TheWertle has struck again! This time with an excellent interview with Tetsuya Nomura from Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Ultimania called “Scenario Mysteries”, in which he confirms the Enigmatic Soldier’s name as Terra!

In Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+, many mysteries are answered but many new mysteries are also born.

In this version, things relating to additional scenes are included, but during the story there are some questions that pop up, so we’ll see if Nomura can point us in the right direction.

Question: In the original Kingdom Hearts, the King searches for a Keyblade in the Realm of Darkness, but when he meets Ansem the Wise, is the Realm of Light Keyblade he has the one that Sora is currently using?

Nomura: No. The King has the ability to use Keyblades from both the Realms of Darkness and of Light. This is an important point - There isn’t just one Keyblade from each world, but just as many as there are people with qualified hearts.

Question: During the meetings, the members of Organization XIII are sitting in chairs. Is the height of these chairs determined by things like their skills and abilities?

Nomura: No. The height of the chairs is not fixated - They move. That is to say that the height is up to each person. The leader, Xemnas, is always the highest, and to be at the same height as him would give that member a pretty bad feeling, so the other members wouldn’t do that. *Laughs*

Question: At the end of Sora and Riku’s stories in Re: Chain of Memories, Roxas looks back while Hayner and the rest are walking and eating ice-cream, and without seeming to care, Hayner and the others continue walking. Is this because they can’t see Roxas?

Nomura: Well it’s just because they don’t know Roxas that they don’t notice him, not because they can’t see him. At that time, right after Xemnas explains Roxas’ name, Axel says to leave things to him. Then, Roxas seems jealous of how Hayner and the others are enjoying themselves while eating ice-cream, and Axel interprets this as him wanting some ice-cream, so he is obliged to go buy him some.

Question: In the real Twilight Town, didn’t Roxas cross paths with Hayner and the others and make aquaintances with them?

Nomura: I suppose. You can think whatever you want about that.

Question: What triggered Roxas’ separation from the Organization?

Nomura: As he kept having recurring dreams of Sora, someone he didn’t know, he felt he needed to leave the Organization to find out who these people he didn’t know were. As Axel didn’t want him to go, he didn’t tell Sora about Roxas in Castle Oblivion, did he?

Question: In Riku’s ending in Re: Chain of Memories, could you tell us the meaning of the scene where the King and Riku are walking together and Riku suddenly plops down.

Nomura: That’s because Riku realized he couldn’t completely get rid of the Darkness inside of him. The King mentioned in Kingdom Hearts II that as Riku held Xehanort’s Heartless in his heart, he disappeared from the King’s sight. It’s a sort of foreshadowing. In this scene, the King’s face looks worried for a moment because he felt that Riku might eventually no longer be there. Riku headed towards DiZ in order to restore Sora’s memories to normal, but in the end, his departure from the King was so that he wouldn’t show his preparations to use the Darkness.

Question: Could you tell us at what point Riku covered his eyes?

Nomura: When he departed from the King. You don’t know after the scene, but in Riku’s ending in Re: Chain of Memories, when he comes to wherever DiZ is, he’s already covered his eyes.

Question: Please confirm some things about Castle Oblivion. In the additional event “The Truth about the Chamber of Sleep”, you can gather from Xigbar and Zexion’s conversation that Castle Oblivion existed in the Inbetween Realm before the birth of the Organization. The Organization then found it and used it for experiments about memories and to look for the Chamber of Awakening, right?

Nomura: Yes. Since their conversation was about Marluxia’s entry, they discovered the Castle before that. In fact, its use, according to Secret Ansem Report 7, was for only 13 Organization Members. Naminé awoke in Castle Oblivion, but as she and Roxas were born at the same time, half of the Organization moved to the Castle.

Question: In the additional event “To Put an End to Everything”, Sora says “It should have been easy to say thanks to Naminé, but I couldn’t say it”. At this point in time, does Sora remember the things that happened with Naminé?

