Kingdom Hearts II

Younger versions of Seifer Almasy, Fujin (called "Fuu"), and Raijin (called "Rai") from Final Fantasy VIII appear in Twilight Town, as a "disciplinary committee". It still is not known how Sony has achieved this (although Sony had developed a single-chip PS2 CPU/GPU solution, used in newer revisions of the "slim" PS2). Yuna, Rikku and Paine from Final Fantasy X-2 appear as fairies at the Hollow Bastion. The PlayStation 3 will be compatible "on the chip" with PlayStation 2 and PlayStation games, without emulation. Auron of Final Fantasy X will be Sora's partner in battle in Hercules' world. [18]. Seventeen characters from the Final Fantasy series appear. The Blu-Ray region code will be different from DVD region code.

He works with the resurrected Maleficent, who refuses to relent in her desire for power. Blu-Ray movies played on the PS3 will use a region code. Pete is also in the game as an ever-persistent enemy to Sora, Donald and Goofy, appearing in many worlds. Sony's decision to stop region coding means consumers will be able to purchase PS3 games from anywhere in the world, which may turn out to be significantly cheaper than purchasing them exclusively from their home territory, or importing the system from Japan on launch. Scrooge McDuck also makes an appearance. According to Ephraim, “If you look at the fact that [the PlayStation 3] will support high-definition TV, which will be a global standard, there’s a good likelihood that it will be global region, as for example we’ve done with the PSP [PlayStation Portable].”. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty give Sora his new outfit. The PS3’s support for HDTV standards was cited as one of the key reasons the company has stopped the practice of region coding.

Merlin returns and will be in Disney Castle and Hollow Bastion, revealing the existence of Timeless River to the heroes. Unlike its predecessors, the PlayStation and the PlayStation 2, the PS3 is tipped to allow gaming and movie playback from downloads or discs bought in any part of the world, rather than being limited to playing discs only from a specific region. Yen Sid the sorcerer, Mickey's master in the movie Fantasia, makes an appearance, inhabiting a mysterious tower. PlayStation 3 games are unlikely to be region coded, according to Sony’s Australian managing director, Michael Ephraim. Characters from the previously unexplored worlds of Mulan, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tron and The Lion King also play parts in the game. [17]. Stitch from Lilo & Stitch and the titular characters of Chicken Little and Peter Pan act as new summons. However, the March 2006 issue of PSM magazine reports that Sony intends to launch an online service with the PS3 designed to compete with Microsoft's Xbox Live.

Potts, Chip, and Wardrobe from Beauty and the Beast, the merchant from Aladdin, Eric from The Little Mermaid, and Santa Claus as depicted in The Nightmare Before Christmas. It also means that there will be different user interfaces for each game depending on the developer. In addition to the Disney characters that will be returning from Kingdom Hearts, there will also be additional characters from their movies including Megara, Pegasus, Pain, Panic and the Hydra from Hercules, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. While this will give games publishers greater freedom in terms of what they are able to offer online, some say it may make it more difficult for Sony to control the quality of the online experience. On these maps, a small Kingdom Keyblade indicates Sora's location. Instead, online services for PS3 games will be decentralized and left up to individual game publishers. In addition, mini-maps can be found in each world. In an issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine, Sony denied rumors that it would be implementing a centralized online service similar to Microsoft’s Xbox Live.

It is optional to have a map in the top-right corner of the screen. Sony has stated that the online service for the PlayStation 3 will use the same non-unified architecture as that of the PlayStation 2. There are two different Command Menus; a normal one, used to access magic, items and attack, and another used for attack, drive and party. Sony is providing developers with Linux toolchains where SN Systems will provide more customer-oriented Linux tools at an additional cost. If the player desires, the command menu's design can be changed to the original Kingdom Hearts design in the options menu. In addition, Sony recently purchased SN Systems, a former provider of Microsoft Windows based development tools for a variety of console platforms including the PlayStation 2, GameCube, PSP and Nintendo DS to create additional Linux development tools. For instance, Olympus Coliseum's design shows the image of the top of the Coliseum, and Port Royal's design is to show a ship's steering wheel and the Pirates of the Caribbean logo. The list of standards they are reported to be considering includes:.

A new feature is that each world has their own command menu, which are sometimes animated. Sublicensed technologies includes:. If you lose as Mickey, Sora will be automatically revived. The list of open standards includes:. After the bar is full, pressing the triangle button will bring Sora back to life. The PlayStation 3, unlike the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 systems, is based on publicly-available application programming interfaces. This can also be done by constantly attacking the opponent. Sony has selected several technologies and arranged several sublicensing agreements to create the software development kit for developers.

However, you must revive Sora to finish off the boss; this is done by pressing the triangle button repeatedly to fill up his Drive bar. However, Epic stated in response that they are working to release the PC version first and that the PS3 version has no priority for release over the PC version. Mickey is fast and his attacks are brutal, and he can shoot beams of magic from his Keyblade. In the January issue of the same publication, it was stated that Epic Games is working hard to get Unreal Tournament 2007 ready for the proposed launch in Spring 2006. In certain boss battles, if Sora is knocked out, a second option may be available, called "I won't give up!" It allows you to play as Mickey Mouse. In the November issue of PSM Magazine, SCEA Chief Operating Officer Jack Tretton mentioned both Lair and Warhawk as launch titles, although Sony would not expand further on his comments. There are four summons. At this time, only three games have been mentioned as PS3 launch titles: Lair from Factor 5, Warhawk from Incognito Entertainment, and Unreal Tournament 2007 from Epic Games.

Instead of the summoned character being limited to only one action, the summoned character now has a menu of his own to perform multiple actions, some solo actions and some cooperative actions with Sora. One of the most, if not the most anticipated PS3 game up to this point is Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, which had its first trailer shown at the Tokyo Game Show 2005 event. The character will replace the two computer-controlled characters and fight alongside Sora for as long as the drive meter holds out. Controversial games developers Rockstar North have also hinted that they are planning the provisionally named Grand Theft Auto 4, primarily for the PS3. Summoning however, uses the drive meter, so Sora can't drive and summon at the same time. Since they aren't working on a remake then this will most likely be Final Fantasy XIII. Like the previous game, Sora can summon a particular character to aid him in battle when attaining each of their respective items. Square Enix is however listed for a Final Fantasy game along with 70 other Japanese developers during TGS 2005.

Reflect causes a large shield to form around Sora for a very short amount of time, then crack and send out sharp shards a limited distance. Also shown at E3 was a video of Final Fantasy VII 's opening sequence remade in PlayStation 3 graphics, at the time recent to the show, Square Enix stated no plans for a remake. Magnet creates a sphere that slowly sucks in enemies. In the E3 2005 Press Conference, Sony showed some pre-rendered and some real-time videos of games in development with the codenames Eyedentify, Vision Gran Turismo and MotorStorm. Two new abilities introduced to the game are Magnet and Reflect. Some anticipated ones include Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Killzone PS3, Resident Evil 5, Devil May Cry 4, Shin Megami Tensei, Armored Core 4 , Unreal Tournament 2007 and Tekken 6. Casting spells in different drive forms also offers another variety to the spell effects, mostly increasing their strength. Most developers have already announced games for the PS3.

Some spells have been replaced, other have differing effects. The actual number in development, though undeniably fewer, should still be very high. Sora's magic spells from Kingdom Hearts has been modified. As of October 2005, there are already over 150 PS3 games announced by multiple developers and publishers, like SCEA, Electronic Arts, Konami, Namco, Capcom, Square Enix and many others. Later in the game Sora will also be able to perform team attacks with Donald and Goofy individually in similar fashion. According to DevStation Conference, the PS3 will use the Cross Media Bar already used in the PlayStation Portable and PSX devices. In the Olympus Coliseum world, for example, Sora has the option to perform a linked attack with Auron when battling enemies. Sony has appealed this decision and will be able to sell its products while the case is under appeal.

A gameplay addition gives Sora a special linked attack with any of the guest characters, and the effect varies depending on the character teaming up with Sora. Sony lost, and has been required to pay considerable royalties to Immersion and suspend the sale of the controllers, including all PlayStation and PlayStation 2 console packages containing them. Reaction commands are often pivotal in defeating bosses as well. While Microsoft settled out of court, Sony continued to defend the case. For example, a nobody might shoot a red bullet at you, but with a well timed reaction command, Sora will kick the bullet back at it. In March 2005, Sony and Microsoft were sued by force-feedback company Immersion for patent infringement for the use of vibration functions in their controllers. Reaction commands can also trigger counter moves as well. Also possibly complicating the controller design is Sony's ongoing legal battle with Immersion Corporation of San Jose.

