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There are two coats in χ / Uχ / χBC, but I can't 100% guarantee that those are two men. In the game, it's very obvious that there are two coats. That could mean either two different figures or the same man in two coats. Even though the possibility that it's the same man is small, I won't completely rule that out. In the trailer, there are three appearances of a guy in black coat. We can't see the zipper of the first two appearances but they're very likely to be the same person based on his voice and tone. For the third appearance, we can clearly see the zipper being pointy. That means it's the same coat (or person) as the coat of the presumed Luxu wears. Nomura may be referring to only one of them in the trailer. I can't say for sure. I'm gonna go with two people, with the pointy zipper being Luxu, and the one appearing before the Foretellers in the dream and monologuing in the trailer being the MoM.

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It's true that they do look very similar if not the same in their physical builds. But personally, their personalities and voices are way too distinct. The one speaking with Ira is so laid back and easygoing (whose zipper is pointy to me), similar to Luxu who's approached by Ava. The one speaking to himself about the world being full of light and darkness prevailing, is so different in terms of both personality and voice. It's not likely that he's pretending as another personality but I can't completely rule that out yet. Nomura also confirmed that the Master of Masters is the one wearing the black coat (or one of them). It's out of the question that he's lying. He has no right to mislead or trick us fans. He could be hiding something. He did say that the Master "has a sort of unusual mood to him", but Nomura then gave an example of the Master calling the Foretellers' names his own way. I'm not sure if this means that he has a "funny" personality like Luxu. As for the one watching King Mickey, you can refer to the thread here. http://kh13.com/forum/topic/98437-who-do-you-think-this-is-mom-6th-apprentice-or-gula/

Judging by the silhouette of the robe (it's darken), it's definitely Invi.

The one speaking with Ava, is confirmed to be Luxu through their conversation and also the conversation with Gula, Chirithy, Skuld, and the player. Hence, the one talking to the Foretellers in the dream should be the Master of the Masters. They have different zippers. He could be referring to the first two appearances of a guy in black coat in the Back Cover part of the trailer. To me, that guy (most likely the Master of the Masters) is totally different from the one speaking with Ira (Luxu). There is no way that Nomura could have lied. He shouldn't even do that. He has no right to trick or mislead us fans purposely as a developer. He's hiding something.

Yes, exactly. This also proves that the one talking to Ira in the E3 2016 trailer is Luxu.

Just found out something very interesting. The Master of Masters and Luxu have similar but different black coats. Luxu's zipper is pointy. If my vision is correct and fine, Ira is talking to Luxu in the E3 2016 trailer. My hypothesis is that the first two appearances of a guy in black coat in the trailer is the Master of Masters, being all serious and preferring darkness over light. He's also the one talking to the Foretellers in the dream. Luxu, on the other hand, is the type of the person which I don't know how to describe (what he does and his response while talking to Ira, and the way he sits and watches the whole place when Ava approaches him). He's following the Master with his given mission. So, there are two people wearing the black coat albeit not exactly identical. As for who's the one watching King Mickey at the rooftop, I have no idea who he is. EDIT: The one watching King Mickey is Invi, judging by the robe.

I think it's really "Ephemer". In Japanese, they don't have "r" so they use ラ(ra) most of the time. Hence, in romaji, Ephemer is "Efemera". Well, we'll see how they pronounce it when KH2.8 comes out.

So the official name should be "Ephemer" instead of "Ephemera" now, right?

Another translation (by Kayla Copeland). http://kh13.com/news/famitsu-includes-a-spread-on-kingdom-hearts-hd-28-final-chapter-prologue Another point from the same interview. The same point from KHInsider (translated by goldpanner): http://www.khinsider.com/news/Famitsu-Interviews-Nomura-on-KINGDOM-HEARTS-3-HD-2-8-FCP-Unchained-X-6667

No, it's definitely when more turns have passed (rotations between the enemies and you). http://www.khunchainedx.com/wiki/Special_Attack#Blitz_Raid

I don't think this has been asked before. We all know that Blitz Raid inflicts more damage the more turns have passed. However, when battling Raid Bosses, I notice that no matter how many turns have passed when the bosses are stunned, it shows "Turn 1" when you hold the "Info" button at the bottom-left corner. Because of this, I'm not sure if Blitz Raid does inflict more damage on Raid Bosses when more turns have passed. Can anyone help me with this?

