, making the same opponent seem "weaker" when faced again.
This guy is a pain in the butt when I first fought him in KH1. Had to use Strike Raid many times to bring this silver-haired jerk down. Yes, it was simple minded for me to do, but choice do I have when Xemnas does all of those bull-crap attacks and powers?
While this fight kinda breaks the continuity (moreso Sora's intelligence), gotta admit, introducing Xemnas as this guy who is not even using 10% of his power against THE TRIO, that's fucking insane and only someone as nuts as Nomura could do it exclusively in final mix, mention it in KH2, and not completely piss everyone off.
It actually doesn’t break the continuity, rather it explains why some things in later games (primarily KH2) are the way they are. It was through this fight where Xemnas got Sora’s data so Vexen could make Xion, and it’s also why Xaldin goes after Beast in Kingdom Hearts 2 because Beast can be here during this fight. It also, more obviously, explains why Xemnas knows Sora in later games.
Fun fact: xemnas in kh1 is weak to gravity and it’s stuns him for like 5 seconds Secondary fun fact: in kh1 zantetsuken does gravity damage Third fun fact: you get zantetsuken from Kurt Zisa Fun fact #4: Kurt Zisa is a pushover Fun fact five: xemnas won’t use his command menu attack if you have a summon active
And for the secret one in BBS, it was Young Xehanort. He uses the Ethereal Blades but later through time he uses his Keyblade. Example: Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance. He can still use his Ethereal Blades
I only just now got to do this fight with the steam release of KH, it’s bittersweet, I used to try and find ways to like find a crack in the chapel walls somewhere, like I was so desperate for more KH I was hoping they’d hidden him somewhere lol
To be fair, his whole boss battle was a reminder that we used to get owned by this guy, right down to his ability to RETRY THE FIGHT!!! I kid you not, that had to be a "retry" reference if ever i saw one, that was the only part of his first fight that stood out.
Critical Mode: Give Me strength **Tinkerbell noises** ¡Heal! ¡Spore! ¡Spore! ¡Spore! Ha Hurgh This is it Lets GO Spore! Spore! ¡Wind! Ergghh Doourgh Heal! Doourgh **Low HP sound** Heal! Here! Fire! Spore! Spore! **Low HP sound** Oohhhh **dies
I’m not sure if you’re joking. But this is Xemnas from the present time at the point of time. He did remember this since he did mention this encounter to Roxas at the dark margin
Nah,this is the same Xemnas you fight in KH2 as he's still alive by the time of KH1,possibly this combat takes place after recruiting Roxas. Once you reach 3D,you fight against a Time Travel'd Xemnas because he's already dead by that point.
I know i have to reach level 80 to have some possibility to win, but today i was too curious to see how hard this boss is... it was a mistake. I had level 66 and seeing my health bar reduced to half after one hit literally terrorized me. I felt like i really got that hit...
The most nightmare fuel of this fight is the fact you are clearly not ready for this. KH1's combat wasn't design for a KH2 boss fight,this is something the franchise wasn't able to repeat as all games after 2,both Sora and the player has the speed necessary to deal with the enemy. Even Young Xehanort,with practice,isn't that hard. In KH1 you don't had that speed,you are at the mercy of the enemy.
I waited 15 fucking years to have my chance at this bastard in English.... he was.. a let down. Level 80 and I curbed stomped him. Still a savage fight tho, worth it
He was so much easier to fight in KH2. I wonder if it's because during his first encounter he didn't have all of the special powers he achieved in KH2 and he had no experience fighting nobodies.
Different gaming mechnics in a nutshell. I grantee you if the battle engine from KH1 was used for KH2 it would be just has hard if not harder than the first.
nope it was YX. he can use both ethernal blades and a keyblade. (both of which had the same color) plus when he resets time, he summons clones who have teh same ethernal blades. the fact they have the same theme is a dead giveaway
Really? I lived through that and wasn't actually aware it had suction after the initial one. I just went to her side and stood there. Not sure if glitch or not... will have to play again.
what if the ethereal bladesWERE his keyblade? and it only transforms into clock handles when he time travels? Example: only when he's stuck with the reality shift clock does he actually pull out his blades. i'm thinking his clock WAS the keyblade powering the time machine!
