March Caprice

MARCH CAPRICE

March Caprice

Dance of the Daring

March Caprice

March Caprice

March Caprice

March Caprice 6-2 Dance of the Darling

So that's it for the Beasts Castle... welcome to the top 14, March Caprice! Along with the other ending theme... I'm sure both of which will be strong!

Alright time to conclude this round... and then start the next round which'll have... 7 battles. Yeah, seems hard to know where to go from there, but don't worry, I got an idea and we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Round 3 - Battle 14

This is Halloween - KH1/KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZByN_2JVo)

This song seems to have a habit of always being at the beginning or the end of a round... but yeah, finally something from both games, haven't seen one of those in a while. Halloween, halloween, halloween, halloween... top 14 maybe?

VS.

Sora - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkXCDpZvl1o)

Another good one to end a round with... Sora's theme, introduced in KH2, always when something important happens, like Sora waking up, or when "other worlds are calling"... and probably a few more. All the character themes seems to be popular in this...

Hard choice, I was gonna choose differently, but after listening to both, This Is Halloween does have a slight edge.

This is Halloween

Sora for me, easily.

This Is Halloween

This is Halloween

Sora

This is Halloween gets sort of annoying after a while. It doesn't help when you live with someone who insists on watching the movie at least twice a week either.

This is Halloween for sure. I'm not very fond of the KH2 version but the original version kicks ass.

This is Halloween

I'm not very fond of the KH2 version but the original version kicks ass.

What "KH2 version"? To me they both sound the same, where is this difference you speak of? Well in KH1 like for the first little bit when you arrive in Guillotine Gate you hear only the base, like one side of the speaker, but once you set foot in the square, and see the scene there, it sounds normal. Never noticed a difference in KH2. Unless you mean the town and not the song.

Anyway... time to wrap up this round...

This Is Halloween 6-2 Sora

Totally didn't see this coming, but Sora is now out! And, once again, Halloween is the last that makes it into the... um... seventh-finals.

I'll get the next round ready, not sure if I'll start tonight or tomorrow. In the meantime... this thread's open, feel free to post/comment.

Okay... seven battles in this round, we're almost done!

Round 4 - Battle 1

Fantasia Alla Marcia - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-o-Mi89H0)

KH2's ending/credits theme... it's an ending theme, and an orchestra. Need I say more? Top 7?

VS.

Welcome to Wonderland - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYsrblVZh-4)

Wonderland... not too many normal world or normal battle themes left! Should it make top 7? It's got a hell of an opponent, but it beat the 13th Struggle which surprised me.


And... I leave with a vote for Welcome to Wonderland.

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

The Two halloween themes are a bit different. I can't really explain it, but they are. Just try to hear it.

What "KH2 version"? To me they both sound the same, where is this difference you speak of? Well in KH1 like for the first little bit when you arrive in Guillotine Gate you hear only the base, like one side of the speaker, but once you set foot in the square, and see the scene there, it sounds normal. Never noticed a difference in KH2. Unless you mean the town and not the song.

There is a difference in the versions... it's subtle, but there. :)


Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia 6-1 Welcome to Wonderland

Bye bye Wonderland... and Fantasia joins the final seven!

Round 4 - Battle 2

March Caprice - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7VBvUM1vGw)

Another ending theme (from the other game), that's also an orchestra medley. Pretty strong entity... will it join Fantasia in the top seven?

VS.

Shrouding Dark Cloud - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gpQdDc3h0I)

KH1 boss theme... perhaps a more powerful opponent than Wonderland was. But is it a match for the ending theme to have a chance at the top seven?


Shrouding Dark Cloud has my vote... not just because it's not an ending theme, but I really like it.

March Caprice

I might change my vote again, I like these both a lot.

March Caprice

March Caprice

Whoa! I wish I knew this existed earlier, I think Kingdom Hearts has the best soundtracks ever!

Shrouding Dark Cloud is fantastic, so is March Caprice, but a superior version of March Caprice (Fantasia) is through so I'll chuck in a vote for "Shrouding Dark Cloud"

Shrouding Dark Cloud

It's probably gonna lose.

Hmm well right now would be when I normally update it, but it appears there's a tie... break's up for grabs for anyone who hasn't voted, if no one comes I'll find someone.

Okay, time's up... hmm, two obvious PM-worthy candidates... bahhhh... arigetsu, I choose you! Use Hydro Pump... err, I mean tie break!

Wow, tough choice... but I'll go with...

Shrouding Dark Cloud

Thanks getsu!

Shrouding Dark Cloud 4-3 March Caprice

After a grueling tough battle... who would have thought, and Ending theme, let alone an orchestra, is out! Guess they found some kryptonite... Fantasia's still in the top seven, and this KH1 boss theme gets to join it!

Next battle should be more fun and relaxing... now with the two Ending theme involved ones out of the way.

Round 4 - Battle 3

This Is Halloween - KH1/KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZByN_2JVo)

The Nightmare Before Christmas... perfect choice of song from that movie to use for that town's theme. Imagine if they used "What's This"... will it make the top 7? Also now I confess to noticing the difference between the two games, yeah, different instruments and KH2's is more staccato. The one I linked to was KH1's, you can find the other yourself.

VS.

He's a Pirate - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdrgdJsFcUM&feature=related)

Another movie song not originally from the game, one of the few that was incorporated as battle music. If not the only... well, will it make the top seven?

I like this matchup... out of these two I prefer This Is Halloween.

This Is Halloween

This Is Halloween

I don't really care for either, so I will give He's a Pirate a start in the votes.

This Is Halloween

He's a Pirate-- it's just more fun for me.

He's a Pirate is a really crap version of the awesome song from the film, and for me, it just makes me reflect on how crap that world actually was, so This Is Halloween is my decision.

Also, with 358/2 days out and BBS also being released (and also some themes from KHIIFM+ were missed out), both of these games have awesome themes so perhaps after this rumbles over we could use some of those?

I was sort of surprised some of the Chain of Memories songs didn't make it into the rumble either... but there may have been a reason for it since I found out about this pretty late in the game.

I did say at the start of the rumble that I wasn't planning on using anything from CoM or 358/2 or any of those. So... yeah, sorry.

Well, if you don't plan to do them once this is finished, I don't mind doing it myself (if that's ok with you and the mods obviously) as there are some utterly fantastic themes in Re:Com, 358/2 days and Birth By Sleep. Castle Oblivion Theme gives me chills.


*EDIT*

Oh yes Arigeitsu, Lord Of The Castle is probably the most epic boss theme in Kingdom Hearts.

I did say at the start of the rumble that I wasn't planning on using anything from CoM or 358/2 or any of those. So... yeah, sorry.

Figured that might have been the case. :)


Castle Oblivion Theme gives me chills.

I get that with "Lord of the Castle".

We can discuss that later... anyway, enough chitchat here for now.

This Is Halloween

This Is Halloween 6-2 He's a Pirate

So for once, He's a Pirate got slaughtered! Halloween, welcome to the final seven. BTW in case you're worried, I think I know exactly what it is I'm gonna do for the next round.

