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[[File:kh2_1524.jpg|frame|<small>[[Badass Longcoat|Badass]] [[Mickey Mouse]] and company.</small> ]]

 

{{quote|''The story is not over.''}}

 

 

 

The group re-visits many of the Disney worlds from the first game, often experiencing more of the familiar plotlines (and, in case of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', the straight-to-video sequel) or exploring different parts of the settings. Most of the minor gameplay complaints from the original were handily addressed, and the combat system was much improved.

Just like the first game, the game was a massive success, both critically and commercially. Like many Square games, it was re-released in Japan with English voices plus extra content, known as ''Final Mix''. (The game itself is properly ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix''. The collection of that and ''Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories'' is ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'''+'''''.)

 

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* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: Subverted with Groundshaker, Living Bones and Shaman Heartless.

* [[Actionized Sequel]]: The combat system's improvement allows for much more impressive battles, especially with some of the Reaction Commands.

* [[Adaptation Explanation Extrication]]: How Prince Eric knows Ariel's name even though she's mute at the time.

* [[Akashic Records]]: The Bookmaster Heartless drops this as a shield that Goofy can use. May also be a [[Genius Bonus]].

* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: Armored Xemnas uses all of the weapons used by Organization characters in KHII.

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Xemnas is either this, or playing some serious [[Xanatos Speed Chess]].

* [[Credits Medley]]: Combines "Sora", "Dearly Beloved", "Destati", and "Another Side" with an original theme.

* [[Crosshair Aware]]: Xigbar.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Demyx.

* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: Roxas.

* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: Timeless River - the only color is in the HUD, and even that's muted.

* [[Determinator]]: Subverted with Hercules.

* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: It's mentioned that if {{spoiler|Ansem's Kingdom Hearts Encoder}} explodes, anything could happen. {{spoiler|It transforms Riku back to his true self, weakens his dark powers, and teleports Ansem into the Realm of Darkness}}.

* [[Dual Boss]]: Volcanic Lord and Blizzard Lord.

** One of the final Hades Paradox Cup fights pits Sora (alone) against Cloud, Tifa, Squall and Yuffie, making it a ''[[Dual Boss|Quadruple Boss]]''...or a [[Wolfpack Boss]].

* [[Duel Boss]]: Sephiroth, Hercules, Luxord, {{spoiler|Roxas}} in Final Mix...

* [[Dull Surprise]]: Mena Suvari's performance as Aerith is often seen as this.

* [[Dumb Is Good]]: A lot of people complained that Sora seems much less intelligent in this game, as opposed to the first.

** Although averted at the end, when Sora has just beaten down {{spoiler|Xemnas}}, he ask Sora why {{spoiler|Nobodies}} should be destroyed. He then gives an entirely convincing lecture about [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|what measure a non-human is]], regarding their hearts and emotions. This speech was good enough to fool some of the players themselves! And what does Sora do? {{spoiler|He instantly dismisses it, because he knows that Xemnas has no emotions to speak of}}. [[Good Is Not Dumb|Good is not dumb indeed.]]

** Models for the Wyvern and Behemoth from the first game were also made at some point,as they can be seen in one of the early trailers.

* [[Easing Into the Adventure]]: The "Longest Prologue Ever" (which ranges around three hours normally, and five hours on Proud Mode.)

* [[Eldritch Location]]: The World that Never Was.

* [[Fake Difficulty]]: So, in order to finish off a boss or special enemy, you have to hit it with the finishing move of a combo. Makes sense, considering Sora is the only one who has said moves, and you want him to dispatch the big guns. But then, in the Hades Paradox Cup, you get pitted against Leon, Cloud, Tifa ''and'' Yuffie. ''Four'' major enemies, each tricky in their own way. Now, taking them down to the edge of defeat? Tricky, but, with a bit of discretion and tactical use of magic, not too difficult (though complicated by the fact that Cloud is apparently immune for some reason; another, smaller example of [[Fake Difficulty]]). However, trying to get a full combo so you can finish one of them off? Near IMPOSSIBLE, because you have to get in close to do so, and the other three characters won't let you get a combo going, much less complete one. And it's not like you can take them all down to 1 health, since they maintain full ability until hit by a finisher. This is the ONLY reason this boss is so difficult (it would be difficult anyway, of course, but not THIS difficult).