For example, against "Dusk" nobodies, your character will slide behind the normally evasive opponents and set you up for a combo. Their downplays concerning a rumor suggesting Sony would unveil a revamped PS3 controller at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2006 were sound, as the controller was not shown in any form during the event. The reaction command, similar to the Resident Evil 4 real time reaction commands, is used during fights and can allow you to perform certain actions when timed correctly. Though Sony itself had previously admitted at this past E3 that the controller design for their PlayStation 3 console was not finalized, GameSpot believes any purported changes will not be substantial. Sora is also unable to use either items or magic, and both of the computer controlled partners will dissappear regardless of who Sora drives with. The PS3's specifications, and E3 display units, don't support DualShock controller ports. Unlike the other forms, when this form occurs it will cancel out Drive when entering a new area as opposed to staying in effect. The number of ports to support such backward compatibility would most likely be limited to one, although this is also an unconfirmed rumour.

While in this form, both partners disappear and Sora uses his "claws" for wide-range attacks that may be weak with individual attacks, but he also has a very high maximum combo count. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the PS3 may in fact support the older DualShock 2 controllers, however, this is thought to be true due to the PlayStation 3 striving to attain backwards compatibility. Sora turns completely black like a shadow, walks on all fours, and has yellow eyes, similar to a basic Heartless. [13]. Anti Form is a bizarre form that is caused by taking too much damage while in Drive form, and then attempting to use the Drive command afterward. Some people pointed that the controller bears a similar resemblance to the old Alps Interactive 3rd party controller which was originally made for the PlayStation. Wielding two Keyblades psychokinetically as well as the ability to fly incredibly fast, Sora wields incredible power in this form, dispatching enemies with ease and dealing increased physical and magical damage. ^[12] In an interview with Edge, SCEE's Chris Deering echoed these statements by describing the E3 controller as "just a design study".

When in Final Form, Sora will merge with both other party members and don silver and black clothing. According to the Japanese video game publication Famitsu, Sony Computer Entertainment chief technical officer Masayuki Chatani said that the controller design is a "prototype, so there could be some small adjustments.". The drawback to this form is that the drive meter will decrease quicker than the previous two drives. However, some suggest that the controller, while a little un-traditional in contrast to the DualShock and DualShock 2 controllers, might provide adequate comfort for extended hours of play. His clothes turn yellow and black, and he is able to glide very swiftly as well as perform a double jump. The design of the controller has been likened to a boomerang or a banana by many observers (or even less flattering likenesses). Two Keyblades can be wielded,one psychokinetically and the other is held normally. SCEI's press release indicates that controller connectivity to the PlayStation 3 can be provided via:.

Sora's combo potential is increased, and his magic power is increased as well. Finally, whether the PS3's advantage in floating-point performance will be readily apparent in games depends entirely on whether developers are able to effectively make use of the system's unique architecture. Master Form, where Sora merges with both Donald and Goofy, combines the powers of the Brave and Wisdom forms. Floating point calculations are very important for graphics, multimedia, and game physics, but considerably less important for other tasks like artificial intelligence. The other two forms have Sora combine with two of Donald, Goofy or another party member to attain greater power than in the other two forms. It should also be noted that floating-point performance is a single-dimensional metric for comparing computers, and that many other considerations (including integer performance, memory size and bandwidth, etc.) determine the "overall" performance of a computer system. Wisdom Form replaces the attack command with shoot, which lets him shoot a blue magic bullet from the tip of the Keyblade in rapid fire if pressed continuously making Wisdom Form a long distance specialized form. The floating-point capacity of the PS3 will significantly exceed that of the XBox 360, although it should be noted that Microsoft's console, due to its 3 symmetric fully featured processor cores (which are very similar to the Cell's PPE), may fare better on dynamically branching code, like that used for artificial intelligence.

