Tetsuya Nomura finally breaks three years of silence and drops new things Kingdom Hearts 4 Details, what is the best time to revisit the series’ most iconic weapons? Keyblade has been causing debate for a long time – is it a sword? Should it be included in a cool sword day celebration? Or is it just a huge key-shaped Billy club? Regardless of classification, Keyblades, alongside the lightsabers, represent not only bold and genre-inverted designs, but also each unique keyblade with each keyblade lined up in light and darkness.
The kingdom key remains the franchise’s most recognizable blade, but mainly thanks to its constant presence in marketing, Keyblade does not capture the dedication of fans like forgetfulness. Oathkeeper was closely driven backwards and took a strong third place. Square Enix designers certainly know the popularity of these keyblades in fandom, as all three appear in all major installments. But beyond their impressive designs, it is forgetfulness and ora-skiper that most embody Kingdom Hearts‘ Core Theme: Eternal Clash between Light and Darkness. It makes them more than just a cool weapon. They are the anchors of the story.
Original Kingdom Heartsmost new keychains – items that change the appearance and abilities of keyblades – are acquired by completing a Disney-themed world. These worlds have usually provided the laid back story of each film, but often feel like a standalone adventure, with minimal connection to Kingdom Hearts’ comprehensive storyline. But the sheep and oblivion came from two original worlds, Traverse Town and Hollow Bastion, respectively. In other words, they are do not have A world based on Disney movies. Furthermore, the keychains for each weapon have a strong meaning to the main character Sora of Kingdom Hearts. One is deeply connected to Kairi, his love interest, and the other is deeply connected to Riku, his greatest insanity.
Kairi wakes up from her sleep and tells Sora the poacher after taking her to cross town for safety. She offers him a “lucky charm” as a promise that they will be reunited. The charm resembles Destiny Island, the fruit of Paop in his home. Fruits, said to connect the fates of two people who share it, are always connected no matter what. Forgetfulness, meanders, on the chest of the hollow fortress, just feet away from Sora’s final conflict with Riku. This is a conflict that reflects a playful sparring match at the start of the game.
Oathkeeper and Oblivion have always shared the yin and Yang dynamics reflected in everything, from the constantly acquired to the two characters tied together. That’s even before we consider their strict white and black color schemes. Oblivion’s in-game abilities focus on strength, but Oathkeeper prioritizes magic. The Oathkeeper’s appearance emphasizes the elegance of the key blade, while Oblivion emphasizes destruction. They are a great pair. They went together like lamb and tuna fish.
What really solidifies the importance of these two key blades is the secret ending of the game, the deep dive/another aspect, and their prominent appearance in a different story. It features a hooded figure in an unknown location, and doubles around both oblivion and Osky in a battle with another mystical silver-haired figure that incorporates and exercises forgetting during conflict. The hooded figure was Roxas, another version of Sora, and little did we know that Riku was a silver-haired man who had been forgotten for himself. At the time, fans were unable to fully grasp the meaning of this final scene, but the moment instantly increased the importance of both weapons. The secret ending was shrouded in mystery, but the existence of Oskeeper and Forgetfulness strongly suggested that their hooded figure had a deep connection to Sora, Riku and Kairi.
Nomura has an epic plan for Oskeepers and oblivion, deliberately leading them deeper into the series’ comprehensive narrative than most other Keyblades. Still, he probably didn’t expect them to eat up the keys of the iconic kingdom, the franchise’s default weapon. Despite his central role and persuasive history as the light counterpart to the kingdom of King Mickey’s Kingdom, it goes without saying that he chose Riku before finally choosing Sora, but it’s an ora-sheep and forgetting that he embodies the emotional core of the franchise and has come to film the hearts (pun intended) of millions of fans.
