Kingdom Hearts III Fan Uncovers Yozora Combat Secrets, Unused Attacks & Furthered Noctis Connection

September 7, 2023 Orpheus Joshua

Kingdom Hearts III modder TruebladeSeeker recently unveiled a plethora of secrets concerning the enigmatic Yozora within the game’s code. Firstly, the exact names of some of his attacks have been identified.

For instance, the move where he temporarily steals Sora’s Keyblade is called Heart Break, while the energy beam attack he does that steals Sora’s health, items, and Kupo Coin is called Energy Break. Another maneuver, where Yozora dashes toward Sora with gun in hand, is called Time Break. Also of note is that his Desperation Move, his ultimate attack that usually triggers halfway through the battle or at the very start in rare instances, is called High Voltage.

Adding to the trivia, Yozora once had the capability to cast Firaga during instances where he has stolen Yozora’s Keyblade. This, for unknown reasons, went unused since, in the final game, he can only cast Waterga.

One of my favorite finds is an utterly unused attack called Shift Break, the Japanese equivalent to Noctis’ Warp Strike from Final Fantasy XV. TruebladeSeeker impressively managed to recover the animation partially, showing Yozora throwing his blade, which is what Noctis would do before triggering his iteration of the ability.

Further, TruebladeSeeker also uncovered what Yozora’s Firaga would have looked like, comprising surprising effects akin to landmines. It reminds me of Crawling Fire from Birth by Sleep.

You can view Yozora’s partially recovered Shift Break below:

And this is what Yozora's "Shift Break" looks like.

Look unfinished as expected, but he does throw his sword and warp to in front of Sora. So minus the attack at the end, this is really close to Noctis's versionhttps://t.co/mjhXGivbzC pic.twitter.com/v9ExzmphwA

— True X-blade Seeker (@TruebladeSeeker) September 6, 2023

You can view Yozora’s partially recovered Firaga below:

Let's see what unused Firaga during Heart Break looks like.

And well, Didn't expect this at all.

Not only does it look like a custom moveset MOD with overblown effects, but it is not a straight-forward projectile, but landmines

That last for 40 secondshttps://t.co/FNv4214J75 pic.twitter.com/9a32Gl3axU

— True X-blade Seeker (@TruebladeSeeker) September 6, 2023

You can view additional unused attacks from Yozora below:

And here are some leftover unused attacks that aren't as crazy, mashed into one pattern unfairly.

That last 4 lasers move is pretty cool though. pic.twitter.com/bgjIIG8sh7

— True X-blade Seeker (@TruebladeSeeker) September 6, 2023

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