I honestly could have waited another year for KH HD 1.5 Remix if it mean't Square-Enix would have had time to development a 358/2 Days remake. They didn't even need to use Unreal Engine 4 style graphics, just use the same old PS2 stuff from BBS and KH3D.
Eclipse Just in general the console games taking advantage of a multiplayer mode would be awesome. It’d be perfect to have in tandem with a wardrobe system, so players can design their own avatars and have more choice than just the color.
Aubade is a morning song (opposite of serenade) about lovers separating at Dawn. It's sung by the lover leaving the woman sleeping. The keyblade is exclusive to only Roxas and Xion, very fitting!
Just a youtube commenter yup it was really fun to use when I was playing the game properly. Cuz when I was younger I had no idea how to manage Level panels so I was always level 1 and weak as hell.
@@damo "it doubles all cheese based attacks due to the melted cheese going a further distance and all the attacks leave a burn effect behind due to Axel covering the pizza's with hot sauce."
I love this game, it is so unique and while the story is repetitive in terms of mission structure, its still very interesting, especially since you can play in multiplayer, allowing you to play as all the organization members, sora, Donald, goofy, Mickey and riku, I wish they remade/remastered this game mostly for the multiplayer.
@@drakeredgrave6747 I didn't really like the multiplayer too much. The overall gameplay was pretty fun since I only barely played the original Kingdom Hearts.
@@jordanholloman5907 the multiplayer isn't perfect, but hey there was multiplayer, a first in the series if I'm not mistaken, but again, it's not perfect, the enemies take longer to kill and it was overall harder to the point that I couldn't beat a mission(solo) until I beat the game and got some good gear and a decent level but it allowed the player to use other characters that weren't playable in the main story, which all have different play styles and is generally cool, kh3 allows you to play as other characters(especially in re:mind) but the bad thing is that it only allows those characters to be playable in certain points...if you want to play as riku or aqua you have to either replay the main story of play the re:mind in the specific locations, and if you wanna play roxas or kairi it's ONLY in re:mind, if square enix decides to add more dlc I'd like them to allow you to play as the other characters freely at any point at least in the data battles...
@@drakeredgrave6747 Kingdom Hearts 3 really needs to get better about things in general, especially with its severely nerfed difficulty compared to previous games and the fact that the story was seriously lacking until the end.
There's actually a bit more to the magic than what you said. Fire and Aero home in, Fira travels straight and pierces enemies, and Blizzard slides through the air in straight lines while tracking the target. Of course, the idea of different tiers of magic doing different things is weird to begin with.
@@DPSS927 Thundaga was a solid option too. I also remember sticking to the aerial combat Keyblades during fights like Ruler of the Sky and the heavily armored Large Body variations.
@@newfacepaula Roxas as Xion dies:"WAIT! Xion who else will I have icecream with!?" Xion:ok bye (Dies) Axel: "you piece of shit Roxas, I'm still here you know."
@@13thNobodyprod. Xion: Good bye Roxas Roxas: No, Xion, Who will I gonna have ice cream with ? Axel: You still have me tho Roxas: Shut up, Axel, come back when you're a main character,
You've become a pretty strong part of the KH community, Bio. You make really interesting and cool content, your work is really appreciated, in case there's been any doubt. Keep it up!
CreamyIceCreamBoi It is! I honestly thought it would be interesting to sorta combine the two, with performance of the slide being based on if you hold the button (BBS/DDD) or tap (358).
It would be interesting. The panel system encourages fighting smarter and planning for the next mission. I personally favored the following for my standard magic lineup (Fire, Blizzard, Thundaga, Cura) attacks that can somewhat track opponents are some of my favorite and the Days version of Cura is amazing in prolonged fights.
"Mystery Gear- Brings forth the user's personality" It's one of the "joke" weapons, but I have to wonder if the Mystery Gear forms are hinting into the future. I wonder if the Aubade is the keyblade Roxas would have if he wasn't using Sora's... Holy, I'm looking at these Mystery Gear weapons with the knowledge of KH3 behind me, and there's some interesting things to note. ... ... Wall of text... ... Xemnas is "Absolute" And makes his blades Black and Heart shaped, sortof as if to say; "You're not as different from your Heartless as you think you are" Which he really wasn't. Xigbar's Trumpet might be a reference to him "Blowing his own horn" but let's face it, as early as kh2fm+ Nomura was already planning on what to do with Xigbar, so I'm putting money on a different explanation; A herald of the end. Roxas's Aubade is a love poem usually about two lovers leaving each other at morning. (COUGH COUGH PLOT COUGH) Fast forward past the characters who are just "my personality summed up in a single word is this weapon" Vexen-cold and logical, Xaldin-I'ma Dragoon reference, Lexeaus-hardheaded, Saix-Berserker with a soft side, Zexion-I have a diary. Axel's "Conformers" are a recurring Ninja class ultimate weapon, however, the name speaks volumes, kind of how Axel just "Conforms" to whatever people expect of him up until about kh3d. Luxord's is literally called... "The High Roller's Secret", sure while it's a four leaf clover implying "A good luck charm is a high roller's secret weapon", but I see a different telling; "The High Roller has a secret" that we're just now piecing together. Marluxia's is called "The Dainty Bellflower" but SPECIFICALLY looks like a Lily-of-the-valley. Hmm, what do those flowers mean in Flower language.... "A happy reunion" ... Um... what?!?! Is someone we think is flat out dead, in fact, NOT DEAD?! Larxene's is a Light Bulb... literally named "Lightbulb" in french... Now, If I was to describe Larxene's personality it'd be a "Firecracker" not a light bulb. Perhaps it's implying she "Brings someone light" also she "Burns hot" and has an affinity for electricity. Not all of them are super deep. And lastly; Demyx's is the "After School"? So what... he's... in school? or should be? or was prior to being nobodified? This further more likens Demyx to Prompto to pair with the Luxord acts like Ignis, in the FFXV parallels between the crew. In fact, I have to wonder, is the reason we're presuming to get eventually Nomura's "This is my vision for FFXV" in Kingdom Hearts... because these characters were supposed to be Final Fantasy characters who were going to "show up first" in Kingdom Hearts? Food for thought.