Nomura: If he remembers, it’s because Naminé’s existence was made possible by Sora, and when Naminé and Roxas return to Kairi and Sora, many things were connected. Since Sora never got to say thanks to Naminé, please think of that as a hint.

Question: In the additional event “Farewell to a Friend”, there’s a scene where Axel tells Roxas “You really do have a heart, don’t you”. What is the actual case here?

Nomura: In this scene, it ends bringing up more mysteries about Roxas, so for the answer, maybe take care to follow your hunches well. It’s also related to Xehanort’s memories, but I can’t give any specifics now.

Question: We’d like to inquire about the new secret movie “Birth By Sleep”. In the new event “The Truth about the Chamber of Sleep”, Xigbar mentions a “group that wields Keyblades”. Is he talking about the 3 armored people in the movie?

Nomura: Yes, Xigbar witnessed them when he was a disciple to Ansem the Wise.

Question: The Lingering Sentiment (Enigmatic Soldier) is the same as the armored youth in the movie, but when he fights Sora he mentions “Aqua” and “Ven”. Are those the names of the other 2?

Nomura: Yes, the blue haired girl is Aqua.

Question: What is the armored youth’s name?

Nomura: His name appeared once in code in the 2006 Tokyo Game Show Promotional Video. Also, Ven is actually a nickname, but his real name is a little bit longer. Sora, Riku, and Kairi’s names can be seen as “Sky, Land, and Sea” respectively. The 3 armored people’s names take the shape of different properties of the world, “Water, Wind, and Earth”.

Statement: Ven looks an awful lot like Roxas…

Nomura: I can’t give any specifics about that. He may just resemble him, and if there is a connection, Sora may be related too. What I can say right now is that these mysteries are all connected to the story.

Question: In the beginning, the armored youth’s eyes are blue, but at the end they change to gold. Is this revealing a change in him?

Nomura: I can’t give specifics about this either… I think everyone’s imaginations are pretty capable so please try and anticipate a lot of things.

Translated by TheWertle. I edited and corrected spelling and grammar.

• In the photo below, it shows a screenshot of the code that flowed across the screen for a moment during the Promotional Video at the Tokyo Game Show 2006. It has been decoded as:

“Master Xehanort’s Avenger, his name is Terra.”

“Not yet awakened, he is connected to those two.”

Terra
Click to enlarge

TheWertle is currently translating an interview found in the Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Ultimania:

The full translation will come soon, but it has been confirmed that the names of the three Knights in the secret ending are related to elements just like Sora, Kairi, and Riku are, and that two of the knights are indeed Aqua and Ven. Update: We now know the name of the Enigmatic Soldier is Terra thanks to another interview with Nomura! Click the images to enlarge them:

Sora means Sky - Ven means Wind

Nomura has also hinted that Ven and Roxas may be related in some way!

Kairi (similar to Umi) means Sea - Aqua means Water

Riku means Land - Terra means Earth

This is the Enigmatic Soldier for those who don’t know already.

TheWertle has done more photos of Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Ultimania, and translated 33 out of 70 of the changes from Kingdom Hearts II to Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ so far. Click the images to enlarge them:

• You gain Theater Mode
• A new entry is added to Jiminy’s Memo
• You can fight the Enigmatic Soldier

2. You can fight the “Absent Silhouettes” (Easy versions of Chain of Memories Organization Member Data Battles)

3. New dungeon “Cavern of Remembrance” appears

4. A crown can appear on Sora’s head for defeating any of the following:

• Enigmatic Soldier (Gold)
• All Data Battles (Silver)
• All Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless (Bronze)

