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** You make a good point. I just hope they save some good Disney animated canon films for KH3. Or bring ALL the current and upcoming worlds into 3.

If you'll pardon the pun. As stated, Sora has about 5 personalities, and considering one's going to be removed soon, it's quite possible Sora will merge and become a totally different person, possibly a slow change throughout the game. This may be used to set up a Darker and Edgier KH3.

* Yen Sid, or his armor. We haven't seen how he fights, and this would be an awesome way to see. Alternatively, they're saving this for KH3.

I am suprised no one mentioned this, considering that so many people have been speculating about that pesky fourth week in TWEWY and that the characters kept all of their character development. I even thought of putting this in the {fridge brilliance}} of KH3D but I decided that it is not a stsble enough theory for me to put there.

In a potential TWEWY 2 Sora could have a cameo(or several cameos, in the course of a week), with everyone but Beat knowing who he is, and in KH3(or in the game that will come before KH3, as Nomura stated), we have Shibuya as an actual world, with events mirroring what happened in the possible TWEWY 2, only from Sora's pespective.

[[spoiler: I foresee that the last battle in KH3 might be against Nortie’s All-your-powers-combined form, a la Power Rangers’ mechas. Can you imagine something like World of Chaos, World of Nothingness and 11 more gigantic aircraft-like enemies combined into one super-duper big foe? It would be awesome. And probably hammy, too.]]

Wild Mass Guessing for ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D''.

[[WMG: ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D'' will take place in a dream that Sora and Riku share in which Master Yen Sid is speculating and controlling.]]

* New worlds, a non FF or Disney character, the walrus and bat, the perspective shifts, and other known info. Lots of things seem new, so unlike the last few, it seems this time, [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts "You never know who you'll run into next."]]

** WMG seconded by @/AlexSora89. So far, confirmed TWEWY characters are Neku, Shiki, Joshua, Beat, and Rhyme. Given this is already awesome and rejoice-inducing by itself, we could say that we already have enough characters, considering TWEWY characters only have cameos and therefore aren't going to be central to the plot, as ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' did the same with characters from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. However, with that said, such a large amount of returning characters ''needs'' a villain from their same world (even if it's just for an early subplot), so Creator/SquareEnix is likely to pick up an EnsembleDarkHorse like Sho Minamimoto in order to make the rejoicing begin anew.

This is because FF characters haven't popped up yet despite the game supposedly coming out in March 2012, and in order to keep ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' cameos exclusive to Playstation installments of the ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' series from now on, while ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' will appear on Nintendo KH games instead. Despite this isn't entirely true since there's a "Final Fantasy All-stars" game coming out for the 3DS (namely ''VideoGame/TheatrhythmFinalFantasy'', featuring the entire cast of ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''), the possibility is bound to turn the TWEWY characters from ATFR-inducing into [[ReplacementScrappy replacement-scrappies]], especially for the series' FanDumb. [[@/AlexSora89 This troper]] [[IKnewIt is calling it right now.]]
* 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/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Days]]'', the ''other'' KH game without any other FF characters. Again, [[IKnewIt calling it right now.]]

** ''Second'' time, actually. [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts The Ice Titan gives his regards.]]

At first, [[http://kh13.com/forum/topic/30377-memoirs-feature-in-kingdom-hearts-3d-explained/ the Memoirs feature was announced,]] and the fact it acted as a recap for the entire series, therefore [[AvertedTrope averting]] the series' ContinuityLockout in order to help newcomers understanding the events, made the fandom go wild already. However, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BssrlR_rdFc the February trailer]] showed a boss battle against Ursula, that maybe hinted at a world based on ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', just [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts as it]] [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfmemories happened]] [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII before.]] However, her low life bar puzzled some fans who suspected it to be a part of the Memoirs feature, as the menu alluded to a "battle mode" of sorts. ''Then'' came the March 15 issue of Famitsu weekly, that showed Ursula ''again'' [[http://kh13.com/zenphoto/articles/famitsu-weekly/march-15-2012/Page+4.jpg.php without any sort of context.]] Considering the announcement of a new world is highly unlikely due to the game coming out - as of this edit (16/05/2012) - in less than two weeks, it's safe to say we can do the math already. Troper @/AlexSora89, [[IKnewIt calling it right now.]]