Plus since the stuff going on with the union x story showed stuff related to Marluxia's reunion with a supposed dead loved one could make sense, like his sister in the white coat.
@@BioRoxas they could have just reused assets from KH1 and KH2, and hearing that the 358/2 days 1.5 was supposedly plan at being a game at first then turned into Movie instead, I see why the movie feels like not a movie at all, compare to Re:coded 2.5 is a great movie itself except for the plot of course.
@@Jaxv3r You really want to go through the same worlds and do repetitive missions Are you sure about that? Isn't that why Coded and UX gets hated for gong through old worlds again and again?
Great video! Just one little thing. If you use three ability units in Roxas's Zero gear in story mode he will have kingdom key + but Oathkeeper and Oblivion in Mission Mode.
Solid breakdown and great ways to explain how the gear works just minor things. Each gear has different categories for each character. Ex. the magic gear for Roxas is the Loaded gear line and for Axel it's the Skill gear line. Starting with the Crisis gear and ending with the Ultimate gear these are kinda an double gear of two previous gears. Ex. Hazard gear is the magic gear + the range gear. And that's about it looking forward to the rest and can't wait to see how many times you say "Shoot" for Xigbar's combat when you get to him lmao.
0:17 You know, when you have multiple panels of the same type, you can hold down the A button or whatever it is you use and you'll automatically fill any empty space with that panel until you run out, instead of placing it one by one.
7:38 this two arial attacks are also from Sora in kh2 the side air hit is when you press [ ] in the air in a combo with Sora the spinning attack is a finisher
I think one thing to note is that Xion in Days uses Sora's KH2-onwards running animation while holding the Keyblade. So presumably, he got it from her.
I NEED a remake for this game! It's the game I spent the most time on farming all the gear and testing different combos. Just imagine modern graphics with the unique gear system AND the online mode! I would easily sink another hundred or so hours into a remake.
honestly days is probably my favorite KH game, i put so many hours into this games as a kid (last i checked my save slot was over 500) and l love the story, this games is the one of the main reasons why roxas is my favorite character. i love the Leviathan keyblade, i thought it was one of the coolest looking keyblades ever, i wish i had a replica of it.
People hate so much on Days and Re:Coded and I'm so glad you're bringing the former into the spotlight like this. Your breakdowns are always so thoughtful and thorough, and they really bring out the amount of work that was put into the games you cover - and there was much love put into the DS titles despite the obvious limitations. Thanks for doing the work no one else is willing to do and giving this game a chance to shine!
A couple of points. First, the standard and + versions of gears often grant different abilities. Second, sometimes the same weapon can have different combos depending on which upgrade you're using, though to my knowledge this only ever happens with ++ gears. Abbadon Plasma for example has a longer combo at its highest level that can be shortened with a prompt which its weaker versions use a shorter combo that can be extended with prompts.
Its always good to experiment with Gears; for example I found out for Roxas/Xion's midair gears, prematurely ending the air combo and ending it with the horizontal slash move (instead of the spinning finisher) actually deals more damage/have a higher multiplier than if you just did the combo normally, but at the same time it doesn't have great enemy homing
Love the breakdown dude! I do like the panel system and it was always exciting to unlock new gear. I really appreciate how different gear gives (mostly) different combos. Ominous gear and Champion gear is probably my favorite :) I gotta go back and get all the gear lol
They should bring back the varying movesets and combine it with the Keyblade Transformations. Each Keyblade would have only one formchange, and said formchange would be the default moveset, rather than a command style-thing.
Lawrence Gist I know, right? That’s actually why I ended up liking formchanges - they feel so unique, like the Gear movesets! I was often wishing that I could just use their unique movesets all the time instead of in limited transformations!
The Struggle Bat also appears, and it mostly focuses on sending the ball upwards Both the ground and air combos center around Roxas swinging upwards to keep the ball in the air.
man ive been waiting for somebody to cover all the keyblade and gears in this game. thanks for making this video man nothing but nostalgia as im watching :)
I didn't see it pointed out anywhere, but I might've missed it: Dual Wield Roxas' Combos are based on his boss fight in KH2FM, minus the flashy light/dark effects. The ground combo in Days is his basic combo string, and the air combo finisher in Days is based off the last part of his "Strike Raid" move where he throws OKP/OBV at you while darting around. Great vid Bio!!
