Hey guys, according to FF13-Vids, in a magazine Nomura has confirmed that the next game he is working with Disney is NOT Kingdom Hearts III. (Doesn't mean it won't be another related game). Source: FF13 Vids and The Light in the Chaos
Apparently some shops have released Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ One day early, the 2ch blog poster put up 2 pictures he/she took. One featuring the cover with Another Report, and another one showing a the KHre:COM Scene where Sora meets an Organization Member in Traverse Town, during the Tutorial. Source: 2ch
EditE-gad ignore literally everything I said, earlier on that article it's a YEAR old According to Famitsu, on March 23rd in Los Angeles there was a party in which Square-Enix attended in commemoration of Kingdom Hearts II's success in North America. The one and only Tetsuya Nomura popped by as well, a staff from Famitsu managed to talk with Nomura on March 24th leading him to the questioned comment. "What is Nomura's big surprise!?" Starting off is the content in North America's version of Kingdom Hearts II. Despite there being some addition from the Japanese version, it was told there was no big difference between the North American version, and the Japanese version. However the main problem was the Pirates of the Caribbean world. These problems included things such as Drinking, shape of the enemy's weapons. Some situations. Nomura wasn't sure if anyone really noticed this one, but the layout of the level received some editing as well. It seemed necessary to add these changes due to the difference of nationality. As for [FINAL MIX] it will receive all the changes the North American version had. For Final Mix hitting America, Nomura's only response was He did not Schedule to release it. And for those who believed that KH2 was a conclusion of the series, it isn't. Nomura stated that "Kingdom Hearts Final Mix is not a game that's meant to be "New"" Kingdom Hearts I and II mainly draw to the events, that happened in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories. When the Interviewer brought up "Kingdom Hearts III" Nomura replied with "It will not be called Kingdom Hearts III, or even be numbered at that." There won't be too many new areas, but things like expressions, animations will remain the same. Nomura notes that it is hard to bring up answers regarding the next installment. However stated the timeline of Kingdom Heart's Development. Kingdom Hearts was a stand-alone game. As Kingdom Hearts II and Chain of Memories, were worked on together. He also said that the title of the next installment is still in conceptual work. Finally came more concentrated talk about the New Project. Upon talking with Nomura he learned that. - There was no Numbering Title for this one. - It will be developed so everyone can still enjoy the world of Kingdom Hearts. - This game will focus around those that were in the Secret ending with Kingdom Hearts II. The Interviewer asked Nomura "Will the mystery finally be solved". Nomura only smiled, and questioned back "How probable will it be?" It should be noted as well, that the full Ceremony for Kingdom Hearts II's sales in North America will be taken place at E3 the reason why at an event is unknown, perhaps it has to do with Nomura's new project being unveiled? Read the Article Edit: Also new scans have popped up! Higher Quality of the previous scans we saw before! Source: 2ch Blog posted 225 for the Famitsu Link and RPGamer for the scans.
Famitsu updated their website featuring a few new images, most of them from the information that was posted earlier! A new secret ending is added to Final Mix where the three mysterious soldiers will be drawn into battle. There is violent development in this scene. Many new mysteries will develop. In addition there is a battle against one of the Enigmatic Soldiers from the secret ending! This one's strength easily surpasses that of Organization XIII. It is easy to tell this will be the strongest boss in Kingdom Hearts history! When you are in a battle and use a friend card, a friend will come to help you in battle. If you stock the cards however, an original technique is shown! This image is one of the many examples. As Riku only, when in battle with an enemy you can enter DUEL Mode, in which you and the enemy are thrown into a duel battle with a time limit to put out a card. If your card is higher than the opponent's, you gain one Card Break. Earn the amount needed and you win the duel! Source: Famitsu
(Updated)Information from Famitsu Scans We managed to see some scans of the secret ending not too long ago correct? Well alot of information has also popped up from those scans and here it is. 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 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. 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! Source: FFKH Blog
Alright this is a long story. I was basically walking to my house, after pondering on getting a haircut (After all my damn hair is actually past my knees, and it's too brushed out like girl's hair so I hate it ><). When I saw this cute dog on the street. The problem was she was shaking and was so skinny when I petted her, I could feel her bones through her body which was a bad sign already. So I wasted my dinner food to buy dog food, to feed her. And obviously she was starving cause she almost ate it all. So of course feeling sorry for her, I took her home, and since my parents practically live a whole floor away from me, they couldn't care less about the dog making a mess, since it'd only be upstairs not downstairs. I already gave her a full time bath, and took her out for a walk before. But I really really need help, this is my first time with a dog, she has no collar, so I think either her owner abandoned her, or she's really a full time stray. But she doesn't know how to fend for herself so I'm thinking abandonment. I have no idea on the breed either. This is EXACTLY how she looks, this picture's from this list of over 500 dog types. I could actually call her a twin. But seriously guys, I need help.
