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The Drive Mode is a new feature for Kingdom Hearts 2, Sora merges with one of your party members when you activate a Drive Form which is like a Special Attack.

Everything is still the same except the MP bar has been replaced with a yellow bar called "Drive". The MP bar is now above the HP bar. As you defeat enemies they will drop yellow orbs (Drive orbs). The more you pick up the more the Drive Gauge fills up. When it reaches maximum Sora will go in a short transformation sequence either fusing with Donald or Goofy or both depending on the form. The fun doesn't last for long since the countdown starts from 5 and the Drive gauge starts to decrease, but you can increase it if you carry on collecting yellow orbs.

Your Drive Bar/Meter will decrease a bit depending on what attack you made, so the bigger the move/attack, the more your Bar/Meter decreases.

Co-Op moves/attacks use up your MP Bar/Meter. You get a Purple/red Bar/Meter when you're in Magic Mode.

There also seems to be a new status or Handicap which prevents Sora from using the 'Drive' command. This new twist was seen when using the move 'Stun Beat'.

Some people think the Drive Form colours are like the Trinity Marks from KH, so that means Blue, Red, Green, Yellow and White.

While leveling up Drive Forms, Sora will gain abilities as well, these abilities are listed in each Form's table, seen below.

How to activate the Drive Mode
~ Press left on the D-Pad.
~ There is a Drive Meter/Bar below Sora's profile image, once you vanquish a foe, they drop these Yellow balls, if you collect these then it raises your Drive Meter/Bar, once it's been filled you activate a Drive Form.
~ These Forms give you different kind of stat advantages, like makes you faster, stronger ect.. (This changes depending on the Form)
~ If you move the left analog stick then it will cause the last move in the combo to change.

Time to go through the Forms that have been revealed so far.

Valor/Brave Form (Red)

Upon receiving Sora's new outfit from the three good fairies in Twilight Town's Mysterious Tower, Sora is able to merge with Goofy and drastically increase his physical strength. In Valor Form, Sora wields two Keyblades and is increased in both physical strength and his speed. While in this form, Sora loses the ability to use all magical abilities, but makes up for it in his rapid attacks and incredible foot speed.

Valor Form costs three Drive Bars and gains one experience point for every hit landed upon his opponent where experience is granted. (Excludes all Olympus Coliseum Tournaments)

High Jump
High Jump enables Sora to increase the height of his base jump, enabling him to reach both higher areas and making dodging enemy moves much easier. The higher Sora jumps while going straight up means the further he goes when running.

Through each Level Up, Sora will be able to jump higher and further, the statistics for each Level are listed below.

Aerial Dodge
Aerial Dodge is simply a twisting double jump. The Aerial Dodge allows Sora to take another leap while in mid-air, increasing his height and his jump distance. The spinning motion Sora enforces sends weak enemy attacks back away from Sora. The levels of the Aerial Dodge are rated against Sora's normal jump, as if he was standing on a flat surface.

Final Form is much like all of the forms before it, but with extreme boosts. Final Form wields two keyblades, which hover behind his back and attack on their own, maximizing both range and swing. Also, instead of walking, Final Form takes on a pumped up version of Wisdom Form, flying multiple feet above the ground.

Final Form gains one experience for every Nobody defeated while in this form where experience is granted. (Excludes Olympus Coliseum Tournaments) Heartless and other enemies do not count towards Final Forms experience count.

Glide
This ability should be recognized from the original Kingdom Hearts, and will be used by the player quite often. By pressing Square while in mid air, Sora is carried on the wind on a slow and steady descent. On Glide's higher levels, Sora can hold the glide even longer, as the glides speed increases, and its horizontal descent evens out. Another attribute improved upon as Final Form levels up is that while at LV1, Sora will cut short the glide once you get close to the ground. But at higher levels, you can skim the ground instead, continuing the glides descent.

A cool attribute to the Final Forms Glide, is that while enacting the glide in this form, Sora's two Keyblades will spin rapidly in front of him, cutting down enemies that choose to get in his way.