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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''Kingdom Hearts II'' remains as the only game of the franchise with a Spanish dub in a similar case that of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. However, the 2.5 compilation release did not include it and the dub only remains in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game copies. It's highly unlikely that the dub will ever be available again in any following re-releases as other titles of the franchise did not receive one plus the fact that the 2.5 Final Mix includes new scenes. Though Website/YouTube users have edited compilation videos of the games' remastered HD scenes with the [=PS2=] game's dub.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''Kingdom Hearts II'' remains as the only game of the franchise with a Spanish dub in a similar case that of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. However, the 2.5 compilation release did not include it and the dub only remains in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 Platform/PlayStation2 game copies. It's highly unlikely that the dub will ever be available again in any following re-releases as other titles of the franchise did not receive one plus the fact that the 2.5 Final Mix includes new scenes. Though Website/YouTube users have edited compilation videos of the games' remastered HD scenes with the [=PS2=] game's dub.
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* ColbertBump: ''Film/{{Tron}}'' got a lot of exposure due to the inclusion of a world based on it, which in turn helped it get a sequel in ''Film/TronLegacy'' 5 years after ''Kingdom Hearts II'''s release, which itself would get a world in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsDreamDropDistance''.

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* ColbertBump: ''Film/{{Tron}}'' got a lot of exposure due to the inclusion of a world based on it, which in turn helped it get a sequel in ''Film/TronLegacy'' 5 years after ''Kingdom Hearts II'''s release, which itself would get a world in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsDreamDropDistance''.''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''.
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** Xemnas was going to have two more forms for the final battle, the [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/4/49/King.jpg "King" and "Centaur"]]. They would have him apparently breaking up and surrounding himself with chunks of the Dark City to create something akin to the giant dragon that is fought in the final game.

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** Xemnas was going to have two more different forms for the final battle, the [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/4/49/King.jpg "King" and "Centaur"]]. They would have him apparently breaking up and surrounding himself with chunks of the Dark City to create something akin to the giant dragon that is fought in the final game.



** Setzer's cameo was originally filled by Rufus Shrina from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Nomura realized that the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' representation already skewed pretty heavily towards ''VII'', so he told scenario writer Kazushige Nojima to use Setzer specifically because he was from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.

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** Setzer's cameo was originally filled by Rufus Shrina from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Nomura realized that the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' representation already skewed pretty heavily towards ''VII'', so he told scenario writer Kazushige Nojima to use Setzer specifically because he was from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. Unfortunately, the lack of significant alteration to the part resulted in many finding Setzer wildly out-of-character.
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* OneTakeWonder: Reportedly, Creator/ChristopherLee insisted on only doing a single read-through for his lines and then walking out of the studio due to his busy schedule.

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* OneTakeWonder: Reportedly, Creator/ChristopherLee insisted on only doing a single read-through for his lines and then walking out of the studio due to his busy schedule. As the voice director noted (and fans tend to agree), the single takes were all Lee needed to do anyway since he nailed the delivery every time.
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** A scene of the trio beating off a gaggle of Neoshadows and chasing after a black-coated man on the outside wall of Hollow Bastion, and the world looked exactly like how it was back in the first game.



** Deep Dive is not a scene used in ''Kingdom Hearts II''. It would instead be used in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2''.
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* ColbertBump: ''Film/{{Tron}}'' got a lot of exposure due to the inclusion of a world based on it, which in turn helped it get a sequel in ''Film/TronLegacy'' 5 years after ''Kingdom Hearts II'''s release.

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* ColbertBump: ''Film/{{Tron}}'' got a lot of exposure due to the inclusion of a world based on it, which in turn helped it get a sequel in ''Film/TronLegacy'' 5 years after ''Kingdom Hearts II'''s release. release, which itself would get a world in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsDreamDropDistance''.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/{{Tokyopop}}'s original English release was this after only two volumes, thanks in part to a resturucturing of the company. When Tokyopop went under for a few years, it was uncertain on whether the manga would continue in the states. Fortunately, Creator/YenPress came to the rescue.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/{{Tokyopop}}'s original English release was this after only two volumes, thanks in part to a resturucturing restructuring of the company. When Tokyopop went under for a few years, it was uncertain on whether the manga would continue in the states. Fortunately, Creator/YenPress came to the rescue.
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** The game was planned to feature battles against all of the Organization members in the Coliseum, but they had to be dropped due to lack of time. This was re-imagined into the Data battles found at the end of the Cavern of Rememberance in the ''Final Mix'' version.

