Well, it took me 26 hours but I finally beat Kingdom Hearts III. What a glorious splurge that was. I already wrote about something I wish I knew before starting as a way to help pass along tips. This time I'm going to try and help in another way. Have you also finished the game? Did the ending fill you with more questions than answers? You're not alone! I too was stumped so I spent a good day, or two online trying to piece everything together. I have some theories and explanations on some of the following events, but there were also quite ♊a few I couldn't figure out. Maybe you forgot about them as well.

Now look. The point of this article is to help others and not to point out that the Kingdom Hearts series is a convoluted mess. As fans, I think we all know it is and that's why we love it. That's part of the reason anyway. It's kind of indescribable really. I just🏅 don't want this to be used for troll fuel for their fires. Look at all of these dumb things that weren't explained. Look! I can see it all now. Oh and one more positive thing to note. You can read along the following 25 entries and get a teaser for a good portion of the topics I covered in a tie-in . If you want to hear me and some fellow fans yammer on about the game, then give that a look too.

25 What’s On Luxord’s Card?

During the final confrontation with Luxord in the Keyblade Graveyard maze, he gives Sora a card after his defeat. Luxord tells Sora to save it as a victory and he looks like he knows what to do. Now for those that don't remember, Luxord is partly responsible for the events of Chain of Memories in that he has the aꩲbility to seal powers inside cards. That's how that game worked. So what is on that card? It could literally be an🔜ything.

24 Secret Ending Explained

Did you collect all ninety of the Mickey emblems? They unlock a secret movie after the epilogue. Sora wakes up in a vibrant city. Riku is there too although separate. So where are they? Well, if you know Japan, that 104 Building is a big giveaway. They're in Shibuya, the setting of another Nomura game, The World Ends With You. The characters from that appeared in Dream Drop Distance. Oh, and the protagonist from Verum Rex is there too. What's happening? Are they dreaming, in a🐷 game, or what? I smell DLC.

23 How Did Kairi Come Back?

I have a lot of problems with how this game treated Kairi. The worst of ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚwhich is that she was taken by Xehanort and turned into a Keyblade. What? After the final battle, Sora swears he will save her, opens up a keyhole, and then credits.

It's there we see Kairi has returned with the others the Destiny ꦯIslands. Sora is nowhere to be found though. So what eꦿxactly did he do to get her back? Is that why he is in Shibuya?

22 Sora Is Asleep

Okay here's my thought on what exactly happened to Sora. He opens up a keyhole and supposedly transports somewhere. I assume he ran to The Final World to retrieve her body. He saved her, but for some reason, Sora couldn't go back with Kairi. Maybe on the way, his portal, or whatever, was intercepted by an Organization XIII member. Even though the protagonist from Verum Rex is there, which I think is a red herring. The 104 Building is the big giveaway. I think his heart is asleep and Riku, having eventually found out, was sent in to retrieve him just like in Dream Drop Distance.

21 Xehanort’s True Goal

There's a lot about Xehanort's plan that doesn't make sense. Here's what we knew before this game. He wanted to create the χ-blade in order to open up Kingdom Hearts. At the finale, we finally learn Kingdom Hearts is the light at the end of the🅠 world once everything is reborn from darkness. See Xehanort was disgusted by the evil in the world so his plan was to reboot everything and live in/on, whatever, Kingdom Hearts. Does that make sense because it shouldn’t?

20 Maleficent and Pete

Before Organization XIII the big dog on campus was Maleficent, the evil witch from Sleeping Beauty. This was the best pick as a ringleader for the Disney villains. She became second fiddle in Kingdom Hearts II a🤡nd even had a change of heart to save Sora at the big battle in Hallow Bastion. Well, we thought she sacrificed herself, but she's alive and well.

Her goal in this was to find a black box that Organization XIII also wanted. She's basically just background noise though as both her and Pete litᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚerally contributes nothing to the story.

19 Rapunzel’s Double Bags

This isn't a question so much as it is an obvious plot 🐲hole if you pay attention. When Rapunzel captures Flynn she takes his bag. She promises to return it if he helps her make it to the castle in order to see the light festival. Later on, Rapunzel reveals that she had his bag the whole time. However, in an earlier cutscene when Mama Gothel discovers Rapunzel is missing, she sees Flynn’s bag hidden in the stairs. Oops! Now how do you explain that?

18 Replica Headaches

I, unfortunately, didn't have enough time to replay every game leading up to Kingdom Hearts III. I instead watched some refresher videos that covered almost everything all except for one plot point I totally forgot. Remember in Chain of Memories when Sora fights Riku? It turns out that Riku was a fake, a replica. That word pretty much doesn't come back until 🍌this game. I was like oh yeah those things. I don't understand how they work though. They're manikins that can into humans with hearts? Is all the anatomy there, or what? I don't get it.

17 What’s In The Box?

Okay, let's go back to the black box 🍸Maleficent and Organization XIIꦕI were looking for. This is an item that has never come up, to my knowledge, in a game prior to this. The box doesn't even appear until the epilogue so it obviously wasn't crucial for Xehanort’s plans.

It shows up in Xigbar's possession, which by the way, he༒'s alive too. Oh yeah and he knows some of the🌳 guardians during the Keyblade Wars because he was alive back then, known as Luxu. Oy, I need an aspirin.

16 Toy Story Copycat

When young Xehanort confronts Sora, Woody, and the others in the toy store, he tells them they are in an exact copy of Woody’s world. First of all, what? Second of all, what? Organization XIII can make doubles of worlds too? Let's not forget that Toy Story takes place on Earth, which means they c💛loned Earth. Who needs the power of the χ-blade, or Kingdom Hearts when they have that kind of power? Of course, he could have been lying, but I have no ideꦰa.