Damn bro, I can't even begin to imagine how long this took. I love your content and I would like to suggest you do kh recoded next, since there aren't many videos showing the commands from that game Also, I just wanna mention that roxas's ground dual wield combo at 13:55 is pretty much the same as when you fight him near the end of kh2 fm
Re chain of memories did not need to be remade. This game did. I will forever be salty about this. I swear this game had the coolest looking keyblades.
BRO yes! I just got my first R4 flash cart and I got 358 days working on it and I’m so excited! It’s the one KH game I’ve never played and this video was so coincidental to come out while I’m playing it
Equipping 3 ability pannels on zero gear will actually give KK++, not revert to KK+, for Roxas in story mode and Xion in mission mode. You can not use DW in regular game except for day 358
Not sure if it was mentioned, but the abilities mentioned for gears in this video are often specifically for the last version. Earlier versions tend to have different abilities, some rather significant. (Duel Gear has Second Chance, for example.)
13:39 i don't know if anyone has pointed it out or not, but xion can in fact wield both "two become one" and "oathkeeper" but can't dual wield. edit: it might be exclusive to mission mode, though
I wonder if Roxas being able to wield an umbrella is a reference to the Costa Del Sol missions in Crisis Core, where Zack fought enemies on the beach armed only with an umbrella.
I hope you don't mind a suggestion for a future video. Could you look over the enemies of 358/2 Days and go over their strengths/weaknesses/and strategies on beating them? You can even break them up into classes based on types! XD
Played this game so much, yet never knew that you could switch to see the name and abilities of the keyblades. Welp better get my game and DS so I can run through the game again and see how this new info will change which weapon I use. Thanks Bio, great video!
The magic centric keyblades are strange in the fact that they give you quite a bit of strength for when you get them, and have very fast and short combos making them work very well against most enemies and at launching barrels in olympus.
The reason why he wields a stick is because during the story xion loses the ability to use the keyblade for a bit so Roxas gives xion his keyblade. Xion then asked what was he going to use since he doesn't have a keyblade so he grabs a stick to use(or in the 358/2 days manga I believe he grabs a sword off of one of the knight statues which later on breaks).
I will say that Days was developed a few years before KHX, so it's more that KHX and KHUx are referencing Days and not the other way around. Still cool that these connections are there, I was stunned when I recognized Missing Ache in Days.
Fire actually has a powerful homing property Fira lost homing but has higher damage and the attack ends with an explosion Blizzard also has a homing property but instead of following endlessly until it hits, it zips and stops going through the enemy multiple times (I think three or four?) before dissipating midair Aerora is another homing shot, but this time it's grounded, any flying enemies that fly low enough can get hit by it
3 years?? Damn ;-; I only had a newborn son at this point in my life and had a bunch more time. With a career and two kiddos, it’s really tough to do videos like this one!
@@BioRoxas hey being a family man is def more important fs. but i would have hoped to see at least the 1st 3 org 13 members. by then. life just happens and..well the rest explains itself
I need to mention a specific detail you ignored, with the gear: the Plus gear and normal gear get different abilities when you equip ability units to them. let me go ahead and list an example technical Gear gives Roxas Combo boost and Combo jump with 2 ability units, however the plus variant gives Chain power and Chain time with 2 ability units. Yes each Gear's plus variant gives different abilities from their normal variant
Also suprised you didn't mention 2 keyblades in this actually appeared in the HD collection version of re chain of memeories since it lacked the old reward of KH2 keyblade cards. I thinkone was thestrength focused keyblade and maverick flare for extras.
When I first played 358, I didn't pay attention at all to my keyblade. I just picked a gear and equipped whatever I had at the time. The one I rocked for most of the game was the longer ground and air combo one because I thought longer combos means more damage, and while I wasn't wrong about that, I didn't capitalize on more powerful effects from other gear.
Okay, the biggest thing you got wrong is that just because a weapon has the same name (ie Ominous Blight and Ominous Blight+) does NOT mean they have the same abilities! If a weapon has multiple abilities some might be the same, but not all of them. You also didn't mention that Pandora Gear gives you the Risky Play ability, even with no Ability Units, which slightly drains your health with every missed attack Also, the Zero Gear only changes appearance with Ability Units for Roxas and Xion, and you only get Dual Wielding Roxas in mission mode, not story mode EDIT: Okay looking back on this part I phrased it much harsher than I meant to, so let me say you still did a great job analyzing the combo differences! Days has so many different weapons that function totally differently, and that part didn't feel rushed at all! Some minor things about magic that you glossed over Basic Fire has a homing effect on enemies, while Fira does not, but travels faster. Blizzard will actually kind of "hang around" and go through enemies multiple times. With Blizzara the AoE is exactly what the effect looks like, but with Blizzaga the AoE is much larger once an enemy walks near Thundaga will actually lock on to whatever enemy you're targeting, its not just a set distance away Curaga will also let you heal allies
You know that you can do the same amount of slashes in the air as the ground for the limit right. Other than that small error good vid. Days was my first Kingdom Hearts game. So I was happy that you made a video on this game.
