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Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ Ultimania Cover

Hey guys, it seems as though the Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ Ultimania Booklet cover has been revealed! Unlike the previous one, this one does not feature new art as the cover, however we're more into the content this book will contain. Which has also been updated by BENT Studio.

- XIII Organization, E.S, Puzzle Mode and XIII Organization Capture GUide.
- A Thorough explanation of the changes from KH2 to KH2FM+
- Kingdom Hearts re:COM's guide including new data, new battle style, and new capture methods designed for the PS2
- Voice Actors opinions from fans
- A FILE section for all the complex characters.
- Nomura Interview
- 512 pages of KH2FM+ goodness.
- And more!

The book is to be released on May 2nd for 1500 Yen. And like the other Ultimania booklets will be released in Japan Only.

Source: FF13Vids and Bent Studio

Side Note: More animations will be coming soon, and we will be covering FinalMix Animations as well, including the Enigmatic Unknown fought in Kingdom Hearts FM, and other new heartless.

Thread by: Xaldin, Apr 18, 2007, 3 replies, in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Two Interesting Renders

No, H_EX790 is not limit form, it's Sora before he gets the new clothing, you can tell because his knees and a bit higher up the legs are shown.

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 18, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Two Interesting Renders

Oh I so showed you the video with those in it. D:

What made you go and find 'em? XD
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Ohsnap you did? XD

And I dunno I was just having fun opening every single KH2 file and BAM smacked me right in the face.

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 17, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Two Interesting Renders

Hey guys, upon going through the CD, I came across two very interesting renders that stood out, those who have been following Kingdom Hearts II since it was first announced may remember these but for those that didn't or forgot I'll remind you.

If we look back waay back to E305 and TGS when Kingdom Hearts II was still in the works, in the 1000 Heartless Battle, looked a bit more havoc, as there were Behemoths and Wyverns. However people only called the trailer conceptual afterwards because the Behemoth and Wyverns were wiped out. But think again, it seems that the Behemoth and Wyvern were wiped off the game coding for appearance, but wern't wiped out of the CD Completly. They even have bone animations, and animation files proving they were ready for combat! What caused the sudden change of heart? We may never know...

Thread by: Xaldin, Apr 17, 2007, 28 replies, in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Kingdom Hearts Another Report - Secret Report XIII Translation

Hey guys, it seems as though Gamefaqs member TheWertle put up an interesting translation from Another Report, featuring alot of extra information to help us understand the world of Kingdom Hearts more, or even raise more questions.

Director's Secret Report

About KH Worlds
Presently there are 4 untold stories to consider

I - Until now in the Kingdom Hearts (hereafter KH) Series, there have been 2 types of "Kingdom Hearts" refering to the Heart of Worlds and the Heart of Men, could you explain the mechanics of this?

Think of the basic setting of KH as "All life has a heart". The heart of a world can be considered the things of nature, for example, the trees in a forest, a sea or river, a flower and so forth, when they all come together to form a world a large heart will come into existence. And concerning the hearts designated to men, all the hearts of humans and animals living in the world are integrated. As for Kingdom Hearts, think of it as if the heart is essentially the culmination of an invisible "Proof of Life"

II - Worlds appear in KH, could you please give an explanation of the means of coming and going between them?

Concerning the structure of worlds, first Sora and the Disney characters, and where ever we dwell, these so called normal worlds are attached to a World of Light. If all of these exisit at the same level and you imagine them all sitting on top of a plane, there is also plane of existance on the other side where the World of Darkness exists.

At present, there are 4 worlds in between these planes that have appeared. A) Castle Oblivion, B)Twilight Town, C) Yen Cid's Tower, and D) The World That Never Was. Constructed in this manner, Light < C < B > A > D > Darkness, you can imagine 2 planes with stairs ranging between the worlds. There are 2 means of transfer between these worlds, first being the Gummi Ship Sora uses in what is called the "Sea of Outer Space". In this way they can come and go between the worlds dotted through space. There is an invisible shell covering these worlds, so as to preserve the original world from interference from other worlds. By opening the hearts of each of these worlds this shell is broken and will become a group of shooting stars pouring down. Once settled, these shooting stars will become the Gummi Parts of the Gummi Ship. Because they were originally from the shell covering this world, it becomes possible to interfere into each world.

