Riku on 14 May 2007 03:13 am
Scenario Mysteries Interview
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
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on 14 Aug 2007 at 4:24 am 1260. Coldmurdermachine
Shadow, sorry to be a bit late but i know what shonen means shonen means boy or guy while otoko means man . Again sorry to be late ^^;;
on 12 Aug 2007 at 10:56 am 1259. Sakuraxcur
ummmm the KH story soundz kinda difficult to understand
on 11 Aug 2007 at 11:15 am 1258. KHROX SoraXOXOKairi
you guys r all very creative with your answers none of it makes much sense to me lol but i do agree with some of it i thought for a while i dnt no if i still do but maybe kairi’s grandma is aqua ? but you know aqua died didnt she?
on 07 Aug 2007 at 9:48 am 1257. Yunus-san
kh rocx…..
on 04 Aug 2007 at 4:32 am 1256. Shadow
This is just what i think,i think its because he thought he already knew about him or there was a reason he didnt want him to know about him.
Axel had no idea that when Sora awakened Roxas would not have returned to him Roxas was Ven reborn through Sora,Roxas used keyblades and you need a heart to do that so Roxas was originally made just as Vens spirit but everyones spirits and heart got all mixed up and Ven got someone elses heart but had his own spirit.
Any Questions?
on 04 Aug 2007 at 2:25 am 1255. joey
In KH2 why doesnt Axel tell Sora about Roxas? Shouldnt Sora be able to see his Nobody insted of having to fight him in that one part of the game?
on 31 Jul 2007 at 9:08 pm 1254. Shadow
hi sora Rules
on 31 Jul 2007 at 5:15 pm 1253. branflakes
kingdomhearts is awesome. I need more info on kingdomhearts.i dont really undrestand all of it yet i cant wait tell it co es out because this is my favorite game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
on 31 Jul 2007 at 7:17 am 1252. Sora Rules
hi
on 31 Jul 2007 at 7:13 am 1251. Shadow
Well the Bald Man is an all new character just as the Dark soldier is i believe that he cant exactly be Xehanort nor Terra being exactly Xehanort.
Whatever Xehanorts name is whether it is Xehanort or Thonare or something entirely different he has been going after and passing himself on to other chosen keyblade wielders,we notice the similarity with Soul Eater being similar to those of the bald guys keyblade and Dark soldier i see that the reason Rikus Soul Eater was not a real keyblade because Ansem did not have a heart due to the fact that the heart for some reason went somewhere else when he had taken that form,Its because the bald guys new form heartless made through Terra and since he had used someone elses heart to do so in being reborn he had the heart passed on to Roxas hwom is actually Vens Spirit and that Vens Heartless and or Heart is somewhere else.
So since Riku got the Way to The Dawn somehow Vens heart was passed through Riku after he got his form back or something it seems i also havent forgotten about Axel.
Before i get to Axel i believe Terra cannot be a spirit and only spirit as in a nobody he had his other keyblade with him.
Axel has somewhat a resemblence with Terra,Riku and his own former self the fourth supposed knight hwo was Vens best friend it seems like Axels nobody was made say hwo knows when but it seems like he may have passed his keyblade already to someone when he became a nobody his keyblade had to go somewhere it could have just went back within his heart of his heartless where his heart seemed to be.
I notice a resemblence of him with Riku i would say possible relation i am actually not sure what to say about Riku and Axels looks they may have crossed paths in their journeys is all i can say about a connection with Riku and Axel.
on 31 Jul 2007 at 6:19 am 1250. Shadow
Hello Diz
on 31 Jul 2007 at 6:18 am 1249. Daylight
hmm idk if a heartless would be given a keyblade tho? becouse they have no heart to begin with, he has to be a full on caracter, to justify him having a keyblade. Or it would really banish the idea that only special people or chosen people carry keyblades, it sort of loses the special factor of this person beeing able to carry a keyblade. So he cant just be the old mans Heartless, he has to be a proper caracter.
on 31 Jul 2007 at 4:47 am 1248. DiZ
Hey guys, haven’t been on in a long while. My computer got busted
Got a new one though…so cool!
but it seems oyu guys have been discussing a lot, i just couldn’t keep up, lol. Oh well, now I’m ready to see what other things you guys can deliver.
I’m back! ^_^
on 30 Jul 2007 at 6:54 pm 1247. Sora Rules
hello.
on 30 Jul 2007 at 6:33 pm 1246. Shadow
I think kingdom hearts played a part in how Roxas was made and got a heart to wield the keyblade it is also connected with the story of how Xehanort and Xemnas and Ansem was made,It seems like Xemnas is no heart and Ansem is heartless but the bald guy used someone elses heart to pass through the door to darkness and anyways he had darkness overcome his new self also just what happened to baldy i believe darkness overcame him or he was just possessed by Xehanort which had happened with Terra too.