Round 4 - Battle 4

Passion Orchestra Inst. - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?videos=JtKopZ8pL2g&v=zpXGDLhWuJY)

My god, I'm not liking Youtube's new layout. Anyway... here we've got another Orchestra, that being Passion which is kind of KH2's Hikari. Serves as the main song in the opening, ending, and crucial parts of the game. This one's the Instrumental version from the opening.

VS.

Hikari - Orchestra - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?videos=9yvJv4zL9hM&v=Gxt0v82K9d8)

Another Orch, one of the Hikari's! One of them got eliminated last round, but this one should have more of an advantage since it's instrumental and an orchestra. Then again, so is it's opponent...


So two orchestra instrumentals eh... I'll have to go with Hikari - Orchestra, because Passion doesn't quite do it for me.

Passion Orchestra Inst.

Hikari - Orchestra easily

Passion Orchestra Inst.

Hikari - Orchestra just barely

Hikari -Orchestra is infinitely better then Passion - Orchestra, purely because, at the end of KH2, when Hikari started playing when the door to light opens, that was epic.

Hikari - Orchestra is definitely the choice for me. I would often play the Kingdom Hearts demo sequence just to hear it. Not so much so for Kingdom Hearts II and "Passion."

They are both great, but I prefer Hikari over Passion.

Hikari - Orchestra

Hikari - Orchestra 6-2 Passion Orchestra Inst.

So, that's one Hikari in the final seven! But the end for Passion...

Round 4 - Battle 5

Reviving Hollow Bastion - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I389ulH99S0)

Hollow Bastion... the KH2 version of it. One of the few main world themes left, if it counts. All the new harmonics and key changes added in KH2 made it more interesting, and helped make it this far, but will it make the top 7?

VS.

Desire For All That Is Lost - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQDXhia5Iec)

While there are a couple KH1 boss themes left in this still, this is the only KH2 one still playing. It's a pretty cool theme, starts out as just an "event battle" theme, but later starts being used more as a boss theme. Will it be worthy of the final 7?

I think I'll be sticking with Reviving Hollow Bastion.

Desire For All That Is Lost

Desire For All That Is Lost

Reviving Hollow Bastion

Desire For All That Is Lost

Reviving Hollow Bastion

Desire For All That Is Lost

Desire For All That Is Lost 4-3 Reviving Hollow Bastion

Very close battle... but this appears to be the end for Hollow Bastion! Desire is really popular... well, it was after all the first to beat one of the Hikaris. Anyway, welcome DFATIL to the final seven!

Round 4 - Battle 6

An Adventure In Atlantica - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKtyyiWh3oo)

And the KH1 Atlantica Battle theme is still here and kickin'... famously the only KH1 exclusive Atlantica-related track, while 2 had those songs, all of which lost. Will it make it as far as the top 7 being the last Atlantica standing?

VS.

The Deep End - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_aZrERkbwo)

Another KH1 exclusive... well, I did say it's opponent was the last Atlantica standing, but while this one is first introduced in that world, and has a title associated with it, it's actually a universal boss theme... for the ones you get stuck on that drive you over the deep end. It's been pretty popular, as all KH1 boss themes usually are... will it make the final seven?

Hard choice... I'll go with An Adventure In Atlantica, I miss Atlantica too much as a mainstream world... the deep end reminds me too much of my frustration with certain bosses. It's an awesome boss theme though and I wouldn't care if it won.

An Adventure In Atlantica

For me, The Deep End, easily. It's an excellent boss battle theme.

The Deep End by the slightest margin

The Deep End

I'll go with Adventure in Atlantica. Although I love "The Deep End", something about the other song is a bit more charming.

So... um, we've got a 3-3 tie once again. Anyone not already voted willing to break it? Or should I find someone later today?

Okay... no volunteers? Then... gonna go with Smarty. Cast the tie breaker.

The Deep End

You're welcome.

Cheers, Smarty!

The Deep End 4-3 An Adventure In Atlantica

Close battle underwater, but... this looks like completely sort-of it for Atlantica... unless you count what just beat it, but it's really a KH1 boss theme. That makes two of them in the final seven!

Okay, last battle of this round... and then a treat.

Round 4 - Battle 7

Hikari - KH Instrumental - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47mODMsenyE)

Okay, another Hikari, used directly in the game, at the part in HB when Sora recovers his heart, which is an essential point in the game. So we've got a Hikari (Orchestra) in the top 7... will this one join?

VS.

Hand In Hand - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPy4nSLtAyQ)

Another really popular song which has several versions, this being the original and the Traverse Town battle theme... competition for Hikari? Can it possibly make the top 7?

Alright, hard choice but I shall go with Hand In Hand.

Hand In Hand

Hikari - KH Instrumental

Hikari - KH Instrumental because it makes the scene where Sora sacraficed himself epic.

Hikari - KH Instrumental

Tough choice, but I'll with Hand in Hand on this one.

Hikari - KH Instrumental

Hikari - KH Instrumental

Hikari - KH Instrumental

I am forced to agree

Hikari - KH Instrumental

Wow that's a lot of votes! Alright, time to conclude this one...

Hikari - KH Instrumental 7-3 Hand In Hand

If there's anything that can beat Hand In Hand, it's Hikari who's joining it's orchestra-brother in the final seven!

Okay, this round's over... there's seven left, you're probably wondering what happens next. So here, I've got a little treat for you all.

I'm going to give you a chance to express your DESIRE FOR ALL THAT IS LOST... that's right, one of the many eliminated songs will be getting a reprieve and a second chance.
Well, seeing as we started with 112 songs, it seems like it would be hard to decide... so here's what's you do. Send me a PRIVATE message stating FIVE songs, no more no less that you'd like to see back.

However, don't do it quite yet. I don't have the list handy on this computer since I'm in the library right now, but I'd rather you look at the list and then decide, rather than merely from memory... just for the sake of fairness and making it easier to decide. I'll post the list as soon as I get home. In the meantime you can start thinking about it! But wait until after I post the list to PM me.

Ohhh, how exciting! I was kind of expecting the whole vote one out thing. Are we going to see a come from behind victory this time?

Perhaps... well, here's the list of all that is lost.

