Lion King in KH2

[Princess Nala]

After so many rumors flying around, it's been confirmed that TLK will appear in Kingdom Hearts 2. :cheese:

http://tinypic.com/eisihk.jpg (http://tinypic.com/eisia0.jpg)
http://www.khinsider.com/news2/headlines/131156954.shtml

[HasiraKali]

Cool. When does this game come out in the states anyway? :hmm:

[ThiagoPE]

Wow, is very good know that, the original game already was pretty amazing, this new seems to be more amazing that the frist edition.

[Katse]

Ah yes. I saw this over at Lilymud. Sora lion pwns.:D

I believe that the game is going to be released in early March in the US. Yay. Just in time for my birthday.:cheese:

[unregistered user]

http://www.khinsider.com/images/lionking/lk_3.jpg

http://www.khinsider.com/images/lionking/lk_1.jpg

There's the proof x)

[ThiagoPE]

I thought you could post this pics in the already existent topic about TLK in KH 2

http://www.leahalalela.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6314

[unregistered user]

Ah, my apologies, I did not see that topic. Thank you for the correction.

[Aurelian]

Someone will have to combine the threads then.

[ChildOfThePride]

SAHWEEEEEET! Yes! :wow: :wow:

Sora looks adorable as a cubby! :D

[nathalie]

*threads merged*

[Fear The Paw]

Yea the only reason why I played the first Kingdom of Heats was because you could Summon Simba, and that was the first time I played an RPG & a PS2 game. SO yea I guess I will be getting this game as well

[LunarCat]

i thought Sora cub was Kovu :lol: very cool, i never did get to the lion king world in the original one :p probably cuz i didn't play it

[Nephilim]

Ho ho ho, I love the way KH was supposed to be released in May of last year. I'm starting to think we'll never get it.

Well, I mainly play it for the FF (which they seem to have screwed up so far by making Cloud appear taller than Squall; he's actually tiny) and original characters, but Sora sure does look cute as a cubby.

[Ashara]

Ummm...I know I might sound wierd, but what is Kingdom Hearts? lol I mean, I've heard of it, but what exactly is it?

[Lion_King_300]

Originally posted by Ashara
Ummm...I know I might sound wierd, but what is Kingdom Hearts? lol I mean, I've heard of it, but what exactly is it?

Here's a very good review of the game if you'd like more information about it: Kingdom Hearts (http://www.gamingworldx.com/ps2/KingdomHearts.shtml)

In short it's a RPG game in which you team up with Disney heroes to defeat evil characters (Heartless) and you travel to different Disney-based worlds (Tarzan's jungle, Agrabah, Alice in Wonderland, etc). The storyline is pretty complex and I don't want to give anything away but the graphics and movement are simply amazing. Unlike the Final Fantasy series, the battle is full-range motion instead of turn-based so there is a more action. There are lots of secrets, mini-games and surprises to uncover so although this looks like a kid's game even the most experienced gamer will be challenged.

Anyway yeah I too was so thrilled to hear that there would be a "Pride Lands" level in KH2, the first Kingdom Hearts is such a FANTASTIC game and I was surprised that they omitted it from the first KH. Personally, I despise RPG's with a passion but I couldn't put this game down once I started. If you haven't played KH and have a PS2, get it now!

Only 5 more months.....

[Sombolia]

HOLY CRAP.

<3333333333333333333

I can't wait!

[Princess Nala]

Originally posted by Lunarcat
i thought Sora cub was Kovu :lol: very cool, i never did get to the lion king world in the original one :p probably cuz i didn't play it

There was no TLK level in teh first one....:wink:

[Zala]

Yep, I was really excited when I heard this piece of news. I already wanted Kingdom Hearts 2 so much, but on hearing that Pride Rock would be included as a world, the desire has tripled :) Furthermore, Sora looks really like cub Kovu...

I completed KH1, and wow, it definately has one of the best storylines and gameplay of any console game up-to-date. Looking forward to its sequel. It's looking real sharp.

[starionwolf]

I like the drawings of Pride Rock. It appears that the Pride Lands or at least Pride Rock might be a playable level or area.

So Sora becomes miniature cub that looks like Kovu? That sounds funny. I'll buy Kingdom Hearts 2 after I buy a used PlayStation 2.

Kingdom hearts will be out around March 1, 2006.

[Sadiki]

Wow that is just cool. I really like Square Enix games and I can't wait that KH 2 will come out. that also great that TLK will appear on it.

[Cleto]

Looks so cool, I got the first kingdom hearts and was dissapointed that simba was just a summon :( Luckily it was a cool game anyways.

I can't wait to get the second one, Sora looked so cute. *Can't wait to play it* :vitsm:

[Tategami]

ironic!
on another board im on posted those pics, thus the reason for the avatar and sig change.
i have a feeling turtle goofy is going to slow everyone down.
but i so cant wait to play the game and get to that level. hopefully mathew brodrick and jemermy irons are the voices, along with everyone.
but im niot holding my breath.

[LunarCat]

Originally posted by Princess Nala
There was no TLK level in teh first one....:wink:

lol, well there was something TLK in it :p :lol:

[Tategami]

right.
you were able to summon simba for a little while. He'd roar at the heartless/enemies. i belive you had to power him up first.

Simba from KH 1 (http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/kh/art-22.jpg)

Charging Simba up (http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/kh/english/kh-084.jpg)

"Bigger version of the pics in the first post (http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/2453/lk7pz.png)


if none of these work, let me know.


i also found this info at KHInsider.com

"In the scans, we see Sora become a miniature cub wearing his crown necklace resembling Kovu. Donald turn into an odd looking creature that resembles Zazu while Goofy becomes a huge turtle.

If you've seen the movie (which by the way is Nomura's favorite Disney movie), you can see scenes from the movie in the scans such as Scar with Sarabi behind him and Simba on the world of "Hakuna Matata."

[Tahj]

YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!! about time the lion king was going to be in KH2 plus i'm a die hard fan of KH and Nomura's work he is awesome.( The Lion King is Nomura's favorite Disney movie by the way.)

[Tategami]

new screen shot
Sora Cub and what looks like Nala (http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/images/img133.png)

[ChildOfThePride]

That better not be Kiara on her back. x.X

[Tategami]

heh i dont know who that is. i could be a random lioness looking away. and look how small sora is compared the simba's paw.

