Or Quinton Flynn somehow recorded new lines, even though FM+ is only in Japan.
I greatly prefer KH to KH2. It was more challenging. And it had a cooler villain. Yes, Ansem pwns.
Well, Kingdom Hearts obviously has the potential for both infinite darkness and infinite light. This was demonstrated at KH1's climax, when Ansem attempted to summon the Darkness of Kingdom Hearts to become invincible, but the Darkness was canceled out by the Light of Kingdom Hearts. I think the power emanating from it may just be in accordance with the alignment of the strongest person nearby. Apparently, one must go very deep to find it, though. "Behold, the endless abyss. Within it's dark depths lies the heart of all worlds- Kingdom Hearts!" - Ansem I'm guessing that the World that Never Was was not the endless abyss. Because the endless abyss was the setting of the final battle with Ansem in the first game. It was just a big black expanse. It is notable, though, that the final battle between Sora and Riku and Xemnas took place in a similar void, only white instead of black. I call this place "The Nowhere". I'm pretty certain that Organization XIII's Kingdom Hearts was only a replica of the one Ansem unlocked. That's my guess, anyway.
Hardest) Ansem. He kept using the dang Heartless-shield thing. "Come Guardian!" That and the "Submit!" thing got on my freaking nerves. I died on his special attack so many times it's not funny. Easiest) Oogie Boogie in KH2. Oogie was a joke in the second one. "How do I knock him down? Let's throw boxes at him and find out!" And he doesn't even fight when you do get him down.
Vexen is a very convincing actor, we've discovered. He tricked Riku into fighting him, in order to collect data for a Replica. Which means he's also very smart. It's possible he might come back. Meh, I've been watching too much Lost.
I mean, what if Axel and Vexen set up the whole Vexen death scene to throw everyone off. Axel was obviously on Vexen's side. It's not feasible that Vexen faked getting killed by Axel. But it is feasible that Axel faked killing Vexen. And with Axel dead, if that were true, then what would really be stopping Vexen from operating in secret? No witnesses, no Organization, no Superior. He's free. It's just a conspiracy theory, but it's possible. I mean, Mikhail came back on Lost. He was supposed to be dead too. Anyway, that's beside the point. Axel was such a cock in CoM. I liked the emo Axel better...
Over the Hedge would be... interesting. If they're going to do DMC, At World's End will probably be long out by the time they start on this. Depending on how good it is, maybe that would be a good world. But I'm still hoping for Fantasia and the reappearance of Chernabog. Somehow.
Dee Bradley Baker could voice most of the characters in the game. But if it had to be different people, I would like to say that, on Mysterio's suggestion, Keith David would be indeed interesting. I don't know why that just occurred to me. He's the Arbiter in Halo 2, right? Yeah, I think Dee Baker could maybe do even better. He voiced the Gravemind. John DiMaggio as Marluxia. DiMaggio voiced Wakka in FFX, and Marcus Fenix in Gears of War, for those who wonder. Rebecca Romjin as Larxene. I don't know why, it just seems right somehow. Quinton Flynn as Axel. Because he voiced him in the English KH2. Billy Zane as Ansem. Because he voiced him in the English KH1. Seth Green as Zexion. Because if you think about it, Seth Green sort of does sound like Zexion's Japanese voice. And he's good at those sorts of roles. Jason Alexander as Vexen. Because Jason has that dramatic tone to his voice, like as George in Seinfeld. There was this one film he was in called the Trumpet of the Swan, in which, I now realize, he actually sounded a lot like Vexen. The rest are probably obvious ones. But that's my full two cents.
Aqua: Reese Witherspoon (she's more diverse than you might think). Ven: Dee Bradley Baker. 'Nuff said. Terra: Liam Neeson, in agreement with an earlier poster.
Xigbar says "You really shouldn't have betrayed us", "Gotcha now!", "Take this!", "I've gotta reload!", "Clever little sneak!", "Sora!", "What do you think?", "You betcha!", "Head's up!", "I've got a gift for ya!", "Let's see how you dance!", and "I lost? Me?". All of which are demonstrated in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA73n3Swnnc
That does explain Axel killing Zexion, but I also find it as likely that Axel and Vexen could have staged Vexen's death. If you think about it, it kind of makes sense. From what we've seen, Vexen is a very good actor.
