WARNING, A GOOD AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITHIN SRK HAVE NOT PLAYED THE FULL SERIES!!! AS PEOPLE WILL LIKELY BE PICKING UP THE SIDE GAMES WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO CATCH UP, I URGE EVERYONE TO KEEP SPOILERS TO A MINIMUM OR PUT THEM IN SPOILER TAGS. NOW IT’S BEEN ALMOST 7 YEARS SINCE KH2’S RELEASE SO I CONSIDER KH1, (RE)CHAIN OF MEMORIES AND KH2 OPEN SEASON. ANY SPOILERS THAT CONCERN 358/2 DAYS, BIRTH BY SLEEP, RE:CODED AND DREAM DROP DISTANCE AND ARE NOT PUT IN SPOILER TAGS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND WILL BE IMMEDIATELY FLAGGED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Our time has finally arrived. This is our time. Kingdom Hearts 3 is finally on its way.
And for those new to the series, or those who really need to catch up, here is the order of the games within the timeline.
**Birth By Sleep>KH1>KH:(Re)Chain of Memories>KH2>KH:ReCoded>KH2 Final Cutscene>KH:Dream Drop Distance
KH:358/2 Days takes place in the background from near the end of KH1 all the way through to the beginning of KH2.**
And lastly the Gametrailers Timeline of KH. WARNING: CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS. ONLY WATCH IF YOU’VE COMPLETED/WATCHED ALL THE GAMES OR DO NOT CARE ABOUT SPOILERS!!!
CONFIRMED WORLDS:
Twilight Town
Olympus Coliseum (with Greece explorable…hopefully it stays that way unlike KH2)
Tangled World (name unknown as of now)
Big Hero 6 World (name will probably be San Fransokyo)
Literally the only non-fighting game that I ever took seriously. I remember even dedicating my AIM profile to Kingdom Hearts in middle school. I shamelessly don’t regret it.
subscribed. We might not see anymore of this game for like a year but at least we know it’s finally started. Nomura…you are to work on this game and FF XV…NOTHING ELSE.
Can’t decide whether I’m excited or sad. As most of you might know, I haaaaate the direction the story took after the first game and scorn all the stupid hand held games (CoM excluded, that was awesome). Ugh. Who am I kidding. I will probably pick up a PS4 solely for this and Final Fantasy XV.
And all ya’ll hyped for this but haven’t finished the rest of the games? I’d take this time to go and DO THAT. It’s pretty fucking mandatory. Either go play them yourselves, or hit up Youtube if you’re lazy. You’re not getting into KH3 without the Handheld knowledge.
And if you hate the Handheld games well, to quote @Starhammer and James Storm, SORRY About Your Damn Luck.
The 2 hand held games that are the most mandatory are BBS and 3D. Lesser extent being CoM and even lesser 358/2. You don’t really need to play Coded at all. 358/2 has one of the more saddest moments in the KH storyline though…
The timeline is perfect but it spoils stuff for people who may be interested in playing those games. If you’re gonna put it in the OP I’d make sure to put a warning about that.
Christ. That timeline just depresses me. Such a jumbled mess of a story line that is in constant need of retconning to make all the crap dreamed up in new games fit.