History YMMV / KingdomHeartsCoded

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: All the voice actors in the HD cutscenes give subpar performances apart from Jesse [=McCartney=] who gives a wonderful performance as Data-Roxas. Apart from MemeticMutation the line people most remember from ''Re:coded'' is the line "''It's way past time you realised what real hurt feels like!''" partly because of how anger and despaired he sounds.

** [[spoiler:Data-Roxas]] being the hooded figure that appears before Sora in the endgame is a surprise in the original ''Re:coded'', as the lack of voice clips or other overt clues keeps his identity ambiguous before TheReveal. In the ''HD II.5 [=ReMIX=]'' movie, however, the figure is instantly recognizable since there is no attempt to disguise the voice of [[spoiler:Jesse [=McCartney=]/ Kouki Uchiyama]], and the whole thing is played less as a twist -- there are several scenes where [[spoiler:Roxas]]'s face is visible while his hood is still up.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: A common criticism of the game is that it retreads same worlds of [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]] with such small differences, recycling the exact same characters, locations, and bosses. This becomes even more noticeable when considering that [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]] and [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Days]] already recycled worlds from the first game years prior.

* ContestedSequel: It used to be mostly disliked, but gradually gained more defenders who argue for [[VindicatedByHistory vindication.]]

** [[spoiler:[[Music/JesseMcCartney Jesse [=McCartney's=]]]]] performance as [[spoiler:Data-Roxas]], for managing to capture the character's despair, hatred, and resentment. It's also the first time a KH character has sounded so emotionally unstable.

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: A common criticism of the game is that it retreads same worlds of [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]] with such small differences, recycling the exact same characters, locations, and bosses. This becomes even more noticeable when considering that [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]] and [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Days]] already recycled worlds from the first game years prior.

** Annoyingly, if you want HundredPercentCompletion the Avatar Sector is not optional, as two Trophies and two exclusive Finish Commands are tied to the Avatar Menu. Realistically this was best possible when the DS was still popular, but since then the only way to complete it in a reasonable amount of time is to have a second DS on hand since the Avatar Sector requires a DS wireless signal to add new floors. It is possible to randomly obtain a floor without a second DS, but this only occurs about once an hour, making sitting and waiting for new Avatar Sector floors to show up an absolute slog.

** Judgment Triad in the remake can hit air enemies easily, has homing capabilities, is easy to aim, can hit multiple enemies, and worst of all, does such insanely high damage that almost every enemy, including ''most bosses'', will be [[OneHitKill one-shotted]] by it (and the one that isn't one-shotted will at most take 3 shots to bring down). It makes even the BonusBoss battle just all about dodging with the dodge roll, and aiming Judgment Triad. AND you can have four in your deck. The main downside is that you won't be able to have anything else in your deck, but who cares?

** Targeting Scope. The last ability on the 0/1 keyblade, it makes your basic attack automatically strike the nearest enemy, ''regardless of distance''. Walk into a room of EliteMooks, swing for five seconds, and everything dies. The best part? One of the earlier clock abilities makes every single attack a CriticalHit.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Actually, Nomura ''was'' drunk when he made it. [[http://www.khinsider.com/features/Kingdom-Hearts-Trivia-38-3360 Seriously.]]

* AssPull: TheStinger of the game reveals that [[spoiler: when somebody's Heartless and Nobody are both destroyed their original self is reformed. This is in spite of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' repeatedly saying that any nobody that dies undergoes CessationOfExistence.]]