Hi, Im Kaci. I play too much Kingdom Hearts. If you've got questions, I've got answers.

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iDonald HSC Guide

Ohhh jeeze here comes another High Score Challenge!  Let’s talk rewards first:

Rewards:
Illustrated Donald: General Defense Down by two tiers, single target.  And just like in the other KH games, he doesn’t heal you.  He’s basically a magic version of Mickey&Minnie from two HSC ago.
Donald & Daisy: Speed/Magic Str +2 tiers.  Basically the SM equivalent of Aladdin&Abu from the last HSC.

Multipliers:

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A nice spread of Pay to Win, Free Giveaway, and Haha Good Luck.  KA#9 is four medals for 15 dollars right now, which is great for people with money and bad for the 42%-56% multiplier range.  If you buy the KA#9 weekly deal, make sure not to combine the medals just yet.  Luckily, this event runs one day into next week for the dummies ((cough cough Chloe)) who combined their medals already.

Enemy List:
This HSC is old-school.  No paths, no screen lockouts.  Go straight for the hard enemies and refill SP on the weak ones early in the mission.

Lv. 50 Wizard [M]
Lv. 50 Large Body [P]
Lv. 50 Wibble Wobble [S]
Lv. 1 Gift Shadow [P] x5
Lv. 100 Large Armor [P] & Armored Knight [P]
Lv. 100 White Rose [M] & Ice Plant [M]
Lv. 100 Stinging Bee* [S] & Dire Plant [S]

Lv. 150 Fire Plant [M] x3
Lv. 150 Defender [P] x3
Lv. 150 Search Ghost** [S] x3
Lv. 1 Gift Shadow [P] x3
Lv. 200 Morning Star [P]
Lv. 200 Invisible [S]
Lv. 200 High Wizard [M]
Lv. 200 Hammer Frame [P] x2
Lv. 200 Cannon Gun*** [S] x2
Lv. 200 Wayward Wardrobe**** [M]

Lv. 250 Yellow Copter Fleet# [S]
Lv. 300 Red Copter Fleet## [P]
Lv. 350 Blue Copter Fleet### [M]
Lv. 400 Black Copter Fleet#### [S]

*+1 Str
**+2 Str
***+2 PSM Def
****+3 M Def
#+2 SM Def
##+2 PS Def
###+2 PM Def
####+3 S Str & +3 P Def

Guilt:
iDonald: You need to place in the top 1k and get 22.5 million to guilt him.  You get two trait rolls in this instance.  Extra Attack would be great!
D&D: You get four for getting 15 mil, which is pretty easy.  Then you have to place in the top 2k to guilt him.  Again, Extra Attack is what you’re aiming for.

I got almost 13 million with 0%, so the 22.5 million for the final reward would require something like 73%.  But I have a party member that did it with 56%, so what do I know?

Alright!  That’s it!  Have fun guys!

<3 KCM

The only Kingdom Hearts game I've played though is KH2 (multiple times), and I've played a bit of the original Kingdom Hearts and Re: Chain of Memories, but didn't really get into them. After seeing the latest trailer for Kingdom Hearts 3, I've gotten reeeeeally hyped for the series again. I'm going to start a playthrough of all the content as outlined in your Beginners' Gude, and I'm wondering: About how many hours of play/watchtime can I expect to get though everything before KH3 comes out?

Ohhhhh what a question.  Um… assuming you haven’t played the games before or you remember very little of them:

KH1: ~24 hours, ~30 with all Reports, totally doable
CoM: ~20 hours, ~12 hours for Riku’s story
KH2: ~28 hours, ~50 with all optional bosses, very hard
358: ~24 hours for the game or 3 hours for the movie.  1.5+2.5 updated the 358 movie to include a final battle cutscene (which is awesome!) and it makes the movie version a lot more substantial than it was before.  Alternatively I am reading the manga right now and it is glorious.  ~3 hours for the manga, 5 books
BBS: ~15 hours per character (x3), ~4 hours for Final and Secret episode, and anywhere from 2-20 hours to unlock Secret episode.  This is the huge time commitment one, IMO
Coded: 3 hours, watch the movie
DDD: ~24 hours
KHUx: Ongoing, but my Theater Mode, which focuses only on relevant plot, is currently at about 2 hours
0.2: ~3 hours

Total: ~170 hours, or just over a week of straight gameplay

Difficulty settings will drastically change this, but it sort of balances out.  If you’re trying to do optional bosses, they will be much easier on Beginner, but if you’re trying to unlock secret endings, they will be much easier on Proud or Critical.  If you’re following my guide and you’re willing to watch videos on YouTube, this is about right! ^_^

I know 170 hours sounds daunting, but it’s really not.  A lot of people put twice that into Skyrim.  I’ve put ten times that into the KH franchise over the past fifteen years. >///< But even if KH3 comes out one year from today (oh God please let that be the case), then you’re only looking at three hours a week, or less than half an hour a day!

It’s an amazing series, start to finish.  A bit of a wild ride at times.  But I honestly don’t think anyone can get more out of a video game than they can get out of Kingdom Hearts.

Have fun!!  And thank you for the question!!

<3 KCM

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But don’t be afraid. Your heart is the mightiest weapon of all. 

Remember, you are the one who will open the door to the light.

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A glimpse of Sora’s abilities in the newest KH3 trailer

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— if you can imagine a world, believe in it…and dive in

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❝ Focus on your role. Trust no one…❞

COUGH. COUGH.

MoM. Cough.