Kingdom Hearts II
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Nov 4, 2026
ConnorHOST
Silent Hill 2, Sly Cooper, Thievus Raccoonus, Bully, Persona 3 Fest, Guitar Hero 3, Kingdom Hearts, Silent Hill 3, Max Payne Squared, TimeSplitters 2, God of War 2, Dragon Quest VIII, Final Fantasy XII, Tekken 5, Jak 1, Jak and Dax are the Precursor Legacy, and RE4.
ConnorHOST
um this is your first bracket how do we do like the seating and everything nick says a game i've already picked where it's going so i can't like uh try to make the matchups more interesting or something or have certain games that i love go further i've never done that in the past like why would you even accuse me of that um he does it all the time so that's how we've gotten around that so there's it's completely random that's how you end up with kingdom hearts 2 and kingdom hearts reach into memories on top of each other yeah so uh yes oh and the last bit that i did want to say um with a lot of housekeeping to set this up is that i i said that there's a lot of games that we don't know for sure where i don't have the hands-on experience we can just kind of go based off of what we've heard about the game um when we're talking about it but it might come down to the community voting oh what you move on excuse me
speaker_2GUEST
um but
ConnorHOST
we are gods here.
ConnorHOST
Like
speaker_2GUEST
it's a cage too.
speaker_2GUEST
For example, they're not on the same side of the bracket, but like Kingdom Hearts 2 is moving on.
speaker_2GUEST
Like,
KimmyHOST
That was literally, yeah.
KimmyHOST
And I think even Kingdom Hearts 2, I was on there for like three streams.
KimmyHOST
I
CoryHOST
think it was like two or three.
MurphHOST
i
BroganHOST
think i think it's important to realize that yeah this this first game they don't know what they're making yet they have like a very strong vision but they don't know like moving forward what the franchise will look like so like kingdom hearts 2 becomes much more focused on action and combat but this game has a lot of platforming and it's a lot it's very awkward it's super fucking awkward
MurphHOST
I think it's very telling that Mario 64 was the inspiration for the gameplay side of things.
MurphHOST
Because Mario 64 is also a game that's a little mysterious and strange in a lot of spots.
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speaker_2UNKNOWN
Yeah.
MurphHOST
The fact that you keep getting gummy blocks as rewards is really deflating, because there's no point to, like, upgrading or designing your own gummy ship, because the base one will carry you through every boring segment of gummy space.
BroganHOST
there's very little spectacle to it and I think that's what happens in Kingdom Hearts 2 is they make it like oh here's a set piece here that's cool I like that but like it's repetitive and tedious and it's like ugh but also it's reflective of like that this is this is one of the first times ever that it's like a crossover and it's multimedia and it's multi like it's multi genre and that's so fun like the idea of the gummy ship is really fun you know
MurphHOST
Yeah, and I think they would hit their stride in Kingdom Hearts 2 where it's a lot more like different gameplay segments to break things up.
ThrakHOST
Exactly.
ThrakHOST
I mean, Kingdom Hearts 2 isn't the second game.
ThrakHOST
It's the third game.
BillHOST
Yeah.
Cameron HawkinsHOST
It's a bit of a complex thing, right? Where it's like, yeah, like, I mean, Remake and Rebirth have...
Cameron HawkinsHOST
To me, outside of Kingdom Hearts 2, it has the best action RPG system of all time.
Cameron HawkinsHOST
And I think that, again, XIII has one of the best turn-based combat systems of all time.
Cameron HawkinsHOST
And...
Adam TaylorHOST
good morning and welcome to the backlog files i am adam i forgot what we said we're gonna do last week but we didn't not much to say about that apologies but we are back today with kingdom hearts re chain of memories continuing our trip down memory lane through a kingdom hearts series Ori China Memories was originally bundled, if I remember correctly, in Japan with Final Mix for Kingdom Hearts 2.
Adam TaylorHOST
It did not come out domestically until later, and what this ended up with is, for a lot of people, their introduction to this game was through the Game Boy Advance.
Adam TaylorHOST
And Chain of Memories is very much a relic of that.
Adam TaylorHOST
Like, you're just rushing through the levels, you're gonna go through Akita beginnings, you're gonna fight whoever the final boss is, and then you gotta walk your way back to the Conqueror's Respite.
Adam TaylorHOST
Very easy to get.
Adam TaylorHOST
way overpowered especially considering he doesn't have an adjustable deck he does have an adjustable what's the one for here like his attack power can be increased but it is very different that said i didn't enjoy it not as much as i would have liked i did like at a certain point like as i was getting through reverse rebirth i was kind of like i get to do kingdom hearts next at least kingdom hearts 2 next at least which is my favorite game in the series and then we're gonna do and then get birth by sleep and then we get you know 3Ds and 0.2 and, you know, which 0.2 I haven't played since I played it the first time.
Adam TaylorHOST
So that and 3, we're going to get to go back through entirely fresh and I'm looking forward to that.
Adam TaylorHOST
But this felt like a necessary step that didn't need to go.
JohnHOST
Don't get me wrong.
JohnHOST
Kingdom Hearts 2 holds up.
JohnHOST
Oh, yes, it does.
JohnHOST
Yes, but
JoshHOST
I think that's because...
JoshHOST
So the nature of Kingdom Hearts 2 is because they included, like, the drive forms and this, that, or the other, they put so much more of...
JoshHOST
Quick point.
JoshHOST
They put so much more of an emphasis and a premium on fluid movement.
King DrellHOST
She knows it's always plenty of this, even if I don't ever actually say it or not.
King DrellHOST
But I will say this, because circling back to Jenna real quick, which is where all this started, where you said she had just finished Kingdom Hearts 2.
VoQualzHOST
Absolutely.
VoQualzHOST
I didn't know she finished The Secret Boss.
5 MINS LATER
VoQualzHOST
Go face that man.
VoQualzHOST
Go face that man.
VoQualzHOST
no no no you're going to you're going to get through you're going to look at we're all in this together like high school musical okay if i have to suffer facing this man you will suffer too i know that's wild it's wild but every kingdom heart fans know if you can handle kingdom hearts one the hardest game of all the franchise of the kingdom hearts series that we have kingdom hearts is literally the hardest one If you can do that, you can handle Kingdom Hearts 2.
VoQualzHOST
You can handle Birth by Sleep.
Mike MenottiHOST
It's been too long.
Chris MenottiHOST
Some elements from Pooh's Grand Venture are also used in the Winnie the Pooh segments of Kingdom Hearts 2.
Chris MenottiHOST
Amazing.
Chris MenottiHOST
Actually.
Chris MenottiHOST
Don't forget, because Kingdom Hearts 2 also did Return of Jafar stuff, so
Mike MenottiHOST
Kingdom Hearts 2 has a good deal.
Mike MenottiHOST
It wasn't a full Pooh level, was it?
Chris MenottiHOST
The way they work in Kingdom Hearts 1, 2, and all the number ones is that there's this magical Winnie the Pooh book.
Joshua LaRosaGUEST
Hearts is good though.
Joshua LaRosaGUEST
Kingdom Hearts 2 is fantastic.
Joshua LaRosaGUEST
Ultimate retcon.
Ryan BettsonHOST
What I've heard.
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