Not from my experience but I may have missed something ^^ I did get all the keyblade abilities a bit wrong though haha I didn’t realize the different versions of each keyblade would give different abilities for each ability slot! Glad you enjoyed it though c:
Dual wield Roxas is only playable in the story mode briefly during the final mission. If you use the Zero Gear with three ability units in story mode, Roxas just gets the Kingdom Key+, just like Shion. Dual wield Roxas is usable freely in mission mode. Omega Weapon is a recurring superboss in the Final Fantasy series, usually taking the form of a spider-like robot. The name of the Keyblade is obviously meant yo parallel the Ultima Weapon and while it does normally appear as sword in the FF series, it does sometimes appear alongside a powerful boss monster as well. Omega Weapon's abilities also references Ultima Weapon in FF, as it typically deals more damage depending on the user's health.
After the 358/days breakdown, would you also do the recoded breakdown? I think this two are the most underrated games and they definitely deserve the love.
The stick is all powerful. Beats out both ultimate form and double forms combat with ease.
The X-blade that everyone is looking for turns out to be the all and powerful Stick!
@@keithlucero411 No, the pizzas Axel has is stronger.
@@blakelyready5980 what are you talking about? everyone knows the wooden sword is the strongest weapon in all of kh.
I honestly could have waited another year for KH HD 1.5 Remix if it mean't Square-Enix would have had time to development a 358/2 Days remake. They didn't even need to use Unreal Engine 4 style graphics, just use the same old PS2 stuff from BBS and KH3D.
To this day I still want a remake as well as restored multiplayer in it and BbS
Eclipse Just in general the console games taking advantage of a multiplayer mode would be awesome. It’d be perfect to have in tandem with a wardrobe system, so players can design their own avatars and have more choice than just the color.
@@jbcatz5 maybe they could still implement the grid in some way.
If only they would make a proper MMO instead of...that...thing...
Aubade is a morning song (opposite of serenade) about lovers separating at Dawn. It's sung by the lover leaving the woman sleeping. The keyblade is exclusive to only Roxas and Xion, very fitting!
Square Enix cooked with this one 👀
Roxas’ dash attack where he jumps back a bit first always makes me think of Zantetzuken.
David M maybe it's his own version of Zantestsuken
@@raulphilipgoco403 Could be, that move deals some SERIOUS damage. In my experiencd it one-shot every single non-boss enemy
Just a youtube commenter yup it was really fun to use when I was playing the game properly. Cuz when I was younger I had no idea how to manage Level panels so I was always level 1 and weak as hell.
He doesn't use the teeth of the keyblade when he does it like sora does.
Next up:
Axel's pizza's breakdown
And you have to explain in detail what type of topping Axel used.
Also jokes aside really excited for this!
I can almost hear Bio now... "When falling below 30% health Axel enters Pepperoni stance..."
@@damo "it doubles all cheese based attacks due to the melted cheese going a further distance and all the attacks leave a burn effect behind due to Axel covering the pizza's with hot sauce."
9:10 has anyone else noticed that the total eclipse keyblade looks a bit like terra's keyblade?
Was thinking that too
Surprised Roxas didn't have one that referenced Auqua
@@dragobane4728 actually he did it was the final keyblade for the magic set Guilty Crown if I remember correctly.
It kinda does
James on quarantine: imma analyze every single gear movement change in this game
I love this game, it is so unique and while the story is repetitive in terms of mission structure, its still very interesting, especially since you can play in multiplayer, allowing you to play as all the organization members, sora, Donald, goofy, Mickey and riku, I wish they remade/remastered this game mostly for the multiplayer.
I agree. I still love the game the most in the series for the story alone.
@@jordanholloman5907 yep the only real problem is the mission structure, but the story is kinda neat and the multiplayer is cool!
@@drakeredgrave6747 I didn't really like the multiplayer too much. The overall gameplay was pretty fun since I only barely played the original Kingdom Hearts.
@@jordanholloman5907 the multiplayer isn't perfect, but hey there was multiplayer, a first in the series if I'm not mistaken, but again, it's not perfect, the enemies take longer to kill and it was overall harder to the point that I couldn't beat a mission(solo) until I beat the game and got some good gear and a decent level but it allowed the player to use other characters that weren't playable in the main story, which all have different play styles and is generally cool, kh3 allows you to play as other characters(especially in re:mind) but the bad thing is that it only allows those characters to be playable in certain points...if you want to play as riku or aqua you have to either replay the main story of play the re:mind in the specific locations, and if you wanna play roxas or kairi it's ONLY in re:mind, if square enix decides to add more dlc I'd like them to allow you to play as the other characters freely at any point at least in the data battles...
@@drakeredgrave6747 Kingdom Hearts 3 really needs to get better about things in general, especially with its severely nerfed difficulty compared to previous games and the fact that the story was seriously lacking until the end.
There's actually a bit more to the magic than what you said. Fire and Aero home in, Fira travels straight and pierces enemies, and Blizzard slides through the air in straight lines while tracking the target.
Of course, the idea of different tiers of magic doing different things is weird to begin with.
when I first played Days long ago, I wasn't expecting curaga being a circle. I was confused, and frustrated
@@thewildgamer7670 Me too. Honestly, I just stuck with Cura. Pseudo-regen that heals like five times per use? Uh, yes please.
I just stuck with Cure and Fire.
@@DPSS927 Thundaga was a solid option too. I also remember sticking to the aerial combat Keyblades during fights like Ruler of the Sky and the heavily armored Large Body variations.