[Shoukai]

When Kingdom Hearts premired....I was very anxious to get ahold of simba, then disapointed to find out he was merley a summon. This is awesome! Is there word on if you fight side by side with simba?

Thanks for the proof guys! I feel alot better now!, I like how Nomura designed Sora as a cub!

*edit* KH offical Website, In japaneese ;[

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/kingdom2/

[Cleto]

Originally posted by starionwolf
I like the drawings of Pride Rock. It appears that the Pride Lands or at least Pride Rock might be a playable level or area.

So Sora becomes miniature cub that looks like Kovu? That sounds funny. I'll buy Kingdom Hearts 2 after I buy a used PlayStation 2.

Kingdom hearts will be out around March 1, 2006.

I read that it came out earlier than that, on febuary 24, 2006...

Link to UK release date (http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?productcode=PT1489&refid=froogle)

126 days :lol:

[Princess Nala]

Originally posted by ChildOfThePride
That better not be Kiara on her back. x.X

I think that's a Nala model, maybe, that is just kinda a popup over that picture. Cause that came from a magazine, right?

[Tategami]

i hope so, cuz it looks really out of place.

[Princess Nala]

Also, in that scan with Scar in it...that's Nala, not Sarabi...

[Tategami]

i know.
whoever wrote that, wrote wrong ^^;

[Tahj]

i just found more awesome magazine scans, check em' out

http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=update/kh2-5.jpg
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=update/kh2-6.jpg
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/scans/086.jpg

[imported_Rafiki]

Wow! Those pictures look awesome! Thanks for posting them, Tahj! :cheese:

[ThiagoPE]

I will not lose the oportunity to buy this game

[Tategami]

awsome!
i love how cub sora fights with the keyblade in his mouth!

[starionwolf]

Keyblade? I know Squall has a gunblade. lol

http://www.kh2.co.uk has some nice scans. I want a PlayStation 2 so that I can play Kingdom Hearts II.

Here is another scan. It's about 440 KB in size.
http://rpgamer.com/games/kh/kh2/propaganda/kh2060.jpg

[LunarCat]

this game has amazing graphics.....

[starionwolf]

The graphics look smooth, not blocky like the graphics in PlayStation 1 games. Some websites say that the game will be out in March, 2006 in North America.

[ThiagoPE]

my lucky i already have a ps2

[ChildOfThePride]

Apparently Mufasa is in the game.

How can Simba be an adult, then? XD

[Shoukai]

Perhaps that was a flashback scene....I have been watching some clips of actuall battle, and i was wondering, how does this "drive" system work? There have also been times where sora would change his outfit color and he would whip out 2 keyblades.

Thanks to Tahj and Tategami for the awesome screens and confirming what we all wanted to know!

[Tahj]

I also got translations from the screen shots, i'll put the translations and screen shots so that you know what they are talking about in that screen shot.

1.Timon talking to down-hearted Simba: Come on, what's with that face? Lighten up a bit and take things easy.
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/images/fam05.jpg

2.Simba to Nala: It just means that it's better to relax and have fun rather than worry about a past that you can't change.
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/images/img143.png

3.Sora cub with Donald and Goofy in background: I-it's me...Sora. Donald and Goofy are with me too.
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/images/img144.png

4.Rafiki: So go now! Go! (his laughter) You friends to the King!
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/images/img147.png

5.One of the Hyenas: We weren't able to eat you last time, so we were a little disappointed.
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/images/img148.png

6.Mufasa: From those stars, the kings of the past watch over us, and protect us.
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/images/img151.png

7.Sora cub to Timon and Pumbaa: Even then, Hakuna Matata, right?
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/images/img146.png

That's it for now but i'll keep all of you informed of anything else happens, oh by the way, I'm going to do a preorder of Kingdom Hearts 2 at the end of October on the internet.

[Nephilim]

Aww, pixel lions! <3 Can't wait for this game, seriously.

[Shoukai]

I havent seen any Screenshots of tlk in many of the websites that I have browsed lately =/ Im getting a little worried.

[Sadiki]

If the old odds be true it will be out a year after it is out in Asia, because FF and KH1 did that. but when it gonna be out? in Asia?

[Roku]

*SCREAMS*

OH.....MY....GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At last! Confirmation! I can't wait for this! Yay!

:cheese: =D :D :evilgrin: :cheese:

YAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

*Dances TLK style*

[Nephilim]

I've seen the US release date as 1/12/05, so no idea when EU will get it. I think the US will probably be held back as well.

[Tahj]

hey guys I found a new V-Jump magazine scan check it out
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/scans/102.jpg

if anyone wants to ask questions about this topic or anything related to KH2 privite message me or contact me at Shaggy1126@hotmail.com.

Your good ole' neighbor,
Tahj

[Endra]

Here is some of the voice cast being used in Kingdom Hearts 2 for The Lion King.

* Jim Cummings ... as Scar and Ed
* Cam Clarke... as Simba
* Matt Weinberg ... as Simba(cub)
* Vanessa Marshall... as Nala
* Ernie Sabella .... as Pumbaa
* Nathan Lane .... as Timon
* Robert Guillaume .... as Rafiki
* James Earl Jones ... Mufasa
* Tress MacNeille... Shenzi
* Rob Paulsen ... as Banzai

[Katse]

I wanted Jeremy Irons.:emo:

Oh well, Jim Cummings is a good voice actor. I have faith in him.

At least they got James Earl Jones, though. I'm a bit suprised they didn't get Matthew Broderick.O__o

[Tategami]

Broderick was proably to busy.

im also conffident in Tress MacNeille's role, i love her voice. but of course it'll never top whoopie!

[Shoukai]

Originally posted by Ghalati
Here is some of the voice cast being used in Kingdom Hearts 2 for The Lion King.

* Jim Cummings ... as Scar and Ed
* Cam Clarke... as Simba
* Matt Weinberg ... as Simba(cub)
* Vanessa Marshall... as Nala
* Ernie Sabella .... as Pumbaa
* Nathan Lane .... as Timon
* Robert Guillaume .... as Rafiki
* James Earl Jones ... Mufasa
* Tress MacNeille... Shenzi
* Rob Paulsen ... as Banzai

where did you find this information Ghalati?