Sora gains a massive magic attack boost, and hovers across the floor never touching the ground, instead of running giving him superior movement control. It should be noted that this figure is an estimate based on ideal, 100% efficient operation of the processor. The other, Wisdom Form, is where Sora merges with Donald for this form, and he dons blue and black clothes. The seven SPEs in the PS3, in addition to the VMX unit in the PPE, would yield a total combined single-precision floating point performance of 218 GFLOPS (the same figure quoted by Sony). Sora also runs twice as fast in this form. According to an in-depth report compiled by IBM, the theoretical peak performance of a single SPE is 25.6 GFLOPS. Sora wields two Keyblades which doubles his combo potential dramatically and also gives him additional attacks. Additionally, programmers may find it difficult, initially, to optimize their game engines to make the best use of the highly parallel architectures of both systems, further reducing real-world performance.

Although he cannot use magic in this form, Sora gains a massive boost to his physical ability. Inevitably, real-world performance for both systems will be lower. One is Brave Form, where Sora merges with Goofy, and dons red and black clothes. The performance statistics given for the PS3 and XBox 360 in Sony's presentation were based on the theoretical maximum performance of the systems. The first two forms have Sora merge with one of his permanent party members, Donald or Goofy. It was unclear how these numbers were exactly calculated, possibly based on addition of the floating point capabilities of the processing units in the Cell CPU and those of the RSX GPU. There are five drive forms in all. The figures are likely rounded estimations.

Three out of the five forms allow Sora to use two Keyblades instead of one, and the second keyblade may be equipped in the items menu for this purpose. In their official press release, the same statistic regarding the PS3 as a whole was reported to be over 2.1 TFLOPS. Sora can "fuse" with either Donald or Goofy to become more powerful and acquire different attributes as well. The presentation shows that one PS3 Cell CPU alone is capable of 218 GFLOPS, compared to the Xbox 360's Xenon CPU's 115 GFLOPS. Gameplay is revamped from the last game; there are various new features offering the potential of more interesting play. In a slide show at their E3 conference, Sony presented the "CPU floating point capability" of the PlayStation 3's Cell CPU, and compared it to other CPUs. As in the first Kingdom Hearts game, the player can access different worlds with themes based mostly on Disney films. This gives the RSX an effective 48 GB/s when sending data to/from GPU and RAM.

As the game progresses, Sora learns how much he and Roxas have in common. Since the RSX is connected to the XDR DRAM and GDDR3 RAM similar to a Turbo Cached GPU it can access both memory locations at the exact same time. Sora continues his quest, sealing the keyholes of each world to protect them from the Heartless, as well as facing Axel and the remaining members of the mysterious Organization XIII. NVidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang stated during Sony's pre-show press conference at E3 2005 that the RSX will be more powerful than two GeForce 6800 Ultra video cards combined. Gaining new clothes and powers, Sora began his journey anew, unaware of the events that have taken place in Chain of Memories. Custom RSX or "Reality Synthesizer" design co-developed by NVIDIA and Sony:. When Sora awakens, he eventually arrives in Twilight Town, the place where a mysterious boy, Roxas, who can use dual Keyblades, lived before he left suddenly. The 8th SPE is there for redundancy: if one of the other 7 are defective the 8th SPE will activate and stand in for the defective part.

Sora and his companions have been asleep for about a year, regaining their memories. Only 7, however, are active. Kingdom Hearts II begins where Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories left off. 3.2 GHz Cell processor with 8 Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs). . ^[9]. The in-game music is composed by Yoko Shimomura, who composed the music for the first game, and the theme song Passion (Sanctuary for the international release) is written and performed by Japanese pop music star Utada Hikaru. According to a press release by Sony at the May 16, 2005 E3 Conference, the specifications of the PlayStation 3 are as follows.

The English version will be released on March 28, 2006 in North America [1], followed by European and Australian releases later in the year. Please see the section entitled overall floating-point capability for more details on this. Developed by Square Enix, Kingdom Hearts II was released in Japan on December 22, 2005. Real-world performance for both systems will naturally be less, and the specifications of the PS3 may undergo major changes before the system is launched. Directed by Tetsuya Nomura, the game continues Sora's adventures in finding King Mickey and Riku with the help of a large cast of Disney characters including Donald, Goofy, Jack Sparrow, Tron, Aladdin, the Beast and more. These comparisons are based on estimates of theoretical maximum performance. Kingdom Hearts II is an RPG video game sequel to the 2002 Disney/Square RPG Kingdom Hearts, though it is actually the third installment in the series. The amount of completely programmable floating point capacity afforded by the Cell microprocessor is higher than the Xbox 360's CPU, while the floating-point performance of the two systems' GPUs, which are designed specifically for graphics rendering tasks, are somewhat closer to parity.