There is one more method, the use of the "Dark Corridor". There are those who are on a fallen path, essentially not being on the path they should be. Only those who can be said to have a Dark existance or an Inbetween existance can make these doorways. On rare occasion those with particularly strong feelings or hatred, such as the case with Beast and Diz and perhaps others like them can open these paths. However you must be careful when coming into contact with such darkness. As such, if you use these paths too often you will be completely swallowed by darkness. Sora has used these paths several times before, but the degree of frequency hasn't allowed the darkness to stain his heart, so you can think of the influential power of darkness as being dependant upon the strength of the persons heart.

As for the Nobodies who have no heart and the King and Riku, using these paths many times doesn't concern them. Why doesn't the darkness progressively swallow them you ask? There are secret similarites between the two that I talk about within this document.

III - About the World of Darkness and such, you haven't gone into detail. Could you possible talk about some of these things? Does the beach at the beginning and end of KH have some connection to the World of Darkness?

Presently there are 4 main untold stories to consider. "The period of the King's absence", "The period of Riku's absence", "Roxas' time in Organization XIII" and "Xehanort's past". In this case, The story of "The period of the King's absence" is set in the realm of darkness. I am examining a way to tell these 4 stories so I might be able to find a way to tell them soon.

What can be called the dark coastline seen at the beginning and end of KHII is the tip of a world. It is not strictly part of the realm of darkness but rather what serves as the boundary line in between the dark and the inbetween. In the ending, Sora and Riku were on the coast on the inbetween side and were looking at the sea of the realm of darkness. The door visible in the dark sea is a scene that symbolizes "Deep within the darkness, there is light", as Sora said in the previous KH.

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IV - There are still many mysteries surrounding the Castle of Oblivion. Was the castle itself constructed by the Organization and was NaminÃ© originally a subject of the experiments going on there? Please tell us about the details of the Organization's experiments. Also, was the pod Sora entered somehow related to the experiments done by the Organization? Was the pod in Twilight Town the same sort of thing?

In the end, the Organization's goal is to obtain the Kingdom Heart's of people's hearts and to fully exist. These Nobodies are called "those who don't exist". In order to assume a new existence, information about their own personal circumstances must first be gathered. A Nobody's main characteristic is that without a heart they use memories to form the parts of a personality and emotions. For them, memories have become an essential element. The birth of Castle Oblivion itself is still a mystery but before the Organization was born into this world it was there. The Organization discovered this castle. You should be able to make some guesses from the additional scenes this time, and fairly quick be able to think of the next stage.

At the same time Roxas awoke in Twilight Town, NaminÃ© awoke in Castle Oblivion. Afterwards, the Organization discovered NaminÃ©. The organization thought of NaminÃ©'s gift to manipulate memories as a way to resolve the actual circumstances surrounding each of their abilities and attributes. The memories of those who enter were used in the experiments on memories going on there. Above all else, the Organization's leader Xemnas was investigating the importance of memories. During these experiments, in order for these memories to be broken and then regenerated, those pods were made by the Organization. The pod Sora awoke from in Twilight Town and tthe pod Sora awoke from in Twilight Town and the pod Diz moved from Castle Oblivion to keep away from the Organization's pursuit are the same thing. Also, there is an additional scene where Xigbar talks about the "true goal of Castle Oblivion" and when this particular scene appears, I think all mystery surrounding castle Oblivion should become clear.

V - There is still a lot of mystery about the keyblades I think. The "Light side, heart of worlds keyblade" that Sora wields, the "keyblade of people's hearts" made from the Seven Princesses' hearts for Riku, and the "Dark side, heart of worlds keyblade" that the king obtained in the realm of darkness, presently these 3 types can be confirmed. Could you please explain things a little further?

Keyblades have 2 different constitutions, either from the Light side or the Dark side. This is merely the exterior key, the inner key can act from either side and its abilities won't change. There is no clear division between good and evil. Usually the door to each world is closed and the keyhole itself is not visible. By bringing a keyblade nearby, the keyhole appears. But the lock is not actually closed itself. Indeed, the Heartless were able to find the door and easily open it and in this way steal hearts. In the previous game, Sora turned the locks and closed these doors. Furthermore, about the opened door of the integrated heart of worlds "Kingdom Hearts" itself, to prevent the outflow of the darkness within hearts the intent and reasons were different so the keyblade was used for a different purpose. In order to work, the door needs to be closed from both the Dark side and the Light side and both a dark and light realm keyblade are needed. The King needed a keyblade opposite from the realm of light keyblade that Sora had, so he went to the realm of darkness to obtain one.

