Should have been Sora, Riku, Kairi vs Ansem. Roxas, Axel, Xion vs Xemnas. Mickey, Donald, Goofy vs Young Xehanort. Terra, Aqua, Ventus vs Master Xehanort.
Chris Lore the reason I really like this is because of the Mickey, Donald, Goofy trio. I like to think they have some sort of innate trinity, which is why they were always innately in tune with Sora as well.
Interesting that after everything that happened, Ansem ended up depressed, Xemnas ended up lonely, and Young Xehanort... ended up giving Sora one last verbal middle finger.
I was more happy for luxord marluxia and Larxene it was very wholesome to see them all become free and happy towards sora. Hopefully we can see them all again in the next one
It's because the others are replicas. Master Xehanort could not exist at the same time as Young Xehanort if they didn't have Vexen make him a replica. The ones with the black robes are replicas
Ansem: hmmm I miss my stand :/ Young xehanort: where's my infinite shadow clone jutsu army and infinite time stop spam and cloak of invisibility! Xemnas: my beautiful zebra coat my throne and most importantly my Skyscrapers! Gone.... *CURSED FOOLS!*
@@Arxa93 Well we do need to keep in mind that Yoko actually wasn't the only one to work on the ost for the game this time around. & while they still did a good job, those maggots got in her way xD
@@sonoxas7176 There are like 50 gameplay tracks in this game and a TON of cutscene specific tracks. Takeharu Ishimoto worked on 21 pieces, Yoshitaka Suzuki worked on 4 pieces I think and Tsuyoshi Sekito on a few pieces too, the rest was all Yoko Shimomura. So yes, she did most of the OST and was probably responsible for this very track.
Xero and whats disappointing is that when he grows up and finally loses he reveals after YEARS that he was just a misunderstood good guy... fucking nomura
It's less that he was evil, and more about knowing that Sora was soon to die due to over using the power of waking. He was salty, but was just gloating that Sora was one foot in the grave
Technically, Dark Riku (I'm going to call him Rikunort) and Vanitas didn't change...neither did Xigbar/Luxu, but he wasn't really evil at all, he was prankin. Honestly...I don't get some of the redemptions. I like them, but don't get them.
@@omegashinobi There's also the fact that YX knew he would survive long enough to get back to that point. Why should he care about being defeated when he knew he would just live out the rest of his life and cause misery for Sora in his future? The one foot in the grave thing was just the cherry on top for him
i like the riku replica characterconclusion.however,i also dont get what vanitas was on about.was it really that hard for sora to say something like:"you never chose,xehanort chose for you".seriously,its really obvious how to respond to vanis bs at that point
@Jake Pearce Exactly, its why I love the way he just flat out tells Riku he wont be back and that they should seek something more than darkness ... Something better
The most incredible thing is that in terms of lore this was probably the most difficult fight. It's very incredible to think about what Sora, Riku and King Mickey can do together. And this is due to the fact that the three were already final bosses and two of them were secret bosses and very difficult. By far the most memorable boss in the saga in my opinion.
@@ae3303 Xemnas would probably be teleporting a little bit faster, Ansem would be floating around faster, and Y. Xehanort would be teleporting around faster. Basically their all wayy faster
I thought the exact same thing when i heard it for the first time. The cello in this part is amazing. Overall i'd say it's my favourite KH3 music, a medley of already amazing separate musics but with choir, for an especially meaningful fight.
Ansem returns to his time unable to care or believe in what he's doing anymore, not even his own future self's ambitions, and knowing that he is doomed to forget any epiphanies and dive right back into that ambition. Xemnas returns to his time finally acknowledging how painful it is to be alone, with full knowledge that this loneliness is entirely his own fault, and also doomed to return to being that old power-hungry man upstairs. Young Xehanort returns to his time refusing to acknowledge any defeat, playing up Sora's impending doom out of sheer spite, and trapping himself in the failings that would later lead him to the emptiness experienced as Ansem and Xemnas, the failings that even his eldest self clearly hasn't grown out of.
Even if it seems like a cop out to have these characters forget everything once they return to the past, I really liked your analysis of how tragic that can be, they (knowingly or not) are doomed to repeat the same mistakes that got them there.
@@runemaster8656it's a classic in KH, the memories may vanish but the feelings they left behind stay. Lea couldn't remember Xion, but he knew deep in his heart it wasn't just him and Roxas.
@@Darksaviour Nah, Vanitas is really just an asshole. I love it tho, because at least there’s a personality in a powerful character, which is scarce in this game.
@@SatisfactoryBro I think Vanitas is cool too man but come on he's definitely an edge lord. When asked why he was evil his response basically boiled down to "Because I want to be, I am darkness."
@@thereversedmarioworld6334 Dude doesn’t know anything else in this world, he jus woke up one day and was a form of darkness/neg emotion incarnate. What else are you supposed to turn to? It’s kinda tragic but I do get your point, because every cutscene paints him as nothing more than an edgelord.
@@Yazzuri456 Actually YX does stop time, when he hits you multiple times while you're immobilized by his time stop. Basically made me scream "DIO" like Jotaro did.
Xemnas: "Where are my buildings?" Xehanort: "W-what?" Xemnas: "my buildings...you know..the ones i throw at my enemies? I had an entire city designed exclusively for that purpose." Xehanort: "You throw...buildings....at people?" Ansem: "To the hells with your buildings xemnas, WHERE IS MY CONDOM DEATH SHIP?!?!" Xehanort: *facepalms* "For the love of god what are you going on about ansem?" Ansem:"My condom death ship...i literally hook myself and my heartless guardian into a giant boner ship with a face on the end, and it shoots lasers, and the sperm randomly jump out and attack you." Xehanort:"I'm....sorry what?" Young xehanort: "Look guys, I just wanna know where my time machine is. i can't reset the entire fight without it." Xehanort: "I had a time machine?" Young xehanort:"Yeah!! and then that dick riku broke it!! the jerk..." Xehanort: "I HAD A TIME MACHINE....ME?! A TIME MACHINE?! THAT I EXCLUSIVELY USED TO FUCK WITH PEOPLE WITH BY RESETTING FIGHTS?" Young xehanort: "You mean you didn't get it repaired?" Xehanort: ".....NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I WASN'T EVEN AWARE THAT I HAD ONE!!" Ansem: "Still doesn't beat my heartless dildo doomship.": Xemnas: *NOW ON THE FLOOR AND SOBBING PROFUSELY* "ALL I WANTED WAS SOME BUILDINGS...SOME SKYSCRAPERS TO THROW AT SORA DURING THE FINAL BATTLE...WHAT AM I WITHOUT THE BUILDINGS MASTER XEHANORT? WHAT AM I EVEN HERE FOR? I'M JUST A SITH KNOCKOFF NOW!! I'M NOTHING WITHOUT MY FLINGABLE BUILDINGS-" Xehanort: "FORGET ABOUT THE BUILDINGS AND YOUR GIANT MEGADICK SHIPS, I WANNA KNOW WHY THE HELL WE DIDN'T TRY TO RETRIEVE THAT GODDAMNED TIME MACHINE-" Young xehanort: "oh hey uh..older me? the party's here." Xehanort: *while glancing somberly at sora's approach* "I had a goddamned time machine and wasted it trying to troll some boy....gods...youth is wasted on the young....okay boys, let's get to work." *proceeds to tag team sora and destroy him repeatedly*
If you watch the cutscenes from this encounter in the the theater then you actually get the order in which they're supposed to be eliminated. Ansem is defeated first, Xemnas second, and YX last.