The release year of Mulan is erronously written as 1992 in Jiminy's Journal in the Japanese version. This comparison is based on the theoretical combined floating point capacity of the Cell microprocessor and the RSX GPU in the PS3 compared to the combined capacity of the Xenon CPU and Xenos GPU in the Xbox 360. The plot of Agrabah is loosely based on a direct-to-video movie, The Return of Jafar. A simple comparison of the system architectures appears to indicate that the floating point capability of the PS3 is estimated to be greater than that of the Xbox 360. The name of the world "Space Paranoids" is a reference to one of the games that Kevin Flynn created in Tron. The current nature of pricing in the video game industry is to sell the hardware at a loss, at least initially, and then recoup the losses from game sales and developer licensing. [21]. Although manufacturing costs for Blu-Ray and the cell are unknown, it is safe to say like most new systems, they will lose money from the first year.

During its first week of availability in Japan, Kingdom Hearts II sold 727,591 copies. This means that buyers should be able to purchase a PlayStation 3 at a lower price than its actual manufacturing cost. [20]. $494) to make, not including labor, and they expect Sony to sell the PlayStation 3 for less than its manufacturing cost. It is notable because only five games have been given perfect '40/40' scores. Merrill Lynch Japan estimates the PS3 manufacturing costs at 54,000 yen (U.S. The notoriously harsh magazine Famitsu has given the game a score of 39/40; close to perfect. An Inquirer article details internal Sony development[8].

Characters from Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, such as Axel, DiZ, and Naminé, as well as allusions to deceased Organization members, such as Marluxia, make appearances in the game. It is likely that standalone players will be released prior to PS3. A teaser for what appears to be a sequel or a spin-off can be seen if the player accomplishes certain tasks. Sony Blu-Ray standalone players are to be released early summer^[7]. Certain levels of gameplay are based on music and button coordination, such as the Atlantica world and the Stitch summon. Sony office press releases indicate a 2006^[6] launch. Click here to listen to a 46 second sample of Passion. ¥12,500 for the Super Famicom).

Passion ~after the battle~ (5:57). In the same magazine, Ken Kutaragi was interviewed, and expressed little concern over the PS3's possibly high launch price, believing that customers would be willing to pay extra for a superior product, as they had in the past for the original PlayStation (¥39,800 vs. Passion ~single version~ (4:36). In contrast Kazuo Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, says the PS3 will not be expensive and that it will be competitively priced against the Xbox 360.^[5]. The CD single for Passion was released on December 14, 2005, with a price of ¥1,050 (roughly 8.78 USD). So we're going to have to do our best [in containing the price]". The theme songs to Kingdom Hearts II, Passion and Sanctuary (the English version of Passion) are performed by Utada Hikaru, and according to Tetsuya Nomura it ties in even more closely with the game's story than Hikari (Simple and Clean) did with Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. "But we're aiming for consumers throughout the world.

See Kingdom Hearts II Original Soundtrack. I think everyone can still buy it if they wanted to," said Kutaragi to a mostly Japanese crowd. An original soundtrack CD for Kingdom Hearts II, composed by Yoko Shimomura was released on January 25, 2006 and its catalogue number is TOCT-25871~2. The system's retail price is not known.^[3][4] Sony Computer Entertainment president and "father of the PlayStation" Ken Kutaragi points out "It'll be expensive" and "I'm aware that with all these technologies, the PS3 can't be offered at a price that's targeted towards households. as Chicken Little. A functional version of the console was not at E3 or the Tokyo Game Show in September 2005, although some demonstrations were held on devkits and videos of soon-to-be released games created to run on systems with the same specs as the PS3 were presented, such as Metal Gear Solid 4 and Killzone 3. Keiko Yamamoto .. The PS3 was officially unveiled on May 16, 2005 by Sony during the E3 conference, where the console was first shown to the public.

