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KINGDOM HEARTS II follows Sora, Donald, and Goofy on their continuing quest. Sora is looking for his lost friend Riku, while Donald and Goofy are searching for their missing king. The story begins in Twilight Town, a quiet burg nestled between night and day. Sora and friends are joined by a vibrant new cast of characters, including the king himself! Together, they will encounter countless dangers in worlds both familiar and brand-new.

* Features many of the worlds from the original KINGDOM HEARTS, plus new DISNEY worlds such as Port Royal (Pirates of the Caribbean), Beast’s Castle (Beauty and the Beast), The Land of Dragons (Mulan), Timeless River (Steamboat Willie), Pride Land (Lion King) as well as new original worlds
* Celebrity voice talent lending their voices including Haley Joel Osment, David Gallagher, Hayden Panettiere, Jesse McCartney, Brittany Snow, James Woods, Ming-Na and Zach Braff
* New and improved battle system allows an increased selection of commands, such as performing special attacks and cooperative attacks with members of your party, adding strategy to the gameplay
* The "Drive" where players can transform main character Sora and change into his various forms, altering his skills and abilities
* Revamped camera angles places you in the center of the action
* Completely new transportation system connecting the worlds in an attraction ride-like style
* Cameo appearances by popular FINAL FANTASY characters
* A large ensemble cast of DISNEY characters and a new cast of original characters designed by renowned artist Tetsuya Nomura

Rated: PG

Categories:
Adventure
Family
Role Playing

Added to Library: 3/10/2006

Kingdom Hearts II

BASIC CONTROLS
Directional Buttons Move Cursor on Screen. Change Command Selections.
X Button Confirm Selection. Press to Link Attacks Into Combos (With Attack Command Selected). Shortcut Command (With L1).
Triangle Button Activate Reaction Command When Displayed in Command Window. Save Game. Shortcut Command (With L1). Access World Map (Only at Some Save Points).
Square Button Use Equipped Ability. Shortcut Command (With L1).
Circle Button Cancel. Jump. Let Go (When Hanging). Use Equipped Ability. Shortcut Command (With L1).
L2 Button Hold With Right Analog Stick to Switch From Camera Control to Command Control. Hold With R3 Button to Confirm.
L1 Button Open/Close Shortcut Command
R2 Button Hold and Use Right Analog Stick to Switch Targets When Lock Is On. Freeze Camera (If Field Camera Set to Auto).
R1 Button Engage/Disengage Target Lock.
Start Button Open/Close Main Menu. Pause. Check Mission Objectives. Skip Cutscene.
Select Button Toggle First-Person View
Left analog stick (L3 Button when pressed down) Move Active Character. Move Cursor.
Right analog stick (R3 Button when pressed down) Rotate Camera. Change Command Selections (With L2 Held).
R3 Button Move View Behind Active Character. Center Camera on Target (When Locked). Confirm Command (With L2 Held).

WORLD MAP CONTROLS
Circle Button Speed Boost. Warp to Locked-on Area.
R1 Button Lock on
Start Button Check Jiminy's Journal. Save Game.
Right analog stick (R3 Button when pressed down) Change Locked-on Target

GUMMI SHIP CONTROLS
X Button Shoot: Hold to Lock on, Release to Fire a Lock-on Gummi (Semi-Auto Mode)
Triangle Button Slash (With Slash Gummi Equipped)
Square Button Change Teeny Ship EX-Formation
Circle Button Roll (Rotate Gummi Ship)
L2 Button Change Teeny Ship Formation
L1 Button Rotate Camera
R2 Button Change Teeny Ship Formation
R1 Button Rotate Camera
Start Button Pause Menu
Left analog stick (L3 Button when pressed down) Steer Gummi Ship

Cup Unlockables
The Paradox Cups can be played by talking to Hades in Hade's Chamber.

	Clear Disney Castle for the first time	Pain and Panic Cup
	Clear Agrabah, Halloween, and Pride Land for the first time	Cerberus Cup
	Clear Olympus Coliseum for the second time	Titan Cup
	Clear previous cups and beat the first fight with Xemnas	Goddess of Fate Cup
	Clear all the previous cups	Paradox Cups: Pain and Panic
	Except Final Form, Form levels must be at Lv. 5 and must unlock Paradox Cup: Pain and Panic	Paradox Cups: Cerberus Cup
	Summon level should be at Lv. 5 and have the Paradox: Cup Pain and Panic unlock	Paradox Cups: Titan Cup
	Clear all the previous cups, clear Space Paranoids for the second time, and have ALL forms and summons at Lv. 7	Paradox Cups: Hades Cup

Summons
Where to get each summon:

	In the 100 Acre Wood, after the world's second cutscene.	Chicken Little
	Defeat Volcano Lord and Blizzard Lord	Genie
	In the hallway to the computer room in Hollow Bastion, after you get Master Form.	Stitch
	In the ship graveyard in the second visit to Port Royal.	Peter Pan

Torn Pages
Torn Pages are required to play and complete all of 100 Acre Woods.

	In the Disney Castle's Library.	Torn Page 1
	In the Pride Lands at the Oasis	Torn Page 2
	In Hallow Bastion at the Crystal Fissure	Torn Page 3
	At the Land of the Dragons in the Throne Room	Torn Page 4
	At Agrabah at the Tower	Torn Page 5

Special Models
These are special models of gummi ships you can get by doing the certain gummi missions and getting S ranked on them.

	S-Rank: Assault of the Dreadnought Mission 1	Mushroom Model
	S-Rank: Asteroid Sweep Mission 2	Highwind Model
	S-Rank: Stardust Sweep Mission 2	PuPu
	S-Rank: Phantom Storm Mission 2	Tonberry
	S-Rank: Splash Island Mission 2	Moogle
	S-Rank: Floating Island Mission 2	Mandragora
	S-Rank: Ancient Highway Mission 2	Chocobo
	S-Rank: Broken Highway Mission 2	Cactuar
	S-Rank: Sunlight Storm Mission 2	Cait Sith
	S-Rank: Assault of the Dreadnought Mission 2	Fenrir
	S-Rank: Asteroid Sweep Mission 2	Kingdom Model
	S-Rank: Assault of the Dreadnought Mission 3	Secret Model

Instant Max Drive
If you want you drive bar maxed, all you have to do, is, Go to the Underworld tournament. Talk to Panic, after talking to him, A screen of all Tournaments pop up.

Go to any one, and once you enter the first battle, Your Drive Bar will be completely filled. Pause, and select quit. When you leave, your bar is still full.

This will help you level up forms and summons quicker.

Also, if you return to the world map while in a drive form you will have a full drive gauge.

Quick Summon/Form Levelling
In Space Paranoids, just use any form or summon, and let the form/summon meter count down until it's almost gone. Then, immediately board the Solar Sailer. Your form/summon will be cancelled, but your drive gauge will be returned to its original state. Ride the Solar Sailer, then use the form/summon again. After the ride is over, head back and all of the enemies will return. Repeat until forms and summons are maxed. Obviously, this will not work for Final Form, since there aren't any Nobodies in Space Paranoids, but the other forms and the summons can be levelled freely, without any pesky drive-gauge refilling. It's possible that this trick works in other areas, too, but I have not explored it (the Black Pearl is an idea though).

Also, to level summons specifically, the experience counter seems to increment when the summon meter ticks down a notch. If your timing is good, try to kill enemies with drive orbs right when the meter is going to drop a level. If you can keep the meter almost full as you collect the orbs, you can make it oscillate between two numbers, netting extra experience for your summons. With this, you can get over 30 exp every time you use a summon.