Aqua might actually be the most heroic character in this series. Other than Mickey, she's the only one that has come that close to the darkness and not fallen. It took a full decade of wandering the dark realm before it got to her. And nobody had to sacrifice more than her.
Even after the decade, she only fell cause she was attacked by a member of the organisation 13, had she not been attacked she could kof survived longer
I honestly wish that she succumbed as opposed to be ass blasted by a purple orb from ansem that made her become dark aqua. Would’ve made it more heart wrenching to see her in that state
Bruh when I saw the trailer that had shown she had fallen I fucking cried bruh, because she was the one literally cleaning up the mess terra made and guiding ventus. She was literally a shining light and seeing her fall bruh
I just keep laughing at the thought of people who don’t know anything about Kingdom Hearts watching this video without context, especially at 1:34 - “Oh wow this video has great- ” *“is that fucking Mickey Mouse?”*
Yeah. But even that doesn’t compare to Roxas Axel and Xion’s reunion. Seeing Axel just break down and cry, happy to see his two besties, always got to me.
2:10 Aqua is both the most tragic AND most heroic character in the series, imo, full stop. She lost both of her friends but never stopped fighting or trying to get them back, even though she had to hide one away and beat the snot out of another hard enough to give his bodysnatcher amnesia. She fought through the world of Darkness with no armor, vulnerable and alone, and still didn't lose herself or her heart until the last. She went through more than probably anyone else in the series, and her thoughts all the time were/are on protecting her friends. Here, notice how she uses the Reflect/Protect shields to protect her friends instead of herself, selflessly trying to save others, even at great personal cost to her. She only falls after going through more than anyone else, and after putting some plans in place (like Land of Departure/Castle Oblivion and Ventus), and even after falling to the darkness, once she's smacked back to her senses, she immediately gets back into the fight, even going one on one (kind of stupidly, but still) with a powerful foe within mere hours, if even that, after being recovered from the World of Darkness. She's tragic, heroic, and an absolute badass - 100% worthy of the title of Master.
2:17 This actually suggests, from the rainbow color of the little chain on the Wayfinder, that Aqua used small parts of their hearts when making them, seeing as Terra’s Wayfinder is yellow and Ven’s is green. It would also help them stay together, if part of each of them is in the Wayfinders. This is also show at 1:54 when the Wayfinders turn into Terra and Ven. This could be symbolic, or it could represent that their hearts were contained in the Wayfinders. That’s just my theory.
I don't know if you're still interested in this gaming series but it's important to say that's a Fantasy Mystery game. And Mysteries have usually a complex story.
Basically Terra story: make situation getting worse. Ventus: doing half ass job, leave the world when situation still not settle. Aqua: clean all the mess that Terra and Ventus done.
There's something special about this one. I've played every KH and none of the music hits like Ray of hope does. That little bit of dubstep they mixed in is pure firaga.
those violins at 0:33 really hit hard, the way is played with emotion and the melody kinda implying a message of "if only" or "what could have been a happy tale but it wasn't" just as we see in the video how the wayfinder trio challeging circunstance after circunstance getting in the way of what could have been a happy tale
I can't think of a single other game intro that surges emotions through me like any Kingdom Hearts intro. Say what you want about the convoluted story, but damn it these intros will always make me tear up.
I embrace the tears. We need more things like this in Kingdom Hearts. It makes it feel more like this could actually be friends trekking through unknown and sad things happening to them like in Birth by Sleep than friends-turned-enemies having a disagreement then being all sappy and reminiscing and reuniting and everything good happening and saving the day and- OH MY GODS JUST HAVE SOME SORT OF EMOTION OTHER THAN HAPPY AND UNICORNS AT THE END ALREADY! Fine, you were separated, possibly forever, but, like, in Birth by Sleep at least the bad guys had some kind of victory and the good guys (and gal) had some kind of setback. We just need more sadness in the Kingdom Hearts series. And not like “Oh, no, I must sacrifice myself for the crush who I don’t deserve! But I love her, so who cares!” I mean like, “ Oh, no, my friends have turned evil, but I still like them, and I managed to save one of them but he can’t wake up and my crush has been blasted off with no memory of me and no free will! Now I must send him back to the light and sacrifice myself in the process!” I see how some might say they are the same, but the first is more romance related and SORA, WE KNOW YOU LOVE KAIRI! SQUARE ENIX, WORK ON SOME OTHER SHIPS PLEASE! TERRAQUA WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO START! TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF THAT! KAISORA HAS SORT OF WORN OUT! Just my thoughts, my opinions, feel free to disagree.