as Peter Pan. . Yu Hayashi .. At the moment, little more is known in public about the PS3 apart from its hardware specifications and reports that it will be based on open APIs for game development. as Gopher. Sony has announced that the PS3 will be backward compatible with earlier PS1 and PS2 games. Mahito Tsujimura .. Specifically, Sony representatives have informed video game store clerks to expect a North American shipment in the summer of 2006, also quoted as "somewhere between June and September." It is the successor to the PlayStation 2 and will mainly compete against the Nintendo Revolution and Xbox 360.

as Roo. The PlayStation 3 is slated for release this year^[2]. Masaya Sugimoto .. The PlayStation 3 (PS3) (Japanese: プレイステーション3) is Sony's seventh generation era video game console in the market-leading PlayStation series. as Tigger. ^[16]. Tessho Genda .. IPv6, the next generation of the Internet Protocol.

as Owl. Kynogon's Kynapse 4.0 (PDF) "large scale A.I.". Toshiya Ueda .. that aims to produce high-quality virtual foliage in real time. as Rabbit. SpeedTree RT, a programming package produced by Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. Naoki Tatsuta .. Cg, Nvidia's C-like shading language.

as Piglet. Alias Systems Corporation's 3D graphics programs [15]. Mitsuru Ogata .. Pixelux's Game Asset Synthesis Technology [14], a toolkit for advanced procedural synthesis. as Winnie the Pooh. Havok's physics and animation engines. Sukekiyo Kameyama .. Epic's Unreal engine 3.0 framework.

as MCP. Ageia's PhysX SDK, NovodeX. Ikuya Sawaki .. OpenVG, for hardware-accelerated 2D vector graphics. as Sark. OpenMAX, a collection of fast, cross-platform tools for general "media acceleration," such as matrix calculations. Tetsuo Kanao .. OpenGL ES 2.0, the embedded version of the popular OpenGL graphics API.

as Tron. COLLADA, an open, XML-based file format for 3D models. Hiroshi Tsuchida .. The Ability to Have 7 Controllers at Once. as Banzai. Parental Controls. Ben Hiura .. Hub/Home Ethernet Gaming Network.

as Shenzi, Kanga. Simultaneous World Wide Web access and gameplay. Tomie Kataoka .. MP3 and ATRAC download and playback. as Rafiki. Digital photograph display (JPEG). Ryuji Saikachi .. EyeToy virtual object manipulation.

as Mufasa. EyeToy voice command recognition. Shinya Owada .. EyeToy interactive reality game. as Nala. High-definition IP video conferencing. Riko Hanamura .. Two simultaneous High-definition television streams for use on a title screen for a HD Blu-ray Movie.

as Simba. The ability for the PlayStation Portable to connect to the PlayStation 3 as a video-enabled controller. Mitsuru Miyamoto .. Bluetooth 2.0 (up to 7 controllers). as Santa Claus. USB 2.0 (wired). Tomoaki Nagae .. TCP/IP networking (wired ethernet).

as Oogie Boogie, Pumbaa. Integrated for mesh networking and connectivity with the PlayStation Portable. Hiroshi Hatanaka .. 802.11g Wi-Fi. as Barrel. USB 2.0 (four front and two rear ports). Shigeo Matsuzawa .. Bluetooth 2.0.

Finklestein, Timon. IEEE 802.11g Wi-Fi. as Dr. Three Gigabit Ethernet ports (Sony has indicated that because of cost reduction there is a possibility that the PlayStation 3 may act only as an accessory interface and hub and perhaps not as a router, as originally planned.)^[11]. Yuji Mitsuya .. 32 cm (L) x 24 cm (W) x 8 cm (H)^[10]. as Sally, Shock. SD/MMC slot.

Yuko Doi .. CompactFlash Type I and II slot. as Jack Skellington. Memory Stick standard/Duo and standard/mini slots. Masachika Ichimura .. Optional but not required for most games. as Iago. Detachable 2.5" hard drive with Linux pre-installed.

Toru Ohkawa .. CD: PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer) SACD HD. as Jafar. DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW. Akira Takarada .. Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE, BD-RW. as the Merchant. Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS, LPCM (DSP functionality handled by the Cell processor).

