Well, we don't have long to wait to find out what exactly 2.5 will be comprised of (or if it will even be called 2.5 despite it being the only logical name.) TGS is literally in two days, so all aboard the Final Mix hype train!
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Well, we don't have long to wait to find out what exactly 2.5 will be comprised of (or if it will even be called 2.5 despite it being the only logical name.) TGS is literally in two days, so all aboard the Final Mix hype train!
If it's not Thursday I might explode with excited tension! XDI've been on this hype train since 1.5 was announced. Needless to say, I am more than ready to have 2.5 announced. Can't wait for Thursday! (assuming that it gets unveiled on the 19th of course)
If it's not Thursday I might explode with excited tension! XD
I'm not sure where I read it, but I'm pretty sure I saw Nomura saying that he always wanted to release the Final Mix games outside of Japan but never got the chance to, as they were his definitive versions of the game, and the originals were more like a first draft whereas the Final Mixes were as close to the game he wanted to release in the first place as possible. Therefore, it wouldn't make sense to not have the Final Mix versions in.
I consider the secret endings a part of the games just as much as any other cutscenes. Many people, myself included, have very fond memories of unlocking and seeing the secret endings for the first time. And why bother taking them out? I'm not very knowledgeable about such things, but wouldn't it be just as much work to take them out as would updating the game to 1080p?The final mix secret endings are actually kinda pointless in these collections.
KHFM's ending is essentially 358/2 days ending which is in 1.5 HD
KH2FM's ending is BBS which will be in 2.5 too.
Reading the hyped comments in this thread hurts. My heart is frozen. Will it be thawed at Jump Festa? It'll be so very cold, tho...
Only maybe for the ones that use in-game material i.e. BBSFM. The others are video files, and can be extracted much more easily.I consider the secret endings a part of the games just as much as any other cutscenes. Many people, myself included, have very fond memories of unlocking and seeing the secret endings for the first time. And why bother taking them out? I'm not very knowledgeable about such things, but wouldn't it be just as much work to take them out as would updating the game to 1080p?
I am fairly confident that both KH2 and BBS will appear in their final mix forms. The big question is whether or not KH2 will receive a newly recorded soundtrack like the original KH got in the first collection? BBS already sounds top notch as it is though.
---If KH -HD 2.5 ReMIX- were to come out, would you re-record the music?
Shimomura: KH2 uses the built-in tone generator too. In the KH series, the battle music and field music cross-fade so we had to include the data of both battle and field tracks compressed to what would originally be the memory of one track. I was so glad that we could use live music this time... If KH -HD 2.5 ReMIX- comes out, there's no way I'd just leave the built-in tone generator in as is (laughs). I couldn't betray everyone's expectations like that. There are around 100 tracks, though...
---Sounds like recording would be even more difficult (laughs).
Shimomura: In KH2 I used strings purposefully in many tracks, such as wanting the violins to build steadily when the music for the last boss starts, which I think it would be beautiful done with live instruments.