History WMG / KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance

* Another thing [[@/AlexSora89 this very same troper]] forgot to mention was the fact that all Disney worlds will be new, making this the very first game without Olympus Colosseum. This world has always been present thanks to [[TournamentArc a very japanese trope]], the same trope that made many FF characters' appearances (the most notable of which being [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephi]][[VideoGame/KingdomHearts roth]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Aur]][[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII on]] and [[VideoGame/CrisisCore Za]][[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep ck]]) a whole lot more plausible. This only further screws up FF characters' chances to appear in 3D. Except for Moogles, already seen in the Jump Festa trailers, but they appeared in every game in the KH series, including ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsDays Days]]'', the ''other'' KH game without any other FF characters. Again, [[IKnewIt calling it right now.]]

Just as in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsDays'', in ''3D'' we'll get to see them as unlockable characters, only as party members this time around. How? Well, TetsuyaNomura has [[WordOfGod stated himself]] they wouldn't be party members because he likes "to experiment a bit when not developing a numbered title", and therefore they're not going to be available; however, considering late news about the game showing how recruiting Dream Eaters needs "recipes" to do so, well, it's not hard to imagine a [[spoiler: "Donald recipe" or a "Goofy recipe"]] for Sora or a [[spoiler: "Mickey recipe"]] for Riku, right?

* ''TheMuppets'', probably following either the original ''TheMuppetMovie'' or [[Film/TheMuppets the upcoming one]]. Hey, they're the property of Disney, have been appearing at the theme parks since 1990, and are extremely popular.

**** It could even be the new Hundred Acre Wood, themed around the concept of an episode of ''TheMuppetShow'' with Sora and/or Riku as the guest star(s)[[note]]possibly Donald and Goofy too, if it's in a main series game rather than ''3D''[[/note]]. It could have various minigames based on segments from the show (Atlantica-like musical numbers, Swedish Chef's kitchen, Pigs in Space, Fozzie's comedy acts, Gonzo's stunts, etc.) It also gives the opportunity for hilarious, "Muppety" bits such as Miss Piggy dressing up as Kairi and trying to woo our heroes!

* ''Disney/TheJungleBook''. Especially considering the DummiedOut data of it found in ''BirthBySleep''.

Either the datascape of a hidden set of files on Ansem's computer, or the research notes Ansem said he hid in Jiminy's diary. The new worlds are there because instead of going to simulations of worlds based on ''Sora's'' memories to recover what happened to him, they're going through recreations of where ''Ansem'' had gone to recover where ''Ansem'' went and what happened to him, in an attempt to recover some lost clues about the BirthBySleep trio that Ansem had discovered -- probably relating to Terra's heart locked away within Terranort.

* [[BirthBySleep The X-Blade]]. Or at least, a replica of it. And the Keyhole of Sleep will be unlocking Ventus's memories (maybe even Vanitas, Xion, and Roxas's too) and allowing Sora to realize what he has to do to save them all.

* From Aqua's ending in BirthBySleep:

* It's quite possible that the leader could be the Mysterious Figure seen in ''BirthBySleep''.

* [[@/AlexSora89 I]] support the theory, but don't want to state why because [[ItsBeenDone I already did previously]] in another WMG you can find in the WMG/KingdomHeartsOpenTwo page, namely the one about [[spoiler: the Mysterious Figure from ''BirthBySleep'' being Luxord]].

Riku will [[spoiler: stab Terranort in the chest with Way To The Dawn, but while this will release Terra, Xehanort's heart will possess Riku in the process, ''[[HereWeGoAgain thus starting everything since BBS until KHcoded again.]]'']] Maybe it'd be a bit [[DownerEnding bleak]] considering Sora's story is likely to end [[BittersweetEnding a bit better]], but given the handheld installments of the series have quite a tendency to avoid legitimately happy endings ([[spoiler: except for [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded one]]]]), this outcome is really easy to imagine. What makes even more sense about it is that [[HistoryRepeats history repeating]] would make ''Kingdom Hearts III'' a fitting GrandFinale, [[spoiler: complete with basically the events of ''BirthBySleep'' with enough GenreSavvy by the protagonists to allow them to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong avoid making mistakes]].]] In short, ''III'' would [[TheAbridgedSeries abridge]] the ''KH series'' much like [[ReCut Dragon Ball KAI abridged the original DBZ series.]]