The games can leave me conflicted sometimes but stuff like this opening snatches me back with zero hesitation every time. KH is the only series I can’t say no to no matter how much nonsense it throws at me.
Look at Ventus at 2:06 in 0.5 or 0.25 speed, his body is doing so many backflips. XD I'm sorry, that's probably a health concern for him... but it just looks so funny XD
seeing all of what aqua has went through and how much she suffered and sacrificed for her friends with her only regrets being that she couldnt do more for them and left them to their fates even tho theyd be worse off makes me want to cry and then this comes out shows her story in style with a bangin remix broke me what a queen
When you walk away, you don't hear me say Please, oh baby, don't go. Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight It's hard to let it go You're giving me too many things lately You're all I need, you smiled at me and said The daily things (like this and that and what is what?) That keep us all busy are confusing me That's when you came to me and said Don't get me wrong, I love you, but does that mean I have to meet your father? When we are older you'll understand What I meant when I said No, I don't think life is quite that simple When you walk away, you don't hear me say Please, oh baby, don't go. Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight It's hard to let it go Hold me Whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all Nothing's like before When you walk away, you don't hear me say Please, oh baby, don't go. Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight It's hard to let it go
i absolutely loved this theme in birth by sleep, i never ever skipped the opening. i often listened to it twice, this in my opinion, is just as good if not better,
MonsterHunter and Kingdom Hearts are the first games I remember ever playing, and have forever shaped a lot of what I play today. Even though the story has always confused me, this series will always hold a special place in my heart.
@@227someguy Even then. I love Kingdom Hearts, but they completely ruined the story, and/or are doing a horrible job of telling it through the games. No one is going to play coded, no one is going to watch 2 hours of cutscenes. They got really lazy and need to clean it up.
Honestly 2 was better but that because it was longer 3 was shorter and try to answer everything in 3 I don't think three was bad at all it could had been recorded or a musical crap they drop after 3, 3 was just not the best. Add the fact they spent 15 years adding questions on top of questions on top of questions than had to answer 168 questions in kH 3 and at the same time pace it out so it don't feel force and give every fan they favorite character back it was literally they best way to go about it fr fr to please everyone so no I don't think they ruined it they had alot to cover and not enough to cover it. Some would say they could split it in two games than people will claim they just trying to get more money out of us blah blah blah so be greatful kh3 was a good game and fun to play and it still grab emotions
So...what you're saying is that a game all about heart...had very little heart put into it? Before any misunderstandings arise, I'm not saying this trailer is bad. This is full of not only heart but also soul with all the effort they put into everything! It summarises Birth By Sleep in an epic fashion and looks amazing!
1:35 When you walk away You don’t hear me say Please, oh baby, don’t go Simple and clean Is the way that you’re making me feel tonight It’s hard to let it go Hold me Whatever lies beyond this morning Is a little later on Regardless of warnings The future doesn’t scare me at all Nothing’s like before
Just came back to specifically find this version of the song (cause even though I'm nostalgia crying it's a BOP lol), and I just gotta say, compared to some of the "4k" videos on CZcams recently, this video has gotta be some of the best. And the crazy thing is the highest quality setting is 720p.
I love how every kingdom hearts intro is things and people falling over and over again.
Perhaps a show or itteration that everything worthwhile you do in life is to some extent a leap of faith
@@cloudyronin7479 nice analysis!!
@@cloudyronin7479
Need more Analytical Virgil lol
Rarity for DMC fans to also be kh fans vice versa
It's tradition
@@cloudyronin7479 or i guess it means the character is going through a lot lol
Sora’s hand reaching into the water gets me every time, chills up and down my spine .
