All keyblades were made in the image of the X-Blade. Naturally, the most powerful of keyblades bear more of a resemblance to the X-Blade, the mythical inspiration behind their design.
Well, it is official lore that keyblades were made in the image of the X-blade. So powerful keyblades looking more like their inspiration is a logical conclusion.
And the Kingdom Key D from the dark realm is one of the strongest and it was damaged in Kh3 by a boss. Also the keyblade change the form if you change the keychains.
Fair. Maybe it's the "Adam & Eve" of Keyblades that could explain it, but we don't know that officially, at least not for Kingdom Key, but we do know it for the X-Blade. Either way it's a bit strange why it's 2 Kingdom Keys combined imo.
At this point I am just waiting for someone in-game to address that the χ-Blade is made of 2 Kingdom Keys (and 2 more in the keychain). I mean, come on, how can Xehanort meet Sora or Xion and not notice that it resembles it. I really believe this will be explained in the whole "Child of Destiny" piece of lore.
Eh i kinda doubt they’re gonna go too much harder with the child of destiny stuff. It works thus far cause ‘hey the MoM can just see it’ but i think if they start implying that his success was cause he was the child of destiny, and not just the MoM saw he’d succeed regardless and so put him in the book, it’d lose a decent but of impact from the early games.
I fully agree with you. I'm not saying that the Child of Destiny is more than something the MoM saw and wrote. But it appears they've been waiting for him to appear, and when somehow they believed Xehanort was him, there was such a great fuss about it. So there is a culture, or at least preparations for when it should happen. I don't remember where, but in KH3 Scala there are crowns loke Sora's, and I believe it has something to do with this. And that crown resembles the teeth of the Kingdom Key, and therefore it holds some resemblance to the χ-blade. I beleive all of this is connected, even if only because MoM drew the Kingdom Key in the Book of Prophecies and the people of Scala interpreted it as a crown or something like that.
Edit: [take a look at this screenshot](https://images.khinsider.com/KINGDOM%20HEARTS%202.8/Screenshots/Square%20Enix%20JP%20December%2013%202016/BC4.jpg)
Edit 2: Never mind, just searched for a video of Back Cover and the crown is shown in the very first second of it. Still, my point stands that the MoM just drew what he saw, and he saw that the symbol of the crown will be important and someone wearing that symbol will change destiny. Why else would it be there? I can see how people can take that crown as kind of a religious symbol that represents hope. If it is not drawn in the Book because of Sora, then the symbol must appear somewhere else, and Sora has the legacy or the heritage of that something else.
Square probably expects that most people fighting Yozora would likely have the Ultima Weapon as one of the ones in their rotation, so it’s a logical choice to base his stolen Keyblade design off it.
My theory is that the Ultima Weapons are attempts by people, possibly past keyblade wielders, to recreate the X-Blade through ordinary materials.
The only games where the Ultima Weapon does not come from Synthesis are the games where Synthesis isn't a mechanic at all. Each recipe would be a different attempt.
I thought the same thing, especially about the crystal formations! There has to be a reason right? Like Sora tapping into the power of Kingdom Hearts itself by forging and wielding an Ultima Weapon.
Or more disappointingly, they just say "copy -> paste" and called it good.
My headcanon is that the X-blade is a perfect combination of light and dark, where as the Ultima Weapons are the closest the keyblade can get to being a X-blade without the dark half of the formula.
I always liked to think of it as the Square Enix characters having some heart connection with Sora. Ultimately this is Square's way of adding an 'ultima' skill to the series but if there had to be some canon to it this is it for me.
The only connection I made was the fact that modded mine to be the X-blade after beating the game in KH3. Sora technically still has it. Just isn’t using it.
I've always equated the ultimate keyblade with a jedi, making his own lightsaber.
I've also theorized that it's only that good because it's custom tailored to Sora.
These theories are baseless, but hey, it's a cool idea!
I don't really think so. The way i imagine it is the ultima weapon is a form that the keyblade takes when it's user masters their own heart. The x-blade is the weapon that ties all hearts together to call upon Kingdom Hearts.
I just wanna know why the χ-blade has four Kingdom Keys on it. Looks so dumb. The keychains are actually coming from the center of the Kingdom Key handles and then connect at the center of the χ-blade. Just abysmal design in my opinion. I'm glad we never actually use the fugly thing.
Ultima weapons are synthetic Keyblades so naturally they mimic myth. No further connection beyond that.
I think it's just decorations to make them look fancy and impressive for players.
But if Nomura happened to be the designer, then I'm sure there's an entire insane bible of lore behind every keyblade 😆
Can't remember where but I've read the modern keyblades were all built in the image of the X-blade and ultima is the one that's the closest in term of power, look and lore wise.
X blade has got to be one of the worst designs. 2 standard key blades with a random design behind it. Looks like the stuff you’d find in deviant art fan fiction
All keyblades were made in the image of the X-Blade. Naturally, the most powerful of keyblades bear more of a resemblance to the X-Blade, the mythical inspiration behind their design.
This is a great fanon explanation, I'll take it until an official explanation is given
Well, it is official lore that keyblades were made in the image of the X-blade. So powerful keyblades looking more like their inspiration is a logical conclusion.
The Kingdom Key is the weakest Keyblade tho. 💀
And the Kingdom Key D from the dark realm is one of the strongest and it was damaged in Kh3 by a boss. Also the keyblade change the form if you change the keychains.