By the way? did anyone see Pete as a lion? Its quite grotesque :eek:

[Tategami]

do you have said pics of pete lion?

[Ralli]

Originally posted by Ghalati
Here is some of the voice cast being used in Kingdom Hearts 2 for The Lion King.

* Jim Cummings ... as Scar and Ed
* Cam Clarke... as Simba
* Matt Weinberg ... as Simba(cub)
* Vanessa Marshall... as Nala
* Ernie Sabella .... as Pumbaa
* Nathan Lane .... as Timon
* Robert Guillaume .... as Rafiki
* James Earl Jones ... Mufasa
* Tress MacNeille... Shenzi
* Rob Paulsen ... as Banzai


*slump* Crap. Well, 'least they got...*counts*...five of the original cast, out of ten. (Not like they could get cub Simba's original voice, or Sarabi if she was in it...)


I wonder why they couldn't get Jeremy, Matthew, and others as their characters? Matthew is working with Nathan in a Broadway production of "The Odd Couple". I thought that, if they could get Nathan, they could get Matthew. I wonder what the rest of the original cast are doing... :confused:

[Endra]

If you think about it, the cast isn't THAT bad. Cam Clarke played Simba's singing voice in The Lion King 2, Jim Cummings played Scar's singing voice in half of Be Prepared (weird, isn't it? xD), Tress MacNeille played Shenzi in Timon and Pumbaa...

But yes, I wonder why Broderick and Irons couldn't do Simba and Scar.

[Shoukai]

Originally posted by Tategami
do you have said pics of pete lion?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/Shoukai/102.jpg

here ya go.

[Princess Nala]

OMG. There are TONS of new screencaps here:
http://kh2.co.uk/?kh2=Pride%20Rock

I see Scar, Nala, Simba, Mufasa, Rafiki, the hyenas...and the world icon. Woot!

[Tategami]

ugh...pete IS groteque!

and finally, more screenshots! im getting more and more excited!

[Shoukai]

Update fella's.....Pride Lands is now officially part of the world line up!

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/kingdom2/
Now click the 3rd button on the command list to bring up the official worlds. There are also 2 trailers on the last command button.

EDIT:Here is my agenda for March 2, 2006(hopefully)

1.Drive to School(uhh..not really, more like tell my parents Im going)
2.Go to EB games and wait for it to open.
3.Purchase Kingdom Hearts 2.
4.Purchase mass amount of junk food.
5.Drive home and play untill I pass out.

-feel free to comment on this or make suggestions.~<3

[Leviathan]

Been too long even my account here has been busted!. Anyway... I'm living closer to Japan than you guys. so i'll have some big V-Jump Mag.

http://www.lionking.biz/cgi-bin/jh/attachment.cgi?forum=11&topic=3429&postno=3&type=.jpg&name=khtlk3_1130808256 http://www.lionking.biz/cgi-bin/jh/attachment.cgi?forum=11&topic=3429&postno=2&type=.jpg&name=khtlk2_1130808084 http://www.lionking.biz/cgi-bin/jh/attachment.cgi?forum=11&topic=3429&postno=1&type=.jpg&name=khtlk1_1130807799

[Aurelian]

I remember you, Leviathan. Of course, that's only because we share a birthday(3/22). lol

Awsome screen shots, everybody. Looking great. :cheese:

[Princess Nala]

There are some new 3d character design sheets on the Prideland characters here:
http://kh2.co.uk/?kh2=Artwork

Includes Sora, Donald, Goofy, both Simba forms, Timon & Pumbaa and Scar.

[Tahj]

Hey everyone i found out one of the video game trailers have TLK footage but you have to watch carfully cus you may not see it very well but any way here it is.

http://www.kh2.co.uk/

P.S. It's the first one from the top you click on to download to see it.

Your friendly neighbor,
Tahj

[Shoukai]

They updated the official website again, Hikaru Utada is releasing the song "Passion" as the main theme for KH2. Im also excited about Jack Sparrow appearing in the game :) Jhonny Depp anyone?

[Tahj]

hey peoples, KH2 came with a new promo trailer and it has some TLK footage it looks awesome it's on http://www.kh2.co.uk/.

[Tategami]

wow! the japanese do a really awsome job voiceing the disney characters! ursala sound very simmilar to the witch of the waste from howl's moving castle ^^

hah! king mickey looked like sora at one point! i'll sceen cap it here in a sec along with the TLK sceens.


EDIT:

a gif i made, if it's too fast i can fix it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/zenoah_zero/Misc%20Anime/tlk_kh.gif


mickey looking like sora.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/zenoah_zero/bscap031.jpg

[The Tigress]

You all have no idea how excited I am about this. When KH1 came out, I was pretty dissapointed that there was no TLK world, but in the back of my mind I was thinking that they probably did that on purpose to put it in a sequel later on. Thank God that turned out to be right.

[HasiraKali]

Still excited for this. :D And the caps and scans are just making me more excited. This is probably a silly question, but when the first KH came out did anyone read about Simba in the official handbook dealy? Made me sad! :lol:

[Tategami]

"When Simba's world was destroyed by the Heartless, his noble spirit refused to succumb to darkness."

is that what you're talking about?

[Shoukai]

There is a new trailer on the KH2 website...and oh what a good trailer it is.Looks like TRON is making an appearance and Stitch makes a cameo. Cub sora also makes an appearance as well as Simba!

For the KH2 official website, Scroll up to one of my previous posts.Mind you, that the entire website is in Japaneese. So to get to the trailer section you must....

1.On the main page, Click on the last button on the menu.
2.You should see Camera's labeled PV(there should be 3 of them)
3.Enjoy!

They take a while to load, but its really worth it, If you have any trouble, feel free to toss me a message.

[Tategami]

i saw that trailer as a cam rip...it was a thousand times better in it's originality!

[HasiraKali]

Originally posted by Tategami
"When Simba's world was destroyed by the Heartless, his noble spirit refused to succumb to darkness."

is that what you're talking about?