** Averted if you do actually use magic attacks, as they also count as finishers.

* [[Fighter Launching Sequence]]: The Gummi ships.

** On the whole, [[Half Arc Season|much less story progression takes place]] in the Disney-based worlds in KHII than in the first game, chiefly because the game goes out of its way to awkwardly follow the plotlines of the movies to the letter, even when - such as in the case of Atlantica - these events make ''no sense whatsoever in the context of the games''. Pretty much the only Disney-based worlds that avoid this are Beast's Castle, Olympus Coliseum, Disney Castle/Timeless River, and Space Paranoids.

* [[Five-Bad Band]]:

** Seifer and his group ''immediately'' take up arms against some random Nobodies, without having any clue what they are or what they want, {{spoiler|likely as a defense mechanism for the fake town.}}

*** Or that could just be what {{spoiler|the real Seifer}} does on a regular basis. Somebody has to protect the town from the Heartless infestation that occurred on a regular basis while Organization XIII wasn't fighting them. He doesn't know what it is or where it's from, but it's a monster, so he's going to fight it. He is the head of the Disciplinary Committee after all.

** But more importantly, {{spoiler|both virtual!Hayner and virtual!Seifer inadvertently ([[The Computer Is Your Friend|or perhaps not]]) cause Roxas to question his reality with lines like, "Make the most of the time we have," and, "I don't feel like cooperating with destiny." Other characters do the same, and the hints increase as time goes on.}}

* [[Grave Humor]]: Zero's grave in Halloween Town; though the grave itself is just a grave, Sora will say that Zero is usually sleeping here.

* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Queen Minnie's magic spells all fit in this category.

** King Mickey has several variations on the Pearl spell, a reference to the rename of Holy used for ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''.

* [[I Like Those Odds]]: Leon and Cloud do this during their [[Back-to-Back Badasses]] moment while surrounded and vastly outnumbered by Heartless.

{{quote|'''Leon:''' Think you can handle this many?

'''Cloud:''' What, you're fighting too? }}

* [[The Imp]]: Pete.

* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: The Ultima Weapon has great strength and magic, but requires a whole lot of synthesizing. The Fenrir is the single strongest Keyblade in the game, but requires you to beat Sephiroth.

** There is a ingredient that increases a synthesized items rank by one. It is necessary for the creation of the Ultima Weapon and can be applied to Goofy and Donald's highest level weapons making them Save The King/Queen+.

** Played straight by Sephiroth: "Only Cloud can eliminate me." Probably a [[Justified Trope]] as this version of Sephiroth is implied to be a physical manifestation of Cloud's inner darkness and as such, isn't really alive in the first place.

* [[Never Split the Party]]: One of the mini-games in the Hundred Acre Wood involves keeping all the characters together through a spooky cave.

* [[Non Dubbed Grunts]]: The ''[[Chain of Memories]]'' Organization members in ''Final Mix'', whereas the rest of the game reuses the North American version's English voice track.

* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: You get sent to the continue screen if Jack Sparrow dies in the battle against Barbossa.

* [[Series Fauxnale]]: Wraps damn near everything up and, aside from a post-credits [[Sequel Hook]], feels like a finale for the series' story. Of course, it's not.

* [[Shoot'Em Up]]: The Gummi ship levels.

** The giant Nobody that Roxas fights is called Twilight Zone in the Japanese version, obviously a reference to [[The Twilight Zone|the TV series of the same name]]. This ties in with the Darkside from the first game, a reference to ''Tales from the Darkside'', another anthology horror series.

** The role Yen Sid takes in the opening is pretty much based on the Wizard from [[Captain Marvel]]. Running a ghost train that takes the heroes to his home so he can give them new powers?

* [[The Time Traveller's Dilemma]]: Merlin alludes to it before the gang goes to the Timeless River; Donald's the only one who seems more than the slightest bit tempted.

* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: Roxas.

** Sora, Riku, and Kairi all get to do this. Riku and Kairi {{spoiler|get Keyblades}} and Sora gets to wield '''''two''''' Keyblades. Potentially three if you fight a certain Final Mix boss.

** Mickey. He had minor roles in ''I'' and ''Chain Of Memories'', but here? Proficiency with a sword and mastery of white magic? Mickey is a freaking ''Paladin''.

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