This is like the ultimate Kingdom Hearts battle music. The most incredible final boss themes fully orchestrated and recorded. The ostanati, the piano, the solo strings. It encapsulates everything I ADORE about Shimomura's writing and adds amazing brass, percussion, and choir. It's basically the perfect Kingdom Hearts cue.
Add onto that the composition itself being a mix of three iconic leitmotifs of threats from past games rolled into one, it makes it even better and is a culmination.
The songs that appear in this theme (YX) Dark Impetus (Ansem) Forze Del Male (Xemnas) Darkness Of The Unknown I fucking love how all of these songs are orchestrated so well in this song. And it's JUST these three themes. AMAZING. Like, the friggen beginning is just fangirl screaming inducing. 0:00-0:05 Dark Impetus 0:06:-0:08 Forze Del Male 0:08-0:11 Darkness Of The Unknown (Xenmas)
Ansem and Xemnas could pass as two brothers working for their dad’s family business. And Young Xehanort is one of their sons who also works part time at grandpa’s business.
Terranorts another brother. Vanitas Dark Riku and Xion are adopted. Luxord is a loyal employee. Marluxia and Larxene are disgruntled employees. Xigbar is a longtime loyal employee. As if. He has been embezzling for decades.
The final boss theme was great. I think a part of the reason why people would feel this is more epic is because you're fighting three people who were all final bosses previously so you have memories attached.
I did this fight last night. I was like. NO MX! NO MORE! I AM BUSY with your other selves that are somehow here and time travel is a thing and you had gone back in the past and... I'm busy!
@@SSlash There was really no other combo possible then Sora Riku Mickey though. Sora is the main so he is not optional, they needed at least 1 disney rep and Mickey is the only pure disney character thats a keyblade master, and the history/rivalry/weird sort of mentorship or whatever you want to call it with Ansem and Riku is more fleshed out then any nort with any other character in the franchise. Ansem and Riku have the most personal connection between the lights and main norts. Y Xehanort really didn't have much interaction with any light beyond Riku (DDD) and Sora (kh3). Xemnas didn't really have a clear rival in the lights either. Xemnas and Roxas never had much of a personal connection/interaction. Xemnas was Roxas boss most of his story. It was distand and impersonal. So with Xemnas not having a clear rival, and Y Xehanort being mostly Sora (and previously Riku) focused, and Ansem being very Riku focused for like several games in a row to the point any other rival for Ansem would just not make sense, these 3 characters are pretty much locked in those slots. Xion and Roxas would have been out of place here. That being said it's a pity Sora needed to defeat old man xehanort, because the BBS trio seems more fitting for that closure in my opinion. But yeah main protag vs main villain.. can't really get out of that one.
Dion Bailey no It’s actually this Xemnas architect cause In ddd he uses the buildings it the fight Yx is the Time traveler cause of ddd And ansem is dio cause stand
2:57 I love how the cello AND violin plays xemnas' part of the theme when the cello is usually reserved for young xehanort, it's like those two were in harmony when that part plays
The funny part about this fight is basically Sora says (“My friends are my power!”) and the first thing they do is take your friends then jump the fuck outta you 😂🤣
Man, I just read an interview with Yoko where she said this song was done by Yasunori Nishiki, the composer of Octopath Traveler. That guy is a legend.
Ansem is when you get invited to a costume party and turns out nobody dressed up but you and you stand there for the whole party like a goober, pretending everything's normal.
0:11 Forze del male 1:06 L'impeto oscuro 2:12 L'Oscurità dell'ignoto This is one of the best medley i've ever heard. Too much epicness in one fight. Oh, wait... it's not one fight... it's THREE BATTLES AT THE SAME TIME!
The trio's death quotes in a nutshell A: SoD "Good job, kids." Xem: "...Oh _shit_ I remember being Terra, this sucks, you guys deal with this heartache all the time? That's baller." YungNort: "FUCK YOU, YOU DON'T WIN, I WIN IN THE END! EAT SHIT, KI-" *fades away before he can be more cringe*
I'm sorry, do you WANT YX to fucking time stop you as TEN buildings are thrown at you? THEN as they're all stacked they're literally bowling-pinned out of the way with Ansem's BOWLING BALLS, *INSTANTLY* killing you? *Actually, that sounds amazing.*
Anyone else feel like this wasn't loud enough in game? I had headphones on and all I remember hearing the first time was just attack sfx and grunts from all the characters.
@@omnis1182 You're the only other person I've seen mention this. Thought I was going deaf or something lol. For real though the voices and SFX drowned out the OST throughout the whole game.
YES! I even went into the settings hoping to turn down the vocal audio and the music volume up, but there wasn't an option. I kind of hope they'll add something like that in an update? Sort of how they added the "Return to Main Menu" button to Breath of the Wild in an update, lol.
it was a serious disappoint when i got to the options to push the slider for the music all the way up.. only to find the good old master volume there all alone.. i mean really? 2019 already Tetsuya
Jacob A. Gallant - ...Welp, it wouldn’t be the culmination of almost 2 decades without an intense, climactic battle against the three douches, would it?
