Because when Riku went into the Door to Darkness, the darkness consumed him, so he could use the powers of the dark, look like Xehanort when he was a heartless, and a darkness keyblade.
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Riku-Ansem is identical to Ansem, which is the Heartless of Xehanort.
SpoilersXehanort had turned into a Heartless that called himself Ansem and controlled Riku. So technically, yes, it was Xehanort, but then no, it was his Heartless. The point is, the real Ansem was a good guy, not the one controlling Riku.
Xmnas is Xehanort's nobody and Ansem is Xehanort's heartless. So, basically they are all the same guy. Ansem already tried to take over Riku's hearts so they already have a score to settle with him.
Technically neither. Xehanort became a Heartless, and that Heartless called himself "Ansem."
the name is actually,''way to dawn''.
Xehanort determined that in order to become more powerful, he had to turn himself into a Heartless. Braig and the others were either researching with Xehanort or were guarding the labs that the others were working in. Therefore, when they heard what Xehanort had discovered, they wanted to be a part of it. They, in turn, became Heartless, and their Nobody incarnations came into existence.
DiZ needed Roxas to awaken Sora, so Riku awaited Roxas in Memory's Skyscraper. When Roxas fought and defeated Riku, Riku had to release his heart's darkness and assume Xehanort's Heartless' appearance to finally restrain and capture Roxas.
The one we know of as "Ansem" is Xehanort's Heartless. He shares some characteristics, such as obvious similarities in clothes, but is very different in appearance.
It depends on who "Ansem" is, because there are really 3 different "Ansem"':One is the real Ansem the Wise who disguises himself as DiZ because the other 2 Ansem's take his identity.One fake "Ansem" is Xehanort's Heartless, who calls himself Ansem but is really the antagonist of KH1.The third "Ansem" (the second fake Ansem) is Riku-Ansem: after Riku takes off his black blindfold at Memory's Skyscraper in order to gain enough dark power to defeat Roxas, he permanently turns into Riku-Ansem, who is really Riku but now looks like the other fake Ansem and has more combat power.Since all Nobodies are created from the creation of Heartless, Xemnas is the Nobody of Xehanort's Heartless, Ansem.
riku's eyes don't turn yellow in kh2 because he's not somehow connected to xehanort (terra)
It never says
Xehanort's heart was once destroyed by Heartless but is now free, and his Nobody has been destroyed. Now both halves shall return to the whole, which means Master Xehanort shall return.