Light Cycle

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Sora's Light Cycle in Space Paranoids

The Light Cycle first appeared in the 1982 movie Tron. The game in the movie was like the game Snake, where the players had to guide each other into the lines. It appears in Kingdom Hearts II as a mini-game with different rules than the original.

In the game, Light Cycle, the competitors were forced into a life or death game where the Light Cycle bikes would create lines wherever they went. If a bike crashed into a line, the rider would be de-resoluted. The game is played in a Light Cycle arena, a large empty space with a gridded floor and walls all around.

Kingdom Hearts II

Design

The design of the Light Cycle is completely different than that of the original movie, instead using the design of the redesigned Light Cycles from the PC game first sequel to the movie, Tron 2.0. The design difference is that it is more like a real-life motorcycle than a capsule-like one, quite similar to Cloud's Fenrir in the movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, and looking like the redesign from the theatrical sequel of the first movie, Tron: Legacy

Storyline

In Kingdom Hearts II, Sora had to play a round of Light Cycle against some cycle-like Heartless, after Goofy fiddled around with the computer in the holding cell in Space Paranoids. Unlike its predecessor, walls would self-generate as Sora raced through it, while the Heartless would also race against Sora, attempting to run him into the walls.

Prior to the race a Devastator Heartless blasted a hole in the wall and Sora is racing to escape.

After completing it once for the storyline, Light Cycle becomes a mini-game in which you have to destroy as many Heartless as you can before dying or coming to the end of the course.

Controls

This mini-game operates under a rock-paper-scissors-like attack system. If you Attack an enemy and it has Guard up, you'll get blown away. If you use Charge against an enemy that has Guard up, the barrier will be destroyed and the Heartless damaged. You can easily block a Charge with an Attack. If you pass through a barrier or run into a wall, you will be hurt.

• Guard: A shield surrounds the bike and protects against Heartless attacks. It protects from Attack, but is ineffective against Charge.
• Charge: The bike charges up and then smashes the nearest target. It breaks through Guard, but is vulnerable to Attack.
• Attack: Sora attacks Heartless with the Keyblade. It can be used against Charge, but is weak against Guard.
• / : Turns the bike left.
• / : Turns the bike right.