Takashi Matsuo .. Multiple analog outputs (Composite, S-Video, Component video). as Jasmine. S/PDIF optical output for digital audio. Kaori Aso .. Two HDMI (Type A) outputs (Dual-screen HD outputs). as Aladdin. Supported screen sizes: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p.

Shinichiro Miki .. 76.8 GB/s Cell FlexIO Bus (44.8 GB/s outbound, 32 GB/s inbound). as Barbossa, Scar. 204.8 GB/s Cell EIB. Haruhiko Jo .. 5 GB/s System Bus (Aggregated 2.5 GB/s upstream and downstream). as Elizabeth Swann. 35 GB/s GPU to CPU (Aggregated 20 GB/s (write), 15 GB/s (read)).

Saori Yumiba .. 22.4 GB/s GPU to GDDR-3 VRAM: 128 bits × 700 MHz × 2 accesses per clock cycle (one per edge). as Will Turner. 25.6 GB/s GPU to XDR DRAM: 64 bits × 3.2 GHz. Daisuke Hirakawa .. 256 MB GDDR3 VRAM clocked at 700 MHz. as Jack Sparrow. 256 MB Rambus XDR DRAM clocked at CPU die speed (3.2 GHz).

Hiroaki Hirata .. 128-bit pixel precision offers rendering of scenes with high dynamic range imaging. as Ariel's Sister #2. 33 billion dot products per second (51 billion dot products with CPU). Shion Hino .. 74.8 billion shader operations per second (100 billion with CPU). as Ariel's Sister #1. 136 shader operations per clock.

Hiromi Maeda .. Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines. as Flounder. Full high definition output (up to 1080p) x 2 channels. Takuya Kaihoko .. 1.8 TFLOPS (trillion floating point operations per second). as King Triton, Eeyore. Clocked at 550 MHz.

Taro Ishida .. as Prince Eric. Kazuhiko Inoue .. as Ursula.

Kujira .. as Dale. Minoru Inaba .. as Chip.

Roko Takizawa .. as Daisy Duck. Mika Doi .. as Minnie Mouse.

Yuko Mizutani .. as Hades. Kyusaku Shimada .. as Megara.

Rika Matsumoto .. as Philoctetes. Ichiro Nagai .. as Hercules.

Yasunori Matsumoto .. as the Wardrobe. Takako Kondo .. Potts.

as Mrs. Kimiko Fukuda .. as Lumiere. Masashi Ebara ..

as Cogsworth. Kazuo Kumakura .. as Belle. Eri Ito ..

as Chien-Po. Kozo Shioya .. as Ling. Ryusei Nakao ..

as Yao. Yutaka Oda .. as Shan Yu. Hiroshi Fujioka ..

as the Emperor. Osamu Kobayashi .. as Captain Shang, Lock. Shintaro Sonooka ..

as Mulan, Ariel. Mayumi Suzuki .. as Merryweather. Masako Nozawa ..

as Fauna. Hisako Kyouda .. as Flora. Miyoko Aso ..

as Merlin. Minoru Uchida .. as Tournament announcer. Junichi Suwabe ..

as Yen Sid. Takashi Inagaki .. as Olette. Yuka Hirasawa ..

as Pence. Hayato Taya .. as Hayner. Kazunori Sasaki ..

as Paine. Megumi Toyoguchi .. as Rikku. Marika Matsumoto ..

as Selphie, Yuna. Mayuko Aoki .. as Setzer. Ryotaro Okiayu ..

as Vivi. Ikue Otani .. as Rai. Kazuya Nakai ..

as Fuu. Rio Natsuki .. as Seifer. Takehito Koyasu ..

as Sephiroth. Toshiyuki Morikawa .. as Tifa. Ayumi Ito ..

as Cid. Kazuhiro Yamaji .. as Yuffie. Yumi Kakazu ..

as Aerith. Maaya Sakamoto .. as Cloud. Takahiro Sakurai ..

as Leon, Auron. Hideo Ishikawa .. as Jiminy Cricket. Kaneta Kimotsuki ..

as Pete, the Mayor. Toru Ohira .. as Maleficent. Toshiko Sawada ..

as Xigbar. Hochu Otsuka .. as Luxord. Jouji Nakata ..