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** The game was planned to feature battles against all of the Organization members in the Coliseum, but they had to be dropped due to lack of time. This was re-imagined into the Data battles found at the end of the Cavern of Rememberance Remembrance in the ''Final Mix'' version.

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* TheOriginalDarrin:
** In the first ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' game, Hercules was played by Creator/SeanAstin, and the Mayor of Halloween Town by Creator/JeffBennett. Here in ''II'', Astin and Bennett are replaced by Creator/TateDonovan and Creator/GlennShadix, the original actors from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' cast member Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes returns to the role of Prince Eric for the first time ever, having been replaced by Creator/JeffBennett in the TV series and Creator/RobPaulsen in the sequel.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** Creator/RichardEpcar replaces Creator/BillyZane as Ansem, Seeker of Darkness.
** Creator/MaeWhitman replaces Creator/ChristyCarlsonRomano as Yuffie, Creator/DougErholtz replaces Creator/DavidBoreanaz as Leon, and Mena Suvari replaces Music/MandyMoore as Aerith.
** Creator/GeorgeNewbern replaces Lance Bass as Sephiroth.
** Meaghan Jette Martin replaces Brittany Snow as Naminé in the ''II.5 Final [=ReMIX=]'' version, but only for the new and expanded scenes that weren't in the original [=PS2=] version. Brittany Snow's lines are otherwise intact.
** Several Disney characters were given this treatment from their source material, at least one in every world. Agrabah (Genie), Beast's Castle (Lumiere),[[note]]His original VA Jerry Orbach had passed away prior to the games release [[/note]] The Land of Dragons (Mushu), and Olympus Coliseum (Phil) are all missing only one of their original voice actors each, though all are replaced by their official [[TheOtherDarrin other Darrins]]. Simba, Shenzi, Nala, Scar and Timon from Pride Lands do not have their original actors back, nor do Flounder and Sebastian in Atlantica, the MCP and Sark for Space Paranoids, or anyone at all in Port Royal, 100 Acre Wood, and Timeless River. However, most of them are replaced by their official other Darrins, meaning those voices are reprised. Simba and Mushu are mixed cases- their voice actors in KH provided the singing voices in the movies for their characters ([[https://youtu.be/LF10eEFpLrc?t=3m54s apparently, in Mushu's case]]). Of note is that this game marks the debut of Travis Oates as the official voice actor for Piglet, replacing the late John Fiedler, who voiced him in the first game and was his original voice actor since his first animated appearance in 1968.



** Tate Donovan, the original voice actor for Hercules, reprises his role after not coming back for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''.

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** Tate Donovan, the original voice actor for Hercules, reprises his role after not coming back for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''. Susan Egan also returns as Megara.