The keyblade constructed from the Seven Princesses' hearts that Riku obtained in the previous game allowed for the keyhole in Hollow Bastion to appear. For the plan to cause darkness to overflow from hearts, the special hearts held be the Princesses were used to artificially make this keyblade. So it is different from a proper keyblade. There are further suggestions that this keyblade is artficial as well.

VI - Could you please give an explanation for the new keyblade "Way to the Dawn" that Riku obtained and the keyblade Kairi has as well as what the conditions for using a keyblade are?

There isn't necessarily one keyblade for the dark side and one for the light side, just as many as there exist people with qualified hearts. Concerning the conditions to wield one, at this stage, "Those with strong hearts" is the only obvious one. However, less obvious conditions still exist and there are still plans for an opportunity to reveal those. Riku's "Way to the Dawn" and Kairi's keyblade are naturally the same type of keyblade as Sora's. However there is no particular explanation for the Soul Eater's transfer and occurence, as well as Riku's handing it to Kairi. When there isn't a normal process of acquisition, I think its ok to think there is some deeper meaning there.

VII - In KH, at the same time Sora became a heartless Roxas was born and entered the Organization. So if that's the case, at that point in time at Castle Oblivion Sora used a keyblade while at the same time Roxas would have been using a keyblade. Was this Sora's keyblade? Within the organization I think we particularly saw Roxas using a keyblade. And similar to Roxas, Sora served as another Keyblade Master conviently gathering hearts. So why was the Organization defeated?

The keyblade that Roxas used and the thing that Sora once lost in Castle Oblivion are the same thing. Furthermore, these two both used the keyblade at the same time. This can be explained by the relationship between Roxas and Sora. Thus, that both can wield two keyblades in fact has an important meaning. This is also related to Xehanort's memories, but this point can't be touched on just yet.

Furthermore, from the time that the two were both using the keyblade at the same time, the Organization itself was using Sora for their ultimate goal. Soon enough, each of the Organization's expectations differed. By changing Sora and Roxas's movements, eventually they became unable to use Sora for their true meaning. As a result, Sora became an obstacle to the movements of the organization itself and he had to be defeated. But even if Sora were to be defeated, you could say there are other things to think about in making that sacrifice.

VIII - When the heartless are defeated, what becomes of the stolen hearts? Also, when members of Organization XIII and other Nobodies are defeated, do they return to their original form?

When heartless are defeated, essentially the owner's hearts are rejoined with their once extenguished body, whichever world it may be on. As for the whereabouts of hearts in KHII that turn up, this time they remarkably went to the organization (there is a foot note here that says "In Kingdom Hearts II after heartless were defeated, the many hearts were absorbed by the Kingdom Hearts of "people's hearts"). However, in the rare case that the body changed into a Nobody, when there is no container for the heart it resorts to a state of suspension.

In the case of a Nobody being defeated, it's a little more complicated. If the above mentioned hearts are liberated, they return to their original form. However, if the heart is still stolen by the heartless, the Nobody's body is swallowed by darkness. If somewhere in the world their hearts are taken back, perhaps they might be able to return to their original human form.

IX - Could you please gather some information about the main characters? The reason Sora becomes Anti Form, the reason Riku is able to be selected by a keyblade, Kairi's memories of Radiant Garden, Roxas and Namine's differences from other Nobodies, the absence of Sora and them, their parent's and friends, and what about school?

Concerning Sora's Anti Form, you could think that the reason is related to his changing into a heartless once before. In fact, beyond Sora's Nobody, it is natural to assume that Sora is influenced by the heartless. Riku's Dark Mode is similar. By using such a strong power too much, he may have ended up aproaching too close to darkness. There should be a hint about Riku being a choosen wielder hidden discreetly somewhere in the additions to the game, so certainly try and find it. As for Kairi's memories, there's nothing particularly special about them. If I personally recalled memories from before I was 5, I think I wouldn't remember many details about them. That is to say on a general level, there are things I would remember and things I would forget.