1.Dearly Beloved
3.Simple and Clean
4.Destati
5.Destiny Islands
6.Bustin' Up
7.Mickey Mouse Club
8.Treasured Memories
9.Kairi
10.A Walk in Andante
11.Destiny's Force
12.Traverse Town
14.Blast Away 1
15.Tricksy Clock
16.Welcome to Wonderland
17.To Our Surprise
18.Olympus Colloseum
19.Road to a Hero
20.Go For It!
21.Having a Wild Time
22.Squirming Evil
23.Hand in Hand
24.Merlin's Magical House
25.Winnie the Pooh
26.Bounce-O-Rama
27.Once Upon a Time
28.Shipmeister's Humoresque
29.Precious Stars in the Sky
30.Blast Away 2
31.A Day in Agrabah
32.Villains of a Sort
33.A Very Small Wish
34.Monstrous Monstro
35.Friends In My Heart
36.Under the Sea
37.An Adventure in Atlantica
40.Spooks of Halloween Town
41.Captain Hook's Pirate Ship
42.Pirate's Gigue
43.Neverland Sky
44.Kairi 3
45.Blast Away 3
46.Scherzo Di Notte
47.Forze Del Male
49.Miracle
50.Guardando Nel Buio
51.Always On My Mind
52.March Caprice
53.Hand in Hand Reprise
54.Passion Orchestra Inst.
55.Lazy Afternoons
56.Sinister Sundown
57.The Escapade
58.Tension Rising
59.Missing You
60.The 13th Struggle
61.Roxas
62.Sora
63.The Afternoon Streets
64.Working Together
65.Magical Mystery
66.A Twinkle In the Sky
67.Reviving Hollow Bastion
68.Laughter And Merriment
70.Organization XIII
71.Gearing Up
72.Shipmeister's Shanty
73.Blast Off
74.Crossing the Finish Line
75.Waltz of the Diamond
76.Dance of the Darling
77.Dance to the Death
78.Home of the Dragons
79.Fields of Honor
80.Vim and Vigor
81.Cloudchasers
82.The Underworld
83.What Lies Beneath
84.Rowdy Rumble
85.Monochrome Dreams
86.Old Friends, Old Rivals
87.Floating In Bliss
88.Isn't It Lovely?
89.Swim This Way
90.Part of Your World
91.Ursula's Revenge
92.A New Day is Dawning
93.He's a Pirate
94.The Corrupted
95.The Encounter
96.Space Paranoids
97.Byte Bashing
98.Sinister Shadows
99.The 13th Dilemma
100.Showdown At Hollow Bastion
101.One Winged Angel
102.Battleship Bravery
103.Sacred Moon
104. Deep Drive
105. Riku
106. Courage
107. A Fight to the Death
108. Darkness of the Unknown
110. Destiny Islands KH2
111. Hand in Hand KH2
112. Sunset Horizons


Alright, NOW you can start PMing me your list of five.

Also, as I have been in the voting so far, I will be participating in this myself as well and note myself some five of my own I can come up with.

man all the good themes are out :(

I'll make a list tomorrow

I'll close this soon, still waiting for a few more.

Myself, I'm personally having trouble deciding between nine of them, but it doesn't seem to matter much as no one else really seems to want them. :(

Alright, well, sorry about the delay, I've actually been playing 358/2 (and it's amazing btw). But it seems I have a tie between over three of them. I won't say which. But then again, I've only gotten PM's from five people, so I'll leave this open a little longer. If I still have a lot of ties, I have a next plan of action.
Also I gotta say that that boss theme in 358/2 exclusive to it "Struggle Away" or whatever it's called, is amazing.
Anyway keep the PM's coming.

Honestly, I don't know why they migrated to KH series to handhelds... what was so hard about keeping it on the Playstation 2. :( Hopefully they'll eventually port them like they did Chain of Memories.

Okay, the forum has been playing yo-yo, but I wanna move on. Here's what's going to happen:

Everyone who's already voted, and I mean ALL five of you, please PM me with three more. I'm gonna PM you all in case you check that before this thread.

Anyone else who hasn't voted can still feel free to, and this time choose eight.

I shall be coming up with three more of my own as well.

I think I was originally down to 8 before cutting it to 5... I knew I shouldn't have deleted that list :notgood:

Alright, just waiting on The Master to send me his three more and then I can go on (and as said before, in the meantime anyone who hasn't can feel free to send me their eight).

Okay... this time, out of the PM's that I got, we have a tie between two. These are the 48 votes I got from the six people tallied up, in alphabetical order.

Byte Bashing 1
Cloudchasers 1
Darkness of the Unknown 2
A Day In Agrabah 1
Dearly Beloved 2
Deep Drive 1
Destiny Islands 1
Destiny Islands KH2 1
The Encounter 2
A Fight to the Death 1
Forze Del Male 1
Friends In My Heart 1
Guarando Nel Buio 1
Hand In Hand 3
Hand In Hand Reprise 1
He's a Pirate 1
Isn't It Lovely 1
Kairi 1
March Caprice 1
One Winged Angel 1
Passion Orchestra Inst. 3
Reviving Hollow Bastion 2
Riku 1
Roxas 1
Sacred Moon 1
Scherzo Di Notte 1
Showdown at Hollow Bastion 1
Simple and Clean 1
Sinister Shadows 2
Sinister Sundown 1
Sora 1
Sunset Horizons 2
Treasured Memories 1
A Very Small Wish 1
Vim and Vigor 2
Welcome to Wonderland 1
Working Together 1

Like I said, I'll be participating in this as well, seeing as I have been in the last round. And, the above list doesn't include what my eight would have been, so this time I'm gonna do the honor of breaking the tie myself rather than ask for more votes. I know I could have done the same thing before, but there were way too many tied on top (again without me) and didn't think it would have been fair. Now that there's only two it's much easier and I just wanna get this round over and done with so we can move on.

So... by my tie-breaker, I declare the returning song to be... Hand In Hand!

I'm sure you all probably would have expected that, but it really would have been one of my eight anyway.
So, the classic Hand In Hand gets another shot... might I add that the one that took it out (Hikari KH Instrumental) is still in, so let's hope they don't get placed against each other again! :p
If they do, I'll probably reshuffle anyway. Heh. At least for this round, can't promise I'll do it for later rounds.

So... watch this space for the quarterfinals! Gonna start them shortly.

EDIT: My Mistake, it was Hikari KH Instrumental that took out Hand In Hand, not Orchestra.

Excellent-- looking forward to the quarter-finals!

Awesome choice, I probably would have picked Hand in Hand over Passion Orchestra Inst., too.

Alright time to start this. Sorry for the delay. I might let this first battle maybe go a day or two longer than usual just cause of the delay and people might not check it, but if it's at the same pace then two days.

Anyway, the quarterfinals! This rumble started in August and has been going for over half a year... now we're almost at the end! Some pretty nice matchups we've got here.

Quarterfinals - Battle 1

Hikari - Orchestra - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxt0v82K9d8)

I think we can all agree that I'm better off not calling this "Round 5". Anyway, KH1's poster theme, orchestrated. Both are plus factors seeing as we're down to 8 and still have another Hikari and another orchestra... will this make the top four?

VS.

The Deep End - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_aZrERkbwo)

Theme for challenging bosses in KH1, like the titans, Zisa, and of course Ursula. It's the creme de la creme of boss themes by a lot of standards, even though there's still another KH1 boss theme standing... but is this final four material?


I'm easily gonna go for The Deep End. I miss battles that are actually challenging which KH2 was lacking in, and this theme does a great job bringing that back. Might I add that thankfully I felt I'd gotten the challenging boss factor back in 358/2 (though not this theme, unfortunately). But I did get battles that drove me over the deep end!

The Deep End

The Deep End

The Deep End

The Deep End

Hikari - Orchestra

Could've gone either way, but it'd be a shame to see it go down voteless

Hikari - Orchestra, though it looks like it's going to lose.

Hikari - Orchestra won't be going down without a fight.

As for the fights in 358/2 Days...Yeah, I was happy that there were a few actually challenging fights in there. Some of the fights though, they made them just take too long.

