The Future of Kingdom Hearts

[MagmarFire]

Indeed, you are right, Hi no Seijin. She was Sleeping Beauty's main antagonist.

[MasterKeyX]

Very nice screenshots, very nice. To me, that looks like an organization character with the Keyblade, or soemthing along those lines. I have to say, it looks pretty fun, and graphically, it looks nice as well.

[MagmarFire]

Not sure if Terra really does have ties to the Organization, actually. It's possible that this takes place well before Xehanort thrust himself into darkness, creating Xemnas in the process. I think that old guy in the trailer is referred to as "Master Xehanort," but...if that's the Xehanort we all know and "love," why does he look so freakin' old!? O_o

[MasterKeyX]

I wish I could answer you, but I can't. For one thing the story for Kingdom Hearts gives me a massive migraine if I talk or think about it too long. So damned confsuing soemtimes.

Maybe it isnt Xehanort. Maybe it's somebody else. Or maybe it's him, but like.. ailed for some reason by something. Maybe darkness...? I don't know.

And on a randoms sidenote, I FOUND MY KH2 GAME DISC! I WAS SO HAPPY!    

[MagmarFire]

What if...Master Xehanort is regular Xehanort's father?

And nice find, MK. I, too, like the feeling of finding something I lost a while ago.

[MasterKeyX]

It was rather tramautizing. It was like losing a baby.

Only worse.  

[PokemonMaster]

the DS version sounds cool I'm going to try to get it when it first comes out.

[MagmarFire]

GUYS!!!! BIG NEWS!!! THIS NEWS IS SO HUGE THAT IT'S COMPELLING ME TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS!!!

Okay, nevermind. It's still really huge, though...at least for me, anyway.

Okay, we know that Square Enix doesn't like releasing the Final Mix versions of the games outside of Japan, and while that greatly irritates me, something unprecedented has happened. It was revealed before that a PS2 remake of Chain of Memories was bundled with Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix in a package known as Kingdom Hearts  II: Final Mix+. While we'll still need to import Final Mix to play it, there's something more...






















IT'S THE NORTH AMERICAN BOX ART FOR THE GAME RE: CHAIN OF MEMORIES!!!!!

I am truly ecstatic about this. Ever since it was announced to be remade, I wanted to play it, and come around December 2, 2008, I'll be able to get my chance without having to import it! Some of you may hate the card game system, but this is still freaking amazing.

[DW]

I loved Chain of Memories. Very much so. While I'm definitely considering getting this...well, I'm wondering whether they're actually going to change anything from the previous game to this port. I mean, if it's still the same story with 2-D graphics and no new secrets or anything...well, I've already 100%-ed the game (which I rarely ever do, so you can tell I really liked it) and there wouldn't be much of a point to buying this one as well as the GBA version.

[MagmarFire]

It's essentially the same story, but there's more content added, including the following:

1.) Improved graphics and soundtrack (obviously; this is the PS2 we're talking about)
2.) Voice acting in the hallways between floors(Haley Joel Osment returns to cast Sora, too! I think I can get used to his sounding older while he's in his original attire...)
3.) More cards and sleights
4.) New cutscenes and battles that weren't in the original game, including a third battle form for Marluxia and a boss battle against Zexion in Reverse/Rebirth
5.) Theatre Mode (after completing the game)
6.) The Reaction Command returns from KHII

...and likely more!

[DW]

So they're making it 3-D then? That may be reason enough for me to buy it then...hmm...I'd just gotten over my KH obsession as well...I think I'm going to go play KH2...wait, I'm at the wrong house...gah.

Should Sora have his older voice though? I mean, this takes place right after KH and a year before KH2, doesn't it?

[MagmarFire]

It's already been made into 3-D; it was released in Japan last year.

And yes, it does, but meh. Even the original Japanese version, I believe, had the KHII version of his voice.

[DW]

Grah continuity issues >:-(

It does make me a bit hesitant though; what if the card-style gameplay doesn't hold up in 3-D? I mean, the sleights could miss so easily now...

[MagmarFire]

Not if you can lock on to your enemies, and you can. Most sleights seem to have at least some range anyway.

[MagmarFire]

Gah, double post, but this is kind of important. It would defeat the purpose of creating a new topic anyway if I can just salvage all the goodness of before. >>

Okay, here's the information. New 358/2 Days trailer. It obviously shows single-player action and dialogue (in Japanese, no less, but whatevs), but it also shows more of multiplayer. And two incredibly epic things have been confirmed from this trailer--one of them made me literally go crazy with happiness, and another one just made me go, "What the heck?" Both are awesome, though, and deal with one concept.

Completely epic stuff first. Xion, the adorable Nobody whom no one really knows identity-wise for sure, is PLAYABLE!!! HECK YEAH, SON!!! From previous screenshots, one could possibly expect her to excel in magic, ala Aqua, but she has been seen with her Keyblade, too. We probably could've expected it, but darn, it's still fine! Now she'll hopefully get to the lofty rank of being my main! Get ready, Link! Now you won't have to be the only obsessed-over main of mine! ^_^

With Xion come two more characters, as well: Donald and Goofy. Seriously. When I first saw their HUD photos, I was like, "What!?" In a good way, though. But yes, that's right; you can also play as characters outside of Organization XIII. Odd, yes, but hey, now everyone can be happy! Plus, think of all the potential! You don't have to have just Donald and Goofy, but maybe you could have Riku join the brawl, too. (Riku/Xion team-ups, anyone? )

Big news, yeah? Now show me how pumped you are!!!

...Please...?