Xaldin will appear in Fabled Countryside and tries to kidnap Belle. He says that the XIII Order wants to obtain Kingdom Hearts to become complete beings. He uses six naginata spears as his weapons.

Demix will appear in the Underworld. His weapon seems to be some kind of instrument.





And it seems that every order member has an X in their name for some reason.
The X in their names are supposed to be important in some way.

Xaldin & Demix? Well, I don't like Xaldin so much, I don't like his face, he look so much better with the hood covering his face.

Hehe, jk, anyway, Demix's weapon surely does looks like an electric guitar, purple, kinda reminds me of Dante's weapon, in DMC3. Don't they look alike?

Nice infos hiku!

Lol, yeah I was also thinking about Dante's weapon when I saw that one.
And I'm starting to think that the Enigmatic Man is someone special, since they still haven't showed him.
Unlike the others, he doesn't use any sort of physical weapons.

I think the musical weapon looks like the indian instrument called Sitar or something. And Demix is cute ^^ And if I'm not wrong, the other members of the order are fairly good-looking as well ^^ I'm looking forward to KH2. I regret not paying more attention to it.

The screen shots look awesome, and so does the weapon.
Looking foward to this game so much, thanks for the updateee.

Blimy, Hiku.. No release date info? =)
Haha. Well, okay. Square has a released date for the game now. =) It's coming out in Dec. This official. I dunno if it's on sites yet. Let me see..

Here we go.
Gamearefun.com This is for Japan, okay. =)

It seems we've been waiting forever for this game! Thanks for the nice scan pics Hiku! Now that it was mentioned... that guitar thingy... it does remind me of Nevan (Dante's guitar in DMC3)

YES so many unknowns i love them all... im sure this should be up in kh2.net soon... i cant to hear more,thnks hiku

http://www.khinsider.com/gallery/img2352.htm

A larger version of the screenies in the Xaldin magazine scan. It clearly shows what he's saying about kingdom hearts and perfect something. I would rather it's Demix. >.< Shucks.

I think he is saying "Kingdom Hearts will help us become perfect/complete beings" or something of that degree.

I'm actualy not sure I like the new unknnowns.... Xaldin looks funny, and i cant stand Demix's guitar.... its weird lol

There are two more Unknowns seen in the trailer. One is an old man acting very young for his age.
And the other is a girl.

Really? I wonder where can I get the same trailer? I would love to watch it, ASAP!

Old man eh? A girl? Huh? I need to see it for myself, hehe....

There is no trailer right now. Square made sure no one was filming it with a camera during the Square Enix Party. =/

I heard the girl is supposed to be pretty cool though.
I wanna see a picture of her and the old man.

New KH II Scans.

The last two scans show images of Pirates of the Caribbean characters, which really doesn't go along the game. I like Pirates of the Caribbean, but for the movie to be feature in a Disney/S-E based game seem kinda stupid, but whatever.

Those first two scans are pretty sweet. I had not known that the main castle place would be a playable level, but that seems to be what the evidence points to. The character models for Pirates look well-done, but they pale in comparison to the best image in the castle:

THE SHINY ORB!

Nice, so, that is an electric guitar? Really reminds me of Dante, and not to mention it is purple too.

But I wonder what's that orb?

Cool! And about the orb, I sort of remember in the first KH Donald says to Daisy:



So maybe what Donald is talking about is the orb because it seems like it's hidden deep beneath the castle (from what the screenshot looks like anyway). But what signifigance could that orb have...? Probably something to do with Kingdom Hearts?

Anyway, the PotC world looks really well-done, considering that it was a live-aciton movie. I wonder if you'll have to fight the zombie pirates, like in the movie?

Woazzzz amazing scans.
Jeez the graphics with this game are impressing me so much, I have to go reserve it soon.
Ive never really liked POTC but, the graphics just seem amazig and so well done. Plus seeing sora on the ship, and that pic of the zombie, makes me wanna pop him so bad.

This game is going to be GOOD.

The first two look really great. But I'm bothered by the PotC characters. They look way too real compared to the other characters such as Sora and company. But other than the whole PotC thing this game is going to be great! I can't wait until it comes out.

