[PS2] Kingdom Hearts 2

Interestingly, from the Ultimania interview, Nomura says a KH2 FM may not be as likely as you would think. However he said if they have time to do that, he wants to put back in those mushroom heartless back in.

Mors from KHU translated this point:

- although Nomura tried to make the first japanese version of KHII as exhaustive as possible, if he was to make a Final Mix he would like to make Mushroom Heartless...

http://kh2.co.uk/index.php?subaction...t_from=&ucat=&

Go above to read some more interesting points from the interview, but be warned its full of SPOILERS!

As for VA's , I'm happy with all of them cept for Mena's, she was stiff, montone and sounded like she was reading off a paper than acting. Not impressed. Moore sounded more postive and flowing in her dialouge. She also has a bit more energy too.

And Sanctuary we hear in the video clip IS missing all the back up vocals, like Utada just sang over a karaoke musical track. The lyrics aren't that great either, repeating the same word in the chorus shows that someone needs a thesauraus.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Trust me, being a Hikki fan myself, I had to hear the song several times to really like it. The opening FMV of KH2 however really showed its qualities. The dreamlike style fits right for the opening. Its also a long opening too comparing to the first game. About 4 mins long.

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Found some beautiful wallpapers by a fan.

Source: http://angiechow.livejournal.com/63033.html#cutid2



















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Originally Posted by Hantei

New vids with the english dub at IGN. Setzer sounds like he's voiced by Crispin Freeman, not sure, but a fitting voice IMO.

He IS voice by Freeman in fact, and he's also replacing Bloom as Will Turner from Pirates of Carribean too.

I like how Seifer....

Spoiler:

"says: "Isn't this romantic" when you challenge him in a fight, reference to his "romantic dream" in FF8?

Also for any importers who has beaten the game and doesnt mind spoilers, here's a video featuring these characters.

Spoiler:

DiZ, Xigbar, Saix, Kairi, Mickey, Malificent speaks in this video.

MAJOR SPOILERS! CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_TnUh0mTX34

My comments so far from all the English videos from the various game sites is that I'm rather happy with majority of the voices, cept Aeris, Leon wasnt that great either but it was only a line I've heard.

And Christopher Lee rocks. Bar none.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

You need to finish Jiminy's journal before you can get the secret ending in Normal mode, that means finished all the sidw quests and mini games, which will take a long time.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Extended Version of Passion

http://rapidshare.de/files/15947138/Passio...ersion.mp3.html

It has the rocking part from the FMV ver. but also has the last verses from the Single version.

Karaoke version of Passion or Sanctuary

FOr all you singers out there, here's a karaoke version of the Opening version of Passion or Sanctuary if you like.

http://rapidshare.de/files/16031690/Sanctu...ersion.mp3.html

Both are mixed by me, so please give credits if people ask for it.

Feedback would be nice.

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Originally Posted by SOLDIER

Who even looks at official pages anyway. It's pretty common knowledge that it's coming next week. That said, I'm sure the site will be updated within the week.

I made an AV/Sig request in this thread, but I figure someone who owns the import (like Kairi Li) might be able to fufill the request.

http://gamingforce.com/forums/showth...p?t=111&page=8

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...H2/Mickey2.jpg

http://thepspimp.com/view/OTE3MA==/

Will these do?

FELIPE NO

Karaoke version of KH2 Opening FMV

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8y4p48yV1Rw

http://rapidshare.de/files/16137343/...g_FMV.wmv.html

I mixed the karaoke remix I made and posted earlier and mixed it to the FMV. From what I can tell it matches right, what do you think?

Some feedback would be nice.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

The USA departement is always slow with these things, especially their official websites, by comparison to what the Japanese had offered on THEIR official websites, and how they regularly update, the English one is kinda pathetic in a way.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The Hydra censoring is even more dumb when the green blood and guts were seen in the original Hercules movie. Now how can that "get away" in the movie, but not in the game that has a world based off the same movie?

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Those lyrics were transcribed by a gamefaqs user instead of being read and then typed. It may not be 100% accurate.

I like to download the COM movie this fan made, but its far too big.

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Sancturary unfortunatly did a poorer job than Passion to me personally, not because of the lyrics, though the repeated Chorus for me was disappointing.

I mostly blame editing and mixing moreso than Utada herself, while some parts of the performance was weaker ( "My hearts a battle ground line was alot better in Passion and so were the AHHS at the end of the song.Some parts were also sounding a tiny bit off key) It was overall well done. The mixing and arrangment was the parts made me cringe.

