Sora’s dramatic change is actually part of the story itself, and not just in the unintentional way. When Roxas speaks with Diz in the chamber at the end of his segment, Diz notes Sora is “too kind for his own good”. In some aspects, Roxas’s personality excentuates itself to balance out Sora to be a more mature, and thorough, person.
Personally, I believe they should stick with full action mode. However, I would like to understand/see more about Castle Oblivion…where it’s origin lies, how it was found first, and how the Cards are actually related to it, as well as memories.
They should take a note from Xenosaga, which planned to do 6/7 games, but ended up with 3, and determine if the story CAN be ended with a third game (at least for Sora). Personally…it MAY…however…it doesn’t stop from a fourth game showing a new protagonist, and one that may know more about their origin of a keyblade weilder than the previous ones.
As for the villains…in BBS (Birth By Sleep) we will, hopefully, see where these Unbirth emerged from…and how they eventually mix in with the Nobodies and Heartless. And this is a key factor, the origin of the enemy, that DOES need to be told. Another factor is the origin and process of the Keyblade. We’ve had the coming together of villains to establish their new order, we’ve had an organization looking for something and using any means to get it, now we need something else…and I hope Square can provide…
Kari…now her and Sora fighting together is something I definetly want to see…and I believe Kari’s origins and ability to weild a Keyblade will certainly be a point in KH3.
And I don’t think the Heartless are entirely evil. Nobodies have already proved that (Roxas, Axel). And Sora himself was a Heartless for a time.
As for the worlds, I believe all the Pixar worlds can be included (Though Cars as a mini-world…since the concept weilding the Keyblade in that world (game-wise) would be too difficult).
As for Port Royal…I doubt that will re-appear…BUT…The POTC world MIGHT. They have two sequels for that one…and fighting Davey Jones would be intresting.
Beast’s Castle may be a little difficult…most of it’s sequels were direct to video…though I might see that once that involves the living pipe organ as a boss…
That’s another thing to note if they do jump a few years ahead. Everyone would get older…though the FF characters will probably still be around. And also, KH3 has got to have a conclusion with the fighting between Sephiroth and Cloud. OH! And AS A SIDE NOTE…KH3 should have more options, including optional bosses. There was basically one side-boss in KH2 (not including the collesium, and NOT including the Japanese version Final Mix).
Halloweentown surprisingly came back in KH2, continuing the plot from the previous…I have doubt it may return…but if they’re going to borrow anything, such as the plot from the NBC game…then maybe.
Port Royal, may return.
Radiant Garden, most likely it will, as it’s an original world.
Agrabah…now there’s a difficult one. They MAY do the third sequel…it would certainly give a much larger degree of room for exploration. And the sight of Sora looking at Mithas’s Gold-changing Hand would be hilarious.
Pride Lands. That could very well return, having Kiara (I think that’s her) or Kovu as a party member.
Atlantica. They did something weird with this one. First it was a world, then it was a sorta musical/action button sequence. I would like them to work with water again…just unsure how they’d handle the world.
Doubt they may mix them…though they can put in some referrances…though I do admit the mixing is a good idea…sorta like a “hub” type of thing.
I actually worked with this in my KH story on here for party members:
Toy Story: Woody (Buzz as assist)
Bug’s Life: Flick (Nala as assist)
Toy Story 2: Buzz
M.I.: Sulley (Mike as possible assist)
Nemo: Merlin (Dori as possible assist)
Incredibles: Bob (Rest of the family as assists)
Cars: Not really party member…but Lightning.
Ratatouille: Remy (Emile as possible assist)
Wall-e: Wall-e (Eve as assist)
Buzz and Woody would probably have accessories in their attacks, such as Buzz zooming around on his wings (and flying once you reach the point that he comes to terms with himself), and Woody using a whip. Sullivan would use claws, roars, and even changing. Flik would probably use inventions, like that cutter-device he uses in the opening, or a food spitter or something.
Oh yes Up…forgot. Carl might be a party member…unsure for that one…
They really did the rescue story in the first one Kenobi, and it sorta ended with the second. But yes, I do agree the save the world thing is done too much…but I also think that if the last will be epic, it should introduce a grand scale involving the Heartless, Nobodies, the Keyblade, Dark, Light, and an all manner of things.
Wouldn’t say so much in the way of mindless. If a strong enough heart becomes a Heartless, they can be similiar to what they were (Sora, Ansem).
That is an interesting question Kenobi…my guess is is that the hearts that Heartless in KH2 had were not their own, of course, and instead of returning to Kingdom Hearts when Sora defeated them, they instead went to the artificial Kingdom Hearts Xehanort created, in effect sort of “imprisioning” them…
But I do understand…that Nobodies claim to have no hearts…but they have emotions…and the fact that they became Nobodies, but aimed to retrieve their hearts…seems as if they were trying to fix a mistake they had made…there are still some unanswered questions…