2) The game was re-released in Japan with the title Kingdom Hearts Final Mix. It is basically the same from the original with some added in-game features such as new enemies, weapons, abilities and scenes.
3) Unlike the original title, Kingdom Hearts Final Mix has an English voice acting but with Japanese sub-titles. The game was exclusively released in Japan though.
4) Oogie Boogie originally appeared from Tim Burton's 1993 Disney film The Nightmare Before Christmas. The title is a pun of the common phrase "the night before Christmas."
5) It is interesting to note that the creatures of Holloween Town love to scare people, yet they are not purely evil. They are merely doing their job and what they love most.
6) Out of many scary creatures in Holloween Town, only Oogie Boogie has evil intentions. He is a villain to the core.
7) The Moogles are one of Final Fantasy's most recurring characters. They are a race of small, white creatures with notable red nose, ball on its head and wings.
8) Sephiroth is another Final Fantasy character who originally appeared in Final Fantasy VII. His name is most likely a reference to the 10 emanations or attributes of the Jewish Kabbalah.
9) In Greek and Roman mythology, Cerberus is depicted as a guardian of the underworld's entrance who hinders the living to enter in and the dead from escaping. He is depicted as a three-headed dog with claws of a lion and mane and tail of a serpent.
10) Did you know that Mickey was originally planned to be the main protagonist of Kingdom Hearts? This explains why two of Sora's closest companions, Donald and Goofy, are from Disney.
11) In case you haven't noticed, Sora's clothes has striking resemblance after Mickey's. This is intentionally designed in order to mesh with two other Disney characters, Donald and Goofy.
12) Jack Skellington is also known as the "Pumpkin King," which was adopted from Tim Burton's Disney film The Nightmare Before Christmas. This epithet is also mentioned in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories.
13) The name Jack Skellington is probably a pun for "Jack-o-Lantern" and "skeleton." The fact that he is called as the "Pumpin King" openly suggests that he is named after Jack-o-Lantern, while the skeleton simply portrays his bony physical feature.
