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Okayh! How long has it been since i last post something year, 4 or 5 month? hahaha, even i myself wondering whether this blog is still alive or not... well, since i log in write this post, it's clearly in your eyes that my blog have been resurrected (up til now of course). what's up, what's new, what's hot.... nothing! hahaha.. have no fear, bashir's here with whatever things he got in his head to stuff it in this blog :) so, its 12.30AM August 6th, signing off... ----------

BBS Ultimania: Plot Mysteries & FULL Nomura interview

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Ultimania - Full Nomura Interview - (click here)

Some of the KH misteries that pop in your head might be answered here

!!!CONTAIN SPOILERS, read at your own risk!!!
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**the above and below are two different interviews**

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

PLOT MYSTERIES

In this title, where our eyes are apt to be drawn to points that elucidate the mysteries of the past, it is by no means easy to grasp the full details of the story. As usual, we've gone after Mr. Nomura with the questions from the game that have been simmering away. (Interviewer: Yuuko Oono)

-- Considering the conversation between Sora and Ventus in the ending of the Last Episode, is this saying that the "just-born heart" that Ventus connects with in the opening is Sora's?

Nomura: Yes. At first we supposed that it could be Sora before he was born, but because of opinions from overseas that "the heart doesn't exist until after birth", we discarded that portrayal.

-- Ventus awakens with Sora's help, but at first his eyes are blank, and when he first meets Terra and Aqua he falls asleep under their barrage of questions.

Nomura: At that time, although Ventus has awakened, his heart is not fully formed. The imagery is the same as the first week after Roxas entered the organisation in "KH Days", when he was spacing out.

-- This time we saw a "rite of succession" [1] - is that a required condition for becoming a Keyblade user?

Nomura: That's essentially correct. In terms of the rite itself, the successee[2] just has to make the successor grasp their Keyblade - if this rite is performed by a Keyblade Master, and if they have suitable power, the Keyblade will choose that person as a Keyblade user, and appear before them. Terra, Ventus, all have passed this rite. Sora is the only exception.

-- The Keyblade succession can only be performed by a Keyblade Master, but we see Terra performing this rite with Riku - does this mean we can consider Terra a Keyblade Master?

Nomura: No. Terra was not awarded that title by his Master Eraqus, so no matter how Master Xehanort flatters him he is not a Keyblade Master. But that's just a matter of whether or not he's achieved the official title. Even Eraqus recognised that Terra possessed suitable power to be a Master, which is why he was able to perform the rite for Riku.

-- In Aqua's chapter, on the Destiny Islands, was Aqua originally intending to perform the Keyblade rite for Sora or Riku?

Nomura: Yes. When Aqua met Sora and Riku, she was on the point of realising that she may end up having to fight Terra. At that point she was going to perform the rite of succession for Sora, but realised that Terra had already performed the rite for Riku. Not wanting sora and Riku to end up fighting like she and Terra in the future, she didn't perform the rite for Sora. This is the meaning behind her murmurs that "One must not get too close to a chosen one," and "I must not make them walk the same path." When she tells Sora he must save Riku if he ends up walking the wrong path, she's projecting her own thoughts onto Sora.

-- By the time of "KHI", have Sora, Riku and Kairi forgotten about Terra and Aqua?

Nomura: That's right. In "KHI" Kairi herself says that she's lost all her previous memories, that she "doesn't remember anything before coming to the Destiny Islands", and it would be pretty easy for Sora to forget. After all, I think for a child of 4 or 5 years old to remember a person they met only once and exchanged just a few words with would be quite unnatural. Only Riku, who was told by Terra "Don't tell anything of today to anyone," may simply be keeping quiet.

-- If Terra wasn't the one who stole Aurora's heart in his chapter, who actually did steal it?

Nomura: It was Master Xehanort and Maleficent. In "KHI" it was shown that beings of darkness like Maleficent and the Heartless are able to steal people's hearts. The theory is that Terra, who has light residing in his heart, is not a being of darkness and therefore didn't steal Aurora's heart.

-- Who is the hero "similar to Terra" that Zack aspires to be like?

Nomura: As in the original game, it's Sephiroth. In "KHI FM" and "KHII" Sephiroth was portrayed as a being of darkness, but at the time of "KH BbS" we don't know whether or not he was a being of darkness.

-- What's the meaning behind the several puzzling images in Terra's chapter where we cross over into his mind?

Nomura: Firstly, when he hears the name of the masked boy from Master Xehanort at the mysterious wasteland, and we see an image of Aqua and Ventus defeated, that's a hint of the future. On the Destiny Islands, when he makes Riku his successor, he has a special view of him and catches a glimpse of his future. However, this isn't to say that Terra has the ability to see the future - it was a directive nuance intended to portray the future connection between Terra and Riku.

