History VideoGame / KingdomHeartsMelodyOfMemory

* TitleDrop: All of the Darkened Worlds in World Tour feature the word "Melody" in the name in some way. The last world in the game is appropriately titled "Melody of Memory's End", signifying the game's ending and the last of Kairi's memories.

* MarathonLevel: Memory Dive tracks tend to be significantly longer than either Field or Boss songs.

** Some Disney characters take the place of one of your party members when playing certain songs for the first time. While they're in the party, Friend Orbs will appear in place of some enemies, and will provide a score boost when hit. Disney characters go away after the first clear, however.
** Using a Summoning Star adds King Mickey to the party for the duration of the song. Mickey will jump in front and strike enemies with rainbow targeting markers, granting a score bonus, and will sometimes heal the party if needed.

** Ansem the Wise is the first to hit on the idea that [[spoiler:Sora is trapped in a fictional world, likely due to his own experience creating the digital Twilight Town that he trapped Roxas in during the prologue of ''II''.]]
** When Mickey hears that [[spoiler:Riku has ventured to Quadratum alone,]] he immediately tries to run off to go accompany him. He has to be pinned down by Donald and Goofy and chastised by Yen Sid for trying to act so rashly. Previous games such as ''Birth by Sleep'', ''0.2'', and ''III'' have demonstrated that when Mickey wants to help someone, he can blindly throw himself into danger to do it.

** For anybody who had not been privy to the data-mining of ''Re Mnd'', the fact that [[spoiler:Sora remotely takes control of Kairi's body to fight the apparition of Master Xehanort confirms that the good ending with Sora surviving his battle with Yozora is indeed the canonical ending.]]

* RealityEnsues: Despite wanting to go further, Kairi's lack of skills with a Keyblade hampers her a few times throughout the search for Sora. She doesn't suddenly get better with a Keyblade just because she wants to. [[spoiler:During the final confrontation with Xehanort in the dream world, she ultimately loses to Xehanort, who is a Keyblade Master with decades of experience. And in the ending, she can't join Riku in the journey to Quadratum. It's not because Kairi doesn't want to go; it's because she has yet to gain the Power of Waking, an ability only advanced Keyblade wielders possess.]]

** A quick line from [[spoiler:Master Xehanort in the climax suggests that he knew full well his actions “paved the way for Sora’s disappearance” - meaning that despite his death, he’s still plotting something, and it required Sora disappearing...]]
** For anybody who had not been privy to the data-mining of ''Re: MIND'', the fact that [[spoiler:Sora remotely takes control of Kairi’s body to fight the apparition of Master Xehanort confirms that the good ending with Sora surviving his battle with Yozora is indeed the canonical ending.]]

* VillainRespect: [[spoiler:The apparition of Master Xehanort compliments Kairi on how far she’s come as a Keyblade wielder, even if she never truly poised a threat to him.]]
* VoiceGrunting: Sora, Roxas, Aqua, and Riku all use generic battle cries sourced from previous games when activating Ability Crystals. [[spoiler:Ditto for ''KHIII'' Sora, who uses ''III'' call-outs during the FinalBoss fight despite Xehanort noting him to be TheSpeechless.]]
* TheVoiceless: The game contains minimal voice acting until the final cutscenes. The only characters who have voiced lines throughout the main portion of the game are the party leaders Sora, Aqua, Riku, and Roxas (and even then their lines are stock audio being reused); the bosses Ansem, Xemnas, and Maleficent; the FinalBoss, and the game’s narrator, Kairi. This means that none of the additional party members or guest party members have any spoken lines in the game, with the exception of Donald and Goofy who speak in TheStinger.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler:During her fight against the memory of Master Xehanort, Kairi's rendered to the ground, Xehanort goes in for the attack… and the Kingdom Key appears in Kairi's hand.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: World Tour is pretty lax on difficulty; only about half the Stars in the game are needed to clear World Tour, and the vast majority of the Missions can be done on any difficulty level. Players who are less experienced with rhythm games can thus breeze through World Tour at their leisure without encountering a big BeefGate.

* ItemCrafting: The game features a simplified version of the ''Kingdom Hearts'' Synthesis mechanic, where materials that RandomlyDrop from cleared songs can be taken to the Moogle in the Team Menu to craft various items such as consumables, new songs, and [=ProfiCard=] icons. Synthesizing grants the Moogle EXP, and when it levels up (up to Lv. 8) new items are unlocked.

* CallBack: The box art evokes that of the ''Kingdom Hearts: All-In-One'' CompilationRerelease, except this time it's Kairi sitting in Sora's throne and the images are replaced with significant scenes from previous games that have something to do with Kairi (except ''358/2 Days'' and ''Birth by Sleep'').

** [[spoiler:One of the playable segments of The Final World involves Kairi collecting the flower-shaped fragments of her heart, similar to how Sora had to do so to restore her in ''Re MIND''.]]

* VoiceGrunting: Sora, Roxas, Aqua, and Riku all use generic battle cries sourced from previous games when activating Ability Crystals. [[spoiler:Ditto for ''KHIII'' Sora, who uses ''III'' call-outs during the FinalBoss fight despite Xehanort noting him to be TheVoiceless.]]