Ohhhhh yeah.... I get goosebumps everywhere....
Me too, considering what happens in the next chapter!
Same it gives me chills
especially after saving her in 3
Yeah Sora save Aqua so romantic
I don't know why but the "Hooold me..." part makes me feel heavenly everytime and right after it, it makes me want to cry.
i did. i did cry all the time watch exactly that scene. :')
@Mako Kitsune Every Simple and Clean song got me for 7 years, no, 8 years, not lying. I agree with what you say.
1:51
@@glpikachu1336 Perfect. Love ya
Same it make me cry too
Aqua might actually be the most heroic character in this series. Other than Mickey, she's the only one that has come that close to the darkness and not fallen. It took a full decade of wandering the dark realm before it got to her. And nobody had to sacrifice more than her.
Even after the decade, she only fell cause she was attacked by a member of the organisation 13, had she not been attacked she could kof survived longer
I honestly wish that she succumbed as opposed to be ass blasted by a purple orb from ansem that made her become dark aqua. Would’ve made it more heart wrenching to see her in that state
Bruh when I saw the trailer that had shown she had fallen I fucking cried bruh, because she was the one literally cleaning up the mess terra made and guiding ventus. She was literally a shining light and seeing her fall bruh
Lets be fair my man. It took more than a decade to break her. It took a decade and Xehanort fucking with her - again - to break her will.
Aqua is too Op, she is truly worth of a master title all things considered.
every time aqua is falling and sees Sora's heart light gives me goosebumps
The second I read this comment, that scene came up and I got chills too LMAO
Same XD
KH openings: 100% canon
KH games: 90% Disney fillers, 10% canon
For real
For real XD
Str8 fax
Totally hahaha.
More fillers than Naruto but still loved
1:34 the chills get me right here, love this opening.
Same
Mickey always has impeccable timing
SAME
@@iansalsich6508 A wizard is never early, nor is he late...
Given Mickey's mentor was Yen Sid...it makes sense.
it's perfect
Kingdom hearts Always helped me to Hope again in my darkest times and i'll Always Remember It as the best game of my Life.
Same here. It's the symbol of friendship and triumph over evil.
May your hearts be your guiding key.
Same
Seeing her come back and happy made the wait totally worth it.
She deserved it after everything she went through
Who's watching at 2024 right now, even after so many years this mv is still FIRE!!!!
I just keep laughing at the thought of people who don’t know anything about Kingdom Hearts watching this video without context, especially at 1:34 -
“Oh wow this video has great- ”
*“is that fucking Mickey Mouse?”*
Still to this day i have no clue how it got away with having so many Disney characters lol.
@@ILaist being owned by Disney helps.
@@KnightGamer724 lol but still how they make the story with so many conflicting franchise is beyond me.
Seriously haha
Thank you for the laugh. I needed this.
1:53 I always cry in this part, it make me think that Aqua, Terra, and Ventus will finally be together after the horrible stuff that happened to them
I am glad they pulled a deus ex machina to save them. It was the best part of KH 3 to see them together again.
Yeah. But even that doesn’t compare to Roxas Axel and Xion’s reunion. Seeing Axel just break down and cry, happy to see his two besties, always got to me.
She protected them at the very last moment, and I was so happy when they were holding hands falling in the sky finally back together. 😢😭💚💛💙🌸🌸🌸
2:10
Aqua is both the most tragic AND most heroic character in the series, imo, full stop.
She lost both of her friends but never stopped fighting or trying to get them back, even though she had to hide one away and beat the snot out of another hard enough to give his bodysnatcher amnesia. She fought through the world of Darkness with no armor, vulnerable and alone, and still didn't lose herself or her heart until the last. She went through more than probably anyone else in the series, and her thoughts all the time were/are on protecting her friends. Here, notice how she uses the Reflect/Protect shields to protect her friends instead of herself, selflessly trying to save others, even at great personal cost to her. She only falls after going through more than anyone else, and after putting some plans in place (like Land of Departure/Castle Oblivion and Ventus), and even after falling to the darkness, once she's smacked back to her senses, she immediately gets back into the fight, even going one on one (kind of stupidly, but still) with a powerful foe within mere hours, if even that, after being recovered from the World of Darkness.
