Protip in KH2: ATLANTICA IS OPTIONAL

[Count Scaphandre]

Atlantica in KH2 is 100% optional and you don’t even need to unlock the gate to it. You can completely skip it (unless you’re going for the achievements and/or 100% completion in which case good luck and god help you)

I’m not even joking, you skip it and your experience will be better as a result. You don’t fight anything there and the world is now just an awful rhythm game that doesn’t even have rhythm or good music. The rewards you get for doing it aren’t even good either. So if you’re new to the series, you can completely skip it and it’s honestly recommended you do.

It’s really telling how awful that world was when there was massive cheering when it got deconfirmed in Kingdom Hearts 3 when Ariel was revealed to be a summon.

[jdulzo]

It not that bad...

[Aftonstjarna]

There's an Orichalcum+ there unfortunately

[I AM BAYTOR]

Originally posted by jdulzo:

It not that bad...

Yes it is.

[Luna ~]

KH2 Atlantica is a banger, now KH1 atlantica thats a mistake.

only real ones understand finny fun

[Seb | セビ]

Originally posted by Luna:

only real ones understand finny fun

[squeegee]

Originally posted by Luna:

KH2 Atlantica is a banger, now KH1 atlantica thats a mistake.

only real ones understand finny fun

Yeah agreed, Atlantica in KH1 is a complete slog to play through especially in Proud mode where you'll be doing chips of dmg with your normal attacks, Ursula 2 especially is actual hell unless you use a cheese strat or go through halloween town first and get stronger than you should be at that point. KH2's atlanica not only can be post poned until end game where you can then speed through it, the rhythm mini game is also nice and short and doesn't overstay it's welcome.

[mdesaleah]

Mute button.

Its a rhythm game where the music doesn't matter. But that has its benefits.

[Deadoon]

Originally posted by Aftonstjarna:

There's an Orichalcum+ there unfortunately

Ultima weapon in kh2 is good, but not top tier. So it is quite optional from that perspective too.

[Ceriss]

Sadly I must collect all keyblades.

[Dewit]

Originally posted by I AM BAYTOR:

Originally posted by jdulzo:

It not that bad...

Yes it is.

No it's not.

[Zechariah]

I don't see the problem with Atlantica. I enjoyed it and it's definitely one of the quicker worlds.
Big Ursula wasn't that hard, either (on proud). I used 2 thunder resistance rings in combination with Aero and she's easy peasy. Netherland, however? just awful.

[Silyon]

Originally posted by Aftonstjarna:

There's an Orichalcum+ there unfortunately

This. You need all seven of them in the game to craft Ultima Weapon. So you want Ultima, you're doing Atlantica.

It doesn't take that long to blitz through if you save it until just before Twilight Town, at least. If memory serves, you have all the gate-keeping spells by that point and can knock it out in one sitting.

[MAKO]

Even going for 100% you only have to actually play the songs the first time around. The missions related to it just want you to replay them. You can miss every single note and still marked them off as done. So just mute and leave the game to play the songs.

[The Trippy Pyro (MPH! MPH! MPH!)]

Originally posted by Spaceboiiii Scaphandre:

Atlantica in KH2 is 100% optional and you don’t even need to unlock the gate to it. You can completely skip it (unless you’re going for the achievements and/or 100% completion in which case good luck and god help you)

I’m not even joking, you skip it and your experience will be better as a result. You don’t fight anything there and the world is now just an awful rhythm game that doesn’t even have rhythm or good music. The rewards you get for doing it aren’t even good either. So if you’re new to the series, you can completely skip it and it’s honestly recommended you do.

It’s really telling how awful that world was when there was massive cheering when it got deconfirmed in Kingdom Hearts 3 when Ariel was revealed to be a summon.

its not optional if you want blizzaga as it's being held hostage.

[nasspxc]

Originally posted by razorsonedge:

Originally posted by Luna:

KH2 Atlantica is a banger, now KH1 atlantica thats a mistake.

only real ones understand finny fun

Yeah agreed, Atlantica in KH1 is a complete slog to play through especially in Proud mode where you'll be doing chips of dmg with your normal attacks, Ursula 2 especially is actual hell unless you use a cheese strat or go through halloween town first and get stronger than you should be at that point. KH2's atlanica not only can be post poned until end game where you can then speed through it, the rhythm mini game is also nice and short and doesn't overstay it's welcome.

If you chose the magic staff at the beginning of the game the enemies are way easier to deal with