Kingdom Hearts II Character Report Vol 2 Advertisment Hey guys, it seems as though another Advertisement scan has popped up. It's nothing too special. It seems to though talk about a newly written Manga. There was also some extra stuff. - The artist Amano is in love with Roxas. - Amano sees Roxas as a good looking guy with a strong mind. - Nomura seems to still have a surprise for Square-Enix Party. Unknown if this is Kingdom Hearts related, or Final Fantasy Related. Edit: The Kingdom Hearts II Character Report Volume 2 Cover has now been updated onto Square-Enix's gamebook section! Here It is to be released on the same day as Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ (March 29th 2007) and contain the following. Hollow Bastion Traverse Town Olympus Colosseum Neverland Agrabah Deep Jungle The Land of Dragons Port Royal Beast's Castle Space Paranoids The World That Never Was additional Stuff Source: The Light in Chaos
New Scans of Secret Ending! + KH2FM+ Ultimania Hey guys some new scans have come out for the secret ending! Note of the Text: - The Theatre Mode is shown after Clearing Kingdom Hearts II FInal Mix - A Japanese Event is shown from clearing Chain of Memories. - The really strong E.S gets defeated easily. - In the Secret Ending, we get to see the skinman (Eh?) defeat the three armored people eaisly, it is known as a MUST SEE scene. - The Moon is shown through a whisp of clouds. (Possibly Kingdom Hearts) - A Mysterious man with silver hair is looking after one of the E.S. - The Person that looks like spiderman (Weird dude that's with baldguy) is holding a keyblade. Also the Kingdom Hearts Final Mix+ Ultimania booklet has been announced and will be released on May the Second. Here are some hilights for the Ultimania 1 - It will include Final Mix and re:COM. 2 - An Interview will be featured about the New Project 3 - It will be like the Kingdom Hearts II Ultimania however will have alot more added things into it. 4 - The Interview will also talk about the recreation of scenes from COM to re:COM 5 - The Book is estimated to have around 736 pages. 6 - There's a 64 pages on Kingdom Hearts, and iwll be sold as "Kingdom Hearts Ultimania, Enlarged and Revised Edition" 7 - The Book will talk about near the end the changes from the original KH2, to Final Mix. You can view the KH2FM+ Article Here Source: Light in the Chaos Also Thanks to Forum member DaBigDragon.
Heya guys, apparently some more information about Theatre Mode has been released, most of it are pretty much things we wern't sure of! 1. - To Unlock it you must beat both re:COM and KH2FM+. 2. - It is indeed possible to view the cutscenes in Japanese OR in English Voices. 3. The Additional scenes do NOT feature the English option. 4. The New Project that's being done with Disney will be announced this year. Source: Nekogagotoku. Also thanks to FF13vids for the find.
Famitsu and Dengeki's Kingdom Hearts Complete OST article. Famitsu has updated their website featuring the Kingdom Hearts Complete OST. It's pretty much stuff we already know, however the images they have including the cover are in higher quality. Edit: Dengeki also has an article as well. Dengeki Article Source: Famitsu and Dengeki. Also thanks to Light in the Chaos for the find.
