I can talk a lot about re:coded but in the interest of my time and yours I’ll try my best to give you a short but concise explanation of everything that I find important from re:coded and why I think re:coded is one of the most important kh games to understand.
1. Kairi is not in the game. She appears in promo art for re:coded and yet she is mentioned only once in the game all the way at the end (more on the scene where she is mentioned later)
2. Data Sora learns about hurt in re:coded and it is very important for his development as a “real” person. It is then stressed by Data Namine at the end of re:coded that while Data Sora has learned what hurt is, the “real” Sora must learn what hurt is before he can save everyone (i.e., Roxas, Xion, Ventus, Aqua, Terra, etc.). Keep in mind that re:coded happens immediately after 2 and before DDD. DDD takes place at maximum in like... a week. When in this timeline does Sora learn about hurt or examines this concept? We never see it and there is no reasonable time within this period that he would have properly explored that concept (more on this later)
3. There are two Rikus in re:coded. No, really. It’s weird. There’s Data Riku and a hooded Riku whose face we never see.
4. Speaking of the other hooded Riku, he speaks to Data Sora at the end of re:coded and speaks to him in... a weird tense. To see more of what I mean, refer to this post.
5. So if you clicked on the post, you would have seen that the hooded Riku mentions Data Sora saving Kairi and himself. This is the only time Kairi is mentioned like I said in my first point. Why does this hooded Riku say Data Sora “will” (as in, in the future) save him and Kairi?
6. Considering the point 4 and 5, I invite you to consider the strangeness around Dark Riku in KH 3 and how he can summon dark cubes (like the ones in re:coded) in San Fransokyo. Moreover, pay attention to what he tells Sora in this scene. Does the way he explains Baymax’s death remind you of how someone else died in KH 3? Also, why does Dark Riku say this:
Does this wording remind you of anything? If it seems familiar, it’s because Riku-Ansem says almost the exact same thing to Sora when he finds Kairi in Hollow Bastion.
Now think back to my first point. Is this all related? I cannot say for sure, but it seems... strange. There’s more I can say about this, but again, I’m trying to be concise.
7. Now, let’s think about my second point. It was said Sora needed to learn hurt to save everyone. We see Data Sora learn hurt but not the “real” Sora. At the beginning of 3, we see a KH 1 Sora go through a mirror and seemingly switch places with the “present” Sora. Data Sora looks like KH 1 Sora. Did Data Sora switch with the “real” Sora because Data Sora knew hurt and not Sora?
8. This point is not directly related to re:coded, but I believe re:coded adds context to this situation in Re;MIND. Sora is in a computer at the end of Re:MIND. We are told that it’s not the real Sora and just data. I would be suspicious of how Sora’s presence in the data is very simply brushed off.
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