*cackles at Sourcie's post* Oh yes, yes. That made me very happy.

Nice scans, Sonic-y. It's pretty cool how they're showing more of the CoM Organization members in the scans. But a book for Zexion? XD I certainly hope that's not Zexion's weapon; it's kind of lame...

Dunno why, but the scans of Marluxia, especially, really brought a smile to my face. Something about seeing him (and the rest of Organization, for tha matter.) in 3D is definitely a treat. :]

Seeing Larxene in full glory of KH2's graphics brought a smile to my face, maybe its because she's the only female in the group and her sadistic side makes me like her. xD

I certainly find Zexion's book to be somewhat a "grrrrrrr" especially after all the secret and stuff in concealing his weapon, not even having it shown in the tomb area at the last dungeon of KH2, makes things sort of meeeh. <___< I have a hard time finding the words to express my disappointment. -sigh- so just bear with the grrrrr and the <____<......

Too bad they weren't female, or they'd go in my sig and avie for that popcicle scene.

And I'm not sure if that's Zexion's main weapon. Didn't we see him holding Riku's sword in another scan?

And why is Vexen in KH 2 now?

http://kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=img/img070.jpg

That screenshot doesn't look like it's from COM.
Looks like Donald and Goofy can get Vexen's shield and Lexaeus sword.

vitual simulation, maybe?

I mean, Sora returns to the computer-generated Twilight Town and is forced to come face-to-face with his forgotten memories, like those of Vexen and the other five/six lost organization members.

Vexen and the rest of the Organization XIII that weren't around in KH2 can only be fought in a new place, as Tetsuya Nomura would put it, and he also mentions them being more difficult than Sephiroth himself, kinda like the enigmatic man in the 1st game.

Yes, that blank void space where we see him fight Marluxia and Lexaeus, but that's not where Vexen appears in that scan if you look at it.

There's no concrete info regarding this new place that has been mentioned by Nomura, whether it could be a new dungeon, hidden area of a world or whatnot that has a different look for every Org XIII member is still up in the air. But the point being that there will be a place to fight these guys in KH2 final mix.

SAUCE I FREAKIN LOVE YOU~!! *glomps* I'm so going to spread this to my Akuroku friends in dA!! WEE~!!

Argh, Zexion's weapon is a book?! That's so anti-climatic. T-T Harder than Sephiroth? o.o

Vexen appears before the Mansion in Twilight Town, no? Maybe he's a Vexen clone, hahaha.

ADDED!! WATCH THIS!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4itvyMRs9cM

PS. Yes, I'm in a very hyper mode. XD

LOOK AT THIS!! We can fight Axel in Coliseum!! This alone is going to make me buy KH2: FM!! Wee!! *continues her crazy babbling at a corner*

I'm very happy with the Zexion news, let alone everything else announced thus far. I'm really interested in seeing more of him. I'm pretty sure his weapon is a book. He can apparently trap enemies within the pages, along with sending them out in a flurry to attack, like Sonic's scan shows. I think it's fitting, if anything. Zexion's known to be more of a psychological warrior than a physical one.

Oh yeah I was just going to post that Axel battle. Is it really the colluseum though? The menu doesn't seem to have have the score points like in the pics with Marluxia? Anyway it's looking good. Final Mix seems to have a lot of interesting changes this time around.

Well, if I'm interpreting it rightly, it should be the coliseum or it's some other battle arena place. I'm not sure if the menu looks like the one in the Underworld though. But I think it's good news, even if it's not a battle arena boss fight. Speaking of that, I have yet to fight Cerberus and win. Argh.

He seem to be a super strong boss. Look at how short Sora's life is. o.o

Wow, did the admins start creating their own XIII Order???? I definitely want to join that, can i?

Sure, just PM Seluna about it.

Haha, I find it interesting that Zexion's weapon is a book. All the members have very unique weapons, I guess they ran out of ideas or something. Trapping enemies in pages? Haha. What else is he going to do, give the enemies some paper cuts?

Yeah I did find that a bit strange but creative at the best.

Like I said before, we've seen Zexion hold Riku's sword in other scans, so it's still not set in stone that his weapon is a "book". It could be some sort of shapeshifting weapon.

I dunno I read in an interview that his weapon was the only one not released yet. I don't remember where I found the interview.. It was on some KH3 forum, but that's why his gravestone was destroyed in the game, cause they didn't want us to see his weapon. If I remember correctly they still haven't released what his weapon is like yet

Look here:

http://kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=img/img071.jpg

But there are also scans of him holding Riku's sword.