5. New Secret Movie

6. New Event Scenes have been added:

• A.. Organization XIII Expectations: Disposal of Traitors - At the end of Roxas’ 4th day
• B. 3 People on Sunset Hill - Twilight Town Episode 0 after Sora rides the train
• C. Organization XIII Expectations: Hero of Light - After clearing Hollow Bastion Episode 1
• D. Organization XIII Expectations: Saïx Report - After clearing Twilight Town Episode 1
• E. To the Hidden Stage - Hollow Bastion Episode 2 after events in front of the castle gates
• F. Truth about the Chamber of Sleep - Shortly after scene E
• G. Organization XIII Expectations: Move Everything Out - Hollow Bastion Episode 1 after getting Secret Ansem Report 1
• H. Organization XIII Expectations: Gap - Twilight Town Episode 2 after defeating Nobodies with Axel
• I. The Meaning of Roxas - The World That Never Was Episode 1 after defeating Roxas
• J. Farewell to a Pal - Shortly after scene I
• K. Everything Begins - The World That Never Was Episode 1 after defeating Saïx
• L. To End Everything - The World That Never Was Episode 1 shortly before fighting Xemnas for the second time

7. New enemy additions and data changes:

• 20 new bosses
• 12 new enemies

8. New additions to Gummi Ships

9. Captions have been added under world logos

10. Fonts shown on the screen have changed (such as countdown fonts specific to each world for example)

11. Puzzle Pieces can be found in each area for Piece Collection Mode

12. Additional treasure chests and content changes

13. Twilight Town Changes:

• Conditions to end the battle in front of the station have changed (Either connect 100 hits, go below 30% health, or battle for 90 seconds)
• Addition of Limit Form Mirror
• Addition of Puzzle Piece event
• Limit Form can be obtained

14. Hollow Bastion Changes:

• After the event with Sephiroth, a scene with Yuna and the others flying out of a hole in the castle wall is shown

15. The Land of the Dragons Changes:

• Value of “surprise attack” spirit gauge has been reduced
• Carts and boxes don’t reappear after leaving the screen and returning (so you can’t get drive balls so easily)

16. Beast’s Castle Changes:

• Conditions to end battle in the Living Room have changed (Either connect 100 hits, go below 30% health, or battle for 90 seconds)
• Cogsworth gets tired more easily

17. Olympus Coliseum Changes:

• “Absent Silhouette” Event added
• Conditions to end the battle with Pete change (Time limit has gone from 2 minutes to 90 seconds)

18. Disney Castle Changes:

• Enemies don’t drop “Prize Box” while protecting Minnie
• Mysterious Entrance Appears (Clear all episodes except for Underworld Tournaments and save clear data)
• Mog will disappear after getting the Mysterious Entrance

19. Timeless River Changes:

• Changes have been made to the 4 time window battles

20. Agrabah Changes:

• Conditions to end battle in the street have changed (Either connect 100 hits, go below 30% health, or battle for 90 seconds)
• A battle at the Sandswept Ruins has changed (Enemies don’t drop prize boxes and the time to open the switch has increased from 30 to 45 seconds)

21. Halloween Town Changes:

• New Costumes and music in Christmas Town

22. 100 Acre Woods Changes:

• Time for Episode 4 has changed from 3 to 5 minutes
• Episode 5 rules have changed

23. The World That Never Was Changes:

• Roxas must be fought against

• Compared to Standard, enemies do twice as much damage, except for the Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless who do 1.25 times as much damage
• You start the game with the abilities Reaction Up, Finish Rise, Draw, 2x Luck Up, MP Hastera, and EXP Zero (They can’t be used until Roxas’ 3rd day)
• Roxas’ starting AP is 50
• When leveling up, AP increases by 3 instead of 2
• Compared to Standard, HP and MP quantities from bonuses are halved
• Compared to Standard, EXP received is 3 quarters of the normal.
• Save file shows up as “Critical Mode”
• Getting the Secret Movie is easier
• In the PS2 Browser screen, there is a symbol attached to the save data file on the memory card

25. The Status Menu has changed:

• When selecting Sora in the Status Menu, the Limit Form Level is shown first rather than Summon Level

26. Filling the Drive Gauge is easier (For instance, originally you got 1/3 of a bar from attacking bosses, but now you get 3/4)