@@mathisntmybestsubject8440 This is not the final battle, after that you fight the old master Xehanort with Donald and Goofy. Yes these fights are fantastic to say, but unfortunately not so difficoult as it seems. Still epic imho
The main parts of their themes play in the order they're standing lmao Also, it plays in that order because Ansem was the one who started Young Xehanort on his path and then Young Xehanort brought Xemnas through time travel the beginning part is the order of the Xehanorts appearing in the game's timeline, Young Xehanort, Ansem and Xemnas
From a narrative standpoint, this one has got to be one of the best boss fights in the series. Nomura literally took the three final bosses of the three best games in the series, put them all together and said "Here ya go". It was soooo amazing.
Ansem: what a journey you and i have had Xehanort: ......where are? Young xehanort: nah its the end for him, lets give him this moment *reads magazine* Xehanort: Xemnas attack them Xemnas: what are you reading? Ansem: so go forth and seek it *dissapears* Young xehanort: oh its over *throws magazine away* onto phase 2 Xehanort: *facepalm* .........
After listening to their individual boss themes for Ansem, Xemnas, and YX from other games, I realize this theme is combining those themes into one AND made it sort of its own thing. I love it when games do that 😂
Xemnas should have gotten his Zebra coat and Young Xehanort should have gotten his outfit from the flashbacks during this part. Much as I love the OrgXIII cloak, I feel like every member should have gotten something unique when it came time to actually fight them.
So yea it was a bit too easy...my theory with that is that it was Osaka teams way of compromise. They wanted to have really asthetically pleasing bosses but they didnt want to make the bosses bull shit levels hard(hello super bosses thanks for the trauma). So to compromise I think they turned down the difficulty, albeit a bit too much.
so far my only "complaint", it wouldn't have been that bad if you unlocked critical after completing the game , cause then you enjoyed the story the first time and can enjoy the challenge the second time
For real man, this moment alright. The cutscene before this fight plays on and I somehow realized this was going to be a big fight. I knew I had to fight all 3 of them but I just thought that it might be a big fight with different sequences. Perhaps first Ansem then Xemnas etc etc. But the freaking moment that camera zooms out towards Sora and you see all 3 of them standing there in their battle stance I was screaming so freaking hard. I loved this fight it made me cry, happy, hyped, dude I didn't even know I had emotions like these untill this fight.
I like it how each villain fights stronger after one of them is defeated. Makes ya want to go back and check out all of the possibilities. Some changes I noticed after certain conditions... Larxene can hit you in midair with super attack. Marly goes crazy on the movements. Xigbar shoots and teleports more. Riku combo's more. Terranort is still a dick. Vanitas rides on Keyblades twice in a row. Saix gets destroyed by Roxas. Young Xehanort loves spamming guard breaker. Ansem becomes a black hole. Xemnas gets everything except buildings :(
If the Norts had their full powers... Master Xehanort: Perhaps... if you can survive that long! Y. Xehanort: You'll never win you know! ____________________________________________ Master Xehanort: Perhaps... if you can survive that long... Y. Xehanort: You'll never win you know! ____________________________________________ Master Xehanort: Perha- wait what are you doing, me? Xemnas: Who? I'm nothing... Ansem: *DARKNESS* Y. Xehanort: You'll never win you know! ____________________________________________ Master Xehanort: Young me! Stop reversing time! Y. Xehanort: Okay... you're still gonna lose Sora! Hahah!!! Master Xehanort: Okay. Now you guys can die so we can make the- Xemnas: MANHATTAN. IS. ETERNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!! *Throws buildings Master Xehanort: *Facepalm Ansem: SUBMIT! CUM, OPEN YOUR HEART!!!
All begins and ends in darkness. Return to darkness! Submit! Surrender to it! Come forth! Shadows...! *evil laugh* I reach for...the darkness...! Are you ready? Grovel! No more! To the void! Pay attention! Erase! Strike! What am I doing...? That's checkmate! Don't blink! You'll never win! So, this is where my role ends. Fall before these broken keys! How the wielders weep for you! Surrender! More, you say?
The Master's Heartless half, who will return to their World of Chaos. The Master's reanimated vessel, which will return to its World of Nothing. The Master's younger self, who will continue to walk his Dark Road. And the Master himself, who has yet to create a stairway to the New World.
this really should have been the final fight. give each of the 3 here a proper desperation phase for when they're all alone, and heal that last boss standing (ornstein and smough style)
Player that has never played Kingdom Hearts and has bought this game because it looked interesting: OH, S**T! WHAT DID JUST HAPPEN TO THE MUSIC?! Kingdom Hearts player: Light help us... This is our worst nightmare...
If only Xion and Roxas were your companions here.
Then it would be Sora, Sora and Sora vs Xehanort, Xehanort and Xehanort.
Should have been Sora, Riku, Kairi vs Ansem.
Roxas, Axel, Xion vs Xemnas.
Mickey, Donald, Goofy vs Young Xehanort.
Terra, Aqua, Ventus vs Master Xehanort.
@@loregasmic It should have been all of them fighting the vessels in Scala Ad Caelum.
A 12 on 12 skirmish.
Chris Lore the reason I really like this is because of the Mickey, Donald, Goofy trio. I like to think they have some sort of innate trinity, which is why they were always innately in tune with Sora as well.
@@Kasmorder they were the three musketeers after all. .
TheHappy_P0tat0 what kind of drugs are you smoking
This takes the phrase “me, myself and I” to an entire different level
The real organization is made up of Xehanort, he, himself and him and other versions of those three XD
same with sora roxas and xion vs saix and riku/repliku vs dark riku
@travis illerbrun
I think a better phrase is "Me, Myself, and "X" (pronounced Kai)
What if its all about how Nomura took over everything and he was the friends and enemies and frenemies we made along the way.
@@keith3278 you fucking ruined it
I truly wasn't ready to step into the nort court
The Keys vs. The Norts
@@AS-Val-Gijinka /watch?v=D00zWlp0uVM
'Nort Court'
My sides 😂😂😂😂
"Nort Court." That's... perfect! My sides are dead and I'm gonna start calling this fight (and maybe true Organization XIII) that. Thanks.
Brilliant
Interesting that after everything that happened, Ansem ended up depressed, Xemnas ended up lonely, and Young Xehanort... ended up giving Sora one last verbal middle finger.