The full VJump scans have now appeared over the net! Sadly most of these are recaps of things we already know, but we do get to see Critical Mode, as well as a new Image against the E.S Edit: Here's some information. 1 - Riku's Card Duel is noted in this scan, and said how it's a new element. 2 - There is a Theatre Mode for KHre:COM After beaitng re:COM! 3 - If you beat Critical Mode, it is one of the easiest ways to see the Secret Ending. Source: KHU
Hey guys, a Vjump scan has come up featuring a new Accessory to Sora. It's the all knowing Crown that we've come to love ever since Kingdom Hearts I. The method to obtaining this is unknown, but it might have something to do with the Crown Search sidequest. Source: KH2 2ch poster 414
Hey guys, nothing really special to say as the title says it all! Source: KH-2.net
It seems as though a member from FF13vids managed to find a scan from Gamefront.de, featuring some points in the game. Although we can't see the whole amount of points. Point number 5 is an interesting one as it features the Kingdom Hearts II FM+ Menu Screen! All this leads now is re:COM. Edit1: The Scan is confirmed to be from Vjump Edit2: Also according to ff13vids the only way to achieve Theater Mode, is to complete the game. Source: KH-2.net, FF13 Vids and Gamefront.de
Hey guys, here again. Remember that really hard to see scan against the "T.E.S" (The Enigmatic Soldier, as Shounen Jump refers to him as) Well we have a higher quality now! Source: kh2ch blog poster #57
Gan Gan Comics presents KHFM 3 Cover + Famitsu Images Heya everyone, Amazon updated their site, featuring the Third Installment of the Kingdom Hearts FM 3's cover. Kingdom Hearts FM 3 is set for a release date at April 30th 2007 for ￥ 410. Remember the information earlier about the New minigames and sotcks? Well we got the images now! Information on these images can be viewed Here Source: Light in the Chaos, FF13Vids, Famitsu and Amazon Edit: Download Extended Commercial Courtesy of FFAC Reunion
Apparently there is one more commercial left according to ff13 vids, and the official Playstation website. The commercial we got to see was the "Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix" version, and recently broadcast is the second commercial which is the "Chain of Memories' Commercial. Sadly there is no information on what the Chain of Memories Commercial shows, but we hope that a video comes up soon. Also here are some more information from the scans! Wasp Minigame -The Pooh Minigame, features around Wasps. - You need to defeat 50 Wasps before they attack Pooh. - The Wasp can only be attacked by a exclusive card only in that minigame. - These cards are "Honey Cards" and if you stock them you can perform a special Honey technique. - The Honey cage is on the left, and the cards under the Honey Cage. - The ammount of Wasps, Time, Score ect are shown in the upper right. Falling Minigame - There is a Minigame in which you are falling with Pooh, and must collect Honey while falling. - You move with the analog stick, and can also roll to dodge things. - There is an obstacle and if you don't move out of the way quick enough, Pooh will be transfered somewhere else. - The Triangle button is the Rolling button, and is very important to complete this minigame. There are two new techniques you can use. Stardust Blitz It is a combination Technique with Donald, in which donald throws a fireball at Sora, and with the correct timing of triangle, Sora will strike the fireball, sending multiple fireballs everywhere. The cards required are. 1 Donald Card. 1 Fire Card. 1 Attack Card. Lethal Frame With the help of two attack cards, and a stop card, Sora will throw his keyblade, and any enemy he hits with it will be frozen upon impact. It's unsure if the level of the card will affect the length of the effect. Source: Official Playstation Site and FF13 Vids and Light in the Chaos
Hey guys, here again got great news, Jeux-France updated with an entire collection. Edit: Turns out Famitsu's not done with us yet, they have even more information to chuck at our heads next week! Source: FF13 Vids and Jeux-France
Famitsu's PS2 cover seems to have gone over the net, without text or anything which is a bit odd. Anyways, the cover consists of a brand new CG Image of Sora, Roxas, Mickey, Goofy, and Donald and can be viewed below Source: KH2ch Blog Poster 686
Sup guys some new scans came and guess what? It's against the AU! Scan 1 Scan 2 Edit: The scanner counted this, and notes that the Armored Knight has 17 bars of health. Source: FF13 Vids and Siontatari Blog
