Forget what you know from mashing X and skipping cutscenes, all of these answers come from the meta investigations of the Kingdom Hearts game series! Can you answer them all?
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1. The initial design for main character Sora is notably different from his final design because it includes...
Spiky hair
Bat Wings
A lion tail
An eye patch
2. Kingdom Hearts includes a number of Final Fantasy characters. Which one ALMOST joined the Traverse Town Gang in Kingdom Hearts 1 before being switched out for a similar archetypal character?
Zack
Rikku
Auron
Selphie
3. What was the first Kingdom Hearts game for mobile devices?
V-Cast came out in October, 2004. Chain of Memories came out the same year in November.
Kingdom Hearts Union Χ
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
Kingdom Hearts Coded
Kingdom Hearts V-Cast
4. Kupo! We all know the Moogles, shopkeepers and synthesists of the KH world, come from the Final Fantasy series. Which Final Fantasy game did they first appear in?
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
5. Which Final Fantasy game started development as a Kingdom Hearts game?
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Dissidia: Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light
6. Kingdom Hearts was developed in response to what popular 3d platformer of the era?
Super Mario 64
Crash Bandicoot
Spyro the Dragon
Banjo Kazooie
7. The developers at Square, impressed with the success of that 3D platformer, lamented that they would have to have brand recognition similar to which company in order to compete with such success?
Sony
Nintendo
Enix
Disney
8. Coincidentally, Square shared an office building with above named company at the time. Who volunteered to pitch the idea in an elevator ride and build the partnership?
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Tetsuya Nomura
Nobuo Uematsu
Shinzo Abe
9. The brave developer went on to helm the project. Initially, he only included Final Fantasy Characters he had designed. Who is the first character to appear in Kingdom Hearts II that he did not design?
Vivi appears on the first day of the Roxas prologue. Setzer does not appear until Day 4
Fujin
Raijin
Vivi
Setzer
10. Kingdom Hearts III was delayed to the main developer being involved in a number of other projects. What would the primary project he was involved with eventually come out as?
Tetsua Nomura's pet project, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, eventually rebranded as Final Fantasy XV and was transferred to Hajime Tabata
Kingdom Hearts Union Χ
Final Fantasy XV
Stranger in Paradise
Rise of the Tomb Raider
11. Master Eraqus (Mark Hamill) and Master Xehanort (Leonard Nimoy) end up as bitter rivals. What rivalry is represented by their voice actors?
Hamill, who played Eraqus also played Luke Skywalker. Nimoy, who played Xehanort, played Mister Spock.
Batman vs. Superman
Science vs. Tradition
Star Wars vs. Star Trek
Youth vs. Experience
12. Which character in the Destiny Islands trio has had the most voice actors?
Kairi is voiced by three actresses over the course of the series: Hayden Panettiere, Ariel Winters, and Alyson Stoner
Sora
Riku
Kairi
Mickey Mouse
13. Which Organization XIII member did not originally have a designated weapon?
In the original Chain of Memories, Zexion did not have a boss fight. In the Proof of Existence room of KH II, his weapon panel is broken.
Zexion
Vexen
Marluxia
Xemnas
14. What was the above named member's weapon in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix II?
Scythe
Lexicon
Shield
Laser Swords
15. Why was Kingdom Hearts Final Mix only released in Japan?
At the time of release, companies could not release an existing game in a new territory for the same price without adding content. To match launch price, content was added to foreign releases, and then added again for a second domestic release with the foreign content.