[PS2] Kingdom Hearts 2

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On that note, exactly which XIII member do you fight in Final Mix, or is he one of the spoiler members (1 or 13)?

You're wondering what the true idetity of Nazo no Otoko/'Enigmatic Man' is?

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I - Xemnas; AKA, 'The Superior' -- Leader & Founding Member of The 13th Order

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However he said if they have time to do that, he wants to put back in those mushroom heartless back in.

Almost makes you wonder why they weren't there in the first place, if that's how adamantly he feels about them.

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As for his role in the game:

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I asked a friend of mine who has a Japanese copy of KH2, and Setzer has practically no part at all. He's standing around somewhere, you fight him, and my friend beat him so quickly he barely gave Setzer a chance to attack.

Erm, not quite. He actually has a rather significant role near the beginning of the game, being that he's...

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... the reigning Champion of 'The Struggle'-tournament. So, obviously, Roxas has to go through him to acquire said title.

But, for the most part, that portion of the game is rather simple, so you shouldn't have high-expectations heading-in. Although, the Axle introduction/battle-sequence, halfway-thorugh, certainly livens things up a bit.

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Is there any word on how long KH2 is supposed to be?

It depends on whether you choose to complete all the Worlds, or merely the minimum amount required to unlock the final World.

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I'm also disappointed by the fact that it's only a handful of worlds.

The amount of new Worlds far outweighs those which are returning, as evidenced by the following list...

Worlds (debuts)
- Twilight Town
- Disney Castle*
- Timeless River
- Beast's Castle
- Land Of Dragons
- Hades' Underworld
- Port Royal
- ChristmasTown
- Space Paranoids
- PrideLands
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The World That Never Was

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Kingdom Hearts

Worlds (reprisals)
- Hollow Bastion
- Disney Castle*
- Olympus Coliseum
- Atlantica
- Agrabah
- HalloweenTown

* While this world was indeed present in the original game, it only becomes playable for the first time come the sequel.

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All I'm saying is, I hope the repeat levels have something new to do besides travel through Agrabah and beat up large bodies again.

Nah, don't worry about that -- there's quite a few all-new Heartless-breeds (although, Large Bodies do return). =P

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I was wondering the same thing myself. One of the biggest complaints about the first game was the lack of variety in each world. Basically you fight Heartless, and that's about it.

Not much has changed on that particular front, unfortunately. Well, aside from the inclusion of the various Nobody-types, to go along with the numerous Heartlesses.

That said, most of the Worlds do suffer from the oh-so dreaded 'look, but don't touch'-effect. Ugh.

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Dammit. Replayed KH1 and am playing CoM for the first time and I'd forgotten how much I hated those things. CoM itself is a chore to play through, but...

Don't worry -- Large Bodies are rather simple to defeat this time around, thanks primarily to the inclusion of the Reaction Command-system. And it may just be that Sora himself has grown, but they also seem to be slightly smaller, relative to the size of the other characters. So that, also, makes them more manageable, overall.

Fire Bandits, however, are about the same difficulty (and girth) as they were in the first two games -- even with the RCs. Although, not by much.

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Anyone know if you can turn the subtitles off in KH2?

In the Japanese-version, no, you cannot. And I dare say that's not likely to change for the English-release, either. But they aren't all that obtrusive, to begin with, so it doesn't really matter.

There's nowhere I can't reach.