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My contribution for the Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary is here!
Upon my first playthrough of the game back in 2019, I couldn't help but notice how some characters looked incredibly washed out compared to how they looked in previous entries or based on the CGI cutscenes present throughout the game. In some cases, some characters were colored incorrectly! I took it upon myself to go through and update the colors of everyone that needed it, and some I thought could do with some touching up. Admittedly, some characters don't look like they were changed too much (looking at you Wayfinder Trio), but that's either due to them being pretty spot on or conflicts with lighting. Some changes are better viewed in the journal, however the lighting there also might make some colors look extra bright. This was purely a labor of love I was glad to take on! I hope you enjoy the changes, Happy 20th Anniversary Kingdom Hearts!
Changes:
- Sora & Kairi (KH3) > Updated to match CGI cutscenes
- Second Form > Updated to match KH2 Color Correction
- Riku (KH3) > Updated to match CGI cutscenes, made eyes Light Blue as previous entries
- Mickey (KH3) > Updated to match CGI cutscenes
- Donald > Darkened the shade of his beak/legs to counter wash out, brightened hat and cape
- Goofy > Updated to reflect past entries
- Sora (KH2) > Updated to reflect past entries
- Roxas & Axel > Darkened black on coats
- Xion > Darkened black on coats, made hair Black as previous entries
- Terra > Updated to reflect past entries
- Aqua & Ventus > Very light touch ups
- Jiminy > Changed hat band from Red to Yellow
- Merlin > Very light touch ups (Not too noticeable due to lighting in TT)
- Ansem the Wise (Coat) > Darkened black on coat
- Riku-Replica (Non-Org.) > Updated to reflect past entries, made eyes Light Blue as previous entries
- Hayner > Darkened blacks, brightened whites
- Pence > Darkened blacks, brightened whites
- Olette > Darkened blacks
- Hercules > Updated to reflect past entries
- Megara > Updated to reflect past entries
- Xehanort > Updated to reflect past entries
- Ansem SoD > Updated to reflect past entries
- Terranort > Same changes as Terra
- Org. XIII Coats > Darkened black on coats
- Dark Riku > Updated to reflect past entries
- Vanitas > Updated to reflect past entries
- Keyblade Transformation Forms > Brightened up colors, darkened blacks, whitened whites, and made them more consistent with each other
- Kingstagram Photos > Photos featuring characters with any changes now reflect those changes
(If you happen to notice any other characters that need touching up, feel free to leave a comment and I'll be sure to get to them when I can!)
Known Issue:
- Xion's recolored bangs have what looks like a graphical glitch in cutscenes, making it seem like her skin tone is blending in. This is due to the game displaying her bangs as individual hair strands. This is an issue in the vanilla game as well, but is way more apparent due to the black coloring.
As usual, I wanna throw a big thank you over to pretty much everyone in the OpenKH Discord for always being super friendly and willing to help when needed. I need to throw and even bigger thanks to Nokuto, who always seems to come to my rescue when I'm running into issues (seriously, thanks a bunch)!
Upon my first playthrough of the game back in 2019, I couldn't help but notice how some characters looked incredibly washed out compared to how they looked in previous entries or based on the CGI cutscenes present throughout the game. In some cases, some characters were colored incorrectly! I took it upon myself to go through and update the colors of everyone that needed it, and some I thought could do with some touching up. Admittedly, some characters don't look like they were changed too much (looking at you Wayfinder Trio), but that's either due to them being pretty spot on or conflicts with lighting. Some changes are better viewed in the journal, however the lighting there also might make some colors look extra bright. This was purely a labor of love I was glad to take on! I hope you enjoy the changes, Happy 20th Anniversary Kingdom Hearts!
Changes:
- Sora & Kairi (KH3) > Updated to match CGI cutscenes
- Second Form > Updated to match KH2 Color Correction
- Riku (KH3) > Updated to match CGI cutscenes, made eyes Light Blue as previous entries
- Mickey (KH3) > Updated to match CGI cutscenes
- Donald > Darkened the shade of his beak/legs to counter wash out, brightened hat and cape
- Goofy > Updated to reflect past entries
- Sora (KH2) > Updated to reflect past entries
- Roxas & Axel > Darkened black on coats
- Xion > Darkened black on coats, made hair Black as previous entries
- Terra > Updated to reflect past entries
- Aqua & Ventus > Very light touch ups
- Jiminy > Changed hat band from Red to Yellow
- Merlin > Very light touch ups (Not too noticeable due to lighting in TT)
- Ansem the Wise (Coat) > Darkened black on coat
- Riku-Replica (Non-Org.) > Updated to reflect past entries, made eyes Light Blue as previous entries
- Hayner > Darkened blacks, brightened whites
- Pence > Darkened blacks, brightened whites
- Olette > Darkened blacks
- Hercules > Updated to reflect past entries
- Megara > Updated to reflect past entries
- Xehanort > Updated to reflect past entries
- Ansem SoD > Updated to reflect past entries
- Terranort > Same changes as Terra
- Org. XIII Coats > Darkened black on coats
- Dark Riku > Updated to reflect past entries
- Vanitas > Updated to reflect past entries
- Keyblade Transformation Forms > Brightened up colors, darkened blacks, whitened whites, and made them more consistent with each other
- Kingstagram Photos > Photos featuring characters with any changes now reflect those changes
(If you happen to notice any other characters that need touching up, feel free to leave a comment and I'll be sure to get to them when I can!)
Known Issue:
- Xion's recolored bangs have what looks like a graphical glitch in cutscenes, making it seem like her skin tone is blending in. This is due to the game displaying her bangs as individual hair strands. This is an issue in the vanilla game as well, but is way more apparent due to the black coloring.
As usual, I wanna throw a big thank you over to pretty much everyone in the OpenKH Discord for always being super friendly and willing to help when needed. I need to throw and even bigger thanks to Nokuto, who always seems to come to my rescue when I'm running into issues (seriously, thanks a bunch)!