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Dive to the Heart: Difference between revisions
Pretty sure it's KH1, not BBS.
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--> and its nature as the dreamer's heart is reinforced by the background music, the gameplay tutorial, and the strange way of speaking used by those within it (a manner also used by the remembered characters of ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'').<!--the speaking bit is referring to the mysterious things that Memory-Aerith and the others say, though I guess we learn that's just Naminé. Not sure how to word this.--> However, the events which occur within it have a real effect on the waking world, and in two instances they are actually observed by outside forces.<ref>In ''Kingdom Hearts II'', the Organization observes and comments upon Sora's battle with Roxas on the Station of Awakening. In ''Kingdom Hearts coded'', Data-Roxas appears before Data-Sora on the Station of Awakening.</ref> In terms of gameplay, the purpose of the Dive to the Heart is to serve as a tutorial level, where the player will learn the controls of the game, choose how their character will grow, and fight their first boss. The player is guided through the Dive to the Heart by an inaudible, unseen "voice", whose identity is eventually revealed to be that of King Mickey for Sora's dive,<ref>''Kingdom Hearts Series Ultimania Alpha'', p. 087</ref> and Sora for Ventus's.<!--probably should add to Mickey's page, and mention the final rest bit too--><!--http://kh-info-block.tumblr.com/tagged/KH1NIA--> | --> and its nature as the dreamer's heart is reinforced by the background music, the gameplay tutorial, and the strange way of speaking used by those within it (a manner also used by the remembered characters of ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'').<!--the speaking bit is referring to the mysterious things that Memory-Aerith and the others say, though I guess we learn that's just Naminé. Not sure how to word this.--> However, the events which occur within it have a real effect on the waking world, and in two instances they are actually observed by outside forces.<ref>In ''Kingdom Hearts II'', the Organization observes and comments upon Sora's battle with Roxas on the Station of Awakening. In ''Kingdom Hearts coded'', Data-Roxas appears before Data-Sora on the Station of Awakening.</ref> In terms of gameplay, the purpose of the Dive to the Heart is to serve as a tutorial level, where the player will learn the controls of the game, choose how their character will grow, and fight their first boss. The player is guided through the Dive to the Heart by an inaudible, unseen "voice", whose identity is eventually revealed to be that of King Mickey for Sora's dive,<ref>''Kingdom Hearts Series Ultimania Alpha'', p. 087</ref> and Sora for Ventus's.<!--probably should add to Mickey's page, and mention the final rest bit too--><!--http://kh-info-block.tumblr.com/tagged/KH1NIA--> | ||
To reinforce the dreamlike setting of the Dive to the Heart, Sora, Roxas, and Ventus each reach it by falling into an ocean. However, instead of drowning, they find that they can breathe, and land upon an ocean floor which erupts into doves, revealing the Dive to the Heart. In Roxas's case, this first Dive to the Heart is merely a memory of Sora's, and he enters his true dive three days later. The Dive to the Heart is composed of several enormous, illuminated stained-glass pillars known as "Stations", rising from unseen depths. Each Station has a unique shade, depicts a specific set of characters, and has its own specific part in the tutorial. In ''Kingdom Hearts | To reinforce the dreamlike setting of the Dive to the Heart, Sora, Roxas, and Ventus each reach it by falling into an ocean. However, instead of drowning, they find that they can breathe, and land upon an ocean floor which erupts into doves, revealing the Dive to the Heart. In Roxas's case, this first Dive to the Heart is merely a memory of Sora's, and he enters his true dive three days later. The Dive to the Heart is composed of several enormous, illuminated stained-glass pillars known as "Stations", rising from unseen depths. Each Station has a unique shade, depicts a specific set of characters, and has its own specific part in the tutorial. In ''Kingdom Hearts'', there is an additional area of the Dive to the Heart based on [[Destiny Islands]]. The background music, "Dive Into the Heart (Destati)", initially begins quietly and hard to hear, but grows in intensity as Sora or Roxas approaches the final pillar, where they fight a manifestation of the [[darkness]] within them. At the end of their battle with the creature, the Dive to the Heart is consumed by the darkness emanating from it, dragging Sora or Roxas with it, but they either wake up or are rescued. | ||
==Development== | ==Development== | ||