His name is Robin Atkin Downes. He voiced them, along with Genesis in DoC and the Prophet of Regret in Halo 2. But Dee Bradley Baker voiced Louie in The Trumpet of the Swan, the father in Cow and Chicken, Wakka in Kingdom Hearts, Gravemind in Halo 2 and 3, and General RAAM in Gears of War. I dare you to try and find a more diverse voice actor than that.
Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Interesting. I really think Dee Bradley Baker could voice all of them, with the exception of Larxene. Yeah, the whole Organization. I'm not kidding. He's that good. Instead, he gets stuck with Wakka for, like, two seconds at the beginning of the first one.
Steve Blum's voice is too rough for Marluxia. He's got a Wolverine voice, he should be Lexaeus, if anyone, although I think Hugh Jackman is more Lexaeus-ish.
Ansem- Billy Zane Marluxia- Lance Bass, because I don't like Marluxia very much. Larxene- Rebecca Romjin Axel- Quinton Flynn Vexen- Jason Alexander Zexion- Seth Green Lexaeus- Hugh Jackman
As they each appeared in their chairs, they gaped at the young boy before them. Apparently, they had come in in the middle of this process. Xemnas was out of his chair, and held one hand over the blonde boy's head. "You shall be christened Roxas, in light of the name of your other. Number XIII of our Organization, The Key of Destiny. The Keyblade's chosen one..." As he trailed off on this, Demyx, Vexen, Larxene, and Lexaeus's eyes widened simultaneously. "Keyblade?!" Said Vexen in surprise. "Yeah, I wrangled him in just about an hour ago. Turns out he can't dodge bullets." Said Xigbar. "He can't hit me with two swords either." The newly christened Roxas looked up at Xigbar angrily. "Wow, this is amazing!" Said Demyx. "A Keyblade wielder in our ranks!" Marluxia spoke up. "It is my opinion that he should be assigned to join my committee in the Castle Oblivion." Vexen looked at him with an irritated expression. "Your committee? I am number four of the Organization! I will decide the legitimacy of you 'committee'!" Then Xemnas objected. "I am number one, however, and it has been decided that Marluxia is in charge of all matters pertaining to the upper levels of our new Castle." "But I captured him." Said Xigbar. Marluxia snapped back, "Castle Oblivion is under my charge, regardless of rank!" Xigbar shot him a look of pure venom through his single yellow eye. "I am number two of Organization XIII, you are number eleven! And I'm not stationed in your little playhouse anyway, so I suggest you put a cork in it, or I'll cancel you myself!" Marluxia was beside himself with anger. But before he could further argue, a laser arrow found itself embedded in his chair, right next to his head. He crouched to avoid anymore. Xigbar smirked as he held his gun at Marluxia. "ENOUGH!" Thundered Xemnas, furious. Roxas looked confused and afraid at the violent argument going on around him. "It will be decided in a vote whether he will accompany Marluxia-" He caught a look from Vexen, then added him in, "And Vexen and Zexion's party." Zexion snapped up from his book at hearing his name. "What?" He said. "Roxas, have a seat. You will vote as well." He said. Xaldin raised a hand, and the chairs rearranged, so that a thirteenth rose from the ground in the space left. Xaldin then snapped, and Roxas teleported into the chair, now in his new black coat. "By show of hands, how many vote for Roxas's accompanying Marluxia and Vexen?" Marluxia, Larxene, Vexen, Axel, Saix, and Roxas himself raised their hands. "And all opposed?" The hands of Xemnas, Xigbar, Xaldin, Lexaeus, Zexion, Demyx, and Luxord shot into the air. "Then it is decided. Roxas remains here, in The World that Never Was. The meeting is adjourned." He said. The members, one by one, disappeared, some of them staying behind. Demyx vanished, and did not stay.
