u/giantchilla

Something I just recently thought of: Pridelands in KH2 would have been a great opportunity to have Red XIII make an appearance, would it not have? Possibly even as an optional boss?

I should preface this by saying that I know very little about Final Fantasy or Red. So if I'm completely off, please politely tell me.

But story-wise, I feel like it could be played off like he's wanting to test Sora to help Sora grow stronger. So lore-wise, the boss fight would be them sparring, not actually fighting to the death. Location-wise, I think it could take place any time after the Scar fight, in Wildebeest Valley. Specifically the more open half of that room (which is a flat, open space perfectly sized to be a boss arena), with the rocky half of the room being closed off by a barrier during the fight (to prevent you from relying on the rocks for cover). Red would be hanging out by the lone rock where Scar has Simba wait in the movie, and you have to go up and talk to Red to trigger the fight.

What do you guys think? Could this have been fun, or no?

I get why she's not. She's a lion, and it's not really possible to turn that into a costume without just designing a human version of her, and a human version of her wouldn't be as recognizable.

I'm just sayin, Nala deserves far more rep than she gets, imo! She earns a spot in that brand, just like Scar earns his spot in the Disney Villain brand. I just wish Disney would at least recognize her as A member of the "Disney Princess" brand, even if she's not in the core lineup with the likes of Cinderella, Ariel and the like.

EDIT: A lot of people keep bringing up that Nala is never a princess. So I'm just going to respond to that criticism right here. Multiple Disney Princesses are never actually literal princesses. Most notably, Mulan. Being a literal princess at any point is NOT a requirement for being included in the Disney Princess brand. Realistically, the only reason why Nala is not included in the brand is because she is not human/humanoid, which IS a requirement.

I know some folks have trouble remembering which of the duck triplet is Huey, which one is Dewey and which one is Louie. I have a way to help myself remember. It's a bit random and somewhat contrived, but I figured I'd drop it here incase it helps anyone else keep em straight!

HUEY - Sounds like "hue", meaning color. Most digital color wheels start on red by default. Huey is the red one.

DEWEY - Sounds like "dew", which is water. Water is associated with blue. Dewey is the blue one.

LOUIE - Sounds like "Luigi", who wears green. Louie is the green one.

Like I said, it's a bit random and contrived. But it's worked for me, so I wanted to get it out there incase it could help anyone else^^

COLUMBO AS A LION: Aww, yeah, mister Scar. I heard about your brothuh's passing. Awful stuff. I can't imagine what you must be goin' t'rough. My wife's really big into successions. Can't get enough of em. And she tells me that with Mufasa and Simba both gone, you're da only one who can rule da Pridelands. Dat must be hard, rulin' a kingdom while dealin with all dat grief. All because Mufasa... fell off a cliff into a stampede, ya said? Terrible. Aah wait, sorry, you just said he died in a stampede. I got a little mixed up, cuz when I went down to da gorge, I noticed a buncha scratches along a cliff wall. And my boss, he says to me, he says "Gee, don't dat almost look like someone climbin up da wall, there." Aaaaah well, I'll get outta your mane.

Oh, there is one more thing. See, the lionesses and I were takin a look at Mufasa's body. And it's da weirdest thing. See, we found CLAW marks on him! But dat's weird, cuz wildebeests... they don't HAVE claws, they've got dem hooves. And I'll tell ya what's even weirder, you'll get a kick outta dis, you'll love dis.... da claw marks are on the BACK of his paws. And for the life'a me, I can't figure out how they got there! What about you? Got any ideas where those marks came from, Mistah Scar?

I like to mod Lion Sora into the rest of the game for his mobility sometimes. And sometimes, I just have to take a minute to enjoy how silly his mechanics can be lol

Let me be clear: The point of this post is NOT to hate on the "Timon & Pumbaa" cartoon. It's great for what it is! It just wasn't really my cup of tea as a kid. I simply want to explain the show that I'D wanted as a kid, and see if anyone else had wanted something similar when they were kids!

