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Kingdom Hearts II Update For PS2 - IGN

️Anoop Gantayat
️Wed Sep 13 2006

Everyone was expecting Square Enix to at some point provide a "Director's Cut" or "International Version" for Kingdom Hearts II, and sure enough, such a title has been announced. The latest issue of Jump Magazine has first screens and details for Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix for the Japanese PS2.
The title appears to be just the US version of Kingdom Hearts II, complete with English voices, which is something that fans in Japan have, according to the Jump article, been hoping for. But in addition to all the bonus content that was added for the English version, Square Enix is also adding a card battle system of some form. The battle system looks like a 3D version of the battle system from the Game Boy Advance Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, with the player selecting cards for moves.

Sadly, the Jump article does not reveal the specific nature of the card-based battles. It could be just a special move of some form, or perhaps we can look forward to something deeper.

We expect further updates shortly, though, so keep checking back over the coming weeks!