I will join in too, if nobody has anything against it:) To be honest the only KH game I've played was Chain of Memories for gba, but it doesn't change the fact, that I know and appreciate what Yoko Shimomura accomplished composing for KH series. And i really love Hikari - Orchestra:)

btw
You may also want to check out arranged ver. of this song, done by Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Here. (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4JFK80BT) Much more calm and peaceful from the original, but it doesn't lack in the emotional value;)

The Deep End 5-4 Hikari Orchestra

Very close battle, The Deep End was killing at the start (which I didn't expect at all), Hikari made a great comeback but not enough to win. So, one Hikari left standing, and Deep End joins the top four in this 112-song rumble! Exciting eh... yay for boss themes!

Also, welcome to the rumble Scezepan, and I have heard that version yes. Though I gotta say this isn't really the time for contributions... this rumble started in AUGUST and we're on the quarterfinals. But really feel free to participate in the votes!

Quarterfinals - Battle 2

This Is Halloween - KH1/KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZByN_2JVo)

That catchy song from Nightmare Before Christmas was a good choice to be implemented as VGM, even though "What's This" would have probably made a decent battle theme. It's popular enough to have made it this far, and it's the theme for one of the only three worlds to be in every KH game released thus far (not counting Birth By Sleep but plz no spoilers I don't wanna know if it's in that). Final four material maybe?

VS.

Desire For All That Is Lost - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQDXhia5Iec)

Ah the theme with a name that I based the last mini-round off of. And, the only KH2 boss theme left standing, even though it's arguably more of an "event battle" sort of theme, like when you fight groups of Heartless or Nobodies and are surrounded by barriers. But it's used for a handful of bosses as well. Well, the first one to join the top 4 was a boss theme, will this be another?

Kind of a hard choice but I will have to go with This Is Halloween.

Desire For All That Is Lost

This Is Halloween

This is Halloween

Desire For All That Is Lost

Desire For All That Is Lost

This Is Halloween

This Is Halloween

btw Thanks for letting me in

Desire For All That Is Lost

Desire For All That Is Lost

Okay, love the influx of votes... good to see this more noticed, but now we have a 5-5 tie.

One more vote is needed to break it. Or else, I find someone myself, like usual!

Alright I know your last activity was Friday, but I really am not sure who else to ask.

feralanima, you've got this one. Shooting a PM now but if anyone else who hasn't voted sees this before feral does, then feel free.

Alright I know your last activity was Friday, but I really am not sure who else to ask.

feralanima, you've got this one. Shooting a PM now but if anyone else who hasn't voted sees this before feral does, then feel free.

I usually don't get on on the weekends, hence my lack of activity since Friday.


Both are really good, but I'm going with Desire For All That Is Lost.

Thanks!

Desire For All That Is Lost 6-5 This Is Halloween

And alas, farewell to Halloween Town... it's met its match. And congrats to Desire For All That Is Lost in making the final four! Which consists now of two amazing boss themes, I'm liking this.

Quarterfinals - Battle 3

Fantasia Alla Marcia - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-o-Mi89H0)

KH2's ending credits theme... which is a medley as well as an original catchy march. Sounds very magical, and orchestrated themes are always popular (even though Hikari and March Caprice are out...) but will this one be able to make the top 4?

VS.

Hand In Hand - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPy4nSLtAyQ&feature=related)

And here we have our resurrected song that was out, but thanks to the last round, it's been given a second chance. Hand In Hand is popular such that it has several variations, but this is the original from KH1's Traverse Town battles... so will it get a come-from-behind victory and make the top 4?

I think I am with Hand In Hand.

Hand In Hand

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Hand in Hand

Fantasia Alla Marcia easily, hand in hand's ok, but I don't like it that much, expect for KH2's version.

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia 7-3 Hand In Hand

Well, Hand In Hand got it's second chance... and that's that. Oh well, it still was a good choice for a second chance even if it's blown it. After all, Fantasia Alla Marcia is kind of a dark horse contender, being both an ending theme and an orchestra... and good on it for making it to the top 4! There was bound to be at least one of those.

Quarterfinals - Battle 4

Shrouding Dark Cloud - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gpQdDc3h0I)

Another boss theme here, from early KH1 heartless bosses, and re-used later in 358/2. Considered one of the best boss themes out there in the series, up there with the Deep End who's already in the final four... will this join it? Sure, the bosses it's used for don't exactly compare to the deep end bosses, but this is about the music...

VS.

Hikari (KH Instrumental) - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47mODMsenyE)

The last Hikari standing! This is the one for the time when that song actually comes into play in the game itself, rather than an opening/ending movie. It's short, but it's beautiful. Will it make the top four?

I'm sticking with Shrouding Dark Cloud.

And I'm going with Hikari (KH Instrumental) (But I won't be broken up if it loses, "Shrouding Dark Cloud" is definitely good.)

Shrouding Dark Cloud

Shrouding Dark Cloud

And I'm going with Hikari (KH Instrumental) (But I won't be broken up if it loses, "Shrouding Dark Cloud" is definitely good.)

Shrouding Dark Cloud

Hikari (KH Instrumental), though it seems like it has finally met its match.

Shrouding Dark Cloud 5-3 Hikari (KH Instrumental)

And that's that of the quarterfinals! All the Hikaris are out now, and the final four we got three boss themes, and an ending/orchestra theme. Love it... and here I was worried they'd all be the Hikaris or something, hah.

We're nearing the end of this 8-month rumble... I'll post the first semifinal battle soon, in the mean time, this thread's open for comments as usual!

Alright time for the semifinals... almost down to the wire here...

Semifinals - Battle 1

Fantasia Alla Marcia - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-o-Mi89H0)

You'd figure an orchestra/medley theme would make it to near the top. While mostly original, I definitely heard some Destati, Dearly Beloved, and even a little Organization XIII. As it is, this is actually the only one left in the final four! Can it push it's way into the final or even win?

VS.

The Deep End - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_aZrERkbwo)

This boss theme also seems to have a leg on almost everything, considering the epicness of the battles that it happens to be used in back in KH1, and here it is in the final four! Along with two other boss themes, one from the same game, but it doesn't have to worry about them right now... but you'd think it shouldn't either way. Can it push it's way to the final or win?

I can't imagine either of these losing, this should be quite the battle. I'm definitely going for The Deep End. No question.

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Well as a semifinal I was gonna let this go over two days, but seeing as it's pretty much determined might as well close it.

Fantasia Alla Marcia 6-1 The Deep End

...and Fantasia makes it's way to the top, well almost. It's now got a shot at winning this rumble, we'll have to see in the final. Meanwhile I guess THE DEEP END has found it's kryptonite, it was beaten badly, surprisingly, considering it's beaten some Orchestra themes with a strong lean. Well, it'll still get to shine when it fights for the bronze, so this isn't the last we've seen or heard from it.

But now we still have...

Semifinals - Battle 2

Shrouding Dark Cloud - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gpQdDc3h0I)

So the Deep End is now out (of the final), but we've still got another KH1 boss theme standing. This one also has been a huge powerhouse, including some victories that I didn't expect actually. Will it make the final? And better yet if it does, will it be competition to Fantasia?

VS.