Roxas:"I can improvise"
Xion:"Roxas......that's a stick"
My favorite line😂
I came to the comment section hoping someone would mention the line. I am not disappointed. 🤣
Favorite line, least favorite challenge mission
Roxas be like: shut the fk up, bad oc. i mean... lets have some ice cream after this mission. we are best friends. hahahaha.
@@newfacepaula Roxas as Xion dies:"WAIT! Xion who else will I have icecream with!?"
Xion:ok bye (Dies)
Axel: "you piece of shit Roxas, I'm still here you know."
@@13thNobodyprod.
Xion: Good bye Roxas
Roxas: No, Xion, Who will I gonna have ice cream with ?
Axel: You still have me tho
Roxas: Shut up, Axel, come back when you're a main character,
You've become a pretty strong part of the KH community, Bio. You make really interesting and cool content, your work is really appreciated, in case there's been any doubt. Keep it up!
Thanks 🥺 that means so much to hear. You have no idea!
I still dream of a Days Remake...
Also it's so funny how Roxas's Air Slide is so much better than Air Slide in BBS, DDD, and KH3
CreamyIceCreamBoi imagine days remake with online co-op
CreamyIceCreamBoi It is! I honestly thought it would be interesting to sorta combine the two, with performance of the slide being based on if you hold the button (BBS/DDD) or tap (358).
yeah, cuz there's no ending lag. it's quick and straight to the point.
It would be interesting. The panel system encourages fighting smarter and planning for the next mission. I personally favored the following for my standard magic lineup (Fire, Blizzard, Thundaga, Cura) attacks that can somewhat track opponents are some of my favorite and the Days version of Cura is amazing in prolonged fights.
They have just about all the maps and character models. I'd take a KH2 graphics remake of 358 days honestly
"Mystery Gear- Brings forth the user's personality" It's one of the "joke" weapons, but I have to wonder if the Mystery Gear forms are hinting into the future. I wonder if the Aubade is the keyblade Roxas would have if he wasn't using Sora's...
Holy, I'm looking at these Mystery Gear weapons with the knowledge of KH3 behind me, and there's some interesting things to note.
... ... Wall of text... ...
Xemnas is "Absolute" And makes his blades Black and Heart shaped, sortof as if to say; "You're not as different from your Heartless as you think you are" Which he really wasn't.
Xigbar's Trumpet might be a reference to him "Blowing his own horn" but let's face it, as early as kh2fm+ Nomura was already planning on what to do with Xigbar, so I'm putting money on a different explanation; A herald of the end.
Roxas's Aubade is a love poem usually about two lovers leaving each other at morning. (COUGH COUGH PLOT COUGH)
Fast forward past the characters who are just "my personality summed up in a single word is this weapon" Vexen-cold and logical, Xaldin-I'ma Dragoon reference, Lexeaus-hardheaded, Saix-Berserker with a soft side, Zexion-I have a diary.
Axel's "Conformers" are a recurring Ninja class ultimate weapon, however, the name speaks volumes, kind of how Axel just "Conforms" to whatever people expect of him up until about kh3d.
Luxord's is literally called... "The High Roller's Secret", sure while it's a four leaf clover implying "A good luck charm is a high roller's secret weapon", but I see a different telling; "The High Roller has a secret" that we're just now piecing together.
Marluxia's is called "The Dainty Bellflower" but SPECIFICALLY looks like a Lily-of-the-valley. Hmm, what do those flowers mean in Flower language.... "A happy reunion" ... Um... what?!?! Is someone we think is flat out dead, in fact, NOT DEAD?!
Larxene's is a Light Bulb... literally named "Lightbulb" in french... Now, If I was to describe Larxene's personality it'd be a "Firecracker" not a light bulb. Perhaps it's implying she "Brings someone light" also she "Burns hot" and has an affinity for electricity. Not all of them are super deep.
And lastly; Demyx's is the "After School"? So what... he's... in school? or should be? or was prior to being nobodified? This further more likens Demyx to Prompto to pair with the Luxord acts like Ignis, in the FFXV parallels between the crew.
In fact, I have to wonder, is the reason we're presuming to get eventually Nomura's "This is my vision for FFXV" in Kingdom Hearts... because these characters were supposed to be Final Fantasy characters who were going to "show up first" in Kingdom Hearts?
Food for thought.
lightningbro omg this needs more attention
I like where your head is at, just one correction you need to make. You accidentally called Xaldin Demyx.
@Dominic Docherty it's a perfect theory! XD Roxas x Xion is perfection! X3
Plus since the stuff going on with the union x story showed stuff related to Marluxia's reunion with a supposed dead loved one could make sense, like his sister in the white coat.
@@fierceditiesnaruto OMG thank you. THe moment I read that my subconscious just went "They're right you know" and just kinda facepalm'd. Fixed now!
Knowing this i really wished that this game was remixed T^T
Right?? The amount of work they put into the panel system is insane!
@@BioRoxas they could have just reused assets from KH1 and KH2, and hearing that the 358/2 days 1.5 was supposedly plan at being a game at first then turned into Movie instead, I see why the movie feels like not a movie at all, compare to Re:coded 2.5 is a great movie itself except for the plot of course.
