the keyblade of heart is an "unfinished" keyblade, if you look closely the "spikes" would form a heart shape if the keyblade would have been fully finished but because ansem cannot get the full control of riku it never became what it was suppossed to be that is why it doesn't have a chain, and why the handle is torted
Also add to the fact that it looks closer to a standard weapon rather than a keyblade, it's simple design makes it more intimidating. You could actually stab someone with it even if it wasn't a keyblade.
Its not unfinished because Ansem did not had full control of Riku. It is made out of the hearts of the princesses and Kairis heart Riku Ansem did not had to complete the thing.
I mean, its meant to be an artificial counterpart to the kingdom key. But they could've done minimalist without having it be all spiky and still have the same effect.
About the keyblade of heart, the spikes arent just spikes. If u look closely to the spikes, u can see a not-fully-shaped heart. Yes its basic, but it still has meaning.
Basic, is good, I don't get why you would want complicated looking key. Like I don't like most Keyblades that have too much shit going on. They just look desperate to look cool.
Chris Roy Very true The sound it makes when moving and attacking sounds Kinda...UGH When i got another Keyblade, even when it was fucking Agrabah's Keyblade that fucking ugly bitch (in my opinion) i changed it in moments notice
I feel like the Metal Chocobo was designed blandly on purpose as a reference to Cloud' s buster sword (mainly because of the 2 holes near the hilt look like materia slots).
fenrir not the buster sword its a motorcycle key a reference to clouds bike i want the buster sword not a keyblade that looks like it THE buster sword i need a mod that can put it in and also an omnislash limit break
#3 is my favorite. I love it because of the design and the Heart shape at the teeth. I can slightly agree with Fairy Harp. Metal Chocobo is just like Cloud's hefty sword. It's big, and it could be used better for defense if someone were to throw a fireball or something. Follow the Wind, I thought the teeth was like an Anchor. Ocean's Rage, is matching at it's design. The whole situation regarding Monstro in the movie Pinocchio. Crabclaw, it's not that bad and Atlantica isn't that bad either.
While I do agree that the Keyblade of Heart could have had a much more amazing design, we can't forget that the keyblade is incomplete. now I know that they did something similar with the X-blade and it looked awesome, it was their first Kingdom Hearts game. I kind of wished we could have seen what the Keyblade of Heart looked like when it was fully complete.
Considering that the Door to Darkness is locked using the two Kingdom Keys, I don't think Xehanort's Heartless would be able to open it, which would make the Keyblade of Heart that was meant to open the path to the Door, kinda pointless
Blanka Gałkowska I used Olympia and it worked super well In my opinion, Metal Chocobo has a very long reach, and it could sometimes have too much strenght i mean if you like to end fights like these quickly then alright but i personaly like taking it slowly just to enjoy the soundtrack and to strategize
Once you know how to handle Dark Aura, you'll just need to pack Ethers into your item slot, put Cure and Aero in your shortcuts, forget that Gravity exist in this fight, and just play him like you did in Destiny Islands
Monochrome is cool. Follow the Wind is cool as fuck, what is wrong with you. Fairy Harp is pretty lame indeed. Whishing star is also pretty lame. Crab Claw is too colorful. Keyblade of Heart IS ALSO COOL AS FUCK WTF! BASIC IS COOL! METAL CHOCOBO IS ALSO COOL AS FUCK OMGGGG!!! Oceans Rage is fine.
Metal Chocobo looks like something you would put in front of a door to stop it from closing. My least favourite is All For One. The most basic, uninspiring keyblade of them all. The "teeth" of it are just pathetic, just one solid shape glued on the end.
Naw metal chocobo is pretty ugly, i mean if it was a little more chocobo themed it would be pretty cool but right now its just a piece of metal with a chocobo keychain
My best friend played kingdom hearts for the first time, so I thought why not let her play 0.2. She gets to the part where aqua was being questioned by terra/xehanort where my friend says and I quote " oh no! This is TERRA-ble!" Then when terra fights against xehanort she says " That was pretty TERRA-fying" I honestly don't know if I should feel amazed or just disappointed right now
HonoredGamer I always thought default keys looked the best (Kingdom Key, Starlight, wayward wind, etc with the exceptions being oathkeeper and oblivion)
HyperGaming oh dude I thought I was the only one, I always do default weapon runs on the KH games, more specifically with Sora. I just think he looks right with the Kingdom Key. Plus it's technically canon.
When you low key loved Wishing Star and Fairy Harp 👀. Also the Keyblade of Heart was epic af. Also who hates the Metal Chocobo? It is so heavy looking. Every time I hit enemies I feel like I'm gonna hit a home run with it 😂
Metal Chocobo is kind of ugly to look at though. It's a great Keyblade with good stats (and is very useful against Riku) but it's appeal is in its function, not how it looks. At least, that's the way I see it.
"Hey, you know what would be cool?" "What?" "If there was a keyblade the looked like a whale." "Oh that sounds pretty interesting. Tell me more." "The handguard would be the whale, the blade would be the the water that the whale shot out of it's blowhole, there would be a boat at the top of it, and the best part of it all, the handle would be the whale's uvula!" "You are blowing my mind. I'm going to start working on that right away." "Wait, what? I was just kidding..."
regarding Follow the Wind... I actually think it's really well designed for the world it's from, and not as "basic" as you seem to think. For starters, I highly doubt it's an "axe", and rather an anchor. Second, the medallion is a key plot point of that world, so that's perfectly fine to see on the keyblade. Lastly, and this is something you didn't even seem to notice, is that the handle is essentially a ship's wheel. Overall, I think it's a perfect fit for a pirate world.
