Why do they look younger?

[KingdomheartsII]

I thought this was after KH2...

 

[Bobby Craft]

I think its something that's relevant to the plot. I believe originally they were supposed to be in their KH1 forms/costumes but they were given new looks to clearly distinguish that the story is moving forward (not just another side story).

 

[Luap]

No one knows, yet.

 

[Lanydx reborn]

Do they really look young? They look the same to me.

 

[loke13]

Do they really look young? They look the same to me.

You're joking right?

 

[KingdomheartsII]

They look like the transition between CoM and KH2...

 

[Unusual1290]

What confuses me the most is that Riku has his keyblade.

 

[Lanydx reborn]

You're joking right?

I'm half blind what do you want from me?

 

[Odysseus]

Just look at Sora's hair. It's his KH1 hair design, not KH2, so yes, they're their younger forms.

I do appreciate the new costumes. I don't mind that they're younger as long as the plot is moving forward and they wouldn't be decked out in their original clothing.

 

[raycat27_2003]

Maybe it has to do with the hidden data inside Sora????

 

[KingdomSoul333]

who really cares if they are younger? i honestly wouldnt care if they were still in KH1 clothes, i mean its cool they got new outfits and this is what i prefer but all i really care about is the story and the gameplay.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

What confuses me the most is that Riku has his keyblade.

Why is that confusing? The game takes place after KH2/Re:coded. He'd have his Keyblade.


To the OP, their young age is something plot relevant and will be explained either by Nomura or the game itself.

 

[XIII Heartless]

Why is that confusing? The game takes place after KH2/Re:coded. He'd have his Keyblade.


To the OP, their young age is something plot relevant and will be explained either by Nomura or the game itself.

Hopefully the game itself. I get the feeling I'm gonna have to avoid this part of the forum sooner than I thought to get that "almost completely new" feeling I haven't felt since CoM.

 

[DanX]

who really cares if they are younger? i honestly wouldnt care if they were still in KH1 clothes, i mean its cool they got new outfits and this is what i prefer but all i really care about is the story and the gameplay.

The only reason people care is because there's only been one game where you get to play as Sora in his KH2 clothing and every other one he is unplayable or in KH1 attire, we'd like to see it a bit more.

 

[Unusual1290]

Why is that confusing? The game takes place after KH2/Re:coded. He'd have his Keyblade.

I KNOW it takes place after KH2, but they appear as they do in KH1. I don't think its some kind of "magic" that's making them young again. Obviously it takes place in a dream, but the time where the dream takes place could be around kh1's time, and riku didn't have a keyblade then.

 

[SilenceTheTardis]

I'm assuming they're the same age they were when the data was first put into Sora. It's basically their older selves (keyblades and all), in their younger bodies, in a dream.

 

[loke13]

I KNOW it takes place after KH2, but they appear as they do in KH1. I don't think its some kind of "magic" that's making them young again. Obviously it takes place in a dream, but the time where the dream takes place could be around kh1's time, and riku didn't have a keyblade then.

Once again it takes place after KH2. Riku HAS his keyblade. It's not that hard to understand there not time-traveling.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

They didn't regress in Heart, just in age. :/ I still don't see why Riku wouldn't have his Keyblade. They have new clothes so obviously they aren't exactly how they were in KH1.

 

[riku's_artist7]

i thought it was a dream sequence no?
or is that just speculation?

 

[loke13]

The demo still takes place fairly early in the game so I'm guessing this is during the MoM portion of it.