which Kingdom Hearts game was the most important?

which kingdom hearts game was the most important? I personally think that Kingdom hearts CoM was the most important. What do you guys think?

 

Kingdom Hearts, it's pretty much the beginning of nearly the entire story.

When BBS comes out, then I'm changing to that.

 

Kingdom Hearts did start off the series, but Re:CoM/CoM wasn't completely needed, since I played Kingdom Hearts II fine without even knowing about it. BBS could possibly be important, only time will tell on that one. I don't think 358/2 Days was completely needed either, it was just an extra side game. My bet would be between Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, since Kingdom Hearts is the beginning and sets the story, and Kingdom Hearts II explained more, but kept the story going.

 

I will probably consider BBS the most important when it comes out since it is the beggining of the series and it is suppose to answer alot of questions.

 

KH did start the game.
It wouldn't be a series without a beginning.
CoM deserves some credit for being a step forward into more mature territory, but I think KH2 is the most important because, imo, it had the most story.

 

I'd have to say Kingdom Hearts, it was the whole start off.
But I would so change to BBS when it is released.

 

BBS and CoM

BBS is obvious, because it's the start of the series in a sense.

CoM because when ya start KH2, where are the other members of the organization?

It only gives a small thing as to how they met their end, and CoM let's you actually see them, hear them, and kill them yourself... except Vexen. I actually cheered when Axel killed him.

 

Chain of Memories. It was the first glimpse about just about everything about the true story of the series. It showed us CO and gave us Namine that we still don't know what she really is. CO no doubt ties in to BBS as well so that's importance right there. It introduced us to the Organization and Replicas that seem to pick up in importance, and the whole Memory issue which seems to mean almost as much as Hearts do if not more.
Then we have it being the direct cause for too much of what happened in KH2 (even if it was only shown in the novels while Sora was busy cheering on Simba and Jack Sparrow while they were fighting Scar and Barbossa), and Days being non-existent without it. And I can only assume how much it caused for Coded.

tl;dr without CoM we wouldn't have had too much after KH1.

 

Kingdom Hearts 1, it established the entire concept and story. Without it, there would be no sequels, prequels, etc.

 

I say Kingdom Hearts. CoM may have established many for the games, but I played KH2 just fine without even knowing the existence of Chain of Memories, didn't get confused about nearly anything. Kingdom Hearts would be the most important because I mean, without the very fist game there would be NOTHING. It set the stage for CoM, KH2, 358/2 Days, BBS, AND Coded. KH alone introduced us to Sora, Riku, Kairi, Ansem (now known as Xehanort's Heartless), the Heartless, the power of Darkness, Keyblades, and the whole storyline. Seriously, what would KH2 or CoM or any of the other games be like it the first game had a "happy ending"? hm...? Exactly, we wouldn't have ANY of those games because Sora and Riku would have returned home with Kairi and the Universe would be back in it's happy state. So clearly the most important game would be Kingdom Hearts. Without it, this site wouldn't even exist.

 

I would say the obvious and say KH1. It is the foundation of the story and is where is all came from.

Without it we wouldn't have:

KH: COM
KH2
KH: Re:COM
KH: 358/2 Days
KH: Coded
KH: Birth By Sleep

So it's kinda important.

 

Actually without BBS we wouldn't have had KH1 because Terra was the one that gave Riku the Keyblade. Also BBS is how Xehanort no doubt came to be and he's the one that threw Kairi out of Radiant Garden so she could reach Destiny Islands.
So going by your logic, BBS, yo.

 

But BBS isn't out yet and we don't know that Terra gave Riku the Keyblade.

 

Uh, yes we do. The FM+ had the Lingering Sentiment - namely, Terra's proxy - tell Sora he wasn't the one he [=Terra] chose for the Keyblade. We know well enough who the original wielder for the KK was, not to mention Nomura said in Another Report that in the FM+ they added a scene that showed Riku was a chosen wielder.
Sora not being chosen for the Keyblade that used to be Riku's = Riku yes being chosen for it, and by Terra to boot.
What we don't know is 'when', the precise 'why' though I imagine the whole Ven-Sora thing had to do with it, and exactly 'how' (was it a transferal? Could you really choose someone to wield a Keyblade? etc), but we do know the 'what' - Riku being chosen by Terra to wield the KK.

 

Birth By Sleep is probably the most important, considering it tells us how the main antagonist of the series came to be. Then Kingdom Hearts since that's how the main protagonist's journey starts off, Kingdom Hearts II then because it follows up on Sora's story and gives us more information. Then Days since it just showed us how Roxas left the Organization, it also gave us more info on the Chamber of Waking and the Chamber of Repose which seems to be important for later on and finally Chain of Memories as it explained how Sora and the gang came to end up in a pod and where the other Organization members were.
So to summarise:
-Birth By Sleep
-Kingdom Hearts
-Kingdom Hearts II
-358/2 Days
- Chain of Memories
As for Coded I don't know how important that will be until it finishes but it seems interesting so far.

 

I actually think KH2 is the least important. :C it's the final one chronologically and content wise didn't have anything the other games didn't cover, and a lot more in-depth than KH2 to boot. Mostly because Sora was busy helping flea-ridden lionesses instead of dealing with the plot.

 

No, you don't get what I was saying. The Keyblade chooses who wields it. Terra couldn't give Riku the keyblade because he can't choose who wields it.

 

And that's why at the end, the Keyblade chose Sora over Riku as it saw he was the one more worthy of it at the time.
However, the reason it was originally with Riku was because Terra told it to be there. That's pretty much a canon fact by now.

 

What made it canon?
I've seen people say it a lot, but no one could give me a source.
And since I originally saw that in a theory, added with the fact that no one can give me a valid source, I don't believe it.
Can you show me what made it canon?

 

I said before.
The Lingering Sentiment fight was referenced in Another Report - a book that was released along with the FM+ and had inside it an interview with Nomura. In that interview he noted that in the FM+ they added a scene that hinted towards Riku being a chosen wielder.
Out of all the scenes added in the FM+, the only one that fits this is the Lingering Sentiment's words about how Sora was not the one he [being Terra no doubt] chose - leaving the original Wielder of the KK to yes being the one chosen as is even confirmed by Nomura himself in Another Report.
This also ties in with the scene from the BBS trailers

Spoiler

Where Terra is seen watching child Riku and Sora play on the beach.

Good enough of references or should I also quote?