I was more happy for luxord marluxia and Larxene it was very wholesome to see them all become free and happy towards sora. Hopefully we can see them all again in the next one
@@generalgrevious758 hello there
"YOUR TIME... IN THIS WORLD IS...-"
@@tudorachimihaela288 General Kenobi
@@generalgrevious758 Larxene? happy and wholesome? she lived like a bitch, and died like a bitch. No honor for her.
This song exists in the same game as Olaf and Winnie the Pooh.
Wow.
ChromeVault oophx and foxla
also the same game where Sully defeated Vanitas XD
I can’t wait to see Kixmei and Luxsly (Mike and Sully’s nobodies)
Sammy Lui the same game where Donald channels his inner bahamut and obliterates Terranort in one attack
@@zaqareemalcolm then dies in the process.
@@zaqareemalcolm Donald wasn't meant to be a healer. He was born to destroy.
Ansem is such a rebel. He’s the only one with a different outfit.
Lowkey i was thinking that lol
It's because the others are replicas. Master Xehanort could not exist at the same time as Young Xehanort if they didn't have Vexen make him a replica. The ones with the black robes are replicas
@@jacobteague635 Too bad they couldn't make a replica of Zebraman Xemnas.
but ansem also uses a replica?
@@lpfan4491 No, his heartless outfit is his Seeker of Darkness outfit. Only Ansem is real
Ansem: hmmm I miss my stand :/
Young xehanort: where's my infinite shadow clone jutsu army and infinite time stop spam and cloak of invisibility!
Xemnas: my beautiful zebra coat my throne and most importantly my Skyscrapers! Gone.... *CURSED FOOLS!*
Ansem: *STANDO POWAA!*
Young Xehanort: *ZA WARUDO!*
Xemnas: *UNLIMITED PAWAAAAAA!*
And Xemnas doesn’t have his shock command attack to boot.
Xemnas' vines are gone nuuuu
Yeah i miss ansem's heartless bouncer thing
Too bad Young Xehanort never got to turn into a giant boat
He has a snazzy coat though.
I think he's kind of a dick
Look at the bright side at least M Xehanort turned into a ... goat, boat goat coat, they really are related ....
NecrIon79 baphomet
Ansem: *_smiles_*
The Darkness of the Unknown part of this is legendary.
GreenBird AMEN...that climax is soooooo hype
Also because it is the best one.
Happy to hear it again, but I would have loved some new tracks. Yoko slacked off this time.
Indeed. DotU is legend.
@@Arxa93 Well we do need to keep in mind that Yoko actually wasn't the only one to work on the ost for the game this time around.
& while they still did a good job, those maggots got in her way xD
@@sonoxas7176 There are like 50 gameplay tracks in this game and a TON of cutscene specific tracks. Takeharu Ishimoto worked on 21 pieces, Yoshitaka Suzuki worked on 4 pieces I think and Tsuyoshi Sekito on a few pieces too, the rest was all Yoko Shimomura. So yes, she did most of the OST and was probably responsible for this very track.
Y’know when we all kept saying everyone is xehanort, I don’t think we ever realized how true that statement was
When you instinctively spam dodge during the violin part.
not dodging was never an option :P
bruh
I love how Young Xehanort was the only one of the 13 that was just as evil as when he started.
Xero and whats disappointing is that when he grows up and finally loses he reveals after YEARS that he was just a misunderstood good guy...
fucking nomura
It's less that he was evil, and more about knowing that Sora was soon to die due to over using the power of waking. He was salty, but was just gloating that Sora was one foot in the grave
Technically, Dark Riku (I'm going to call him Rikunort) and Vanitas didn't change...neither did Xigbar/Luxu, but he wasn't really evil at all, he was prankin. Honestly...I don't get some of the redemptions. I like them, but don't get them.
@@omegashinobi There's also the fact that YX knew he would survive long enough to get back to that point. Why should he care about being defeated when he knew he would just live out the rest of his life and cause misery for Sora in his future? The one foot in the grave thing was just the cherry on top for him
i like the riku replica characterconclusion.however,i also dont get what vanitas was on about.was it really that hard for sora to say something like:"you never chose,xehanort chose for you".seriously,its really obvious how to respond to vanis bs at that point
I felt kind of bad for Ansem and Xemnas as they faded away. It almost seemed like they realized their actions weren't worth it in the end.
@Jake Pearce Exactly, its why I love the way he just flat out tells Riku he wont be back and that they should seek something more than darkness ... Something better
All this while young xehanorts just like "suck my black dick!!!"
If Xemnas and Ansem were defeated shouldn’t they be a full person now?
@@lastson5014 That "full person" would be Terra-Xehanort, who was also defeated and Terra took that body back.
Hero of Twilight that was past terra-body before he turned into ansem and Xemnas so someone should form now
The most incredible thing is that in terms of lore this was probably the most difficult fight.
It's very incredible to think about what Sora, Riku and King Mickey can do together.
And this is due to the fact that the three were already final bosses and two of them were secret bosses and very difficult.
By far the most memorable boss in the saga in my opinion.
Imagine this battle with the original difficulties.
By the lore in fact they are as powerful as.
@@ae3303 Xemnas would probably be teleporting a little bit faster,
Ansem would be floating around faster,
and Y. Xehanort would be teleporting around faster.
Basically their all wayy faster
And it was piss easy lmao.
It was way too easy even on proud mode though
@@samuelmercier2737 exp 0 is a hell
1:05 - 1:30 the cello along with the violin solo gives me chills. Young Xehanort’s theme was always my favorite
I thought the exact same thing when i heard it for the first time. The cello in this part is amazing. Overall i'd say it's my favourite KH3 music, a medley of already amazing separate musics but with choir, for an especially meaningful fight.
Are we going to ignore those taiko drums pattern? Damn those thing drop harder than my grades
Luxord: Xigbar who are you?
Out of instinct I began dodge rolling when hearing that in game...
me too, Impeto Oscuro always was my favorite ^^
Ansem returns to his time unable to care or believe in what he's doing anymore, not even his own future self's ambitions, and knowing that he is doomed to forget any epiphanies and dive right back into that ambition.
Xemnas returns to his time finally acknowledging how painful it is to be alone, with full knowledge that this loneliness is entirely his own fault, and also doomed to return to being that old power-hungry man upstairs.