Yes! Sorry I wasn't more specific but I didn't have my book with me. :)

[Tategami]

it's okay ^^ mine was out so i could use it as a reff for the kingdom key.

this has been wracking my brain for sometime....since yesterday.

what song, if any, do you think they'll use for the lion king world? i was thinking they might use under the stars, but that's a little to slow. if they use hakuna matatta i may have to curl up an die. only because it'll bring back bad memories of trying to get passed that level on the lion king genisis game. what would really be neat is if they used "we are one" i, personaly, think it'll fit.
if anything they might have some made up tune like what they did with tarzan's world.

[unregistered user]

I think they'll use multiple songs this time instead of just one per world since according to Nomura the worlds are supposed to be HUGE.

I thought you guys might be interested in ome of these shots. Though they don't have any lion king in them, they are new KH images:

http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/scans/113.jpg
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/scans/112.jpg
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/scans/111.jpg
http://www.kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=kh2/scans/110.jpg

[Tategami]

wow!
thanks for sharing those!

huge worlds huh? which probaly means more game time and such! this game needs to be out now!

[Tahj]

Hey guys this just came in, Square Enix President Yochi Wada announced that the overseas(North American) version of Kingdom Hearts 2 should be ready next March!

Also Cory Burton will be playing the role of Yesnid and Captain Hook(Neverland still unconfirmed) and Hedy Buress has been confirmed to have a role in Kingdom Hearts 2 as well.... meaning Yuna.

[Tategami]

i knew yuna was in it. there is a split second sceen with her and rikuu backflipping and attacking a big heartless in a the recent trailer.

[Tahj]

i never thought that Tetsuya Numora would put Rikku and Yuna in the game, wow i say that this game is going to be a huge hit for sure.

[Katse]

I knew that it was being released in March. Practically counting down the days.:D

I didn't know Yensid would be in the game. It would be interesting to see him talk, since he never did in The Sorcerer's Apprentice. I'm even more excited about this.:cheese:

Any info on if the original PotC cast will be voicing in the game? I'll be bummed if there's no Johnny Depp as Cap'n Jack.

[Tategami]

the site says that johnny is still unconfirmed. that would be awsome if they got johnny to do it. im sure he would if they asked and he had time.

[The Tigress]

One of my classmates from Clover Park Tech College has a friend who works within the Sony organization, and they literally gave him a copy of KH2. Full finished/English version.

I don't think he was lying as he's not the lying type, plus he said that he will let me borrow it as soon as he is done with it.

I can't wait.

[Simbaspirit]

i was wondering... is KH worth getting?? is ti a fun game?

[Shoukai]

Play the 1st one and see if you like it. In my opinion, yeah, its a great game. The battle system is second to none and alot of fun when you get good at playing. Id also say it depends on the kind of games you like, KH has a good story thing going so its not just a menagerie of Disney movies.

The Squaresoft characters is probably what made me get it, the story and battle system is what got me hooked.

[Leviathan]

Depends on how you like A.RPGs with semi-commanding systems (Summon).

Honestly saying the battle system isn't really that great cuz when I wanted to use multiple magics (especially vs white mushrooms), it's annoying, VERY annoying. Not enough shortcuts, have to burst into the detailed menu and choose in time, i would hug my keyboard if the game supports a keyboard-mouse combination input.

And the lock-ons, always a problem to free view-point 3D games.

Otherwise, it's good.

[Prince_Kivoru]

Ohhhh Boy!! I can't wait until KH2 comes to america, I loved the first one now I'm despreat to find out what happends next!!

[Nephilim]

Originally posted by The Tigress
One of my classmates from Clover Park Tech College has a friend who works within the Sony organization, and they literally gave him a copy of KH2. Full finished/English version.

I don't think he was lying as he's not the lying type, plus he said that he will let me borrow it as soon as he is done with it.

I can't wait.

Hahahahaha. Don't get your hopes up at all-- there aren't even English voice actors confirmed yet. x) *chuckles* Plus, why would Sony have a early copy, and why would they want it leaked?

[Shoukai]

http://na.square-enix.com/games/kingdomhearts/kh2/

They launched the North Amreican Kingdom Hearts 2 website recently. I think the Japaneese one looks alot nicer. But there is still much to add to the NA site.

enjoy.

[Tategami]

i saw it!
looks decent to me.
new summon update: chicken little
http://www.jeux-france.com/images2_4_13486.html

:eek: :gasp: :eww:

[unregistered user]

I am disgusted beyond belief. They don't have room for Hunchback of Notre Dame in the game, or Pocahontas, or a bazillion other much better choices.. but they have room for Chicken Little >_> <_< >_<

[Tategami]

i want kenai from brother bear to be a summon. or kenai and his brothers as spirit animals!

[unregistered user]

Yeah, that would be cool too ^^

I had been hoping for a Hunchback world and a Pocahontas world as well.

It would've beenc ool to have Lulu and Kimahri to make an appearance.

Kuzco, Kenai, Pegasus, Red XIII, Meeko as summons would be awesome, but won't happen =/

[Shoukai]

I saw that scan too. Chicken little is a bit too....aful? They had lots more to work with, why in the world would they choose chicken little? They also apparently downsized (literaly) Yuna and Riku, they are tiny versions of themselves from FFX-2.

a final note on chicken little:
Careful guys, he might swing an incredible small baseball bat at you and split one of your hairs.
I think its safe to say that KH2 got knocked down a peg.

[The Tigress]

Originally posted by Nephilim
Hahahahaha. Don't get your hopes up at all-- there aren't even English voice actors confirmed yet. x) *chuckles* Plus, why would Sony have a early copy, and why would they want it leaked?

When he lets me borrow it, I will take pictures of the game with my digital camera and post them on here.

And I don't think Sony wanted it leaked, but that doesn't mean a worker wouldn't leak it anyway. Happens all the time with movies and CDs being found on the net way too early.

[Lion_King_300]

I just uploaded a video I found of the summoning animation of Simba from KH and a little bit of the gameplay. The world featured in this clip is "Agrabah."

For those that aren't familiar with the game this should give you some sense of how crisp and smooth the graphics are and the full-range 3-D motion fight sequences. Enjoy!

Kingdom Hearts Simba Summon (http://students.washington.edu/tim300/kingdomhearts.mpg)

I also can't believe Chicken Little was chosen as a summon over some of the other unused characters... ugh!