"Demyx! Larxene!" Called a rough voice through the Darkness. A Dark Corridor appeared, and Lexaeus, the Silent Hero, flew out of it, slaying a large number of Heartless with his tomahawk boomerang and rock and earth attacks. Finally, all the creatures of darkness were slain, many hearts released to Kingdom Hearts. "You have explaining to do!" Said Lexaeus harshly to Demyx. They then turned to Ansem, who stood with his arms crossed. Lexaeus stomped on the ground twice, causing two rock pillars to shoot up and nearly hit Ansem. But the white-haired man moved quickly to avoid them and countered by firing a dark blast at the strongly-built warrior. Lexaeus deflected it with his axe. "So you will continue to defy me? Then let your Superior, Nocturne, be the judge of your fate. And be sure to thank your little friend for this meeting..." Ansem faded, leaving only a chilling laugh as his final words to them. "You two. Now." Demanded Lexaeus bluntly, opening a Corridor of Darkness. Demyx and Larxene walked through it shamefully, like children dreading the oncoming scolding from their parents for some great wrongdoing. But Demyx didn't understand? Why would Tidus turn him over to Ansem? Surely he must not have known... -------------------- "Now, I stand faced with the great decision. Are you to be turned over to Superior Xemnas or not?" Said Vexen. "As you may have figured out, I've been monitoring you for a long time, on Xemnas's orders. And in that duration of time, you succeeded in destroying our uneasy agreement with Ansem, bringing in THREE outsiders, and nearly getting yourselves killed in the process. What have you to say before I report you?" The two siblings looked alarmed. "Please don't tell him." Begged Demyx. "He won't be merciful." Said Larxene. "Indeed not." Responded Vexen. Larxene backed away, toward the door, but Lexaeus blocked the way, his arms crossed menacingly, his expression stoic. Vexen walked over to his com and pressed the button. "Xemnas," He started, "We have a situation." Desperate, Demyx looked pleadingly, but knew it was too late. "Vexen!" Roared Xemnas over the com, causing everyone in the room to jump two feet, "Get the others and come to the meeting room! NOW!" Vexen looked around with a grudging snarl, then opened a Corridor through Darkness and walked through. The others followed suit.
"Guys! It's really you!" He said. He had found their bodies in a corner. Tidus was elated to see his friends again. But something was wrong. They didn't answer him, and their eyes were glazed over, not like they were dead, but like they had lost something inside of them. Their hearts. That was what was missing. The Heartless had stolen Selphie and Wakka's hearts! But that couldn't be! There had to be a way to get them back! Tidus heaved both of their bodies behind him as he slowly made his way off back to Demyx. --------------------- As he came back, another mysterious man approached him. This one was wearing a brown cloak, and had a dark voice. "So these children have lost their hearts as well? As crying shame. But if one were to trust the darkness, perhaps their selves could be restored?" Tidus jumped at that chance. "I'll do anything to get their hearts back! Please?" He said, dropping their lifeless shells and coming to the mysterious man's feet. "Please, can you help get their hearts back from the Heartless?" The man looked down at him. "Back from the Heartless... Very well, but first tell me, boy. Who saved you from the Darkness, when your home was destroyed?" Tidus stood up. "Why, Demyx. He let me stay in an old building in Hollow Bastion." The cloaked man's head snapped up. "So he has set foot there, hasn't he? Thank you for your assistance. We might meet again, maybe soon, maybe later. In the Darkness..." As he pointed his open palm at Wakka and Selphie, who started to glow with a pink color. As Tidus looked on, his friends came back to life! "That's amazing!" He said, turning to the mysterious figure. "How-" He was gone, the cloaked man. "Tidus! What happened, bra?" Said Wakka, not knowing how they got there. "You're safe, that's all that matters!" Said Tidus. The three of them hugged and set off toward the portal again, after all the reunion greetings. --------------------------- Demyx went through the dark place. He shouldn't have ever brought Tidus to the Hollow Bastion. He had been a fool. But he had to stop Larxene, for his and Tidus's sake. Now he confronted her. "Sorry, sis, but you can't go to Xemnas. That would ruin me." Larxene looked at him defiantly. "And your secret friend?" Demyx was indignant. But before he could further protest, the dark voice came, causing Demyx and Larxene to cringe. "So the both of you have chosen to defy me and set foot where I ordered you not to?" Said he, appearing. He threw off his cloak, revealing the full Ansem. His white hair fell down to his middle, his white and black Heartless clothing making him appear quite powerful. Lots of Heartless sprang up around them. "Now you will make you final stand here, Betwixt and Between the Darkness!" The Heartless charged. In a flash, Demyx was holding his sitar, and Larxene her knives. Demyx slew the first three Heartless that came at him with a sweep of his sitar. He then played a chord, causing lots of bubbles to shoot forward and destroy several Heartless. Meanwhile, Larxene was killing Heartless left and right with her knives and lightning attacks. Demyx summoned a column of water and rode it through a group of Heartless, destroying all of them. There weren't all that many left, but they were still looking bad. He didn't have enough energy left to summon water clones. Things weren't looking all that good now...