Now, the ''Kingdom Hearts Ultimania'' Book for BirthBySleep hints that Ventus' heart might have remained within Roxas and that this might be the cause for him looking exactly like Ventus, but there's one crucial flaw in this: Both, VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded and VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D strongly imply that Roxas is to be considered an existence seperate from Ventus. Likewise, Ventus' heart was supposed to be pure light, yet Roxas is capable of opening Corridors of Darkness and his personality, while resembling Ventus' a lot more than Sora's, is also lot more aggressive, moody and overall negative. He does a lot of things that a "Heart of Pure Light" would never do... Like senselessly destroying a computer, just to express his anger. This is something Ventus would have never done, no matter the circumstances. However, it's also made very clear that Roxas' heart is very different from Sora's, [[spoiler: which is striking, especially compared to Axel/Lea, who apparently had his old heart and his new heart merge seamlessly upon being turned back to normal.]] The seamless merging-process failed with Sora, as Roxas clearly retains a seperate conciousness. The question is: Why? If he is neither Ventus, nor a natural recreation of Sora's heart, then ''what'' is his heart?

Summing this theory up, basically Roxas and Vanitas were the same entity all along and Vanitas basically failed ''twice'' at living a "complete" life, despite not even being a bad person and genuinely caring for someone the second time around, which would only add insult to the injury. Note how the BirthBySleep Novels implied that part of Vanitas' issues came from the fact that he found himself unable to touch anything without destroying it by impuls... And now connect this with Roxas' experience of being forced to kill Xion, one of his two dearest friends. It would make his sudden rush of rage even ''more'' justified, given that this experience probably ripped open old wounds from his previous life's trauma, even if he didn't remember conciously.

* While their respective movies perhaps wouldn't work all too well as their own worlds, boss fights with [[Disney/{{Fantasia 2000}} the Firebird]] and [[TheLegendOfSleepyHollow the Headless Horseman]] would be fantastic. As for other potential worlds, I could see ''TheWindInTheWillows'' potentially working. And if they only focused on the cartoon sections like [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Splash Mountain]] does, I could even see a Song of the South world similar to the Winnie the Pooh segments in previous games.

* We might as well include the entire DisneyAnimatedCanon that hasn't yet appeared for possibilities.
* Nomura mentioned that the new Disney worlds would be the ones most requested by the fans. So, probably the most popular movies in the DisneyAnimatedCanon will appear, basically. Which means no ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron'', I guess...

An opportunity to fight one of the biggest {{Karma Houdini}}s in the DisneyAnimatedCanon? It must be done.[[note]]Yes, there was a video game adaptation that let you do that, but how many people actually played it?[[/note]].

* [[StarWars The Death Star]]. This would be a pretty big stretch, but ''might'' happen considering how much DisneyThemeParks involvement the ''StarWars'' franchise has. If ''StarWars'' did appear in the game (whether as a world or just as a bunch of characters/summons), Darth Vader would probably be a Maleficent-like major villain, maybe even a new, more competent [[TheDragon Dragon]] to Maleficent herself if Pete [[spoiler:stays dead or stays good - but it looks like he's alive and back to his old self in the trailer]].

* While their respective movies perhaps wouldn't work all too well as their own worlds, boss fights with [[Disney/{{Fantasia 2000}} the Firebird]] and [[TheLegendOfSleepyHollow the Headless Horseman]] would be fantastic. As for other potential worlds, I could see ''TheWindInTheWillows'' potentially working. And if they only focused on the cartoon sections like [[DisneyLand Splash Mountain]] does, I could even see a Song of the South world similar to the Winnie the Pooh segments in previous games.

** Um... nope. Because that would mean [[FurryFandom more "fans"]].

* ''LiloAndStitch'' seems likely, since there was a Stitch space world in BBS. This time it'll most likely be in Hawaii, though.

* [[Disney/HunchbackOfNotreDame HBoND]] one of the subtler(or not so subtle) conflicts is how both Quasi, Pheobus, AND Frollo are after the same girl, but which one would end up with her.

* [[AtlantisTheLostEmpire Rourke]]

** '''{{Jossed}}''': It's JimCummings.

* WesternAnimation/CorpseBride: Given that it's the successor of Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas

* TheBraveLittleToaster: It's not really a Disney movie but it's one of the classics.