Says this list is personally judged by apperance and not their functions and stats, yet talks about how bad the reach is on Fairy Harp & Wishing Star, and how Follow the Wind was ignored due to it's effects and stat gains. Also, Keyblade of Hearts gets shit, yet no mention of Sweet Memories and how it's one big joke weapon that consist of a trunk and a bee hive? Gotta step up your game man lol
When I got Ultima Weapon for the first time, I lowkey thought that it was atrocious looking. I mean, it was a sword wrapped with solid spider webs or sticked with yellow fishbones like seriously, why. Took me a couple of days to appreciate the golden wing filigree design. Lol.
Sees follow the wind on this list and rages. Like WTF CYNICAL!?!?!?!?!?!?! This keyblade looks badass and it fits the theme and look of PoC. You're on crack! haha
My notes on your choices: -Follow the Wind - The "axe" as you call it is a call back to a ship's anchor, and the guard is a steering wheel from the ship. Also, the reason why there's only two medallions on the keyblade makes sense as it's one for the coin that Jack has, and one for the coin that Elizabeth has. -Wishing Star - They are gears. the keyblade is covered in gears. It's also wooden because you get it from Pinnochio's friendship. -Keyblade of Heart - The negative space in the teeth at the top is a heart.
Follow The Wind, Keyblade of Heart, Metal Chocobo: [is on the list for being "too basic"] Kingdom Key: [is literally a giant key, can't get more basic than that]
What? I love the Keyblade of Heart! It's simplicity isn't a fault; in fact some of the more complex Keyblades look like things were just flung at them (not that there aren't others done well).
One of the redeeming qualities of number 3: the hollow space between metal spikes at the end makes a heart, much like the Kingdom Key's hollow space is the Sora's crown
wtf is this list? follow the wind, keyblade of heart, Metal Chocobo? lol yet the kingdom key always makes it into top 10 lists despite being just as basic
I think that KH1 and BBS had some of worst designs all around. Ironically, I think that 358/2 days had some of the best designs because they weren't blunt object world inspired designed like so many others. For lack of a better word, 358/2 keyblades were edgy as fuck and its sucks that we will never see them in 3D. Divewing is probably my favorite looking Keyblade in the entire series, rivaled by KH2 Ultima Weapon.
UnwindingUncle I completely agree. I think 3d has the worst set of keyblades but Oceans Rage is easily one of my favorite from that game. but then again his entire list is trash.
Can I just talk about what the keyblade would look like if Neverland returned? The handle would be the shape of a crocodile referencing the crocodile that bit off captain hooks hand and the blade being Big Ben while the outside of the handle would be ocean waves. And finally, the chain would be made of metal where the Keychain would be a clock. (Idea that may not work: the clock Keychain would actually tell the time, where depending on your consoles time it follows it.)
The Keyblade of Hearts (or the - Original - Keyblade of Darkness as I preferred to call it ever since I was a child) is my favourite designed Keyblade. I love the design for its simplicity - as I always saw it as the yin to the Kingdom Key's yang - and yet it still had a sinister vibe to it. I would love to see it again in a future KH game. *On a side note, I used to believe during my very first run through of Kingdom Hearts that Sora would be able to wield the Keyblade of Hearts after 100% completing the game. XD
Follow the Wind's teeth is an anchor. Fairy Harp is a misnomer. The teeth are actually a pan flute / panpipes. Wishing Star's teeth is a cog like in Geppetto's toys. I actually like Keyblade of Heart's design namely because the 'spikes' are actually the cutout of a heart shape (like a missing heart) which makes sense since the keyblade is meant to unlock people's hearts. While it's design is somewhat basic, I think it's more practical than an embellished badass keyblade, since it seems designed to impale the opponent's heart you wish to unlock with much more ease. Sometimes less is more.
Follow the Wind: Head of the Keyblade is a ship's anchor, with one side extending out as the neck of the key, with a ship's wheel as the guard. Seems pretty fitting for Port Royal to me :p
I personally love the design of the keyblade of heart. Its like a perfect, simplistic, counter to Sora's kingdom key. I wouldve put Sweetstack from bbs top of the list like number 2 if not 1. I know you get it by collecting the ice cream ingredients but it reminds me of the devil worshipping mini game ice cream beat. I still have nightmares about it.... 0_o
@TheGamersJoint not that I disagree with your assessment on the pirates of the Caribbean keyblade but I'd like to point out that the top is an anchor, not an axe lol. great video though homie
imagine being one of the many few who can wield a keyblade, doing years of training, and the keyblade that you are gifted with is a stick with shit glued to it (wishing star) and all your friends have cool keyblades like Fenrir and you have a literal stick that you have to fight with in a keyblade war.
The blade of Keyblade of Hearts is not just "spikes", as you say. Look at the negative space. It's heart-shaped, just like the negative space of Kingdom Key is crown-shaped.
Metal Chocobo is one of the coolest best designed Keyblades in the games, and not "just because it has connections to final fantasy". It's not just a slab of metal, it's made to be reminesent of Clouds Buster Sword but in key form with a vague Chocobo head shape worked into the key part. It's also because of this the most sword like key to enjoy having equipped for those cut scenes and isn't covered in a bunch of bandages that make no sense.
