Thanks again to TheWertle, we have the names of Enigmatic Soldier’s Attacks from Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Ultimania:

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.

TheWertle has done a couple more photos of Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Ultimania. The first is conceptual artwork of an armoured version of Xemnas. The second is conceptual artwork of a Final Boss Nobody named “King” in The World That Never Was. Click them to enlarge them:

Also, Zexion’s “Mirage Book” is actually called “Lexicon” (a reference book). It’s now confirmed that his element is “Illusion” as well.

Update: TheWertle also took a photo of some sketches by Tetsuya Nomura of Marluxia’s Final (3rd) Form:

TheWertle contacted me with the Secret Ending conditions straight from his newly obtained Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Ultimania!

TheWertle: I just bought the Final Mix+ Ultimania and can confirm secret ending requirements:

• Beginner: Impossible
• Standard: Complete Jiminy’s Memo/Journal, get all treasure and clear bonuses from the Gummi Ship Missions
• Proud: Complete Jiminy’s Memo/Journal
• Critical: Get all 3 crowns (Bronze, Silver, and Gold)

Update: TheWertle has also put up more information up from the book as well as the cover above:

Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless Information:

• B-Rank is all that you really need to satisfy a Mushroom Heartless.
• For fighting the odd-numbered Mushroom Heartless, getting an S-Rank gives you a 100% chance of fighting the Premium Mushroom Heartless. Getting an A-Rank only gives you 10% chance for a Premium Mushroom Heartless and 90% of getting a Precious Mushroom Heartless.
• For fighting the even-numbered Mushroom Heartless, getting an S-Rank gives you a 100% chance of fighting the Limited Mushroom Heartless. Getting an A-Rank will only give you a 10% chance for fighting a Limited Mushroom Heartless and 90% chance for a Platinum Mushroom Heartless.
• Order of ranking from highest to lowest in Mushroom appearance rate: S-Rank (100% chance), A-Rank (10% - 90%), B-Rank (15% - 85%), C-Rank (25% - 75%), D-Rank (35% - 65%), and E-Rank (55%).

Completion and S-Rank Completion Requirements for Organization XIII Mushroom Heartless:

• I - Hit at least 70 times. S-Rank: 99 times.
• II - Get at least 80 points. S-Rank: 99 times.
• III - Pick up at least 450 dropped prizes. S-Rank: 500 prizes.
• IV - Defeat at least 85. S-Rank: There are no A-Ranks or S-Ranks.
• V - Reduce HP to zero within 10 seconds. S-Rank: Within 3 seconds.
• VI - Within 45 seconds defeat all 65. S-Rank: Within 31 seconds.
• VII - Reduce HP to zero within 10 seconds. S-Rank: Within 3 seconds.
• VIII - Attack in the air at least 85 times. S-Rank: 99 times.
• IX - Get at least 75 points. S-Rank: 99 points.
• X - Reduce HP to zero within 55 seconds. S-Rank: Within 36 seconds.
• XI - Reduce the number above its head to zero within 19 seconds. S-Rank: Within 15 seconds.
• XII - Defeat at least 40. S-Rank: Defeat at least 50.

The cover of the Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Ultimania Book has been released as you can see above (click it to enlarge). It’s 512 pages long, costs 1,700 Yen (~$14, ~£7), and will be released on May 2nd only in Japan. The book doesn’t include any new artwork but it does include:

• Organization XIII, Enigmatic Soldier, Puzzle Mode and Organization XIII Mushroom Capture Guides and FAQs.
• An explanation of the what’s changed in Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ from Kingdom Hearts II.
• An Re: Chain of Memories Guide with the changes made for PS2.
• Voice actor interviews about what they think the fans should expect.
• Information on all important characters.
• A new Nomura Interview.

Of course, as promised, here are some more Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ videos:

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.)

Everything in this News Post has now been moved to these pages:

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:

Tomogirl from KH-2.net has translated some information posted in a blog about the Character Report Volume 2. I’m only posting Nomura’s views on different elements of Kingdom Hearts II:

• Tron

Nomura: “The new world in the computer was greatly related to the main plot of Kingdom Hearts II and was very interesting when it was finished.”

• The Re: Chain of Memories Side of the Final Mix+ Artwork

Nomura: “There is no shoulder part of Axel this time because of a single specification. However, this illustration is on the game case used together with the left side being published on the case, and Volume 1 used it alone (Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix). Moreover, Donald and Goofy were made as cards just in case they were matched together because they mustn’t be in one picture, and no two existences of the Disney characters should share a card. It’s exceptional of what the two have become.”

• Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Cover

Nomura: “This illustration has the version of where there are some versions of Sora and Riku existing at certain intervals on the back and the version that doesn’t have them. When using it for the package, two of the Chain of Memories illustration versions were slightly put in for the meaning for Re: Chain of Memories. The commodity of Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ was expressed to the end that made this version the formal, in which the two characters are missing in the illustration. It is possible to look for their appearances that they variously stick to.”

• Xemnas

Nomura: “Although he was a handsome character, the voice actor was out of control, and so the character was complete. He likes his expression so he ‘moreover, is starting from scratch’, and I am also using that expression occasionally.”

• Xigbar

Nomura: “His position has changed thanks to the voice actor. I would have added him in fast because he did the expression that hooked me in so much. However, although this was only one dialogue, there was a habit of saying ‘it was all talk’.”

• Vexen

Nomura: “As for him, this heartless feeling is already incontrovertible to him because his character is only of the brain.”

• Zexion

Nomura: “Xemnas is a character whose relations are strong, as well Zexion as the subordinate-superior relationship, master-apprentice, or Sikes Corp. Zexion says that he will destroy the body because he thinks he’s excellent although, he is excellent. He might have been a person who became the center of the organization if he hadn’t betrayed Marluxia and Axel in Castle Oblivion.”

• Axel

Nomura: “It wasn’t originally thought that he’d grow up to reach this stage. At first, I scheduled for Roxas to be knocked down in the opening of Kingdom Hearts II, and then leave it to the entire staff to decide who would be strong and active afterwards. From thereafter, there would be a possibility that he began to move on, shown by his dialogue.”

• Demyx

Nomura: “The character who stood a turn short or more, because of his voice actor though he was made from the beginning as a light hearted character. His dialogue was a hit on site and was instantly put in.”

• Luxord

Nomura: “He is honest, and my most favourite Organization member. I wanted him to stand out more in reality, although he speaks differently in the scene of the Organization Conference that was added because of an original drawing. Luxord exists and is sure to be able to have done more.”

• Marluxia

Nomura: “To balance with Larxene, Marluxia was a woman originally. But can a ‘man’ perform in front of Xemnas, even though it was not possible for him to show up? It is considerable to those who can act.”

• Larxene

Nomura: “She consequentially became her own individuality, and even though she wasn’t too good, she became the only female character of the Organization. As her voice’s style had hardened, the voice actor thought about it the most. Her ‘brutality’ has increased by the voice being attached. In that hairstyle, even I, who drew her, still think it’s a mystery. Why did I apply that forelock?”

Of course, there are more videos as well: