

Square also revealed that data replicas of each member of Organization XIII could be challenged in a secret area at Hollow Bastion and fought independently of the storyline. 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 the Enigmatic Man 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. On Octoat D23 Expo it was announced that Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX contained Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix along with Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Re:coded as HD cinematics and was released on Octoin Japan and was released internationally 2 months later.Ĭhanges Initial previews and announcements 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.

In September 2006, Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix was finally announced, and released on March 29, 2007, hitting stores all across Japan. Though Tetsuya Nomura did not confirm its development, he stated that if a Final Mix version were to be created for other countries, he would use a "trump card". Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix was rumored in middle-late 2006.