Heres a screenshot of Leon and Cloud, in his Advent Children costume, standing back to back.

Oh very nice.
This must be from the scene where they are fighting heartless, and are about to give up, because they never stop coming.
But Cloud and Squall say that they have it in them to give it their all one last time.
I assume they are going to do their Limit Breaks.

I found some more scans and info:





Some scanlations:

DiZ (speaking with Organization member): That Nobody was born in a special way.

Seifer: The proof of your defeat has been stolen-

Jack Skellington (Christmas Town): How does it look? Does it look all right?

Blonde (when Diz disappears): Which way did he go?

Riku in Deep Dive World (not confirmed): Let's play!

Namine: The Truth is...you should not exist.

Pete: Now that you have fallen into my trap, you shall see what I can do.


And here is Axel, in Twilight Town.

Hey Hiku in those scans were you able to find Seifer in there when you first looked at it because I didn't at first. For those that can't find him he is in the first scan and he has a black cap and white cloths and is pointing at the blonde hair kid.

Well, he was the only one with white clothes, and the only person I didn't recognise in the scan, so I assumed that it was him.

lolll even still, I like the picture of Cloud and Squall back to back... I am in LOVE with their new character forms in KH, and i think they're awesome, i wanna see them kick ass together

I swooned. In school. XD

The scanlations say that Seifer is saying something is stolen. The subtitles in the scan where the white clothed person has the kanji word for 'steal'. So I think Seifer's the person too. But he looks like a punk! What's with the black cap thingy?!

I dunno. XD
I was hoping they wouldn't change him as much as they changed Squall, but it seems they might have. lol
Raijin and Fuujin are supposed to be in the game too.


XD

Well the thing is, everything KH has done to the characters I've approved of. I LOVE their voices, I love the new Squall (I just wish they didnt change his name).. The new Cloud art is WAY cooler than the original Cloud, Auron looks great, I like Wakka Tidus nad Selphie as kids, so I mean im happy.

But from the scan Seifer looks retarded, I dunno if I'll like his change of art

-Heart attack- OOOOOOO I CANNOT WAITTTTTT
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I Really Like it o.o

AbYsS, I found a better version of that image.



And some better versions of the previous scans. As well as one with Sora's blue outfit.

Nice find hiku, but 1 question, what is that thing Sora's fighting with in the scan at the bottom?

So, Sora's blue outfit is beautiful, but I think the red will be much better.

And that Pete and Mickey Mouse from Steam Boat Willie, I wonder if they are going to be the same? I mean, will that Mickey be the same King Mickey? And will that Pete be the same Pete we see in Agrabah?

Though, it looks like they're not.

Last but not least, what do they mean by scene 2, 3 & 4?

It looks like Sora is fighting a huge Heartless boss. I think I saw that one in the trailer.
And about the scenes, the scans say a few things about each of those scenes. Have to find a translation of those.

I think this might answer your question.

The following information comes from the October issue of V-Jump Magazine:

- The storyline happenings from the Steamboat Willie world will be major, however the world will have a more comical feel to it, compared to the other worlds.

- The Pirates of the Caribean world is considered "counter electrode."

- Even though Cloud has nothing to do with the main Kingdom Hearts 2 story, he will have his own side story going on in the game.

- There is a rumor killer going around that the Lion King world does not actually exist for Kingdom Hearts 2.


Since it's stated that the Steamboat world will be a major one, it's likely that it's based on the main story and the main characters. So it's probably the same Mickey and Pete.

Two brand new scans of Kingdom Hearts II.

hmmm, diffirent outfits =)
This game seems to be more surprising everytime.
Yeah, I hope this game is better then KH 1, I wasn't too fond of that game, it was nice but not really my thing, I hope the second is more something I like, it sure looks like it.

Great screens =)

Clouds own side story that going to be interesting. Though its not like he needs more spotlight *coughAdventChildrencough*. I'm not complaining because I like watching Cloud kick butt.

That just stinks of milking the cow for it's worth. But like Sig, I ain't complaining. XD I like looking at Cloud, and if Sephi gets dragged in, the more the better. xD xD xD

Some new scans.



