Competition: Win Cloud Figurine

 

Last week's competition was for some Imaginary Artwork illustrated by Toshiyuki Itahana. We asked you to use your imagination and tell us what would you conjour up to defend against an impending monster attack. The prize goes to Project who went out of the way to really think about what matters most, motivation! Conjouring up nearest and dearest and making sure you fight for them until the end. Well done, we'll be contacting you shortly and thanks to all that entered!

 

This week's competition is for a KINGDOM HEARTS PLAY ARTS Vol.2 Action Figure, the highly desirable Cloud no less! For a chance of winning all you have to do is tell us this:

 

If you were in charge of the next Kingdom Hearts game, which new character (Disney or Square Enix) would you introduce to the series and why?

 

 

Competition will close at 11:59PM on Thursday 12th April 2012. Participants must be 13 or over. The judge’s decision is final. Good luck!

Comments

I think mcqueen because he is fast and can help sora a litel, wate do you expect sora and riku as a car it would be preety cool to see them shoot the power of the keyblade into enemys.
i think Magica De Spell (Disney) would be intresting if she is there, because she is always after scrooge mcduck so it would be good idea if she goes to after sora or something like that :D
Just to make clear of my previous post, since I was in a hurry at that time:

Since Final Fantasy VI is one of the most famous FF-games (regarding as the best by some reviewers), Square Enix would do it justice by adding more FF6-characters to KH, not only to Dissidia. Edgar was one of the coolest characters in that game with smart and fun dialogues. And his inventions helped his allies too! Edgar could help Sora with his inventions. And Terra, she is my favourite female FF-character from the pre-FF7 era. She could be Cloud's silent ally of some sorts in KH. And Celes... She played a "tough" character, but has shown a gentle side as well. She could have a side mission in KH, where the protagonists help her find Locke.

I think Darkwing could be a good idea since he is a vigilante. He could be an ally to the Incredibles. I would really love to see Sora & Co wearing superhero-outfits!

I have already mentioned Batman, so I don't need to explain it further.
I would love to see more pre-FFVII characters. I wish that either Edgar or Terra Branford makes an appearance.

Regarding Disney-characters: Darkwing Duck wouldn't be a bad idea.

Here is another suggestion, although that would be most unlikely: Since Square Enix is the Publisher of "Batman: Arkham Asylum" and "Batman: Arkham City" in Japan, and Kenji Terada (the script writer for the first three Final Fantasies) wrote the script for "Batman: Dark Tomorrow" - it would be awesome if the protagonists could visit Arkham Asylum and help Batman re-capture the Joker. Or they could travel to Arkham City and help Batman solve the mystery of "Protocol Ten".
my personal favorite vincent valentine is already gone so I try the Hitman^^

just silently sneak to the final boss and take him out without alarming anyone of the other enemys or you will be terminated

but a Hitman world would definitly make kingdomhearts usk18/rated for mature :D but it woul make a good counterpart to the otherwise colourful world *g*

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I think Cait-Sith would be perfect for Kingdom Hearts! He's is pretty funny and I think he could make for a very love able character!
If there is one thing Kingdom Hearts series needs, it is definitely a little bit of self-criticism and to take itself a little less seriously, thus making it feel more realistic and allowing the audience to associate with the characters and situations more deeply. The series tends to be at some points overly melodramatic and while I think the virtues it tries to convey to be very important, doing so in such a way makes it seem cheap.

Because of what I said above, I would choose Balthier from Final Fantasy XII to maintain the sense of reality which is essential to every good and relatable story.
If I were in charge of the next Kingdom Hearts game, I would introduce Lady from Lady and the Tramp.

Why? Because Love is one of the elements that Kingdom Hearts have a lot.
It's a challenge to implement Lady in the Kingdom Hearts series, because it's familiar like Cinderella.
If Sora travels to the world of Lady and the Tramp it's the question it's the question, what perspective Sora will see the world.
Like Sora being transformed in a dog or seeing Sora fighting monsters like the humans in Lady and the Tramp.

I think it will be very interesting to see the world of Lady and the Tramp in the next Kingdom Hearts series. Especially because the movie Lady and the Tramp has a lot dark scenes and sometimes very mean people and animals.
Well since my dream has always been the TWEWY Crew, and you.. sort of did that one.. and Lightning, who is way too obvious an idea for something like this, i'll go with this one.

