Kingdom Hearts II: General Discussion, Final Mix+ and Re:CoM

[Tavrobel]

For the Frontsite: I need to know where the abilitiy Once More is obtained. It's not in the Strategy Guide, and I can't remember where to get it (not that I would remember anyways). Also, looking for Reviewers and Story-writers, and possibly those who have extensively played the Gummi Ship missions to write something for it.

[jjturtle12]

I'm not completely sure about this but, I just got that abiity, and I believe that you get it the second time you go to Mulans world.

Also once there I believe that you get it after (SPOILER)the fight with the dragon-like heartless

Hope this helps. Im gonna reactivate a save file in order to verify this.

[Tavrobel]

Now that Final Mix+ and Re:CoM have been released in Japan, I have decided that an update was imminent. Hopefully this will help to clear up some misunderstandings.

Final Mix will not be released in the US or Europe, and this is Japan-only. There is an unsubstantiated rumor that it will be, but none of the major gaming organizations recognize this as being verifiable, nor from a competent source. This has also not ever yet been confirmed by SE, so don't get your panties in a bunch. The new project is supposedly being announced next year.

Don't think I'm getting soft, because this is purely a convenience thing.
Some videos will be uploaded. I am not posting the videos of new game events, since those are not readily available.

KHVids has a large amount of content for Re:CoM (plotwise and bosses), in fact, I am watching some of them right now!

You can find these stitched together by a little searching.
Secret ending with audio (no dialogue, if there is any):
Dead link.
Text translated:
Dead link.

Original trailer for FM+ and Re:CoM (promotional):
Dead link.
Trailer Translated:
OMG CLICK ME PLZ

The original Secret ending, not Final Mix (introduction of the armored warriors):
Click, and be enlightened!

And these two videoes made me orgasm, like seriously (LOL Xigbar):
I hate you Utawarezen. Why did you private those videos? Now I watch boring-ass level 1 challenge, and no damage videos. I want blood, damnit.

As far as the plot goes, nothing has been confirmed, either. However, it does seem that the ending scene in FM+ points to the characters depicted as not being after, but rather, before the KH series time line. Nomura has not yet confirmed a KHIII, but has been planning another KH game; this could be a prequel or spin-off. Keep the discussions civil, intelligent (LOL like I'm gonna find that here), and friendly. There is NO REASON FOR ANYONE TO CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE INCONTROVERTIBLE PROOF ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE GAME. Leave the makers to the making, and let the consumers do the buying.

As for my official opinion, I do not actually think that Grom Hellscream will wind up killing everyone (even though he damn well should), I believe that the warriors are ancestors, or somehow involved with the main characters. What this relation is, I do not know, nor profess to know. This Keyblade War was likely not to be an epic battle of the armies versus the armies, but champions versus champions.

The enemy is most likely not Xehanort (his face and bodily proportions are too dissimilar). He could be an avatar, or an inspiration, or even his teacher. In the fight, he defeats a Roxas looking person. This can easily be attributed to Nomura making all of his characters looking alike. The last guy (whose face is panned in on at the last seconds) is probably not Sora, and if anything, reminds me of Vayne.

If there is a new breed of enemy, it will have something to do with the Soul. This is do believe, because the previous enemies have been related to a lack, or failure of some part of the three things that constitue a person. The Heart, the Body, and the Soul. When the Heart grows weak, a person becomes a Heartless; when the Body and Soul are left behind like a shell, this is a failure of the body to disseminate from the universe, and its existence is neither real nor possible. In the battle, after BHK Mark II is defeated, you can see the enemy forcing a line from him to an orb in his hand. Orbs are often the play things of a spellcaster, especially dangerous, Soul stealing ones.

Though this theory is mostly unsupported, it seems the most likely, as the Soul has not been discussed highly, or considered a great part of the KH universe. All Yen Sid simply says in KHII, is that when the Soul is gone, life yields to death. But what if the Heart and the Body were forced from the Soul, as in the Soul were moving too fast for either one? This would create a phenomenon which is neither living nor dead. Traditionally, the Body is too damaged (natural or foul play), and the Soul must leave before it too is consumed. The Heart is the existence of, without it, the Soul is nothing, but when ripped apart before it should be to its Will to do as it needs, it becomes something else. I am loathe to say undead, but this will hopefully explain my use of the name Arthas.