Desire For All That Is Lost - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQDXhia5Iec)

And our other come-from-behind competitor, which is also a boss theme (and an event battle theme), the last one from KH2 standing! So we've got a couple of boss themes on our hands... so what will become of this one? Will DFATIL make the final? Once again, would it be competition to Fantasia if it does? Really don't know what to expect now...

Either way, whoever loses still gets a shot at third place, against, um... the Deep End.

I don't know what to expect of this battle, but I'm easily going for Shrouding Dark Cloud.

Desire For All That Is Lost

Not an easy choice but I gotta go with this one.

I'm going to go with Shrouding Dark Cloud. The other's all right, but it reminds me too much of Phil yelling "Get up on the hydra's back!" over and over, which got old after a while.

Desire For All That Is Lost

Shrouding Dark Cloud

Shrouding Dark Cloud

shrouding dark cloud because I don't see how the other theme got this far, guess it just got some lucky draws.

GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK

Desire For All That Is Lost slightly

Desire For All That Is Lost

Okay, been long enough....

Shrouding Dark Cloud 5-4 Desire For All That Is Lost

Alright well, much closer battle than the other semifinal, but looks like the one to make it to the final will be... Shrouding Dark Cloud! This should be good. Out of the KH1 and KH2 boss themes, it appears the first one's held higher... but while DFATIL is out of the final, this isn't the last we see of it! It's now time for the...

3rd Place battle

Desire For All That Is Lost - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQDXhia5Iec)

So this one just lost... (no pun intended)... but it still gets a shot at 3rd place, and while it seems to have a following, is that enough to make it into 3rd? GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK... well, seeing as it lost to Shrouding Dark Cloud, it appears it will have a pretty tough opponent again...

VS.

The Deep End - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_aZrERkbwo)

So DFATIL gets to face against another KH1 boss theme... yikes. This one has also been extremely popular, despite the fact that it was beaten down hard by Fantasia All Marcia. But once again, you never know what to predict...


For me, The Deep End is the obvious choice here.

Desire For All That Is Lost

The Deep End for sure.

The Deep End is 324098795847958759867648975460954 times better.

Desire For All That Is Lost

The Deep End, easily.

The Deep End

The Deep End

Okay, good to be back, looks like everyone's noticed, time to move forward and determine the third place...

The Deep End 6-3 Desire For All That Is Lost

So, after this long-winded rumble going on 8 months, the third place title holder has just been determined. The bronze shall go to...

THE DEEP END!

Yes, the epic boss theme for superbosses memorable from KH1, earned itself a title in this rumble. I'm glad it did... though it was my candidate to win the whole thing out of the last four. Heh.

Okay... after these 8 months it's time to put this rumble to bed. This is it, the final of all final battles...

FINAL MATCH

Shrouding Dark Cloud - KH1 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gpQdDc3h0I)

With the Deep End in third place, it looks like there's another KH1 battle theme in the top three... with a shot at winning the whole thing! It's up against a tough opponent, but it did somehow beat March Caprice, as it really is a great battle theme. Can it pull it off?

VS.

Fantasia Alla Marcia - KH2 - Listen Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-o-Mi89H0)

KH2's epic ending theme... fitting for the end of this rumble, and most deserving of being a finalist. It's won a lot of blowouts, but it's had some competition in some past rounds. It's opponent, as I said earlier, beat the other orchestra theme... but can Fantasia win the whole thing? Well... let's see how this turns out.


Best of luck to both, not sure how long I plan on keeping this open. Let's just hope the forums don't go down again. And my vote is for Shrouding Dark Cloud.

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Holy shit! 8 months. I remember being in Round 1 and it'd be, like, Battle 52 and I'd think, "This is gonna take a while." :) It's been fun. Sorry to see it end.

Both are these are good tracks, but I'm gonna go with Fantasia Alla Marcia.

Fantasia Alla Marcia but it was a very hard choice.

Fantasia Alla Marcia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra


Holy shit! 8 months. I remember being in Round 1 and it'd be, like, Battle 52 and I'd think, "This is gonna take a while." It's been fun. Sorry to see it end.
Yeah, but hopefully we'll be able to continue with other subjects, such as boss battles, etc...

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Fantasia Alla Marcia

Alright, probably didn't even need to wait this long, but time to finish this...

Fantasia Alla Marcia 7-1 Shrouding Dark Cloud

So, after 8 months, we now have a winner... and it is...

FANTASIA ALLA MARCIA!!

KH2's ending theme really has it all... orchestra, medley, and some original stuff all around. I don't think there was one battle it won where it wasn't heavily one-sided, not unlike this one. Not even Shrouding Dark Cloud could live up to it.

So this concludes this rumble now... what to do now with this thread? Well, we can have more KH rumbles with other subjects. But first move it to RPG.

I initially posted it in RPG even though I wanted it here because I figured the music thing was gonna last a while, but they were reluctant to let me do it here... hah, what did I tell you?

Any suggestions for other subjects?

EDIT: Also, for whatever mod moves this to RPG, please take "music" out of the title.

I dare say that the Kingdom Hearts series has a lot of excellent Bosses.

I agree. That would have been my choice. Well, seeing as none of the mods have been frequenting this thread, I'm gonna PM one of them and see if I can have this copied to RPG... rather than moved. Just so those who have been participating and don't frequent RPG notice it there.

I think someone else could start a new music rumble thread as re:com, 358/2 and birth by sleep have some truly fantastic themes in them.

I wouldn't mind running such a rumble, what do the rest of you think?

I thought Re:Com had the same music as KH1 for the most part. I don't know much about 358/2 Days or Birth by Sleep but I wouldn't mind checking their soundtracks out at least. I know for a fact that Birth by Sleep is fantastic.

But Bosses are also a very good idea. I would be happy with either music or bosses.

Re:Com's world themes are pretty much the only simularities afaik, Castle Oblivion has themes along with battle themes, 13th discretion is another theme unique there, also all the Boss Themes are different from other KH games (minus 13th struggle) and it also has argubly the best boss theme in KH, Lord Of The Castle. (although I'm swayed on that after hearing some of BBS's themes)

I think bosses should be the next rumble here too, I just wanted to know, if I were to start a new music rumble back in the music section to include the themes missed in the one we just had, would people be interested?

KH Music Rumble vol. 2? Count me in:)

I'll just say that I don't think I'm gonna let anyone take over this... usually to take over, you wait for the person who's currently running it to call quits themselves. But if you wanna do another KH music rumble, check in with the VGM mods and do it in another thread over there. This is being continued here... and it looks like it's decided with bosses.

Again I'm a little not sure whether I wanna include CoM and 358/2 bosses, but... I must say 358/2 did have some pretty sweet boss fights which were actually challenging. I'd rather not though since less people are probably familiar with them.

Also another thing, if there are multiple boss fights for the same villain character, like two different stages or in two different games, I'm gonna include them each seperately rather than combine them, since the fights themselves as well as the setting are usually very different. Like for instance, KH1 Oogie Boogie from the playroom and KH2 Oogie Boogie from the assembly line would be used seperately as they are very different fights.

I think usually characters that appear as bosses more than once, the fight is very very different both times. If they're too similar then I'll just combine them.

