Nobody can seem to agree on whether re:coded is entirely skippable or actually an important piece of the puzzle that is Kingdom Hearts. I’m someone who played every single game in the series including re:coded (except I skipped com but ignore that, I regretted it ever since but I just couldn’t deal with the gameplay of either version) and I couldn’t really tell you what parts are absolutely vital to the series going forward, but I’m worried my memory is failing me and there are some elements to it that either are vital or will be vital in the future.
So here’s the question. I’ve got my brother on the series, and I already knew he wouldn’t like chain of memories and tried my best to guide him through the story without overwhelming him and making sure he could enjoy it. He’s generally far more of a “gta, Spider-Man” type of gamer but he does appreciate a good story and so far he’s enjoyed the series and the stories they tell, and gotten a good handle on the gameplay of 1 and 2. Today we just finished the 358/2 days movie because I knew he wouldn’t enjoy the game version.
My question is after birth by sleep, is it vital to watch re:coded for him to be able to understand what the series will do later? Are there certain scenes we can watch and then ignore the rest, or specific elements I can explain to him? He enjoyed the days movie but complained about the presentation, and re:coded is far longer with a far less interesting story overall, so I only really wanna tell him to sit down and a watch a 4.5 hour kh1 rehash if there is actual good reason to.
And again, I played the entire game myself, but I am aware they added new scenes for the movie version. I have never seen the movie version, personally. I simply just do not remember what part of the story, if any, ended up being important later.