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[[File:kh2_1524.jpg|frame|<small>[[Badass Longcoat|Badass]] [[Mickey Mouse]] and company.</small> ]]
{{quote|''The story is not over.''}}
'''''Kingdom Hearts II''''' is, as advertised, the second major game in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' [[Disney]]-[[Square Enix]] franchise.
Released in early 2006, it follows Sora and his friends after the events of ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories|Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]''. They're confronted by a group of "Nobodies"
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.
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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.
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* [[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.
* [[Adapted Out]]: Some parts and elements were removed from some Worlds, like [[The Little Mermaid (animation)|Atlantica]], [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Port Royal]], and the [[The Lion King|Pride Lands]].
* [[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.
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* [[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.
* [[Critical Existence Failure]]: Averted for bosses (and with certain abilities equipped, Sora), who can only be finally killed with a decisive blow like a combo finisher or a magic
* [[Crosshair Aware]]: Xigbar.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Demyx.
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* [[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]].
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Like the first game, some of the Keyblades had different (yet still English) names in the Japanese version. Mostly it seems they were changed because the originals sounded too [[Engrish
* [[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.]]
* [[Dummied Out]]: A [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|Notre Dame]] world and a [[Toy Story (franchise)
** 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.
** Models from Re:Chain of Memories are reportedly on the disc as well. The Final Mix version seems to support the idea that the missing members of Organisation XIII were originally made to be [[Bonus Boss
* [[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.
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* [[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.
* [[Field of Blades]]: [[The Stinger
* [[Fighter Launching Sequence]]: The Gummi ships.
* [[Filler]]: Several worlds don't progress the story at all; notably Agrabah, Halloween Town, Pride Lands, Atlantica and Land of Dragons (even the second visit to that world, which tried to not be filler, ended up pointless, with Xigbar's unhooding and Riku's appearance there [[
** 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]]:
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* [[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]]''.
* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: Not by much (hey it's a Disney game), but it's clear puberty hit Kairi like a truck under the schoolgirl uniform she wears.
* [[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?
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'''Cloud:''' What, you're fighting too? }}
* [[The Imp]]: Pete.
* [[Infinity-1 Sword]]: The Decisive Pumpkin and/or Sleeping
* [[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+.
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** 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.
* [[Never Trust A Title]]: This is not the second ''Kingdom Hearts'' game, but the third. And no, ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'' is not some unimportant side story: its plot directly leads into this one.
* [[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.
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* [[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.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Scrooge McDuck tries to make a business out of selling [[DuckTales (1987)|Sea-Salt ice cream]].
** 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?
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