Okay? Great. I'll get this rolling soon. I'm not gonna ask for nominations, I think I'm gonna just use all of them or as many as I can in both games.

^this is why I wanted the other one originally in VGM.

obvious troll is obvious

Also, the new Kingdom Hearts Music rumble is up!

wow you guys like bad game so much so hard so much

You're a tool... take your useless crap back to GD.

Alright, good luck The Master... though I am probably gonna sit that one out, since I would rather wait until I play BBS to hear the OST (I don't even wanna know what worlds are and aren't in it, I'm that much avoiding spoilers). But it looks pretty good.

As for this, I'll compile a list of bosses... though it might not start for a couple weeks, I've got finals this week and the week after. I will try to ASAP though.

Thanks Zak and no worries, I sometimes wish I had patience like yours lol.

Okay, I actually counted 74 bosses at first, but extended it to 80 to make it even. I used my own judgment as to what to combine and what not to combine, and included some things which aren't exactly BOSSES themselves, but serve as a boss fight, like the Card Army.
Either way, don't worry about me skipping the nomination stage, whatever you would have nominated is most likely there.

I'll start soon, maybe tonight or tomorrow. Watch this space.

Okay I'm actually gonna start right now! Round 1 will be... 40 battles. Haha, get ready, let's see how long this takes. I have my money on six months.

Round 1 - Battle 1

Maleficent

What a great one to start with... the main villain of Sleeping Beauty, who they actually make to be a pretty central villain for KH. But... she's just another puppet. Fought in KH1 in Hollow Bastion's Castle Chapel, this is the one where she's riding around on the platform... and is considered a character boss battle, hence the music (Squirming Evil). Rewards are Donald's Cheer and an Ansem Report! Also appears in KH2 but you don't fight her there. All in all, not exactly the most challenging battle...
(Note: This is SEPERATE from the dragon battle here)

VS.

Chernabog

Fought at some point in the End of the World... kind of a weird battle for several reasons. Though mandatory, there's no entry for it anywhere in the journal, even though it's actually a character from Fantasia, but they never have a special scene addressing that, it's just... there, as a hurdle. It also has a special theme in the background, "Night on Bald Mountain" which is not even on the OST! Only one other KH1 boss holds that status. But anyway the battle itself isn't too hard. You get the sweet shared Superglide ability for winning.

I've never actually seen Fantasia but I'll vote for Chernabog. I like the music :)

Night On Bald Mountin is on the complete OST on iirc.

Chernabog

Chernabog

Chernabog

Chernabog

I actually found the battle against Maleficent's normal form rather easy. I'm with everyone else, Chernabog.

Chernabog

Okay... this looks like it went fast. Too early to officially decide a number, but I'm gonna call it a blowout.

Chernabog 7-0 Maleficent

That Maleficent battle doesn't really stand out too much, and is wiped quickly by Chernabog.

Round 1 - Battle 2

Wakka/Selphie/Tidus

Probably the earliest "boss" used here and in the game. Sora's three FF friends from Destiny Islands who you get to duel each individually, then take them on all at once. Optional of course, but a nice challenge and a cool way to level up. Of course, all you get is a Potion for winning, but you can stock up on them! Also kind of cool how they all use their original FF weapons rendered in this all-out battle system...

VS.

Prison Keeper

In KH2's Halloween Town, during your first visit there, Lock Shock and Barrel have a trick up their sleeve in the Moonlight Hill, and that's this boss. Kind of designed like the cages they use to ride to Oogie's Manor... well, the boss itself isn't exactly hard, but just has a LOT of HP. You get Donald's Hyper Healing for winning...


I'm gonna go with Selphie/Tidus/Wakka. To be honest I forgot the other even existed and had to look it up on Youtube.

Prison Keeper

Selphie/Tidus/Wakka because Prison Keeper is a terrible boss that was far too easy.

Prison Keeper

Selphie/Tidus/Wakka

Selphie/Tidus/Wakka

Selphie/Tidus/Wakka

I haven't played KH, so I shouldn't vote in boss rumble, but this is an exception. Quite long time ago I had an ocassion to try beginning of this game in shopping mall. It was enough to reach S/T/W and I had fun fighting them.

Selphie/Tidus/Wakka 5-2 Prison Keeper

So, the Prison Keeper flies under the radar by our three good FF friends from Destiny Islands.

Round 1 - Battle 3

Phantom

One of KH1's four secret bosses, who roams the Clock Tower in Neverland. Peter Pan must be in your party for it as he needs Tink to get there, and it's only unlocked once you visit Hollow Bastion. A pretty tough boss with a lot of strategy required and planning ahead with shortcut commands, and the freaky countdown you get...
Although it's a secret boss, beating it does kind of get something important, and that's the Stopga spell upgrade... this is usually the last -ga spell anyone gets.
Possibly a relative of Darkside, seeing as his battle theme "Destiny's Force" plays rather than the superboss theme.

VS.

Test Subject

Another Halloween Town boss, also from KH2, but this time part 2. Fought in Christmas Town, the mystery thief who's been stealing Santa's presents... who gets caught by everyone hiding in a box as bait, was none other than Dr. Finkelstein's experiment. Although it's not technically a heartless, the heartless boss theme plays (Corrupted), but then again it was stealing presents because it wanted a heart. Rewards for the fight are Sora's Finishing Leap, Donald's Jackpot, and the Decisive Pumpkin keyblade!
Our last H-town boss just lost... how will this one do?


Gotta go with Phantom.

Phantom

I'll go with Phantom on this one.

Isn't the boss called "The Experiment"?

my choice is Phantom because it was a very clever battle.

Phantom -- keep flying and make sure to keep stopping the clock!

Phantom

Alright... blowout condition is officially 6-0.

Phantom 6-0 Test Subject

Halloween Town isn't doing very well in the boss department... even though it did pretty well in the music rumble. But then again, this IS the Phantom we're talking about here, so no shock that it won quickly.

Round 1 - Battle 4

Guard Armor

(Note: Seperate from Opposite Armor fight, obviously)
One of the classic bosses of the series, since it's the first "Heartless" boss fight, and after the fight is basically when Sora bonds with Donald and Goofy and the whole thing starts. Fought in the 3rd District of Traverse Town right before setting off. Also the first battle in the game with the Heartless boss theme that came in second in the music rumble. Winning the fight earns you the Brave Warrior accessory, which is pretty useful that early in the game.
It also shows up later in the Colosseum (where it is a lot easier and doesn't feel like a boss anymore), and they had a lot of fun playing around with this boss in different missions of 358/2.

VS.

Sabor

The tiger roaming the Deep Jungle, who was also a character in the movie. As a boss, he's not all that tough aside from his speed... but you actually encounter him several times throughout your jungle adventure. You're actually thrown into a fight with him as soon as you land in the Tree House, then later the Camp, then the bamboo thicket, and one last time in the bamboo thicket right before they notice Clayton's pipe. Reward for winning is the White Fang accessory.
Debatable if this would qualify as a boss, seeing as the normal battle theme plays and it's not that difficult, but it IS an event battle connected to the story, with a Disney character nonetheless. Plus, it's just a warmup before the real boss here.


I'm gonna go with the Guard Armor. Hard choice though really.

Guard Armor is more memorable.