She's tragic, heroic, and an absolute badass - 100% worthy of the title of Master.
Aqua is the obi wan of KH, thats how I see her
@@darkpromeathean937 Obi wan?
@@ZansoT Yeah
@darkpromeathean937 who or what is that?
1:51 this part hits me in the feels every time.
2:17
This actually suggests, from the rainbow color of the little chain on the Wayfinder, that Aqua used small parts of their hearts when making them, seeing as Terra’s Wayfinder is yellow and Ven’s is green. It would also help them stay together, if part of each of them is in the Wayfinders. This is also show at 1:54 when the Wayfinders turn into Terra and Ven. This could be symbolic, or it could represent that their hearts were contained in the Wayfinders. That’s just my theory.
i will laugh if sora is secretly descendant of master of masters
@xid where does it said that in the games?
@@latinalover26 it's another theory
@@leonardobalbino1615 a game theory.
Look, I have no idea what this game is, but this song brings back memories of a time I never had.
Kh has that impact on people. Crazy
👀 thats both unsettling and heartwarming. Unsettleing because thats a major premise of one of the games.
I don't know if you're still interested in this gaming series but it's important to say that's a Fantasy Mystery game. And Mysteries have usually a complex story.
Aquarius System The game was created by the Final Fantasy creators if u wanted to know about that :)
You haven't been followed by people in black coats have you?
Ventus, Terra, and Aqua… Some people think Ventus is the MC among them just because he looks like Roxas, but it’s obviously Aqua.
Roxas only exists due to sora and ven
I mean there's a reason Aqua leads the squad in the gameplay of melody of memories.
Basically
Terra story: make situation getting worse.
Ventus: doing half ass job, leave the world when situation still not settle.
Aqua: clean all the mess that Terra and Ventus done.
There's something special about this one. I've played every KH and none of the music hits like Ray of hope does. That little bit of dubstep they mixed in is pure firaga.
Seeing Aqua sacrifices herself for Tera and Ventus is so sad and heartwarming
2:12 still has chills down me spine . She knew the consequences.
those violins at 0:33 really hit hard, the way is played with emotion and the melody kinda implying a message of "if only" or "what could have been a happy tale but it wasn't" just as we see in the video how the wayfinder trio challeging circunstance after circunstance getting in the way of what could have been a happy tale
Wow this is my first time watching this and I just got literal chills from some of these scenes. The music and imagery is perfect.
After 265 listens, this has officially become my favorite version of this S&C.
It's so hype and majestic.
Mickey Mouse looks sooooo out of context in this final fantasy style design. When he appeared out of nowhere, I was like what is this?
If your reaction to Mickey’s outfit is “What is this” wait until you see Donald and Goofy’s KH clothing 😂
@@magicmasterplayer zippers 😭
Man, if you’re 7 games deep into Kingdom Hearts and are still having that reaction, I don’t know what to tell you lol
I can't think of a single other game intro that surges emotions through me like any Kingdom Hearts intro. Say what you want about the convoluted story, but damn it these intros will always make me tear up.
This opening really hits me, Aqua going through a tough time saving her friends even though she has to sacrifice herself by falling into darkness
I cry everytime i hear this song ;-;
I embrace the tears. We need more things like this in Kingdom Hearts. It makes it feel more like this could actually be friends trekking through unknown and sad things happening to them like in Birth by Sleep than friends-turned-enemies having a disagreement then being all sappy and reminiscing and reuniting and everything good happening and saving the day and- OH MY GODS JUST HAVE SOME SORT OF EMOTION OTHER THAN HAPPY AND UNICORNS AT THE END ALREADY! Fine, you were separated, possibly forever, but, like, in Birth by Sleep at least the bad guys had some kind of victory and the good guys (and gal) had some kind of setback. We just need more sadness in the Kingdom Hearts series. And not like “Oh, no, I must sacrifice myself for the crush who I don’t deserve! But I love her, so who cares!” I mean like, “ Oh, no, my friends have turned evil, but I still like them, and I managed to save one of them but he can’t wake up and my crush has been blasted off with no memory of me and no free will! Now I must send him back to the light and sacrifice myself in the process!” I see how some might say they are the same, but the first is more romance related and SORA, WE KNOW YOU LOVE KAIRI! SQUARE ENIX, WORK ON SOME OTHER SHIPS PLEASE! TERRAQUA WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO START! TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF THAT! KAISORA HAS SORT OF WORN OUT! Just my thoughts, my opinions, feel free to disagree.