:eek:

[Kovu The Lion]

well I don't know about you but I havnt finished KH 1 so correct me if I'm wrong

But I just got Simba as a Summon, and the fairy god mother told me "This poor creatures world was destroyed and he was turned into a summon gem along with the destruction of that world"

If Simba's home was destroyed, How can there be a Lion King world in Kingdom Hearts 2? :E I'm lost.. :P

~KTL~

[Katse]

Finish the game and find out.:kiss:

Seriously, all the worlds are restored if you beat the game.;)

[HasiraKali]

Don't they mention that at the beginning? That if you're successful in defeating the Heartless the worlds' energies are restored?

[Kovu The Lion]

Well I guess I'm just a Dumb retard then >P .... Right now I'm at ..Some under water place but offtopic, Thanks for the info Katse :3

~KTL~

[Katse]

Are you fighting with Ariel and is Sora a mermaid? You'd be in Atlantica if so. I forgot how many more worlds you'd have to visit before you finish the game. I want to say that Halloween Town would be next in line, but I can't say for sure.

[Kovu The Lion]

WHahahha >P Yeah it is, I just visited there OoOoO :E.... This game is LONG LOL xP But back on topic now :o Or should we... Whahah ^_^;;;

~KTL~

[Shoukai]

New trailer thanks to KH2 ultimania, it features The theme "passion" by Hikaru Utada. There is also a cute scene where simba Nuzzles Sora as a cub.

http://files.filefront.com/kh2pv2avi/;4465159;;/fileinfo.html

[Nephilim]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a269/caiconfiend/Simba.jpg

[Tategami]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/zenoah_zero/Kingdom%20Hearts/simba.jpg

i can cap more

[Leviathan]

The Counting down of KH2 release in Jap started. around 20 H now, bad thing is i can't order from Amazon.jp since the game can't be sent via courier (LEAGAL stuff, blah). Anyway, the *cough*priate*cough* version will be released soon i believe, will keep all updated once i have it.

[Shoukai]

http://www.kh2.co.uk/

Spoiler warning********

the opening scene and intro movies are here. It gives a good synopsis of the story so far.

-enjoy

[Nephilim]

There's also a cut up version of ending up. Not the whole thing, though.

[Leviathan]

Great, Pirate Version REleased... I'm gonna get one for 70 cents . Who cares...

[starionwolf]

Thanks for sharing the links everyone.

Square-Enix of North America opened their website:
http://na.square-enix.com/games/kingdomhearts/kh2/

You need Macromedia Flash to view the website and screenshots.

[Shoukai]

It appears that the Blonde haired kid is named Roxass, Im still wondering what his relationship with Sora is. Im also curious to when Sora begins his journey in KH2.

As for the NA KH2 site, they need to start updating it...

[Tategami]

my theory on roxas' name.

if you mix up the RO and the AS you get SORA. the x could mean that they are connected somehow.

[Leviathan]

Hmm... ok i'm started playing the game and at halfway.

Roxas= 1/2 Sora's power.

Sorry guys for the spoiler. But it's the best you played through KH1 and KH Chains of Memories that you can understand KH2 better, or you'll be totally confused about what those guys with black hood is (secret boss in KH1, Major part in KH com.)

They worked hard on the graphics and battle system.

However Sora's appearance is kind OF sad.

Ok, i'll stop the spoiler here. I'm gonna fight till i see Simba's appearance. (Those summon characters in KH2 recognize our hero, which is pretty satisfying.)

[Tategami]

wow! you lucky hyena! you get to play before the lot of us!

[Leviathan]

New update: ok FINALLY! I'm at the PrideLands World. We have a period of Young Simba in Stampede.. Great thing, not a single detail changed, every move is exactly the same like in the movie! Just everything's 3D. Keep watching now...

[Nephilim]

Originally posted by Tategami
my theory on roxas' name.

if you mix up the RO and the AS you get SORA. the x could mean that they are connected somehow.

Yeah, Roxas=Sora in the same way that Xemnas=Ansem. Oh, and of course Namin?=Kairi, in a less anagram-y way. ;P

[Safila]

ok guys this might sound pretty dumb and im sure this place is deserted but neway... i'm still on the 1st game lol. i've got stuck on the bit where i'm sora but donald and goofy are with u and ur fighting the scary giant dude and i've blasted 3 bits of his body of then i die. its in the place where there's the lady and the tramp pond thing in the corner. can u plz help me out n tell me how to get thru it!?!?!?!?

[Shoukai]

If you are talking about the guard armour in travserse town, stock on a few potions, get some levels from the shadows. As for the actuall fight, target the feet and the arms first. Once those are gone for good, target the body leaving the helmet alone.

While using lock on mode [RI], target an individual part of its body and hit Triangle twice. This will command donald and goofy to focus on those respective parts. Feel free to private message me for any help with kingdom hearts.

[Tahj]

hey ladies and gents I have something that your going to love me for i have actual footage of Sora and the gang in the pridelands fighting off Scar. Not quite as dramatic as the movie, with Goofy and Donald but ya it's pretty tight(Awesome).

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=vLUN88HEKO0&search=lion%20king

P.S. Ya you gotta love me:irule:

[Tategami]

it's taking a while but it's loading ^^ thanks for this footage!

[Nephilim]

Haha, I've watched the entire game backwards by now... :lol:

[Linkie]

Whoa that was awesome ! :jejeje:

[Tategami]

indeed!
i loved how, near the end, sora held the keyblade with his tail ^^

[Tahj]

I did a preorder for kh2 and only 2 more months tell I get it man I can't wait.

[Patches]

Nice to see, but ugh. It's just me I know, but seeing Scar just flop down there was as bad for me as when a relative died. T_T

[Shoukai]

Originally posted by Tahj
I did a preorder for kh2 and only 2 more months tell I get it man I can't wait.

That makes two of us, maybe even more! (March 2, 2006!!!!)
I really enjoyed that footage! Im just kinda dissapointed with the end of the whole thing, square could have made mufasa look a little more regal. I like the battle animations sora has, it's quite unique how they designed sora weilding the keyblade as a cub. Simba wasn't lookin too shabby himself, alot of the skills he performed were dealing some massive damage.