Because there is already a detailed explanation of Roxas and Namine being special Nobodies in this volume, please read the specific details there. I'll summarize it so its easy to understand. Essentially when a strong hearted person has their heart stolen, they change into a heartless, and on rare occasions thier body changes into a Nobody. But in the case for these two, for Kairi's heart to be hidden within Sora, it took a special shape. Moreover, when Sora himself was changed into a heartless he was purified by Kairi. In order for Sora to be revived without following the essential course, the special way Roxas and Namine were born from these types, special Nobodies ended up being left behind. Still, I get the feeling from the story so far that Xemnas might also be a special Nobody.

Finally, about the people on Destiny Island, at the time of Sora and groups disappearance, on the night of the storm from the previous game, Destiny Island itself ended up disappearing and for the people of that world time is stopped. Afterwards, Sora slept for 1 year, and then everyone's memories of Sora himself were no longer there. As such the memory actually became "On the night of the storm, Riku's body disappeared". Once Sora awoke, the memories of him returned. Eventually the memories of Sora, just as Riku was no longer there after the storm that night, were that both of them had disappeared. (footnote: However, Kairi alone was once assimilated into Sora's heart. In this edition "Kingdom Hearts II" I strongly feel that he was influenced by this.

X - KH's Ansem (Xehanort) seems to have thoroughly gotten rid of his own heart, but Xemnas (Xehanort) commanding Organization XIII is seeking a fresh heart. If I understand that in becoming a heartless and a nobody, they became 2 different people, would their minds then as well become seperate? Also, the original Xehanort should have some memory loss but in the additional scenes this time there seem to be some questionable parts. Have his memories returned, or perhaps the memory loss itself was a lie?

In essence, the two are the same. However, they function under seperate minds. Xehanort most certainly got rid of his heart, and at that time it's assumed a Nobody was born. The means of obtaining their goal is different due to the nature of Heartless and Nobodies. However. I think for both of them the desire "to become a complete existence" is the same. This time the new mysterious keyword "Xehanort's memories" is left behind. In the "Secret Ansem Report" that Ansem the Wise wrote and mysteriously left behind, there is a hidden secret that will have a big influence on KH. As for the contents of his memories and the present condition of them, I cannot reveal that just yet.

XI - Concerning the keyword Keyblade War, could you be a little more specific about that? Could it be related to the "Fairytale of Children and Light" that Kairi's Grandmother told?(footnote: In Kingdom Heats, Sora experienced Kairi's memories. It was the scene when Kairi's Grandmother told her an old story when she was still young. It was about when worlds were swallowed by darkness, children used the power of fragments of light to rebuild worlds.)

To tell the story about the Keyblade War we need the capacity of hi-spec hardware and we need to accumulate all of our knowledge on this hardware. And in telling this story, we will need to tell it in seperate episodes, and how specifically to tell it has yet to be figured out.

As for the fairytale that Kairi heard, for everyone to feel like such and old fairytale is real, I think we need a little more time. That is to say, to talk specifically about either this soon might perhaps be irrelevant.

XII - Of the people that appear in the new secret movie "Birth By Sleep" that was added to KHII:FM, several names and figures are recognizable and must be extremely meaningful. Giving specifics is likely impossible, but could you give us a hint? Furthermore, do the 3 armored figures that appear there and the similar looking armored figure in the Last Battle have some relation to Xemnas?

For the recognizable figures and the recognizable faces, reaching the secret this time is extremely difficult, but I think the video is fairly spectacular and will stir you imaginations. The armored figures have a connection to Xemnas but after all I can't give any specifics at the present stage. But, the video this time has a foreboding opening and please think of the figures ahead as having reason and a hinting connection.

XIII - Lastly, has Sora's journey come to an end this time? Before you told us "I have the end of Kingdom Hearts in my head", but does this mean that Sora won't be there? There seem to be new developments with the Kingdom Hearts Series, so can you please tell us within the present limits any hints?

Without recalling too much about the mysteries and problems of the outline remaining for KH series thus far, I don't think that Sora's journey is over. If you get to see the ending of KHII I think you will be able to sense some new premonitions. About what I said about the "end" of KH, of course I won't be able to say anything about that yet, but if the numbering of KH were to go to "III", I doubt that Sora would have no relation to it. And even if I wrap up Kingdom Hearts, I don't think that Sora will be irrelevant.

Also, there are many new developments. I think that the news will be able to satisfy the widely supportive KH fans everywhere. Because there is still more to say about this "new" thing, please dare to think with a different flow, rather than just going with what's mainstream. I will give you a hint about the contents of one of the numerous developments. In the freshly added secret movie a phrase comes out, "Fate doesn't happen by accident, there is necessity".

