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Kingdom Hearts II (2005)

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Let's Play

Duration: 22:49

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This is video #029 in my playthrough of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, part of the Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX. This video contains commentary. To view the non-commentary version, click here: https://youtu.be/KRu0RhEsUyM

The party has taken care of some odds and ends in the previous episode, including leveling up the Summon Gauge and picking up some hard-to-get puzzle pieces. Now, it is time to head to the world past the Land of Dragons and Beast's Castle.

The party starts by flying through the new Gummi Route, Phantom Storm (time 0:27). The big thing about this route is the ghost ship. The ghost ship has a ton of targets.

After clearing the route, the party lands at the new world, which turns out to be an old one: Olympus Coliseum (time 7:05). This turns out to be one of the most substantial iterations of Olympus Coliseum in the Kingdom Hearts series. To start out with, we are treated with a display of strength and heroism from Hercules in the arena.

Then, we join Sora, Donald, and Goofy, who definitely seem to have taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque (time 7:58). They actually arrive at the Underworld Entrance. It turns out to be fortunate, because they find a woman being chased by some Heartless mutts, Rabid Dogs.

After the party has gained control again, they check out Mosh's Moogle Shop (time 9:08). Mosh has a couple of new weapons available: Donald's Comet Staff and Goofy's Falling Star. The Coliseum itself is not far away, but the party won't be going there for a while.

The objective here is to examine the girl with the reaction command "Help Her Up" (time 10:57). She introduces herself as Megara, or Meg, and describes Olympus Coliseum's newest problem. Hades seems to be burying Hercules in work at the Coliseum.

The party's next task is to go to the Underworld to try to chat with Hades. To start out with, they go past Meg through the massive door to the Cave of the Dead: Entrance (time 14:30). To the left, they find an easy-to-get "Heart" Puzzle Piece (time 14:57). It goes in the upper right corner of the puzzle, rotated so that Goofy's nose is in the lower-left corner of the piece.

They then head south to the Cave of the Dead: Passage (time 15:58). As they enter, they see an Organization member running ahead of them. Swell.

As they proceed down the passage, they will find higher ground to the left. There, they find a treasure chest containing a Mythril Shard (time 17:06). A little farther along this higher ground, another chest contains an Ether (time 17:40). Even farther along, a chest contains an AP Boost (time 17:57).

When they return to the stream, they can turn and go back up the slope to find a chest with a Hi-Potion (time 18:24).

Near the bottom exit, there is a chest containing a Mythril Stone (time 19:08). No sooner does Sora grab it than he reaches Level 16 and gains boosts to Magic and Max AP.

The party exits south to the Cave of the Dead: Inner Chamber (time 19:49). Then, they have an exceedingly strange encounter with the Organization member that had run ahead of them earlier. I like Sora's response.

After that little vignette, a Final Mix-exclusive scene plays (time 20:10). The party notices the "Absent Silhouettes" book that the Organization member had left behind. They cannot do anything with it for a short while. In fact, it may be a long while before I choose to mess with it.

In the Inner Chamber, one chest contains the Underworld Map (time 20:52). A smaller chest to the north contains a Mythril Shard (time 21:06).

Mosh's Moogle Shop is also on hand for the party's purchasing and synthesis needs.

Next, the party will continue on to Hades' lair and attempt to converse with the Lord of the Dead.

Thank you for watching!

This video is part of my Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix Playthrough playlist. I am playing the version released as part of the Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX compilation for the PlayStation 3 in 2014. All characters, story, music, artwork, and other copyrighted and trademarked components of this game are the property of their respective owners. Videos uploaded are educational and commentary in nature, as defined under the 'fair use policy' of copyright.

Played on PlayStation 3. Recorded with the Elgato Game Capture HD device and software. Produced with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.

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