This may at first sound like a redundant attempt to save the "Roxas is not a facette of Sora"-brand of theories, especially in the light of VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D, but let me explain. An interesting ammount of evidence can be found to support this theory.

Roxas, soon after his birth, slowly beginns to develope thought processes that would correspond to actual emotions, despite having no memories he could base such thought processes on. This is the basic premise that most of the afformentioned brand of theories were based on to begin with. Now, of course, VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D reveals that [[spoiler: Nobodies develope hearts from their thoughts and connections to others over time, the speed varying from person to person, which makes Roxas case seem less strange.]] However, even in the light of this, Roxas' developement into a feeling being happens with a startling speed, especially [[spoiler: compared to the other members of Organization XIII, who have been Nobodies for much longer, yet still seem very fake and hollow, even after having had more than 10 years of time to develope a newborn heart.]] In fact, Axel's growth of emotional capacity only seems to suddenly skyrocket once Roxas bonds with him, implying that it's Roxas' heart that speeds up his growth, rather than the other way around, which doesn't make sense, considering how young and underdeveloped Roxas' replacement-heart for Sora's should be by this point. A case in point could be made that Xion, as a Replica, might have possessed a much more developed heart to begin with and could have caused both their growths to accelerate, but this idea fails when you realize that she was just as hollow and awkward as Roxas himself in the beginning, albeit in a different way. Seeing how Roxas is the constant between Axel's and Xion's sudden growth, he must be the cause, which would mean his heart must either have had an incredible sudden growth spurt...Or he had a rather developed heart to beginn with and it only needed a "push" to awaken.

Now, the ''Kingdom Hearts Ultimania'' Book for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' 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?

Nomura himself implying that Roxas might hold Ven's heart despite evidence to the contrary seems especially strange, as the Ultimania was likely released in a stage where the plot of VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D had long been written already. So, while Nomura is known to occasionally retcon details, why would he outright lie at the fans? That's where this theory comes into play. What if he didn't lie? What if Roxas ''did'' hold on to Ventus' heart- but just not the half of it we assumed it to be?

Next up: Evidence in VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D (Which I actually played, rather than just reading spoilers, you mind.) '''Needless to say, this section contains some spoilers, so read with caution'''.

The only thing that appears unclear in this case is Roxas' motivation for aiding the Xehanorts in VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D. Xemnas destroyed his second chance at a life. Why would he want to aid him? The only explanation I can find: He is desperate, realizing that being merged with Sora forever is not a good prospect for him after all, despite what Naminé had said. His dialouge before the Memory Transfer seems to support this. Perhaps he was led to believe that destroying Sora's heart might be his only chance to break free, unable to believe that Sora might be able to rescue him, Xion and Ventus, thus preforming a FaceHeelTurn in a desperate attempt to escape Sora's heart? (Possibly taking Xion along with him, seeing how he clearly had the memories of her, if not her name.)

is actually a [[spoiler: {{Time Lord}}]] and [[spoiler:his]] actual goal is [[spoiler: instumentality.]]

* [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Ahsoka Tano]]: Disney owns Star Wars now, not to mention she neither seen nor heard in the prequels. I wouldn't be surprised if she survives [[RevengeOfTheSith the great Jedi purge]] only to learn [[DespairEventHorizon her master's responsible for it, and she subsequently loses herself.]] [[OhCrap Cue Xehanort getting a powerful Jedi padawan as a vessel...]]

[[WMG: TetsuyaNomura has been so generous about characters from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' because there aren't going to be any ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' characters in the game.]]

Just as in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', 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?

* TheSwanPrincess: Given that there is a princess and it is a fantasy world.

[[WMG:Mickey in the Three Musketeers World and Fantasia World are both King Mickey at different points in his life, and Donald, Goofy and Queen Minnie were originally from the [[MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers Three Musketeers World]] ]]

* KelseyGrammer -- [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtm80Z2iqoA This AMV gave me the idea.]]

* According to TheOtherWiki, you might be right...

This is because FF characters haven't popped up yet despite the game supposedly coming out in March 2012, and in order to keep ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' cameos exclusive to Playstation installments of the ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' series from now on, while ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' will appear on Nintendo KH games instead. Despite this isn't entirely true since there's a "Final Fantasy All-stars" game coming out for the 3DS (namely ''TheatrhythmFinalFantasy'', featuring the entire cast of ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''), the possibility is bound to turn the TWEWY characters from ATFR-inducing into [[ReplacementScrappy replacement-scrappies]], especially for the series' FanDumb. [[@/AlexSora89 This troper]] [[IKnewIt is calling it right now.]]

