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Count the letters. I'm pretty sure he's entering the apprentices names along with 'Another' in KH2FM. I've checked this before. >>

Kyaaaaaa. *w* It's funny, because, I actually heard about Xehanort's Keyblade being shown over a day before anyone posted about it on either site, but.... I'd gotten it from a Chinese site and I wasn't entirely sure on how to translate it (because it otherwise covered everything else the same as every other report so far had). I'm glad to see it with my own eyes instead of just reading about it. That's the DTD room, right? >3

Google disagrees. http://www.google.co...h?hl=en&q=kirinIt's a fictional animal. A giraffe was brought into China and they thought it might be what they mythological creature was referring to, but it existed even prior to that as a chimera-like creature. Lion's mane, dragon's face, ox feet, deer shaped body... and its usually covered in chromatic fish scales. Japan's interpretation of it is more deer-like and the original Chinese interpretation is more dragon-like. This is my favorite mythological animal. These things also tend to hop around or step lightly while walking so they don't disturb the ground. I can see how one would make a connection with Riku's creature and the Japanese unicorn-equivalent. It's an easy misinterpretation but I'm absolutely sure this is what the report was referring to.

If you go to the official site and look closely at the banner I sort of see TWO versions of the same symbol. And I think this makes sense now: one is rounded, one is sharp. One is good, one is bad. They're probably even different colors. But they still represent the same 'thing'. It is very interesting that Riku has on him. I do hope he's not taking sides again. Boy should know better than to get wrapped up in things, who knows who you can trust. Especially when they look cute one minute but could eat your face off the next.

I think the misinterpretation of unicorn to deer here comes in the fact Japanese unicorns are qillin/kirin and they are deer unicorn. >_> (THAT said, it looks like it has antlers like a mini elk to me.)

vid 1: http://www.gamespot.com/events/tgs-2011/video.html?sid=6334971 vid 2: http://www.gamespot.com/events/tgs-2011/video.html?sid=6334973 Gameplay of Riku's side, thank you Gamespot. @_@ Riku's vest only has yellow on the sides. It's white on the back. And it has the new symbol ON IT. What does it mean?

I listened to it for a few seconds and then went 'Oh, yeah, I've heard this': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isv3Ll-PyIU

I've already expressed this notion to my friends, but... perhaps Sora and Riku look the way they do because this is a dream adventure. They would be appearing as a 'perfect' or more 'idealistic' them. (I believe this to be similar to how Xehanort's Heartless chose his looks. He wanted to look that way because it suited him best.) I think the dream-state is a perfect way for them to be tested... and for them to solve important problems at the same time. In dreams, we act more spontaneously with our decision making. We are definitely more pure to our thoughts and choices, truly following our heart, and logic need not get in the way. We can also do things we can't in reality - so long as we remember we are dreaming, we can always be victorious. But if we forget, even when things seem wildly impossible, we will freeze up and we will lose. If dream is the theme, I assure you, nightmares are entirely relevant. -w- I also believe that there's a possibility they could meet sleeping and trapt persons in a dream world. Riku could easily be shown visions of apprentice!Xehanort's past to help figure out what they're dealing with. Dreams take place in the mind. If he can hop into other minds, he really could help Terra wage a mental battle with Master Xehanort. First, yes, the Mastery test. But they'll be picking up the skills they need in the test to do their actual mission to save the world - in the same other reality, the dream reality, where they were tested. This is just what I believe.

If they're nice they'll back us up with a trailer a week or two after the event on the website. I think that's what happened with Birth by Sleep. We had one event where absolutely no one got in to show footage of it but then the site updated.

As a friend just put it... they could be spirit guides for the dream world they're moving around in? I don't know what to make of it yet. >_> (They've got names but they're cropped out of the picture, so... we'll find out eventually.)

Just found an even clearer image of the poster. http://gamerabbit.jp...20110915_02.jpg And some other stuff from gamerabbit.jp: http://gamerabbit.jp.../tgs2011-5.html Won't bother linking them all here. But go grab the images. =3 There are a handful of new ones. Probably most importantly this one: http://gamerabbit.jp/2011/09/15/tgssqex_20110915_14.jpg Although its hard to make out, I do believe one of the new creatures has a symbol on its tummy.

No need to surrender when I was never big on fighting in the first place. Darkness has its place... and isn't painfully blinding.