So i believe the Xehanort name originally came from a nobodys name and i believe the original name of him was Thonare and notice the bald guy uses a powerful thunder attack on Terra.
Thonare is thunder in latin.
So i think that the heartless dark soldier is the bald mans heartless because it was just baldy in that form and in control farther back in the past something similar may have happened too such as the bald guy and heartless having different keyblades the keyblade the heartless was wielding or the bald guy was either Thonares original or someones keyblade thats totally unknown.
on 30 Jul 2007 at 10:13 am 1245. Maybe
Maybe these points im about to make could bring new questions, so ( please point out if im pointing out old info), The three soldiers possesed the ability to carry key blades because of their hearts, when ven was abliterated by that oldie ;terras heart changed with hatred toward the senior guy(hence the eyes). In the final battle old man dies due to terra, who also loses his heart. Two things come of this : Xehanort and Xemnas. Xehanort(no heart, heartless!) could not remember his past, because heartless cant remember their past lifes (with the exception of sora). And it seems like Xemnas could because he searched for the remains of aqua and ven in the chambers of awakening and sleep. Maybe hoping that kingdom hearts would bring them back.
on 30 Jul 2007 at 6:24 am 1244. Daylight
Another thing, i think if we had played Final MIx 2 in english, we would have a better view of things.
on 30 Jul 2007 at 6:23 am 1243. Daylight
But maybe thats what they wanted us to see… if he does not play a big role, you wount be looking at him much, so to us, and alot of people he only looks like his the old mas assistance, or protecting the old man.
I dont know if it is Xehanort, but it wouldnt be a bad idea. For all we know he could of betrayed the old man?.. I dont think he will look like Riku or Sora, but i think he will look like someone we know, couse his helmet never comes off, so we are made to focus on the old man more than the red armoured knight.
Remember like Cloud in FF7, when he cant remember what hpn to him in his past, and he thinks he is did all the things we see Zack do, in the end he was the soldier beside him… your meant never to look at the soldier, when i 1st found out , i was like “wowowow cool Story”
on 29 Jul 2007 at 10:40 pm 1242. Shadow
Ace,I think that youre right with Terra having Xehanort within him with the transformation and such,So thats what it means with the possessive thing and so on but i think something like that somehow happened between Ven and Axel before Roxas showed up.
on 29 Jul 2007 at 3:53 pm 1241. Shadow
Yeah but somehow Vens soul was passed on to Riku so he would get the Way to The Dawn and then somehow Terras soul was passed on to Roxas for some reason,maybe its because Xehanort used his heartless,maybe to make it so he had a heart i guess i shouldnt have said Xehanort more like the bald man.Then when the heart released from him for some reason it went to Roxas and so if Xehanort was made a nobody through Terra and just took his heart then wouldnt that have made Xehanort Terras body and so then that would make Sora a new form of himself cause when Roxas came he was made as his nobody spirit so then he got released and Sora didnt have anything more than his real spirit and soul within youd think his heartless would be controlled more of darkness other than finding Kairi and so on,cause you know that would be like giving some of her spirit to him practically.
Anyways what was that library called that they were at in Radiant garden.
It seems that each of the org. was possessed as in by no as a field or possess,maybe through some of the org. they had the keyblade passed on that way but for some unknown reason was no longer able to wield them such as them losing their hearts to something making them just have spirit without their keyblades because their heartless are still asleep and seems they may not be able to take back their hwole form i think Axel might i am not sure with the others.
Axel obviously at one time had a keyblade it was bond of flame so its likely the others had their own uniqe keyblades.
Well is Kairis grandmas whereabouts unknown i mean she said a bedtime story of a keyblade war but hwo the heck are her parents?
on 29 Jul 2007 at 7:23 am 1240. Ace of Diamonds
The story with Kairi’s GrandMother was in Radiant Garden before it was Hollow Bastion, but you could pretty much say it was in the same place. Soul Eater was a Keyblade at one point in time in my opinion, but the weapon Soul Eater itself isn’t a Keyblade. Riku had to bring Roxas to Ansem the Wise in order for Sora to wake up and regain his memories. I’m too entirely sure Terra passed his spirit onto anybody. He’s known as The Lingering Spirit in Final Mix, so I guess Sora fights the Human Form of his spirit, or something. When Roxas beat Riku the first time, Riku took the power of Darkness in his heart and turned into Ansem and used all he had to beat Roxas. So, I guess turning into Ansem is like his Final Form of Darkness, his full power so to speak. Kinda like with Terra. Maybe Xehanort was a part of his being, and since Xehanort was a creature born of Darkness, when Terra’s eyes changed colors, he was transforming into Xehanort and his full power, until the Darkness drove him mad and caused him to attack his friends, and that time, Xehanort split from Terra. Unlike Riku though, Terra couldn’t fully control the Darkness within. Then again, that’s just my opinion.