Unrelated but this song feels like you're in foggy terrain, and unknown to you there's a massive, hungry spider lurking in the fog; inching closer..and closer to you.
Hmmm... No. It doesn't sound right. Something's missing... ...Yeah. The constant sound of dodge rolling accompanied by the low-health alarm. Sounds about right!
What surprises me the most about this fight is that how little effort Xemnas seems to put into it. He'll do small combos with his ethereal blades, then just attack from a distance.
He's not trying to kill Sora, only test him.
SSJ Zeldafan
Oh and take his memories of Kairi to make Xion.
@@grandmasterjayd1184 Not at all, that all happens during Chain of Memories, and the memory aspect actually surprised him, he was just using her as a back up/duplicate of Roxas, the memory thing was beneficial in the end though
@@syrelian Yeah you're right, forgot about it.
Except that Xion is created before Sora leaves for castle oblivion.@@grandmasterjayd1184
Xemnas's fight was so good in KH1. It gave the feeling that he was just toying with you. Throughout the fight, even through his insanely graceful twirls, he looked so relaxed, as if he had all the time in the world.
in all fairness he's testing sora but he's also using his best weapon "interdiction" (that's the name of the red ethereal blades Xemnas uses) instead of his base weapon "Malice"
@@WednesdayMan Still Sora was from a logical point of view, no match for him ...
Same with Sephiroth in the entire franchise ... as if Sora would actually be a match for Sephiroth... maybe (and thats a BIG MAYBE!) KH3 Sora would be a match for him ... but still he wont go out of the fight as a winner ...
@@venar4248 idk man, keyblades are pretty powerful, and it’s implied in KH2 that not only can keyblades chose their wielder, but they can guide the user’s strikes. Roxas’s keyblade pulled him towards the nobody to defeat it.
Yeah. As if Khabib was sparring wrestling with you. You are aware that if he wants he can smash you anytime.
@@venar4248Ultimate form Sora would have a good chance
Back when no one knew who the hell this was, and we just called him unknown as we watched that player with the Rose Keyblade take him on.
e69alpha Player? What are you talking about?
*TheRollingWind* They meant Sora. At least, I'm pretty sure. One of the oldest videos on UA-cam of this fight depicted Sora with that keyblade.
I still have that video file saved somewhere lol.
it's this vid ua-cam.com/video/lJpjor-kcFo/v-deo.html
@@redictor The funny thing is in Kingdom hearts 2, before we knew about final mix outside of Japan, there was one cutscene right after Sora wakes up you can see a part with all the other memores of Sora where Sora is fighting the Unknown and deflecting the energy blast before the fight begins. This was in the English version of Kingdom Hearts 2 as well.
The most terrified thing about this boss fight is the fact you have even the game mechanics against you. Xemnas acts exactly like he acts in KH2 while Sora at this point is still a novice,he lacks the discipline and the abilities he has in KH2. He's clunky and slow. This is something that Kingdom Hearts would never be able to repeat again,as even though characters like Young Xehanort move even faster that Xemnas,Ventus,Terra and Aqua are able to fight toe to toe against the time traveller version of Master Xehanort with preparation. Here it doesn't matter how much you try to prepare to this fight,Xemnas would always move faster that Sora and the player can act in KH1.
You're fighting a KH2 boss fight in KH1.
Am I the only one who thinks that this is better than the remastered version?
You aren't the only one
+LegendaryMarston The remastered is good but it doesn't really capture the dark feel that the fight gives you
John Sargent Yeah pretty much what I think as well
+John Sargent i agree because the newer one just sounds faster. this has more depth from the dark emotion. explains his character very well. i feel bad for those people who hasn't discovered who is REALLY is.
+Maddie haag Yeah, and people still think it's Young Xehanort. It has the same theme as KHII Xemnas, I mean come on!