[Tategami]

or maybe mufasa did'nt look so regal to us was because is was a camera rip. he may look a lot better when we see him with our own eyes on our own screens.

[unregistered user]

I have now preordered my version of Kingdom Hearts II ^_^ Weeee =D

[Tahj]

now that makes 3 of us boy I can't wait i have friends say that KH2 sucks it has more disney characters,why not put more Final Fantesy Characters, or, it would be better with FF(Final Fantesy) instead of disney, i explained it to them many times about the game, the how Tetsuya Nomura thought of the idea and so forth but still diss it. it really ticks me off.
:grrr:

[Talli]

Originally posted by Tahj
hey ladies and gents I have something that your going to love me for i have actual footage of Sora and the gang in the pridelands fighting off Scar. Not quite as dramatic as the movie, with Goofy and Donald but ya it's pretty tight(Awesome).

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=vLUN88HEKO0&search=lion%20king

P.S. Ya you gotta love me:irule:
umm Dude I gave you that link and some one gave it to me so they sould love my fiend so know credit where it goes, but thats ok no biggie. Umm yea that was more like a spolier movie that tube link

[Akiko]

I saw that link posted on www.lionking.org ;) Awesome footage, although I have a slight issue with the fact that Scar doesn't seem to have any other emotions other than that same evil grin thats sprawled across his face. In some scenes he should clearly have a scared expression...:woeisme: Just how /does/ he make it up to the top again anyways? That sure didn't happen in the movie. The only other problem I see is all the lionesses look like nala clones...the animation is great though and simba looks awesome...I hafta' get a ps2 sometime.

[This Land]

Cool video :D

The actual fight wasnt that good, i could hardly see simba and muffy :(
But the beginnig and end was cool.

I have also found another video but of KH1 which simba is in it but i gather that everybody has seen that?

[Nephilim]

Originally posted by Tahj
,why not put more Final Fantesy Characters, or, it would be better with FF(Final Fantesy) instead of disney,

Because it's called "Kingdom Hearts II", not "Final Fantasy XIV". The whole point is that it's a Disney game.

Recycling FF characters is beginning to rape them. Advent Children was bad enough.

[Leviathan]

Slight Note: You GOT to see Muffy in two scenes: The Stampede, Under the Stars---The Talk. Also... Scar got some weird expressions. They actually got two models for each character. Close up ones (very detailed facial expressions, you can read the sentense from their mouth movements; far away expressions, simple, usually used for battle and some far away cut-scene.)

BAD news: since it's Rated: Everyone, our poor Simba's claws got chopped off again!! He definitely doesn't use any slash/maul attacks during the battle. (Besides the final confrontation with Scar, even that is just a cut-scene) And the dual-attack "Proud", heh heh... he's using his "Classic" Rolling Attack and call it High-Fang (Sora's Xclaws, it's like the drilling attack with the Keyblade directly pointing at the enemy mid-air)... when he never even BITEs the enemy. Ok, it's a good combo tech. and i reached 400+Combo somewhere.

AAAAAAAND........*sigh* I hate to admit it, but more FF Char will be in KH3, if there will be one. You'll see it when you got the secret ending...

[Shoukai]

I was wondering if anyone could explain how the team attacks( i.e. Simba/Sora) are initiated. Basically, how do you perform X-claw and high fang? I can see that the initial attack is the whole 'rocks emerging from the ground' thing, and you eventually end the attack with the skill 'proud'. If thats too confusing, just explain how the battle system changes in the pride lands world.

Its just too bad you cant change into any drive modes in cub form. Think of a dual keyblade sora-cub, one in muzzle and one grasped with tail!

[Leviathan]

Initial dual attack begins with Triangle Button, very easy, can be launched anywhere when Simba's within the combo range. And their starting movement is pounding the ground making some pointy rocks attack----- and then it's time for button smashing, two buttons actually, circle and triangle. Circle basically controls sora's drilling attack, and triangle controls Simba's rolling, auto aiming so it's pretty easy to target the enemy. Attack enough time and not let the limit gauge worn out , finally it'll be the finishing move "King's Roar", which was initially called "Proud".

Battle System doesn't change much, and i found it much easier with Lion cub form to make quick attacks. Funny thing how Sora isn't used to the form and got tripped over by himself at the beginning.

Pride Lands have the tricky fight. VERY GIGANTIC Rino like heartless with a rider. And you got only Simba aside.That's the cool part... you'll get to feel how it's like when Singing IJCWTBK while hopping around under the feet of the elephant...
Also riding the skeleton heartless and give hiim some AIR dropping down. Very cool moves, be sure to check out.

Wanna see how he holds the keyblade by tail? you'll see once. don't miss it... heheh.. just once.

[Shoukai]

Ok, so until the threads merge, ill keep postng on this thread as well as the one neph made.

KH2 video goldmine lots of pridelands cutscenes and battle:
http://www.finalfantasyworld.co.uk/khextreme/

as a side note, I may have said that the north amreican release date was set for March 2,2006....but scratch that, Im seeing too many different dates including( 3/15/06 and 3/1/06 ) If you get a definite date, please let us know.

Have fun with KH extreme!

[Tahj]

Hey everyone it's good ole' Tahj again i have something even more enjoyable I have footage of all the cuts scense In the TLK World this is when sora visits the TLK World the first time, here take a look.
http://www.youtube.com/w/Kingdom-Hearts-2---Pride-Land-cutscenes-%281st-visit%29?v=YWs-k-8bo2Q&search=kingdom%20hearts%20sora%20goofy%20donald%20 simba%20nala%20rafiki%20timon%20pumbaa%20pride%20l and%20disney%20square%20enix

Enjoy peoples and ya you gotta love me.:irule:

[Sadiki]

looks great, just don't wanna watch the whole thing, it would ruin the experience... ;) but yeah it looks great. thanks for shareing.

[Kotaki Lion]

Buy this game it is great! I got a mod chip and i got the game imported. I have only played a few minutes but it is great. The 1st game it also very good if you are looking for a game.

[Simbaspirit]

i really wanna get it!!!! what game things is it for??