** For example Sora could describe the people in the town in the most gruesome way possible (and accidentally squicking everyone in the process) and than say something a long the lines of "I think they're all awesome" or "they're real swell guys". Although this may not count as it was shown in the[[Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas movie]] saying someone is horrible (or along those lines) is considered a compliment in Halloween Town

* Nomura mentioned that the new Disney worlds would be the ones most requested by the fans. So, probably the most popular movies in the DisneyAnimatedCanon will appear, basically. Which means no ''TheBlackCauldron'', I guess...

** Aww, no ''TheBlackCauldron''? I wanna beat up that weird skeleton dude!

* yep, it's Jossed. [[spoiler: it's not ''Vanitas'' that attempts it...]]

* yep, it's Jossed

* '''[[VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy XIII-2}} Caius Ballad]]:''' Caius's plan in XIII-2 was [[spoiler: to basically cause a massive TimeCrash in order to stop Yeul from constantly reincarnating and dying.]] When he finds out that even his plan succeeding did nothing to help him, Xehanort turns out to be the REAL orchestrator behind the events of that game in order to a. [[spoiler: gain better control over the spacetime continuum to better accomplish his goals]] and b. to turn Caius into one of his potential vessels.

Zexion is (Besides Sora) the youngest of the apprentices and the most impressionable - and since his power turned out to be illusions. Originally [[spoiler: Isa]] was on the path to darkness, and when Axel killed Zexion to move Isa up the ranks, he unintentionally spared him.

*** Corpse Bride is a WarnerBros movie, so it's kind of a no-go. Despite being made by TimBurton and all.

Due to the tragic passing of TonyJay, it would be impossible to find someone to emulate his voice. However, here are some potential VAs:

[[WMG Lea's Keyblade]]

* Going by KH2, Sora is an insanely skilled fighter. Sora and Riku don't need to re-learn self-defense.

During KH2, [=CoM=], and BbS, several characters had mentioned that Darkness itself isn't bad and that there must be a balance of light and darkness. Because of this, maybe Sora's possible overabundance of the light will cause Yen Sid to think that Sora is not yet worthy of the title Keyblade Master.

** Oh, well sorry to hear that. But I still think Neverland is possible world. Yes, it was intact in KH1 and 358/2 Days, but there's no telling that it was succumbed by the darkness shortly before KH2. (It's keyhole wasn't sealed either...unless London counts?) Besides, Peter was a summon in KH2, so ''something'' must have happened to him.

Cause you know Lea (as Axel) [[spoiler:kidnapped]] her in KH2.

When a Heartless and its corresponding Nobody are both destroyed, the original Somebody is resurrected into the Realm of Light. That seems to be the case with Lea, Ienzo, Aeleus, and (possibly) Master Xehanort. However, isn't it strange that Ienzo and Aeleus just so happened to appear right during Sora's and Riku's Mark of Mastery Exam? If a person's Somebody was to appear after destroying their Nobody, shouldn't they have appeared in Radiant Garden during Kh2 (or least hinted at in KH2:FM+)? Their Nobodies were destroyed for an ''entire year,'' yet they still weren't found out by Xemnas or the other remaining Org. members.

* I would dispute the outfit design point. Riku's outfit is hardly completely different; it's very heavily based on his KH2 outfit just as Sora's is based on his previous outfits.

Next up, superficialities, aside from his looks: Roxas wields the Keyblade forehanded, rather than backhanded. While he does not employ Riku's battle stance, as Vanitas does, this still closer to him than it is to Ventus, who wields his keyblade backhanded. Of course, this could be a simple effect of his connection to Sora's memories. He is deriving his battle style from Sora's. Still, it's worth mentioning. Something simmilarly insignificant, yet worth mentioning: "Vanitas" means "Emptiness" and Nomura stated this meaning was chosen on purpose, possibly even before it was decided he'd look like Sora. Now, Vanitas, himself, while being called "empty" by Xehanort is clearly ''not''. He has wishes, desires, emotions and a lot of other things that defy the concept of "empty". This bears a striking resemblance to how Nobodies are threated in KH2, especially Roxas, making it possible that the name was supposed to be a hint. Probably coincidentally, but also worth noticing: Both names end on "as".

During KH2, CoM, and BbS, several characters had mentioned that Darkness itself isn't bad and that there must be a balance of light and darkness. Because of this, maybe Sora's possible overabundance of the light will cause Yen Sid to think that Sora is not yet worthy of the title Keyblade Master.

* JamesAndTheGiantPeach: Sora and Riku could land on the peach during James' travel and the fights could either include ones with the sharks or the pirates.