@@Jaxv3r You really want to go through the same worlds and do repetitive missions
Are you sure about that?
Isn't that why Coded and UX gets hated for gong through old worlds again and again?
@@OathKeeperRiku07 they were talking about the movies
@@OathKeeperRiku07 if they ever do that, their gonna going to overhaul the entire system so it doesn't feel like it was made for a portable system.
Great video! Just one little thing. If you use three ability units in Roxas's Zero gear in story mode he will have kingdom key + but Oathkeeper and Oblivion in Mission Mode.
Solid breakdown and great ways to explain how the gear works just minor things.
Each gear has different categories for each character.
Ex. the magic gear for Roxas is the Loaded gear line and for Axel it's the Skill gear line.
Starting with the Crisis gear and ending with the Ultimate gear these are kinda an double gear of two previous gears.
Ex. Hazard gear is the magic gear + the range gear.
And that's about it looking forward to the rest and can't wait to see how many times you say "Shoot" for Xigbar's combat when you get to him lmao.
0:17 You know, when you have multiple panels of the same type, you can hold down the A button or whatever it is you use and you'll automatically fill any empty space with that panel until you run out, instead of placing it one by one.
Tru but i like using the stylus too lmao
7:38 this two arial attacks are also from Sora in kh2 the side air hit is when you press [ ] in the air in a combo with Sora the spinning attack is a finisher
Yup horizontal slash! I thought I pointed that out oops XD
Thanks for time stamping it for others :)
Bio-Roxas no problem dude, great video as always :) kh358/2 day’s really deserves more love.
Thank you for this breakdown! I always wished they'd remake this game!
Me too!!
I think one thing to note is that Xion in Days uses Sora's KH2-onwards running animation while holding the Keyblade. So presumably, he got it from her.
I NEED a remake for this game!
It's the game I spent the most time on farming all the gear and testing different combos.
Just imagine modern graphics with the unique gear system AND the online mode! I would easily sink another hundred or so hours into a remake.
I've been wanting a remaster of this game.
I love how you can set up Roxas as hooded Roxas with his dual keyblades! Just equip Zero Gear and three ability units
you have no clue how long i have been requesting this
I am once again requesting kh days breakdown
honestly days is probably my favorite KH game, i put so many hours into this games as a kid (last i checked my save slot was over 500) and l love the story, this games is the one of the main reasons why roxas is my favorite character. i love the Leviathan keyblade, i thought it was one of the coolest looking keyblades ever, i wish i had a replica of it.
I always love it, when 358/2 gets some love. I really enjoyed playing this unique game style. I just think people judged it too much.
People hate so much on Days and Re:Coded and I'm so glad you're bringing the former into the spotlight like this. Your breakdowns are always so thoughtful and thorough, and they really bring out the amount of work that was put into the games you cover - and there was much love put into the DS titles despite the obvious limitations. Thanks for doing the work no one else is willing to do and giving this game a chance to shine!
A couple of points. First, the standard and + versions of gears often grant different abilities. Second, sometimes the same weapon can have different combos depending on which upgrade you're using, though to my knowledge this only ever happens with ++ gears. Abbadon Plasma for example has a longer combo at its highest level that can be shortened with a prompt which its weaker versions use a shorter combo that can be extended with prompts.
Thank GOD you included the stick
It's amazing how the end of dual wield Roxas's limit attack is literally the finisher of Double Form
No, the finisher of Double Form is the Roxas's limit attack.
14:23 That attack looks very similar to the attack in kh2 where Roxas spins his keyblade before unleashing a wave of darkness around him.
very old comment but that’s because… it is, almost all of those animations are lifted from his boss fight
The keys looked so cool in this.
Its always good to experiment with Gears; for example I found out for Roxas/Xion's midair gears, prematurely ending the air combo and ending it with the horizontal slash move (instead of the spinning finisher) actually deals more damage/have a higher multiplier than if you just did the combo normally, but at the same time it doesn't have great enemy homing
Glad 358/2 is getting more love!
Love the breakdown dude!
I do like the panel system and it was always exciting to unlock new gear. I really appreciate how different gear gives (mostly) different combos. Ominous gear and Champion gear is probably my favorite :)
I gotta go back and get all the gear lol
They should bring back the varying movesets and combine it with the Keyblade Transformations.
Each Keyblade would have only one formchange, and said formchange would be the default moveset, rather than a command style-thing.
Lawrence Gist I know, right? That’s actually why I ended up liking formchanges - they feel so unique, like the Gear movesets! I was often wishing that I could just use their unique movesets all the time instead of in limited transformations!
@@AdeptArcanist Obviously the Kingdom Key would retain its Not-Limit Form, but I've a few ideas for other keyblades.
Eyyyyyyy
A 358/2 days breakdownnnnnn
Dual wielding the best thing they made in Kingdom Hearts.
Days needs more love
Days was peak Keyblade design
The Struggle Bat also appears, and it mostly focuses on sending the ball upwards
Both the ground and air combos center around Roxas swinging upwards to keep the ball in the air.
man ive been waiting for somebody to cover all the keyblade and gears in this game. thanks for making this video man nothing but nostalgia as im watching :)
I didn't see it pointed out anywhere, but I might've missed it: Dual Wield Roxas' Combos are based on his boss fight in KH2FM, minus the flashy light/dark effects. The ground combo in Days is his basic combo string, and the air combo finisher in Days is based off the last part of his "Strike Raid" move where he throws OKP/OBV at you while darting around. Great vid Bio!!
