Except Coded has zero importance past hinting at a couple of storylines in games after it & Days just gives a better look at the Org XIII & Roxas' time in it, but is mostly devoid of anything of real importance.
So far Chi has introduced the Foretellers & Book of Prophecy. Other than that, it hasn't introduced anything too relevant to the larger storyline (so far), other than give a bit more context to how the Keyblade War happened (i.e. we already knew it happened because Keyblade wielders started hoarding & fighting over light, now we know that the Book of Prophecy & Foretellers are (partly) to blame). The ending might change that, but it remains to be seen whether that's just something that can be & will be more thoroughly explained in KHIII or if it's actually something that people need to know to get a better understanding of what is going on.
You're talking about Coded in hindsight, though. Before the game was released, Nomura was hyping it up as important, too. As far as I know, we're placing a lot of value on things in Chi without having seeing the significance yet. Coded also introduced and set things up, but in the end they were not that important.
Oh? Show me the interview where he said coded was directly tied to KH3, Back Cover, Dream Drop Distance, and BBS 0.2. I'll wait. Again, how exactly is the game that covers the event that all of the dialogue we've heard from KH3 has been talking about not important? You have some weird bias against this game and you're being a ridiculous wet blanket. If people are disappointed then they'll be disappointed. Damn, man. Let people make up their own mind and stop trying to drag the OT down. We already have multiple things that have been added via this game.
Not that I've seen. And given that you can freely swap gender, I doubt it will. Go for it.
Why would Nomura say coded was directly tied to games which were not even a thought at the time? Prior to 3, Birth By Sleep was THE big Kingdom Hearts game, and Coded was supposed to be "
deeply" connected to Birth By Sleep. Virtually nothing in Coded was connected to Birth By Sleep.
The reason I mention coded is because it had a similar IV drip of story/information, and didn't result in much at the end. We should go into X not expecting much, and being surprised and ecstatic if it does result in something relevant--not go in thinking it will be this great prologue to the stuff in KH3.
In my opinion, Chi part of a set up that will be based in the next trilogy. Naruto teas.