Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMix Concerns

So I saw the TGS trailer for this yesterday and after talking with a friend about this upcoming game, he and I came up with a few concerns. While it was nice to see that they will be implementing the triangle button into gameplay, and the graphics look SO MUCH BETTER with the HD, there were three things that we were curious about. And whil I know no one here can answer them, it's just interesting to ponder. Those three things were:

1.) The inclusion of Tarzan.
Seeing as how Square lost the rights to Tarzan, which is why it wasn't present in COM, then what will they do now? Will they simply pretend like there was never a world there and leave you with only three worlds to begin with? Or would they go out of their way to make a whole new world in order to keep the pacing of Sora's leveling up? I'd like to see them just buy back the rights and keep it in there, but who knows what will happen!

2.) New Cutscenes
It was stated (somewhere...) that there would be new cutscenes in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix. What kind of cutscene's would they possibly add? My friend and I calked this one up to them making new cutscenes to establish the connection with the first one to the newer ones like Birth By Sleep or to hint at the plot of KH3.

3.) Billy Zane as Ansem
Now this one is a little out there, but hear me out. When KH 1.5 HD ReMix does come oversea's, there will probably be added voice acting, seeing as how that's what they are doing over in Japan, so with these "New Cutscenes" that I mentioned above, do you think it might be possible that they will replace Billy Zane entirely with Richard Epcar? I mean, if there's one scene that requires more Ansem voice work, and they bring in Richard Epcar, won't they want him to do the entire game to keep continuity?

What are your guy's thoughts?

 

This is a really great question, especially considering the importance of Deep Jungle--it's where Sora first realizes how much Donald and Goofy are beginning to mean to him. I think it creates a really interesting conflict that is touched upon later with Riku's jealousy over feeling "replaced." I could see us losing the world, but I hope they would move some of the dialogue elsewhere.

I don't believe they've said anything about adding completely new scenes? The game will be built off of Final Mix, so these four cutscenes will make it in, but I can't see them adding much beyond a secret ending.

I think it's a definite possibility, though it saddens me--Billy Zane was fantastic.

 

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I like them both, a voice wont make me skip the game I am going for the game experience... and Ansem is not a main character in KH I he appears like 4 times.

 

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Look, Ansem the Seeker of Darkness is probably the most important antagonist in the ENTIRE series. And when you listen to Billy Zane and then listen to Richard Epcar, you lose some of that villianous manner that Billy Zane has to him. It's not so much about the voice as it is presentation. Richard Epcar just sounds... I don't know, uh, forced? Something about his voice just sounds fake, and that ruin's the presentation.

I just thought of another one, this has to do with gameplay though. Does anyone remember what the triangle button did in KH1? I remember, it was a function you could use in order to stratigize your teammates combat functions. If you were standing in a battle and pressed the triangle button, Donald and Goofy would fend off heartless near to you. However if you were locked on to something and pressed triangle, Donald and Goofy would disregard all other targets and begin attacking the one you locked onto. Now, if the triangle button in KH 1.5 ReMix is for special abilities, then what's going to happen to this function? Will they just get rid of it? (Because honestly, I found it incredibly useful at times. While it wasn't that great, and you could go the game without it, if they had improved that function in KH2 it would have added a certain amount of control to your allies, who are sometimes fighting stupid random things.)

 

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Wait a minute when did they say this title is coming overseas?

 

Oh, like when they so graciously gave the rest of the world its Final Mixes?

 

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