For all the Kingdom Hearts fans...

It appears the remake of Chain of Memories for the PS2 is coming this December to the US. This is pretty cool considering I wanted to play this, but was not going to get a handheld to do so.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/19/kingdom-hearts-re-chain-of-memories-for-ps2-coming-dec-2-to-us/

Now if they would only release KHII Final Mix...

I also wonder why they didn't make this available on PSN instead of buying an actual PS2 disc.

Not particularly interested. I played it on GBA, back in the day.

Certainly think it helps make sense of the mess of an intro that II has.

Not particularly interested. I played it on GBA, back in the day.

Certainly think it helps make sense of the mess of an intro that II has.

That's what I'm looking forward to. That into didn't make any sense to me until I actually read up on it on the net.

I didn't play it on GBA, I just decided to read a description/summary of everything that happened in it on Wikipedia before playing KH2, so I'd be ready.

But I think I will get it.

For all the Kingdom Hearts fans...

It appears the remake of Chain of Memories for the PS2 is coming this December to the US. This is pretty cool considering I wanted to play this, but was not going to get a handheld to do so.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/19/kingdom-hearts-re-chain-of-memories-for-ps2-coming-dec-2-to-us/

Now if they would only release KHII Final Mix...

I also wonder why they didn't make this available on PSN instead of buying an actual PS2 disc.

If you want Final Mix, mod your PS2. The game is English with Jap subtitles.

They would not release it on PSN because there are more PS2 owners than PS3 owners.

If you want Final Mix, mod your PS2. The game is English with Jap subtitles.

They would not release it on PSN because there are more PS2 owners than PS3 owners.

Ah, you make an excellent point about more people owning the PS2 than PS3. Good call.

Do you know if all the dialogue (including the non-speaking cut scenes) are in English as well? I saw some video on Youtube where someone played KHII Final Mix on their PS3... I think they ran some program on their PS3 to play the game... which was tempting to try, but I'm not totally sure I want to do it though. In case I did want to mod my PS2, how would I go about doing so?

There are mod chips you can get that basically allow the reading of Japanese games. Tbh, I don't know much about it as I've never wanted to mod my PS2 because with my luck, I'd break it.

There are mod chips you can get that basically allow the reading of Japanese games. Tbh, I don't know much about it as I've never wanted to mod my PS2 because with my luck, I'd break it.

Exactly my reasons why I've been hesitant to do such a thing. ;)

They have services and people who do it. You just gotta find them. I'm also told the actual modding isn't hard (if you know how to solder)

There are mod chips you can get that basically allow the reading of Japanese games. Tbh, I don't know much about it as I've never wanted to mod my PS2 because with my luck, I'd break it.

certain action replays include a freeloader, which enables you to play games of any region on your ps2, without the need to mod your ps2.

a warning: get a new memory card for use with foreign games, because the freeloader will format ti to the game's region (ie, if you play PAL games, the card will be formated to PAL)

It doesn't matter with the memory card. I have NTSC, NTSC-J, and PAL saves on my memory card. As far as I'm aware, you can save any game from any region on any memory card.

Here's some games I have on one memory card:
Initial D: Special Stage (Japanese only game)
The Sword of Etheria (a PAL game)
OZ (Japanese)
Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PAL)
Tekken 5 (PAL)
Silent Hill 4 (US)
Gran Turismo 4 (US)

And they all work like a charm.

I'm kinda glad I didn't get my hopes up (because of rumors floating around talking it being released because of that 382/2 Days game coming out that they have all the VA for the Org. members). But now I realized I spent all that time putting in some English menu stuff on my Japanese ReCoM was for naught!

Either way, I'm buying it :D.

maybe you have a different version than mine?
the manual of my AR explicitly, in bold letters, warn me that the MC will be formatted.
but well, like i said, there are many versions of AR, some with FL, some not.

while i enjoyed KH in GBA more than any other GBA game i own or have played, im definetely getting this.

i do not know anything about this remake other than it is a remake of the GBA version.
i intetionally avoided all information about it because it gave heartache to see it was JP exclusive (same with every JP exclusive games), but now that its getting ported, i will still avoid knowing about it, i want that even the press start screen amazes me.

I don't use AR. I have Swap Magic. I'm sure you can find it somewhere on a forum about stuff like that. I looked it up when I got my SM a few years ago and found this forum that said nothing will happen to your memory card.

i heard of Sm, a friend in the neighboring city has one.
but i still prefer the AR, because it has other functionalities.
like (back then when DVD players were more expensive than a ps2, and regionnlocked) it includes a tool that eliminates the region lock of your ps2 so you can see movies from any place on the earth.

I can use my PS2 gameshark because it has a DVD Region-Free function with it. But all of the movies I have had imported are region free so I haven't even used it yet. The only thing I would get AR (MAX version) is so I can use some different kinds of stuff with my imports/back-up games. Like getting Tera on your team in KHII:FM+ or exploring Sora's room in the first Final Mix. I honestly don't know why your memory card would need to be reformatted if you want to save a PAL or NTSC-J game on it because you can do it anyways.

Man I forget, do you still need to mod your PS2 if you use the Swap Magic trick?

No you don't. You can "modify" your top with a flip-top, but that's pretty much it. Otherwise, you can get the Slide Tool (for the fat PS2) or the Magic Keys (for the SlimLine).

I would totally get this if I ddin't hate card battle games.
They also should import Final Mix. Seriously.

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I would totally get this if I ddin't hate card battle games.
They also should import Final Mix. Seriously.

Fucking agree. I mean, the voices are still in English. What's the deal, Japan?!

Maybe they have a sense of pride having something that we all want...like their women.