KINGDOM HEARTS TIMELINE - Episode 76: Xion's Keyblade
Channel: Everglow
Date: 2018-10-09

If you're wondering about the last mission with Xion, it was a personal choice to highlight her and to show her fighting with the Keyblade again. Day 99 is a filler day, not related to the main plot in any way. In the DS version, Roxas goes to the desert with Demyx (in fact, you could just skip that day).
Roxas and Demyx never talk to each other or anything on that day, since it's just a hearts collection mission. This is why I decided to replace Roxas with Xion and give her more screen time, as well as showing ally Demyx fighting (I did try to make him sound funny during his gameplay part, also making his text in his report entry go out of the lines). It was also a great opportunity to show gameplay in the desert ruins, something never seen before (the ground collision may have some imperfections here and there, because of course you're supposed to fly over there on the carpet with Sora).

And yes. An HD gameplay with the stick was there. That was my goal since I started this project.

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Some notes to read related to most of your curiosity and concerns about the 358/2 Days portion of the Timeline. Please read before expressing your concerns!
Please, bear in mind — THIS IS NOT A Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days remake! It will never, ever be, nor it is in our interest working on it. What we have been doing is just focusing on SIMULATING some of the original missions using KH2FM codes, adding in dialogues and cutscenes from both the original Nintendo DS and the HD 1.5 movie versions. You can’t just download it and play it and do these “missions” like in these videos. It’s not like you can download an actual game, boot it and see yourself playing as Xion and encountering random Heartless in every world like shown here. The Commands Menu on the bottom left corner is actually a picture, which is faithfully and constantly manually edited through video editing when attacking/using magic/using items/healing party members. In fact, I play with an invisible menu. 
The Information bar appearing at the top of the screen is just a picture as well. The Heartless spawnings have been handled each time exclusively for recording purposes, it’s not like they would appear on regular basis as shown in these videos.
In other words, this is not a playable game, nor will it have any sort of remade cutscenes, rather a temporary “simulation” of some of 358/2 Days missions. Our goal is creating an exclusive, new perspective of 358/2 Days gameplay, mixing it with the original cutscenes and finally create the definitive experience of Roxas’s story, a character who deserves all of our tireless efforts and dedication.
Nothing of this would have been possible without their massive experience, impressive capabilities and, more than anything, patience! 

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Credits go to the following people:
- Disgustor, for the custom models and so much other incredible stuff. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNZWIUgF7j27wrtHk6zfYxQ
- An anonymous contributor, whose extreme kindness and experience is a fundamental key for the success of this project.
- 13th Vessel, for re-texturing some models and maps: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClX_9s-m3PxkJtHSkTyw6ug
- Crazycatz00, for his Base patch v0.00.18233.0022p.
- SoraikoSan, for his model importer and moveset tool. https://www.youtube.com/user/SoraikoSan
- Sonicshadowsilver2, for the UCM and much more: https://www.youtube.com/user/Sonicshadowsilver2
- ohmiyamoto, for lending us her beautiful voice for dubbing the playable version of Xion. She’s been a precious help for us and without her we couldn’t bring life to such a perfect Xion! Please, take a few seconds of your time for thanking her with a tweet on https://twitter.com/ohmiyamoto, and follow her works on https://www.youtube.com/user/ohmiyamoto
- BlueNctrn, for his arrangement of Dance of the Daring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE-8yUMiFs
- ToxicHydreigon, for his arrangement of Tension Rising: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqOdRVOLTks


Of course, all of the gameplay recordings and various videos editing are made by me. We all really hope you could appreciate this massive job, just as we hope you can support us and keep us company during Roxas’s journey. This is your best chance to show your support, sound off your opinions and let us know that you, the fans, care about the project and the people behind us.
If you want to show your support or feel like donating and have morsel free to visit my Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/everglow and follow me on Twitter to get in touch with me! https://twitter.com/everglow8444

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Nonetheless, the best way to let players feel empathy with a video game character and actually CARE about them is playing AS THEM/playing ALONGSIDE THEM.
Which is why I do think that showing Roxas and Xion fighting together, especially when she can't use the Keyblade and Roxas helps her, is a key element to the plot that must not be underestimated.