Why the lack of FF characters?

[Fatal Rose]

The ONLY reason I played these games is for the FF characters. Seems like with each new KH game they add less FF characters. Not cool!

Anyone else bothered by this?

[Mirage]

Not me. I think a large amount of players enjoy the disney characters as well.

[Fynn]

Yeah, I'm with Mirage on this one. Also, the original characters are way more awesome anyway :P

[Depression Moon]

I sometimes forget that there are FF characters in it. They don't really play that much importance to the plot.

[Ayen]

If they had actual relevance to the plot and you got to visit their worlds, maybe. But since they're mostly just fan service, no.

[Fatal Rose]

Guess I'm alone on this one.

[Psychotic]

The FF characters were a hook to lure FF fans in to this new series - I never would've played a bloody Disney RPG without them let me tell you - but now that KH is popular in its own right they don't need to.

[Shauna]

I think that Psy hits the nail on the head here. Their cameo appearances are enough, the KH series can stand on its own two feet these days!

[Aulayna]

Because it's not an FF game.

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[Wolf Kanno]

To be honest, considering how poorly implemented they have been in every installment, I'm kind of happy they are being fazed out cause I never felt they brought anything to the series. So pretty much what Psy said.

[Sephiroth]

I don't know what this thread is about. Kingdom Hearts is an RPG by Square. Square + RPG = Final Fantasy.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

My only real gripe is not being able to visit an FF world. Sora in Balamb Garden would be really cool.

Despite the fact that the series is a collaboration between Disney and Square, i'm surprised there aren't more Final Fantasy characters incorporated into it considering the project director is Tetsuya Nomura.

[chionos]

I think it was fun seeing them initially in part 1, but completely unnecessary after that. Cameos are enough, in whatever capacity, as long as the rest of the game is rockin'.

[Vyk]

You're not alone. I think I would have enjoyed it more if they played a bigger part in things

When the game was first pitched it sounded like it was going to be equal parts Disney and Final Fantasy. Totally not what we got and it's become less so over the years

I too would have been interested to visit Final Fantasy world with Disney characters and such. But simply just playing a Disney RPG didn't cut it for me. Especially with the high whimsy low plot value and the simplistic action elements

But I never completely put my finger on why exactly the series turned me off so much, so I'm not sure a more inclusive FF bias would have made me any happier. As it stands most of its fans are happy. So I guess they did something right

[Mercen-X]

Personally, I wish I could play a version of Kingdom Hearts without Final Fantasy or Disney characters. Neither of them play a significant role in the game anyway. The ability to experience the world of Disney firsthand was a played out gimmick after the first game... hell, I got bored of the concept after visiting the second world. It would be different if the world's were designed differently, with a layout that granted more freedom of exploration and less screen-to-screen travel. The world's are all just so chamber-like and stifling. It was a feeling that could not nearly be redeemed by being able to fight alongside Aladdin and Tarzan. Worse than that was the fact that these characters couldn't travel to other worlds with you, so you couldn't see Jack Skellington fight beside Jack Sparrow or Ariel fight beside the Beast.

I want Kingdom Hearts to start having fewer Disney worlds and more original worlds. They can still include Disney stuff, just relegate it to the new stuff that's coming out (like Frozen or Day of the Dead) or at least other stuff we haven't seen in the game yet (like the Mickey and the Beanstalk, Ichabod and the Headless Horseman, Robin Hood, Popeye, Black Cauldron, Return to Oz...)