Young Xehanort returns to his time refusing to acknowledge any defeat, playing up Sora's impending doom out of sheer spite, and trapping himself in the failings that would later lead him to the emptiness experienced as Ansem and Xemnas, the failings that even his eldest self clearly hasn't grown out of.
Even if it seems like a cop out to have these characters forget everything once they return to the past, I really liked your analysis of how tragic that can be, they (knowingly or not) are doomed to repeat the same mistakes that got them there.
@@runemaster8656 It's like the old saying; Xehanort's his own worst enemy.
Whoaaaaa😂
@@runemaster8656it's a classic in KH, the memories may vanish but the feelings they left behind stay. Lea couldn't remember Xion, but he knew deep in his heart it wasn't just him and Roxas.
Epic theme for the three biggest Edgelords of the franchise.
GOWBuuzer umm vanitus? Pretty sure he is WAY edgier than these three combined
Okay we all know the biggest edge lord.......
Squall
@@Darksaviour Nah, Vanitas is really just an asshole. I love it tho, because at least there’s a personality in a powerful character, which is scarce in this game.
@@SatisfactoryBro I think Vanitas is cool too man but come on he's definitely an edge lord. When asked why he was evil his response basically boiled down to "Because I want to be, I am darkness."
@@thereversedmarioworld6334 Dude doesn’t know anything else in this world, he jus woke up one day and was a form of darkness/neg emotion incarnate. What else are you supposed to turn to? It’s kinda tragic but I do get your point, because every cutscene paints him as nothing more than an edgelord.
Xemnas:Where are my buildings?
Y. Xehanort: where is my Shadow Clone Jutsu, my lightsabers and my time stop?
Ansem SoD: ... Terra bailed, didn't he.
@@Yazzuri456 Actually YX does stop time, when he hits you multiple times while you're immobilized by his time stop.
Basically made me scream "DIO" like Jotaro did.
@@UndyingWladeslaus COME THE GUAR-- Wait... wtf...i have to actually fight now?..
Xemnas: sucks to be you ansem at least I still have my drag.... dang never mind.
Xemnas: "Where are my buildings?"
Xehanort: "W-what?"
Xemnas: "my buildings...you know..the ones i throw at my enemies? I had an entire city designed exclusively for that purpose."
Xehanort: "You throw...buildings....at people?"
Ansem: "To the hells with your buildings xemnas, WHERE IS MY CONDOM DEATH SHIP?!?!"
Xehanort: *facepalms* "For the love of god what are you going on about ansem?"
Ansem:"My condom death ship...i literally hook myself and my heartless guardian into a giant boner ship with a face on the end, and it shoots lasers, and the sperm randomly jump out and attack you."
Xehanort:"I'm....sorry what?"
Young xehanort: "Look guys, I just wanna know where my time machine is. i can't reset the entire fight without it."
Xehanort: "I had a time machine?"
Young xehanort:"Yeah!! and then that dick riku broke it!! the jerk..."
Xehanort: "I HAD A TIME MACHINE....ME?! A TIME MACHINE?! THAT I EXCLUSIVELY USED TO FUCK WITH PEOPLE WITH BY RESETTING FIGHTS?"
Young xehanort: "You mean you didn't get it repaired?"
Xehanort: ".....NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I WASN'T EVEN AWARE THAT I HAD ONE!!"
Ansem: "Still doesn't beat my heartless dildo doomship.":
Xemnas: *NOW ON THE FLOOR AND SOBBING PROFUSELY* "ALL I WANTED WAS SOME BUILDINGS...SOME SKYSCRAPERS TO THROW AT SORA DURING THE FINAL BATTLE...WHAT AM I WITHOUT THE BUILDINGS MASTER XEHANORT? WHAT AM I EVEN HERE FOR? I'M JUST A SITH KNOCKOFF NOW!! I'M NOTHING WITHOUT MY FLINGABLE BUILDINGS-"
Xehanort: "FORGET ABOUT THE BUILDINGS AND YOUR GIANT MEGADICK SHIPS, I WANNA KNOW WHY THE HELL WE DIDN'T TRY TO RETRIEVE THAT GODDAMNED TIME MACHINE-"
Young xehanort: "oh hey uh..older me? the party's here."
Xehanort: *while glancing somberly at sora's approach* "I had a goddamned time machine and wasted it trying to troll some boy....gods...youth is wasted on the young....okay boys, let's get to work." *proceeds to tag team sora and destroy him repeatedly*
I can see them doing this
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That might explain why Sora, Riku and Mickey won. The Xehanorts were unprepared.
I cannot stop laughing and I'm at work! Make it stop lol
Order of eliminating:
1st: YX
2nd: Xemnas
3rd: Ansem
i just thought this order was fitting, end it where it all began with Ansem.
Somehow, I did the same thing. And I saw another RUclipsr than also kinda did it, not sure if he consciously or unconsciously did so, but he just did.
If you watch the cutscenes from this encounter in the the theater then you actually get the order in which they're supposed to be eliminated. Ansem is defeated first, Xemnas second, and YX last.
@@Mikey111690 Exactly cuz of what YX says when he dissolves, it goes with the flow of the next cutscene
As they say, all worlds begin in darkness and all so end.
I coincidentally did that order by accident 😆
Oops! All Xehanort!
Nobody else like this comment, keep it at 13
@@LyonEnigma Lol 69 now.
Giggity
Astria hey nice username
If we reeeaaallly try, we can reach 1.3k?
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This is like the ultimate Kingdom Hearts battle music. The most incredible final boss themes fully orchestrated and recorded. The ostanati, the piano, the solo strings. It encapsulates everything I ADORE about Shimomura's writing and adds amazing brass, percussion, and choir. It's basically the perfect Kingdom Hearts cue.
Add onto that the composition itself being a mix of three iconic leitmotifs of threats from past games rolled into one, it makes it even better and is a culmination.
The me, myself and I joke got a whole other meaning now with the end of KHUX
This track should be officially titled "Darkness Within Darkness"
Darkness within *freaking* darkness
a missed opportunity X"D
*X BLADE!*
OK. I BELIEVE YOU
Darkness within darkness within darkness.
Its three seekers of darkness
2:48 one of the most epic moments of the game
The songs that appear in this theme
(YX) Dark Impetus
(Ansem) Forze Del Male
(Xemnas) Darkness Of The Unknown
I fucking love how all of these songs are orchestrated so well in this song. And it's JUST these three themes. AMAZING. Like, the friggen beginning is just fangirl screaming inducing.
