If Kingdom Hearts II was entirely Roxas' game

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That being said, I had another "What if?" idea. There's a part in the novels when Axel's about to fight Roxas for the last time and, upon realizing that the Organization's been manipulating them all along, briefly considers just taking off with him instead of following orders. I wonder, what if Axel had actually made this suggestion to Roxas and then they both ran away from the Organization, and then KH2 became a two-scenario game? In one scenario, Sora finally wakes up and goes on his merry way with Donald and Goofy. The second, darker scenario would be about Axel, Roxas, Namine, and Riku trying to figure out what to do next and avoid getting captured by the Org. Because I think the biggest story problem in KH2 was that the really interesting stuff was NOT happening to Sora. The really interesting, plot-relevant stuff was happening to Axel, Namine, and Riku. Focus at least part of the game on them, with Roxas as the protagonist, and there you go. Problem solved.

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Except okay instead of them BOTH running away, Axel just manages to convince him in data Twilight Town. Like, makes him remember or something. Then instead of bringing him back to the Org they just run away. And now Roxas knows why Axel lied to him--he would die if he met Sora. Still, Roxas' goal is to understand who he is... so he has to come to terms with it, maybe seek out Riku again?

And maybe they help Namine escape from DiZ and bingo there is your RAN. Namine wants to go back to Kairi and perhaps she helps Roxas come to terms with his own Nobody-hood, too. Axel is selfish...

And that's why he sacrifices himself in the end, to let them get back to their others (like why he kidnapped Kairi in the novels lol), but also because he comes to terms with the fact that he isn't special like they are and doesn't really have a place in their fate. ;A;

In any case Roxas is still going to be bitchy and "less talking more Keyblade in your face".

Also Sora is able to wake up because they extract the memories Roxas was stealing, but it just returns to how things worked through the end of KH1 and all of CoM: Sora didn't need Roxas that much. Or, Namine even said in Days (*crosses self*) that she could wake Sora up without those memories.

Kairi could be more useful because Namine goes back to her early-on in the game, perhaps Axel kidnaps her for this? Instead of Riku and Saix taking her after that, she is just brought to Namine? Then maybe Kairi would be stuck with Axel and Roxas (Axel may have promised to bring her to Sora like in KH2), and would maybe have to learn from them? Or perhaps they would take her to Riku...

[Azrael]

Then [B]coded[/B] fixed it again in an awesome way.

Thank gawd he keeps his [B]KH2[/B] characterization, after all.




Xion wasn't thought of properly by then, if at all. It would have still never happened, or there wouldn't be anything to remember, because Days was a retcon that didn't exist in those times. Unlike how BBS was coming into fruition along with KH2, and it got hinted at in the game.

Easy. Have Namine be the girl who gets Roxas to leave. Xion needed not exist.

[thylings]

If Roxas would have been the main character of KHII, I probably would have liked the game.

And we wouldn't have needed Days. *shudders*

[AxelYoYo]

If KH2 was entirely Roxas's game...

I would play it over.and over.and over.

[Amata]

That being said, I had another "What if?" idea. There's a part in the novels when Axel's about to fight Roxas for the last time and, upon realizing that the Organization's been manipulating them all along, briefly considers just taking off with him instead of following orders. I wonder, what if Axel had actually made this suggestion to Roxas and then they both ran away from the Organization, and then KH2 became a two-scenario game? In one scenario, Sora finally wakes up and goes on his merry way with Donald and Goofy. The second, darker scenario would be about Axel, Roxas, Namine, and Riku trying to figure out what to do next and avoid getting captured by the Org. Because I think the biggest story problem in KH2 was that the really interesting stuff was NOT happening to Sora. The really interesting, plot-relevant stuff was happening to Axel, Namine, and Riku. Focus at least part of the game on them, with Roxas as the protagonist, and there you go. Problem solved.

That would have been pretty good, actually, you could keep Sora's story the way it was, or maybe change a few things, and then have the second disc/scenario explaining the other side of things. I'd play that.

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If KH2 was entirely Roxas' game, Ven probably wouldn't look the way he is, just saying xP.

If Roxas was the main character, then we'd probably get to see a lot more of the Organization which is a win :3