@@mulduls the way you wrote all that and got no likes chile ..
The games can leave me conflicted sometimes but stuff like this opening snatches me back with zero hesitation every time. KH is the only series I can’t say no to no matter how much nonsense it throws at me.
I hope we get the same energy of this OP in KH4 😍
I love how I always come back to this version of the song 😂😍💗
0:55 - Aqua's smile is so cute!!!😊
STILL FIRE IN 2022!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
Its been around 2 decades already and I can't help but still get whiplash every time I see FF characters interacting with Disney characters
Look at Ventus at 2:06 in 0.5 or 0.25 speed, his body is doing so many backflips. XD I'm sorry, that's probably a health concern for him... but it just looks so funny XD
XD
God it is XD
Ventus: Oh no I'm drowned into the darkness
Terra: Do a back flip !
Aqua: Terra ! It's not the time fo-
Ventus: OKIE DOKIE !!!
Why do I hear their voices when I read this? XD
I mean if you aren't rolling you aren't doing BBS right
I’m so glad sora is in smash
The original simple and clean is amazing but the vibe of this is just different. It's just so pleasing to listen to
seeing all of what aqua has went through and how much she suffered and sacrificed for her friends with her only regrets being that she couldnt do more for them and left them to their fates even tho theyd be worse off makes me want to cry and then this comes out shows her story in style with a bangin remix broke me what a queen
When you walk away, you don't hear me say
Please, oh baby, don't go.
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go
You're giving me too many things lately
You're all I need, you smiled at me and said
The daily things (like this and that and what is what?)
That keep us all busy are confusing me
That's when you came to me and said
Don't get me wrong, I love you, but does that mean I have to meet your father?
When we are older you'll understand
What I meant when I said
No, I don't think life is quite that simple
When you walk away, you don't hear me say
Please, oh baby, don't go.
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go
Hold me
Whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all
Nothing's like before
When you walk away, you don't hear me say
Please, oh baby, don't go.
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go
Love this! Thank you for uploading!
This is the 1st version of simple and clean I ever heard. ❤️
i absolutely loved this theme in birth by sleep, i never ever skipped the opening. i often listened to it twice, this in my opinion, is just as good if not better,
Nah this is a masterpiece fr. There are so many meanings you can get from this, and they’re all so magical!
20% nostalgia
50% KH characters and things falling on water.
30% BANGER
MonsterHunter and Kingdom Hearts are the first games I remember ever playing, and have forever shaped a lot of what I play today. Even though the story has always confused me, this series will always hold a special place in my heart.
After I listen to this song for first time, it becomes one of my favorites
I genuinely wish I could go back in time to whenever this first dropped. Everything changed once this trailer was released.
If only the games lived up to these intros. I sense more joy and sorrow from this music video than I did with the actual games
Always coming back to this song :)
urgh that drop at 0:48 is like PERFECTION
This is extremely addicting to listen to and watch
I’m not crying, you are! ;-;
What gets me is how Terra returns in KH3. He literally possessed the Shadow Heartless that was attached to his body and used it to save Aqua and Ven.
This is the definitive mix of this song as far as I'm concerned
0:10 Sora sees the wayfinder and reaches into the water, like the end of the video
this is so beautiful
I can still listen to it over and over again
while waiting for the next game ♥
This song and trailer had more heart put into it than the story of KH3.
Shots fired. That might not have been the case if the content from remind had been available for free from day one.
@@227someguy Even then. I love Kingdom Hearts, but they completely ruined the story, and/or are doing a horrible job of telling it through the games. No one is going to play coded, no one is going to watch 2 hours of cutscenes. They got really lazy and need to clean it up.