** WMG seconded by @/AlexSora89. So far, confirmed TWEWY characters are Neku, Shiki, Joshua, Beat, and Rhyme. Given this is already awesome and rejoice-inducing by itself, we could say that we already have enough characters, considering TWEWY characters only have cameos and therefore aren't going to be central to the plot, as ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' did the same with characters from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. However, with that said, such a large amount of returning characters ''needs'' a villain from their same world (even if it's just for an early subplot), so Creator/SquareEnix is likely to be GenreSavvy enough to pick up an EnsembleDarkHorse like Sho Minamimoto in order to make the rejoicing begin anew.

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 ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' 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.]]

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

* Ashley Riot, possibly to teach Sora and/or Riku how to chain, as he did in VagrantStory

* Creator/CoreyBurton -- After hearing him as Sark and [[TransformersAnimated Shockwave]], he has potential.

* [[StarWarsTheCloneWars Ahsoka Tano]]: Disney owns Star Wars now, not to mention she neither seen nor heard in the prequels. I wouldn't be surprised if she survives [[RevengeOfTheSith the great Jedi purge]] only to learn [[DespairEventHorizon her master's responsible for it, and she subsequently loses herself.]] [[OhCrap Cue Xehanort getting a powerful Jedi padawan as a vessel...]]

* This proper noticed that King Mickey has the Recusant's Sigil on his shoes. Aqua also wears the Recusant's Sigil on her back. Since they've never been target, it would make sense that the Organization would use this to track them instead and make sure that they don't intervene.

* This proper noticed that King Mickey has the Recusant's Sigil on his shoes. Aqua also wears the Recusant's Sigil on her back. Since they've never been target, I assume that the Organization would use this to track them instead and make sure that they don't intervene.

* The {{Marvel}} universe... or at the very least, {{Deadpool}} as a BonusBoss.
** The most likely incarnation would be SpiderMan or {{Wolverine}} as a summon.

** Add another extra greed! Even though the series was made by {{Bandai}}. Manga/{{Legendz}}!

* While their respective movies perhaps wouldn't work all too well as their own worlds, boss fights with [[Disney/{{Fantasia 2000}} the Firebird]] and [[Literature/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.

[[WMG: Roxas is Vanitas.]]
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This may at first sound like a redundant attempt to save the "Roxas is not a facette of Sora"-brand of theories, especially in the light of VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D, but let me explain. An interesting ammount of evidence can be found to support this theory.

Roxas, soon after his birth, slowly beginns to develope thought processes that would correspond to actual emotions, despite having no memories he could base such thought processes on. This is the basic premise that most of the afformentioned brand of theories were based on to begin with. Now, of course, VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D reveals that [[spoiler: Nobodies develope hearts from their thoughts and connections to others over time, the speed varying from person to person, which makes Roxas case seem less strange.]] However, even in the light of this, Roxas' developement into a feeling being happens with a startling speed, especially [[spoiler: compared to the other members of Organization XIII, who have been Nobodies for much longer, yet still seem very fake and hollow, even after having had more than 10 years of time to develope a newborn heart.]] In fact, Axel's growth of emotional capacity only seems to suddenly skyrocket once Roxas bonds with him, implying that it's Roxas' heart that speeds up his growth, rather than the other way around, which doesn't make sense, considering how young and underdeveloped Roxas' replacement-heart for Sora's should be by this point. A case in point could be made that Xion, as a Replica, might have possessed a much more developed heart to begin with and could have caused both their growths to accelerate, but this idea fails when you realize that she was just as hollow and awkward as Roxas himself in the beginning, albeit in a different way. Seeing how Roxas is the constant between Axel's and Xion's sudden growth, he must be the cause, which would mean his heart must either have had an incredible sudden growth spurt...Or he had a rather developed heart to beginn with and it only needed a "push" to awaken.

Now, the ''Kingdom Hearts Ultimania'' Book for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' 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?