Metal Chocobo Key blade i believe was designed that way so it looked like it was cut out of Clouds buster sword from final fantasy 7, also the reason they wouldn't have designed it with a sharp edge is that fact other than Cloud the previous two owners of the buster sword only used the blunt edge of the buster sword unless absolutely necessary as using the blade would "brings about wear, tear, and rust-and that's a real waste. "
not a flame or anything but the reason why the Metal Chocobo looks that way is it is a proxy for the Buster Sword, aka a slab of metal with a blade and 2 holes at the bottom
Your saying most of these are metal slabs,but that's technically what the kingdom key is. I always felt like the keychain for kingdom key should have been something different. I want the wooden key blade from bbs to be in kingdom hearts 3 as a Ventus/Terra style keyblade for Sora to find in never land.
Don't see why Starlight from UX wasn't added. People often refer to Fairy Harp as the "dagger" amongst keyblades. If that's the case, Starlight, once fully upgraded, is clearly the axe. I can't tell which side is supposed to be the key's "teeth" to be honest. It needs a redesign bad, especially considering that it looks better when not upgraded, resembling the kingdom key.
Agree in almost everything except the KoH: Very clean and elegant design for such an evil power, would really love to see it coming back. I personally like a lot more the simple designs for the keyblades from KHI. With the years Nomura’s weapons have become very saturated in their designs. First time posting. More than a year watching your content. Love your channel, dude. Accurate as humanly possible.
Follow the Wind had several pirate elements, like the top having an anchor, and the hilt being the wheel of a ship. The Keyblade of Hearts was, like the Kingdom Key, cool in it's simplicity. Maybe it could have glowed black or something, but it was fine. I also loved how you said stats had nothing to do with your decision, but you still mentioned stats for half the keyblades. Anyway, I don't mean to force my opinions on you. Great list. That monstro keyblade really was disgusting lol
Keyblade of heart has a perfect design for it, the spikes fit a heart inside of it I don't know how you can't see that...unlocking and taking someone's heart it has a good design for its purpose
What's wrong with basic? Sometimes less is better, and I frankly really like both Follow the Wind and the Keyblade of Heart's designs. I feel like adding more to either of them would just detract from their appearance. Follow the Wind managed to look like a pirate ship using just a helm hilt and an anchor blade and that's really clever, and the Keyblade of Heart's red and black color scheme and angular features manage to make it look, in my opinion, just as sinister as Xehanort's Keyblade WITHOUT the extra accessories. That's impressive. I agree with you on the other Keyblades from this list though.
Honestly I coudln't disagree with you more on the more plain looking keyblades. In my opinion keyblade design when downhill when they tried making all these flashy ridiculous designs that look more like rubber kid's toys than any kind of actual weapon. It would have been better if the keyblade had stayed the way they were in KH1, in which they just had a basic design aesthetically influenced by the world they came from.
With Fairy Harp, you can get Metal Chocobo at around the same time, and that's a longer Keyblade with way better stats. It's better to use that one. But yeah Metal Chocobo is weird-looking, too. And with Crabclaw, it's weird if you do Atlantica first because then you end up running around dark Halloween Town with some bright-colored bath toy. It's very out of place.
about the metal chocobo just being a huge slab of metal, it was a reference to the bustersword, which is basically a huge slab of metal. while yeah MC is basic, it does the job if being a giant slab of metal that hits things very very hard.
The Keyblade of heart is actually a good one. Look at the end, it's only half a heart and thinking about how it was Ansem that summoned it has a deeper meaning showing that even though he's strong enough to summon it he's not whole.
You do realize for wishing star, that those are gears, right? Because Gepetto makes clocks and wooden stuff. You literally get this form him in his workshop. How do you get sunflower from that? I don't know why, but it really bugs me on that particular one.
Hey Cynical, do you have a video of your personal favorite designs to kind of counter your least favorite? If not, I think it would be cool if you made one.
The main reason for the Keyblade of hearts having the design it has is one, it was originally made to be kind of an opposite of the Kingdom Key, the dark to the light, and two if you look closely at the tip of it it is shaped like a heart, kinda like the Kingdom Key has a crown at the end......."Kingdom-Hearts"? Idk i thought it was clever if thats what they were goin for
You said you'd only judge by appearance but the main reason you didn't like Fairyharp was because of its short reach, it's not like it's a magic based keyblade or anything.
With Ocean's Rage, I feel Square had something good with the water spout being the blade and teeth of the weapon. But then they had to stick Gepetto's ship on top of the water spout. Why?
Kids today will never know the struggle of having to use fairy harp whilst fighting dark riku in kh1 because you needed the extra magic for cure spells...
As they say, Simplicity is the "keynote" to all true elegance. It shouldn't be complex to be good. Sometimes you should have less to be more, and to do more. And I totally didn't get these from google.
id say follow the wind is actually an Anchor on a metal rod attached to a ships wheel with a medallion on the hilt fairy harp is a plant with a harp at the guard and a pan flute at the top wishing star is a stick covered with wooden gears crab claw is a crab on a jet of water. though it does resemble the infamous tower the keyblade of peoples hearts has a heart cut out from the top metal chocobo is supposed to resemble the buster sword so it does its job well
There've been a lot of comments defending the Keyblade of Heart already, but I just want to mention that I think it's basic design was intended to convey that it's the counterpart to Sora's basic keyblade, Kingdom Key. Kingdom Key is also pretty basic, but since it's the first keyblade, it gets a pass. The basic design on the Keyblade of Heart echoes that simple design, but with an evil motif. Black and red, somewhat misshapen, it practically oozes ominousness. And since the rivalry between Sora and Riku is a big part of KH1's story, I feel like it's got symbolic meaning in the fact that it's so simple. It's meant to convey Sora and Riku's relationship as sort-of foils to each other, as well as Riku's functioning as an antihero. At least it seems this way to me.
