MoM and the Zoopals actually ended up on a console. If union X will ever get remaked to consoles, the cast would probably get more attention. Yozora, MoM and the foretellers are more talked about because we actually see them in-engine with voice acting. Union X cast failed because they're on a mobile game. Lauriam and Ven are so pale and underused in Ux that their popularity still stems mostly from their appearances in the mains series. The other Foretellers and Strelitzia are more known through social media and fandom wank in general rather than their actual roles in the series' canon.Įphemer and Skuld are semi-popular but nowhere near major characters from the main series, same goes for Blaine. The main issue with the whole Ux-cast is that they are largely unknown by the wider fanbase due to their main appearances being in a gacha game whose actual important story updates come out slower than a turtle manages to move.Īva and especially the MoM have some more exposure and thus popularity due to their prominence in Back Cover. If some will be killed off quicker then others. It does make me wonder about the roles of these new guys. Strelitizia is all about the murder case, rarely about her actual character. But I rarely see people making a fuss over Ephemer and Skuld. I've wondered this, how popular are characters like Ephemer, Skuld, and Brain? MoM and the Zoo-Keys seem to have gained much bigger popularity over the years, especially Ava. And I worry these guys won't either, not unless Nomura can REALLY throw me off and present an amazing story for them. The Union X cast just doesn't do it for me. Right now, probably the only characters for whom I, at least, have any deep interest in seeing again is Yozora and those connected to him. And considering how over-stylized they look and their designs look, I worry the next batch of people to be saved in this upcoming saga are not people that most players will actually be invested in saving. You can name them any fancy old mythological names you want, but the symbolic meaning behind those names doesn't actually imbue them with any relatable personality. Looking at these character designs doesn't ameliorate those fears. That signals to me how big a failure Union X is, and it makes me worried that Dark Road will fail in the same way. I haven't heard anybody express the same level of affection for Ephemer, Skuld, and Brain as for Roxas, Xion, and Axel, or Sora, Riku, and Kairi, or even Terra, Aqua, and Ventus. And that's an enormous problem.įor all its many faults, people stuck through the long-winded Xehanort saga because the batch of characters that needed to be saved were all well-loved, and they all had stories that fleshed them out well enough that you wanted to see more of them. I'm trying real hard not to judge a book by its cover, but if the way the Union X characters have been developed is any indication, I don't have much faith that these new guys are going to be very interesting. They look like a lot of those stock over-drawn characters you see in second-rate anime series. My biggest concern is, just by looking at them and their outfits, they seem to be more style over substance. ![]() I'm not sure what it is about these designs, but the first thing that jumped into my mind when I saw them was, "Jeez, Kingdom Hearts has really strayed far from that simple, innocent story about a boy journeying outside his island home." Along with Verðandi (possibly "happening" or "present") and Skuld (possibly "debt" or "future"), Urðr makes up a trio of Norns that are described as deciding the fates of people.īragi: Bragi is the skaldic god of poetry in Norse mythology. Urd: Urðr (Old Norse "fate") is one of the Norns in Norse mythology. He is often considered the messenger of the gods. Hermod: Hermóðr (Old Norse "war-spirit" anglicized as Hermod) is a figure in Norse mythology, a son of the god Odin and brother of Baldr. ![]() Vor: "In Norse mythology, Vör (Old Norse, possibly "the careful one," or "aware, careful") is a goddess associated with wisdom." Sorry, my knowledge of Norse myths don't go that far. Heremod - Some Danish king I remember from Beowulf. I know there are more than one Bragi and don't know which Nomura will choose from. Urd - I know from my knowledge of Marvel that this is the name of a Norn.īragi - More norse stuff. I know Norse mythology is redundant with gods of war and wisdom. Vor - Obviously, Nomura realized what kind of fandom he has and wanted to make a cruel joke.
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