215: Kingdom Hearts (with Leah Haydu)

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Join Dave and special guest Leah Haydu (Cane and Rinse, Character Issues) as they discuss Kingdom Hearts (Square Enix, 2001). Leah is a longtime fan and Dave just played for the first time, and that led to a great conversation about the infamous story, the Disney and Final Fantasy tie-ins, the action-RPG combat, and the simplicity at the "heart" of it all. Listen in for more, and as always, no spoilers for a while.

Guest info: Leah Haydu (she/her)

Check out Character Issues https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-character-issues-podcast/id1530881747

Check out Cane and Rinse https://caneandrinse.com/

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Title Card

0:29 Introductions

4:02 Our Histories with Kingdom Hearts

9:50 Top-Level Thoughts

19:24 Story Setup and Disney Stuff

33:10 Final Fantasy Stuff

35:16 Understanding Kingdom Hearts

43:25 The "Heart" of the Story

51:11 More Music Talk

58:16 Gummi Ship

1:02:32 Combat

1:23:45 Some Gameplay Criticisms

1:30:26 Who Should Play?

1:34:00 Character Issues & Cane and Rinse Podcasts

1:40:24 Spoiler Wall & Patron Thank-Yous

1:42:08 Spoilers- Disney Worlds

1:54:58 Spoilers- Let's Talk Plot

2:04:13 Spoilers- Sora, Riku and Ansem

2:16:55 Spoilers- Final Bosses and Ending

Music used in the episode is credited to Yoko Shimomura: Dearly Beloved, Destiny Islands, Hollow Bastion, Welcome to Wonderland, Traverse Town, The End of the World, Dearly Beloved -Reprise-

Check out Unlockables Podcast for an extensive dive into the story of Kingdom Hearts: https://unlockables.fireside.fm/tags/guiding%20keys

Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures Support Tales from the Backlog