From Tetsuya, Nomura finally breaks the three -year silence to drop a up-to-date one Kingdom Hearts 4 Details, is there a better time to repeat the “most iconic weapon of the series? The key hole has long caused a debate – is it a sword? Should it be included in the celebration of the cool day of the sword? Bold, saving species, but also about how deeply woven in knowledge, with every unique blade of a key symbolizing equalization of every ruler with light or darkness.
While Key Key Key remains the most recognizable franchise blade, mainly thanks to her constant presence in marketing, no key has captured fans like Oblivion. Oathkeper went behind, winning a strong third place. Square Enix designers certainly know the popularity of these keys in the fandom, because all three appear in every important part. But in addition to their striking projects, this forgetfulness and oath is best embodded by Kingdom Hearts‘ Basic topic: Eternal clash between light and darkness. This makes them much more than just a nice weapon; They are narrative anchors.
In the original Kingdom HeartsMost of the new breaks-elements that transform the appearance and skills of your Key-Są blade earned by completing Disney worlds. These worlds usually offered loose replays of their films, often feeling like independent adventures with a minimal combination with the main story of Kingdom Hearts. However, the swound and Oblivion came from Traverse Town and Hollow Bastion, respectively, which are two original worlds – which means they are NO Worlds based on Disney movies. What’s more, key rings for every weapon are of strong importance for the heroine Kingdom Hearts Sora; One is deeply associated with Cairi, his love interest, and the other to his best madness, Riku.
Cairi gives a sorry oath after she wakes her up from her dream and brings her to Traverse Town for safety. He offers him his “elated charm” as a promise that they will be united again. The charm resembles the fruit of Paop from their home, Destiny Island – a fruit that is said to bind the destiny of two people who divide it, ensuring that they will always be combined, no matter what. Meanwhile, Oblivion is in the chest in an empty bastion, just a feet since the last confrontation of Sora of Riku – a confrontation that reflects their funny sparring match at the beginning of the game.
Oathkeper and Oblivion have always shared the dynamics of Yin and Yang, reflected in everything, from how they are purchased two characters with whom they are associated; It is even before we consider their raw white and black color schemes. The ability of Oblivion in the game focuses on strength, while acceleration treats magic priority. The emergence of Eathkeper emphasizes the elegance of a key blade, and Oblivion emphasizes the destruction. They are a great couple; They went together like lamb and tuna.
What really strengthened the meaning of these two keys was their visible appearance in the secret ending of the game, deep diving / other side, a different story. He has a figure with a hood in an unknown place, double -leasing Oblivion and an oath in the fight against another mysterious silver -haired character that ends and in oblivion during the confrontation. We did not know then that Roxas was a hooded figure, another version of Sora, and that Riku was a silver -haired man who samed with oblivion. At that time, fans could not fully understand the implications of the last scene, but this moment immediately raised the meaning of both weapons. The secret ending was wrapped in mystery, but the presence of oath and oblivion definitely suggested that the character with the hood had a deep relationship with Sora, Riku and Cairi.
It is obvious that Nomura had great plans for the oath and oblivion, deliberately falling into them deeper into the superior narrative of the series than most other keys. Despite this, he probably did not expect that they would overshadow the default franchise weapon: the cult key of the kingdom. Despite his central role and convincing history as the featherlight equivalent of the king of King Mickey D, not to mention that he initially chose Riku, before he finally chose Sora, swelling and oblivion embodies the emotional core of the franchise, capturing hearts (intended puns) of millions of fans along the way.