I want to see Ace, Nine, and Queen. They would serve as really good 'real hero' figures in the game and could be people that Sora looks up to in parts, striving to be a better hero to people around him. The three of them come from a tough, bloody background, and can play strong roles in their story segment of whatever world they end up featuring in.

And since i'm on the topic anyway, please give us some progress report of the Type-0 localisation. It's still holding the title of 'Best Game I've Ever Played' and its just... breath-taking. Please please please please pleaaaassseee get it over here ASAP so I can play it another two times.
Having never played a Kingdom Hearts game (cough - PS2 classics plz) I can't really contribute anything other than to echo Sir_Grimoire & say best of luck all.
Disney: Black Cauldron world and the characters within. A very overlooked Disney cartoon that I think would fit right in.
Square-Enix: Gilgamesh since he likes to travel interdimensionally so much and was originally designed by Tetsuya Nomura too, another choice would be Vincent Valentine so we could find out what's up with Cloud using parts of his getup on the design that figure's based on. Or totally shock gamers worldwide and add Dragon Quest characters.
I would introduce WALL-E. He reminds me too much of Bhakti (Vanille's own personal robot). Unlike other robots he has feelings and can make his own decisions. I think WALL-E would fit perfectly in Kingdom Hearts and he is an ideal character to show others the light. He is an inspirational characters because he shows that every person can make a difference in the world as long as he/she does his/her own part.
tl;dr Gilgamesh. Got lots of versatility there.

Given the choice of an SE or Disney character to introduce and then the fact that Disney characters tend to end up with worlds and SE characters scattered across them ... Why not throw in Gilgamesh? After all he does travel the rift and would make a wonderful boss for the arena. You can just imagine a reaction command where him and Sora / Riku leap for a sword first off a roulette, with a good few results.

Gilgamesh could also be swapped with Ultros I suppose as either work for comedic relief, though with Ultros and Typhon put into FFXIII-2 Brother Gil is the perfect choice. Haha, I'd love to see the keyblade you earn from that guy. In terms of the traditional (exlcuding the Mirage Arena) Hades influencing tournaments, he could easily promise him a way out of the void if he was to be made a story element.

Of course this would mean our second red-clad samurai(?) conned by Hades but why not. A little bonus could be ExDeath himself coming to ****** Gilgamesh back to the void or some allusion to such a thing, like him running scared from a void like materialisation such as a peek into the Lanes Between.

As with the past, he could also feature as a summon in some bizzare way with the same roulette idea applied each summon with only Gilgamesh participating. **** even as a passive such as a host to the Arena.
I would't choose only one character, I would put a whole new world and it's characters: Gargoyles (Disney TV show).

The Characters are amazing, it's dark tones would feel like at home with the latter games in the series, fighting side by side with Goliath would be awesome and Xanatos is a great villain, right up there with Scar.
I would introduce Sazh Katzroy because he is a good fighter and brave hearted like sora but he is also a bit clumsy like goofy at times so he would fit in with them two but he is try's to do things before he can think them through which could get them into trouble but they would always pull through no matter how much of a mess he could make
I would introduce Lightning.

I can just picture it already. Having her solitary attitude that she had with Sazh then Hope, but eventually giving in to Sora's friendly social attitude like Cloud did. Sora's forgiving nature would also rub off on her too, albeit forgiving herself (assuming it's XIII story Lightning, blaming herself for the circumstances surrounding Serah). She also shares some similarities to Sora which would be perfect for the inclusion, like her willingness to save people she's only just met =) I also couldn't think of a more brilliant tough character to help face Xehanort, in the conclusion to the saga.

I mean that aside, I would have answered Red XIII hands down. But the only reason I could come up with for why, is that he's simply the greatest character of all time lol. So yeah I've put some thought into placing Lightning instead =P

P.S. I agree with adding some more FF villians, but maybe they'd be better placed after Kingdom Hearts III, when we'll need some new antagonists.
Best character would be a Moogle with a Gunblade.

Why?

Because any game would be better with a Moogle with a Gunblade flying around fighting evil!