0:00-0:05 Dark Impetus
0:06:-0:08 Forze Del Male
0:08-0:11 Darkness Of The Unknown (Xenmas)
oh yeah i didnt notice that the beginning was three separate beginnings of their themes. thanks for pointing that out.
You just blew my fucking mind
thank you！
Ansem and Xemnas could pass as two brothers working for their dad’s family business. And Young Xehanort is one of their sons who also works part time at grandpa’s business.
Kingdom Hearts, Inc. It's a heart supply company.
Terranorts another brother. Vanitas Dark Riku and Xion are adopted. Luxord is a loyal employee. Marluxia and Larxene are disgruntled employees. Xigbar is a longtime loyal employee. As if. He has been embezzling for decades.
@@butt5ful No no no Xigbar is the Undercover Boss who's pretending to be an employee
Terra-Nort would be Young Xehanort's brother or cousin. xD
I mean Ansem and Xemnas are just "what would Terranort look like if he was in his 30s" but with different hair styles.
Ironically much more epic and climactic than the final boss themes, imo.
That feeling when you've made 3 legendary tracks, mashed them up together to create an amazing boss theme and realise its gonna be hard asf to top it.
This fight is also more entertaining than the final one lmao
The final boss theme was great. I think a part of the reason why people would feel this is more epic is because you're fighting three people who were all final bosses previously so you have memories attached.
Not really that ironic - these three together are a lot tougher than one old man.
@@fianle Subarashi 🤷♂️
Xehanort: More you say?
:'D
I'm reading this in Nimoy's voice.
@@rogue1248 same owo
@@rogue1248 The new voice by Rutger Hauer is good, but far from Nimoy.
I did this fight last night. I was like. NO MX! NO MORE! I AM BUSY with your other selves that are somehow here and time travel is a thing and you had gone back in the past and... I'm busy!
Too bad Xion and Roxas didn't come. Then we could have had a Norts vs Soras rumble.
it kinda is tho.it screwed other chars out of importance.
Jake Pearce Roxas really deserved to have like, one fight against xemnas, the ending of days left that on the table and we were robbed of that tbh
@@SSlash There was really no other combo possible then Sora Riku Mickey though. Sora is the main so he is not optional, they needed at least 1 disney rep and Mickey is the only pure disney character thats a keyblade master, and the history/rivalry/weird sort of mentorship or whatever you want to call it with Ansem and Riku is more fleshed out then any nort with any other character in the franchise. Ansem and Riku have the most personal connection between the lights and main norts. Y Xehanort really didn't have much interaction with any light beyond Riku (DDD) and Sora (kh3). Xemnas didn't really have a clear rival in the lights either. Xemnas and Roxas never had much of a personal connection/interaction. Xemnas was Roxas boss most of his story. It was distand and impersonal. So with Xemnas not having a clear rival, and Y Xehanort being mostly Sora (and previously Riku) focused, and Ansem being very Riku focused for like several games in a row to the point any other rival for Ansem would just not make sense, these 3 characters are pretty much locked in those slots. Xion and Roxas would have been out of place here. That being said it's a pity Sora needed to defeat old man xehanort, because the BBS trio seems more fitting for that closure in my opinion. But yeah main protag vs main villain.. can't really get out of that one.
I would of loved a Terra vs Xemnas battle 😅
Most satisfying boss fight in the entire series so far. Facing our oldest foes for the last time turned out to be a bittersweet moment
the true threats
Dio
Father time
And an architect
Fahter time?
@@thetruehellfiregaming3685 time travel
Dio is YX, Father time is Ansem and architect is xemnas?
Dion Bailey no
It’s actually this
Xemnas architect cause In ddd he uses the buildings it the fight
Yx is the Time traveler cause of ddd
And ansem is dio cause stand
@@OneHitKillerAkame He's got a freaking stand like dio does
2:57 I love how the cello AND violin plays xemnas' part of the theme when the cello is usually reserved for young xehanort, it's like those two were in harmony when that part plays
Sora: It’s over Xemnas
Xemnas: No not the reaction commands
Sora:Sure lets go with that.
Wait aren't they not back in this game ?
AntiHoodBravi Not really. Some boss fights have something similar to it but not exactly.
@@nxszxs7548 Warp Snipe, the gamblers game, they aren't back.
AntiHoodBravi Nope
@@nxszxs7548 Press triangle to Sora
After UX finale, seeing Young, Heartless and Nobody Xehanort gives definitely another view of things...
Why ?
@@curse-banger turns out the player became xehanort in ux or something
@@verylargemandarinslice8965 holy shit, wtf is Nomura smoking
@@curse-banger not anymore, that was a misdirect the player was actually xehanort's caretaker
That is.. if you survive that long.
True, when you have three of these mf attacking you at the same time
The Heart, the Body, and the Mind come together for one final throwdown. ...Also, L’Impetus di Oscuro here is the best part don’t @ me.
„Hate and Anger are Supreme“ „You Shall Wander forever“ „SUBMIT“
Nuklear_Medizin return to darkness
*Surrender to it!*
Submit!
"Theres no such thing... *as light.* "
“Pay attention”
The funny part about this fight is basically Sora says (“My friends are my power!”) and the first thing they do is take your friends then jump the fuck outta you 😂🤣
Man, I just read an interview with Yoko where she said this song was done by Yasunori Nishiki, the composer of Octopath Traveler. That guy is a legend.
Ansem is when you get invited to a costume party and turns out nobody dressed up but you and you stand there for the whole party like a goober, pretending everything's normal.
"That is.... *IF YOU SURVIVE THAT LONG.* "
Sora RIP /cry
Honestly the best delivery of a line he has in the game.
So, basically, this is OUR theme song. 😂
I see what you did there
Thank you for supporting communism
everyone is everyone
Everyone is here!
One sky, one Xehanort
4:45 I FOUND YOU, TERRA !!! ...
_I FOUND YOU_
_ALL MIIINNE_
@@LuckiSir I see your Budokai 2 Reference.
I actually started gleefully whistling along at 2:18 bc Darkness of the Unknown is my favorite KH song
0:11 Forze del male
1:06 L'impeto oscuro
2:12 L'Oscurità dell'ignoto
This is one of the best medley i've ever heard. Too much epicness in one fight. Oh, wait... it's not one fight... it's THREE BATTLES AT THE SAME TIME!