The beginning of the rock solo in Passion were coherant non backwards Japanese words. It sounded so cool the way it kicks into the rock solo, in Santucary, it had a awkward, HORRIBLY awkward backwards line.

That line by the way when you reverse it back says : "So many ups and downs"

Also another thing was lack of back up vocals, now how hard was it to get some back up vocals back in to Sanct from the Passion mix? The Chorus from Passion had some awesome AHH lines that sounded like it was sang from some distant mountains. In Sanct, all of the layers were gone, making it far more emtpy.

On a side note, the lip synching of the lines "Music inside" and "Angels in flight" by Kairi and Namine were less well done than Passion.

While I had my thoughts on Simple and Clean way back, I was satisfied with final SOUND of it despite the lyrics. This time I had some problems with lyrics, but also with the mixing. Overall, this song, personally, was disappointing to me.

I hope the ending version sounds better.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Pick proud mode, trust me, in proud mode, if you just mash away and don't dodge or defend, you could get your ass kicked by the nobodies in the TUTORIAL.

I suggest those that are afraid that its too easy just pick Proud. The AI is harder in that mode.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I bet most of the directors are Disney employed, though I do know there's usually a SE supervisor during recording sessions, maybe Selphie and other more minor characters didnt have them cause its gonna be a short session?

They probably should have had a list telling them the correct way to pronounced each name IMO.

I recommend reading the COM script off gamefaqs for both Sora and Riku's before playing KH2. I mean, as the audience, I don't wanna end up like Sora when he goes "huh" at every 5 mins in the last world cause we both forgot what happened in COM.

There are less cutscenes in Disney worlds, so it will feel shorter. But most worlds have 2 episodes.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

If you guys want a challenge, pick proud. Normal is too easy.

FELIPE NO

Yeh, the game is only about 3 GB, we're surprised as well when the import game out and there were rips of it...

How ya doing, buddy?

You can level up drives faster using the drive glitches, which luckly remained in the NA version, check gamefaqs for more info on them.

Or I can just post them here, this contain no story spoilers except for world name spoilers and such, but I'll tag it anway:

How to max out your drive gauge fast- credits to gamefaqs and KHU forums

Spoiler:

*if you have at least 3 drive gauge
1. go to save point
2. drive into either wisdom or brave
3. get on the save point and exit the world

another way
1. drive into either wisdom or brave
2. go to the area where you get automatically seperated with your party members(eg:save point right before important event).

* if you have 0 drive gauge
1. go to olympus
2. join one of the cup(I use cerberus cup)
3. exit right away

How to level up easily with Brave

1. equip the weakest keyblade you have(like poo's keychain + kingdom chain).
2. make donald and Goofy useless (unequip all ability except cure, equip the weakest weapon)
3. battle
4. exit world and refill the gauge
5. come back
6. repeat 1~5

How to level up easily with Wisdom

1. go to "the world that never was"
2. go to the second area(the one right after the first save point)
3. shadow will infinitely appear. Kill them until drive gauge go empty.
4. exit world and refill the gauge
5. come back
6. repeat 1~5

How to level up easily with Master

1. go to the land of dragons
2. start from the king's room
3. go to next room and drive(don't for get to equip price up accesory or keyblade)
4. battle as much as you can(those big Kentaur Heartless gives a lot of yellow balls)
5. exit world and refill the gauge
6. come back
7. repeat 1~6

How to level up easily(?) with Final
1. go to the world that never was
2. start from the FINAL save point
3. kill nobodys
4. exit world and refill the gauge
5. come back
6. repeat 1~3


Fast Final Form EXP- Credit goes to Krim
I have something to add for leveling up final, and leveling up in general

Go to the mysterious tower, and use your final form than just fly around and use Magnetga on every group of enemies you see, and you get like 2,000 exp on 1 group of enemies and it takes like 1 second to kill them, on top of that all the MP balls, and items float right to you no matter how far away you are.

Also right before your Final form ends make sure to leave the world than come back so you can have full drive again.

Being in final form is what makes Magnetga strong enough to kill anything in 1 second(literally, no exaggeration here) I went up 10 levels in that tower because of that exploit.

Source: http://www.khforums.com/index.php?showtopic=18880&hl=

Above link leads to spoilers, beware.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

There two ways to refill the gauges, the glitches I posted above, or by attacking enemies which builds it up and getting drive balls which fills the bar up. That's of course the normal method and makes driving to level up forms hard. AND it makes obtaining final form harder.

