Due to this feature being largely unknown and underutilized outside of Japan, the option was removed entirely for the international release. After installing, you're able to choose whether or not the game loads data from the DVD-ROM or from the HDD upon starting a new game. The Japanese versions of the game (both the original and Final Mix) feature support for the PlayStation BB Navigator, or an alternate HDD, which allows one to install the game to the hard drive to reduce load times. Did we mention that you get to fight Disney characters and Heartless with a giant key?Ĭonfirm whether or not the installation process actually functions on international copies of the game. Kingdom Hearts is a game where you play as a kid named Sora who is trying to find his friend. Elaborate further on the differences between the original Japanese version, the international versions, the Japanese-exclusive Final-Mix version, and the HD Remix 1.5 version, if possible or deemed necessary.Sephiroth has unused voice lines that were used in the prototype and were swapped out for different ones in the final US version and beyond.There's also cutscene and arriving at a world 3D models for Monstro and Hook's Ship, verify what is used and unused, if at all.Look into character animations, some are unused.There's several test files for the Gummi Ship going from and to Disney Castle.lm00_09.img has unused stained glass textures for Alice meant for Dive to the Heart early in development.

There's also an unused unreferenced untextured map for Atlantica.The map files are pp00_04.bin and pp00_04.img, respectively. There's a duplicate of the 'Clocktower' (London with Big Ben) map from the Neverland world with a few different textures that can't be accessed in-game.A tool for extracting files from the game can be found here, and a tool for looking at and/or ripping textures/models in different assets.

Kingdom hearts characters in glass