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==Design and conception==
==Design and conception==
In the [[Birth by sleep (Video)|Birth by Sleep]] video, the Armor worn by Terra, Aqua, and Ventus have capes. The capes were removed in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' due to frame rate issues.<ref>Nomura: We wanted to make it so that as many people could play together as possible, but in the end we could only do six. By the way, in the ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'' secret movie you can see Terra in his armor with a cape, but we took off the cape in this game. It was to make processing easier when you’re playing with six people. Processing of moving fabric can be slow, so the speed it runs at is completely different if he has a cape or not.</ref>
In [[The Gathering]] and the [[Birth by sleep (Video)|Birth by sleep]] videos, the Armor worn by Terra, Aqua, and Ventus have capes. The capes were removed in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' due to frame rate issues.<ref>Nomura: We wanted to make it so that as many people could play together as possible, but in the end we could only do six. By the way, in the ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'' secret movie you can see Terra in his armor with a cape, but we took off the cape in this game. It was to make processing easier when you’re playing with six people. Processing of moving fabric can be slow, so the speed it runs at is completely different if he has a cape or not.</ref>


Nomura stated in an interview that he chose armor to hide Terra, Aqua and Ventus's faces so as to avoid using the [[Black Coat|black Organization XIII coats]] again; furthermore, he was influenced by the recent release of ''Final Fantasy XII'', which featured the armored [[finalfantasy:Archadian Judges|Archadian Judge Magisters]].{{fact}}<!--source for FF12 being the source-->
Nomura stated in an interview that he chose armor to hide Terra, Aqua and Ventus's faces so as to avoid using the [[Black Coat|black Organization XIII coats]] again; furthermore, he was influenced by the recent release of ''Final Fantasy XII'', which featured the armored [[finalfantasy:Archadian Judges|Archadian Judge Magisters]].{{fact}}<!--source for FF12 being the source-->
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