27. Form level caps have changed by +2

28. New item additions:

Weapons

• Fateful Encounter - Defeat Roxas
• Winner’s Proof - Complete All Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless Challenges
• Spells Relic+ - Necromancer Drop (1% chance)
• Centurion - Synthesized
• Centurion+ - Synthesized
• Pleasure Mushroom - Odd-numbered Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless drop
• Pleasure Mushroom+ - Odd-numbered Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless drop
• Precious Mushroom - Odd-numbered Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless drop
• Precious Mushroom+ - Odd-numbered Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless drop
• Premium Mushroom - Odd-numbered Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless drop
• Akashic Record+ - Rune Master drop
• Freeze Pride - Synthesized
• Freeze Pride+ - Synthesized
• Happy Mushroom - Even-numbered Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless drop
• Happy Mushroom+ - Even-numbered Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless drop
• Platinal Mushroom - Even-numbered Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless drop
• Platinal Mushroom+ - Even-numbered Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless drop
• Limited Mushroom - Even-numbered Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless drop

Defense Items

• Shock Chain - Synthesized
• Shock Chain+ - Synthesized
• Highest Ribbon - Complete a Puzzle

Accessories

• Executive Ring - Complete a Puzzle
• Shade Archive - Synthesized
• Shade Archive+ - Synthesized
• Full Bloom - Synthesized
• Full Bloom+ - Synthesized
• Recipe - Defeat Absent Silhouette Zexion
• Recipe - Defeat Absent Silhouette Larxene
• Recipe - Defeat Absent Silhouette Lexaeus
• Recipe - Defeat Absent Silhouette Vexen
• Recipe - Defeat Absent Silhouette Marluxia
• Rare Document - Complete a Puzzle
• Proof of Connection - Defeat the Enigmatic Soldier
• Non-existent Proof - Defeat the Data Battles
• Tranquil Proof - Complete All Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless Challenges

Synthesizing Items - Dropped By Enemy (Chance Of Drop)

• Remembrance Shard - Perplex (6%), Iron Hammer (10%), Silent Launcher (6%)
• Remembrance Goo - Air Viking (6%), Magic Phantom (10%), Lance Warrior (10%), Necromancer (10%), Mad Bumper (6%)
• Remembrance Stone - Spring Metal (10%), Rune Master (10%), Mad Bumper (12%)
• Remembrance Crystal - Reckless (12%)
• Tranquil Shard - Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless (???)
• Tranquil Goo - Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless (???)
• Tranquil Stone - Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless (???)
• Tranquil Crystal - Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless (???)

• Apparent Vision - 3 Treasure Chests, A-rank Synthesis Collection Bonus, Complete a Puzzle, Defeat the Enigmatic Soldier
• Lost Vision - 1 Treasure Chest, S-Rank Synthesis Collection Bonus, Absent Silhouette Battles and Absent Silhouette Character Data Battles

(TheWertle: Spring Metal is kind of like a Crimson Jazz or Emerald Blues
Air Viking is like an Air Pirate
Magic Phantom is like a Trick Ghost
Perplex is like a Hook Bat
Rune Master is like a Book Master
Iron Hammer is like a Hammer Body
Mad Bumper is like a Hot Rod
Silent Launcher is like an Aiming Cannon
Reckless is kind of like the Terminator
Lance Warrior is like a Lance Soldier
Necromancer is like a Shaman
Aerial Champ is like an Aerial Knocker)

29. Item Effect Changes

• Drive Recover - Fills 3 Guages instead of only 1
• High Drive Recover - Fills All Guages instead of only 3
• Kingdom Chain - Ability: Crisis Half
• Gullwing - Attack 2, Magic 3 instead of Attack 3, Magic 2
• Sweet Memory - Magic 4 instead of 0, Ability: Drive Converter
• Meteo Staff - Ability: Thunder Up
• Rising Dragon - Ability: Fire Up
• Shaman’s Relic - Now named Spells Relic, Colour changes, Ability: Blizzard Up
• Nobody Lance - Ability: Item Up
• Save the Queen+ - Colour changed, Ability: MP Rage
• Genji Shield - Ability: Hyper Healing
• Nobody Guard - Ability: MP Rage
• Save the King+ - Colour changed, Ability: Crisis Half
• Ribbon - Rather than 20%, all attributes get 15%

30. You can’t cheat item sales (In the original, if you had good timing, you could use increase the number of items without increasing the price, and get more than 1 item for the price of 1. But that’s fixed now.)