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@@gamingdemigodxiii5630 😂😂
"RIKU?! KING MICKEY"
"All begins and ends with *D A R K N E S S*"
"ANGER AND HATE ARE SUPRME"
"Time Stop"
The trio's death quotes in a nutshell
A: SoD "Good job, kids."
Xem: "...Oh _shit_ I remember being Terra, this sucks, you guys deal with this heartache all the time? That's baller."
YungNort: "FUCK YOU, YOU DON'T WIN, I WIN IN THE END! EAT SHIT, KI-" *fades away before he can be more cringe*
I like to think what Woody told Young Xehanort *really* got under his skin and he’s just trying to hide how it made him feel lmao
I always loved how Young Xehanort actually did act less mature than the other incarnations
Okay, so first, Where's Young Xehanort's Time stop move, and where's Xemnas' buildings, and where's Ansem's bowling balls?
Safemender70 YX hits you with the whip (his telegraphing line is “That’s checkmate!”) before he goes Za Warudo on Sora’s ass
I'm sorry, do you WANT YX to fucking time stop you as TEN buildings are thrown at you? THEN as they're all stacked they're literally bowling-pinned out of the way with Ansem's BOWLING BALLS, *INSTANTLY* killing you?
*Actually, that sounds amazing.*
@@Smileface2144 ANSEM HAS BIG BLACK BALLS AND KEEPS SLAMMING THEM IN SORA'S FACE
@@zaqareemalcolm
*fuck you're right*
@@Smileface2144 EXACTLY , i'd welcome that difficulty
Should of used his zebra costume
I always assumed he could only access that form due to Kingdom Hearts power.
*Should have
@@notsosmartguy6254 And you're right my friend.
He's in his gay boy band outfit instead.
It was being dry cleaned
*Our theme*
So... this is Kingdom Heart's God Shattering Star.
Yeah basically
*Time to end racism*
2:59 still the best moment
Anyone else feel like this wasn't loud enough in game? I had headphones on and all I remember hearing the first time was just attack sfx and grunts from all the characters.
Yeah, they fucked up the audio mixing in this game, such a damn shame
@@omnis1182 You're the only other person I've seen mention this. Thought I was going deaf or something lol. For real though the voices and SFX drowned out the OST throughout the whole game.
I concur. Will send virtual cookies for someone to make a loud version to bless my ears.
YES! I even went into the settings hoping to turn down the vocal audio and the music volume up, but there wasn't an option. I kind of hope they'll add something like that in an update? Sort of how they added the "Return to Main Menu" button to Breath of the Wild in an update, lol.
it was a serious disappoint when i got to the options to push the slider for the music all the way up.. only to find the good old master volume there all alone.. i mean really? 2019 already Tetsuya
Oh, god. *Oh, god!* You have to fight *THREE OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME?!*
Yep.
And With support from Master Xenanort Sending Keyblades after you sometimes.
Jacob A. Gallant - ...Welp, it wouldn’t be the culmination of almost 2 decades without an intense, climactic battle against the three douches, would it?
@@mathisntmybestsubject8440 This is not the final battle, after that you fight the old master Xehanort with Donald and Goofy. Yes these fights are fantastic to say, but unfortunately not so difficoult as it seems. Still epic imho
And they go down like BITCHES
"How the wielders weep for you..."
"That's a checkmate!"
"Are you ready...? Crumble!"
"He he he ha Ha HA!"
"More, you say?"
Fall, before these broken Keys!
This is probably the best boss song ever.
Ansem: Accepting his defeat and himself
Xemnas: Accepting his defeat and himself
Young Xehanort: Lol get fucked, kid
The main parts of their themes play in the order they're standing lmao
Also, it plays in that order because Ansem was the one who started Young Xehanort on his path and then Young Xehanort brought Xemnas through time travel
the beginning part is the order of the Xehanorts appearing in the game's timeline, Young Xehanort, Ansem and Xemnas
You know if I showed this pic to someone who wasn't into Kingdom Hearts they would think the trio were brothers and old Xehanort was their father.
That's exactly what I thought when I saw Dragonball Z and all that spiky blond hair for the first time.
In a sense, particularly Ansem and Xemnas are they kinda are brothers in a way.
From a narrative standpoint, this one has got to be one of the best boss fights in the series.
Nomura literally took the three final bosses of the three best games in the series, put them all together and said "Here ya go".
It was soooo amazing.
I mean, technically speaking, Nightmare Ventus Armor was the final boss of 3D, but that's neither here nor there.
Now this is epic final battle music
Xehanort in concert with Xehanort and Xehanort and featuring special guest Xehanort
Ansem: what a journey you and i have had
Xehanort: ......where are?
Young xehanort: nah its the end for him, lets give him this moment *reads magazine*
Xehanort: Xemnas attack them
Xemnas: what are you reading?
Ansem: so go forth and seek it *dissapears*
Young xehanort: oh its over *throws magazine away* onto phase 2
Xehanort: *facepalm* .........
When Submit, Strike and Begone collaborate....
Can you imagine this fight in critical mode?
I would not be a happy person.
lvl 1 critical mode might make grown adults cry
Knight Of ANGUISH
I would love a critical mode... period, this game was too easy in my opinion
So you would be drowning in ANGUISH?????
You got your wish
I did this fight in Critical Mode. It was painful, but oh so cathartic when I finally defeated them all.
Darkness of Xehanort=Oscurità di Xehanort
Italian rules
Madonna Santa, I love all the Italian references in these songs, like “L’Impeto Oscuro”, “Forze dell’Oscurità”, “Destati”
Specter Knight non scordarti di “forze del male”, “L’oscurità dell’ignoto,”scherzo di notte”👍
Simone Diliberto la prossima canzone la chiamano “la fregna di mammt”
Specter Knight sarebbe il top lol
This fight hits differently now that I've seen the truth.
After listening to their individual boss themes for Ansem, Xemnas, and YX from other games, I realize this theme is combining those themes into one AND made it sort of its own thing. I love it when games do that 😂
Xemnas should have gotten his Zebra coat and Young Xehanort should have gotten his outfit from the flashbacks during this part. Much as I love the OrgXIII cloak, I feel like every member should have gotten something unique when it came time to actually fight them.
The zebra cota was special because he got that when he fused with Kingdom Hearts.
