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

[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.