Guard Armor -- same reasoning as The Master.

Guard Armor

Guard Armor is more memorable.

Guard Armor

Wow... these are going fast!

Guard Armor 6-0 Sabor

Another blowout! Wow, these are going down fast... but yeah, Sabor is no match for the legendary Guard Armor.

Round 1 - Battle 5

Sark (alone)
(Note: Separate from MCP battle)

One of the villains of Space Paranoids, Sark, who's basically the MCP's bitch. You don't fight him until your second visit to SP, but of course, you have to get past him before you reach the MCP who's the real big baddie of this world. He doesn't have a whole lot of HP in this battle, but he's pretty fast, and throws around a disc which you can reflect back at him. This battle itself isn't very long as it's just a warm-up, really. He's also got a bunch of those computer-Heartless enemies helping him. The battle itself might not be as memorable as the MCP, but at least it's got some pretty sick music (the Sinister Shadows theme, because of the Heartless team)... but no seperate reward for this battle... not yet at least...

VS.

Xaldin

Member III of Organazation XIII! In this game, his only role really is terrorizing the Beast's Castle, not much else outside of there. But his fight out on the bridge is not just any fight, it's significantly hard, Xaldin is not one to be toyed with, he really puts up a hell of a fight. He fights using the wind element, and is kind of a humanized version of the Dragoon enemy, using his spears and all, and even has the same reaction commands. But yes, this fight really is a challenge, for a lot of people this is the first place where they got to use Mickey. The reward for beating him is a Reflect magic upgrade, and the Auto Healing ability for Donald.... and a conclusion of the Beast's Castle saga!

Yeah, I think this will also be an easy choice. Xaldin.

Xaldin because Sark was alot more awesome in the MCP battle when he was big.

Xaldin

Xaldin

I think this was the first boss that gave me some real trouble in KH2.

Yeah, this is another one that's easy-- Xaldin. He can be very tough.

Okay, only five votes so not officially a blowout, but we had some downtime and we've been back for 2 days, so moving on...

Xaldin 5-0 Sark

Another sort of blowout, and Xaldin's our first XIII member to progress to the next round! That's it for Sark, but there's another version of him coming up...

Round 1 - Battle 6

Cerberus (KH1)

One of KH1's tough Disney bosses, early in the game in the Colloseum. "I've got two words of advice for you: ATTACK!!"
You do have the option to wait until late to fight Cerberus, because he's wicked tough, but if you do it early enough you get the Inferno Band accessory, a Hero License, and then Cloud gives you Sonic Blade! It might be worthwhile to not wait... but also, you get to face Cerberus again later in the Hades Cup at some point, but he's much easier, the challenge there is to beat him alone or on a timer!

VS.

World Of Chaos

(Separate from Ansem)
This is it, the very last boss of KH1. In the End of the World, after you defeat Ansem... or rather, Xehanort, he turns into this crazy looking Heartless, which is the very final boss of KH1. He may have been an impostor, but like Mickey said, he had to be stopped...

I'm gonna go with Cerberus.

I think Cerberus is pretty neat in all of his battles.

Cerberus

Cerberus

World Of Chaos needs some love.

Well it looks like we're awfully slow on the voting, but that's probably because of the downtime. But, two days have passed, must go by the rules.

Cerberus 4-1 World of Chaos

So we have a final boss already out in the first round... taken out by Cerberus! What do you know... well, there's still Ansem himself. And KH2's final boss...

Round 1 - Battle 7

Shan-Yu

KH2's first world-Disney boss, from the Land of Dragons saga part 1. Let's get some hunny-buns! This fight stands out because while you're trying to defeat Shan Yu and his birds that help him, you're supposed to collect little spheres to help protect the palace gates. Victory gets you Aerial Sweep for Sora, and Goofy's Goofy Turbo! In the end you're also rewarded the Hidden Dragon Keyblade.

VS.

Card Army/Crank Tower

Kind of a mini-boss, since it's not very long and has the normal battle music. But a nice warmup with some interesting mechanics. In Wonderland, after you present the evidence of Alice's innocence to the Queen of Hearts, she disregards it and lets her army out at you anyway. It's really the tower you're trying to defeat, the soldiers you can only knock out for some time, same with the queen. But if you destroy the four cranks, you can defeat the tower. She may not care about evidence, but the benefit of collecting the evidence is to increase your chances of not having to fight alone. However many pieces of evidence you collect, that out of five is the chance of Donald and Goofy helping.

I'm gonna go for Card Army/Crank Tower. Shan Yu was forgettable.

Shan-Yu

I wouldn't say Shan Yu was forgettable, it was a pretty decent fight, Card Army really shouldn't be counted as it was a ridiculously easy fight.

Shan Yu by an enourmous margin.

I found the Card Army actually somewhat challenging... but only when playing Re: Chain of Memories, and that's not the battle we're talking about here. Shan Yu

Shan-Yu

Hmm... what happened to everyone? Smarty? Supdup? Sczepan?

Shan-Yu 4-1 Card Army/Crank Tower

No love for the Card Army, Shan Yu moves on to round 2!

Round 1 - Battle 8

Hades (KH2)

Feel the heat! The master of the Underworld has a lot of surprises for our heroes in KH2. You actually fight against him a few times, but you don't actually fight and defeat him until the end. During your first visit it's just a tease battle in his chamber (where he's invincible anyway), followed by a chase through the tunnel, then later on during his tournament in your second visit you get to fight him again when he's STILL invincible... until Hercules jumps in and you use those Aura Sphere things to defeat him, concluding the Colosseum saga for KH2. Rewards are Sora's Counterguard, and the Guardian Soul keyblade!
(I probably don't need to say this, but Hades of KH1 will be seperately included.)

VS.

Oogie's Manor

Yes, I consider this a boss! Mostly because it's got boss music and all, mainly for shadow-y bosses... In KH1, after you defeat Oogie Boogie in his lair, you're in for another surprise... the manor itself is a monster! It's come to life and has things that can hurt you... except, instead of an HP bar, it's got shadow globs that you have to go around destroying. They had a lot of fun with the shadow glob gimmick in 358/2... but anyway, as a reward you get a Gravity spell upgrade to Gravira, and following the keyhole-locking, Jack gives you the Pumpkinhead keyblade!

I think I'm gonna say... Oogie's Manor.

Oogie's Manor sucked, it was more annoying then challenging when you fell off of him.

Hades was a very, very epic battle.

Hades

Hades

Oogie's Manor

Looks like we've been decimated to five players... guess I'll just have to hope for more to come along.

Hades KH2 3-2 Oogie's Manor

This time a closer battle, but Oogie's Manor falls apart to Hades and Herc's Aura Spheres.

Round 1 - Battle 9

Hostile Program

A corrupted data bug parasite Heartless boss fought in the I/O Tower in Space Paranoids let on by the MCP as a punishment for Tron not cooperating, and the boss concluding your first visit to his world. The first one with the "Corrupted" Heartless boss theme, and the fun part about this boss is that as you hit it, you collect little "cluster" spheres which you can use to freeze it for a limited time once you have enough. Rewards for winning are a Drive Gauge upgrade, Sora's Horizontal Slash, and Goofy's Jackpot! Oh, and you also get to change the password to the DTD.

