Second Half of Scan Translations, Including "Reviews", Secrets, Etc. + New Figure!

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Published on February 24, 2007 @ 09:48 am

Written by monkeybutt

Hey everyone!

First off, at Toy Fair 07' in New York, Square-Enix announced two new Kingdom Hearts Figures, one of Sora in Master Form, and the other in Wisdom Form. You can enlarge the thumbnail to the right.

Next up, we already received a translation of the first half of these scans, now we have the second half! I would like to thank Tomo for the original translation of these scans, I have organized them a bit for easier reading.

Scan Information:

-New Keyblades: There are two new keyblades you can receive in KH2: FM+. One comes from defeating the Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless, and another is similar to Roxas's Keychain. They both have incredible attack power but it is difficult to obtain either.
Mushroom Keyblade Effects: When attacking you will see a lot of sparkles, tiny mushrooms, and black stars with glowing eyes. The keyblade "feels like a flower". (?) The keychain is obtained through Organization XIII.
Roxas Keychain Effects: When attacking, the keyblade gives off particle effects that look like the nobody symbol. The keychain looks just like Roxas' zipper.

-Roxas/Axel Cutscene: (Reported Earlier) A new scene takes place with Axel and Roxas at the Twilight Town Clock Tower. Roxas will be "accepting his fate". You learn more about how Axel has watched over Roxas since he joined Organization XIII. "They have decided their fate, but one of them will be left behind because of it". Apparently, it is a very emotional scene.

-Additional Scene: While Axel and Namine are in Twilight Town, a mysterious unknown appears. It is unknown if this is Riku or an Organization Member.

-Collecting Crown Marks Quest: A new quest in Kingdom Hearts 2 is to collect crowns scattered across all of the worlds. It is unknown exactly how many crowns there are in each world, but there are a large amount. This will be another thing to complete your Jiminy Journal. You'll need to use certain abilities to reach some crown marks. Nomura compares collecting the crown marks to the Dalmation Search in Kingdom Hearts 1. A "puzzle is complete" once you find them all.

-New Re: Chain of Memories Abilities: -Raging Storm(?): A tornado of flames circles Sora for a limited amount of time. It hurls and damages enemies surrounding Sora. The sleight combination is Aero>>>Fire>>>Fire.
-Freeze: This technique is similar to Vexen's ability. It freezes an enemy for a short amount of time. While frozen their health bar decreases. The sleight for this (?) is Blizzard>>>Blizzard>>>Stop.
-Wild Crasher: Sora and Donald carry Goofy and tackle him into the enemies, hurling the enemy. Sleight combination is possibly Goofy>>>Donald>>>Attack Card.
-Goofy Smash: Sora and Goofy do a co-op attack, launching the enemy into the air. Goofy will give the finishing blow. This move needs good timing. (?) The sleight combination is Goofy>>>Attack Card>>>Attack Card.

KH2 Abilities:
-Round Break: Keyblade rotates and hits enemies surrounding it. Good to use when you are surrounded by enemies and your other party members are concentrated on something else.
-Magnet Splash: Combo finishing technique. Enemies are drawn in towards Sora and then attacked. Good against flying enemies.

-Additional Tidbits: The 3D engine allows really nice character expressions. The voice acting helps enhance the player's understanding of the Organization Members. The story has depth because of the relationships and speculation between all of the characters, including Organization Members. You discover a "new side" from the town of the game because of the new elements. (?)

-Nomura Interview:
-Nomura understands the criticism of the game's length. Along with the new difficulty mode, the new boss battles have made Sephiroth feel like a piece of cake. The battles are not critical to furthering the story, so Nomura could make them even harder. He wants you to really feel the true strength of Organization XIII from the battles. Basically, be prepared for a difficult play!
-When KHII first started up, two different modes were suggested. An RPG Mode, and an action mode. Nomura believes the critical mode really makes the action feel huge. Because it is so hard, it is easiest to get the new secret ending from playing this mode.
-Since Re: CoM is on the PS2, they could add many more abilities, sleights, combos, etc. The techniques look visually pleasing and energetic since it is all in 3D. Many techniques differ from the original KH: CoM.
Second Nomura Interview:
-Sephiroth is weaker then the Organization this time, but there is a new secret boss stronger then the Organization! The Organization may eventually be defeated with strategy and memorizing their attacks. Fighting all of the Organization members is a part of the requirements to watch the new secret movie. Nomura has not revealed who the new secret boss is.
-The Organization XIII Mushroom fighting can be considered a mini game in a way. It is not exactly difficult, but the player needs to find out different ways to defeat each one. Prepare to go up against all thirteen!
-When you find a crown from the new crown collecting quest, you receive on piece to the "puzzle". Once all are obtained, you complete a "certain" picture. (Who knows what it is!) Some are impossible to obtain without mastering certain abilities.
-New Room Cards in KH: CoM: Increase in the type of rooms that can be created. There is also a variation of the stock technique. (?)

Interview with Voice Developers: -At first they thought that Square-Enix would forget about voicing the Organization Members. They didn't feel the need to use voices outside of the castle (as in, Disney Worlds). Voices help with the emotion of the game. They would like to thank the staff with all their work on the voices despite the tight schedule.
-At first, he did not think there could be improvements made to KH2, but after all of his work, he is really happy because of all of the new ideas. There are over 100% in changes due to all of the little things and new elements. They wanted someone to keep count of all the changes, because there were so many!

-Reviewers Comment on the Game:
-"I challenged the Organization battles in standard mode with Sora at level 99. I only just defeated Zexion. I only decreased Lexaeus's HP bar by very little. Larxene was defeated pretty quickly. Only took off one of Vexen's HP bars. Marluxia sunk through the corners until the second round. As for the mysterious secret boss, it took me six rounds (tries? not sure...) to even land a hit on it. Sephiroth is a baby compared to the new boss."
-"In all of the game's I've played up until now, the strongest enemy comes up. It seems to "surf" (?) and it's _____blade is impossible to dodge! When you finally get to fight this enemy, you will wonder if it is even possible to beat him. The Organization battles are fun as well and feel "renewed".

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