Damn bro, I can't even begin to imagine how long this took. I love your content and I would like to suggest you do kh recoded next, since there aren't many videos showing the commands from that game
Also, I just wanna mention that roxas's ground dual wield combo at 13:55 is pretty much the same as when you fight him near the end of kh2 fm
@15:09 Roxas's backflip and pose here is the exact same animation as the double form finisher in kh3.
Re chain of memories did not need to be remade. This game did. I will forever be salty about this.
I swear this game had the coolest looking keyblades.
for more irony points days didnt even exist when they remade com
Wait… That stick… THAT’S THE STICK HE HITS AXEL WITH IN KINGDOM HEARTS TWO!!!! How buff is kingdom hearts two axel to have survived that?!?!?!?!?
BRO yes! I just got my first R4 flash cart and I got 358 days working on it and I’m so excited! It’s the one KH game I’ve never played and this video was so coincidental to come out while I’m playing it
Equipping 3 ability pannels on zero gear will actually give KK++, not revert to KK+, for Roxas in story mode and Xion in mission mode. You can not use DW in regular game except for day 358
Oh that's fascinating! Are the attacks different?
@@BioRoxas No, but KK++ is extremely strong, and it has a different dditional ability, if I recall correctly!
Not sure if it was mentioned, but the abilities mentioned for gears in this video are often specifically for the last version. Earlier versions tend to have different abilities, some rather significant. (Duel Gear has Second Chance, for example.)
I like that all the keyblades are kingdom hearts original. They're not just collections of objects from a Disney movie, and they all look pretty cool
13:39 i don't know if anyone has pointed it out or not, but xion can in fact wield both "two become one" and "oathkeeper" but can't dual wield.
edit: it might be exclusive to mission mode, though
Dual Wield Roxas's Limit Break is essentially the exact same as his DM in Re:coded
The "dancing attack" actually uses Leon kh2 ground combo animation
WHOA!! I can totally see that! Good eye
I wonder if Roxas being able to wield an umbrella is a reference to the Costa Del Sol missions in Crisis Core, where Zack fought enemies on the beach armed only with an umbrella.
I definitely loved using the rage gear for both the air and ground combo set up.
Never underestimate the power of Roxas' stick.
The game is cozy, and the analysis is thorough. What more could I ask for? Thanks for the content Bio
I hope you don't mind a suggestion for a future video. Could you look over the enemies of 358/2 Days and go over their strengths/weaknesses/and strategies on beating them? You can even break them up into classes based on types! XD
I can’t wait to see the Demyx version of this breakdown :)
I wish this was a series. Interesting watch regardless, cheers.
In the dual wielding, the other half of the finisher also uses larger laser beams, based on what you showed here.
i love this game back in the day i would play missions and boss battles with friends, great vid
Fire and fira are different in that fire is a homing projectile while fira travels in a straight line
Played this game so much, yet never knew that you could switch to see the name and abilities of the keyblades. Welp better get my game and DS so I can run through the game again and see how this new info will change which weapon I use. Thanks Bio, great video!
Always wanted to see a more thorough, analytical breakdown of Days combat. Looking forward to more!
Omega Weapon is Roxas's version of the Ultima Weapon.
12:48 This only works in Together missions, though. I tried doing it outside of it, but I couldn't use Oblivion
The magic centric keyblades are strange in the fact that they give you quite a bit of strength for when you get them, and have very fast and short combos making them work very well against most enemies and at launching barrels in olympus.
Ngl i really still want 358/2 to be remade. Imagine all the things they can do with it. Even multiplayer.
amazing breakdown thank you for the content buddy
I always noticed the glimpse of darkness and total eclipse keyblades look really similar to Lexaeus’ weapons
The reason why he wields a stick is because during the story xion loses the ability to use the keyblade for a bit so Roxas gives xion his keyblade. Xion then asked what was he going to use since he doesn't have a keyblade so he grabs a stick to use(or in the 358/2 days manga I believe he grabs a sword off of one of the knight statues which later on breaks).
is it just me of all of these key blades have better designs then Rikus new key from kh3
I will say that Days was developed a few years before KHX, so it's more that KHX and KHUx are referencing Days and not the other way around. Still cool that these connections are there, I was stunned when I recognized Missing Ache in Days.
The flipping slashes remind me of Roxas's aerial finishers while he has Oathkeeper and Oblivion in KH2
I never played Days or Coded so this was interesting to me!
Fire actually has a powerful homing property
Fira lost homing but has higher damage and the attack ends with an explosion
Blizzard also has a homing property but instead of following endlessly until it hits, it zips and stops going through the enemy multiple times (I think three or four?) before dissipating midair
Aerora is another homing shot, but this time it's grounded, any flying enemies that fly low enough can get hit by it
3 years later still no org 13 or riku, sora, donald, goofy, king mickey of a similar breakdown. looks like we will never know RIP
3 years?? Damn ;-;
I only had a newborn son at this point in my life and had a bunch more time. With a career and two kiddos, it’s really tough to do videos like this one!