[Linkie]

Playstation 2 ;)

[Shadow]

i knew abut this long long time ago :3 tlk and all....but whit out a ps2 can be preety triky so il just wait for ps3 :3

[Shoukai]

It appears that the North American Release has been postponed until March 30,2006 as apposed to March 2,2006.Buena-Vista games needs to get it together.

[HasiraKali]

I just looked two different places and they both have different dates. One has April 15th and the other has March 28th. And then Shoukai has March 30th. So which is it? :lol:

Oh and I just got a copy of the soundtrack. I really like the first of the Pirates background music. The TLK ones are pretty cool so far too. They're not movie songs. At times it sounds like they wants to go into part of Under the Stars but they never do. But I'm sure you've all heard them from the little clips and stuff that've been posted. :evilgrin:

[Nephilim]

Need I remind you that at one point the UK release was May 2004? :p I lose all faith in it ever coming out.

[nathalie]

I'm not really familiar with Kingdom Hearts, I do have 2 TLK figures from it, hehe, but I find a site which had the soundtrack on it, thought I'd listen to it and see what it's about, but the songs wouldn't download *grrr*

[Shoukai]

Sorry about the release date troubles, official SHIPPING date is March 28, 2006. It arrives in Berkeley CA on the 29th.

[Tahj]

hey everyone it's me again I surely have something for you,it's not TLK related, but i have footage of interviews of the cast of KH2 if ya like to see them you can download them here http://kh-vids.net.

Or you can see them here http://www.mtv.com/games/video_games/peep_show/index.jhtml.

[Tahj]

hey it's been a while sence no one has posted but, just for a reminder for those of you that want Kingdom Hearts 2 you got 9 days to get the game, so get your preorders in and have fun and those who can't do a preorder, well, get your money ready when it comes out and still have fun, i know i am going to.

[starionwolf]

According to some reviews, Kingdom Hearts 2 is a good game. The game is fun. It seems that all the bugs and issues in the previous version have been fixed in KH2.

According to some reviews, the music, sound and voice acting are great!

I love the screenshots.

[Tahj]

IT'S FINALLY HERE KINGDOM HEARTS II IS FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!!! MARCH 28 BABY!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sadiki]

you guys are just so lucky... some people have to still wait till 25th August -_-*

[Krypto]

Originally posted by starionwolf
It seems that all the bugs and issues in the previous version have been fixed in KH2.

I hope they haven't changed too much of it! :eek:

[Tategami]

one of the guns in port royal was fixed.

[Katse]

Must get game. Now.

I heard that there's still lines at the game stores in my area. I may have to wait 'til Easter to get mine.:( ...But I'm sure it'll be worth it!*bounces*:D

[Tategami]

you should have pre-ordered it online.it would have been much much easier.

[Nephilim]

Heh, not out here yet.

No worries, I've seen on the videos and know most of the plot. All I'm missing is gameplay. =]

[Katse]

Originally posted by Tategami
you should have pre-ordered it online.it would have been much much easier.

I'm too lazy. As much as I may deny it, I actually do have the patience to wait, anyway.:bleen: I have a gift card for one of the game stores, too, so I don't have to pay for the whole thing.:D

[Krypto]

Just to waste some time, I drove over to a video game store. The moment I pulled up, I saw the big Kingdom Hearts 2 standup that said that it was now out. I played it cool, walking in, though the larger part of me wanted to run in and demand to see the back of the box! :lol: It looks really cool! I'm so excited about the Steamboat Willie level! Oh, and the Lion King level, too! :lol: It looks like Mickey is going to actually be a character in the game! I wonder if you'll now travel in a group of four. Whatever it is, it's going to be awesome! I'm on the last part of the last level of the first game-the one with all of the boss battles. I'm going to finish that before I pick up the second one! :cheese:

It struck me last night just how much Kingdom Hearts has effected the way that I perceive the world. Like, when I'm walking around on campus, I just feel like this is "my" world, though there are more out there. Really, there are different worlds out there, for all intents and purposes. Like, my world, this college campus, is really different from the world of someone who lives in East Africa. But as Kingdom Hearts says, "One sky. One destiny." and we really are connected that way. Last night, I noticed the stars twinkling for the first time in a long time. I'd looked up to the stars recently, but I hadn't seen them twinkling. It was really cool. Like, it's something that seems like it just shouldn't be possible, yet it is. :cheese: It reminded me of Traverse Town! :cheese: So, Kingdom Hearts has allowed me to see the world very differently from the way that I did before playing it. It's also led me to feel more connected to everyone than ever before.:cheese: Yay for what we'll see in number 2! :cheese: :cheese:

[Nephilim]

Originally posted by Krypto
Oh, and the Lion King level, too! :lol: It looks like Mickey is going to actually be a character in the game! I wonder if you'll now travel in a group of four.

He was an actual character in KH too. And no, it's still only a team of three.

[Krypto]

Originally posted by Katse
Must get game. Now.

I heard that there's still lines at the game stores in my area. I may have to wait 'til Easter to get mine.:( ...But I'm sure it'll be worth it!*bounces*:D

Then you'd have done better where I live: there was no line and they had lots of copies! :cheese: I guess there just aren't a lot of Kingdom Hearts fans around here. Oh, well. More for me! :lol:

Nephilim, does he come onto the screen in the last bit of the game? If so, DON'T TELL ME! :lol: I haven't beaten it yet and I'm not going to get back to my PS2 until this weekend. :cheese: I know that he gives instructions to Goofy and Donald in the beginning. Is that what you mean by him being in the game?

[Nephilim]

Originally posted by Krypto
Nephilim, does he come onto the screen in the last bit of the game? If so, DON'T TELL ME! :lol: I haven't beaten it yet and I'm not going to get back to my PS2 until this weekend. :cheese: I know that he gives instructions to Goofy and Donald in the beginning. Is that what you mean by him being in the game?

How do I answer the last question without answering the first?


































Yes, Micky is in it at the end.

[Lion_King_300]

I had pre-ordered it and picked KH2 from Gamestop yesterday. Needless to say, homework was on the back burner most of the night. ;)

I don't want to give anything away, but as a warning, the first section of the game (where you learn battle techniques, and explore Twilight Town, etc) is VERY extensive and has its own really cool and developed storyline, something that was missing from KH1. It takes many many hours to complete, but the whole sequence is important because it clears up how the story is connected between KH1 and "Chain of Memories".


