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Nomura wanted to portray Roxas' activities differently from Sora's. Co-director Tomohiro Hasegawa explained that Roxas' was originally shorter, and the staff decided he should grow taller as the game continued to develop. Roxas was chosen as the game's protagonist as the staff thought that having a main character besides Sora would help to introduce gamers to the series' first Nintendo DS title. For Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, the staff thought that Roxas' role as a member of the group would be a suitable theme for the plot.

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Jesse McCartney is the voice of Roxas in the English version of the series.Īfter Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix was released, Nomura wanted to expand Roxas' role in the series to explain the events between his birth and his disappearance from Organization XIII. Since his debut in Kingdom Hearts II, Roxas has been voiced in Japanese by Kōki Uchiyama and by Jesse McCartney in the English versions. However, this scene was omitted as Nomura found it difficult to implement time-wise. The meaning of Roxas' name was meant to be revealed in a scene in Kingdom Hearts II that shows the letters in the word 'Sora' rearranged with the 'X' added to expand the connection between the characters. Nomura later commented that Roxas was one of the first characters created for Organization XIII, and was always intended to be the 13th member. He also stated that Roxas' merging with Sora in the game was one of the most memorable scenes from the series for him. After receiving a positive fan response to Roxas' sad scenario, Nomura concluded that it was well executed. The developers wrote Roxas' story in Kingdom Hearts II to add mixed feelings to the game in a short time frame. However, he refrained from revealing too much detail about him and said he would become an important, playable character for the franchise. Various types of merchandise based on his character has been produced.Īfter Roxas first cameo at the end of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, the series' director, Tetsuya Nomura, was questioned about the character. Since his introduction in Kingdom Hearts II, Roxas has received positive critical response from video game publications with most of them focusing on his development in 358/2 Days. Since his cameo appearance, director Tetsuya Nomura has said that Roxas is an important character in the series, and in order to explain his back story in more detail than was done in Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days was created.

In the Japanese games, Roxas is voiced by Kōki Uchiyama, while Jesse McCartney takes the role in the English versions. He is also the protagonist of the video game Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, which revolves around his origins. As a member of the organization, Roxas bears the title 'Key of Destiny' ( めぐりあう鍵, Meguriau Kagi, lit. Kingdom Hearts II reveals that Roxas is a member of Organization XIII, a group of Nobodies who need him as he can wield the Keyblade, a weapon that allows him to capture hearts.

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First making a cameo during the final scenes of the 2004 title Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and full appearance in Kingdom Hearts II, Roxas is a ' Nobody', who was created from the series' main character Sora who briefly loses his heart during the first game of the series. Roxas ( Japanese: ロクサス, Hepburn: Rokusasu) is a fictional character from Square Enix's video game franchise Kingdom Hearts.