I'd like to applaud Xemnas in this fight for being able to take a beating in the fight and not making a sound himself, sound coming only from the energy of his attack's
Seriously he doesn't even need to grunt when you whack him in the face with the keyblade.
Or when you hit him with Riku's dark magic or whatever. It's really obnoxious.
hurt him? you don't even make him flinch he just bull doze thought all your attacks
lightyoshiman you can only make him flinch by hitting him dead on with gravity.
Phoenix Champion
Because Sora is alot weaker in Kh1 so I imagine his attacks just barely effects Xemnas. Remember, it took both Sora and Riku to take Xemnas down in KH2 and even then they were exhausted af by the end of the battle.
But in part 2 and 3 he grunts
Its terrifying that the idea of this character existed 2 years before chain of memories and 3 before 2.
Like back then you really had completely no idea who this person was at all till you saw the same cloak design in chain of memories 2 years later. Thats such an awesome tease.
And even still, it’s not the same guy!
Wasnt he added in the remake of the game though, I thought he wasnt in the original.
@@PolitoedFan9002 yeah well I think he knows that SMIFU obviously means type of group wise not same person
@@dragonmist9963 The Unknown figure/Xemnas was added in the Final Mix version of the game, 9 months after the originals Japanese release. Final Mix was exclusive only to Japan, and wouldn't be released in the west until 11 year later.
Due to this, Kingdom Hearts 2 in the west had a plot hole as the cutscene where Sora fights Xemnas is present during the prologue, despite being absent in the original version of the game. You have no idea how stumped and confused I was when I first saw this during Roxas's restoration sequence, thinking that I missed an important part of the previous game when it only existed in the "updated" version.
I'm still bitter about the Final Mixes even to this day for having to wait years for an official release of these versions.
I knew from the start that the black cloak guy you met in Castle Oblivion wasn't Xemnas
In Re:Chain of Memories, you actually see he drops petals from flowers, so the real identity of the black cloak guy in Castle Oblivion is Marluxia/Lauriam.
Even though I haven't played all of the games, I sure am immersed in its lore
"Here!"
"Fire!"
"Guard!"
"Come closer..."
"So, it wasn't a fallacy."
"We shall go together.."
"Begone!"
"Bind!"
"There's no such thing as light..."
@@hackerman9s935 Can you spare, a heart?
What made this fight scary to me is that he completely no sells your attacks, doesn't flinch to anything you throw at him which means you aren't even hurting him while Sora and his friends are fighting for their lives.
*casts Graviga*
@@douk3395 *Mysterious figure fighting to get back up for 5 seconds*
*Mysterious figure immediately cast Shock like a fucking Sith Lord*
*Sora gets hit with low HP*
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWwwwwwww...
Theme song of the Enigmatic Man. Later known as Xemnas. OG Kingdom Hearts fans remember all the theories leading up to KH2
He doesn't even try. He's literally just playing around the entire fight. Practically dancing at times. It's such a well designed fight, and it's one of the defining moments for the power scaling of the series. Here you are at the end of the game, and here's a boss that makes you feel like youre underdeveloped and really have to bring your all. The holder of Ultima Weapon being pressed like that...*chefs kiss*
“OH MY GOD, HE’S LIKE DARTH FREAKIN MAUL” -NicoB 2016
Or Darth Sidious
This fight... the first time... it made you feel like you are not prepared, it was on a Complete different lvl.
the music... so Amazing.
This is THE hardest Xemnas Boss fight ever.
Xemnas at his most powerful. The way he fought here was nothing how he fought in KFII.
He actually used attacks that resemble the force grip and force lightning.
Back when it was just Squaresoft.
Adem Farron it’s not the hardest xemnas fight, it’s just cause kh 1 is the second most broken game in the series that it’s hard
Tbh, the complete opposite for me. Atleast when you got to a high level, you could literally beat his ass on first try. Even Sephiroth took me more tries then.
Remind says hello
so fucking eerie compared to all the other themes. sounds like your about to fight a ghost or something . . . appropriate . . .
No, its Xemnas.
When you beat Xemnas the first time in KH 2, he says: "So, it was not a fluke..." Or something along those lines. He's referring to this battle.