@Michael Agreed dude. KH3 is like a beautiful movie with a horrible story. They ruined an amazing series. Story has gotten beyond stupid.
Honestly 2 was better but that because it was longer 3 was shorter and try to answer everything in 3 I don't think three was bad at all it could had been recorded or a musical crap they drop after 3, 3 was just not the best. Add the fact they spent 15 years adding questions on top of questions on top of questions than had to answer 168 questions in kH 3 and at the same time pace it out so it don't feel force and give every fan they favorite character back it was literally they best way to go about it fr fr to please everyone so no I don't think they ruined it they had alot to cover and not enough to cover it. Some would say they could split it in two games than people will claim they just trying to get more money out of us blah blah blah so be greatful kh3 was a good game and fun to play and it still grab emotions
So...what you're saying is that a game all about heart...had very little heart put into it?
Before any misunderstandings arise, I'm not saying this trailer is bad. This is full of not only heart but also soul with all the effort they put into everything! It summarises Birth By Sleep in an epic fashion and looks amazing!
I’m glad this series
I used to be an
Outcast but
I found my meaning
When start came
To the end
Y’know what? Taking a poop while watching this always gives me chills. I love it!
Ahh I love this song and all its versions so much 😭
1:35
When you walk away
You don’t hear me say
Please, oh baby, don’t go
Simple and clean
Is the way that you’re making me feel tonight
It’s hard to let it go
Hold me
Whatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on
Regardless of warnings
The future doesn’t scare me at all
Nothing’s like before
Love this version 💎
I like how the game is just Aqua finally starting to gain hope after 10 years of being in the dark realm and then loosing all hope like 10 mins after.
"May your hearts be your guiding key."😇
Thanks for showing me this song
Kingdom hearts has one of the best music ever in a video game, every song gives me goosebumps especially
The tone of this opening flips completely the second mickey fucking mouse shows up
2:13 there it is the moment my heart went ouch
I watched this gameplay so many times I love this game
Who else crying to this even after KH3?
Can we admit this song is just poor Aqua being traumatized over and over again...
Yeap rip the best girl.
Well at least they are all back together by the end of 3
I don't care how long it goes, I'll never forget the names of Riku, kairi, and sora
1000 years.
Broooooooooooooo this is tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
This is so cool!
As someone who found this video in Recommended and had no previous experience of Kingdom Hearts, I was *not* ready for Mickey Mouse
Just came back to specifically find this version of the song (cause even though I'm nostalgia crying it's a BOP lol), and I just gotta say, compared to some of the "4k" videos on CZcams recently, this video has gotta be some of the best. And the crazy thing is the highest quality setting is 720p.
I adore the openings to these games, Crome the very first one, I’ve been hooked.
this made me had tears
The Wayfinder holding hands always gets me. Same with Aqua saving the other two
Have you ever needed a song that offers nostalgia while also scratching every part of your brain simultaneously? Look no further.
so we're all back here huh.... the nostalgia hits hard
BRB crying from nostalgia to how it felt the first time listening
Even if I die.. I’ll never stop loving Kingdom Hearts ❤️ 🙏
This is an excellent song.
Bro how does this make me cry and get chills all over again and again like help me 😂💔💔💔
I forgot that this was kingdom Hearts and when Mickey came I bursted out laughing
the sea salt trio is my favorite but thewayfrinder trio just have the best openings
I Still get chills from this remix ☺️
1:55 this is like me and my old friends diving into the waterfall
Beautiful. Love the fact they always fall
I love this version so such
i love
I imagine non kh fans watching this and being like
"Hey, this actually looks pretty coo-
HOLY FUCKING SHIT IT'S MICKEY MOUSE!"
thats sums up my first time playing a game from this series xD
Tripping over your own feet in a KH game is by the far the most dangerous thing anyone can experience.
Good stuff.
Such a brilliant song
1:41 Mickey Mouse For Smash Ultimate
Best version of this song
These 13 darknesses IF ONLY WE KNEW
How was this six years ago. I remember the hype for this game like it was yesterday