Game System Changes Within KH2: Final Mix+!

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Published on May 6, 2007 @ 09:05 am

Written by monkeybutt

Hey everyone! Gamefaq's Wertle is at it again! He has pulled another batch of information from Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix+ Ultimania and has translated it for everyone! Thanks so much to him for all his hard work and effort. This batch consists of information on game system changes, such as new items, new modes, and such!

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Final Mix Gameplay Changes:

Additions to Critical Mode:
-Compared to standard mode, enemies do 2x damage. Mushroom XIII does 1.5X the damage.
-The player starts with the abilities: Reaction Up, Finish Rise, Draw, Luck Up X2, MP Hastera, and EXP Zero, but they are not usable untill Roxas' 3rd Day).
-Roxas' AP Starts at 50.
-When leveling up, AP increases by 3 instead of 2.
-Compared to Standard, HP and MP quantites from get bonuses are halved.
-Compared to Standard, EXP recieved is .75x normal.
-Save file shows up as "Critical Mode".
-Getting the Secret Movie is easier.
-In the PS2 Browser screen there is a symbol attached to the save data file. Status Menu: When selecting Sora in the status menu, Limit Form Level is shown rather than Summon Level.

Increasing the Drive Gauge: It is easiar to increase the drive gauge. For instance, originally the player recieved 1/3 from attacking bosses, now it is 3/4. Drive Form level caps have changed by +2.

New Items:

Weapons:
-Fateful Encounter - Defeat Roxas
-Winner's Proof - Complete Mushroom challenges
-Spells Relic+ - Necromancer Drop (1%)
-Centurion - Synthesis
-Centurion+ - Synthesis
-Pleasure Mushroom - Odd Mushroom Drop
-Pleasure Mushroom+ - Odd Mushroom Drop
-Precious Mushroom - Odd Mushroom Drop
-Precious Mushroom+ - Odd Mushroom Drop "
-Premium Mushroom - Odd Mushroom Drop
-Akashic Record+ - Rune Master Drop
-Freeze Pride - Synthesis
-Freeze Pride+ - Synthesis
-Happy Mushroom - Even Mushroom Drop
-Happy Mushroom+ - Even Mushroom Drop
-Platinal Mushroom - Even Mushroom Drop
-Platinal Mushroom+ - Even Mushroom Drop
-Limited Mushroom - Even Mushroom Drop

Defense:
-Shock Chain - Synthesis
-Shock Chain+ - Synthesis
-Highest Ribbon - Complete Puzzle Accessory
-Executive Ring - Complete puzzle
-Shade Archive - Synthesis
-Shade Archive+ - Synthesis
-Full Bloom - Synthesis
-Full Bloom+ - Synthesis
-Recipe - Defeat Absent Silhouette Zexion
-Recipe - Defeat Absent Silhouette Larxene
-Recipe - Defeat Absent Silhouette Lexaeus
-Recipe - Defeat Absent Silhouette Vexen
-Recipe - Defeat Absent Silhouette Marluxia
-Rare Document - Complete puzzle
-Proof of Connection - Defeat Enigmatic Soldier
-Non-existent Proof - Defeat Data Battles
-Tranquil Proof - Complete XIII Mushrooms

Synth Items:

-Remembrance Shard - Perplex 6%, Iron Hammer 10%, Silent Launcher 6%
-Remembrance Goo - Air Viking 6%, Magic Phantom 10%, Lance Warrior 10%, Necromancer 10%, Mad Bumper 6%
-Remembrance Stone - Spring Metal 10%, Rune Master 10%, Mad Bumper 12%
-Remembrance Crystal - Reckless 12%
-Tranquil Shard - XIII Mushrooms
-Tranquil Goo - XIII Mushrooms
-Tranquil Stone - XIII Mushrooms
-Tranquil Crystal - XIII Mushrooms
-Aparent Vision - 3 Treasure chests, Syntesis, A rank collection bonus, puzzle, defeating ES
-Lost Vision - 1 treasure chest, S Rank collection bonus, Absent Silhoutte and Data battles (only from the absent silhoutte characters in data battles)

Item Effect Changes:
-Drive Recover - Changes from filling 1 gauge to 3.
-High Drive Recover - Fills gauge completely.
-Kingdom Chain - Ability: Crisis Half.
-Gullwing - Attack 3->2 Magic 0->3.
-Sweet Memory - Magic 0->4, Ability: Drive Converter.
-Meteo Staff - Ability: Thunder Up.
-Rising Dragon - Ability: Fire Up.
-Shaman's Relic - Name becomes Spells Relic, color changes, Ability: Blizzard Up.
-Nobody Lance - Ability: Item Up.
-Save the Queen+ - Color change, ability: Damage Aspir.
-Genji Shield - Ability: Hyper Healing.
-Nobody Guard - Ability: Damage Aspir.
-Save the King+ - Color change, Ability: Crisis Half.
-Ribbon - Rather than 20% all attributes get 15%.

Item Sales Cheating: Apparently in the orginal, if you had good timing you could increase the number of items without increasing the price and recieve more than 1 item for the price of 1. This has been fixed.

Ultima Weapon Synthesis: The amount of some crystals needed changes from 7 to 3 but the experience earned also changes from 119 to 99.

Synthesis Collection Additions and Changes:
-Addition: Collect 50 types of materials - Magic Up.
-Addition: Collect 55 types of materials - Orihal.
-Addition: Collect all Remembrance materials - Mitasareru(brimming?) Crystal.
-Addition: Collect all Tranquil materials - Mitasareru(brimming?) Crystal.
-Change: Collect 10 types of materials - AP Up.
-Change: Collect 35 types of materials - AP Up.
-Change: Collect 40 types of materials - Power Up.
-Change: Collect 45 types of materials - AP Up.

The Number of Items the Player Can Synthesize has Increased:
-Mitasareru Crystal/Apparent Vision
-Shock Charm/Shock Charm+
-Draw Ring/Lucky Ring
-Shade Archive/Shade Archive+
-Full Bloom/Full Bloom+
-Centurion/Centurion+
-Freeze Pride/Freeze Pride+

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