User:TheSilentHero/KH3 Walkthrough/Dive to the Heart

Welcome to the beginning of this walkthrough. This walkthrough will guide you through Kingdom Hearts III, as well as the Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC.

When you select New Game from the Main Menu, you get to choose the Difficulty Level for the game. For your first playthrough, you can only choose between Beginner Mode, Standard Mode, and Proud Mode. After beating the game once, you can also play in Critical Mode.


 * Beginner Mode: Choose this if you just want to enjoy the story without worrying about the combat. Sora will take less damage, deal more damage and gain more EXP compared to Standard Mode.
 * Standard Mode: This provides a nice balance between challenge and difficulty. A good choice if you want to play the game without being overpowered, and without getting frustrated.
 * Proud Mode: Somewhat harder than Standard. Choose this if you want more of a challenge. Sora will take more damage compared to Standard.
 * Critical Mode: A true challenge. Sora will take even more damage than on Proud, gain less EXP, and has less HP and MP. He does get several abilities early, as well as 3 exclusive abilities, and gets a free accessory from the start.

Choosing your playstyle
Like many of the games in this series, you'll start at the Dive to the Heart after the opening movie. You'll learn some basic controls, so walk over to the mirror and touch it. You are now on the other side of the mirror, where countless images of past games circle around. Three of such images will come down and you'll have to choose one of them, each giving a certain benefit.

The first choice determines your starting HP and MP. Any HP and MP you gain during the game is identical between choices, but the little extra HP or MP can make a difference in tough battles.

After making your choice, three new image come forward, presenting you with yet another choice. This choice determines the order in which you learn abilities. <!-- Once you've made your choice and confirmed it, the floor will break beneath you and you'll fall to another platform featuring Cinderella.

Learn to fight
You'll summon the weapon you chose, and learn about HP and MP, and how to attack. And now it's time for your very first battle. Introducing the most basic of Heartless: the  Shadow . A bunch of them appear, but you only need to defeat one for the others to retreat. You'll learn about EXP and prizes, and another Shadow will try to attack you from behind. That might be a problem if it weren't for a very useful tool: Lock-on. Lock-on allows you to target and follow a specific enemy. Use Lock-on to defeat the group of Shadows, and a retreating Shadow will cause you to sink into darkness until you awake on a third platform, featuring three unidentified women, and a semi-transparent door.

Walk up to the door and you'll learn about examining. Examine the door and a treasure chest will appear. Walk up to it and open it to obtain...nothing. A crate now appears, push it and then smash it. Inside you'll find a  Potion . The door frame now becomes solid and a barrel appears. Lift the barrel and the rest of the door will materialize. Now you can open the door.

Making the right choice
You find yourself on a wooden structure overlooking a vast ocean with three other characters. Fans of the Final Fantasy series might recognize them as Selphie from Final Fantasy VIII, and Tidus and Wakka from Final Fantasy X. Each will ask you a question, with three possible answers. The answers you give decide the amount of EXP you'll need to level up. There are three possible outcomes: "dawn" will require less EXP in the beginning but more at the end, "dusk" will require more EXP at the beginning but less at the end, and "noon" is kind of balanced between the two. Fortunately, there's no complicated formula for what choices to make. The top answers will result in dawn, the middle answers in noon, and the bottom answers in dusk. After answering all three, you get to confirm your choice. Afterwards, you'll find yourself on another station, featuring Aurora. Walk towards the light, and you'll learn about the Menu screen. However, you can't open it during battle and a bunch of Shadows appear.

After the battle, a Save Point appears. Save Points allow you to save your game (obviously), but standing on one also restores your HP and MP. Stand on the Save Point and a beam of light creates a stairway.

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Time to face your dark side
Once you've saved (or not), head up the stairs. In a cutscene you see your shadow grow to the size of a giant. Meet the very first boss battle, the  Darkside  Win or lose, once the battle is over, the Darkside will drown you in darkness. Head on over to the next page to see what happens next. -->
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