These are all of the changes to FM compared to the NTSC version, per The Fonz.

Special Scenes
-There are special scenes featuring Zexion.
-One of these Additional scenes is Vexen looking for Xemnas.
-Zexion seems to be looking for something, Xemnas is well informed on what Zexion is trying to find.
-These are events taken place BEFORE the construction of Castle Oblivion.
-You get to learn a little secret about Xemnas after defeating a certain enemy. It's about a man who was losing his memory. It's done on purpose that no one is allowed to hear it. (Damn you Square-Enix)

Puzzle Mode
-Nomura enjoyed putting his illustrations into Puzzle Mode.
-The Puzzle mode can be accessed from Jiminy's Journal.
-There are pieces of them scattered all over Worlds.
-The pieces resemble crowns. (Yes everyone Crown Search = Puzzle Mode)
-The number of pieces are different each time, depending on the illustration.
-The name of the illustrations are as following. "Awakening" "Heart" "Inside and Outside" "EDGE" "Twilight" and "Evening".

Sora's Crown Accessory
-There are several different methods to earn this, however this also means the Crown above Sora's head will have a different color, depending on the method.


Nomura's Interview Points
-Theater mode is accessed by completing re:COM.
-There is an extra thing you can earn by beating KH2FM+ first, and then re:COM. (Meaning you can get something special beating games in both orders).
-Various abilities are needed for Crown Collection.
-Don't expect the same thing when refighting the Organization XIII, their attack patterns change every time!
-A New hint is shown in the secret ending. (Oh god...)

Theater Mode
-These are official names of the cutscenes:
Roxas Day 1: Town of Dusk
Roxas Day 2: Reality that moves.
Roxas Day 3: Passing Each Other.
Roxas Day 4: Road to a Decisive battle.
Roxas Day 5: A Distorting Life.
Roxas Day 6: The End of Summer.
-Twilight Town Sora: Awake Sora.
-You can use L2 or R2 to choose between English, or Japanese.

E.S (Enigmatic Soldier) Fight
- The E.S has 16 bars of health.
- The E.S has very powerful magical and physical spells.
- The E.S is able to perform unbelievable combination attacks.

Re:COM:
DUEL
-Duel is done only in Riku's side. When you put out a card, and your opponent puts out a card of the exact same number, you press triangle, and both you and the opponent pull out another card at the same time. The one with the highest number wins.

Hit
-If you continue putting out higher cards then the opponent, you get a special attack known as "Hit".
-A new skill for Riku known as Maelstrom is shown.
-The new move with Mickey is known as "Holy Burst"
-Pluto is now a card, in Sora's story.
-"Lucky Bounty" allows you to find treasure, with a card.

[Update]

The controls for Puzzle Mode is as follows.
-Circle is to pick up a piece.
-X is to put the piece back down.
-Right analog stick is used to rotate the Piece left or right.
-Select Button is for a hint menu.

The illustrations updated are as follows.
Awakening = KH Ultimania Cover.
Heart = KHII Game Cover
Inside and Out = KH2 Ultimania Cover
Edge = KH2FM+ Cover Art.
Twilight = re:COM Side of the promotional Poster
Evening = KH2FM side of the promotional Poster.

Theatre Mode
These new names came up.
Hollow Bastion 1 - Gathering Shadows
Beast Castle 1 - Beast's Accident.
The Land of Dragons 1 - Strong Mind
Olympus Coliseum = Hero's Crisis.
Takin' from Khinsider.com

Extra Scenes
Here are more detailed bits about it.
-There is a mysterious man in a Black Coat who seems to be well informed about Xemnas.
-Vexen and Zexion work together to search for Xemnas.
-In one image Vexen is saying "Where is Lord Xemnas?"
-It should be noted that in the secret ending, although there is a Heart in the sky, that is thought to be "Kingdom Hearts" The color of it is different.
-Quoted from Famitsu "Is this the Holy War from those who have the Keyblade!?!?!?"

