Kingdom Hearts II

[EdenMaster]

KH2 is probably my most anticipated game coming up in the near future, and I've been looking forward to it for a while. Now that it's only about a month away, I thought a thread would be appropriate. We can post...news and stuff.

I'll list the things I know about it so far:

• First off, It seems there will be a mixture of old worlds as well as new. It seems that Olympus Coliseum, Agrabah, and Hollow Bastion will return among others, with newcomers such as Mulan, The Lion King, Steamboat Willie (Mickey's 1920 B&W debut), and Pirates of the Caribbean.
  
• While Sora, Donald, and Goofy return, it seems that the first few hours of the game will not feature any of them. Seems the beginning of the game is played as Roxxas, some blonde twerp that, to my knowledge, we don't know too much about right now. My guess is the part of the game with Roxxas will be similar to the Destiny Islands part of KH1, a training area where you can get a feel for the game without jumping right in.
  
• Final Fantasy cameos abound once again. Cloud, Leon, Yuffie, Aerith, everyone is back. Sephiroth will no longer be simply an optional sideboss. Word has it that he'll be worked into the story this time around, and its been said that he's even tougher than he was in KH1. Damn. I couldn't even beat him at Lv. 75.
  
• In what is, without question, the most awesome thing to happen to video games since sliced bread, Auron of FFX fame will not only make an appearance, and not only use his original voice actor, but will even join your party to battle Hades in the underworld. Excuse me while I change my pants.
  
• The combat system has been overhauled. Now with more strategy than the simple hack-n-slash mechanics of the original. The camera is also going to be a little less finnicky too.
  
• You may have seen screens of "White Heartless". While the Heartless remain, these white beings are actually called Nobodies, and how they fit into the storyline is, to my knowledge, still unknown.
  
• Sora will be able to merge with one or both other party members to take on a new form to fight under. For instance, fusing with Donald and Goofy turns him into Master Form Sora, who weilds two Keyblades!
  
• The Gummi Ship may actually be fun to fly this time around. The flying bits are going to be much faster, the courses more varied, and the enemies will be tougher. They have even promised enemies that take up the whole screen. Can you imagine StarFox-style Gummi Ship boss battles?
  

Feel free to add, for I know I've forgotten things. Man, I want this game.