** As a RecapEpisode, nearly every Disney world in the series is revisited in this game; the ones that are missing are [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Deep Jungle]] from the original ''Kingdom Hearts'', [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh the Hundred Acre Wood]], the worlds relating to ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' (Port Royal from ''II'' and The Caribbean from ''III''), [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Symphony of Sorcery]] from ''Dream Drop Distance'' and the four ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' worlds from ''Union χ''.\\
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Deep Jungle is omitted, as it has been from all subsequent ''Kingdom Hearts'' adaptations, allegedly due to issues with the Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs estate. The ''Ralph'' worlds are missing because ''Union χ'' as a whole is OutOfFocus as stated below. Symphony of Sorcery's absence is likely due its soundtrack being only public domain music ill-fitting the theme of ''Kingdom Hearts'' music (with some Disney and other Square Enix games thrown in). The “Evil Grounds” in End of the World that depicted Bald Mountain, after its displacement from Symphony of Sorcery into that world, are also absent from the End of the World levels.

* GuestStarPartyMember: Using a Summoning Star adds King Mickey to the party for the duration of the song. Mickey will jump in front and strike enemies with rainbow targeting markers, granting a score bonus, and will sometimes heal the party if needed.

** The world based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' is omitted from the original Kingdom Hearts, as it has been from all adaptations, allegedly due to issues with the Burroughs estate.
** As a RecapEpisode, nearly every Disney world in the series is revisited in this game; the ones that are missing are [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Deep Jungle]] from the original ''Kingdom Hearts'', [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh the Hundred Acre Wood]], the worlds relating to ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' (Port Royal from ''II'' and The Caribbean from ''III''), [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Symphony of Sorcery]] from ''Dream Drop Distance'' and the four ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' worlds from ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX Union χ]]''.\\

Deep Jungle is omitted, as it has been from all subsequent ''Kingdom Hearts'' adaptations, allegedly due to issues with the Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs estate. The ''Ralph'' worlds are missing because ''Union χ'' as a whole is OutOfFocus as stated below. Symphony of Sorcery's absence is likely due to using public domain music ill-fitting the theme of ''Kingdom Hearts'' music (with some Disney and other Square Enix games thrown in). The “Evil Grounds” in End of the World that depicted Bald Mountain, after its displacement from Symphony of Sorcery into that world, are also absent from the End of the World levels.

** No ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' characters who have served as party members appear in the game, with Hercules remaining the default party member in Olympus Coliseum in lieu of Cloud, Auron or Zack.

** As a RecapEpisode, nearly every Disney world in the series is revisited in this game; the ones that are missing are [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Deep Jungle]] from the original ''Kingdom Hearts'', [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh the Hundred Acre Wood]], the worlds relating to ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' (Port Royal from ''II'' and The Caribbean from ''III''), [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Symphony of Sorcery]] from ''Dream Drop Distance'' and the ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' worlds from ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX Union χ]]''.\\

** While Halloween Town, Space Paranoids and The Grid are playable worlds, any actual character from ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' and the ''Franchise/{{Tron}}'' series fails to make an appearance, whether as a party member, in the Memory Dive music videos (which employ clips that show only Sora, Donald, Goofy and Riku in those worlds) or in the collectable cards.

*** Some of the collectable cards, including Character, Enemy, and Keyblade Cards, have a similar "crown"-shape design to the ''Chain of Memories'' cards.

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:About 3/4 of the way into World Tour, a "secret" area of the map appears, consisting of "One-Winged Angel", "The Other Promise", and "Rage Awakened". Unlocking this region requires more Stars than needed to beat the game, and the Missions here are significantly more challenging than those found elsewhere in World Tour.]]

* TheVoiceless: The game contains minimal voice acting until the final cutscenes. The only characters who have voiced lines throughout the main portion of the game are the party leaders Sora, Aqua, Riku, and Roxas (and evening then their lines are stock audio being reused); the bosses Ansem, Xemnas, and Maleficent; and the game’s narrator, Kairi. This means that none of the additional party members or guest party members have any spoken lines in the game, with the exception of Donald and Goofy who speak in TheStinger.

** The map for Sinister Shadows from ''II'' is filled almost exclusively with the Armored Knight and Surveillance Robot Heartless. This is a reference to the Battle of the 1000 Heartless, which similarly consisted entirely of those two Heartless.

** The worlds relating to ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' (Port Royal from ''II'' and The Caribbean from ''III'') and [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Symphony of Sorcery]] from ''Dream Drop Distance'' are not featured in the game. The latter is likely due to using public domain music ill-fitting the theme of ''Kingdom Hearts'' music (with some Disney and other Square-Enix games thrown in). The “Evil Grounds” in End of the World that depicted Bald Mountain, after its’ displacement into that world, are also absent from the End of the World levels.
** Hundred Acre Wood also fails to put in an appearance.
** Olympus Coliseum is included twice in the game to reflect its appearances in the first game and II, but understandably its depiction in Birth by Sleep is not playable since it didn’t include any original themes. The third game’s iteration of the world, Olympus, only appears via cutscene.
** No Final Fantasy characters who have served as party members appear in the game, with Hercules remaining the default party member in Olympus Coliseum in lieu of Cloud, Auron, and Zack.

* FramingDevice: Kairi's memories are used as the explanation for the rhythm game revisiting TheStationsOfTheCanon. The heroes hope that doing this will give them a clue as to where Sora is. [[spoiler:It does, just not in the way they expected. Master Xehanort reveals where Sora is.]]

* OutOfFocus: ''Union X'' is mostly ignored in terms of content. Scenes from the game as well as ''Back Cover'' appear as collectable cards and concepts from it are briefly alluded to during Kairi's recap, but the game doesn't appear as a playable segment in World Tour and no original songs from it are featured.