Final Mix in North America - Our Progress So Far! + R/R Videos!

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Published on April 23, 2007 @ 06:22 pm

Written by monkeybutt

Alright, I have been working on finalizing this update for awhile, so what, KHI Exclusive, haha, well, I at the very least took the time to confirm the below with a Square Enix Representative. Before I start though, I would like to point out the bellow in NO way confirms the North American release date for Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix+. My intentions for posting this to you guys is to show how much power, you, the fans truly have. I understand a lot of people have been frustrated at Square Enix for not announcing a release date for this game, even now, I see everyone's complaints, on the site, on the forums, everywhere. I know we are waiting very hard for this. My intention here is to share with you guys that steps are being taken, that emailing Square-Enix, telling them what you want in masses does make a difference. Firstly, I would like to thank George Bark for bringing this to my intention. The below is a statement made by a member of the Kingdom Hearts LiveJournal Community. I have taken direct excerpts from it. The community, like the rest of us, had been hard at work promoting the game in NA. Please read the below, some of the facts are amazing, like the number of emails. Most importantly, what I want to get across, is that progress is being made.

[Discuss in Community Forums]

Statement

As a lot of you know [now], I made contact with Neil, the guy responsible for those replies we get from the Support address [at the Square Enix Website]. He wanted to explain the KH2FM+ situation to me. You can see those emails here. we made arrangements to talk today via phone, and I've just finished talking with him.

I'm enlightened and thrilled.

"The List"
The list (Monkey Note: Square Enix Support began to ask people if they wanted their name added to a list for any "further announcements on KH2: FM+) was put together by Neil for interest, to gather names. For whatever reason, this wasn't going to work.

North America and the Mixes
The first game was not brought over because they believed that selling the American version to North America again was pointless. True, KH2 FM isn't much different from the first, but it's Re:COM that's giving it the best shot of being brought over.

He thinks that KH2FM+ should come, and he says that all his coworkers and higher ups all want it to come too. So they're in the same boat as us, really.

This Campaign
...Oh ho. They walk among us, people. They just aren't allowed to reply.

They've been getting huge numbers of email - he described it as "Extravagant", and while the figures I've been told before - 150k - were off, he says there's no true way to track the sheer number of emails that have been sent. Shortly put, yes, it is in demand. Great demand.

And it's all going to the Marketing Department, and is going to be shipped off to Japan. They are currently waiting for the reply from Japan, but he made this very, very clear to me:

While there is no definite "yes" [yet], there IS NO SOLID NO YET.

Square-Enix is still considering this, and there has been no final decision on whether it's leaving Japan or not.

(And the hold music is freakin' sweet)

Support
...I promise we're in good hands!

He said that some people on board mentioned that it's a prewritten response (Monkey Note: It is generally the belief among many that the replies Square-Enix Support sends back to users is a prewritten message.) from Support - they are generally NOT prewritten. They have a basic mail and then he tailors the reply to the individual. He has no way of typing out every single email - "my fingers would fall off" but he does try. Neil is there for customer support, five days a week, can tell us anything. He wants to make his replies more personal, though, to cater to the people writing.

That said, he said I shouldn't discourage you guys from writing, but we probably shouldn't be spamming. Don't spam, guys.

Conclusion
Cheer, yippee, hurrah, and cross your fingers, my dears Spread the word, if you please - we're not done this yet, and there's still hope. They're always hope.

Much much much much MUCH thanks to our hero, Neil. It means the world!

Please comment on what you think, do we have a chance still? I am rooting for us!