"So it wasn't a fallacy..."
And it has his own weapons.
Yup then in KH 3 😑BESTED YET AGAIN
Young Xehnarot was a mf how put shit in line
also when he walks through sora in the cutscene, he takes all the memories needed to create Xion
"It means you are not whole."
"You are Incomplete."
Shivers
Allow me... to test your strenght
Honestly, my favorite theme for Xemnas.
Saw a gut at Youmacon dressed exactly like this guy. He was so accurate it was scary. I took a picture and his face literally looks like straight darkness
Nice
@Backyard Bully that's racist
Backyard Bully Uh huh, sure
@@RinTakamishi Its not.
@@xacmashe3852 not what
1:41 to 1:51 that tune is in just about every Terra/Xehanort theme.
It's a good way to imply the connection to the two characters.
Plus you have some of the lower strings playing the thirteenth struggle in different ways behind this
@@joetalks. No this was the first time the 13th struggle was used since and com was released in 2004
@@Mapleman-f4n you're telling me you dont hear the 13th struggle
@@joetalks. it is the 13th struggle but this was the first time it was used in gameplay instead of cutscenes
That beginning gives me goosebumps, so cool how they took a church like choir and just changed the mood so much
Tinker Bell, Strike Raid, Megalixers, Ultima Weapon, and every ability you can muster against this guy. He will wreck you the moment the battle begins if you're not careful.
I know about that shock thing. But this guy is one of the worst optional bosses I've ever faced. Bring everything you can throw at him!
I beat him without strike raid and any items i only needed cure and gravity spell and used aero plus relied on goofy for his mp share ability
+Adrian Solano and I haven't unlocked ultimate weapon yet so beat it without it currently trying to synthesise it
It's best if you do. But it takes three Lucky Strike abilities and most of the Final Mix only enemies to beat are required to get enough materials to get it.
+Micheal Forguson I beat him with the kingdom key on critical mode at level 75.
Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (PS2) OST - Disappeared/Secret Boss: Enigmatic Man/Xemnas
i am the broken piteous remnant of true humanity, the lord of nothingness and nonexistence. i am the shell, the tainted shadow of a man whose presence i am blessed and doomed never to comprehend.
try as you might, you cannot defeat me, for i do not truly exist.
i am the shadow hanging thick upon the heart of the world.
i am the darkness that creeps emptily into the minds of countless others.
I'm what's left, or perhaps, i'm all that ever was....
i am.....the disappeared.
"I am the shadow hanging thick upon the heart of the world" "I am the darkness that creeps emptily into the minds of countless others" This sounds more like a secret boss fight with the literal devil.
After beating KH1 - and before KH2 released - I scoured the web for a copy of Final Mix and came up short, and ended up ordering it from a seller that was gonna take 2 months to get it to me, which would be after KH2 hit. Since I'd already purchased it, I justified downloading a copy of it with a translation patch and burning it/setting up my PS2 to play it.
When I got to this fight, I was super hype. Something new I'd never seen, a character that seemed to completely trump every other challenge in the game. Took me the better part of a day to actually manage to beat him. This song was cemented in my memory.
When KH2 hit, and I got to the latter half of TWTNW, the first fight with Xemnas kicked off, and this song started playing? Dear christ, the "go mode" switch in my head clicked, and it was one of the most insanely memorable boss fights I've ever played. That's how you make a player feel like their character progressed - Make their character barely scrape by, and then way later, have them absolutely rip the boss apart on a later encounter. It felt so satisfying.
To this the day amongst top 5 most bad ass boss themes of all time
This has a horror movie type sound .
BOO
Horror? This is the first fight of the 4 fights and you have to do it alone. That's a s scary as it gets. Oh wait, it got worse xD
Specifically Child's play 3
@@giratina56 uh... only the single match superbosses in KH Final Mix require Sora to go alone, meaning that Sephiroth and Ice Titan are the only ones Sora has to go alone (well technically I guess there are 5 super bosses)
This fight was horror.
Fun Fact: This is the only bonus battle (Besides Yozora) to be canon.
