Part 111: Saix

Here's our final Organization member: Saix. If Larxene is great because she's an asshole, Saix is bad because he's an asshole. He's just not a fun kind of asshole.



His claymores are visible here, but it's blocked by his body. Which is why we're going to have to look at it from behind.



None: New Moon

The developers actually bothered to make the weapons look different when Saix is in berserk mode (read: Limit Break).





Skill Gear: Werewolf
Technical Gear: Artemis
Duel Gear: Luminary
(Transforms your weapon into one with higher Strength.)

Most of the redesigns are just minor additions.





Loaded Gear: Selene
Chrono Gear: Moonrise
Phantom Gear: Astrologia
(Transforms your weapon and allows you to string together faster, longer ground combos.)

But some of them accentuates the weapon's properties. Like adding the spikes in Chrono Gear and making Phantom Gear more spiky.




Lift Gear: Crater
Nimble Gear: Lunar Phase
(Transforms your weapon and boosts your Magic to give it a lot more power.)

And I appreciate that the redesign's color scheme actually matches the weapon's instead of just a flat white or something.




Wild Gear: Crescent
Ominous Gear: Gibbous
(Transforms your weapon into one that performs very well in midair.)

I hope you spot the naming theme for Saix's weapon. It's not subtle at all.





Valor Gear: Berserker
Fearless: Twilight
Prestige Gear: Queen of the Night
(Transforms your weapon, enabling your attacks to reach a wide area.)

We had New Moon and now Twilight. What next? Eclipse?




Crisis Gear: Balsamic Moon
Omega Gear: Orbit
(Transforms your weapon and provides versatility by boosting both Strength and Magic.)

Spoiler: Saix surprisingly doesn't get Eclipse. Lunar Eclipse and Total Eclipse have been taken by Roxas.



Hazard Gear: Light Year
(Transforms your weapon into one that offers high Strength and combo reach.)

The redesigned version looks like whatever you call the thing used to fan the emperor. I don't think it's actually called a fan.



Rage Gear: King of the Night
(Transforms your weapon and lets you perform longer aerial combos with wider reach.)

We had Queen of the Night in Prestige Gear. I don't know why they're separated like this.




Champion Gear: Moonset
Ultimate Gear: Horoscope
(Transforms your weapon into one that offers high Strength and ground combo speed.)

I like that in KH3 Roxas can basically solo the fight against Saix, which lines up with this game.



Pandora's Gear: Dichotomy

This one kinda breaks the naming theme.



Zero Gear: Lunatic






Casual Gear: Just Desserts
Mystery Gear: Bunnymoon

https://youtu.be/BWFGh58lBtQ?t=36



Saix's Limit is another straightforward one. He goes berserk and we just have to press A to make him jump and create an explosion, with a bigger explosion in the second half.

However, Saix will automatically move forward, attacking everything in his path. It's very hard to turn while he's moving, so the best way to change direction is by jumping.



I actually didn't realize Saix's weapons change form until I played this game even though it can be seen in KH2.



Pictured: Saix's reaction to pretty much everything that happened in this game.