-- Was Master Xehanort the one who delivered the final blow to Master Eraqus?

Nomura: Because it was necessary to avoid showing such a cruel scene, it's difficult to tell from the presentation, but that's right. Terra saw this happen right in front of his eyes, so when he realised at the Keyblade Graveyard that Master Xehanort intends to harm Ventus and Aqua, this drives him to anger, saying, "Not only my father Eraqus..."[3] As an aside, although he says "my father", and we see from Eraqus' words that he thinks of Terra like a son, Terra and Eraqus are not actually father and son. Also, in his final moments Eraqus falls towards Terra - an important meaning is hidden in this scene.

-- In a memory scene in Ventus' chapter, we see Master Xehanort send Neoshadow Heartless after Ventus. But the Heartless only appeared in the world of light at the time Ansem Report 1 from "KHI" was written - were Ansem the Wise's student Xehanort's experiments with darkness not his first?

Nomura: As Yen Sid says in "KHII", the Heartless cannot be separated from the darkness in people's hearts, and have been around for a long time. Beings of darkness can draw out the darkness in the heart, so Master Xehanort could summon the Neoshadows with his own hands. In the same way, when Xehanort and Ansem the Wise's students begin to perform the first experiments on the darkness of the heart, artificial Heartless were created in large numbers.

-- In this title, the dark influence of the Heartless isn't breaking down the walls between worlds, so in this period before Gummi Ships, why are Donald and Goofy able to travel to the Mysterious Tower?

Nomura: You can think of it as being thanks to Yen Sid, and also because the Mysterious Tower is a loophole world in the first place, so it comes under slightly different rules than the ones that connect the other worlds. By the way, when Donald and Goofy visit the Mysterious Tower in "KHII", they say "Isn't this tower strange!" even though they know it from "KH BbS". This is because the floors are constructed differently to the previous time they visited, which is strange (laughs).

-- Are the Unversed of a similar nature to the Heartless?

Nomura: That's right. The Heartless are born from the darkness of the heart, and Unversed are born from negative emotions, so you can call them relatives (laughs). To make them fundamentally similar, we made the designs similar. However there's one difference in that the Heartless are seeking hearts, whereas the Unversed behave according to Vanitas' will, and emotionally. For example, the Flood portray feelings of irritation.

-- In "KHI" when Sora stabs the "Keyblade of people's hearts" into himself to release his heart and Kairi's, Sora's Heartless and Nobody were born. When Master Xehanort and Terra:Xehanort stab themselves with the Keyblade, were his and Terra's Nobodies not created?

Nomura: That is not yet clear. However I will say that the fixed sentiment that remained just after Master Xehanort stabbed himself with the Keyblade was not a Heartless.

-- When Vanitas calls Aqua a "spare", is he talking about raw materials for making a χ-blade?

Nomura: Yes. She was a "spare" prepared in case Ventus did not survive the fusion process with Vanitas. Aqua was recognised by Eraqus as a legitimate Keyblade Master who viewed light as absolute, and holds a strong heart of light. So if Ventus were to fail she could have been used as material for the χ-blade.

-- Comparing the Organisation members when they were human to when they were in the Organisation, apart from Xehanort, only Isa and Braig have differently-shaped ears and differently-coloured eyes - why is this?

Nomura: It's a question of whether or not they're deeply connected to Xehanort. In Braig's case, comparing the scene where he's injured in his battle with Terra and flares up at Xehanort, his appearance afterwards changes, which hints that something happened with Xehanort in between.

-- Roxas, the "Sora + Ventus" Nobody, was able to use a Keyblade. In contrast Xemnas, the "Terra + Master Xehanort" Nobody, wasn't able to use a Keyblade. Why is this?

Nomura: I'd rather that point remain a mystery. It's possible that he intentionally wasn't using one.

-- In "KHI", the robed man, Ansem the Wise's apprentice Xehanort's Heartless (the body of Xehanort's Heartless before he inhabited Riku's body), appeared on the Destiny Islands. Is this because it was Master Xehanort's homeworld?

Nomura: That may be one reason, but if he somehow had some of Terra's memories, we can consider that it might be because he had laid eyes on Riku previously. In terms of the elements of Terra and Master Xehanort, I think the questions of how their power is related and divided, as well as who has whose memories and heart, will become a key to the story[4] after this one.

-- Is that to say that there's a possibility that within Xehanort's Heartless, the darkness that sleeps in Riku's heart, there might remain something of Terra...?

Nomura: That's also a riddle connected to the next story,* so everyone please use your imagination.




[1] Refers to Terra's interaction with Riku on Destiny Islands.

[2] Yes, I know successee isn't a word. But the same word stem is used for the successor and the one-who-is-succeeded here in Japanese, and I wanted to convey that.

