Why aren't the Final Mixes released in America? Is there a reason?

[UnlockedMemories]

I mean, with KH being a very popular series in the US as well, along with Disney being an American company, one would think that the Final Mixes would be released in America with a good success.

But, none of them made it over. Is there a reason?

 

[Luap]

Remakes in America usually don't get very good sales.
In Japan, Remakes do get good sales.
Look at Re:CoM.

 

[Epif]

My understanding of it: America got a lot of extra features in the regular releases of KH1 and KH2, and the Japanese fans complained a lot. Square Enix got scared, so they made rereleases of the games and named them the "Final Mixes" because they were not going to release any more extra features for those particular games, I guess. NA's KH1 had Phantom, Kurt Zisa, Sephiroth, and Ice Titan as extra bosses that the JN version did not have. NA's KH2 had some extra stuff too.

Basically, the Final Mixes are not exported because the NA versions of the games have more content than the JN versions. To remedy this, they could simply NOT GIVE THE NA VERSIONS EXTRA CONTENT. But instead of doing that, they decided to continue to be unfair...

 

[*Z*]

Maybe in the future they'll make a special bundle that has all the Final Mixes in English.

It'd be kind of hard though, seeing how Haley and the others will have grown up voices by then.

 

[SogeUsopp114]

by the time square enix releases the final mixes in america pigs will evolve to the point of flying

 

[YoshiAngemon]

There's still the choice of bringing them over to the PS3, and we could have a KH Collection, remastered for HD, with KH1 (Final Mix), Re:Chain of Memories (now with Interconnectivity with KH2), and KH2 (Also, Final Mix). Since the PS2 is on its way out, the lemmings could jump off the cliff after their precious bait, they could get the bait, the idea has merit.

Translation: PS2 goes away, Square Enix releases KH: Final Mix Collection for PS3, we buy, and fans still have Kingdom Hearts!

 

[Allister Rose]

My understanding of it: America got a lot of extra features in the regular releases of KH1 and KH2, and the Japanese fans complained a lot. Square Enix got scared, so they made rereleases of the games and named them the "Final Mixes" because they were not going to release any more extra features for those particular games, I guess. NA's KH1 had Phantom, Kurt Zisa, Sephiroth, and Ice Titan as extra bosses that the JN version did not have. NA's KH2 had some extra stuff too.

Basically, the Final Mixes are not exported because the NA versions of the games have more content than the JN versions. To remedy this, they could simply NOT GIVE THE NA VERSIONS EXTRA CONTENT. But instead of doing that, they decided to continue to be unfair...

actually kingdom hearts 2 didn't have any extras like kh1 and khBBS did. it was just because nomura wanted to add more considering the first version didn't have much.

 

[burnley95]

And also Nomura is the biggest troll next to Hideo Kojima in gaming :O

 

[Epif]

actually kingdom hearts 2 didn't have any extras like kh1 and khBBS did. it was just because nomura wanted to add more considering the first version didn't have much.

I was hoping that that wasn't true... It makes the Final Mixes even more ridiculous.

 

[dlppictures]

I was hoping that that wasn't true... It makes the Final Mixes even more ridiculous.

Yeah, the only changes to NA/EU KHII I know of, were the censoring. And a few bosses becoming invulnarable during their Desperation moves.
Anyone who knows others?

NA's KH1 had Phantom, Kurt Zisa, Sephiroth, and Ice Titan as extra bosses that the JN version did not have.

I had actually heard that Phantom was in the JP KHI. I'm not entirely sure though as I only have the FM version of it.

 

[The Dead Skin]

SOMEBODY CLOSE THIS THREAD! HERE COME THE FLAME WARS!!!

 

[Zarin I Yehudahi]

Because there's people who actually like to buy a game twice just after having the original version for less than a year.

 

[Vanitas666]

SOMEBODY CLOSE THIS THREAD! HERE COME THE FLAME WARS!!!

there's no war, there's not ever a bigger argument (jet)

 

[Zarin I Yehudahi]

there's no war, there's not ever a bigger argument (jet)

There's not even a petition for one.