In the near future, when you experience the new Kingdom Hearts, please see about opening this book. I think surely some of these points will tie together. And also at that time, it would be very fortunate if all the fans everywhere have a good time with it. Until an announcement comes, please have your fill of fun with this game and look forward to the next.
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Source: ' "TheWertle" for translating all of this for Kingdom Hearts fan

Thread by: Xaldin, Apr 17, 2007, 69 replies, in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Kingdom Hearts I Animations (Mushroom Added)

Mushroom time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM5x0bC4FPM

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 17, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Kingdom Hearts I Animations (Mushroom Added)

Cloud has been added to the list

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JMUtvhiFRGo

So has Rikunort Cutscene Post-battle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gts50BBoQ5U

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 17, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Kingdom Hearts I Animations (Mushroom Added)

Leon KH1 is now back online.

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 16, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Kingdom Hearts I Animations (Mushroom Added)

Sephiroth is up and working!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BIvmno87FGo

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 16, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Kingdom Hearts I Animations (Mushroom Added)

Youtube's being...graah again..it'll be up soon.

Also Sephiroth KH1 is now 100% Done, and edited.

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 16, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Kingdom Hearts I Animations (Mushroom Added)

Almost finished with Sephiroth

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 16, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Kingdom Hearts I Animations (Mushroom Added)

UPDATE - Mushroom Dance! ADDED

Hey guys, upon fiddling around with Yaz0r's program I finally managed to get the animations working, for now we'll do some basic updates, however soon we'll also have the Enigmatic Unknown's animation! Be sure to check back often, as some updates will be issued. It should be noted, some animations were not seen in Kingdom Hearts I either because the character was off screen, or it was taken out of the game!

Edit: YOutube's acting up, please wait a while.
Edit 2: Back Online! Sephiroth Added!

Leon
Sephiroth
Cloud
Rikunort (Post-Battle)
White Mushroom

Thread by: Xaldin, Apr 16, 2007, 44 replies, in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Renders

Well for now, they viewer Yaz0r' is doing is in beta, however soon when it's possible to have animations, it'd open to all kinds of possibility including making very unique sigs ect.

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 15, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Renders

Ok, so far Pajamas Roxas, Riku, and Setzer have been aded

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 15, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Renders

Here's a question: once the viewer is perfected, would it be possible to import these into, say, Maya or some other 3d animation program and mess with them?

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Is that even legal?!

Because I can see making some AMAZING fan movies that way, but dear god the legality would be sketchy.
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That goes way into the border lines of a mix, but I believe that would be illegal. Such things are already possible with Kingdom Hearts I, however the fact of importing the actual model into for your own use is yeah, very skeptical to being illegal.

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 15, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Renders

Basically the program to extract these are fan-made, the actual content within it is Official.

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 15, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Renders

For now they're just in the dreaded Jesus pose, but later on when the viewer is updated enough, animation files will be viewable.

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 15, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Renders

Hey guys, we will be soon putting up renders of KH2, as well as Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, this all wouldn't be possible however if it wasn't for "Yaz0r".

Anyways, moving along for now we'll start with a few examples as to show exactly what will be instore.

And to avoid confusion, these are official S.E stuff, not fanmade.

Barbossa, Chameleion, Dark Thron. Sora, Anti Form, Setzer, Roxas PJ, Riku and Xemnas Form 1 currently here.

Morre soon.

Thread by: Xaldin, Apr 15, 2007, 25 replies, in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ Ultimania Priced

Hey guys, it seems as though the KH2FM+ Ultimania has now been priced for 1700 Yen! And a bit more information about the content that it will contain as well.

- All changes from KH2 to Final Mix+
- Complete Guide to re:COM.
- XIII Organization Capture Guide
- XIII Mushroom Capture Guide
- Puzzle Piece Capture Guide
- And More.

Source: Tsuyata Online

Thread by: Xaldin, Apr 15, 2007, 10 replies, in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
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Kingdom Hearts VIsual Art Book Release Date changed

I already pointed out about mandachan and her journal in this thread two days ago.
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Sorry it's better if that stuff is Pmed to me xD Cause I rarely check around the forums.

Post by: Xaldin, Apr 14, 2007 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates

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