Here's a method on getting final form using the glitch, which is crucial, without the glitch it would take FOREVER, note you must be in the FINAL WORLD to get it:

Spoiler:

In the World that never was, you can get final form. Final form is obtained the same way as anit form does, everytime you drive, an invisible count bar for anti forms fills up, when you drive approx 10 times, in either Valor, Wisdom or Master, you add +10 to the bar, which triggers Anti form. In the world that never was however, you have a chance to turn into FINAL form instead or ANTI form, if it doesnt happen the first time and you turn into Anti form, keep driving repeatly till you get Final Form.

How to drive repeatly you ask? At one point in WTNW, you will see a cutscene with Roxas, after wards a cutscene where Sora uses the keyblade to make a bridge, DO NOT CROSS THAT BRIDGE! Instead that save area around the bridge is the perfect drive glitch spot, you party members are now NPCs, meaning the glitch will work.

Head back to the previous section and get into battle, drive into any form you wish, battle, head back to the bridge save point before the bar runs out, and do it 10 times or so, if you drive into Anti, go back to save point to refill, and try another 10 times. You will defintly be able to get Final Form if you drive 30 times in WTNW. I got mine on the 20th time or so, meaning I got Anti form, then drived several times more before Final Form randomly pops in

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Saw that one on PA, loved it! Winnie the Pooh, hardcore Badass!

Here's one from CtrlAltDel, and Lilah, by gods, is so much like me.



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You need to die at SPECIFIC boss fights to get the special thing to happen,Liquid_Snack. Here's a list of the boss fights that will trigger it:

Spoiler:

Shan-Yu (Land of Dragons)
Gate Gaurdian & possessor (Beast's Castle)
Shadow Stalker (Beast's Castle)
Black Thorn (Beast's Castle)
Cerberus (Olympus Coliseum)
Hydra (Olympus Coliseum)
Volcanic Lord & Blizzard Lord (Agrabah)
Storm Rider (Land of Dragons)
Xaldin (Beast's Castle)
Grim Reaper I (Port Royal)
Armored Xemnas

The chances of getting the special option are:
- First time - 100%
- Second time - 80%
- Third time - 64%
- Fourth time and after - 50%

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by rpgcrazied

I wish you could refight the org members in the colliseum.. that would be awesome.. fight them whenver you want.. to me, those were the best boss battles in the game.

Actually it would make more sense to put all of them back at that part in the last world:

Spoiler:

You know, where you fight the last few Org 13 members, the tombstone like place?

If Nomura makes a Final Mix version, it would be awesome if we can fight ALL 13 Org members.

And I do mean all 13 of them, people who got up to the last world will know what I'm referring to.

Spoiler:

Roxas was suppose to be a boss fight, but Nomura ran out of time so they made it into a cutscene.

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Originally Posted by Sing

Nomura keeps saying he's not making a Final Mix version of Kingdom Hearts II.

Actually in a newer interview ( I think its the Ultimania) if time allows, he will consider making one.

Then again, hes probably busy making the big project that he's gonna announce in E3.

Still its not impossible for a KH2 FM.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Khuhazan, PLEASE read this before posting again. The info below is canon, since it comes from the KH2 Ultimania Book, so its official.

Spoiler:

Anti Form

Sora has an Anti Count, which is not displayed on-screen.
As that Anti Count grows higher, there is more of a chance of Sora Driving into Anti Form.

Anti Form is not activated when:
a) You are outside battle.
An ally is fainted.
c) You Drive into Final Form.


Things that affect Anti Count

- Driving into Brave, Wisdom or Master Forms adds 1 to your Anti Count.
- Driving into Final Form subtracts 10 from your Anti Count.
- Driving into Anti Form subtracts 4 from your Anti Count.
- Getting a new Form resets your Anti Count to zero.


Percentage Chance of Driving into Anti Form

Count -> Chance
0-4 -> 0%
5-9 -> 10%
10+ -> 25%


Battles that affect Anti Form activation

- Mandatory battles double your chances of getting it.
- XIII Order battles quadruple your chances of getting it.
- The battle with Xemnas (Armoured) multiplies the change of getting it by 10.
- Battles which introduce new allies or special battles (VS Beast, Hades, Pete, Past Pete, Barbossa, etc.) bring the count to zero.

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eWell its almost like thr first game, there are some actual facial expressions, while some are just pixel mouthes.

But the facial expressions has increased in comparison.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Hmm, I didnt noticed anything was horribly off in the music games, I kept getting lots of excellants by relying on my ear moreso than what I see on screen. You usually press it at the end of a phrase or line.

Jam it back in, in the dark.