If you haven't already, go get KH2 now!
It'll be a while before I get to the Pride Lands level, I have a feeling...

[Cobalt]

Errrg.


I've been waiting to play this since I heard about it's upcoming release. Unfourtunatly, this was my PS2's cue to fail in a rather spectaular manner. (Read, overheated and died.) and I can't afford to get another or have this repaired untill after I move, so for now I'll just have to entertain myself with hearing about it.

[Leviathan]

No Themethongs from LK OST in KH2, not like Beauty & Beast or Little Mermaid...

PS: Anyone have the detailed Voice Providers' list? Japanese Version does have original V. Providers, which is good.

[Nephilim]

Originally posted by Leviathan
No Themethongs from LK OST in KH2, not like Beauty & Beast or Little Mermaid...

PS: Anyone have the detailed Voice Providers' list? Japanese Version does have original V. Providers, which is good.

* Haley Joel Osment as Sora
* David Gallagher as Riku
* Hayden Panettier as Kairi
* Jesse McCartney as Roxas
* Britany Snow as Namine
* Christopher Lee as DiZ
* Steve Burton as Cloud
* Rachael Leigh Cook as Tifa
* Mena Suvari as Aerith
* Hedy Buress as Yuna
* Tara Strong as Rikku
* Gwendoline Yeo as Paine
* Ming-Na as Mulan
* James Woods as Hades
* Zach Braff as Chicken Little

That's all I know. Mena Suvari has really screwed Aerith up. I want Maaya Sakamoto back! >(

[aj2590]

I found some clips of the scenes!

]WARNING: SPOILERS[/u]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5OeUfcR0Aw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFqdX-ZzI24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVA9O9V4Y4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mOun9r8nGQ

[SimbaKovufan]

I tell ya, it is a great plesure to see Simba again, and not only there but in 3 dimensions!!! I think it's great the cretators decided to use him in the game, though it is obvious to use such a well-known character. What makes it even more excfiting for me is that this time Simba is now interacting with different characters, (like Goofy, Donald DUck and Sora, to be specific) coming from a whole different taste and generation. Being an animation buff, it gives me a turn-on to see characters from different styles and designs to be conversing with each other, as if they knew each other all along though not as closely. TLK in particular should be a bit more integrated with all the different universes mainly because it is the only instance in Disney animation where there are NO humans and that the characters are not anthropomorphic animals, but realistic animals (except that they talk). This slight isolation from the general Disney medium can be a bit frustrating at times, esp. since TLK is my favorite movie....the fact Simba can now converse with people outside TLK universe is cooler than olives and pecans.

[A_Rogue_Lion]

Cant wait to play the game it looks wicked, and little cub Simba looks sooooo sweet :cheese:

[Zephyr Nexus]

Well done, Square - Disney. Nice collaboration, again.

Kingdom Hearts 2 is a great game, and TLK is integrated flawlessly into its texture. I got a chance to play a little in "The Pridelands," as the game calls the TLK universe, and was very impressed.

Sora looks great transformed into a lion, and all the animation is very accurate, instantly recognizable as the different characters.

[Sadiki]

Kingdom hearts 2 just came out in Europe today. got my copy 08:05 and just started playing it.. looks smooth and all, but I wonder how much it explaines chain of memories sinse I didn't compleat the whole game even I have it...can't wait to try out TLK lev ;)

[Lion_King_300]

Wow, KHII was finally released over there??? I don't understand why there was so much time difference in the release dates... did they have to re-code the entire game or something?

Yeah you're gonna love the TLK level! Too bad it's going to take a while before you get there... if you're good and play the game in its entirety (don't skip over anything) it should take you about 15 hours of continuous play to make it to the Pride Lands level.

Have fun STM and let us know what you think when you get there!

btw there is an AWESOME video I found on youtube that is a tribute to the TLK level in KHII, here is the link:

Pridelands Ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldsG_tE-KG0)

Some of the cuts are a little choppy but overall it is a very well done movie.

[Talli]

well thats mainly why I got H2 for and beause the first one was good, but over in all it did not live up to it's expetations. The scenery was cut down compaired for the first one, and the seccond most dissapoiting thing was in he end of the first one the end keept going and going so it had you on edge the first time you played it, but the KH2 it was not neiter that so right after I was dissapointed in the game and returned it not worth my time playing after I think of it now though the third thing that was dumbed down was the intelligence of characters the first one was acceptible but the seccond one was ughhhh.

[Nephilim]

Originally posted by Lion_King_300
Wow, KHII was finally released over there??? I don't understand why there was so much time difference in the release dates... did they have to re-code the entire game or something?

Um, not like Europe has about a billion languages it has to be translated in to, or anything.

Anyway, completed KH2 on Monday; the Lion King world was the second worse, PotC being utterly terrible.

[Sharifu]

Originally posted by Nephilim
Um, not like Europe has about a billion languages it has to be translated in to, or anything.

So they translate the games then? Well at least they don't in Finland.

[Nephilim]

Originally posted by Sharifu
So they translate the games then? Well at least they don't in Finland.

Of course they do. If a company tried to release a game into a market where a good deal of the target audience didn't speak or understand the language, they are going to lose a hell of a lot of money.

It doesn't make sense not to. That would be like them sending KH2 to America and not bothering to change it from the Japanese.

[Sharifu]

Well I just thought most people in Europe are required to learn English in school. :p Like in Finland, STM told me they never bother to translate the games. (Except this one game, I don't remember what it's called)

And well that doesn't really explain why it took so long to release KHII in England either, it doesn't need to be translated there.

[Nephilim]

Originally posted by Sharifu
Well I just thought most people in Europe are required to learn English in school. :p Like in Finland, STM told me they never bother to translate the games. (Except this one game, I don't remember what it's called)

And well that doesn't really explain why it took so long to release KHII in England either, it doesn't need to be translated there.

We were required to learn French or German in school, yet I wouldn't have a clue what was going on 80% of the time in a French or German game.

Actually, it could have done with a fair bit of translating. It's really, really jaring to see words like "Organization," "color" and so on popping out in front of you from the screen. Well, we're part of the EU, so we all get it at the same time.