It's got some similarities, but its still too much of a stretch to compare their outfits. I also worry over Riku dying. Going out like Axel sort of dying, to protect Sora or Kairi. T___T And because I'm a huge fan of angsty plot twists I really hope Xehanort isn't done ruining his life yet, either.

Nice guys aren't always as they seem? I think it would bring a reoccurring theme across nicely. I actually had the pleasure of rewatching Treasure Planet a month or so ago. =3

Please quote at least one example of the word 'soul' ever being used in relation to Kingdom Hearts, whether its from the in-game script or a Tetsuya Nomura interview. As far as I know, souls have never even been mentioned. And if it has, I'd really like to know about it. I'm not entirely arguing about the Namine point. However, Namine was found in an entirely different location than Roxas and that's a crazy point to explain anyway. In fact, Namine was found in Castle Oblivion, a place above all others it'd make sense for Roxas to be found because of Ventus. But he wasn't. And by all means, perhaps, just maybe, he was there before Twilight Town and for the few minutes Sora was a Heartless and Roxas may have been more than we see of him, he left Castle Oblivion for some reason. It's plausible, anyway. There's no solid proof to any theory about Namine being created prior to Kairi's recovery, so I'm not going to defend it. It was just another one of those possibilities. Afterall, she was found in a different location. I also have a feeling she was found first but I don't know if that was ever actually said or not. And even if she was found first, that could very well just be because they're in two different spots and Castle Oblivion was someplace the Organization was already searching through and Twilight Town just wasn't where they already were. *shrug* But, no, really, for my own sake - souls? Really? Where? That's not something I should have missed. Souls are one of those things everyone thought would be relevant to Birth by Sleep but it turned out otherwise. There's still a chance for it to be present in the series, but everyone hunted that down real good. If anyone ever had something to back up any theory regarding souls with the game's canon, everyone would have been on it by now. So... were souls mentioned anywhere?

More importantly, try and freeze around 0:15. We see the red and the wonky yellow shoes and the other thing in our minds is KH1 Sora. But I see a band of silver and then black that extends below the knee. This is more like Limit Form Sora in KH2FM or perhaps a completely new design. Or I think I may be hallucinating... -__- It doesn't seem to look like it anywhere but right there. So... what do you think? Maybe I'm just staring at the bottom of his shoe somehow.

Vanitas Sentiment No Heart (haven't gotten to fight him, but the musiiiiiiic. ) Vanitas Aqua's Terranort battle Mysterious Figure (oddly just not as fun as the others...) Master Xehanort and then Terranort immediately after (counting as one) Mimic Master Zack Capt. Hook. () that annoying large jelly you fight with Ventus right before getting into Deep Space

I noticed I could vote for more than one. My real vote is Master Xehanort, but I voted for Kairi just for lulz. Surprisingly, she has nearly as many votes as MX. Lol! (No really, princesses shouldn't have Keyblades. She's gonna kick butt once she masters that thing.)

Hard to make out but looks very much like Donald on top and Goofy below that. Figures~ *sigh* I thought maybe if they were far enough along to give a demo they could have at least shown a trailer. And hey, not even a new one, why not the one from before? But... oh well. Maybe later this week.

