Oh, gosh, yes. It takes a bit of trial and error sometimes with this battle system. I'm finding critical mode fairly easy--but I'm probably just used to it a bit more after playing proud mode for the Japanese release. (Although I end up hitting X to jump and O to attack sometimes--I blame playing Final Mix recently...)

YES. Thank you! I love how they meshed the story and worlds in this one. I mean, KHII did alright, but it felt... well, like you described. This one gives me hope that they'll be able to do so much better with the third part, whenever it may show up.

Terra, Terra, Terra. He wants so badly to be a master, and he thinks by confronting the darkness, he's learning to control it. He's much to easily swayed by words, poor guy. *pets him*