Give him a cool look like the Moogle from Final Fantasy Unlimited and he's all set. I'll even give you guys the sound effects for when he's fighting: "Swoosh! Slash! Bang! Kupo!"
I would introduce Nanaki (Red XIII) from Final Fantasy VII. First, character is unique, because Nanaki is the only quadrupedal playable character in the main Final Fantasy series. What is more, his battle system will be interesting too, due to his fangs, claws and flaming tail. I want to add that it can be an interesting situation, when someone will call him Red, but he hates this name.
Red XIII is really a popular character among fans, so i think it will be great if he will have more appearance in games!))
I would say Serah in her XIII-2 costume because over the course of that game she becomes a lovable character in her own right, developing strength and courage and other important traits that along with her knowledge and experience would cause her to be a big help to Sora and the rest of the KH characters. As she is a teacher in the XIII / XIII-2 series, she would be very useful for teaching the characters new things and helping them on self journeys to becoming better people which would fit in nicely with the sentimental side of the storyline. In my opinion she would make a very good side character for regular appearances when the characters are stuck, having trouble figuring out their next move or even themselves, using her friendly and lovable ability to bring out the best in them by causing them to realize that they had the potential all along.
I would introduce Fei from Xenogears.
His martial arts skills would make for some very good combo attacks, and his deathblow finishers would deal extensive damage. plus, when provoked hard enough, his alter ego Id would emerge; which would be a match for even Sephiroth himself....Try taking him on in the Colosseum!

You could even throw Grahf into the mix for some interesting plot twists (and possibly an epic battle) should Fei feature his own story in the KH universe.
I want to add Rydia (Final Fantasy IV) grown. With his magic she could be a good companion.
Moreover, Sora could summon White, who can use any hability that Sora learnt. Also would include Rydia's world.
KIDA! From Atlanis: the lost empire. She is quite agile, so it would make her a really good companion. I love the design of the film and I can see it fitting with a kingdom hearts plot.
In fact the whole Atlantis world would be an interesting map specially if you could get a chance to fight the leviathan. There's a lot of action that can be taken from it :)
I also want to add:
Dr. Faciliers shadow has his own will which could make a combo attack in battle
He uses dark magic which could transform Sora into a frog (just like Naveen) for a short time.
Sora could have help from Mama Odie the voodoo priestess.
He could summon normal shadows too. (besides hearless that i mentioned)
which are called "Friends from the other side". Great villain. i like him

and sorry for the '***' i was about to write 'as a villain' and i guess i press two 'ss'. xD
Lightning because she'd fit in so well with Cloud and "Leon" in a hugr fight scene, similar to the one from KH2. She's also the right sort of Character to help Sora out when he needs it most. She would also be best suited to helping Kairi learn to fight, throwing her in through a side story till you meet up and having her become a summon or zone specific character. Should would also fit in very well because it would be the next gen version of Kingdom Hearts. In theory there could be Serah, Snow and Noel, trying to get back to everyone from FF XIII or something to that effect. But I stand with Lightning, because she is awesome, cute, and kicks ****! She's equal 2nd to Cloud and Tifa, equal 1st's for me :3
Robin Hood (the Fox). This is a classic Disney (non pixar) film that really belong in a future Kingdom Hearts game. There are numerous different options for where to feature the story for the game.

A sneaking level where Sora (or another protagonist) along with Robin Hood (the Fox) have to steal, or rather, take back the money that belongs to the people who are being overly taxed. Then Escape without getting caught.

A mini-game level featuring Robin Hood and Sora competing at the corrupt king's Archery Torunament to win a kiss from the Maid Marian.

Or the finale of the film, featuring Robin and Sora breaking into the corrupt king's castle and freeing all the prisoners.

There are plenty of enemies to choose from for fights, mini-bosses or level end bosses - Guards, Prince John, Hiss - the Snake (supersized?) Also featuring Robin Hood as a teammate for the level would give the player a ranged archer NPC, which would make a change :)

The only other choices I ever thought of for putting into the Kingdom Hearts universe was Chrono Trigger + Final Fantasy 6, or The World Ends with You - One of them dreams has already come true!!
Ok my answer is probably odd and childish but I'll try and answer as best as I can anyway.