Looks like the last scan shows one of the new Unknows.
The old man with youthful enthusiasm.
It appears his name is Luxord, or something like that.

Well looks like Ursula's back and so isnt Pooh and friends...

This new Unknown looks AWEOSME though. The goatee and earrings and stuff.. I cant wait to see them all fully revealed and how they affect everything.. its getting SO close. KH2 is on my top list of things to buy

Looks like the new unknown is old. And, it looks like they're going to meet him in the world of 'Pirates of the Caribbean'

So, Prince Charming will make his appearance eh? Her, I wonder what'll he be able to do to aid us in battel.

Anyway, nice find hiku.

Wow, cool.

But is anyone else bothered by reusing a bunch of the worlds and bosses? I could have sworn Ursala and Jafar got the stuffing knocked out of them, so why put them back in? I don't like the happy underwater music as Sora swims around! It's freaky! Well, despite the fact that a lot of these characters have all been seen before, I'm still gonna be hooked enough to get it. Because that's just how I am.

I once had a thought like that. I mean, why can't they just create new bosses and new worlds?

Heh, but I think only the looks are old, and the rest are new. I mean, perhaps the world would be different, and the bosses would be using different skills, and they could be twice harder than before.

Yeah, but with all the Disney and FF characters, you'd think they could find someone new instead of recycling old characters. Because FF X-2 did that, and it didn't make it seem better for it.

Yeah, but Kingdom Hearts II is the sequel to Kingdom Hearts, no? So maybe they just had to bring in the characters who still had not finish their own stories yet. (Last thing I knew the Final Fantasy characters are not living happily ever after yet, and so is that character from Atlantic Ocean whose name I had unbelieveably forgotten! ' )

And Final Fantasy X-2 happened just about 2 years after Final Fantasy X, Square couldn't just throw away all of the old characters and bring new ones. Besides, they wanted Yuna to have a happy ending as well, so I don't think they would've wanted anyone to replace her ass the main character in Final Fantasy X-2.

Yeah, but some of the characters and worlds they are reusing, like Aladdin, really didn't have any unresolved issues. Nor did Pooh and friends.

And the thing with FF X-2, was a lot of the minor characters or even the backgrounds were reused. And despite that, little time felt like it was taken on some parts.

I just don't wanna refight Jafar and Ursala when I already let the darkness swallow them whole for eternity. It feels like they didn't die. Then why did I defeat them!?!?! Grr...

Re-fighting Ursula and Jaafar is not that bad, who knows they might be able to transform.
But really, is it already confirmed they'll be the main villain in their own world? Then what's Pete doing in Agrabah? Besides,

Anyway, they weren't swallow by the darkness. I remember Jaafar-Genie was swallowed by his own lamp. >:) Such humiliation, don't you think? And you defeated them because they were evil and you're helping their enemy, the good side, so now they're back for revenge. Typical villains~

About the Atlantic Ocean, we know the main character has not yet met her Prince Charming, so it's understandable we're going to return to that world. And about [U]Agrabah[/U,

Oh yeah, sad news. Square has pushed the released date to 2006.
http://www.square-enix.com/na/support/live/

Here are some new screens from the game.




I like Squall's new style. I'm glad they made him look more like his original self. Looks like they might have given him his old hairstyle again from FF8, or am I imagining things?
Though perhaps his hair is still very long in the back. It's hard to see.
Either way, it looks less flat now, and much more like it used to, as well as his face.

Let's just hope he calls himself Squall again, and not Leon.





And here's Sora in the Lion King world.

Lol. Sora as a cub? Now that is just too funny. I never would have thought that would happen. As for Squall, he looks more like himself. I can't wait to see how Seifer comes into the game. Most likely Squall and he are going to have a conflict. Either way, great game. KH 2 is going to be successful no matter what. I dont care that it got moved to 2006. Just means a much better game I hope.

Eh? I didn't notice that Squall's hairstyle wasn't the same in KH 1.

Anyway, Sora as a cub is cute, but how about Donald & Goofy? I have a feeling they'll be weird....

Finally, Leon..uhm Squall looks as he used to look, his hair seems longer though, but I like it.

Sora as a cub...hmm well he is cute though XD I think that is the only thing I can say about it now XD