The show that I'D wanted would have been an adventure show focusing on Simba and Nala's adventures around the Pridelands before Simba's exile. It would have been in kinda the same vein as the "Aladdin" and "Hercules" cartoons, and we would have gotten to see a lot more of the Pridelands and surrounding territories, as well as a bunch of new characters (including some recurring villains). Timeline wise, it probably would have occurred after the Elephant Graveyard sequence and before the Stampede sequence.

And I was aware, even as a kid, that there would be continuity issues with this, of course. But the "Hercules" cartoon ALSO has glaring continuity issues with the "Hercules" movie, and yet it's still a great adventure cartoon.

I know that now we have The Lion Guard, which is similar in many ways to what I've described, I'm just curious to see if any other kids felt the same way that I did back then^^ So did anyone else want somethin' like this as a 90's kid, or was I in the minority there?

I've been a KH fan for a long time, but there are some games that I simply haven't had the opportunity to play. I'd like to fix that soon, but I want to get a sense of what sorts of difficulty hurtles lay before me vs the difficulty hurtles I've already overcome in the games I HAVE played.

So I wanna ask: In your guys' opinions, what are the most difficult mandatory boss fights in the franchise?

I'm curious, for anyone here who plays Kingdom Hearts 2, do any of you like to mod Lion Sora into the rest of the game?

It's one of my preferred playstyles, personally. I just find it so fun to kick butt as an adorable lil furball with a case of the zoomies!

Though I feel like I'm the only one who plays the game this way very much, so I figured I'd see if anyone else does as well!

Who would you say has the most brutal "the world itself is gaslighting me" storyline? Roxas at the beginning of KH2, or Truman Burbank in 'The Truman Show'?

This is probably an unpopular opinion, but just hear me out.

We all know that Pridelands in KH2 is terrible. But IMO, the ways in which it sucks all stem from how that world was implemented, not from anything inherent to the actual property that world was based on. For whatever reason, they decided to set the world during the only time period in which the Pridelands would be boring to explore (maybe they thought that was the only way to work in a Scar boss fight or something). It's grey, it's empty, and of course, the lack of drive forms also brings it down.

But I have always felt that if they had actually done the Pridelands justice, it could have made for a brilliant world. ESPECIALLY now that they have the ability to make sprawling vibrant worlds that feel full of life.

So I just wanna put out my idea for how they could go about it if they ever were to try again. This new Pridelands world could be set between Lion King 1 and 2. The Pridelands themselves are lush and vibrant again, and the different animal factions have started moving back in. But tensions are still high between each of them; Scar's reign hurt a LOT of animals. And plus, Zira (the villain from the second movie) is trying to sew seeds of dissent across the Pridelands in order to turn everyone against Simba. So it's Sora's job is to help Simba restore the Circle of Life and forge new alliances with the various animal factions (possibly by completing various quests for them). Meanwhile, Zira is forming her own alliances, and you eventually have to bring your allies together against hers in a final assault. This approach to the world would push you to explore a Pridelands that's actually vibrant, lively and fun, while also giving Sora a vital role in a story that fills in a fairly major gap within the movie's timeline.

What do you guys think? Am I way off, or is there potential there?

I'm currently doing another KH2 playthrough, and I gotta ask. Does anyone else get frustrated at how, in the Barbossa fight, you have to keep Jack from dying?

Like, I'm not asking this as a way of being like "this is unfair!" because it's not. In fact, I quite like the fight. I'm asking because it's literally the opposite of what Jack should be like at that point in the story. He has JUST placed the curse upon himself, and he did so SPECIFICALLY because the curse makes you unable to die. And yet, this moment is the only time when you have to protect him from dying.

Like, I very much enjoy the Barbossa boss fight, it's just always irked me that they did the exact opposite of the curse with Jack. I get WHY they did it, I just kinda wish they'd figured out a way to add more challenge to the fight without breaking the lore.

In Kingdom Hearts, it's canon that Alice from "Alice in Wonderland" has met several princesses. They were all kidnapped as part of Maleficent's plans. Though, Alice didn't seem all that impressed to be surrounded by royals; not even Maleficent's arch enemy, Aurora.

Now, I know what you're thinking.

"Aurora boring Alice? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within 'Kingdom Hearts'?"

Yes.

May you see it?

No.