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Starting off with the basics.

FF13vids posted up information, which seems skeptical since I have no idea where they found it. They seem to have linked to the official site, but upon browsing there I came back empty handed.

Should be noted the Italic text means it's NOT fully confirmed

- Sephiroth has about 16 HP bars
- Two new modes are added "Theatre Mode" and "Piece Collection mode"
- Theatre Mode (Just as it sounds) Allows you to view certain events after you complete the requirements. The requirements for now are unknown.
- Piece Collection is collecting pieces around the area, just like a jigsaw puzzle, victory for collecting them all is currently unknown.

Adding on now, another Japanese blog managed to see the TVCM although they were unable to record with a video camera / capture card. They did manage to type up a summary of what they saw.

TVCM

1. In Hollow Bastion - you see Mickey summoning his Keyblade.
2. In Port Royal - you see Jack turn around.
3. In 100 Acre Woods - Sora is talking to Pooh.
4. In Antlantica Sora - Donald and Goofy singing around Ariel.
5. In Halloween Town - Sora and Jack walking out of Santa's house. Sora is wearing his Black Santa costume.
6. Beast Castle - Beast and Belle Dancing
7. Land of the Dragons - Sora is holding up and raises his weapon.
8. Hollow Bastion - Sora fights against the XIII Mushrooms.
9. ??? - Boss battle against Zexion.
10. Lexaeus Battle scene.
11. Marluxia Battle scene, and another reaction command is confirmed as "Rob Count"
12. TWTNW - Riku is suffering.
13. Twilight Town - Axel and Roxas are ontop of the clocktower and Namine is looking down towards the trains.
14. Twilight Town - Axel is fading into light.
15. TWNTW - Riku, Diz and a falling Roxas.

Here's where it really gets interesting.

16. Sora drags Riku to look at the sea.
17. The three armored people, and the mysterious shadowed figure.
18. The Face is hidden, however has on a black coat mixed with heartless clothing
19. Someone looking up at Kingdom Hearts (A new person?)
20. The Logo Kingdom Hearts Final Mix+ Is shown.
21. Riku aims to attack Ansem.
22. Replica Riku is standing infront of Namine, defending her.
23. Namine, and a phantom.
24. Sora stares at the sky.
25. Re:COM appears, mixes with the Final Mix logo to create Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+

Source: The Light in the Chaos and FF13vids

I have no idea how this was grabbed, or how they grabbed it. But Square-Enix has a chart for exactly how they will be advertising Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, including TV Commercials, Magazines, ect.


With this out, we can now confirm that a TVCM should be put on the web soon for viewing/download. And also that all paid-for advertisements will end during April.

Source: 2ch poster #789

Hey guys.

Famitsu has added a news article featuring information on Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+. Most of the information are things we already know, but the images are more official then just scanned and there are a few new ones, such as the Tigger mini game and The Roulette wheel card.

- There is a new area where we can fight the "Data" of the XIIIth Order / Organization XIII.
- You are also allowed to fight against Xemnas among the group of the battles. He has a new reaction command which leads to "Knock it Down" or "Stop". It's currently unknown as to what these reactions do or look like.
- Tigger Jump minigame remade! Follow the pattern Tigger makes.
- Roulette wheel card, take a risk.


Finally, a new advertisment for Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+:


Source: Famitsu, FF13 Vids, FFAC Reunion and kh2ch Blog poster #765.

Some new scans came up featuring a special interview with Nomura. None of the images are new, but the information is.


• The Organization XIII battles exist because there was a lot of demand from the fans.
• Quote: "KHII:FM - There is a member who didn't appear before that seems to be weak upon first impressions, and will die easily because his appearance was in the first stage."
• Because it's impossible to make all the Organization members appear to fight in a part not related to the story, the strongest version of the Org. member will be in their re-battle.
• Quote: "Please, feel the true strength while playing."
• Interviewer: What's been said isn't fully clear...
• The re-battles against Organization XIII is for the people who wanted to play on a different battlefield. So, when they try to fight against all the Org. members, it's not easy to win in power. The feelings of the equipment and the abilities have changed, other parties' action patterns are remembered, and the player is more capable of having more trial and errors if he/she has trouble winning.
• Zexion is one of the members that can easily be knocked down.
• The recovery item disappears even if Sora's HP bar is decreased below half. Although, Zexion's attack pattern can be easily remembered thanks to Nomura's direct guidance. See, it is necessary to correspond to every case because the attack pattern changes and the HP bar is decreasing, etc.
• Quote: "When fighting against the Org. XIII in Standard and Proud modes, you get the feeling that they are weak modes. I want you, by all means, to fight in Critical mode because it is the only mode that strengthens the experience further."
• The Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless were to originally appear in KHII. Nomura feels that the capture method of beating the Mushrooms resembles the capture method of the Org. XIII corresponding to the number that each member has. They have no relation with the actual Org. XIII, though.
• The new Secret Movie becomes a continuation of the Secret Movie from the original KHII. However, the conditions to see it are hard to accomplish.
• Quote: "I want you to challenge that condition by all means, because the impact upon seeing it is very important."
• Because Re:CoM became a game in three-dimensional space, the action became more intense. My feelings are that I tried to make them almost complete.
• The action is high. In addition, there is an element of editing your deck too, etc. There are feelings to which, the length of the game has extended. When a continuous technique continues too much, it becomes easy in the difficulty because the technique that originally wasn't in CoM was added, although, there are reaction commands too. The timing was changed and it is now very balanced.
• There are a lot of parts where the re-arrangement of the deck, like the battle with a boss, is needed, and the game's strategy has risen considerably. I want you to not give up on it because the re-arrangement of the deck is interesting. The difficulty setting for the smart player is applied here.
• The number of cards and the stock techniques have increased as additional elements in Re:CoM. The turning words have been changed by the voices now existing in a 3-D environment. It is likely to become enlightening for the different things in the system or the scenario.
• Because they are three bookstands, so to speak, I think that it's possible to play for a very long time. Goodness occurs in every corner that's played. Because within the range where any player waits with happiness, I think he/she will be pleased. I want you to play [the game] by all means.
• There are five mini-games for 100 Acre Wood.
• Possibly in Riku's chapter, there is another method of calling the King out besides using the MM miracle.

Source: 2ch Poster 651 (scans), KH-2.net (translations)

Every week, I scour the video portal's latest submissions and pick my top five favorites. Just because you don't make it into the top five does not mean that you're video wasn't good. We just have so many good videos that they're hard to choose from! Here's the top five for this week.




2. Submitted By: khfreak87 | View Video
Song: Above the Rising Falls (Remix) by Sephfire

3. Submitted By: SephirothX10 | View Video
Song: The River by Good Charlotte

4. Submitted By: GothSora | View Video
Song: Faint (Remix) by Linkin Park

5. Submitted By: JadeRhade | View Video
Title: Organization XIII Tribute

Hope you enjoy them all, and keep submitting! Maybe your video will show up here next Sunday!