31. Ultima Weapon Synthesis has changed:

• The amount of Orichalcum needed changes from 7 to 3 but the experience earned also changes from 119 to 99.

32. Synthesis Collection additions and changes:

• Addition: collect 50 types of materials - Magic Up
• Addition: Collect 55 types of materials - Orichal
• Addition: Collect all Remembrance materials - Full Crystal
• Addition: Collect all Tranquil materials - Full Crystal
• Change: Collect 10 types of materials - AP Up
• Change: Collect 35 types of materials - AP Up
• Change: Collect 40 types of materials - Power Up
• Change: Collect 45 types of materials - AP Up

33. The number of items you can synthesize has increased:

• Full Crystal/Apparent Vision
• Shock Charm/Shock Charm+
• Draw Ring/Lucky Ring
• Shade Archive/Shade Archive+
• Full Bloom/Full Bloom+
• Centurion/Centurion+
• Freeze Pride/Freeze Pride+

Sourced from KHV. I edited spelling and grammar myself.

Hi guys. Today we have new screenshots of Sora’s Crown Sidequest and the Organization XIII Mushroom Keyblade. Also you can see that some of the crowns are different: One of them is Silver, another is Bronze and another is Gold. There is a rumour that each of them have different stats. Well here you have them:

(Riku: Sorry it’s posted so late. Sourced from KHI.)

Hi guys. Here are two of the new Keyblades of Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix. One is from Roxas and the other is from the Organization Mushroom sidequest. Here you have them:

Well, yesterday, KHInsider brought us an image from Sora’s Limit Form and the tallest soldier, if you didn’t have the chance to compare Sora with the soldier, here you can see it:

Special thanks to our Forum Members, Saint_Leon and Aerith for finding these Extended Secret Ending screenshots on GameFAQs! According to the original poster, the video is soon to come! Click the images to enlarge them:

The original user, Kouli, has also found a rough translation of the text in the Mickey picture:

With it now being past midnight in Japan, today is technically the big day! Some people have been lucky enough to have had their game arrive already though, and one of the KH-Vids staff has already got some Re: Chain of Memories Footage, all translated!

We have Kingdom Hearts Complete Official Soundtrack images. The first three are images from Play-Asia of the box set, the next two are 4 of the 9 CDs and the second is a photo of some of the artwork included. Click any images to enlarge them:

And we also have some Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ images taken by someone lucky enough to have the game now:

These are the final Famitsu scans before the release of Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+. Click any images to enlarge them:

Here are some of the images from Re: Chain of Memories we haven’t seen before:

And finally, we now have the contents of “Another Report”:

There’s a lot of information in “Another Report”. Included may be information on the worlds, keyblades, the future, and four mysteries:

- What happened when Mickey was missing?
- What happened when Riku was missing?
- What was Roxas doing while he was a member of the Organization?
- What features are important in Xehanort’s memories?

The Keyblades choose their wielders based on a number of things, not only the strength of the person’s mind and heart.

The novel is about the Axel and Roxas story.

Well we have some new images from Famitsu. Click any to enlarge:

Here’s a better screenshot than we’ve had before of the three knights included in the battle in the Extended Secret Ending.

It appears that the Enigmatic Soldier may be summoning something else as the HP Bar isn’t the 16-17 bar one that we’ve seen previously. There may be a lot of tricks we don’t know about, but he’ll definitely be harder than all of the Organization members.

In Riku’s Story, we know you can do a Card Duel, and it appears it will be timed.

A friend card can be used in battle for a friend to help, but you can see original techniques when the cards are stocked in different ways. Here’s one of Mickey’s.