Since your Aqua is the only one on Proud Mode and not on Critical Mode, you'll have to meet the criteria of Proud Mode. Just complete the Sticker Album with Terra, Ventus, and Aqua and you'll be able to unlock A Fragmentary Passage/Secret Episode. I'm not sure if you have to do it for all characters or just Aqua. You can try it with just Aqua and if it fails, then all three characters. You don't have to play any character all over again.

He's still a male. It's a joke, guys, given that he looks feminine in the new Dissdia Final Fantasy.

True, he did say "I do not claim to know the outcome of this venture, either. After all... Hearts are unpredictable." and "It's going to self-destruct, and anything could happen!" And about the summoning of Kingdom Hearts. Xehanort summoned it by turning his Keyblade into an orb and shot it into the clouds even before the χ-blade was created. I suppose it's related to his Keyblade being the most ancient one?

I see. So, it's possible that Ansem ended up at the Between side of the Dark Margin on the first time and confirmed to be at the Dark Margin within the RoD on the second time. I think it's possible that his Kingdom Hearts Encoder was the reason that he went closer to the RoD than the first time (since he was in the Realm Between before it exploded and was supposed to end up at the Between side of the Dark Margin) and the failure to encode the artificial Kingdom Hearts caused the explosion that brought him closer to the actual Kingdom Hearts (which is deep within the RoD) and somehow purified Riku of Ansem(SoD)'s darkness (probably due to Kingdom Hearts being the ultimate light?). I wonder what happened to Ansem after meeting Aqua as I've stated in my last post, Aqua was alone in the Dark Margin in the secret ending of KH3D. Alright, thanks. I apologize again for derailing the thread since the question asked by the thread-starter fill my mind with questions regarding the Dark Margin.

I see, I see. My apologies. I didn't know those were from the interviews and I didn't read many of the interviews especially the older ones. However, I'm still not convinced that Sora and Riku were at the opposite shore as Aqua and Ansem. I know the Dark Margin is the boundary line between the Realm of Darkness and the Realm Between but I don't think there are two sides of shores shown. Did Nomura mention about this? Yes, I know, in the Director's Secret Report XIII, Nomura said Sora and Riku were on the coast on the in-between side and were looking at the sea of the realm of darkness. But did he really mean that there are two sides of coasts of the Dark Margin? In both A Letter and Blank Points, the Dark Margin shown in those cutscenes have the exact same rock pattern stretching over the ocean but there may be a small difference on the rocks on the beaches, i.e. Ansem sitting on a rock while the scene of Sora and Riku does not have the rock (but the dream of Roxas does have the rock which Xemnas was sitting on). If there really are two sides of the Dark Margin (one at the side of the Realm Between and one at the side of the Realm of Darkness), how does that explain the bright moon near the horizon in both the cutscenes? Ansem also stated that he was banished to a hollow realm of nothingness, which should not mean directly in the Realm of Darkness. Though the weird part is that Sora and Riku didn't meet Aqua and Ansem right after Ansem's machine exploded. In Another Guardian of Light, Aqua seems to be alone in the Dark Margin. In this cutscene, the rock pattern is also the same but there's limited view on the beach to make out for the rocks there so I can't make a conclusion on that. By the way, I was wondering how Roxas can dream of a place like the Dark Margin if neither he, Ventus nor Sora had been to the place by the time Sora slept. Unless Roxas'd been to the place before but was never shown? The bright moon in the Dark Margin is a mystery. It doesn't look like Kingdom Hearts and there shouldn't be any light in the Realm of Darkness except for Kingdom Hearts, which is the ultimate light, and the Door to Light.