[3] The quote is unfinished in the Japanese text, but the way it's phrased makes it clear that he means something like, "So not only did you kill Eraqus, now you intend to do the same to my friends." Just thought I'd add a note in case it wasn't clear in English.

[4] Story or stories. Japanese doesn't generally distinguish singular and plural nouns.


Source: KHinsider

Album To Catch up in the future

Attack Attack! - Shazam! (2010)
As Blood Runs Black - Descent Into Hysteria (2010)
As I Lay Dying - TBA (20??)
Avenged Sevenfold - TBA (2010)
Before Their Eyes - Untouchable (March 2010)
The Black Dahlia Murder - TBA (2010)
Blink-182 - TBA (2010/2011)
Bullet For My Valentine - TBA (26-27 April 2010)
Cradle of Filth - TBA (May/June 2010)
Escape the Fate - TBA (2010)
Good Charlotte - Cardiology (2010)
Linkin Park - TBA (2010)
My Chemical Romance - You Were The Hell (17 July 2010)
Slipknot - TBA (20??)
Sonic Syndicate - Burn This City (March 2010)
StoneSour - The Dead Generation (August 2010)
Various Artist - Punk Goes Classic Rock (26 April 2010)

Countdown From 4, 3, 2, 1.... (Movie Marathon Day)

Prelude (20/10/2009)

it all started in a fine beautiful morning of Tuesday, waking up, preping myself for today's outing (Movie Marathon day to be specific) at KLCC with 3 beautiful young ladies—Aida & Ulfah, new IIUM friends i've met one day in Sunway Pyramid; & Farahin, my primary-schoolmate which we started being friends in IIUM.

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it started with 3 actually—me, aida & farahin—as we wait for the arrival of the queen, Ulfah :) (and that is where it became 4). We bought tics for 2 shows, Papadom and Tsunami in Haeundae. Then we bought some snacks for the movies, head to our hall, being nearly blind searching for our sits and get ourselves comfy once we sat our butt off ;). Papadom (which is being shown in Hall 3)—with Aflin Shauki as lead actor, where i would have predicted that this might be a comedy movie with a little bit of sad & touching moments—was a worth-viewing-at-the-cinema movie i might say, and the ladies seems to be happy about it too :) thumbs up!! Then, there's a gap between the second movie, Tsunami in Haeundae, and we take that time to fill ourselves up with hot-yummy-food. Among all, Ulfah ate the fastest!! congratz Ulfah, you've won the who-eat-the-fastest-among-us contest, hehe :D. After Lunch, we performed Zohor prayer at the KLCC's musolla (boy! the male musolla stings! haha) and head back to the TGV for the 2nd movie (Hall 7) after that. Unlike Papadom, Tsunami in Haeundae is a South Korean's Disaster Film, you can tell by the title of the movie (like DUH!). The 1st half movie was kinda boring, lots of non-sense yapping. Later, earthquakes started to shake the world and triggered the horrifyingly-huge-tsunami a.k.a megatsunami with the speed of 500 miles/hour, and that's where the eye-catching-part of the movie started. When it comes to disaster, there will be death. When mentioned about death, there will be sacrifices. This is where all the touching & sad moments comes to life. Eventually, Aida & Farahin break into tears but not for Ulfah, she's a tough one, hihi. As for me, to tell you the truth, i was almost about to shed some tears but able to control it. I won't lie, this movie really touches my heart when it comes to the sad parts. After the movie ends, we exit the hall and the 1st thing we did are look into each others eyes (haha, you know why...). Then, we perform Asar prayer at the same musolla and there's where the countdown started, the departure of Farahin.

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It's just me, Aida and Ulfah. Initially, Ulfah was planning to go to lowyat to buy hard disk for her brother and unable to join us for the 2nd movie. However and fortunately, her plan was altered with benefit of doing both by watching the 2nd movie and go to lowyat. We walked together to lowyat. Aida, who loves as much walking as i do, found herself the way to get to Lowyat & Sungei Wang by feet by passing through KL Convention Centre & Pavilion. However, Ulfah was having trouble with her feet while walking, blister(s) (sorry for making you walk, Ulfah). There, we've finally reach to Lowyat and Ulfah begin her mission, in search of hard disk for her brother. As a catalyst, her brother give the name & place of the shop where he wanted Ulfah to buy those items ;). Mission accomplished, it's time we head back to KLCC through the same route that we used to go to Lowyat. Chit-chat, tup tup tup, we've reach KLCC unrealizingly, haha. There, we had our dinner at the KFC. Me and Aida didn't eat much though, just took some from Ulfah's meal, hihi. Then, it's time for solat Maghrib and the departure of Queen Ulfah.

