Kingdom Hearts Final Mix

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Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
キングダムハーツ ファイナルミックス Kingudamu Hātsu Fainaru Mikkusu
Developer(s)	Square Co., Ltd.
Publisher(s)	Square Co., Ltd.
Release date(s)	December 26, 2002
Genre	Action RPG
Game modes	Single player
Ratings	CERO:A
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix is a Japan reissue of Kingdom Hearts that uses English voice acting with Japanese subtitles among additional in-game features. The PlayStation 2 version of it is exclusive to Japan.

The game was remastered in HD and released as part of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX for PlayStation 3 on March 14, 2013. As opposed to the original Final Mix, the remake features Japanese voice acting in the Japanese release. As part of the collection, it was made available outside of Japan for the first time. It was later released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as part of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX.

Limited releases

Pre-order goods

Depending on what store the game was pre-ordered, customers could get a CD containing tracks from the game or a playing card set adorned with Kingdom Hearts characters and symbols. Also, at some stores in Japan, they were giving away a dual Keyblade embroidered necklace with a reserved copy.

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Platinum Limited

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Platinum Limited came in a box containing the game case, a sheet of eight Kingdom Hearts stickers; a postcard calendar featuring Tetsuya Nomura artwork and—contained in a CD case—a block figure of Sora, part of Square's Minimum Collection; and three can badges. The set costs 8,800 yen.

Changes

New features

Features

Sora's artwork on the start screen.

• New title screen artwork of a hooded Sora holding a flag.
• A third option, "Special Movie" featuring a trailer for Final Fantasy X-2 was added to the title menu.
• A new difficulty mode called Final Mix: Beginner.
  • Sora deals 3x damage compared to Final Mix..
  • Gummi Ship takes 1/2 damage compared compared to Final Mix.
  • Sora starts the game with the following items and accessories in stock:
    • Ribbon
    • EXP Necklace
    • 8 Power Ups
    • 8 Defense Ups
    • 4 AP Ups
  • Drill-G's attack power is 9.999.
  • "KHFMBG" is displayed on the save file.

A new difficulty mode called Final Mix.

• • Another Side, Another Story... secret ending unlockable by sealing all keyholes, finding all 99 puppies and completing the Hades Cup
  • Another Side, Another Story [deep dive] secret ending unlockable by completing Jiminy's Journal
  • "KHFM" displayed on save file.
• A new difficulty mode called Final Mix: Proud.
  • Enemies deal 2x damage compared to Final Mix.
  • Gummi Ship deals 1/2 damage compared to Final Mix.
  • Battle Record is displayed on the end screen of the game.
  • Another Side, Another Story... secret ending unlockable by beating the game.
  • Another Side, Another Story [deep dive] secret ending unlockable by sealing all keyholes and completing the Hades Cup.
  • Completing Jiminy's Journal and beating the game displays a night version of the Final Mix cover artwork on the end screen.
  • "KHFMPR" displayed on save file.
• Almost all existing Heartless in the game were given a new pallet swap.
• New weapons:
  • Keyblades: One-Winged Angel and Diamond Dust.
  • Staves: Meteor Strike and Fantasista.
  • Shields: Mighty Shield and Seven Elements.
• New Abilities:
  • Slapshot, Sliding Dash, Stun Impact, Gravity Break, Ripple Drive, Hurricane Blast, Zantetsuken, Leaf Bracer, Tech Boost, Encounter Plus, Evolution.
• New Accessories:
  • Firagun Band, Blizzagun Band, *Thundagun Band, Obsidian Ring, Moogle Badge, Cosmic Arts, Royal Crown, Prime Cap, Ifrit Belt, Shiva Belt, Ramuh Belt, EXP Bracelet, EXP Earring, EXP Necklace, EXP Ring.
• New synthesis materials:
  • Blazing Stone, Fury Stone, Frost Stone, Energy Stone, Mythril Stone, Serenity Power, Dazzling Stone, Power Stone, Lightning Stone, Stormy Stone, Dark Matter
• The synthesis menu was overhauled, with items now becoming available to synthesize in a different order as well as new items added to the menu and different material requirements to synthesize certain items.
• Cutscenes that have already been viewed once can now be skipped in the pause menu.
• Sora now becomes transparent when he is close to the camera.
• Camera settings (auto or manual) can now be chosen before starting a new game.
• An option to return to the title menu was added to save points.
• Jiminy's Journal now displays "NEW" notifications for unread entries.
• Yellow Mickey heads now appear next to completed sections in Jiminy's Journal, and will appear on the Journal tab of the menu when the entire Journal has been completed.
• Not-yet-encountered Heartless now appear as "????" in Jiminy's Journal.
• The cursor on the world map is now freely movable and snaps to nearby worlds, compared to the original in which the cursor was fixed upon the gummi routes.
• Pressing triangle with a world selected on the world map now displays gummi missions for the world, instead of just displaying the 3D model of the world like in the original game.
• Ansem's Reports 11, 12, and 13 were added to the game.
• Orichalcums can now be purchased at the Item Shop for 5000 Munny.
• The order of sections in Jiminy's Journal was changed.
• The color of Jiminy's Journal was changed from brown to blue.
• The artwork on the end screen of the game was replaced with the cover art of the Final Mix version (completing Jiminy's Journal on Proud difficulty shows a night version of the same artwork).

