![]() ![]() They are too mature and in their own heads to meld into Disney worlds and fit in. I like Riku and Aqua as orbiting parallel characters to Sora, but watching Riku and Aqua travel to Disney worlds is a horrid experience. Sora can be silly with Donald and Goofy around, he can have fun, because they ARE silly characters, and in Disney worlds that are as full of levity and laughter as they are Heartless and villains, flexible characters who can both have fun and grit their teeth in serious situations are a NECESSITY. If Sora is meant to represent the player in some way, and the Disney worlds are the destination we want to get to and experience, Donald and Goofy are the transportation TO those worlds. Sora scratching his chin and talking about how each experience made him feel, or talking about what he has to do next. Worst of all, we had so many scenes of Sora talking to himself to expose information and his own opinion about events- SO MANY SCENES OF THIS. Sora had to be led by denizens of each world instead of by his own decisions, as Donald and Goofy usually would throw in their opinion and the three of them would agree on how to proceed in a situation. Sora immediately befriends every ally in every world without a second thought, when this process usually involved a very light amount of discourse in previous installments. It's only with Donald and Goofy's support that Sora can realistically go about confidently in each world.ĭDD showed us what it looks like when Sora strikes out on his own, and we ended up losing a lot of good pacing ingredients. Goofy is a bit more aloof, but also gentle, and less goal oriented and more empathetic than Sora and Donald. He doesn't mind blowing some citizen off if it means he can get closer to what he wants or needs. Meanwhile, Donald is almost jaded, is very eager to get down to business, and has a bit of a mean streak. They all have similar backgrounds, designs, and attitudes toward new locations. Riku wouldn't ask too many more questions than Sora, and Kairi wouldn't be any less trusting of friends or foes than Sora or Riku. If Sora, Riku, and Kairi were to visit a new world as a trio, they'd likely all approach it in a unified way. It might not seem so obvious, but when you pay close attention, you'll realize that it takes all three members of the trio to successfully enter each Disney world seamlessly, and this is because Sora, Donald and Goofy are all DIFFERENT from one another, and Sora is TOO DIFFERENT from each Disney world to just walk around and seem normal. On a fundamental level, this series can only function with Donald and Goofy guiding Sora from world to world. Remove Donald and Goofy from the equation and the entire tower falls. ![]()
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