And they can bend space and time and kingdom hearts is RIGHT FUCKING THERE BEHIND XEHANORT so I understand but c'mon...
Yep and Marluxia should've got his giant scythe-wielding robot thingy....
@@divaalfirman3295 oh, you mean the Strelitzia projection?
@@DraceEmpressa THE. WHAT.
If only the Game would have been more difficult, so this fight would feel like all 3 Boss fights together.
So yea it was a bit too easy...my theory with that is that it was Osaka teams way of compromise. They wanted to have really asthetically pleasing bosses but they didnt want to make the bosses bull shit levels hard(hello super bosses thanks for the trauma). So to compromise I think they turned down the difficulty, albeit a bit too much.
@_ Cait-Sith well you can block in the air which you couldnt in previous games, so how are you limited?
Lets hope for critical mode dlc
so far my only "complaint", it wouldn't have been that bad if you unlocked critical after completing the game , cause then you enjoyed the story the first time and can enjoy the challenge the second time
Turn on zero exp and that’s the closest you get to critical mode. You actually see the difference when you stay on level one the whole game
For real man, this moment alright. The cutscene before this fight plays on and I somehow realized this was going to be a big fight. I knew I had to fight all 3 of them but I just thought that it might be a big fight with different sequences. Perhaps first Ansem then Xemnas etc etc. But the freaking moment that camera zooms out towards Sora and you see all 3 of them standing there in their battle stance I was screaming so freaking hard. I loved this fight it made me cry, happy, hyped, dude I didn't even know I had emotions like these untill this fight.
1:50 bro I didn't even play Kingdom hearts but this is fire 🔥
You seriously should, its a masterpiece
How’d you get here then lol
@@ariella1454 videogame music list
When the cello and violin had the melody together at 3:00 i think my face melted
Heads up, this was composed by Yasunori Nishiki (Octopath Traveler composer), not Yoko Shimomura.
Xemnas: Pay attention
Sora: ...
Xemnas:BEGONE!!
Sora: GUAHHHHHH!
Submit!
Don‘t Blink!
Thats checkmate!
More you say?!
Go back to the shadows Ansem!
I like it how each villain fights stronger after one of them is defeated. Makes ya want to go back and check out all of the possibilities. Some changes I noticed after certain conditions...
Larxene can hit you in midair with super attack.
Marly goes crazy on the movements.
Xigbar shoots and teleports more.
Riku combo's more.
Terranort is still a dick.
Vanitas rides on Keyblades twice in a row.
Saix gets destroyed by Roxas.
Young Xehanort loves spamming guard breaker.
Ansem becomes a black hole.
Xemnas gets everything except buildings :(
"Saix gets destroyed by Roxas" ... XD
To this day, it’s still baffling to admit Mickey the Mouse was fighting to this music...
This is it..
Your past, your past, and your past....?
More like your past, Heartless, Nobody, and yourself.
More like his most distant past (Young Xehanort) and his former selves (Xemnas and Ansem)
@@axceljulio5747 YX wasn't really as distant tho, he seems more older than the one playing the chess game.
technically Xemnas and Ansem are his future selves since they come from Terranort, which came into being *after* the grandpa posessed Terra.
Past,Present,and Future.
Shimomura snatched my wig so hard she sent it to kingdom hearts with this one
If the Norts had their full powers...
Master Xehanort: Perhaps... if you can survive that long!
Y. Xehanort: You'll never win you know!
____________________________________________
Master Xehanort: Perhaps... if you can survive that long...
Y. Xehanort: You'll never win you know!
____________________________________________
Master Xehanort: Perha- wait what are you doing, me?
Xemnas: Who? I'm nothing...
Ansem: *DARKNESS*
Y. Xehanort: You'll never win you know!
____________________________________________
Master Xehanort: Young me! Stop reversing time!
Y. Xehanort: Okay... you're still gonna lose Sora! Hahah!!!
Master Xehanort: Okay. Now you guys can die so we can make the-
Xemnas: MANHATTAN. IS. ETERNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!! *Throws buildings
Master Xehanort: *Facepalm
Ansem: SUBMIT! CUM, OPEN YOUR HEART!!!
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Pfft. Good building throwing joke XD
I didn't think it was impossible to make the soundtrack even more epic than it already was.
All begins and ends in darkness.
Return to darkness!
Submit!
Surrender to it!
Come forth!
Shadows...!
*evil laugh*
I reach for...the darkness...!
Are you ready?
Grovel!
No more!
To the void!
Pay attention!
Erase!
Strike!
What am I doing...?
That's checkmate!
Don't blink!
You'll never win!
So, this is where my role ends.
Fall before these broken keys!
How the wielders weep for you!
Surrender!
More, you say?
Dont forget "STOP HIM!"
Some parts of the track dissappear every time you defeat a Nort
Think they can be played separately of each other?
@@christianrodriguez8577 They can certainly be recorded that way, whether they can be ripped or not (or even just recorded nicely) I'm not so sure.
@@7Kagutsuchi7 Cool, think that he will record them that way?
Wait, really? That's amazing, I wish I had the presence of mind to save a separate file to replay this fight.
No fuckin way..........
The Master's Heartless half, who will return to their World of Chaos.
The Master's reanimated vessel, which will return to its World of Nothing.
The Master's younger self, who will continue to walk his Dark Road.
And the Master himself, who has yet to create a stairway to the New World.
Hi everyone I’m xehanort and these are my two brothers also named Xehanort and we about to drop the sickest track
this really should have been the final fight. give each of the 3 here a proper desperation phase for when they're all alone, and heal that last boss standing (ornstein and smough style)
*Forze dell’oscurita has left the chat*
Player that has never played Kingdom Hearts and has bought this game because it looked interesting: OH, S**T! WHAT DID JUST HAPPEN TO THE MUSIC?!
Kingdom Hearts player: Light help us... This is our worst nightmare...
OUR theme.
*All begins and ends in darkness...*
Stand master: Ansem
Stand name: Terra
Really wish they gave Xemnas his zebra printed coat to show some difference with Young Xehanort.
"Are you back for more?"
Xemnas - Kingdom Hearts III
Amazing Villian Theme
Sephiroth Kingdom Hearts: "Finaly a Worthy Opponent. Our Battle will be Legendary"
"This is checkmate! Don't blink."
"Are you ready? Grovel!"
"AHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Best co-op quote in the game.
Everything i dreamed it would be...