You realize the Keyblade of Heart has a heart in the negative space the same way that Sora's keyblade has a crown in the negative space not just a metal spike, right?
I agree with most of the list, minus of course the Keyblade of Heart. like another commenter pointed out, it is incomplete. I'd love to see a completed version
With the Metal Chocabo, as it’s based on Cloud/Zach’s Buster Sword as it appears in FF7, it kind of has to be basic in order to match its inspiration and be instantly recognizable for what it is mimicking as that sword isn’t exactly very detailed itself. I do admit, however, they could have based it more on how it appears in Kingdom Hearts, covered in bandages, or added wear details, but adding wear details kind of doesn’t make sense in that how did it get so worn being brand new? So while I agree and know where you’re coming from, it’d be difficult for any artists to design one much better when you think about what the design parameters would be described on paper and not having much else to go on or special instructions on what they are allowed to add when coming up with it’s design,
the keyblade of heart is an "unfinished" keyblade, if you look closely the "spikes" would form a heart shape if the keyblade would have been fully finished but because ansem cannot get the full control of riku it never became what it was suppossed to be that is why it doesn't have a chain, and why the handle is torted
I was just going to comment this too, you're right.
Also add to the fact that it looks closer to a standard weapon rather than a keyblade, it's simple design makes it more intimidating. You could actually stab someone with it even if it wasn't a keyblade.
Yeah, I saw the heart as well.
Its not unfinished because Ansem did not had full control of Riku. It is made out of the hearts of the princesses and Kairis heart Riku Ansem did not had to complete the thing.
yo wtf i didnt know this mind straight blown now
I guess you can say that the Kingdom Key looks ... "Simple and Clean"
I'll kill myself now
"Simple and clean" that's how kairi likes sora's key up her hole ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Chris Taka Ya need help doin that
XD
Keyblade of heart has a minimal design and the 'spikes' is in a form of a heart so it all works, I like it a lot to be honest
I mean, its meant to be an artificial counterpart to the kingdom key. But they could've done minimalist without having it be all spiky and still have the same effect.
Says he won't rank them on stats:
Mentions reach and stats...
*Well shit.*
the keyblade of unlocking peoples hearts is not that bad a design its quite evil looking so it does the job!
Even though you can't use it, it is still my favorite keyblade of all type.
I actually really like the keyblade of heart too 👌
And the negative space of the key teeth make an incomplete heart! It's got such a cool design
About the keyblade of heart, the spikes arent just spikes. If u look closely to the spikes, u can see a not-fully-shaped heart. Yes its basic, but it still has meaning.
Basic, is good, I don't get why you would want complicated looking key. Like I don't like most Keyblades that have too much shit going on. They just look desperate to look cool.
FFK7Shade
Exactly, the Kingdom Key is basic but its also one of the most important keyblades in the series.
I see it, but it still looks like a goddamn fireplace poker so F TIER
The Keyblade of Heart gets a pass IMO... I mean, look closely at the teeth, it really looks like a heat missing some of its walls.
the tarzan worlds keyblade was the nastiest piece of trash ive ever had the displeasure of using
Chris Roy Jungle King? I loved that shit. I was so happy to skip from the Kingdom Key lol
Nicholas Robinson I expected something more jungly and less "dads finished plate of ribs"
It just looks like a sword stick
Chris Roy Very true
The sound it makes when moving and attacking sounds Kinda...UGH
When i got another Keyblade, even when it was fucking Agrabah's Keyblade that fucking ugly bitch (in my opinion) i changed it in moments notice
yup! looked like a toothbrush xD
I feel like the Metal Chocobo was designed blandly on purpose as a reference to Cloud' s buster sword
(mainly because of the 2 holes near the hilt look like materia slots).
why not just give him the buster sword that would have been so much cooler i would personally play through the whole game with it
kinda like Fenrir
fenrir not the buster sword its a motorcycle key a reference to clouds bike i want the buster sword not a keyblade that looks like it THE buster sword i need a mod that can put it in and also an omnislash limit break
SakamoTot I thought you were gonna say "was designed blandly as a reference to clouds personality."
Lol :') so true though
The Metal Chocobo Keyblade is based off of a Buster Sword, and i think it looks really cool
it looks nothing like the buster sword
i mean i get it but it really looks nothing like it LMAO
@@DolphiN-ll3ip fenrir kinda fits that ff7 vibe tho
Dude metalchocobo it's nothing but a big slab of metal
@@lag1961 shut up, stupid
#3 is my favorite. I love it because of the design and the Heart shape at the teeth.
I can slightly agree with Fairy Harp.
Metal Chocobo is just like Cloud's hefty sword. It's big, and it could be used better for defense if someone were to throw a fireball or something.
Follow the Wind, I thought the teeth was like an Anchor.
Ocean's Rage, is matching at it's design. The whole situation regarding Monstro in the movie Pinocchio.
Crabclaw, it's not that bad and Atlantica isn't that bad either.