* TheOriginalDarrin:
** In the first ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' game, Hercules was played by Creator/SeanAstin, and the Mayor of Halloween Town by Creator/JeffBennett. Here in ''II'', Astin and Bennett are replaced by Creator/TateDonovan and Creator/GlennShadix, the original actors from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' cast member Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes returns to the role of Prince Eric for the first time ever, having been replaced by Creator/JeffBennett in the TV series and Creator/RobPaulsen in the sequel.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** Creator/RichardEpcar replaces Creator/BillyZane as Ansem, Seeker of Darkness.
** Creator/MaeWhitman replaces Creator/ChristyCarlsonRomano as Yuffie, Creator/DougErholtz replaces Creator/DavidBoreanaz as Leon, and Mena Suvari replaces Music/MandyMoore as Aerith.
** Creator/GeorgeNewbern replaces Lance Bass as Sephiroth.
** Meaghan Jette Martin replaces Brittany Snow as Naminé in the ''II.5 Final [=ReMIX=]'' version, but only for the new and expanded scenes that weren't in the original [=PS2=] version. Brittany Snow's lines are otherwise intact.
** Several Disney characters were given this treatment from their source material, at least one in every world. Agrabah (Genie), Beast's Castle (Lumiere),[[note]]His original VA Jerry Orbach had passed away prior to the games release [[/note]] The Land of Dragons (Mushu), and Olympus Coliseum (Phil) are all missing only one of their original voice actors each, though all are replaced by their official [[TheOtherDarrin other Darrins]]. Simba, Shenzi, Nala, Scar and Timon from Pride Lands do not have their original actors back, nor do Flounder and Sebastian in Atlantica, the MCP and Sark for Space Paranoids, or anyone at all in Port Royal, 100 Acre Wood, and Timeless River. However, most of them are replaced by their official other Darrins, meaning those voices are reprised. Simba and Mushu are mixed cases- their voice actors in KH provided the singing voices in the movies for their characters ([[https://youtu.be/LF10eEFpLrc?t=3m54s apparently, in Mushu's case]]). Of note is that this game marks the debut of Travis Oates as the official voice actor for Piglet, replacing the late John Fiedler, who voiced him in the first game and was his original voice actor since his first animated appearance in 1968.
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** Creator/MingNaWen, BD Wong, Harvey Fierstein, Gedde Watanabe, Jerry Tondo, and Creator/PatMorita reprise their roles as Mulan, Shang, Yao, Ling, Chien-Po, and The Emperor in the Land of Dragons; it was the last voice role for Morita, as he had died a few months before the game released.

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** Creator/MingNaWen, BD Wong, Harvey Fierstein, Gedde Watanabe, Jerry Tondo, and Creator/PatMorita reprise their roles as Mulan, Shang, Yao, Ling, Chien-Po, and The Emperor in the Land of Dragons; it was the last voice role for Morita, as [[PosthumousCredit he had died a few months before the game released.released]].
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" DubInducedPlothole: The localization regarding the explanation of Naminé's birth in the Secret Ansem Reports has caused many to believe that Sora's body had split between her and Roxas or, at least, that she was born with an extra created part of Sora's body - aka they believe she is "technically" the "Nobody of Kairi '''and Sora''' " - when in actuality Sora's body was used as an ''intermediary to gain her own physical form as a Nobody out of nothing''. If the former aspect was true, then there are many major plotholes that comes up with some of them being why Sora didn't absorb Namine during Chain of Memories/Days and how Kairi was able to absorb Naminé's entire being at the end of KHII as it brings up the notion that Kairi is now part Sora or was secretly part Sora all along which brings up other issues regarding the [[SurpriseIncest growing relationship]] [[AlternateSelfShipping between Sora and Kairi]]. The localization varies throughout all the explanation of Naminé's birth in which it unfortunately makes it seem as if the former aspect is true when, in a direct translation of all the ultimanias and game reports, they always used the same phrase when describing how she was born.
->'''Secret Ansem Report 10[localization]:'''Naminé emerged as Kairi's Nobody...but the body necessary to exist as a Nobody belonged to Sora,
->'''Secret Ansem Report 10[direct translation]:'''Naminé emerged as Kairi's Nobody...but was ''born through the medium of Sora's body and soul''.
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" DubInducedPlothole: The localization regarding the explanation of Naminé's birth in the Secret Ansem Reports has caused many to believe that Sora's body had split between her and Roxas or, at least, that she was born with an extra created part of Sora's body - aka they believe she is "technically" the "Nobody of Kairi '''and Sora''' " - when in actuality Sora's body was used as an ''intermediary to gain her own physical form as a Nobody out of nothing''. If the former aspect was true, then there are many major plotholes that comes up with some of them being why Sora didn't absorb Namine during Chain of Memories/Days and how Kairi was able to absorb Naminé's entire being at the end of KHII as it brings up the notion that Kairi is now part Sora or was secretly part Sora all along which brings up other issues regarding the [[SurpriseIncest growing relationship]] [[AlternateSelfShipping between Sora and Kairi]]. The localization varies throughout all the explanation of Naminé's birth in which it unfortunately makes it seem as if the former aspect is true when, in a direct translation of all the ultimanias and game reports, they always used the same phrase when describing how she was born.
->'''Secret Ansem Report 10[localization]:'''Naminé emerged as Kairi's Nobody...but the body necessary to exist as a Nobody belonged to Sora,
->'''Secret Ansem Report 10[direct translation]:'''Naminé emerged as Kairi's Nobody...but was ''born through the medium of Sora's body and soul''.
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** In the first ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' game, Hercules was played by Creator/SeanAstin, and the Mayor of Halloween Town by Creator/JeffBennett. Here in ''II'', Astin and Bennett are replaced by Tate Donovan and Glenn Shadix, the original actors from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.

