The preview videos also showed that battling Roxas would be possible as opposed to the cutscene in the original game. The being serves as a secret boss with incredible power and an enormous amount of HP, much like Unknown from Kingdom Hearts Final Mix. Later screenshots showed one of these three knights in combat with Sora, Donald, and Goofy. They included additional scenes involving the three mysterious armored knights at the end of the Kingdom Hearts II secret ending.

Scans of magazine articles and preview videos appeared on numerous websites in the weeks leading up to the game's release. They were initially bundled together as part of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+.Ĭhanges Initial previews and announcements Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories are also notable for being the final games Tetsuya Nomura made for the PlayStation 2.

In due time, I may release a Final Mix into other countries, but Kingdom Hearts Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix are not my choice.' The director of the Kingdom Hearts series, Tetsuya Nomura, has quoted, 'The Final Mix games are only Japanese exclusives. There were rumors of a fall 2008 release in EGM magazine and 1up.com, although this did not pan out. No release in the United States or other countries were announced, despite the topic being popular across Kingdom Hearts-related forums. In September 2006, Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix was finally announced, and released on March 29, 2007, hitting stores all across Japan. The song Sanctuary also replaced Passion as the official theme of the game. However, the new scenes were also dubbed in Japanese due to most of the new scenes featuring Organization members that have previously never been voiced. Much like the previous installment, the default language is English with Japanese subtitles. He was also considering an international release, but no definite plans were in place. During an interview with Weekly Shōnen Jump, Nomura did not confirm its development, but he did state that if a Final Mix version were to be created, he would use a 'trump card'.

Due to the first game receiving the Final Mix treatment, it was speculated that the same would happen to its sequel. Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix was rumored in middle-late 2006.

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