Kingdom Hearts event crossover!?

[Ilyrian]

Disney would never let any of their properties exist in a game that has actual swords, daggers, stabbing, death and people being set on fire in it.
I don't think seeing Donald Duck bopping around Gridania would add anything to the game for me personally - but each to their own.
Seiken Densestsu however – now that would work.

[Aronys]

Say what you want, the aesthetics actually fit with the game, unlike the childish yokai watch or Disney characters.

Nier is much less immersion breaking simply due to having an aesthetic that fits in the XIV world.

FF is much more Disney than Nier. Moogles, Hildibrand, wacky stuff happening everywhere...

[Aronys]

Disney would never let any of their properties exist in a game that has actual swords, daggers, stabbing, death and people being set on fire in it.
I don't think seeing Donald Duck bopping around Gridania would add anything to the game for me personally - but each to their own.
Seiken Denestsu however – now that would work.

Disney has death in like almost every movie. What are you talking about? Swords? KH literally has swords.

[Ilyrian]

Disney has death in like almost every movie. What are you talking about? Swords? KH literally has swords.

Stylized violence for kids.

[BillyKaplan]

Disney would never let any of their properties exist in a game that has actual swords, daggers, stabbing, death and people being set on fire in it.
I don't think seeing Donald Duck bopping around Gridania would add anything to the game for me personally - but each to their own.
Seiken Densestsu however – now that would work.

KH itself has FF characters fighting with their weapons. This includes Sephiroth's sword, Cloud's buster sword, and Squall/Leon's gunsword, not to mention Tiffa's liberal use of her fists. The Keyblade was designed so that Mickey himself wouldn't be shown using an actual sword, and Goofy uses a shield rather than a sword for that same reason, but that's where the limitation ends. So long as Disney's own charas - which won't even need to appear in the game themselves, mind - don't use those weapons there's nothing stopping this from happening (well, on a conceptual level at least)

[Ilyrian]

So long as Disney's own charas - which won't even need to appear in the game themselves, mind - don't use those weapons there's nothing stopping this from happening (well, on a conceptual level at least)

You may be right – but I still question why you would want Disney characters in FFXIV in the first place. If you take them out of the equation you're left with FF characters and Sora (and the other generic clones of him that make up the roster).

Also KH is basically a cartoon – how would that translate to ffxiv? Personally I find the Yokai stuff completely jarring – though I appreciate it's just not my bag and other like it. But please god don't do some horrific 'realistic' render of Sora or god forbid – Mickey and Goofy.

[silverlunarfox]

Gimme my keyblade!!!!

I fully support this just for having a keyblade.

[LineageRazor]

While I loved Kingdom Hearts (the first game, anyway), I'm pretty neutral on the idea of a KH crossover. I neither want it, nor am repelled by the idea. I gotta wonder, though:

Why are people fascinated by Keyblades? I mean, most of them basically amount to blunt swords (particularly the classic "Kingdom" Keyblade). So you're essentially bludgeoning things to death with a big metal stick.

Gunblades, I can sort of get, even if they don't appeal to me personally. It's a Gun! It's a Blade! It's two weapons in one! But Keyblade? It's a Key! Its... not really a Blade at all! What am I supposed to do with this thing, exactly???

I accepted Keyblades in the KH games because I understood that Disney would want to tone things down a bit. But they're still pretty silly.

[Felis]

We had a Dragon Quest event twice. It's not a FF title. Heck, we have a Yokai Watch even which has nothing to do with SE. A KH event is likely to happen then.

Only if Disney don't want too much money for the copyrights

[BillyKaplan]

You may be right – but I still question why you would want Disney characters in FFXIV in the first place. If you take them out of the equation you're left with FF characters and Sora (and the other generic clones of him that make up the roster).

Sora, Riku and Kairi are more than enough to hold an event together. The Yokai event had the one NPC aside from the Yokai themselves which were more the awards than people.

Also KH is basically a cartoon – how would that translate to ffxiv?

How much KH have you played? KH is only as much a cartoon as the world they go to, with things like the old Steamboat Willie world being one of the extreme examples. That's literally one of the rules of their lore (how well they keep to it is a different matter...). Sora, Riku and Kairi are SE characters and as such can fit quite well with FFXIV's current rendering engine. There're haircuts similar to Sora's and Riku's in the game already and Kairi's is actually kind of simple for a would be main chara like her.

The story premise basically writes itself, on top of it all - either Heartless have reached Eorzea, or Nobodies would like to turn the WoL into one of their own, being obviously strong-hearted and thus would produce a Nobody when turned into a Heartless. Whoever charas partake in the event got here to stop this. Gummi ship mount as the final award once you get all the weapons, ties it all up with a neat ribbon. Boom.
The one thing I'd rather die before seeing is Pete associating with the Ascians. That's my line in the sand.