Kingdom Hearts III: Final Mix?

Hello, fellow keyblade wielders. Just wanted to express some thoughts I had on the potential for a Kingdom Hearts III Final Mix version. In my opinion, despite popular belief, I think that Kingdom Hearts III absolutely needs a Final Mix because there is too much in that game that's off or isn't explained. Below, I have listed what KH3 Final Mix needs in my opinion....and yes,...I know I'm asking for A LOT here...& it's a totally jumbled mess, but it'd be amazing if some of it could happen. A portion of it is also my selfish hopes for KH4 too. I hope someone from Square at least reads this and considers a bit of it, even if I'm just nitpicking in places. Here we go.

1. The overall definitive Final Mix version should be confirmation of the Sleeping Realm Theory, playing out the original worldline's events up to the events of the Keyblade Graveyard deaths, with improved balance to the overall story, character choices, editing, sound mixing, etc. to make the overall game more cohesive & epic. Once dead, the Sleeping Realm Theory commences, leading to Vanilla KH3's events, which gets recapped briefly so we don't play it all again. Then, we play out the rest of the game's climax, albeit with again, improved balance to the story, character choices, editing, sound mixing, etc. This confirmation of the SRT also fixes my biggest scene gripe, when Goofy is like "There's too many!!!!" & they all feel hopeless, it being due to their multiple deaths still lingering in their hearts from the original worldlines.

2. Re:Mind should be included in the main story, not as an extra option from the DLC menu, giving us a complete & definitive KH3 with even more improved story balance in the scenario, by not retreading so many cutscenes in full again, giving us one full & beautifully epic ending to the game.

3. There needs to be explanations for Sora's OP Keyblade Master powers, which ties into the original worldline events. Perhaps he learns them throughout the game, and not just at the very beginning, which made no sense, especially the keyblade transformations. This could help balance the overall playthrough & also potentially explain attraction flow as being a dream only power at first, before Sora was able to harness it in the new worldline, and we wouldn't get them throughout the game at first. It would be neat if Sora earned the right to get all of his new powers after his new Mark of Mastery, that being defeating the Titans, or if he learned something like shotlocks from Aqua later. Also, speaking of Hercules, a Hades/Cyclops boss wouldn't be too much to ask for, right? Even though I LOVE the Wind Titan boss. Still felt like that would've been so cool.

4. A little bit more clarification on what exactly happened with Ephemer & the light of the past would be nice.

5. I'd like to see an actual brief boss fight with the giant Heartless tornado, featuring all of the Guardians of Light, being overly confident & not stupid scared in the Graveyard, just before their deaths.

6. More Disney bosses that aren't just Heartless/Nobodies is a huge issue I have with the game, as I eluded to before with Hades/Cyclops. The Evil Emperor Zurg?...Please?...unless there's a return to Toy Box in the sequel too, which would be dope. KH4 Potato Head or Slinky Dog party members/summons?! PLEASE?!

7. It would've felt way more satisfying fighting an organization member boss in each Disney world before the big endgame showdown. It's so much more fun to fight CHARACTERS who use faceless monsters to help them rather than faceless monsters themselves as bosses. This is the final hoorah for some of these characters, and we just take them out in groups at the end really fast? Meh.

8. There is much needed extreme improvements to the story and pacing in Corona/Arendelle.

*COMPLETELY cut the "before they come to" line from Gothel. IT MAKES ZERO SENSE*

Give Hans some development. Let us actually explore Arendelle & the Corona castle. Give us a fun sequence of riding Maximus back to the tower, fighting Heartless and Nobodies along the way with a boss that's on the move. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, CUT DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN PLAYING OVER DIALOGUE, & CUT ANNA SINGING IT IN FRONT OF SORA, & let Sora & the gang interact with Elsa in a boss fight after Let It Go, or just make her a party member, if even briefly. Either way, party member or villain, her arc and that overall world needs improved heavily. Disney, STOP limiting Kingdom Hearts & soiling your own property's potential. Hopefully in the sequels, they do much better with story balance and integrating originality. The Pixar worlds & Big Hero 6 are the best examples of how to do the worlds' stories, even though I wish they were all longer, especially Big Hero 6.

9. Maybe do something fun with the doors in Monster's Inc. Wasted opportunity, that was. Like, how fun would a callback to KH1 have been, where you fight through different doors in real time, but end up fighting through different old KH worlds? That would've been so grand. Ps5 is coming up, they could do it...just sayin' .

10. An explanation for some of the Heartbinder links & why they are the way they are would be appreciated, specifically Wreck It Ralph too. Interesting lore implications there. Also, I was so upset we didn't get a Jack Skellington or Tron one, which I feel would have made more sense than Wreck It Ralph connection wise, but I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something. Explain it, please!

11. More balance to the story threads is something the game could use, and not shoving it all in at the end after the Disney worlds. Aqua's rescue, and something akin to the Battle of Radiant Garden/1000 heartless should have happened mid-game.

12. Some of the cutscenes I've seen in demos should be added back in, like Rex talking about Magia and Aegis in Toy Box, or the cut journey across town to get to the toy store. I've seen some stuff of them venturing across long sidewalks. Gimme, gimme. Also, if not this game, maybe a future Toy Box world can include a moving vehicle climax like the first couple of movies do.

13. More Pooh Bear stuff,...more variety in its gameplay, & its overall significance as a world should be more delved into. I'd love to see 100 Acre Wood have fighting & a boss one day.

