Alright, so I'm sure most of us who played KH2 probably had Sora going all shadow/heartless form on them out of no where, right? I remember someone saying that there was some invisible counter or something that tallied some value for Sora to become that form, so transforming into that form is not really as random as it seems.
However, while I can understand this form was just a gameplay gimmick thing (likely based off the Shadow/Heartless Sora that Riku was somehow able to conjure up back in KH1), is there a more relevant reason for it in terms of the story?
Sora did become a heartless back in KH1 when he released Kairi's heart (and his own apparently) from his body with Riku's keyblade, so is it vaguely possible that Sora just somehow now has the ability to go shadow/heartless when he wants to use the power of darkness?
One thing I thought was maybe that Sora turning into his heartless/shadow form was a physical representation of him giving into the dark when he got a little too emo
What do you guys think?