Video Essay Planning Topic: Kingdom Hearts I and II: A Retrospective Form: Introduction Story and Lore dump of Kingdom Hearts I and Chain of Memories Kingdom Hearts II walkthrough Outro Intro: - How I found Kingdom Hearts and why I love it Why Kingdom Hearts works so well Which games will the video go over INTRO SCRIPT: *Starts with the full introduction screen of kingdom hearts 2* When I think as far back as possible to my first gaming experiences, a few games come to mind. The first thing I think of is Tarzan or Monster’s Inc. Scream Team, both for the PS1. Granted, all I really remember from these is jumping around like an idiot and never really getting past the first levels, after all I was just too young to really understand what was going on and my playtime was limited since I was sharing access to the console (or more like butting heads with my brother, but that’s a different topic). But one game really sticks out among all, that one being Kingdom Hearts II. I remember going to the mall with my dad and seeing this game on the wall, my eye being obviously caught by Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy all being plastered on the front cover. Being a little kid, that was enough to sell me on the game, and the next 20 minutes was me begging my dad to buy me a game that, if my track record was anything to go by, would get put away after a week of playing. Needless to say, the guy caved in against his better judgement. Little did he know he would be feeding into the next 15 years of autistic obsession with these silly little Disney characters for me. This series has a LOT of negative connotations tied to it on the internet from people looking from the outside in, and if I’m honest with you some of them are valid. The things you hear most often are that the story/plot is WAY too convoluted, or that the game is ‘just for kids’. I’m here to tell you that while it may LOOK like that, the franchise originates from a time when development philosophy was different. With there being thirteen total games in the franchise, the best comparison I can give in respect to this would be a long-standing anime series, something to the likes of the FATE series. And you may not believe me now, but this series is FILLED with scenes that will really tug at your heartstrings. But I’m not here to convince you to play these games (though you really should). In fact I’m not even here to talk about every single entry in the series, that would take WAY too long and at the end of the day I’m only making this video because I lost a bet to a couple friends of mine. Today I want to really go in depth on the second entry of the franchise, which is in my opinion the BEST one in the franchise and my favorite game of all time, Kingdom Hearts II. Though to do this correctly, I am unfortunately forced to give a government mandated lore dump on Kingdom Hearts I and Chain of Memories, two entries that set up KH II in its entirety and make creating this video a lot easier. So, here’s the gameplan for us, we’re gonna talk about Kingdom Hearts I and I’ll also point out certain things that I find interesting or particularly important for the plotline, then we’ll give the same treatment to Chain of Memories, and we’ll wrap it up with a very in depth look into Kingdom Hearts II. Without further ado, this is THE Kingdom Hearts Retrospective of ALL time (By : Parzley) Story/Lore dump: - Pretty simple, the only necessary point to make is to point out certain things that will matter in the next game, like xemnas being the superboss and stuff.
