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Special Extra Scenes

- There are special scenes featuring Zexion.
- One of these additional scenes is Vexen looking for Xemnas.
- Zexion seems to be looking for something - Xemnas is well informed on what Zexion is trying to find.
- These events take place BEFORE the construction of Castle Oblivion.
- You get to learn a little secret about Xemnas after defeating a certain enemy. It’s about a man who was losing his memory. It’s done on purpose that no one is allowed to hear it.
- There is a mysterious man in a Black Coat who seems to be well informed about Xemnas.
- Vexen and Zexion work together to search for Xemnas.
- In one image Vexen is saying “Where is Lord Xemnas?”
- It should be noted in the secret ending that the Heart in the sky thought to be “Kingdom Hearts” is a different colour.

Quoted from Famitsu referring to the Secret Ending: “Is this the Holy War from those who have the Keyblade!?!?!?”

Puzzle Mode

- Nomura enjoyed putting his illustrations into Puzzle Mode.
- The Puzzle Mode can be accessed from Jiminy’s Journal.
- There are pieces of the puzzles scattered all over the many Worlds.
- The pieces resemble crowns. (This is the Crown Quest - Collecting crowns gives you more puzzle pieces.)
- The number of pieces are different each time, depending on the illustration.
- The names of the illustrations are as following: “Awakening”, “Heart”, “Inside and Outside”, “EDGE”, “Twilight”, and “Evening”. Scroll to the bottom of this news post for the images.

The controls for Puzzle Mode are as follows:

- Circle is used to pick up a piece.
- X is used to put the piece back down.
- Right analog stick is used to rotate the Piece left or right.
- Select Button is used for a hint menu.

Sora’s Crown Accessory

There are several different methods to earn this, but it also means that the Crown above Sora’s head will have a different color, depending on the method.

Nomura’s Interview Points

-Theater mode is accessed by completing Re: Chain of Memories.
-There is an extra thing you can earn by beating Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix+ first, and then Re: Chain of Memories. This means you gain extra things from both ways round.
- Various abilities are needed for Crown Collection.
- Don’t expect the same thing when refighting the Organization XIII, their attack patterns change every time!
- A New hint is shown in the secret ending.

Theater Mode

These are official names of the cutscenes:

- Roxas Day 1: Town of Dusk.
- Roxas Day 2: Reality that moves.
- Roxas Day 3: Passing Each Other.
- Roxas Day 4: Road to a Decisive battle.
- Roxas Day 5: A Distorting Life.
- Roxas Day 6: The End of Summer.
- Sora in Twilight Town: Awake Sora.
- Hollow Bastion 1: Gathering Shadows.
- Beast Castle 1: Beast’s Accident.
- The Land of Dragons 1: Strong Mind.
- Olympus Coliseum: Hero’s Crisis.

You can press L2 or R2 to switch between the English and Japanese voicing on compatible scenes.

The Enigmatic Soldier Fight

- He has 16 bars of health.
- He has very powerful magical and physical spells.
- He is able to perform unbelievable combination attacks.
- You should not make a single mistake.
- His attacks are strong and he is very very fast!

Re: Chain of Memories

DUEL
Duel is only available in Riku’s Story. When you put out a card, and your opponent puts out a card of the exact same number, you press triangle, and both you and the opponent pull out another card at the same time. The one with the highest number wins.

Hit
If you continue putting out higher cards then the opponent, you get a special attack known as “Hit”.

- A new skill for Riku known as Maelstrom is shown.
- A new move with Mickey is known as “Holy Burst”.
- Pluto is now a card available in Sora’s story.
- “Lucky Bounty” allows you to find treasure, with a card.

Puzzle Mode Illustrations

Images similar to the Puzzle Mode Illustrations are shown here:

Awakening
Kingdom Hearts Ultimania Cover Art
Kingdom Hearts Ultimania Cover Art

Heart
Kingdom Hearts II Cover Art
Kingdom Hearts II Cover Art

Inside and Outside
Kingdom Hearts II Ultimania Cover Art
Kingdom Hearts II Ultimania Cover Art

EDGE
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Cover Art
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Cover Art

Twilight
Re: Chain of Memories side of the promotional poster
Re: Chain of Memories Promotional Poster Art

Evening
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix side of the promotional poster
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix Promotional Poster Art