got it memorized

if they do it like FFVII AC, where they set the storyline some amount of time after the game, so they can do something original with it, then they MIGHT be able to do something with a movie. in terms of what to do with making it, i think it should be a CG movie type thing, at most. trying to do live action wouldn't work, imo. everything would go well except for the non-human disney characters (i.e. Donald, Goofy, King Mickey, etc.). that part i just don't see working out for some reason.

quite impressive thus far. i'm interested in seeing more.

i think between Sora and Ven/Roxas, there was enough of an influence from them on Namine that the only easily describable similarity between Namine and Kairi at this point is that they're both female.

it doesn't mention Riku, so my guess is that in this case Riku would still fall into darkness, and they would have allowed Kairi to have a strong enough heart to be a keyblade wielder, and we could possibly have played as her as both a princess of heart and a keyblade wielder. unless making her a keyblade wielder would have given SE reason to take away her status as a princess of heart, and give it to another Disney princess. this would have changed the game completely, though, as you said, who knows what it would be like if they followed through with the beta trailer into the completed game itself.

the battle system gets to me with gameplay sometimes. i'm most use to KHII and the reaction commands, so without those, i don't really use the moves like ragnorok and the like often, and it's even more button mashing on the X button then i usually do on KHII.

i don't think we have an answer to that just yet from anyone in SE (or at least, not that i've heard). i'm sure there are others with the same question you have.

the radiation could be potentially spreading at a steady rate, i think. it's spread far enough that people can't get in to dump water on the reactors that are on fire, unless they want to get hit with the radiation themselves. so we'll have to see what becomes of that to see what happens with surrounding towns/cities/people/whatever.

it's been 7 princesses of heart since KHI. while new princesses of heart could be entirely possible for all we know, i find it highly unlikely that they will change that 7 to another # when it's been like that for the whole series.

concerning the title of the game, i mostly see people theorizing about the "dream" and "drop" part. has anyone, like me, been trying to think of possibilities for the "distance" part?

shocking ending: Terranort shows up, he's as he was with MX's mind/heart in control, finds and battles Sora and Riku, gains the upper hand, and just as he's about to finish Sora and Riku, Kairi shows up out of nowhere with a keyblade, stabs Terranort in the heart, and uses her princess of heart abilities to save Terra and remove MX's heart from him, and brings out a weakened MX. he escapes, and recovers during events of KH3, and from there the keyblade crews of SKR and TAV fight and take out MX in KH3.

a mark of mastery exam is where two or more keyblade masters test the strength of will and ability with the keyblade of one or more apprentices they have taken under their wing. that is what Terra and Aqua were going through at the beginning of BBS, and what Sora and Riku will go through in Dream Drop Distance. even though Sora and Riku weren't working under any masters, they've been gaining experience on their own fighting the likes of Ansem SoD and Organization XIII.

interesting, i didn't know you could play as King Mickey in that many battles. probably because the only one i needed him in was against Xaldin. i've beaten everything else on that list first try.

thank you kinode... i read through you're other comment. your comment is fine, i don't think he was directing that at you.

-we will see Xehanort, we will most likely see Lea, based off of what i've seen in BBS i think we'll see Braig return, based off of cutscenes with AtW and Ienzo, Ienzo could possibly make a return with his connection to AtW, and i don't know why, but i feel like a return of Saix's somebody is possible. from there, i don't know for sure who will return -Xion is on the list of people who need to be "saved from their torture," so at this point i'm assuming somebody is going to remember in some way. -not sure about either part of this question, but i would like to see what Marluxia's sombody and Demyx's sombody are like. Larxene i could care less about. -i'll go with everyone else and say around the mid - 20's -was Roxas one of those people who said Sora's name in whatever ending scenes/secret ending that was? (BBS or Coded, can't think of which one) if so, then like Xion, hes's on that "saved from their torture" list, so we would see more from him in the coming future. -as someone else said here, the ability to wield a keyblade is based off of the strength of one's heart. seeing as Xemnas lacks a heart, that sorta takes away that qualification. and besides, if he could wield a keyblade, what would he need Sora and his keyblade for? Xemnas could just as easily have gone and made the artificial Kingdom Hearts himself if he had his own keyblade. -i would like to see another organization 13 with new members. perhaps with the up and coming return of MX (maybe?) one of these other "planted seeds" of MX's could be the rise of a new org. 13 type of group.

good for SE and other game company people involved. not so good for those who were affected. wish i could help those who did get hit by the quake and tsunami.

well, we don't know what system BBS V2 will be on, if it's released. people have been bouncing around with the ideas of the game going on the PSP and the game going on the NGP. if it's on the PSP, the space available sorta depends on how much space the absolute necessary storyline takes up. if on the NGP, we could potentially see a bigger space capacity to fit that stuff in. can they increase the space on what they have now? i don't know myself, the most up to date handheld console i have is the GBA, so i don't quite know what the PSP can or can't handle. Something that can add to the storage capacity of the game is to put it on 2 disks. *facepalm, slap myself in the face a few times* yup, two disks would do the trick lol. don't mind me and that post from last night/this morning (in my time zone) i was in sort of a caffeine high last night, and never got any sleep.

well, we don't know what system BBS V2 will be on, if it's released. people have been bouncing around with the ideas of the game going on the PSP and the game going on the NGP. if it's on the PSP, the space available sorta depends on how much space the absolute necessary storyline takes up. if on the NGP, we could potentially see a bigger space capacity to fit that stuff in. can they increase the space on what they have now? i don't know myself, the most up to date handheld console i have is the GBA, so i don't quite know what the PSP can or can't handle.

if Nomura wants multiple playable characters, i imagine he'll probably find a way to make it work. if BBS V2 does in fact come out and it covers enough ground to make it to the end of KHI's storyline and beyond, then Nomura could possibly fit King Mickey and Riku in there somewhere. if not, then who knows. i don't claim to know his plan's with BBS V2 right now, so i'll just have to sit back and watch what happens for now.

this is pretty old news, but good find, either way. playing with King Mickey is pretty fun. come to think of it, can you do this in other worlds as well, or only in that world against Xaldin? i can't seem to remember for whatever reason.

whatever happens with the final battle i'm hopping it'll be a difficult one, as a way to end the xehanort saga. i don't know about BBS, 358/2 Days, and Coded/Re:Coded (i don't have those games, or the consoles they're on for that matter), but with KHI, CoM/Re:CoM, and KHII, if you wanted to take the time to level the crap out of sora (and Riku in CoM), the final battles became pretty easy. i'd like to see a final battle that's difficult no matter what level you are. (unless you're one of those people who spam the party members with power and defense boosts, then it might be a bit easier either way).

i think a combination of the drive forms with the command board would be interesting. like we could combine attacks/spells in a menu and put them in one of two battle menus, then just hit right on the d-pad like in KHII and on the second battle menu you could have your drive forms and your summons.

same here, whenever that will be =P.

i just went and watched the trailer. when it's showing Riku and Ansem SoD, as it's zooming in on Ansem SoD, it when you see Xemnas' hair off to the side, the way the spikes in Xemnas' hair are pointing is leading me to believe they're both facing towards the open area, and not towards the fountain with the picture, but the rest look to me like they're facing opposite ways. so now i'm sorta confused?

^this. Roxas may be back with Sora now, but that doesn't mean anything will happen to him like with Roxas' headache/passing out, like you said.