Lingering Will. Also *possibly* the Data Battles in 2, as the Data Battles in 3 also exist and are canon.
@@rickywalters7717 Did Sora ever recognize Lingering Will? Because otherwise yeah Lingering Will is canon but the fight in 2 might not be
Mystery’s figure and technically dark inferno am I a joke to you!
Lingering will and mysterious figure in birth by sleep. Both canon.
@@GuyHeadset I mean terra never armored up in kh3 so that probably explains why he doesn't know it's actually terra but then again they fought in the keyblade graveyard and sora was surprised when he arrived there in kh 3, but then again sora was awkwardly surprised by a lot of things in kh3 even though sora done seen it all in all kh series before 3. So eh
This is the most scary theme in KH in my opinion
This is probably in my view one of the best boss themes there is!
I'm gonna be completley honest, the name if the song tied with the song itself puts me in a cold sweat & gives me goosebumps, either i'm a pissbaby or the omnious man in the dark-cloak who speaks in riddles & kicked my ass 7 times is spooky as hell.
Seven times?! Man, shoulda been 13
And the walk he does! Oh, such a awsome fight. This music helps me make some awsome fight sequences in a story. Mhmmm
Dear god, the line with the darkness creeping emptily into the minds of countless others was purely unintentional, I think i wrote this before i ever played kh3d.
remember before kh2 came out it was speculated that xemnas was future sora?
And all these years later, we have people speculating that MoM is future Sora
And even MORE years later, now that Kingdom Hearts 4 is out, we have people speculating that Future Donald is actually Goofy's wife from a alternate universe
“Can you spare a heart?”
Donald and Goofy: HE'S A SITH LORD. YOU'RE NO MATCH FOR HIM!!!
Sora: Sith Lords are my specialty!!!
Beast: 😈
Back when I knew him as the Enigmatic Man...
Anger and Hate are supreme...
Banjo-Threeie
Mysterious Witch,Mingella boss fight.
this guy is harder then all 2.5 remix xemnas fights combined
+Nicholas Hinds very different battle mechanics. In KH1 there are no reaction commands to aid you. But at the same time that is what made the first IMO superior than the second. It was far more challenging.
+Mistress Kixen the worst part is I'm playing on proud mode(hardest difficulty for the game)
Nicholas Hinds I already beat him in proud mode with the Kingdom key at that. With the right items, and avoiding that move that you have to click the right command to get out off he isn't all that hard.
Oh
Not really, any xemnas from 2.5 data battles is harder than this guy
Now this was a secret boss the mystery, the teasing of the next villain, and the brilliant music 🙏👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This specific version is my favorite, more than the KH2 version and the .5 ones for each game.
Maybe the bass is louder, maybe it's the piano, but something about this version always sounded the best for me.
I actually think most of the .5 soundtracks were inferior to the original games.
@LeeEverett1
Finally, someone who agrees!! I genuinely only find a couple songs to be improved in the .5 versions, and find the originals to be strictly superior in every way.
@@somethingsomething9006 Right I feel like they sound too soft in a way and don't hit as hard. The only real upgraded track that's a massive improvement over the original is Sephiroths theme in KH2
@LeeEverett1
The only song I think is a very strict improvement is the Assault on the Dreadnaught theme, the symphonic swells at the chorus section feel more epic in .5 than the original, other than that I agree with you completely.
A lot of the .5 versions lack the bass and fusion of synths/techno drumming that the original had, which I think is Yoko's signature. The fusion of those electronic drums and bass on top of symphony is what makes KH music for me, and the majority of .5 versions are too soft and calm compared to the higher octane originals.
Xemnas: *just testing sora*
also Xemnas: *uses his best fucking weapons*
Xemnas are you trying to kill sora or test him? I can't tell cause you're using your BEST weapon Interdiction instead of your default weapon Malice!
its cool that they ended up putting this in 2
1:40 gives me some Jak and Daxter vibes.
Specifically Jak 3, desert themes
Xemnas...he knew sora was of no threat, there whe was, playing with you. What a cunning man.