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Right, now it's just me and Aida, dating (haha, kidding! ;p). I thought that our day was gonna end after Maghrib. Surprisingly, there's more!! Aida wanted to watch 500 Days Of Summer and i volunteered to watch it with her. She bought the tics prior before solat Maghrib and the movie was slated for 7.10pm. What about solat Maghrib? we did perform it, priority first. Then we've enter the hall for the 3rd time (which is at Hall 10, if i'm not mistaken) at 7.25pm after solat magrib (sadly, we've missed the intro of the movie). We quickly jump to our sits (hihi) and watch the movie. The movie is not that boring you know? In fact, to me, it's quite interesting, a little blend of comedy and romance. Unfortunately, there's certain part of the movie where TGV cut and that sucks badly, it makes me feel that the movie is somewhat incomplete. Doesn't matter, we're in Malaysia, so live with it whether u like it or not, hihi. Aaaaaah, the final movie has ended (and i was freaking cold! Brrr......). I thought Aida wanted to go home immediately after the movie. Surprisingly (AGAIN!), my thought was wrong. We went walking around KLCC together from one end to another until we make a pit stop at Starbucks to fill some fuel, hihi. I was new to Starbucks so i knew nothing except that they sell coffee. But not for Aida, she's like a pro, hihi. There's where Aida introduced me Caramel Machiato and at 21:21 hours 20/10/2009, i've bought my first coffee (is it?) at Starbucks, thanx to Aida. Then, we moved to the shop beside Starbucks, Rock Corner. We didn't buy anything there, just window shopping while my hand is occupied with the Extremely HOT Caramel Machiato (haha). Then, it's nearly 10.00pm, finally Aida decided to go home. We walked our way down to the KLCC LRT station. While waiting for the train, we talked a bit and make a guess on which side of the train will arrived first. Eventually, mine's arrived first and there we go our seperate ways—mine is at the 2nd last stop towards Gombak while Aida is at the 2nd last stop towards Kelana Jaya.

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It's just me alone in the train, recalling and flashing back the excitement i just recently had. While i'm at it, i sang some songs which i randomly and spontaneously created to boost the effects of the excitement i had the whole day! :)

To: Aida, Ulfah & Farahin.

- the reason i wrote this is for my collection memories, i know one day that i would like to read this again and cherish the moment we spent our time together :)

- and Thanx for inviting me for the movies marathon, i had such a wonderful day with u ladies. Never thought that i could easily get along with u ladies (and never thought that i saw u girls shed some tears in my presence :P). We're just knew each other recently and that day we're like,boom! like have been friends for a year! :D Hopefully, we could get this chance and i would to do this again in the future. :P

again, THANK YOU! :)

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days is OUT NOW!!

KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 DAYS ARRIVES ON STORE SHELVES TODAY

The Popular Series Makes Its Nintendo DS Debut, Introducing a Multiplayer Mode for the First Time

LOS ANGELES (September 29, 2009) — Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in North America, and Disney Interactive Studios announced today that KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days is now available at retail stores across North America.

Uncover the mysteries surrounding the story of Roxas, the "other hero," with the latest entry in a series that has shipped over 12 million copies worldwide. The first KINGDOM HEARTS title developed for Nintendo DS™, KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days is also the first in the series to feature multiplayer capabilities. Fans can now explore the enchanted Disney worlds alongside friends, choosing to play as any member of Organization XIII, each with their own unique personality and abilities.

Portable and interactive, KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days offers a brand-new KINGDOM HEARTS experience that retains the same enduring charm, storytelling depth and action-packed battle system embraced by gamers across the globe. Experience KINGDOM HEARTS like never before as the action-RPG series is re-imagined for an exciting new adventure!


STORY
In KINGDOM HEARTS, Sora turned the Keyblade on himself in order to release Kairi's heart, but his heart was also released in the process. This brought about the creation of Roxas, Sora's Nobody. Unlike most Nobodies, however, Roxas has no memories of his past. He joins Organization XIII and slowly begins to discover the truth behind his existence and the Organization itself. He meets and befriends the fourteenth member of the Organization, who also has no recollection of her past. What will Roxas see during his time in the Organization? What is the connection between him, Sora and the fourteenth member? And what becomes of them? Dive into the heart of the KINGDOM HEARTS storyline's biggest secrets.


FEATURES
Rediscover the familiar action-packed KINGDOM HEARTS gameplay that has captivated fans worldwide

• Master the brand-new "Panel System" to customize Roxas’s arsenal by placing abilities, items and weapon parts into allotted slots
• Team up in the series-first multiplayer mode, allowing up to four players to control any Organization XIII member
• Learn about the origins of the "Organization XIII" name
• Get to know the members of Organization XIII, including the mysterious fourteenth member
• Finally experience the KINGDOM HEARTS storyline’s missing chapter

KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days is rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older). Please visit the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) website at www.esrb.org for more information about ratings. KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days is available at North American retailers for a suggested retail price of $34.99.

The official website can be found at:

http://na.square-enix.com/khdays/.