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** In the first ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' game, Hercules was played by Creator/SeanAstin, and the Mayor of Halloween Town by Creator/JeffBennett. Here in ''II'', Astin and Bennett are replaced by Tate Donovan Creator/TateDonovan and Glenn Shadix, Creator/GlennShadix, the original actors from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.
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** On the ''Final Fantasy'' side, Creator/HideoIshikawa and Matt [=McKenzie=] reprise their roles as Auron from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' in Japanese and English, respectively.
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** A scene of the trio beating off a gaggle of Neoshadows and chasing after a black-coated man on the outside wall of Hollow Bastion, not to mention the world looked exactly like how it was back in the first game.

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** A scene of the trio beating off a gaggle of Neoshadows and chasing after a black-coated man on the outside wall of Hollow Bastion, not to mention and the world looked exactly like how it was back in the first game.



* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/{{Tokyopop}}'s old translation of the first two volumes are pretty much this, especially after Creator/YenPress made a whole new translation.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/{{Tokyopop}}'s old translation of the first two volumes are pretty much this, especially after Creator/YenPress made a whole new translation.
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* TalkingToHimself:
** In the Japanese version, Donald Duck, Genie and Stitch are voiced by the same seiyuu, Creator/KoichiYamadera.
** Sark and the MCP share a voice actor, just like in the source material, though this time played by Corey Burton.
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** Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/DavidOgdenStiers, Robby Benson, and Paige O’Hara voice Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth, the Beast, and Belle again.

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** Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/DavidOgdenStiers, Robby Benson, and Paige O’Hara O'Hara voice Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth, the Beast, and Belle again.
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** Creator/AngelaLansbury, Robby Benson, and Paige O’Hara voice Mrs. Potts, Beast, and Belle again.

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** Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/DavidOgdenStiers, Robby Benson, and Paige O’Hara voice Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth, the Beast, and Belle again.



** Several Disney characters were given this treatment from their source material, at least one in every world. Agrabah (Genie), Beast's Castle (Lumiere), The Land of Dragons (Mushu), and Olympus Coliseum (Phil) are all missing only one of their original voice actors each, though all are replaced by their official [[TheOtherDarrin other Darrins]]. Simba, Shenzi, Nala, Scar and Timon from Pride Lands do not have their original actors back, nor do Flounder and Sebastian in Atlantica, the MCP and Sark for Space Paranoids, or anyone at all in Port Royal, 100 Acre Wood, and Timeless River. However, most of them are replaced by their official other Darrins, meaning those voices are reprised. Simba and Mushu are mixed cases- their voice actors in KH provided the singing voices in the movies for their characters ([[https://youtu.be/LF10eEFpLrc?t=3m54s apparently, in Mushu's case]]). Of note is that this game marks the debut of Travis Oates as the official voice actor for Piglet, replacing the late John Fiedler, who voiced him in the first game and was his original voice actor since his first animated appearance in 1968.