Nomura himself implying that Roxas might hold Ven's heart despite evidence to the contrary seems especially strange, as the Ultimania was likely released in a stage where the plot of VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D had long been written already. So, while Nomura is known to occasionally retcon details, why would he outright lie at the fans? That's where this theory comes into play. What if he didn't lie? What if Roxas ''did'' hold on to Ventus' heart- but just not the half of it we assumed it to be?

Due Vanitas' physical appearance, which was caused by Ventus' initial bond to Sora, people often tend to forget that Vanitas is, in fact, not Sora's EvilTwin... He's ''Ventus'''. It has been stated that Vanitas's "true" form is a faceless being simmilar to an heartless and Sora's appearance was only a sideeffect. Note, when Vanitas possesses Ventus, Ventus' hair and face don't change, unlike when Xehanort possesses Terra. Regardless of what he appeared to look like, Vanitas is basically just a disembodied shard of Ventus' heart. Which means that if his heart was to enter a vessel and shape it, it wouldn't end up looking like a black haired Sora. It'd look like ''Ventus''. This would perfectly explain why Sora's body changed the way it did (even if the changes were comparably small), upon becoming Roxas.

Further, let's move on to the next exhibit: The Kingdom Hearts Novels. While generally not considered direct Canon, their content has a certain tendency to be eventually made into Canon. Knowing this, the details the Novels reveal on Vanitas' past are... interesting. They describe his initial personality as very, very simmilar to Ventus', except more aggressive, depressed and moody... Starting to sound like somebody else? The novels further explain that Vanitas only turned into the cruel psychopath he was out of despair, loneliness, and a spiral of selfharm and selfworth issues. Meaning that he, in fact, wasn't "evil" to the core, just "dark", which makes sense. This fits with this theory, since it means that if Vanitas was to start over as a blank, like Ventus did after having his heart shattered, he'd likely start with this very moody-Ventus personality again... Which applies to Roxas. Like Ventus, after the initial seperation, he started Zombie-like and amnesiac before his personality suddenly started to show. Remember, Ventus shattered Vanitas' heart in their Final Battle. It's not far-off to assume that this had a simmilar effect on him as Master Xehanort's initial seperation of them had no Ventus. Very well, let's move on.

In connection with the assumption that Vanitas wasn't evil to the core and deserves to be saved like everybody else connected to Sora... How come he does not show up in Data Naminé's list of people connected to Sora then, when he clearly *is*, through Ventus? The answer is simple: He *does* show up... As Roxas.

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".

Next up: Evidence in VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D (Which I actually played, rather than just reading spoilers, you mind.) '''Needless to say, this section contains some spoilers, so read with caution'''.
Vanitas appears in the game for all but 2 seconds, talking in unision with Young Master Xehanort. This brief scene is very possibly just a vision Sora has upon hearing YMX speak, though it makes you wonder how active Vanitas' conciousness is within him by that point. Flash foreward to Sora's {{Mindscrew}} Royal in The World That Never Was: In his dream, Sora encounters Roxas... Who promptly states that things aren't well the way they are and infuses Sora with his memories. All at once, suddenly, with little explanation and not preparing him at all, playing directly into Xehanort's plans with it. Now... Why would Roxas do this? The "Roxas" Sora meets clearly is completly aware of what is going on and, unlike the other dream-people Sora meets, actually speaks to him for a while, implying he is doing the memory transfer conciously and willingly. However, all the memory transfer accomplishes at that point is to scare Sora so baddly that he goes into an HeroicBSOD and finally has his heart shattered by Xemnas, which benefits Team Xehanort greatly. So if Roxas was even one bit aware of what was going on he ''knew'' this was going to happen, and he still did this. Why? Being allied to Xehanort somehow (which is tragic) seems to be the only plausible explanation. Also, look at Roxas face when he transfers the memories. His expression looks surprisingly like Vanitas', when he held the X-Blade and challenged Ventus within their Dive Into Heart and is pretty much identical to Vanitas' expression in afformentioned OneSceneWonder moment. Even more striking: If you take a close look at the timelines of Riku's and Sora's stories, you will notice that Roxas' disappearance from Sora's dream almost immediately coincides with Riku's battle against ''Anti Black Coat'', a Nightmare-Type Dream Eater, who looks exactly like what Vanitas' "true" form has been described to look like, even featuring a simmilar battle style. A point could be made that for Sora only a few seconds pass between Roxas' disappearance and hearing Riku's post-battle pleas for him to wake up, but remember that Sora is dreaming. It was been outright stated that time doesn't flow normally within his dreams, so the entire battle against ''Anti Black Coat'' could easily have taken place in those "few seconds" between Roxas's disappearance and Riku's pleadings. ''Anti Black Coat'' being Vanitas is likely, due to all the simmilarities and Vanitas being pure darkness at the core (Though, should this theory be true, it is likely that Roxas' friendships with Axel, Xion and the virtual Twilight Gang gained him a bit of Light), so it would make sense that he'd manifest as a Dream Eater within Sora's dreamworld. After all, Riku, too, manifested as a Dream Eater, albeit as a Spirit-Type, rather than a Nightmare. It would make sense that Roxas, sensing Riku trying to interfere, "beamed out", in order to stall for time while Sora succumbs to his BSOD. ''Anti Black Coat'' being slain by Riku means nothing. He might simply have disintegrated to return to the depths of Sora's subconcious... Where Riku later finds Roxas, alongside Ven and Xion.