So I'll hold off my bets on what his weapon really is.

hmmmm... Maybe the book can transform into any weapon. Like, it can imitate it, maybe that's why he's holding Riku's sword

which is weird, because Riku's sword is a Keyblade, which means he can wield keyblades

But that sword (at least in that form) isn't a keyblade. As far as I know anyway.
And Riku isn't an Organisation XIII member either btw. =p

lol i know, but he pretended to be one, so I'm Riku when he was "pretend Organization" hahahhahah, I think I'm gonna switch to Xaldin anyways

Did you ask Seluna? She can set you up with an avatar, just tell her which one you want.
Xemnas, Zexion, Saix, Axel, Demyx, Marluxia and Larxene are taken though.

I hate to have a personal convo in this topic lol, but yeah I talked to Seluna, I asked her for either Xaldin or Xigbar, I think I'm gonna go with Xaldin cause Xigbar is too "california surfer dude" for me hahah. I just couldn't contain my excitement to change my sig and avatar so i did this temporarily haha

A fellow KH fan at Deviantart posted this link to a KH2:FM commercial: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bayodrszldc

Just some quick scenes that have longer versions in the promotional video (Zexion, Marluxia, etc), but there are some parts that caught my eye. It seems there are some tidbits on KH3 in the final few frames that I've never seen before. o.o And there's one shot of OrgXIII Roxas lying on the ground that I don't recall seeing before either.

Somebody counted the amount of life bars for Lexeaus. There seem to have sixteen of them.

March 29th!! 13 more days to go!

Nice commercial Seluna. Here are some new scans.





Maybe where you fight the bosses?





More here: http://www.jeux-france.com/news19600_kingd...-en-images.html

To be honest, I'm pretty psyched they seem to be upping the difficulty, particularly what I've seen with the CoM Orgy XIII members. Certainly going to help make for some memorable fights, IMO.

New scans with translations from http://khinsider.com/ Oh, and I found an extended commercial of what Seluna posted.



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.



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.

The extended commercial can be found here.

Thanks so much for the updates, Hiku and Sauce!! *glomps*

Demyx with thirteen bars of life. x_X Oh my god. His battle seem to be taking place in Hollow Bastion. Makes me wonder if they are making that particular battle before the 1000 heartless battle harder or adding a new one. Additional Xemnas and Xigbar battles look like bloody hard challenges as well.

I'm not sure because I'm only seeing bits of hints... but maybe... maybe there will be an even more difficult Sephiroth battle. O.o And the keyblade holding armored dudes get another unlockable video in FM, and a battle with one of them who has sixteen bars of life. X_x

The new episode thingy is making me more hyped than I already was, even though I already know what happens then but it's so much better to be able to play/watch it! Then that something called Theatre Mode (シヤターモード) that is unlockable and allows viewing the event movies. That's such a wonderful great new feature!! I can see Axel and Demyx over and over again!! Yay!!

Oh, there is another thing, called the Piece Collection (ピースコレクション) where you can do jigsaw puzzle. o.o

Theatre Mode sounds great. That way I wouldn't have to create an extra save file in case of an interesting scene I want to see again. The Sephiroth battle should be harder. I didn't play much of KH 2 yet, but I did that battle at least and it was pretty easy compared to KH 1.

New trailer

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/kingdomhea...3Q6xTD-5bkLvTbf

I love the Marluxia battle. It looks awesome, and harder than the Sephiroth battle. I like how Sora can pick up his schyte too. And Marluxia's voice actor <3 He's a very famous villain voice actor in Japanese anime.

At the end it shows Xemnas (I think) talking to what appears to be one of the Knights. He calls him "old friend".
And the Knights seems to use laser/energy instead of physical weapons, just like Xemnas, so that makes me wonder if there is any connection between Xemnas powers and the Knights.



And the battle with the Knight was confirmed in the latest Famitsu scan.




Theater Mode




And a new special ending cutscene of course.



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And here are two new scans.

Nothing new on a potential English release though. Looks like it might be Japan only after all. =/
I just hope it has an option for Japanese text, but I doubt it.

This Theatre mode sounds mighty fascinating, I am very pleased. Now I shall be able to watch several "interesting" scenes over and over again. Doesn't that just sound fun? Hopefully the game doesn't give me an error of "This scene has been viewed too many times, auto-deletion of scene in process." Now that'd just be silly.

Oh, and a couple scans of other scans.

Not exactly sure where to post these but new secret movie scans:

http://www.khinsider.com/images/Images3/se4.jpg

http://www.khinsider.com/images/Images3/se1.jpg

http://www.khinsider.com/images/Images3/se5.jpg

Wow, nice scans. I wonder who that guy is. He doesn't seem to have an armor like the others?