While I do agree that the Keyblade of Heart could have had a much more amazing design, we can't forget that the keyblade is incomplete. now I know that they did something similar with the X-blade and it looked awesome, it was their first Kingdom Hearts game. I kind of wished we could have seen what the Keyblade of Heart looked like when it was fully complete.
You think we'll see it in KH3 or doe the x-blade kind of make it irrelevent now
Considering that the Door to Darkness is locked using the two Kingdom Keys, I don't think Xehanort's Heartless would be able to open it, which would make the Keyblade of Heart that was meant to open the path to the Door, kinda pointless
I didn't like the x-blade. It was literally a claymore made out of two Kingdom Keys, WHICH BTW, one of them should have been the Kingdom Key-D.
metal chocobo saved my ass in KH1 in the Riku boss...so I love it xD
Blanka Gałkowska I used Olympia and it worked super well
In my opinion, Metal Chocobo has a very long reach, and it could sometimes have too much strenght
i mean if you like to end fights like these quickly then alright but i personaly like taking it slowly just to enjoy the soundtrack and to strategize
Blanka Gałkowska
thats not the point.
its Ugly *AF*
i seen worse XDDDD
Once you know how to handle Dark Aura, you'll just need to pack Ethers into your item slot, put Cure and Aero in your shortcuts, forget that Gravity exist in this fight, and just play him like you did in Destiny Islands
loved that keyblade had to restart so many times because i was low on magic
Monochrome is cool.
Follow the Wind is cool as fuck, what is wrong with you.
Fairy Harp is pretty lame indeed.
Whishing star is also pretty lame.
Crab Claw is too colorful.
Keyblade of Heart IS ALSO COOL AS FUCK WTF! BASIC IS COOL!
METAL CHOCOBO IS ALSO COOL AS FUCK OMGGGG!!!
Oceans Rage is fine.
Northern Gaijin Ewwww Keblade Of Heart And Metal Cocobo Is Bad To Me
Northern Gaijin Metal Chocobo Bulky as F but still very efficient
Follow the wind is cool even the name is cool
Metal Chocobo looks like something you would put in front of a door to stop it from closing.
My least favourite is All For One. The most basic, uninspiring keyblade of them all. The "teeth" of it are just pathetic, just one solid shape glued on the end.
Naw metal chocobo is pretty ugly, i mean if it was a little more chocobo themed it would be pretty cool but right now its just a piece of metal with a chocobo keychain
Considering you get Wishing Star from Gepetto, basically, I honestly believe the whole "gears and strings" (no, not sunflower) motif is a great idea
My best friend played kingdom hearts for the first time, so I thought why not let her play 0.2. She gets to the part where aqua was being questioned by terra/xehanort where my friend says and I quote " oh no! This is TERRA-ble!" Then when terra fights against xehanort she says " That was pretty TERRA-fying" I honestly don't know if I should feel amazed or just disappointed right now
Jasmine Bell If your friend never heard those puns, he is a genius.
She never even knew about kingdom hearts until she played it, but I'll give her props for something that cringy but the same time funny
To be fair, you can make that joke for anyone with the name Terra. FF, Teen Titans, hell even Pokemon with Torterra.
@@poopybutt4117or the documentary Terra X
At work right now but fuck DAT.
Do a video on what's inside Sora's shoes.
Monokuma Please stop, all of you. Be more original, at the very least: what do you expect to find in them, wormholes? A gateway to Narnia?
Claudio Lancia Ummmmmmmmmmm... no?
+ Monokuma That's some real dedication man! Keep up the good job!
@@claudiolancia319 My guess is that his shoes are where he keeps any items in the stock.
I've noticed that on the Keyblade of hearts up the top there isn't spikes, it's actually in the shape of a heart from outside to in
How about a list of the Top Insertnumberhere Best Fanmade Keyblades?
David Dalziel that would be a cool video I'd like to see.
I'll be honest, the Kingdom Key was always one of my least favorite looking ones.
Tbh, the worst looking keyblade is the ultima weapon...
Uh oh, here comes the heartless
**prepares keyblade**
EDIT: Does anyone realize I'm joking?
HonoredGamer I always thought default keys looked the best (Kingdom Key, Starlight, wayward wind, etc with the exceptions being oathkeeper and oblivion)
HyperGaming oh dude I thought I was the only one, I always do default weapon runs on the KH games, more specifically with Sora. I just think he looks right with the Kingdom Key. Plus it's technically canon.
bashbro1able Exactly! When I get 1.5+2.5 I'll be doing default runs
HonoredGamer meh i just use Decisive Pumpkin because it is very OP
which ultima weapon ? :D if you are talking about the KH1 ultima i have to agree but the KH2 ultima looks pretty awesome
Hey Jared, why don't you make a sequel to Dirty Kingdom Hearts Comments vid.
Master Vidxad 58 exactly
The keyblade of heart has half a heart at the end of it and I never noticed it isn't just a random spike pattern
When you low key loved Wishing Star and Fairy Harp 👀. Also the Keyblade of Heart was epic af. Also who hates the Metal Chocobo? It is so heavy looking. Every time I hit enemies I feel like I'm gonna hit a home run with it 😂
Metal Chocobo is kind of ugly to look at though. It's a great Keyblade with good stats (and is very useful against Riku) but it's appeal is in its function, not how it looks. At least, that's the way I see it.
"Hey, you know what would be cool?"
"What?"
"If there was a keyblade the looked like a whale."