VS.

Pot Centipede

Another Heartless boss, this time from KH1, in Agrabah. At some point during your visit there in town, this is just a hurdle when Jafar takes the lamp and holds Jasmine captive and you have to help her. The fight is actually pretty difficult... but you'd think after encountering all those pot and barrel spiders coming to life throughout town, you'd be prepared for this chain of them... but you really want the centipede's head. Another interesting tidbit is that for this battle only, all three town screens are combined into one for the whole battlefield. Reward is the Ray of Light accessory!

I'm gonna have to say... Hostile Program.

Neither are really that special, but Hostile Program is slightly cooler.

Pot Centipede

Another for the Pot Centipede -- I thought it was a fairly interesting battle and actually gave me trouble at times.

Another for the Pot Centipede -- I thought it was a fairly interesting battle and actually gave me trouble at times.

Pot Centipede

Tron world in KH2 was boring overall. Bad art direction and soundtrack :(

Neither are really that special, but Hostile Program is slightly cooler.

Pot Centipede 4-3 Hostile Program

Close battle, but this time it's KH1's boss victorious, Jafar's Centipede.

Round 1 - Battle 10

Luxord

Yet another Organization XIII member, number X. This is the one with the knack for gambling and cards, and you first encounter him in Port Royal messing around... but it's not until the end at the World That Never Was that you defeat him. Though, his battle is a little different, it's a time-based battle, with Sora alone, and Luxord doesn't have an HP bar. He's also a humanized version of the Gambler Nobodies, and plays the same sort of mini-games throughout the fight which give you time or HP/MP orbs. As a reward you get a Secret Ansem's Report.
They have a bit more fun with Luxord in 358/2.

VS.

Hydra

I think you all remember this one pretty well... GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK!!
Heh, this is another interesting boss that utilizes the entire Colosseum ruins, with a bunch of reaction commands to go with it. That, and Meg in the corner throwing you HP orbs, Phil giving you a barrel to use by following his instructions, and finally Pegasus letting you ride her and hit each head. You even have to use a reaction command for every HP bar you deplete, including the boss itself. Unfortunately thanks to this guy, you can't enjoy the Colosseum like you did in the other game... but anyway, this also concludes the first half of the Colosseum saga. Rewards are the Thunder spell and an Armor slot for Donald, and finally the Hero's Crest keyblade!

Hard choice, but I'm gonna vote for Luxord. It's a pretty cool battle, plus it's one of the few battles that actually still has the good old 13th Struggle theme, I missed that. Plus, Hydra sucks for destroying one of my favorite parts of KH1 :(

Side question here: Anyone know if the "Proof of Existence" screen is supposed to be the same as the "Grey Area" lounge in 358/2?

Luxord

Oh god, there really is no contest here "GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK" is enough to ruin Hydra's chances here.

Luxord was an awesome battle.

Luxord

Luxord

Luxord 5-0 Hydra

Yeah, pretty much another blowout, and the second victory for a XIII member! I guess Phil pretty much sabotages Hydra's chances... but on a side note can someone answer my question before about the Grey Area and Proof of Existence?

Round 1 - Battle 11

MCP

Sark is out, now time for the real baddie of Tron's world. The Master Control Program, which is in charge of the whole system corruption. After Sark goes down, MCP uses his body as a defense mechanism. This is actually an interesting battle, you can't actually defeat Sark, just knock him off his feet and out for a while, after all he is only a puppet. Only while Sark is down is the MCP vulnerable, and it's different because all you have is a reaction command to rely on depleting MCP's health... and an open space. Rewards are Reflectga, and an accessory slot for Goofy! Oh, and Tron uses the system to restore Hollow Bastion to it's Radiant Garden self. Space Paranoids bosses have been dropping like flies... how will MCP do?

VS.

Maleficent Dragon

After Maleficent doesn't do very well as herself (as well in this rumble), Riku (posessed by Ansem/Xehanort) waltzes in with his new keyblade and helps her by turning her into a big black dragon, "surrendering" her heart to the darkness... resulting in a pretty challenging battle actually! This is definitely one hurdle of the game that gets a lot of people frustrated. It's also got the significantly hard battle theme that made third place last rumble... Just gotta aim for the head. As a reward (aside from getting to progress further in the game), you obtain the Fireglow gem, letting you summon Mushu!

I gotta go with MCP here.

Maleficent Dragon

MCP was one epic boss, Maleficient Dragon was cool but yeah MCP is my favourite Disney Boss so far in the series.

btw I don't know the answer to your question Zak.

Maleficent Dragon

Maleficent Dragon

This boss is proof that KH is MUCH easier than KHII. Plus "The Deep End" plays during that battle... so I vote for it.

Maleficent Dragon

Maleficent Dragon 4-2 MCP

First the Hostile Program, then Sark, now MCP out... no love for Tron's bosses it seems. Maleficent, however, proves to be more successful as a dragon!

Also Smarty, are you sure you didn't mean HARDER? Or rather, reverse KH and KHII? I think if anything it proves the opposite, KH1 is more challenging... I'm guessing you may have meant the same because you voted for it. :P

Round 1 - Battle 12

Saix

And yet another member of Organization XIII... they've been doing well so far, and this one's a pretty significantly badass one. Even though he's member VII, he practically takes on the role of Xemnas's number two, both in KHII and in 358/2. He's one of the few that's actually pure evil, shows no regret for any actions, and you wouldn't wanna mess with him. He's the one representing the Berserker Nobodies, and the last one of the crew you get to defeat before Xemnas. Fighting him is like fighting the Berserkers, same moves and reaction commands and such. As a reward you get your final upgrade for the Drive Gauge, and an Item slot for Goofy... and another Ansem report.

VS.

Jafar KH2

Agrabah takes an interesting turn in KH2, being mostly about Iago after Jafar is confined, but because he's the poster villain they somehow have to show him again, so of course the sultan lets him out of the lamp... and what a battle that comes out to be. This is a rather unique battle, he's back as a genie, and it's actually fought while flying on a carpet miles above the city itself, and utilizes it with reaction commands. This battle might utilize it a little too far... sometimes he throws houses at you. Or pieces of the city. Okay. Reward is a Fire spell upgrade, and the Wishing Lamp keyblade!

I'll go with Saix to keep up the streak. But hey just wondering, anyone know if the Agrabah events in this game happen in any of the Aladdin sequels? Or was it just made up?

Saix

To answer your question about the events in Agrabah for KHII, I don't think so. As I recall, they never had to enter the Cave of Wonders again in the sequel. So, it appears that the story for Agrabah in KHII was somewhat original to the game. Correct me if I'm wrong though...

The whole plot of Iago wanting to be good was in revenge of Jafar, they just added their own twist to it.

Saix by a long shot, KH1 Jafar was alot better then this one.

Saix


And as far as the correlation to the movies, well, obviously, Jafar returned in The Return of Jafar, but it was Abis Mal who freed him, not the Peddler. Also, what The Master said about the whole thing with Iago, but changed around

sorry to bump this but come on guys, you've been voting in my rumble, only fair that Zak gets some love too.