on 29 Jul 2007 at 2:09 am 1239. Shadow
Wait i think i know why Roxas ended up in TWTNW it was after he had awakened Sora where ever he went his heart returned just like what happened to Terra maybe.
So Roxas had fought Riku and he also had oathkeeper and oblivion so when he regained Soras memories he had still forgotten of his past just the same way as Xehanort forgot his past and Xehanort had his heart due to the fact that the bald guy must have used a keyblade to open the door because it wasnt destroyed and when Sora opened it he had to use the key.
So when Riku was defeated by Roxas he had somehow tooken that form and Terra still passed his spirit to Riku due to him getting the nobody hwom his form took and so then when Roxas took Soras form he got oathkeeper through that and then when he took Rikus form he got oblivion.
So where did Kairi get oathkeeper in the first place she can probably wield it too.
If the dark soldier could wield a totally different keyblade than the others hwos form did he take,it could have been Axel.
He said each of the characters were new so what if the dark soldier was wearing armor but it could still mean he was Xehanort because he used that heartless to become a new form through Terra and then he had turned Terra into a nobody but after the first two games he became hwole again cause they were each defeated and Xemnas is said an enigma possessed by Otoko which is man so that means Xemnas was Xehanort and was then defeated so Then Terra showed up because he became hwole again.
So maybe Riku got Way to The Dawn for a different reason after all cause if i remember right he got the Way to The Dawn once he went back to normal and Soul eater was a fake keyblade.
on 29 Jul 2007 at 12:58 am 1238. Shadow
Ace,Well if no in japanese means possess then if no is in the org. japanese descriptions i found it could be that they were possessed in some sort of way such as Xemnas was Nazo no Otoko and Roxas was Nazo no Shonen now if i could only find what Shonen means.
It seems that if there was a no which is not capitolized between each of their names then they are possessed by someone or something like that.
Well i think the Bald guy was older than Ansem the Wise and it would make much sense if they knew eachother i am guessing they did but just as Ansem seemed to use Ansem the Wise then i see that may be what baldy did.
It just seems like it would have been all the others that passed their spirit on to Braig and them that are asleep in the room of sleep instead of their heartless or something like that.
Does anyone know where the scene where the granny told the story was at?
That room looks familiar like the place where you get the oblivion key in the first game it looks like that one library but i dont remember what that place was called do you?
On the sides of those book cases it even had the arrow signs and such.
on 28 Jul 2007 at 7:33 pm 1237. Ace of Diamonds
When Ansem ruled over Radiant Garden, it wasn’t called Hollow Bastion until Maleficent ruled over it. It’s Kingdom Hearts 2 when it got its name back as Radiant Garden. Remember, everyone began to remember the town’s true name. Anyway, Nomura said The story Kairi’s Grandmother told her was only a Fairy Tale, but it would make some sense to the Keyblade War and how Xigbar witnessed the Knights. Maybe The Old Man and Ansem the Wise once ruled together, and when everyone wanted the Power of Light to themselves, it drove The Old Man mad with Greed. Remember the Door Xehanort opened that broke down the barriers between the worlds? Maybe the Knights protected it from The Old Man. If The Old Man got to that Heart, there was no telling what he’d do with it. So, he brainwashed Xehanort, Terra’s Best Friend, and used him as bait to lure them into the Final Battle. The Dark Soldier is still a Mystery. There are so many signs of him being Xehanort. Weilding a Keyblade, the hatred he had for Xehanort, but then again if he was Xehanort, he would’ve played a more prominent role in the Birth By Sleep Video. Shadow, click my name to see Kairi’s Grandmother’s Story. It maybe a Fairy Tale, but it has to tie into the story somehow.
on 28 Jul 2007 at 6:45 pm 1236. Shadow
Does anyone know what Shonen means?
on 28 Jul 2007 at 6:38 pm 1235. Shadow
The Terra fight was said reached through a portal in the Hall of cornerstone what portal was it because if the place of the gathering is the crossroads with all the grass then that means it may have been in the past.