E.S Fight additions
You should not make ONE mistake.
His attacks are strong and he is very very fast!


Scan Information:
-A Japanese event is shown from clearing Chain of Memories.
-The really strong Enigmatic Soldier becomes easily defeated. (Reffering to the movie?)
-In the new secret ending, we see a man deafeat the three armoured people easily. It is a must see scene.
-The moon is shown through a whisp of clouds. (Kingdom Hearts?)
-A mysterious man with silver hair is looking after one of the enigmatic soldiers.
-The character with the black mask, and red and black costume wields a keyblade.

Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix+ Ultimania - May 2nd:
-It will include Final Mix and re:COM.
-An Interview will be featured about the New Project.
-It will be like the Kingdom Hearts II Ultimania however will have alot more added things into it.
-The Interview will also talk about the recreation of scenes from COM to re:COM .
-The Book is estimated to have around 736 pages.
-There are64 pages on Kingdom Hearts, and will be sold as "Kingdom Hearts Ultimania, Enlarged and Revised Edition".
-The Book will talk about near the end the changes from the original KH2, to Final Mix+.

Theather Mode:
-To unlock, both Re: CoM and KH2: FM must be beaten.
-You may view the cutscenes in Japanese OR English.
-Additional scenes DO NOT feature English options.

More updates to come soon.

[Alsray]

I had wasted all the mythril i needed to make Ultima a while back, and now that i am almost ready to make Ultima, i will not be able to seeing that i lack the required Mythril

i forgot which type i needed though, i think it was Mythril stone though.

[Tavrobel]

You can check using the game, which lists the ingredients in the Recipes section of your local Moogle. Our Synthesis section is also fully operational and live, in the Site Staff section.

I'll venture a guess that it is Crystals, not Stones, but this is from memory.

[Alsray]

thank you

[stalpho slayer]

WOW, looks like i dont need a strategy guide anymore.

THATS FOR **** SURE

[Tavrobel]

This'll probably be the last update before this I have de-stickied.

Thus far, EoFF has an almost complete front-site section for coverage of Kingdom Hearts II. The information was written mostly by yours truly; however, that does not mean that there is still room for improvement. If you find an error or an inconsistency, please say so. There is no reason why you should hold back.

As such, it is necessary to take a time-out to make sure that you have noticed that Spatvark and eternalshiva have worked for long amounts of time (although Spatvark doesn't seem to have a problem coding things in about five seconds) in writing the code for the front-site. If you want to check up on the section's progress, visit this link. To contribute or volunteer a section that has not already been written, take a look at this thread.

As we leave the past, we should look on toward the future. As it stands thus far, there are a myriad of Kingdom Hearts games to be released sometime in the near future. Unfortunately, I'm dirt poor, seventeen, and could care less about new games until they actually come out, so if I am unable to provide with information (actually, I'll fail on every account), please learn more about the series at Wikipedia for the common man; it was even a featured article, recently. Furthermore, there is the Tokyo Game Show thread, which has a lively discussion about the new games (I think; this is like, the first time I've visited these parts of the forums in two months).

If you have a particular interest in hacked KHII videos, visit Smartguy's and Biskit's YouTube pages. I'd tell you to visit Xaldin (of KHVids), or apulapul2000, but they seem to have not updated any time recently.

So as long as I'm here, I might as well do something important.

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I can't think of anything. However, I would like to amend my first post, as some of the information is greviously outdated. As far as the Unknown Soldiers go, I have seen the full secret video KHII FM+, translated. Personally, I find it very difficult to believe that Xehanort is the bald dude. His demeanor leads me to believe that he is another random baddie, whose origins will be revealed in the future spin-off games.

I still don't think Final Mix+ is coming out over here, though. And I still don't think that the Soldiers' names are Aqua, Ven, or Terra. Either way, let flowers bloom, eh?

So, there you have it. If you want to contribute to this thread, or the front-site, just post in the thread.

When the front-site section for Kingdom Hearts II is released, a moderator can go ahead and unsticky this.