Gameplay

• Riku-Ansem's dark discs now damage him when reflected back to him with block.
• Party Member changes
  • Leveling tables (which abilities are learned at what level) were overhauled for Sora, Donald and Goofy, with Sora's leveling tables seeing the most change.
  • Level up stat increases were changed for Sora, Donald and Goofy, resulting in each character having different stats at level 100 compared to the original game.
  • Donald's revival time is 80 seconds.
  • Goofy's revival time is 60 seconds.
• Keyblade changes:
  • Fairy Harp's critical bonus was decreased by 2 and critical rate decreased by 0.5.
  • Wishing Star's critical bonus was decreased by 2.
  • Metal Chocobo's strength was decreased by 1.
  • Olympia's strength was increased by 1, critical bonus decreased by 2 and critical rate decreased by 0.5.
  • Lady Luck's strength was decreased by 1.
  • Divine Rose's strength was increased by 3.
  • Oblivion's critical bonus was decreased by 2.
  • Ultima Weapon's strength was increased by 2 and critical bonus decreased by 2.
• Staff changes:
  • Lord Fortune's strength increased by 1.
  • Violetta's strength was decreased by 2 and critical bonus increased by 2.
  • Wizard's Relic's strength was increased by 3.
  • Dream Rod's strength was decreased by 3.
  • Save the Queen's strength was increased by 1.
• Shield changes:
  • Genji Shield's strength was increased by 2.
  • Defender's strength was increased by 3.
  • Dream Shield's MP was increased by 1.
  • Save the King's strength was increased by 1.
• Accessory changes
  • Three Stars's defense was increased by 1.
  • Chaos Ring's defense was increased by 1.
  • Rune Armlet's defense was increased by 1.
• Ability changes
  • Critical Plus's AP cost was decreased to 2.
  • Blitz's AP cost was decreased to 2.
  • MP Rage's AP cost was increased to 3.
  • The amount of MP recovered from MP Rage was decreased to 1/5 of damage taken instead of 1/2.
  • MP Gift's MP cost was increased to 2.
  • Lucky Strike's AP cost was decreased to 2.
  • Trinity Limit's AP cost was decreased to 1.
  • Second Chance's AP cost was increased to 5.
  • Ars Arcanum's AP cost was increased to 4.
  • Strike Raid's AP cost was decreased to 2.
  • Ragnarok's AP cost was decreased to 3.
  • MP Gift's AP cost was increased to 2.
  • Charge's AP cost was decreased to 1.

