Portal
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Portals are a gameplay element introduced in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. They are a special type of communication system that allow characters from various Dream Worlds communicate, sometimes, even transport from one version of that world to another. These Portals usually manifest physically as orbs with various spikes around them, with the image of that world inside the orb.
Story[edit]
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance[edit]
When Riku arrives in Traverse Town, he meets Joshua, who asks Riku if he came through a Portal. Joshua explains that the world is split in half and that one can use a Portal to pass between the different versions of Traverse Town, and he asks Riku to find Rhyme, who is the key to the Portal.
Sora and Rhyme encounter Neku on a rooftop in the Fifth District, and Sora asks him if Rhyme is his game partner. Rhyme suddenly disappears, and the mysterious youth appears and summons the Hockomonkey. After defeating it, Sora and his friends are temporarily able to see events occurring in the other Traverse Town, and a Portal materializes, through which Joshua and Rhyme appear. Joshua explains that Traverse Town is split in two, and that Rhyme's dreams are his Portal, which allow him to travel between the two towns.
After defeating Ansem in The World That Never Was, Riku returns to the real world through a Portal. This Portal can also be used to return to the World Map of Riku's side.
After Riku and the others save Sora and return to the Mysterious Tower, Riku opens a Portal to enter Sora's heart and wake him from his sleep.
Kingdom Hearts III[edit]
At the Keyblade Graveyard after Master Xehanort successfully obtained the χ-blade and Kingdom Hearts, Riku suggests using a Portal to stop him. While the rest of the guardians of light hold Kingdom Hearts back, Sora, Donald, and Goofy use Sora's Keyblade to open a Portal from within Xehanort, sending all four of them to Scala ad Caelum.
Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory[edit]
On the search for Sora after he disappeared from misusing the power of waking, the Fairy Godmother takes Riku and Kairi to The Final World, where they meet the Nameless Star. The Nameless Star opens a Portal to the world of Quadratum and Riku uses the power of waking to travel to it.
Link Portals[edit]
- "Battle Portal" redirects here. You may have been looking for Battlegate.
Link Portals are a type of portal that can be found in all Sleeping Worlds. They allow the protagonists to access special challenges, battle rare Nightmares, borrow Spirits for a set amount of time, or battle stronger versions of the bosses. Completing a Link Portal will reward the player with Droplets, Dream Pieces, and other prizes. Each Link Portal belongs to a "player", usually named after a Final Fantasy character, such as Auron.
Mechanics[edit]
After the first few drops, Link Portals begin appearing throughout the worlds. They are displayed as pink dots in the lower Touch Screen, but they can't be seen in the top screen. When the player moves near the point where the portal is located, a small sign with the name of the owner, the difficulty rank, represented by five stars, and a symbol of the type of challenge or the Spirit Party of the portal will appear in the Touch Screen; touching this sign will display more details about the Link Portal in the top screen. After reading the details, the player can decide whether or not to open the Link Portal.
There are four different types of Link Portals:
- Battle Portals: These portals allow the player to battle a set of Nightmares. Upon clearing a portal's challenge, a results screen will be shown, displaying the rewards obtained, which typically consist of Drop Points and a Dream Piece.
- Each Battle Portal also has a Bonus Objective to be accomplished during the battle, such as defeating all Nightmares in a set time limit or performing a number of Flowmotion attacks during the battle. If the Bonus Objective was achieved, a bonus prize, consisting of a training toy or a treat, will also be received.
- Friendship Portals: These portals allow the player to temporarily borrow another player's Spirits. Activating a Friendship Portal will temprarily exchange the player's Spirits for the portal's Spirits, which come with their Link Gauges full and their HP gauge replaced by a time gauge that depletes over time. When the time gauge runs out, the Portal's Spirits will disappear, and the player's own Spirits will rejoin the party once more.
- Special Portals: These portals pit the player against rare Nightmares for special prizes, such as rare Dream Pieces or Dream Eater recipes. There are six Special Portals for each character in each world, with the exception of The World That Never Was, which only has three. Only one Special Portal will be open in any given world per drop. Clearing all Special Portals with a character will award that character the End of Pain Keychain.
- Secret Portals: These portals only appear after clearing the game. They allow the player to battle stronger versions of the bosses of the world they are in, with the exceptions of The World That Never Was and Riku's side of Symphony of Sorcery. Clearing all Secret Portals with a character will award that character the Unbound Keychain.
In the Nintendo 3DS version of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, the player can create their own Battle Portal or Friendship Portal and share it with other players via StreetPass. This feature is removed in Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD.
Locations[edit]
Each world has six different configurations for the locations of Special, Battle, and Friend Portals, with the exception of The World That Never Was, which has three. The portal configuration for each world is randomly determined each time the player drops. Secret Portals, once unlocked, will remain in a singular fixed location.