Ansem the Wise: "How long has it been since I met him? At least a year now, perhaps more..." The last time Ansem the Wise and Sora met each other was when his machine exploded. It's been at least a year Ansem spent his time in the Realm of Darkness before Aqua found him in the Dark Margin. The flow of time is different there though so the actual time passed in the Realm of Light and the Realm Between is unknown. There is only a side of the shore shown in the Dark Margin so far. In all the cutscenes the Dark Margin is shown, the setting and background of the place are the exact same. Another Side, Another Story [deep dive] (Roxas speaking with Xemnas in the secret ending of KHFM) Dreams Connected (Roxas speaking with Xemnas at the opening of KHII) A Letter (Sora and Riku arriving at the Dark Margin at the end of KHII) Day 27 — The Dark Margin (Roxas speaking with Xemnas in KHD) Blank Points (Aqua meeting Ansem the Wise in the secret ending of KHBbS) Every time the Dark Margin appear in the cutscenes, its setting and background is the same, especially the bright moon near the horizon. Yes, it's true that the Dark Margin is between Darkness and Between but only a side of the shore was shown so far. In the Director's Secret Report XIII, Nomura said that Sora and Riku were looking at an ocean in the Realm of Darkness from a beach in the Realm Between. In Secret Ansem's Report 3, Ansem the Wise states that he was "banished to a hollow realm of nothingness." In Blank Points, Ansem the Wise said "this is my second time on these shores." Sora and Riku walked from the Realm Between and ended up at the Dark Margin, which is the boundary between Darkness and Between. Ansem the Wise was banished and ended up at a place he called the "realm of nothingness" (the Realm Between but much closer to the Realm of Darkness, hence he obtained the power of darkness, thus it's somewhere between Between and Darkness) and he's been to the "shores" (the Dark Margin) a total of two times after his machine exploded. The same exact place. In the Director's Secret Report XIII again, Nomura stated that the Dark Margin is not strictly part of the Realm of Darkness. The Dark Margin is both part of the Realm Between and part of the Realm of Darkness. This also explains why Aqua is able to go there even though she's stuck in the Realm of Darkness. Nevertheless, one cannot escape anywhere in the Realm of Darkness (including the Dark Margin) unless one uses the Corridors of Darkness or summons the Door to Light somehow. Now, we still need answers on what happened to Ansem the Wise after his machine exploded, before meeting with Aqua in the Dark Margin at least a year later (Realm of Darkness time), as Sora and Riku did not see him in the Dark Margin. Speaking of which, what is that bright moon in the distant of the Dark Margin? Kingdom Hearts? Or something else? I hope this'll be explained in either KH0.2 or KHIII. Actually, KH0.2 leads to KHIII, not just after KHII. Though Aqua meeting Ansem is probably near the beginning of KHIII. We still don't know how the flow of time in the Realm of Darkness works. Faster, or slower than the time flow in the Realm of Light and the Realm Between? And how fast or how slow? There may be some other events happening right after that. Who knows? Oh yeah, where was it stated that the time flow in the Realm of Darkness is different? I forgot where I knew about it.

At least a year after the Kingdom Hearts Encoder exploded in Kingdom Hearts II. The time when A Fragmentary Passage (Secret Episode) occurs is probably immediately after Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep just like how Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage- intends to be. It then leads to around the time when the worlds fell into darkness the first time which is during Kingdom Hearts as shown by the fallen Castle of Dreams in the Realm of Darkness. KH0.2, on the other hand, leads to Kingdom Hearts III. There are currently many questions about the events in the Realm of Darkness throughout the entire period. Mickey went into the Realm of Darkness to obtain the Kingdom Key D and exactly how he got there is still unknown. What else happened there? Did he meet Aqua? It is implied that Aqua did not meet Ansem the Wise when he was banished there by his former apprentices. He was writing his reports there before gaining the power of darkness to escape. He had also been to the Dark Margin as stated in Blank Points. It seems that the Realm of Darkness is quite large enough for the two not to meet each other. It also seems that Ansem the Wise did not immediately land in the Dark Margin after his machine exploded since Sora and Riku were also sent there at the end of KHII and both Ansem the Wise and Aqua were nowhere to be seen. He must've landed somewhere else first before going to the Dark Margin and later found by Aqua at least a year later, as stated by him based on the time flow in the Realm of Darkness. (The flow of time in the Realm of Darkness is different.) Will all these be answered in KH0.2, or just partly, and to be continued in KHIII? Curious.

Right, I mixed up the drop rates. Yes, it depends on the HP and the Reaction Command changes each time. Reaction Command : HP percentage Capsule Prize : 100-75% Rare Capsule : 74-50% Limited Capsule :49-25% Prime Capsule : 24-01%

There are 3 chests in Twilight Town and it's 55 different materials types in KHIIFM so 13 in total obtainable from chests and Moogle Shops. So, just open all chests and collect all puzzle pieces to complete the puzzles for the rewards. This includes exploring the Cavern of Remembrance as well as getting the Remembrance materials from the Heartless in the place. Don't forget the Tranquility materials obtainable from Mushroom XIII. The drop rate of Orichalcum from Bulky Vendors is 10%/12%/16%/18% depending on the Reaction Command used.