I would probably choose Alex Russo (or any other russo for that matter) from WOWP. While KH hasn't used a disney tv show yet (I think...), the show has elements (story, world and possibly combat) which I think would fit in well with the game. Plus, since there are so many plots in the different episodes (including saving the world; which is pretty common in SE games), the storyline could easily be changed for each game, making it flexible to work with. I also think that the characters could be used in the party for combat, plus they could bring some more humor into the game because of their strong personalities, and you also have a choice of 2 different worlds (New York or Wizard World) which you can use in the game.
I would introduce two brothers. Basch and Gabranth from XII. The reason is because those two showed as and teached as a lot of things, that love between siblings is forever and can never be forgotten, they teach us about forgiveness and that hate is only temporary in family and in the end the blood bonds is really what matters most. They teach that no matter the differences between ideologies you can find things in common like duty, valour, respect and love. It would be a great thing to see those characters again being enemies just because the belong to different factions and in the end to be reunited with the way the know best, by showing us the virtues and the great bond that exist between then.
hmm let see

for the disney side i say Remy and Alfredo Linguini from Ratatouille beacuse there ability to cook and to control one another of couse, if i had to think of a story it would be sora, donald and goofy come to the city of paris(or something) sora go to find out where they are and goofy point out this restaurant. they go inside and order something. Remy and Alfredo Linguini come as waiter to get their orders and a second later heartless come in. well i geuss i want to see if the sora team can cook or a minigame to be in it.

as for Square Enix side i think vann should be in it as a sky pirate going from one world to another like cid and the other did in the first game but looking for treasure.
I would love to see Snow from XIII. He's exactly the character Sora would get on great with. Both always doing their best to help the ones they love and you know if there's ever a point where Sora loses hope Snow would be just the person to show up and say "Your hero has arrived!"

One other from Square I'd love to see added is Al-Cid Margrace from XII. I can imagine him working in the background, providing data on Organization XIII and lending a hand in the efforts to stop them :)
I'd like to see Biggs and Wedge as playable characters, I know they're not technically new because they made cameos in Kingdom Hearts II as shopkeepers, but I think they're just awesome. You could have them as good and evil so they fit in a lot better too.

If it had to be a new character, it'd be difficult to chose between Irvine Kinneas from Square Enix (Final Fantasy VIII) or Archimedes from Disney (Sword In The Stone).

I think the main reason I'd want Irvine is because he looks like Shawn Michaels, and everything is better with HBK.

Archimedes would be a cool addition to the KH world, the empty cage in Merlin's house makes me long for an appearance. His condescending tone and sheer contempt for most humans would make him a hilarious addition to the next game.
I'd bring in Quina Quen. S/he was always good for some comic relief in Final Fantasy IX, and was a unique character that played his/her role well. If nothing else, s/he would be great to bring in for minigames, such as the classic frog catching minigame.
I'd like to see Cecil, because there aren't many characters to represent the PRE-FF7 games, and I feel like Cecil would fit in with the Kingdom Hearts storyline well (the light/darkness side of things), as in FF4 he overcame his own darkness. I reckon Riku could relate to him for that reason.
Sazh. He would fit into that world perfectly, what with the Chocobo chick as well. And as for bosses, he could slap them down with his sheer awesomeness XD @Night-Shadow; one issue with FF Tactics-It's ludicrously difficult, so they'd deffo have to tune that down a bit (for example at at the Riovanes Wiegraf, who can slap me down in two hits, I can kill him in 3, but he always goes first >.<)
You could use the latest Alice in Wonderland movie's plot to further expand that world, while keeping the graphical style. Intoducing the Catterpillar and the Hatter, helping Alice fight the Jabberwocky and such.

As for Square: FFTactics would be really interesting, helping Ramza in his escape. He could be a lone character or, more interestingly, you could have Ivalice as the first FF world. Perhaps one where time flowed differently, so you could add other Tactics or even XII in further iterations.
For Square Enix characters i'd say Vincent Valentine because he's epic... also I'd say Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz (from FF Advent children) and they would be like a boss... also i think it would be great to add some summons from Final Fantasy X (or include Yuna as a possible partner)

From Disney I'd say Atlantis: the lost empire, where Sora will be able to fly with those fish.
I'd also say, the Tresure Planet (it's one of my fav films.. the world will be like captain Hook ship in KH1)
,Toy Story (i love the little green aliens), the Jungle Book(Goofy and Donald will be animals and Sora will ramain like human. Sora will be able to dance with baloo and fight shere khan) or Monsters INC (all members will be disguised monsters cause humans are dangerous)

for me, that's all. Hope you like my ideas! (sorry for the spelling mistakes! I'm from Spain :P)
I would like to see Bartz from Final Fantasy V. Because I think he is a hot- headed and funny character, and he really fit in KH world :)
For Disney I'd Say The Incredibles Cuz Each Of Their Abilites Will Be Useful In Boss Battles.