Yeah, He looks to be really powerful being able to lift that Knight up with one hand. Xenahorts memory perhaps because their apparently enemies or he could be beating the crap of them for failing him. Because in that trailer for final mix Xenmas refers to one of the Knights as a friend...So it makes me wonder hmm and are the other Knights Memories of someone else.

Concerning Theatre 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.

Famitsu has updated their website featuring the Kingdom Hearts Complete OST. Nothing really new, but the pictures are in high quality.

Holy... CRAP. I want this game so badly... I'm going to have to get some kind of import-chip or something to play it now. >_< It's a real tragedy that we most likely won't get it... after all, it IS half Disney. *sobs*

The trailer was nuts, I can't wait for the CoM remake to come. I can't wait to see Riku's story in 3D, I care more about RIku than I do about Sora truthfully. And Lexaeus looks SO BADASS in the trailer.

But about what i just quoted, WHERE in the world did these screens come from?! Is there a second trailer for KH3 i havent seen or heard yet?!

Its from the new secret ending in Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix hopefully will see it online soon.

Image One: A New secret ending is added to Final Mix+. Where 3 Mysterious Soldiers with the keyblades will be drawn into battle. There is Violent Development in this scene. A lot of mysteries will be brought up with this scene.



Image Two: In Addition there is a battle against the Enigmatic Soldier 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 KH History! Notice the health bar to the top right? Is it possible to knock it down while it attacks?



Image Three: 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.



Image Four: When in battle with an enemy, with Riku only, you can enter "DUEL" in which you and the enemy are thrown into a Duel Mode with a Time Limit to put out a card. If the card is higher then the opponent you gain one card break. Earn the amount needed and you win the duel!

Source: Famitsu <- Link

wait, so I'm confused about this, is there anything about this being released in the US? I doubt it will, but I remember something about it being mentioned earlier.

According to Electronic Gaming Monthly, it will be released in the fall. From what I know of, there is still no official Square Enix confirmation of this.

Kingdom Hearts Ultimania posted up some new Famitsu scans for Final Mix+.

Secret Ending + CoM Screens
Theatre Mode
Zexion! and some more screens that aren't as important

More on the first update here.

Gaaaahhhh, Zexy + Vexen! ♥
That made my night! ^^

Wuuaahh... so many Zexion scenes!! They finally realized that we need our Zexion fix eh? Who on earth is the OrgXIII member talking to him though?

Tetsuya says that the armored dude secret boss is so strong he had trouble defeating him and was a little concerned. o.O

I want KH2: FM so bad... T-T

Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ has been released! Woo!

Anyways, here's some clips.

Re:CoM Intro

Re:CoM First Cutscene - Castle Oblivion

Re:CoM Axel Boss Battle

In the first cutscene, they totally give Marluxia away with the flower petals. The person didn't even use one sleight when fighting Axel. Lame.

Zexion-related media is always welcome. The videos have me pretty hyped, moreso than I already was, now that I've seen more of the game in action. It's still a long way off though, and if and when it is announced for an English release, I'm awaiting the revealing of voice actors/actresses.

They bloody cheated with the CoM opening, lol. It's all KH footage put together as a summary, but it has a nice feel to it. Not bad, not bad. As the first cutscene.... Marly!! <3 I recognized his voice by the second sentence, lol.

The Axel battle! <3 <3 <3 I twitched (in my sister's words, like an idiot) as I watched it. Wuahh... I didn't get the luxury of watching him in action when I fight him in KH2 so this is good. I wish he didn't have to be defeated though. Shucks.

The battle system doesn't look intuitive to use. I hope there's a tutorial, if I get the game (which I'll try my best to get).

Guess who has the game? =p



The battle music when fighting Marluxia is awesome by the way. Not that I've gotten that far, but I heard other people say it was, so I checked it out. Here's a link to the song. Graceful Assassin.mp3


*Not my pic, but it looks flashy.*

And here's how to unlock the new special ending.

Beginner: Impossible
Standard: Defeat all 13 Organization members, complete the Journal and all worlds, and defeat the Knight.
Proud: Defeat all 13 Organization members, complete all worlds, and defeat the Knight.
Critical: Complete all worlds.

wow...

this isn't spam, i'm really speechless lol

dude, thats AWESOME, tell us how it is soon

I'm actually right at the beginning. Not sure if I should pick Standard or Proud mode... I've never played KH 2 before, so that would make Proud a bit tough for me. But if I chose Standard I'll have to complete Jimmy's Journal in order to see the special ending.
Has anyone beaten Proud mode for KH 2?

I might just start playing Chain of Memories instead.