In a fan Q&A session hosted by Square Enix, Kingdom Hearts producer and creator Tetsuya Nomura answers questions regarding the DS Kingdom Hearts spin-off, 358/2 Days. When asked about a deleted Pinocchio level, Nomura stated that "Set in a circus and playing off the story of Pinocchio, a puppet with a heart, and the Nobodies who possess no heart, we planned for a sad episode with Roxas and Xion looking for hope for themselves".

Nomura also talked about the origin of Xion, the female Organization XIII member introduced in 358/2 days. "The name Xion and her background story was thought of and constructed during the production of this title, but we actually had the concept for a girl character like Xion drawn up since Roxas’ defection from Organization XIII. Therefore during the production of this title, we just worked on expanding on the ideas we had for that girl character and wrote Xion’s story around that concept."

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