Kingdom Hearts: Echoes

Kingdom Hearts: Echoes is a fanmade game for the PS3 and Fanfiction.net story by Klom99. (A.K.A. "Scourge the Hedgehog" on Fanfiction.Net) The story is currently still in production, and takes place after Kingdom Hearts 3. (Not the version on this Wiki, the actual canon game still in development) While the story does not directly focus on the series' main plot, it is intended to conclude the entire main series of Kingdom Hearts as a whole.

Scenario System
The story for Echoes utilizes and retains the same story system that was present in Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. The overall plot focuses on three main characters named Locke, Aios, and Saphyra. Though the player can choose which story to play, the developers recommend playing as Locke first, in order to aquaint themselves with the game's system as well as keeping the story fresh, for the other characters see other characters's pursuits from different perspectives, and this may cause spoilers for the unwary player.

Gameplay System
The game's battles use Birth By Sleep's Command Deck and D-Link Systems, with no new innovations. However, the Command Style and Party Member systems have been streamlined for Echoes specifically. The Command Board game has been removed, since leveling Commands is much easier.

Command Styles are activated by using certain types of commands to fill the Command Gauge like in Birth By Sleep. However, unlike Sleep, their fighting styles, as well as their avaliable commands, are changed completely once they enter a Style, in order to reflect the Style's nature.

Command Melding is also present in Echoes, albeit in a different format. The feature has been renamed Command Splicing. Splicing has also been extended, allowing the player to Splice up to four commands at once, provided that they have the right DNA Splices. (Splices can be found in Chests and bought in the Moogle Shop, replace the Synthesizing items used in other entries of the series.)

Unlike other entries in the Kingdom Hearts series, Worlds now have multiple Party Members within them, most of them limited to certain scenarios. For example, in Locke's story, Cyclops Noir is a Party Member in Genosha Bay. However, in Saphyra's story, he is the world's final boss.

Worlds
The Worlds in Echoes ignore the "Disney-only" theme that the series has used until now. In fact, there are NO Disney-based worlds in this installment. The worlds now use various elements and franchies of media, including Anime, comics, other games, and even two TV shows.

Also, one of the worlds requires three secret puzzle pieces (One found per scenario) in order to be accesible. Once acessible, an area in that world leads to the Cavern of Rememberance, and at the end of the Cavern....The hardest boss in the KH series to date, rivaling even Birth By Sleep's Mysterious Figure: The Thousand Master.

World List
Starship Enterprise

Genosha Bay

Feudal Era

Britannia

Eurasia Colony

Soleanna

Radiant Garden

Bikini Bottom

Dragon Realms

Veldime

Keyblade Graveyard

Destiny Islands

Kingdom Hearts

Trivia
The developer was initially hesitant in putting in three worlds with a science-fiction theme. (Britannia, Eurasia Colony, and the Starship Enterprise) However, their genres could be considered different, and thus are different worlds among themselves, despit sharing similar themes.