"Oh that sounds pretty interesting. Tell me more."
"The handguard would be the whale, the blade would be the the water that the whale shot out of it's blowhole, there would be a boat at the top of it, and the best part of it all, the handle would be the whale's uvula!"
"You are blowing my mind. I'm going to start working on that right away."
"Wait, what? I was just kidding..."
SWEET MEMORIES FOR THE WIN
regarding Follow the Wind... I actually think it's really well designed for the world it's from, and not as "basic" as you seem to think.
For starters, I highly doubt it's an "axe", and rather an anchor. Second, the medallion is a key plot point of that world, so that's perfectly fine to see on the keyblade. Lastly, and this is something you didn't even seem to notice, is that the handle is essentially a ship's wheel. Overall, I think it's a perfect fit for a pirate world.
Says this list is personally judged by apperance and not their functions and stats, yet talks about how bad the reach is on Fairy Harp & Wishing Star, and how Follow the Wind was ignored due to it's effects and stat gains.
Also, Keyblade of Hearts gets shit, yet no mention of Sweet Memories and how it's one big joke weapon that consist of a trunk and a bee hive? Gotta step up your game man lol
When I got Ultima Weapon for the first time, I lowkey thought that it was atrocious looking. I mean, it was a sword wrapped with solid spider webs or sticked with yellow fishbones like seriously, why. Took me a couple of days to appreciate the golden wing filigree design. Lol.
Nice , now do top 10 awesome looking keyblades
UNREAL Leviathan should definitely be one
He did
Sees follow the wind on this list and rages. Like WTF CYNICAL!?!?!?!?!?!?! This keyblade looks badass and it fits the theme and look of PoC. You're on crack! haha
Not all keyblades need to have an over excessive design
The worst looking keyblade is your "Kingdom key" hahaha.
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no it's not its ocean rage wtf do you mean?
+Antonio Soto It's an old reference. Maybe one day you'll get it...
My notes on your choices:
-Follow the Wind - The "axe" as you call it is a call back to a ship's anchor, and the guard is a steering wheel from the ship. Also, the reason why there's only two medallions on the keyblade makes sense as it's one for the coin that Jack has, and one for the coin that Elizabeth has.
-Wishing Star - They are gears. the keyblade is covered in gears. It's also wooden because you get it from Pinnochio's friendship.
-Keyblade of Heart - The negative space in the teeth at the top is a heart.
Follow The Wind, Keyblade of Heart, Metal Chocobo: [is on the list for being "too basic"]
Kingdom Key: [is literally a giant key, can't get more basic than that]
I really missed your "TOP" videos! Keep up the great work Jared!
What? I love the Keyblade of Heart! It's simplicity isn't a fault; in fact some of the more complex Keyblades look like things were just flung at them (not that there aren't others done well).
One of the redeeming qualities of number 3: the hollow space between metal spikes at the end makes a heart, much like the Kingdom Key's hollow space is the Sora's crown
wtf is this list?
follow the wind, keyblade of heart, Metal Chocobo?
lol yet the kingdom key always makes it into top 10 lists despite being just as basic
The Kingdom Key is iconic, so it gets a bit more leeway
Yes, I know I'm replying to a year old comment
I think that KH1 and BBS had some of worst designs all around. Ironically, I think that 358/2 days had some of the best designs because they weren't blunt object world inspired designed like so many others. For lack of a better word, 358/2 keyblades were edgy as fuck and its sucks that we will never see them in 3D.
Divewing is probably my favorite looking Keyblade in the entire series, rivaled by KH2 Ultima Weapon.
the worst keyblade is that 365/2 days lookin keyblade...inside joke e_e
TheScopeo *cough cough* 358 *cough cough*
Do a top [insert number] best looking keyblades, that would be pretty cool
Dude fucking oceans rage is the most creative one I've seen so far in DDD. It's the best looking one in this list.
Uhm, I think Follow the wind is better... but that's my opinion, I guess.
UnwindingUncle I completely agree. I think 3d has the worst set of keyblades but Oceans Rage is easily one of my favorite from that game. but then again his entire list is trash.
Can't tell if serious or not.
Can I just talk about what the keyblade would look like if Neverland returned?
The handle would be the shape of a crocodile referencing the crocodile that bit off captain hooks hand and the blade being Big Ben while the outside of the handle would be ocean waves. And finally, the chain would be made of metal where the Keychain would be a clock.
(Idea that may not work: the clock Keychain would actually tell the time, where depending on your consoles time it follows it.)
The Keyblade of Hearts (or the - Original - Keyblade of Darkness as I preferred to call it ever since I was a child) is my favourite designed Keyblade. I love the design for its simplicity - as I always saw it as the yin to the Kingdom Key's yang - and yet it still had a sinister vibe to it. I would love to see it again in a future KH game.
*On a side note, I used to believe during my very first run through of Kingdom Hearts that Sora would be able to wield the Keyblade of Hearts after 100% completing the game. XD
Follow the Wind's teeth is an anchor.
Fairy Harp is a misnomer. The teeth are actually a pan flute / panpipes.
Wishing Star's teeth is a cog like in Geppetto's toys.
I actually like Keyblade of Heart's design namely because the 'spikes' are actually the cutout of a heart shape (like a missing heart) which makes sense since the keyblade is meant to unlock people's hearts. While it's design is somewhat basic, I think it's more practical than an embellished badass keyblade, since it seems designed to impale the opponent's heart you wish to unlock with much more ease. Sometimes less is more.