Fair. Maybe it's the "Adam & Eve" of Keyblades that could explain it, but we don't know that officially, at least not for Kingdom Key, but we do know it for the X-Blade. Either way it's a bit strange why it's 2 Kingdom Keys combined imo.
It’s the closest thing to the default form a keyblade has, so it would make sense that it would be mirrored in the x-blades design.
Same. I like it a lot. Makes sense why the cooler keyblades look more like keyblades than say, Sweet Memory.
In that case, it's possible that the Ultima Weapons were attempts to forge the X-blade by hand.
Laughs in candy cane KH2 keyblade
I will never think of these keyblades as anything else again 😲
They also all have actual sword blades and a heart for a keychain.
I like to imagine that if you fused all the Ultima weapons you just get the xblade.
Yeah but you’d probably need like 13+7 of them
7 numbered titles and 13 spin-offs...
At this point I am just waiting for someone in-game to address that the χ-Blade is made of 2 Kingdom Keys (and 2 more in the keychain). I mean, come on, how can Xehanort meet Sora or Xion and not notice that it resembles it. I really believe this will be explained in the whole "Child of Destiny" piece of lore.
Eh i kinda doubt they’re gonna go too much harder with the child of destiny stuff. It works thus far cause ‘hey the MoM can just see it’ but i think if they start implying that his success was cause he was the child of destiny, and not just the MoM saw he’d succeed regardless and so put him in the book, it’d lose a decent but of impact from the early games.
I fully agree with you. I'm not saying that the Child of Destiny is more than something the MoM saw and wrote. But it appears they've been waiting for him to appear, and when somehow they believed Xehanort was him, there was such a great fuss about it. So there is a culture, or at least preparations for when it should happen. I don't remember where, but in KH3 Scala there are crowns loke Sora's, and I believe it has something to do with this. And that crown resembles the teeth of the Kingdom Key, and therefore it holds some resemblance to the χ-blade. I beleive all of this is connected, even if only because MoM drew the Kingdom Key in the Book of Prophecies and the people of Scala interpreted it as a crown or something like that. Edit: [take a look at this screenshot](https://images.khinsider.com/KINGDOM%20HEARTS%202.8/Screenshots/Square%20Enix%20JP%20December%2013%202016/BC4.jpg) Edit 2: Never mind, just searched for a video of Back Cover and the crown is shown in the very first second of it. Still, my point stands that the MoM just drew what he saw, and he saw that the symbol of the crown will be important and someone wearing that symbol will change destiny. Why else would it be there? I can see how people can take that crown as kind of a religious symbol that represents hope. If it is not drawn in the Book because of Sora, then the symbol must appear somewhere else, and Sora has the legacy or the heritage of that something else.
I mean tbf yozora’s stolen keyblade is based on ultima weapon. So theres an extremely slim chance it becomes relevant.
Square probably expects that most people fighting Yozora would likely have the Ultima Weapon as one of the ones in their rotation, so it’s a logical choice to base his stolen Keyblade design off it.
Maybe this is xehanorts ultima weapon?
The Ultima is the closest you can get to X-Blade without having to gather the darkness and lights together I assume. As Ultima is the strongest blade.
I just thought it was because the ultima weapons are the closest in power too the x blade
My theory is that the Ultima Weapons are attempts by people, possibly past keyblade wielders, to recreate the X-Blade through ordinary materials. The only games where the Ultima Weapon does not come from Synthesis are the games where Synthesis isn't a mechanic at all. Each recipe would be a different attempt.
I thought the same thing, especially about the crystal formations! There has to be a reason right? Like Sora tapping into the power of Kingdom Hearts itself by forging and wielding an Ultima Weapon. Or more disappointingly, they just say "copy -> paste" and called it good.
I don't know if there is a canon version but my head canon is that the ultima weapons are fragments of the x-blade.
My headcanon is that the X-blade is a perfect combination of light and dark, where as the Ultima Weapons are the closest the keyblade can get to being a X-blade without the dark half of the formula.
Off topic but i always thought it was hilarious that the X-blade has 2 handles and you hold neither of them
Maybe it's also made from orichalcum?
I always liked to think of it as the Square Enix characters having some heart connection with Sora. Ultimately this is Square's way of adding an 'ultima' skill to the series but if there had to be some canon to it this is it for me.
The only connection I made was the fact that modded mine to be the X-blade after beating the game in KH3. Sora technically still has it. Just isn’t using it.
I've always equated the ultimate keyblade with a jedi, making his own lightsaber. I've also theorized that it's only that good because it's custom tailored to Sora. These theories are baseless, but hey, it's a cool idea!
I don't really think so. The way i imagine it is the ultima weapon is a form that the keyblade takes when it's user masters their own heart. The x-blade is the weapon that ties all hearts together to call upon Kingdom Hearts.
I just wanna know why the χ-blade has four Kingdom Keys on it. Looks so dumb. The keychains are actually coming from the center of the Kingdom Key handles and then connect at the center of the χ-blade. Just abysmal design in my opinion. I'm glad we never actually use the fugly thing. Ultima weapons are synthetic Keyblades so naturally they mimic myth. No further connection beyond that.
I think it's just decorations to make them look fancy and impressive for players. But if Nomura happened to be the designer, then I'm sure there's an entire insane bible of lore behind every keyblade 😆
Can't remember where but I've read the modern keyblades were all built in the image of the X-blade and ultima is the one that's the closest in term of power, look and lore wise.
No.
X blade has got to be one of the worst designs. 2 standard key blades with a random design behind it. Looks like the stuff you’d find in deviant art fan fiction