You could even say, an enigmatic man.
oh look! it's the Master of Ma-
wait a sec....
Its because the games reflect timeline differences. Terras lingering spirit (Enigmatic Soldier) was much further down the timeline than when he first manifested in BBS, so his skills had grown in reflection of the passing time. Thats why hes stronger in KH2 than he was in BBS. The same way Xemnas is way harder in KH1, even though he has the same skills (he just uses them differently), because Sora is far stronger in KH2 than in KH1, making the same opponent seem "weaker" when faced again.
This guy is a pain in the butt when I first fought him in KH1. Had to use Strike Raid many times to bring this silver-haired jerk down. Yes, it was simple minded for me to do, but choice do I have when Xemnas does all of those bull-crap attacks and powers?
Xemnas wanted a heart. Xehanort wanted knowledge.
And Ansem wanted D A R K N E S S
Because...
No one knows what happened to you when you don't come out of your house for five days.
You were stuck on unknown Xemnas.
Dissapeared.
The beginning actually kinda reminds me of Zelda Twilight Princess music.
i love this song and now I can do the boss fight in kh Hd 1.5 remix! :D
Song that plays when you miss the bus in the morning
Someone pointed out this version of Disappeared sounded darker than the KH2 version.
While this fight kinda breaks the continuity (moreso Sora's intelligence), gotta admit, introducing Xemnas as this guy who is not even using 10% of his power against THE TRIO, that's fucking insane and only someone as nuts as Nomura could do it exclusively in final mix, mention it in KH2, and not completely piss everyone off.
It actually doesn’t break the continuity, rather it explains why some things in later games (primarily KH2) are the way they are. It was through this fight where Xemnas got Sora’s data so Vexen could make Xion, and it’s also why Xaldin goes after Beast in Kingdom Hearts 2 because Beast can be here during this fight. It also, more obviously, explains why Xemnas knows Sora in later games.
When I first saw him in like. Dam I'm about to get rekt. Swings zero damage. Dies n proceeds aaahhhhhhggg
Fun fact: xemnas in kh1 is weak to gravity and it’s stuns him for like 5 seconds
Secondary fun fact: in kh1 zantetsuken does gravity damage
Third fun fact: you get zantetsuken from Kurt Zisa
Fun fact #4: Kurt Zisa is a pushover
Fun fact five: xemnas won’t use his command menu attack if you have a summon active
Indeed
And for the secret one in BBS, it was Young Xehanort. He uses the Ethereal Blades but later through time he uses his Keyblade. Example: Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance. He can still use his Ethereal Blades
Much like the boss battle, this version is so much better than the KHII version.
I only just now got to do this fight with the steam release of KH, it’s bittersweet, I used to try and find ways to like find a crack in the chapel walls somewhere, like I was so desperate for more KH I was hoping they’d hidden him somewhere lol
Me on Xbox:chooses my Lvl 100 proud save with him not defeated to fight again at night time and sometimes early mournings
And the funny thing is, the same happened to Y-Xehanort in Dream Drop Distance. Oh the irony.
To be fair, his whole boss battle was a reminder that we used to get owned by this guy, right down to his ability to RETRY THE FIGHT!!!
I kid you not, that had to be a "retry" reference if ever i saw one, that was the only part of his first fight that stood out.
I had to Load game every time
Critical Mode:
Give Me strength **Tinkerbell noises**
¡Heal!
¡Spore!
¡Spore!
¡Spore!
Ha
Hurgh
This is it
Lets GO
Spore!
Spore!
¡Wind!
Ergghh
Doourgh
Heal!
Doourgh
**Low HP sound**
Heal!
Here!
Fire!
Spore!
Spore!
**Low HP sound**
Oohhhh **dies
It's like how Terra can't do nearly as much stuff in BBS as he could in KHII:FM -_-
yes here in Final Mix he was hard badass
Seriously *PISSED TF OFF* that this was left off of Melody of Memories.
plot twist: this wasn't current time Xemnas and instead Time Travel'd Xemnas from KHIII
I’m not sure if you’re joking. But this is Xemnas from the present time at the point of time. He did remember this since he did mention this encounter to Roxas at the dark margin
Nah,this is the same Xemnas you fight in KH2 as he's still alive by the time of KH1,possibly this combat takes place after recruiting Roxas. Once you reach 3D,you fight against a Time Travel'd Xemnas because he's already dead by that point.