Yeah, KH news is pretty dry
Follow the Wind: Head of the Keyblade is a ship's anchor, with one side extending out as the neck of the key, with a ship's wheel as the guard. Seems pretty fitting for Port Royal to me :p
I personally love the design of the keyblade of heart. Its like a perfect, simplistic, counter to Sora's kingdom key. I wouldve put Sweetstack from bbs top of the list like number 2 if not 1. I know you get it by collecting the ice cream ingredients but it reminds me of the devil worshipping mini game ice cream beat. I still have nightmares about it.... 0_o
"You'd most certainly kill Xehanort, but he'd die of laughter" oh my goodness that killed me
@TheGamersJoint not that I disagree with your assessment on the pirates of the Caribbean keyblade but I'd like to point out that the top is an anchor, not an axe lol. great video though homie
I never thought of holding Monstro's uvula as a handle of Ocean's Rage! XD
Just went to the Kingdom Hearts World Tour in London yesterday and loved it
Metal Chocobo is fucking sick. Come on, Cynical. Sometimes simple is better!
Now that I recall how it looked, I'm reminded how come I didn't use Ocean's rage in the game. I just equipped All for One instead.
imagine being one of the many few who can wield a keyblade, doing years of training, and the keyblade that you are gifted with is a stick with shit glued to it (wishing star) and all your friends have cool keyblades like Fenrir and you have a literal stick that you have to fight with in a keyblade war.
The blade of Keyblade of Hearts is not just "spikes", as you say. Look at the negative space. It's heart-shaped, just like the negative space of Kingdom Key is crown-shaped.
Metal Chocobo is one of the coolest best designed Keyblades in the games, and not "just because it has connections to final fantasy". It's not just a slab of metal, it's made to be reminesent of Clouds Buster Sword but in key form with a vague Chocobo head shape worked into the key part. It's also because of this the most sword like key to enjoy having equipped for those cut scenes and isn't covered in a bunch of bandages that make no sense.
Metal Chocobo Key blade i believe was designed that way so it looked like it was cut out of Clouds buster sword from final fantasy 7, also the reason they wouldn't have designed it with a sharp edge is that fact other than Cloud the previous two owners of the buster sword only used the blunt edge of the buster sword unless absolutely necessary as using the blade would "brings about wear, tear, and rust-and that's a real waste. "
The blade part of Follow the Wind is a ship's anchor. The hand guard is the steering wheel of a ship.
Metal Chocobo is a BIG FUCKING PIECE OF LEGO
not a flame or anything but the reason why the Metal Chocobo looks that way is it is a proxy for the Buster Sword, aka a slab of metal with a blade and 2 holes at the bottom
Your saying most of these are metal slabs,but that's technically what the kingdom key is. I always felt like the keychain for kingdom key should have been something different. I want the wooden key blade from bbs to be in kingdom hearts 3 as a Ventus/Terra style keyblade for Sora to find in never land.
Don't see why Starlight from UX wasn't added. People often refer to Fairy Harp as the "dagger" amongst keyblades. If that's the case, Starlight, once fully upgraded, is clearly the axe. I can't tell which side is supposed to be the key's "teeth" to be honest. It needs a redesign bad, especially considering that it looks better when not upgraded, resembling the kingdom key.
I like the design of the Keyblade of Heart... it knows it doesn't need to have a complex design to be badass because it's already badass.
1) Three Wishes
2) Jungle King
3) Sweet Stack
4) Sleeping Lion
5) Mysterious Abyss (Atlantica Trash)
6) Midnight Roar (358/2)
7) Sign of Innocence (358/2)
8) Astral Blast (358/2)
Agree in almost everything except the KoH: Very clean and elegant design for such an evil power, would really love to see it coming back. I personally like a lot more the simple designs for the keyblades from KHI. With the years Nomura’s weapons have become very saturated in their designs.
First time posting. More than a year watching your content. Love your channel, dude. Accurate as humanly possible.
Follow the Wind had several pirate elements, like the top having an anchor, and the hilt being the wheel of a ship.
The Keyblade of Hearts was, like the Kingdom Key, cool in it's simplicity. Maybe it could have glowed black or something, but it was fine.
I also loved how you said stats had nothing to do with your decision, but you still mentioned stats for half the keyblades.
Anyway, I don't mean to force my opinions on you. Great list. That monstro keyblade really was disgusting lol
Hey GamersJoint I am also a Kingdom hearts fan and let me just say ur little kingdom hearts animation intro is kinda cool looking
Square made up for Follow the Wind with Wheel if Fate in Kingdom Hearts III-amazing keyblade.
Keyblade of heart has a perfect design for it, the spikes fit a heart inside of it I don't know how you can't see that...unlocking and taking someone's heart it has a good design for its purpose
In defense of the Metal Chocobo, while it is VERY basic, it's meant to resemble the Buster Sword which is a very basic looking sword.
What's wrong with basic? Sometimes less is better, and I frankly really like both Follow the Wind and the Keyblade of Heart's designs. I feel like adding more to either of them would just detract from their appearance. Follow the Wind managed to look like a pirate ship using just a helm hilt and an anchor blade and that's really clever, and the Keyblade of Heart's red and black color scheme and angular features manage to make it look, in my opinion, just as sinister as Xehanort's Keyblade WITHOUT the extra accessories. That's impressive.
I agree with you on the other Keyblades from this list though.
