I’ve gone a long ways now in Aqua’s story…and the gameplay is sensational. I’ve always been partial to flashy, dramatic bouts of magic as an offensive tool, but 前 KHs never tapped into it with much depth – あなた could clear an army if Sora spammed Thundaga. There wasn’t much room for creativity and experimentation. Plus, the MP gauge ran out so fast that
it wasn’t practical to rely much on magic alone.
Aqua has none of those restrictions at all; her magical repertoire is limitless- there is so much あなた can do and it is highly rewarding to mess around with different combinations of magic during battle または melding. あなた can render any magic to be innovative and functional.
Like ice? Rain it down on your opponents with Diamond Dust. Like fire? Make Triple Firaga and turn those buggers into crisp. The difference in capability of Sora または Donald vs Aqua is as a chicken and a phoenix.
As a character, Aqua is a cut (no wait, make that two cuts) above Kairi and Namine. It’s not the power alone-although that has much to do with it, but she has a ton of courage, determination and a sense of justice.
Kairi and Namine are メリダとおそろしの森 in their own rights, but they were a little too caught up in their personal problems to pursue the greater cause of saving the world. It didn’t help their causes that Kairi has always been stuck または trapped somewhere and Namine had her conscience to deal with. あなた could say that if Kairi was もっと見る powerful, もっと見る grown-up and もっと見る in tune with the keyblading world, she might be like Aqua.
Overall, Aqua has a lot of high points and not many weaknesses: she’s not naïve like Sora, not solitary like Riku, not powerless like Kairi and certainly not a mixed bag of angst like Roxas (I still really like Roxas, によって the way). As a mature, intelligent and responsible protagonist, she’s appealing as a role model.