"Are you sure? How do you know he isn't lying?" "Because he showed her to me. Kairi, from the Destiny Islands. She IS alive. Well, kind of. She lost her heart. Do you know anything about that, Demyx?" Demyx hesitated, not sure if Tidus should know the truth. "Kind of. But if Riku is that much of a friend, I'm sure he'll find a way. He said you should look for your other friends, though, right?" "Yeah. Wakka and Selphie. Do you know where they might be?" He asked. Demyx looked a bit uncertain. "Yeah, in Traverse Town, most likely. But it might not be safe. Not if those guys that got whatshisname are still there. Like the brown hair one?" Tidus was unhappy to be reminded. "Oh yeah. Well, I'll go anyway. Maybe they know something about him." He proclaimed. Demyx didn't look pleased about it, but he held up his hand, and a portal opened into Traverse Town. "Good luck, Tidus. Don't die." He said humorously. But he actually meant it. No-one in the Organization had real respect for him. He had no friends among them. He and Axel kind of partnered up, because they shared this feeling, but it wasn't the same. Tidus struck Demyx like a real friend. It made him feel good. But a teasing, feminine voice broke his thoughts. "What are you doing here, big brother?" It said. Larxene appeared through a Dark Corridor. "Larxene!" He exclaimed, surprised. She chuckled. "Afraid so. The Superior will be very angry if he finds out you've been here. I might just tell him." Demyx looked at her challengingly. "Well, you're here, too, newbie. If I go down, so do you." Larxene looked annoyed at that. "Fine. But I'm not the one who brought in an outsider to our business." She reminded him. Demyx was shocked. How did she know that? "You-" He started, but she vanished through the darkness again. Fear crept into the place where Demyx's heart should have been. What would she do? Surely, his sister wouldn't give him over to Xemnas. Would she? -------------------------- Tidus walked the streets of the Traverse Town. It was actually pretty cool here, except for the occasional Heartless. But while he was going, a charismatic voice said his name in surprise. "Tidus? It cannot be!" It said. Tidus looked excitedly. "Wakka!" He said excitedly. But it wasn't Wakka who had said his name. The man had blue hair that fell in various patterns, and wore black. He looked powerful. "How can you be here? Am I not Unsent? Could it be that at last you, Tidus, the hero, have died, as I did long ago, at your very hands?" Tidus was completely bewildered. He had never seen this man before. "And I assume your friend Wakka is here as well. This must be my father's work. Only he could torture me like this!" He said. This guy was insane, thought Tidus. "You took my revenge, my Aeon, and my life. You will pay dearly. And I, Maester Seymour Guado, of the Guado nation, shall collect that payment! In good time... In good time..." After he said that, Seymour simply disappeared. "What was that all about? He knew Wakka... And he knew me?" He said, confused. **************** I'm really going out on some limbs here. I decided to imply that Demyx and Larxene are brother and sister, since that would make things interesting. Really interesting. I also decided to experiment with what would happen if Tidus or Wakka encountered other FFX characters. Since all the FFVII and VIII characters seem to know each other. This is the result.
Ansem was the hardest Heartless to beat for me, I don't know about y'all.