14. Scenes throughout the game of Kairi & Axel training together are a necessity! Don't just show them talking in some random forest. Show the training process, with gameplay segments of them training too potentially.

15. More Riku & Mickey story/gameplay segments seem needed & spliced throughout, particularly in Radiant Garden.

16. Incorporate Aqua/Ventus into more of the story/gameplay before the Keyblade Graveyard, again like at least a mid-game level event.

17. Being able to fight as multiple Guardians of Light in the graveyard fights for specific character scenarios (like Axel vs Saix) would be nice, considering we waited all this time to play as them & then nothing.

18. One-on-One Org Graveyard fights. Nuff' said.

19. I feel like I speak for many when I say this, but...give Master Xehanort ONE VOICE for the whole final mix, any vanilla KH3 scenes that get shown, and Re:Mind scenes. It's so jarring having all of these scenes with different voices. Fix this, and maybe include the Melody of Memory scenario as an unlockable secret stream of cutscenes, with again, the one consistent voice actor for Master Xehanort. Preferably get an actual Nimoy impressionist, rather than the Rutger/Lloyd versions. No offense to them, but it took me out of it though with their jarringly different portrayals that didn't sound close to the OG. Not hard to find an impressionist or recreate voices with deep-fake tech. Make the effort, Square.

20. Include more Final Fantasy characters/references and an expanded Twilight Town. Make the universe feel lived in & alive again.

21. Come on,....we need that Sephiroth fight....unless that's also planned for KH4 in a grand return, which I will accept.

22. Secret Bosses should be sprinkled throughout various worlds in hidden areas.

23. Bring in more keyblades, and more unique transformations for some of them, not just copy and paste skins of other blades (Honey Launcher....looking at you, the guilty verdict.)

24. Whether here or KH4....I want my decisive pumpkin back. :'( Please? My favorite keyblade of all time...it makes jingle bell noises when you hit...it's so good. :( Purely selfish thought, there.

25. The Namine/Terra connection should be explained better & maybe include the one scene that would've helped from the orchestra. Don't leave fans who couldn't attend hanging.

26. Get a better voice actress for Elizabeth Swan too....please....

27. Lines of dialogue for Phil must happen in Olympus. If they can make Master Xehanort talk, they can make Phil talk. It's more of an insult to the actors who died, in my opinion, if you ruin their character, which they did with Phil. Fix Phil. Fix Master Xehanort. Thank you, if with some miracle you see this, Square, and sorry for being so blunt.

28. Perhaps the game can be slightly more balanced and less floaty gameplay-wise, but I'm not too big of a critic on this.

29. That said, we need a way better fight against Dark Baymax. That was so anti-climactic. An extra hour or two would have done that world wonders, along with making the city active with many things to do, instead of, you know, being empty.

30. Speaking of which, give us more versatile mini games (not cooking or flan stuff), more puzzles, more things to find & collect (not boring crabs), hidden passages & clues, treasures, etc. Make it fun to explore like KH1, where you can discover so many things in the worlds, for hours upon hours of fun, with challenging puzzles/tasks that are worthwhile. Give us things to collect that matter, like lore & world-building elements, & not just the Secret Reports, which also all shouldn't be endgame content, but sprinkled throughout.

31. An overall tougher game difficulty-wise would be appreciated, while also making the standard modes below critical harder. They're way too easy. I want to have fun, with a challenge, but not an insane challenge like critical either. Proud doesn't do it for me. Just a smidge more difficult, please, but not too difficult.

32. Include a coliseum tournament...unless they plan to bring that back in Kh4 as well. Personally, I would love to see Phil (WHO TALKS) getting bored with his gaaaammeees, and branching out, with the new gaaaammees, taking place in Game Central Station (from Wreck It Ralph), in a new coliseum with many different types of characters. They could do a mini tournament arc for the story, and even reference Sora being in Smash as a joke, & it would just be so beautiful. Also, Mario-Kart esque racing & combat via Sugar Rush! It sells itself!

33. Some touching up in the animations of the characters' faces would be welcome. Sometimes, it just felt very off in the way their faces look, like they're not polished and look not-so-human.

Again, I know that's A LOT, & it sounds like I don't love KH3. Don't get me wrong, I do love KH3, but so little is explained in KH3 vanilla, it's ridiculous, and Nomura LOVES to explain every little detail, so it's weird that he didn't here, & I feel like he has to do it here almost & improve upon this game in many ways, potentially making it surpass KH2 if done right. Kh1 has the best Disney charm & story, Kh2 has the best gameplay balance & fun. Three should be a good mix of both of these things, while doing so much more with the potential it has on the next-gen consoles. I believe that doing this final mix on PS5 would help out a lot.

But yeah, those are my crazy takes. Might've forgot some things to add, but that's the gist. I hope they make at least some of these changes in a final mix, and that KH4 doubles the awesome that we've gotten thus far, taking the best of every game, and making a near masterpiece again. I have so many more ideas that I believe would be perfect for Kingdom Hearts, but I'll keep those to myself for now. I've typed enough. Haha. Much love to everyone. Thank you for reading this, and may your heart be your guiding key. <3

Also....Kingdom Hearts Re:Union, anyone? An HD package, whether it's a game or cutscenes, containing ALL of chi, Unchained X, Back Cover, & Union X as one cohesive, beautifully animated, & voiced next-gen story? Sign me up. Dark Road too, maybe.