Right, although that was a very unique case... Master Xehanort's heart was removed from his body but it didn't go into the dark, it went into Terra. Interestingly, 'Ansem, Seeker of Darkness' matches up well with this, as when Apprentice Xehanort lost his heart, 'his' Heartless seems to be a two-set masterpiece with the Guardian and all. Whether or not Master Xehanort inside was a Heartless all along or didn't become one until Terra's heart officially left his body is debatable, but either way he showed an interesting connection to the Heartless when they first began appearing in Radiant Garden. As for this creating a Nobody... Kairi was never capable of falling into darkness herself, but her heart still left her body to be with Sora. So somewhere between the automatic assumption you 'lose your heart, it falls to darkness' and you get a Heartless and a Nobody... its actually a two-step process in my mind, and completely backwards. You lose your heart, you get a Nobody. It falls to darkness, you get a Heartless. If it doesn't fall, or cannot fall because of princess status, you're simply not going to get a Heartless, but you still have a Nobody. And just because your heart returns to your body, or any body, it doesn't mean your Nobody just goes away. Kairi restored Sora's heart in Hollow Bastion, afterall.** This very easily means that Namine appeared the moment her heart left her body to go to Sora, not when it left Sora's body to return to Kairi. In any case... the Birth by Sleep Final Mix extra boss 'No Heart' = MX's Nobody, perhaps? And yet I do not doubt that Xemnas is 'Terranort's Nobody, not simply Terra's. With that thought in mind, the logistics of hearts leaving bodies and having to take into account when, where, why and how a Nobody takes on the form it does... well that's still in the works. Sora and Xehanort are very unique cases and while their experiences can be compared, there's just no comparing some very important details.** **Why does Sora's Nobody look like Ventus and not Sora? If Sora doesn't have a Nobody that looks like him, why can't Xehanort have two? Roxas is very much Sora + Ven in the same way I believe Xemnas is Terra + Xehanort. Not just Terra, definitely not just Sora or Ven. Their hearts were one in their original bodies, and the body was influenced by both. The Nobody is tied to both hearts. **I keep using these to tie things together, but... as it was, Sora's heart was returned to the body. Was Ven's heart returned to Sora's body? The imbalance ever after in Sora (anti!form) makes me assume most definitely not (and while Roxas rejoined with Sora at the start of KH2, that doesn't necessarily mean Ven's heart returned). It was perhaps at this early point, a matter of minutes after his creation, that Roxas changed to the mute state he was for so long, seemingly to entirely have forgotten his past, leading him to be so curious to pursue after information on Sora all because Sora's heart was rescued from the dark. (He may have even looked like Sora prior to Sora having his heart restored.) This leads me to my final conclusion... the other Organization members remember their past excluding Xion (who isn't a Nobody proper), Roxas (who is missing his connection to Sora because Sora was restored), and Xemnas. Perhaps Xemnas is missing his full memory because Master Xehanort does indeed have a separate Nobody. Effectively he would have had one prior to his heart leaving A body again, not, but effectively, yes. Or it could also have something to do with the recent defeat of 'Ansem, Seeker of Darkness'. Whatever the reason, these things are all connected. And there's still one glaring flaw in all of it, so before I get jumped on about it: Riku's heart left his body. But his body didn't fade away. He does not have a Nobody. It is not simply about the heart leaving the body and falling into darkness. However, Kairi's heart left her body and her body didn't fade away. She DOES have a Nobody. Neither have Heartless. Kairi because her heart is far from compatible with darkness and Riku... well, he's just lucky, isn't he? There was no heart inside Kairi, but... inside Riku... there was 'Ansem, Seeker of Darkness'. Riku's body was never alone without a heart inside it, while Kairi's was. This implies 'Ansem', Xehanort's Heartless counts as a heart. o3o So... really, all cases are too different to draw exact conclusions on some points. If it can be made more clear, it probably will, so long as its important. These guys all seem to be exceptions to the basic rules of Nobody-ness. **Probably going to get a lot of unnecessary arguing about different points I've brought up because I seem to be in unpopular opinion-ville with my way of looking at things, but... whatever. I don't feel like discussing it with anyone. I just wanted to let the original poster to know my two cents.**

I doubt a 'Birth by Sleep Vol 2' would take that as its actual name. If a new KH game were to be announced I think it would have to be under an entirely unheard of title. *shrug*

I like Rob's theory the best. =3

I've visited on my PSP before, but it was a while ago. It's interesting to know I'm not the only one.

......the separate RAM usage for each tab I find to be a good thing. It's more efficient and runs faster. My experience with Firefox was having one tab freeze and having to close the entire program. And, not only is it frozen, it just keeps sucking more and more RAM into a blackhole until the whole browser is shut down. If something goes wrong with a tab I'd rather just close one than the whole browser. My vote is on Chrome. Always. I just got my gf to convert to using Chrome after using Firefox for years. It doesn't lag down her old Windows nearly as much. I use Chrome on Windows 7 and previously on Vista. I just didn't like having to wait for Firefox to start up and even when it was open it ran slower than Chrome. Maybe I'll try Firefox again if it really isn't as slow as it definitely used to be. People can write these articles on speed tests all they like but in the end, they're just biased. And, really, people can like whatever browser they want. They should test them all out and find one that works with their computer the best.

We never get concrete answers but it's always interesting (and scary) to see when people's early theories end up being spot on. We'll get a few small details that can leave us with facts. They may not be plot-relevant facts, but they're still important things... who is involved, even if not how, where things are taking place, even though we know not what's taking place there.