The keyblade of heart looks like a a straight up fire poker 😆
Honestly I coudln't disagree with you more on the more plain looking keyblades. In my opinion keyblade design when downhill when they tried making all these flashy ridiculous designs that look more like rubber kid's toys than any kind of actual weapon. It would have been better if the keyblade had stayed the way they were in KH1, in which they just had a basic design aesthetically influenced by the world they came from.
With Fairy Harp, you can get Metal Chocobo at around the same time, and that's a longer Keyblade with way better stats. It's better to use that one. But yeah Metal Chocobo is weird-looking, too.
And with Crabclaw, it's weird if you do Atlantica first because then you end up running around dark Halloween Town with some bright-colored bath toy. It's very out of place.
about the metal chocobo just being a huge slab of metal, it was a reference to the bustersword, which is basically a huge slab of metal. while yeah MC is basic, it does the job if being a giant slab of metal that hits things very very hard.
The Keyblade of heart is actually a good one. Look at the end, it's only half a heart and thinking about how it was Ansem that summoned it has a deeper meaning showing that even though he's strong enough to summon it he's not whole.
I like the idea of Keyblade of Hearts because the end spikes reminds me of lock picking tools in real life.
You do realize for wishing star, that those are gears, right? Because Gepetto makes clocks and wooden stuff. You literally get this form him in his workshop. How do you get sunflower from that? I don't know why, but it really bugs me on that particular one.
Hey you're back with the top 10s!
now all we need is that marluxia prank call!
Hey Cynical, do you have a video of your personal favorite designs to kind of counter your least favorite? If not, I think it would be cool if you made one.
'you would most certainly kill xehanort but he'd *die* from laughter'
i know its not a "look" but can we bring up decisive pumpkins sound effects for a moment?
they're already playing in your head arent they
The main reason for the Keyblade of hearts having the design it has is one, it was originally made to be kind of an opposite of the Kingdom Key, the dark to the light, and two if you look closely at the tip of it it is shaped like a heart, kinda like the Kingdom Key has a crown at the end......."Kingdom-Hearts"? Idk i thought it was clever if thats what they were goin for
M. Chocobo and Fenrir were designed after Cloud's Buster Sword from FFVII and the KH games respectively, I believe. I love the shit out of them.
The tip of the fairy harp is The Pied Piper's Flute, who is considered the inspiration for Peter Pan.
You said you'd only judge by appearance but the main reason you didn't like Fairyharp was because of its short reach, it's not like it's a magic based keyblade or anything.
Yesssss bring back the top 10 countdowns, very fun video
With Ocean's Rage, I feel Square had something good with the water spout being the blade and teeth of the weapon. But then they had to stick Gepetto's ship on top of the water spout. Why?
Kids today will never know the struggle of having to use fairy harp whilst fighting dark riku in kh1 because you needed the extra magic for cure spells...
As they say, Simplicity is the "keynote" to all true elegance. It shouldn't be complex to be good. Sometimes you should have less to be more, and to do more. And I totally didn't get these from google.
id say follow the wind is actually an Anchor on a metal rod attached to a ships wheel with a medallion on the hilt
fairy harp is a plant with a harp at the guard and a pan flute at the top
wishing star is a stick covered with wooden gears
crab claw is a crab on a jet of water. though it does resemble the infamous tower
the keyblade of peoples hearts has a heart cut out from the top
metal chocobo is supposed to resemble the buster sword so it does its job well
I'm just so glad you didn't put Sweet Memories on this list. That Keyblade is my favorite, and after that it's Monochrome.
There've been a lot of comments defending the Keyblade of Heart already, but I just want to mention that I think it's basic design was intended to convey that it's the counterpart to Sora's basic keyblade, Kingdom Key. Kingdom Key is also pretty basic, but since it's the first keyblade, it gets a pass. The basic design on the Keyblade of Heart echoes that simple design, but with an evil motif. Black and red, somewhat misshapen, it practically oozes ominousness. And since the rivalry between Sora and Riku is a big part of KH1's story, I feel like it's got symbolic meaning in the fact that it's so simple. It's meant to convey Sora and Riku's relationship as sort-of foils to each other, as well as Riku's functioning as an antihero. At least it seems this way to me.
The keyblade of heart literally looks like it's designed to lance someone in the chest and yank a heart out, like a biopsy needle
You realize the Keyblade of Heart has a heart in the negative space the same way that Sora's keyblade has a crown in the negative space not just a metal spike, right?
"You would most _certainly_ kill Xehanort, but he'd die from *laughter!"*
i'm weak
I agree with most of the list, minus of course the Keyblade of Heart. like another commenter pointed out, it is incomplete. I'd love to see a completed version
Interesting list. If you'd left Ocean's Rage off there and such with Metal Chocobo at number 2, that would have been awkward =P
With the Metal Chocabo, as it’s based on Cloud/Zach’s Buster Sword as it appears in FF7, it kind of has to be basic in order to match its inspiration and be instantly recognizable for what it is mimicking as that sword isn’t exactly very detailed itself. I do admit, however, they could have based it more on how it appears in Kingdom Hearts, covered in bandages, or added wear details, but adding wear details kind of doesn’t make sense in that how did it get so worn being brand new? So while I agree and know where you’re coming from, it’d be difficult for any artists to design one much better when you think about what the design parameters would be described on paper and not having much else to go on or special instructions on what they are allowed to add when coming up with it’s design,