as Demyx. Kenichi Suzumura .. as Xaldin. Yousuke Akimoto ..

as Saix. Ginpei Sato .. as Naminé. Iku Nakahara ..

as Axel. Keiji Fujiwara .. as Ansem (Xehanort). Akio Otsuka ..

as DiZ (Ansem). Genzo Wakayama .. as Xemnas. Norio Wakamoto ..

as Mickey Mouse. Takashi Aoyagi .. as Roxas. Koki Uchiyama ..

as Kairi. Risa Uchida .. as Riku. Mamoru Miyano ..

as Goofy. Yutaka Shimaka .. as Donald Duck, Mushu, Beast, Sebastian, Genie, Stitch. Koichi Yamadera ..

as Sora. Miyu Irino .. as Chicken Little [19]. Zach Braff ..

as Tron. Bruce Boxleitner .. as Genie. Dan Castellaneta ..

as Aladdin [18]. Scott Weinger .. as Hades [17]. James Woods ..

as Hercules. Sean Astin .. as Beast. Robby Benson ..

as Shan Yu. Miguel Ferrer ... as Mushu [16]. Mark Moseley ..

as Mulan [15]. Ming-Na ... as Yen Sid. Corey Burton ..

as Pence[14]. Sean Marquette ... as Paine [13]. Gwendoline Yeo ..

as Rikku [12]. Tara Strong .. as Yuna [11]. Hedy Burress ..

as Auron. Matt McKenzie .. as Tifa Lockhart [10]. Rachael Leigh Cook ..

as Aerith Gainsborough [9]. Mena Suvari .. as Cloud Strife [8]. Steve Burton ..

as Squall Leonhart (Leon). David Boreanaz .. as Jiminy Cricket. Eddie Carroll ..

as Pete, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger. Jim Cummings .. as Maleficent. Susan Blakeslee ..

as Naminé [7]. Brittany Snow .. as Ansem (Xehanort). Billy Zane ..

as DiZ (Ansem) [6]. Christopher Lee .. as Mickey Mouse. Wayne Allwine ..

as Roxas [5]. Jesse McCartney .. as Kairi [4]. Hayden Panettiere ..

as Riku [3]. David Gallagher .. as Goofy. Bill Farmer ..

as Donald Duck. Tony Anselmo .. as Sora [2]. Haley Joel Osment ..

His team attack with Sora is somewhat cinematic, as Sora will be reminded of his adventures in Neverland in the first game (with pictures floating across the screen) while Peter and Sora fly around hitting anything in their path. Tinkerbell heals Sora constantly at the same time. Peter comes with Tinker Bell, and flies around attacking much like he did in the first Kingdom Hearts when he was a temporary party member. Peter Pan is the boy who never grows up and the titular character of Peter Pan.

His team attack with Sora is a ukelele jam session where different buttons can be pressed to prompt different musical attacks for big damage. He will actually climb around the menu screens as well as the screen itself (as if he were on the surface of your screen), and do various things while shooting the enemies with his plasma gun somewhat nonchalantly. When summoned, Stitch is somewhat unique. Stitch is the cute but destructive anti hero of Lilo & Stitch.

Depending on the form he is in, Genie will be able to perform an enormously damaging move. The drive form to mimick must be unlocked first. Genie attacks with a humorous recreation of Sora's keyblade, and has a command to mimick any one of Sora's drive forms. Genie is the blue genie in a lamp who helps the titular character of Aladdin.

His attack with Sora, "FPS", is, as suggested, a First Person Shooter-like mode where Chicken can throw baseballs in rapid fire from a first person view. Chicken when summoned, chucks baseballs at enemies when on his own. Chicken Little is the titular character of Chicken Little. The World That Never Was.

Disney Castle. Hollow Bastion. Destiny Islands (Unplayable). Twilight Town.

Space Paranoids, from Tron (1982). Pride Land, from The Lion King (1994). Halloween Town, from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Agrabah, from Aladdin (1992).

Port Royal, from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). Atlantica, from The Little Mermaid (1989). 100 Acre Wood, from The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977). Timeless River, from Steamboat Willie (1928).

Olympus Coliseum, from Hercules (1997). Beast's Castle, from Beauty and the Beast (1991). The Land of Dragons, from Mulan (1998).