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 ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' 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.

The only thing that appears unclear in this case is Roxas' motivation for aiding the Xehanorts in VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D. Xemnas destroyed his second chance at a life. Why would he want to aid him? The only explanation I can find: He is desperate, realizing that being merged with Sora forever is not a good prospect for him after all, despite what Naminé had said. His dialouge before the Memory Transfer seems to support this. Perhaps he was led to believe that destroying Sora's heart might be his only chance to break free, unable to believe that Sora might be able to rescue him, Xion and Ventus, thus preforming a FaceHeelTurn in a desperate attempt to escape Sora's heart? (Possibly taking Xion along with him, seeing how he clearly had the memories of her, if not her name.)

Only time will show if this theory is true, but if it was it would be a genius move by Nomura to create a character that embodies "Dark Does Not Have To Be Evil": Making us sympatize with Roxas for 2 games and then spending an entire other game making us hate Vanitas, while leaving us unaware that the two of them are basically the same person would serve to create a character that perfectly shows one of the central points of the series: Evil does not equal Darkness. Evil is something that can be ''shaped'' within the Darkness.
* I'm not necessarily going against your theory, but I have two points to bring up. For one, Nomura said in an interview that [[spoiler:Vanitas's brief appearance was caused by Ven's heart within Sora (and the memories it held) resonating with the appearance of Young Xehanort.]] Two, your theory would imply that [[spoiler:upon creating his Nobody when he unlocked his heart with the Keyblade of People's Hearts and turned into a Heartless, not only did Sora's heart splinter, allowing Ven's heart to be released from it like Kairi's was, but Ven's heart subsequently split in half again, with the darkness that comprised Vanitas going straight to Roxas. It's not ''im''plausible given the nature of this series to begin with, but it does sound unlikely and/or contrived.]]
** This is, of course, true, but my believe in this theory stems partly from my personal opinion that Ventus' "reabsorption" of Vanitas in the end of Birth by Sleep might have been incomplete, due to the fact that, after all that happened, he'd probably never have accepted Vanitas as a part of him willingly. The two halves of his heart might have remained in conflict during their sleep, which would make a second split somewhat more plausible.
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Due to the tragic passing of Creator/TonyJay, it would be impossible to find someone to emulate his voice. However, here are some potential VAs:

[[WMG: Goat Horn is the spawn / fusion of [[{{Okami}} Kazegami]] and either [[{{Pokemon}} Sawsbuck]] or [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Anteka]].]]

* By that logic the worlds will hopefully get more and more nonsensical as you progress, with Symphony of Sorcery as the final world before the ''{{Paprika}}''-level of absolutely insane [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Very Definitely Final Dungeon]].

** WMG seconded by @/AlexSora89. So far, confirmed TWEWY characters are Neku, Shiki, Joshua, Beat, and Rhyme. Given this is already awesome and rejoice-inducing by itself, we could say that we already have enough characters, considering TWEWY characters only have cameos and therefore aren't going to be central to the plot, as ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' did the same with characters from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. However, with that said, such a large amount of returning characters ''needs'' a villain from their same world (even if it's just for an early subplot), so SquareEnix is likely to be GenreSavvy enough to pick up an EnsembleDarkHorse like Sho Minamimoto in order to make the rejoicing begin anew.

* ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''. Rapunzel would make an awesome party member. And considering that it's now one of {{Disney}}'s most successful animated movies...