Here’s where it gets tricky: Ventus almost died from the process, but his broken heart bonded with the newborn Sora. When Ventus refused, Xehanort forcibly unlocked the darkness in the boy’s heart, creating a badass being called Vanitas. Years before Birth By Sleep, Xehanort trained Ventus to use a keyblade, but urged him to grow his darkness. Both Ansem and Xemnas are Xehanort’s Heartless and Nobody, and their collective goal is to balance light and darkness equally to unlock the heart of all worlds, Kingdom Hearts. Kingdom Hearts gave us Ansem and Kingdom Hearts II gave us Xemnas, but Birth By Sleep gave us the OG Xehanort, an uber-powerful and cranky old man. Square-Enix Xehanort Is the REAL Villain of Kingdom Hearts Vanitas and Xehanort in 'Birth By Sleep' are the main antagonists. Ventus, a nimbler and flourishing fighter, is too young to take the exam, but he’s also more than meets the eye. Terra, who relies on brute force like a shogun, fails the test because he has a growing darkness. Aqua, a magic-focused combatant, passes her Mark of Mastery exam at the start of the game and becomes a master. They all aspire to become keyblade masters. But because each character fights in different ways and goes on their own journey through the same worlds, the gaming experience avoids being repetitive and is instead totally refreshing. They’re pals a decade before Kingdom Hearts, when Sora is only 4 years old.īirth By Sleep has players pick one character and play through the entire game before replaying it with the other two. Square-Enix Birth By Sleep Focuses on Three Different Keyblade Wieldersįeatured above are three keyblade wielders called Aqua, Terra, and Ventus that serve as playable characters in Birth By Sleep, originally released for the PSP in 2010. The latter bridges the gap between Kingdom Hearts II and III and the former serves as the foundation for much deeper lore a decade before the original game.īut, if you want to quickly get up to speed and guzzle a bunch of necessary spoilers, here’s what you need to know in chronological order:Īqua, Terra, and Ventus in 'Birth By Sleep'. So what two games - other than the original two - do fans need to play before the third game releases? Birth By Sleep and Dream Drop Distance. The universe of Kingdom Hearts is barely comprehensible as it is, and even though several games are totally skippable, there are two that’ll be required when it comes to the third adventure in 2019. Somewhat unfairly, it isn’t enough to focus just on the main Kingdom Hearts entries in the franchise. How are some members of Organization XIII still alive? Why are the villains of the first two games now members? What’s an “Unversed”? Who’s that girl with blue hair? ![]() Chances are high that even if someone loved the first two Kingdom Hearts games with reckless abandon, they might’ve been utterly confused by the new story trailers that came out of E3 2018 last month.
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