[eternalshiva]

KHII section is now completed.

Kingdom Hearts II - Index - Eyes on Final Fantasy - KH 2

[Fonzie]

'Bout damn time!

Jack Skellington carries a hovering Sora overhead as they move freely under your conrol, this is best used on a single enemy. The finale move unleashes a storm of magic that clobbers anything in the vicinity.
Dragonblaze 3 AP Rocket across the screen in a fiery blaze, scorching opponebts with repeated body blows. The finale ends with Mushuu's devastting Red Meteor to unleash fireballs down on foes. Sora can fly in this move.
Eternal Session 3 AP Riku and Sora unleash a devastating multiple attack, a combination of the Dark Canon and Last Saber are best against a single strong enemy, while the other moves are good for clearing out the crowds. They can move freely during the Master Hearts and XIII Blades attacks. The finale is called All's End.
Fantasia 3 AP While Sora moves about attacking, Donald follows close by peppering the enemies with Fireworks for numerous hits with (/\). The finale is a colorful explosion.
Flare Force 3 AP Sora moves about freely, attacking monsters while Donald creates huge rockets that are unloaded in what ever direction Sora is facing when hitting (/\). Keep hitting triangle and at the end it will affect the damage in Megaduck Flare, the finale.
Howling Moon 3 AP Once active, Sora and Beast gain powerful blast-like moves that smahes everything nearby on all sides. The finale is a powerful roar that crushes enemies.
King's Pride 3 AP With a mighty roar, the earth rises up to attack foes with Simba's Limit Command. Keep smashing buttons to send both Simba and Sora screaming into nearby enemies. The finale is a roar that strikes all enemies within range.
Overdrive 3 AP Sora cannot move freely in this move but keep smashing the buttons to send both Sora and Auron through the air, targeting enemies and slicing through. The finale is massive whirlwind.
Teamwork 3 AP Synchronized team work between Sora and Goofy to smash enemies with his shield. The finale sends Goofy flying on his shield in circles, squwishing anything in the way.
Twister Fusion 3 AP Sora and Goofy grab a hold of each other and become a spinning, twirling tornado of energy that smashes through everything. The attacks will end when the chain of death is broken!
Treasure Isle 3 AP You can't move during this limit move and it's wicked against undead pirates. Jack and Sora open a chest that draws enemies into a vortex and makes them vulnerable to attack as they flail aimlessly in the air as you and Jack atack them.
Tron's Pride 3 AP A mobile attack that hordes Bits out to clobber enemies. Anything that is out of range, hover to it and get them. The finale has Tron call out "Reprogram" and they contiue to attack afte the limit is done.
Trick Fantasy 3 AP Sora and Aladdin run at high speed slashing and slicing enemies as they run by. During the attack, the enemies are forced to drop -alot- of HP, MP, Drive and Munny orbs!
Trinity Limit 3 AP A combo based attack that requires you to NOT smash buttons, that's right, you need to pay attention. You can perform this limit alone or with Goofy and Donald

In the "Limit Section" control is spelled wrong. Applause, applause needs to be changed. Opponents is spelled wrong. Devastating is spelled wrong. Smashing, Attack, continue.

Just a couple spelling errors I noticed whilst reading the material.

[Tavrobel]

In the "Limit Section" control is spelled wrong. Applause, applause needs to be changed. Opponents is spelled wrong. Devastating is spelled wrong. Smashing, Attack, continue.

Just a couple spelling errors I noticed whilst reading the material.

Tell shiva about it, I'm done here. All the personal responsibility is now out of my hands!

The mayor of KH-town demands that this thread be de-stickied.

[Mercen-X]

It was always my opinion that Xehanort simply took his name from this original Xehanort. Not that they're the same person. But who is Grom Hellscream?

[Ouch!]

It was always my opinion that Xehanort simply took his name from this original Xehanort. Not that they're the same person. But who is Grom Hellscream?

Grom Hellscream is a character from Warcraft III. He's an Orc. He's bad ass.

[KoShiatar]

This thread has been dead for more than a year, and maybe it's time to de-stick it. I'll close it for now, until some other CK decides what to do.