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** Several Disney characters were given this treatment from their source material, at least one in every world. Agrabah (Genie), Beast's Castle (Lumiere), (Lumiere),[[note]]His original VA Jerry Orbach had passed away prior to the games release [[/note]] The Land of Dragons (Mushu), and Olympus Coliseum (Phil) are all missing only one of their original voice actors each, though all are replaced by their official [[TheOtherDarrin other Darrins]]. Simba, Shenzi, Nala, Scar and Timon from Pride Lands do not have their original actors back, nor do Flounder and Sebastian in Atlantica, the MCP and Sark for Space Paranoids, or anyone at all in Port Royal, 100 Acre Wood, and Timeless River. However, most of them are replaced by their official other Darrins, meaning those voices are reprised. Simba and Mushu are mixed cases- their voice actors in KH provided the singing voices in the movies for their characters ([[https://youtu.be/LF10eEFpLrc?t=3m54s apparently, in Mushu's case]]). Of note is that this game marks the debut of Travis Oates as the official voice actor for Piglet, replacing the late John Fiedler, who voiced him in the first game and was his original voice actor since his first animated appearance in 1968.
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** Models for a scrapped [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody & Buzz]] summon can be found in the files of the ''Final Mix'' version.

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** Models for a scrapped [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory [[Franchise/ToyStory Woody & Buzz]] summon can be found in the files of the ''Final Mix'' version.



** Buzz and Woody from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' were going to be a Summon in the ''Final Mix'' version, but were scrapped. Their unfinished models are still in the game files. Eventually, a ''Toy Story'' based world was confirmed for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''.

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** Buzz and Woody from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' ''Franchise/ToyStory'' were going to be a Summon in the ''Final Mix'' version, but were scrapped. Their unfinished models are still in the game files. Eventually, a ''Toy Story'' based world was confirmed for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''.
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** Tifa wasn't planned to appear initially, even though Cloud and Sephiroth were. The team later realized that she fit in with Cloud's narrative as the thing he was running from.
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** Setzer's cameo was originally filled by Rufus Shrina from 'VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Nomura realized that the ''Franhcise/FinalFantasy'' representation already skewed pretty heavily towards ''VII'', so he told scenario writer Kazushige Nojima to use Setzer specifically because he was from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.

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** Setzer's cameo was originally filled by Rufus Shrina from 'VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Nomura realized that the ''Franhcise/FinalFantasy'' ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' representation already skewed pretty heavily towards ''VII'', so he told scenario writer Kazushige Nojima to use Setzer specifically because he was from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.
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** Setzer's cameo was originally filled by Rufus Shrina. Nomura realized that the ''Final Fantasy'' representation already skewed pretty heavily towards ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', so he told scenario writer Kazushige Nojima to use Setzer from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' instead.

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** Setzer's cameo was originally filled by Rufus Shrina. Shrina from 'VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Nomura realized that the ''Final Fantasy'' ''Franhcise/FinalFantasy'' representation already skewed pretty heavily towards ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''VII'', so he told scenario writer Kazushige Nojima to use Setzer specifically because he was from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' instead.
''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.
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** Setzer's cameo was originally filled by Rufus Shrina. It was pointed out that the ''Final Fantasy'' representation already skewed pretty heavily towards ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', so they went with someone from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.

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** Setzer's cameo was originally filled by Rufus Shrina. It was pointed out Nomura realized that the ''Final Fantasy'' representation already skewed pretty heavily towards ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', so they went with someone he told scenario writer Kazushige Nojima to use Setzer from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.
''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' instead.


** If the E3 2005 trailer is any indication, the game was originally going to feature a camera angle similar to the one from ''Kingdom Hearts 1''; that is, to say, it was going to be zoomed in a lot closer to Sora during the action.

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** If the E3 2005 trailer is any indication, the game was originally going to feature a camera angle similar to the one from ''Kingdom Hearts 1''; I''; that is, to say, it was going to be zoomed in a lot closer to Sora during the action.
** Setzer's cameo was originally filled by Rufus Shrina. It was pointed out that the ''Final Fantasy'' representation already skewed pretty heavily towards ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', so they went with someone from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.
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* TwoVoicesOneCharacter: In the ''HD 2.5 [=ReMIX=]'' version, Creator/MeaghanJetteMartin voiced Naminé for the character's extra lines from ''Final Mix'', while Creator/BrittanySnow's performance from the base game is kept.

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* TwoVoicesOneCharacter: In the ''HD 2.5 [=ReMIX=]'' version, Creator/MeaghanJetteMartin Creator/MeaghanMartin voiced Naminé for the character's extra lines from ''Final Mix'', while Creator/BrittanySnow's performance from the base game is kept.

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