Battle

Sora battling Unknown in Final Mix.

• A new optional boss, Unknown appear at the Castle Chapel in Hollow Bastion after the party reaches Final Rest.
• New Heartless were added to the game: Chimera, Gigas Shadow, Grand Ghost, Stealth Soldier, Pot Scorpion, Pink Agaricus, Jet Balloon, Missile Diver, Sniperwild, Black Ballade, Neoshadow, Destroyed Behemoth, Arch Behemoth, Red Armor, Sneak Army.

Storyline

• Several new cutscenes and text-box conversations were added to the game:
  • On the second day on Destiny Islands, Kairi can be seen crafting the Wayfinder out of Thalassa Shells, and she explains to Sora what it is in a new text-box conversation.
  • After Sora's fight against Leon in Traverse Town, Riku is shown to be lost in Hollow Bastion, calling out for his friends as Maleficent looks on.
  • After Sora speaks to Kairi in the underground waterway in Traverse Town, Riku is shown lost in the Realm of Darkness after Ansem, Seeker of Darkness took his body. There, he is assisted by King Mickey who reveals that he has the realm's Keyblade.
  • Prior to the Door to Darkness closing, flashbacks of Sora and Riku playing together as children are shown.
  • After Sora defeats Sephiroth, Cloud is seen walking in and beginning a duel against the one-winged angel.
  • The Princesses of Heart have new text-box dialogue in the Castle Chapel, commenting on the mysterious portal which leads to the Unknown fight.
  • Prior to fighting the Unknown, he is shown walking into the room and speaking to Sora cryptically and non-vocally. Sora's and Goofy's voice lines in this scene are recycled from the original game.

Bonus

• A new secret ending, Another Side, Another Story [deep dive] was added to the game and can be unlocked by completing Jiminy's Journal on Final Mix difficulty or sealing all keyholes and completing the Hades Cup on Proud difficulty. If the ending is unlocked, it plays in place of Another Side, Another Story... upon completing the game.

Changes in worlds

• The contents of almost all treasure chests in the game were altered or shuffled around, including chests received via Trinities.
• Traverse Town changes:
  • Pongo and Perdita now award Tech Boost for collecting 90 puppies instead of Mythril
• Deep Jungle changes:
  • Tarzan's starting AP was increased to 22.
  • Tarzan's revival time was decreased to 60 seconds.
• Olympus Coliseum changes:
  • Sora now learns Combo Plus for completing the Phil Cup solo instead of receiving a Mythril Shard
  • Sora now learns Tech Boost for completing the Phil Cup's time trial instead of receiving an AP Up.
  • Sora now receives an Orichalcum for completing the Pegasus Cup solo instead of Mythril.
  • Sora now receives Dark Matter for completing the Pegasus Cup's time trial instead of a Defense Up.
  • Sora now learns Critical Plus for completing the Hercules Cup solo instead of receiving an Orichalcum.
  • Sora now learns Gravity Break for completing the Hercules Cup's time trial instead of receiving a Power Up.
  • Sora now obtains Diamond Dust for defeating the Ice Titan.
  • Sora now obtains One-Winged Angel and Ansem's Report 12 for defeating Sephiroth.
• Agrabah changes:
  • Aladdin's starting AP was decreased to 22.
  • Sora now learns Zantetsuken and obtains Ansem's Report 11 for defeating Kurt Zisa.
• Halloween Town changes:
  • Jack Skellington's starting AP was increased to 17.
  • The Red Trinity at Oogie's Manor in Halloween Town is now accessible even after the Manor is destroyed. In the original game, if the Trinity was not collected prior to this point in the story, it would be permanently inaccessible.
• Neverland changes:
  • Peter Pan's starting AP was decreased to 26.
• Hollow Bastion changes:
  • Beast's starting AP was increased to 17.

External links

• Official website