FF: Unlimited/Kingdom Hearts

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All I know of Final Fantasy: Unlimited so far comes from the Phase 1 DVD and what’s on FF Compendium, but I’ve noticed some similarities to Kingdom Hearts:

(Not sure how many of these are considered spoilers, so I’m covering all but the first one.)

-The main characters (Ai and Yu/Sora, Riku, and Kairi) leave their world for a place that consists of several very different worlds.

-There’s a Big Bad Thing destroying the worlds (Chaos/Heartless), which is connected to a single person (Earl Tyrant/Ansem).

-There are dark, mysterious, brooding characters from a world that has been destroyed (Squall & Cloud/Kaze & Makenshi) who work with or against the heroes.

-Summons come from the transformed remains of those who were destroyed along with their worlds.

As I said, I’ve only seen a little of FF:U, so these may not all be accurate. I also left out direct Final Fantasy references (Cid, moogles, etc.).

Is there anything else to add?

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Eh… I’m pretty sure any similarities are completely coincidental. In particular, the Inner World of FFU isn’t really like the discrete “planet map” of KH in that it isn’t a bunch of separate worlds, but a bunch of different parts of the same one. And many things in KH (including Squall/Cloud and the summon gems) are basically just there so they could have more FF/Disney references that fit into the storyline, as opposed to FFU where it’s more of an integral part of it.

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I figured they weren’t intentional. They’re not similar enough to be deliberate references, but enough to be interesting coincidences.