Lol...ppl seem to think this battle is the secret one in BBS...wrong this is ur first battle with Xemnas in kh 2
xemnas was a secret boss in kh1
So intimidating
Xemnas's ethereal blades don't change shape quite the same way those light rods do.
I know i have to reach level 80 to have some possibility to win, but today i was too curious to see how hard this boss is... it was a mistake. I had level 66 and seeing my health bar reduced to half after one hit literally terrorized me. I felt like i really got that hit...
Man you can say that again I’m around lvl 69 but I kinda wants tackle him head on but sheeexh it’s hard lmao
well, Xehanort only wanted knowledge, not quite evil but incredibly dark
this one is so better than the one in the 2nd one
guess it just shows how strong sora got during 2. (roxas and xion gaining experience probably helped alot too.)
The most nightmare fuel of this fight is the fact you are clearly not ready for this. KH1's combat wasn't design for a KH2 boss fight,this is something the franchise wasn't able to repeat as all games after 2,both Sora and the player has the speed necessary to deal with the enemy. Even Young Xehanort,with practice,isn't that hard. In KH1 you don't had that speed,you are at the mercy of the enemy.
Best fight ever.
but you have to admit, it WAS a fun battle
KH2 was a much easier game thanks to reaction commands. I had no idea what would happen when I started playing KH1 after I beat the sequel...
@Ghost26968 I believe he said " oh it wasn't a fantasy (or fallacy(I dunno XD)) any way that's what he says in kh2 after beating him
I waited 15 fucking years to have my chance at this bastard in English.... he was.. a let down. Level 80 and I curbed stomped him. Still a savage fight tho, worth it
he says "so it wasn't a fallacy"
It'll be up soon :)
J'aime bien cette musique
He was so much easier to fight in KH2. I wonder if it's because during his first encounter he didn't have all of the special powers he achieved in KH2 and he had no experience fighting nobodies.
Different gaming mechnics in a nutshell. I grantee you if the battle engine from KH1 was used for KH2 it would be just has hard if not harder than the first.
nope it was YX. he can use both ethernal blades and a keyblade. (both of which had the same color) plus when he resets time, he summons clones who have teh same ethernal blades. the fact they have the same theme is a dead giveaway
this is xemnas wdym? yx's theme is dark impetus and yx's weapons are blue not red
youre on the wrong song
That seems to be a thing with kh super-bosses. Maybe julius will be in the next game...
Nope. He stayed in DDD.
Xemnas's eternal blades just look like lightsabers
The way he fights with the power of his light sabers. He reminds me of Kylo Ren 😈 That unknown dude looks hella badass!! That boss fight was insane!!
Kylo Ren has nothing on this guy.
Come closer.......
Panic attack in song form!
sounds like zelda twilight princess at the start
to tell you the truth it a good one.
Unknown in Birth by Sleep is Young Xehanort so it's essentially still only Xemnas.
Chris2Hikari ..? You mean Mysterious Figure? Yeah that’s Young Xehanort in BBS... Xemnas was No Heart...
Really? I lived through that and wasn't actually aware it had suction after the initial one. I just went to her side and stood there.
Not sure if glitch or not... will have to play again.
what if the ethereal bladesWERE his keyblade?
and it only transforms into clock handles when he time travels?
Example: only when he's stuck with the reality shift clock does he actually pull out his blades. i'm thinking his clock WAS the keyblade powering the time machine!
Unrelated but this song feels like you're in foggy terrain, and unknown to you there's a massive, hungry spider lurking in the fog; inching closer..and closer to you.
Hmmm... No. It doesn't sound right. Something's missing...
...Yeah. The constant sound of dodge rolling accompanied by the low-health alarm. Sounds about right!