I mean it draws me in deep. I think about it a lot and always want to play it, and I have begun (but I'm gonna restart it) a fan-fic that I may start posting on here. It just shows that it is that awesome. I don't replay games too often, but KH2 has kept my attention because the gameplay is fun (albeit easy) and I love the story. The plot is actually pretty deep, so all of you who think its a kids' game need to mature and not worry about that and try it out. And when I get free-time I really want to continue or restart my fan-fic because my plot will only go deeper.
As such, I am really hoping that Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix+ comes to the states. There is no reason it shouldn't, because FM+ has new content in the story and gameplay, a harder difficulty :D and a remake of KH: Chain of Memories.
And it will have a new secret video which may shed light on Kingdom Hearts III. I have a theory about KH3 that I haven't seen anyone post before (sorry if it has been) and I posted it on a KH union board but the union is new with not much activity. So instead of posting it in a bunch of KH unions where I have the possibility to be flamed for, what might be, ridiculous ideas, I have decided to post it in my blog. So here it is, my theory on KH3 that may or may not be close to anything.
Kingdom Hearts III Plot Speculation
To start with: I believe we will still play as Sora and the gang. This will still be their story but with flashbacks kind of like at the beginning of KH2 with Roxas and the dreams of Sora. These flashbacks take place with Xehanort, before he was found by Ansem the Wise.
Flashbacks
Xehanort had lost his memory when Ansem had found him, so what happened to Xehanort? I believe Xehanort had been a Keyblade wielder, much like Sora is. But Xehanort had intentions of evil, a heart of darkness. It is then up to someone to stop him. This is where the knights from the secret movie "Sunset Horizons" come in, who I believe are the Chasers.
**Note: The backstory of Xehanort being a Keyblade wielder is not my idea, so I cannot be credited for it. I am only expanding on the idea.
The Chasers are sacred Keyblade wielders who arrive whenever a chosen Keyblade wielder turns to darkness. The Chasers hunt down or "chase" the chosen Keyblader, and plan to take him/her out by any means necessary. The way they take Xehanort out is by capturing him and erasing his memory, thus leading to Ansem finding Xehanort some time later.
Present
My theory on what happens to Sora and the gang begins with the ending video in KH2. Sora and Riku arrive on that beach of darkness, and realize there is no where to go. Riku says "Put me down. I can walk." Sora then walks on ahead, and says, "You know, maybe the darkness has gotten to me too..." Riku has fallen behind, so I'm guessing he didn't hear Sora. But that line, I believe, is important and should be taken note of. It shows the Sora is not purely light, and that even he can fall to the darkness which I believe is what KH3 is about.
In the secret video "Sunset Horizons," it shows a report from Ansem that says,
"The keyblade is said to hold phenomenal power.
One legend says its wielder saved the world, while another says he wrought chaos upon it."
This, I believe, speaks of Xehanort AND Sora. Sora is being consumed by darkness after his adventures, he's seen so much of it and while light has always prevailed, he can't help but begin to give in. In KH3, Sora will find himself doubting many things: himself, his companions, his reasons for fighting, thus heading to dark. But will he get to dark?
You will still play as Sora throughout this adventure; you will travel to different worlds and unravel a greater mystery (which I haven't thought of yet). But you will be hunted by the Chasers (or the knights in "Sunset Horizons").
Other Speculation
Other speculation I have is about the whole Keyblade war. The Keyblade war deals with the Chasers and the one keyblade wielder who is said to wrought chaos upon the world. The Chasers in "Sunset Horizons" are the final three, up against Sora (or another Keyblade wielder gone bad; maybe Xehanort?). Those Chasers are the most powerful, and they have escaped death countless times because one of them is Riku and another is Kairi. The third one, I do not know who it could be, but that is kind of what I speculate.
The keyblades sticking out of the ground are keyblades of other Chasers that had tried to stop Sora (or Xehanort or any other keyblade wielder) but had failed and died because of it. And yeah you can see where it is going from there.
"Sunset Horizon"
- Master of Keyblade -- Sora
- The lost two -- Riku and Kairi go lost when they become Chasers (after all, they have wielded/do wield Keyblades already so it supports my idea of Chasers wielding Keyblades). Sora finds out and spares them countless times, until the final meeting in "Sunset Horizons"
- Memory of Xehanort -- Xehanort may play a part in why Sora turns to the dark, or Sora is a predecessor of Xehanort in the sense that his fate is the same road of Xehanort's.
- Chasers -- The Knights that hunt down keyblade wielders that turn to the dark. There were many Chasers, until Sora had eliminated them all. They all may be commanded by a higher order.
- Keyblade War -- The war with Sora against the Chasers or Xehanort against Chasers.
- It all began with... birth by sleep. -- This sentence is intriguing in the fact that Sora had gone into that one deep slumber because of Namine. That sleep could have affected Sora somehow, or Namine may have unlocked the darkness in Sora's heart, therefore causing him to now be manipulated in his thoughts and emotions. This may also be speaking of Xehanort and how he was unconcious with a loss of memory and in a sense, reborn by sleep.