@@BioRoxas hey being a family man is def more important fs. but i would have hoped to see at least the 1st 3 org 13 members. by then. life just happens and..well the rest explains itself
@@BioRoxas i'd still honestly hope you get/have the time to do at least the org 13. i plan on subscribing tbh bc i wanna see it.
Seeing so many people ask for the return of this has it definitely on my radar :) I’ll see what I can do
@@BioRoxas AWESOME looking forward to it!
"Roxas, that's a stick"
One of my favourites. I should realy finish it on my ds. Great video!
I need to mention a specific detail you ignored, with the gear: the Plus gear and normal gear get different abilities when you equip ability units to them. let me go ahead and list an example technical Gear gives Roxas Combo boost and Combo jump with 2 ability units, however the plus variant gives Chain power and Chain time with 2 ability units. Yes each Gear's plus variant gives different abilities from their normal variant
4:51 aerial combo isn't exactly the same. it's starts with an upward slash unlike the overhead strike in the 2 previous ones.
Also suprised you didn't mention 2 keyblades in this actually appeared in the HD collection version of re chain of memeories since it lacked the old reward of KH2 keyblade cards. I thinkone was thestrength focused keyblade and maverick flare for extras.
When I first played 358, I didn't pay attention at all to my keyblade. I just picked a gear and equipped whatever I had at the time. The one I rocked for most of the game was the longer ground and air combo one because I thought longer combos means more damage, and while I wasn't wrong about that, I didn't capitalize on more powerful effects from other gear.
Something else is that roxas's combo while he is using duel keyblades is basically the same as his combo in kh re-coded
Interesting system! Maybe one day we will see 358/2 in a HD format.
Yes, finally that someone acknowledge the game mechanic
All the different equipment and characters playable is why I have over 100 hours on my main DS save for this game.
omega weapon is a nod to the ultima weapon in the ff series, with the hp based abilities and the name.
Okay, the biggest thing you got wrong is that just because a weapon has the same name (ie Ominous Blight and Ominous Blight+) does NOT mean they have the same abilities! If a weapon has multiple abilities some might be the same, but not all of them.
You also didn't mention that Pandora Gear gives you the Risky Play ability, even with no Ability Units, which slightly drains your health with every missed attack
Also, the Zero Gear only changes appearance with Ability Units for Roxas and Xion, and you only get Dual Wielding Roxas in mission mode, not story mode
EDIT: Okay looking back on this part I phrased it much harsher than I meant to, so let me say you still did a great job analyzing the combo differences! Days has so many different weapons that function totally differently, and that part didn't feel rushed at all!
Some minor things about magic that you glossed over
Basic Fire has a homing effect on enemies, while Fira does not, but travels faster.
Blizzard will actually kind of "hang around" and go through enemies multiple times.
With Blizzara the AoE is exactly what the effect looks like, but with Blizzaga the AoE is much larger once an enemy walks near
Thundaga will actually lock on to whatever enemy you're targeting, its not just a set distance away
Curaga will also let you heal allies
So Omnious Blight will have a different ability than Ominous Blight +? I had no idea. That's really interesting! Thanks for pointing that out!
nice. can't wait to see more
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If KH:uX medals are commands:
*358/2 Days*
Roxas: Event Horizon
Xion: Glacier
•Final Form: Holy
Riku(Black Coat): Dark Haze
•”Ansem” Form: Chaos Blades
Mickey(Black Coat): Healing Light
*KH2*
Sora KH2: Explosion
•Valor: Brave Shot
•Wisdom: Reflega
•Master: Disaster
•Limit: Sonic Blade
•Anti: Dark Splicer
•Final: Final Arts
•Toon: Confuse Strike
•Atlantica KH2: Water
•Halloween Town KH2: Treasure Raid
•Lion: Quake
•Space Paranoids: Thundaga Shot
You know that you can do the same amount of slashes in the air as the ground for the limit right. Other than that small error good vid. Days was my first Kingdom Hearts game. So I was happy that you made a video on this game.
Not from my experience but I may have missed something ^^ I did get all the keyblade abilities a bit wrong though haha I didn’t realize the different versions of each keyblade would give different abilities for each ability slot!
Glad you enjoyed it though c:
These are the videos I crave. I can't wait to see the other organization members and maybe even Coded keyblades.
The amazing sap made of oak wood is ofc Roxas's Ultima weapon
Dual wield Roxas is only playable in the story mode briefly during the final mission. If you use the Zero Gear with three ability units in story mode, Roxas just gets the Kingdom Key+, just like Shion. Dual wield Roxas is usable freely in mission mode.
Omega Weapon is a recurring superboss in the Final Fantasy series, usually taking the form of a spider-like robot. The name of the Keyblade is obviously meant yo parallel the Ultima Weapon and while it does normally appear as sword in the FF series, it does sometimes appear alongside a powerful boss monster as well. Omega Weapon's abilities also references Ultima Weapon in FF, as it typically deals more damage depending on the user's health.
I always called Roxas's duel blade combo attack Duel Arcanum
Days had some of the coolest looking keyblades in my opinion
You forgot to mention that Total Eclipse and Maverick Flare appear as attack cards in Re:CoM!
After the 358/days breakdown, would you also do the recoded breakdown? I think this two are the most underrated games and they definitely deserve the love.