on 28 Jul 2007 at 6:26 pm 1234. Shadow
Hey in Xemnas’s name it says Nazo no Otoko,and then on Xigbar its Madan no Shashu,then Xaldin is Senpu no Rokuso,on Axels it is Oduru Hi no Kaze,Demyx is Yaso no Shirabe,Larxene is Hijo no Yoki,and Roxas just seems to be Meguriau Kaji,Now not all of the org. names had no in the middle of their names but most of them the ones that i listed did but not Roxas which seems interesting to me,Well you know how i have said that Terra is Terra no Xehanort well thats because i found proof somewhere that he is known as that but it was a long time ago before i even knew about the secret ending and it talked about what happened with Terra,Aqua and Ven but i can hardly remember what it said their names were but i mostly remember Terra no Xehanort cause that really confused me.
I dont remember what it said happened and it also had the hwole story after it and it was so freakin long but i went to go back to it and it wouldnt let me in it seems that a hacker posted that link, but i guess it would have been sick to have just told everyone the hwole story like that.
The guy that put it on there said his name was hacker dog or something like that.
Anyways,It has no between all those names,In Japanese no means possessive particle or field they probably just take it as possessive.
On Axel it says Odoru Hi no Kaze wouldnt that mean possessed of wind because Kaze means Wind?
That makes me think that Kaze is a part of Vens name.
I found another name Roxas is said known as and it is Nazo no Shonen.
It also seems that each no in their names are not capitolized.
Xaldins name Senpu means deceased father,former husband or late husband,hehe thats really wierd.
It seems that i cant find all the words meanings they would need to be translated or something some of them have like these lines above them that i dont even know what the heck theyre for
but anyways where i am looking for the meanings of those words i cant find them or the english word.
Nazo is in Roxas name and Xemnas it seems interesting.
It seems they each have a connection and they seem to be trained in fighting and so on.
on 28 Jul 2007 at 5:42 pm 1233. Shadow
Ace,Why would Xehanort have done that she showed up at destiny islands probably around when she was 8 years old or something so it seems to me that since she is a princess of heart and is from Radiant garden it really makes me wonder.
Radiant Garden was called hollow bastion it did not become radiant garden again until kh2.
Anyways,Maybe Ansem the Wise ended up in the computer at the study because thats the one Xehanort used isnt it cause i am not very sure if i could say kh in kh1 and 2 was fake cause wasnt it just Ansem that sent all those artificial heartless to other worlds?
I think that as Roxas and Xehanort and the ones such as Ansem you know i think they could somewhat be a new form made through others and so on.I am not very sure about that last sentence.
Kairi was told a story of some kind of keyblade war from her grandmother right,Well does anyone know where i can find the scene of when that happened?
You know i found some of the characters names in japanese but it was something said that they were known as and i dont remember which member of the organizations name it was i will try to find it and tell more about it in my next comment but it seems that he was known as a father.
on 28 Jul 2007 at 8:17 am 1232. Ace of Diamonds
Coldmurdermachine, I was like you a while ago. I tried to compare similartities between Ansem the Wise and The Old Man. I at one point thought The Old Man was Ansem the Wise, but remember around this Keyblade War, Ansem was ruler over Radiant Garden, he found Xehanort after the Keyblade War was over. Xigbar was nothing more than a disciple to Ansem the Wise. He witnessed the Knights, that doesn’t necessarily mean that he fought them. I’m not saying you’re wrong, but that’s my opinion on the matter. I just think that before Xehanort brainwashed him and the other founding members of the Organization, The Old Man made numerous attacks on his city to steal his people’s hearts, but the 3 Knights protected the city, while Xigbar watched them in action.
Daylight, I have that same feeling too that The Dark Knight is going to resemble somebody we know. His face had to be covered by a Helmet for some reason. If he looks like Sora, or Riku, that would change alot, or maybe what everyone is saying is true, maybe he is Xehanort, but I strongly disagree with that.
Shadow, I’m with you on Kairi being a Princess, but if I remember, isn’t it Xehanort that sent her to Destiny Islands to see if The Princess of Heart could react and share a bond of love with The Chosen Keyblade Weilder? Kairi, I believe is from Radiant Garden, but how can she have no memory? Unless when Xehanort took over and banished Ansem, he erased any memory she had of living there. I think it sounds logical.
on 28 Jul 2007 at 1:52 am 1231. Coldmurdermachine
I think, and this is my opinion, that the older bald man is Ansem the Wiseand that the man beside him is Xigabr. Because xigbar was a discipline of Ansem the Wise and witnessed the 3 knights.