For Square I'd Say Lightning From Final Fantasy XIII Cuz She Is Probably One Of The Strongest FF Characters Around Right Now, She Is Probably Just As Strong As Cloud.
I would say they need to add Serah and Noel since it's only a short step from parallel timelines to parallel worlds.
I think Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog would be great to add *** a villain.
He controls shadows and has voodoo. Also since he controls shadows he could summon heartless at his will.
Once I read that SE was going to create a Disney-Pixar world for KH...but, unless there is a surprise in KH3D, the project never started. When I first read about the Disney-Pixar world I was really excited, I thought it really fitted well in KH (especially "the incredibles" or "toy story"). Can't wait to see if in a phantomatic KH3 there will be the Disney-Pixar world!!
As for a final fantasy character I would love the possibility to fight against Caius in KH, 'cause he is really one of the characters that, in my opinion, for his combact style and his personality (misterious, evil but also protective and determined), would be a perfect boss.
Raogrimm, from FFXI. There could be boss fight against a giant Heartless representing... what happens to him. Plus FFXI needs representation in the KH world. Shantotto's insane, so she's a no-go, and I just don't particularly like Prishe. I don't hate her, though. Galkas FTW!
It would have to be Shantotto from Final Fantasy XI.
Why?
How can you not, that is one crazy Tarutaru, even a fendly evil laugh.
Probably Lightning, since she has already become an important character to the FF series.

If it's about Disney characters, i woul like a Brother Bear character. So then you can make another world where Sora becomes an animal, aside from The Lion King.
I would like to see Nier (the Japanese one of course). But with a Kingdom Hearts design, not as sad as the original is. I don't know if it should be the whole world of Nier or just the important characters (I actually tend to the last one).
Also I would be very happy about seeing some Nova Crytsallis characters, like Lightning, Noctis, Hope, Ace and some others, being the same age as Sora. Snow and NORA members being kids and fighting monsters and Lightning calling them all childish x3
It would be fun seeing Kefka or Kuja there xD Just imagine Soras face seeing Kuja~
And I reeaally would like to see Edgar from FF6 *_* Maybe even in the same age as Sora, flirting with Kairi or whoever.
It would have to be Ashley Riot from Vagrant Story, I'd love to see him HD'd along with that awesome hair! Plus Vagrant Story is one of the best Square games ever: it's win-win (^v^)
I would also add Vincent Valentine.He's just VERY AWESOME.He is so awesome he even got his own game!And has this very neat Chaos Form.Also, he was set to appear in Kingdom Hearts along with Cloud.It's a pity he had such low stats in FFVII...
I would add the lovely Aya Brea from the Parasite Eve series. Odd choice for the game i know but why i hear you ask? because it would add a nice little horror twist to the world of Kingdom Hearts. It would be great to see Sora and co fight alongside Aya to fight the 'NMC' or the 'twisted' in a different type of enviroment, a survival horror type of enviroment. Don't have to make it horror horror or even have blood. It'll just be nice to carry on the love for this character and her world :)
I'd add Rush from The last Remnant because he had some humour, was serious when he needed to be and an underated character from an underated game in my opinion.
I would add Genesis from FFVII. After I've finished Dirge of Cerberus I wanted to see more of him because he only appears in Crisis Core and in a short video in Dirge of Cerberus where he's played by Gackt. I think it would be cool to meet him in Kingdom Hearts and maybe he would have some conversations with Sephiroth. Another good choice would be the Warrior of Light from Dissidia. He would definitely fit into Kingdom Hearts because if there's someone with a bright shining light in his heart, then it's him! In that case I think he would even be better than Genesis ... ;D
could obtain a keyblade*
Sry for the mistake :)