The Kingdom Hearts Thread

[Phi]

Official website updated. Complete with a new 'Dearly Beloved' remix.

• More props to aibo_ac7 with a confirmation that that Axel, young Terranort (with his face hidden under a familiar black hood), Vanitas, Joshua and Shiki are seen in the trailer!
• Xion, Roxas and Rhyme's appearances have been confirmed!

• Tron Legacy is in KH3D, Maleficent and Pete have returned and Axel now goes by Lea.
  
  


• Thanks to sqexgal, we now know that when the Drop Gauge reaches 0, the character and Dream Eaters must sleep. Also, the Reality Shift ability in the Musketeers world is called "Wonder Comic". The characters appear at random and you can do a powerful finishing attack with the three musketeers.

• Also according to sqexgal, Axel/Lea appears near a castle, a younger form of Xemnas is shown attacking Sora, and Sora appears in the Three Musketeer world in the demo with Mickey not recognizing Sora, but with knowledge of Keyblades and other worlds.

^ with more and more info coming in as Jump Festa progresses.

[Gaia]

Wait, so time travel's involved in this? Or is that when you sleep, you recall memories of your past.. God this series is confusing. Good god it's gonna be hard on the TWEWY cast.

And I thought the Mouseketeers choice was odd.. this is even stranger than nonfiction!

[Archer]

>Sora, Roxas, Xion and Vanitas in the same game

All them Soras

[The Great Gonzo]

Xion's back in some capacity?!

...

Knowing what eventually happened to her, I'm not sure if I should celebrate just yet. ;_;

[Mirby]

>Sora, Roxas, Xion and Vanitas in the same game

All them Soras

Soraception.

[VirusChris]

Damn... we have to wait a week until the Trailer is unveiled. I was SO excite to see it right now to see all the action happening! This is one of the reasons I bought a 3DS for!

[Mirby]

By the way, the trailer's 8 minutes long.

Posted on: December 17, 2011, 12:26:31And here's the 8 minute long trailer.

[Nexus]

Here's that same video - worse resolution, but english subtitles. 

[Phi]

By the way, the trailer's 8 minutes long.

Posted on: December 17, 2011, 12:26:31And here's the 8 minute long trailer.

*watches KH3D trailer*

Man, I have to get high with Nomura one of these days.

Confusion aside, the gameplay looks terrific, especially the flying/diving segments. This seems to be more entertaining than BBS, battle system-wise.

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

oh god that trailer has me excited!!!

[Rin]

Also, that wasn't young TERRANORT... it was simply YOUNG MASTER XEHANORT.
I mean, hell, it should be obvious, considering we've seen that he had hair similar to how it looks when he took over Terra's body.

Additionally... Jesus Chirst, Nomura. WHY DON'T YOU JUST SIMPLY CALL IT "KINGDOM HEARTS: THE CLONE WARS"?

[Waifu]

Also, that wasn't young TERRANORT... it was simply YOUNG MASTER XEHANORT.
I mean, hell, it should be obvious, considering we've seen that he had hair similar to how it looks when he took over Terra's body.

Additionally... Jesus Chirst, Nomura. WHY DON'T YOU JUST SIMPLY CALL IT "KINGDOM HEARTS: THE CLONE WARS"?

Even Better where my KHIII? Kingdom Hearts : The Clone Wars

Riku: I will be the most powerful Jedi keyblade user ever....... will even learn how to stop people from dying.

[Phi]

A few gameplay snippets

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To be more precise, the first video (Actions) contains a sub-page for the following in order:

    Using the Slide Pad
    A button (Attack)
    B button (Jump)
    Environment


The second video (Free Flow) contains:

    Free Flow Y Button + Slide Pad
    Free Flow Action (A Button) + Free Flow Attack
    Free Flow Attack: Whirl Kick => Attack: Kick Dive
    Action: Pole Spin => Attack: Turn Cutter
    Action: Pole Spin => Attack: Blow Off


The third video (Link System) contains: Dream Eater Icon:

    Touch to Activate
    Sora: Link Action
    Riku: Link Action


The fourth video (Dream Eater Interactions) contains:

    Dream Eaters: Touch to Play (gain EXP aka 'Link Points')
    Training Toy

[Gaia]

20 cents say that many people will spend time mostly with the dream eater nintendog minigames.

[Mirby]

Ahem. News update!!

Fantasia is confirmed to appear as a world.
You can fight other players' Dream Eaters via adhoc wireless.
The ending will be unlike any before in the series (despite it being short like Re:Coded's)

Things to check out in the following scan-dump:
The CAT graffiti in Traverse Town
The Ability Link menu (that's how you level up your Dream Eaters, and therefore Sora/Riku)
Riku in Tron: Legacy (text reads "stray program" or something; it's a guard saying it in reference to Riku)

Here's a sampling of recent Famitsu scans.








Source: KHInsider

[VirusChris]

So WANT the Triceratops Dream Eater as a partner!

Thanks for posting the pictures Mirby! I SO looking forward to this game when it comes out!

[Gaia]

Gotta Catch 'em All... wait, wrong game.

Chernobog returns. Will he be more challenging this time? He was a joke, as a stationary enemy. And the gang's all here, including Rhyme, boy their renders make them look malnourished.. Anytime now Suqeenix, you KNOW the Reapers are in there.

[Mirby]

Japanese release date is 3/29.

Here's the limited edition 3DS it comes with:

[Archer]

why is the crown pink

thats gay, yo

[Mirby]

I think it's pink because the game's logo is pink. And silver, but there's pink in it.

[Gaia]

Watch as this bonus be JP-Only.

[Mirby]

KINGDOM HEARTS 3D [Dream Drop Distance] | SQUARE ENIX

New world icon and logo for Traverse Town and gameplay video featuring Reality Shifts below~

Translations, care of goldpanner:

    Handsome Pegasus *Spirit
    Command
    >Sparkga
    >Icebreaker
    >Thoroughbred Ride
    Dream Eater that attacks by gathering the wind.
    Defenceless while gathering wind.

    ------------

    Ghost Pierrot *Nightmare
    Command
    >Rainbow Wind
    >Final Break
    >Attack
    A Dream Eater that loves prizes.
    They do things such as turn into prizes, and steal them too.

    ------------

    REALITY SHIFT 1/4
    When the pink marker has come up
    [drag down stylus on the bottom screen] or [X + A button]
    When the pink marker has appeared over the target,
    you can execute Reality Shift.

    --------------

    REALITY SHIFT 2/4
    Slingshot (Traverse Town)
    While touching an object on the bottom screen, pull and adjust the point of impact.
    Let go and it will launch, exploding at the point of impact and damaging nearby enemies.

    ---------

    REALITY SHIFT 3/4
    Holy Rope (La Cité des Cloches)
    On the bottom screen, connect sparkling points with a line.
    Where the connecting line was on the bottom screen, a rope will appear,
    damaging enemies that pass over it.

    --------------

    REALITY SHIFT 4/4
    Wonder Comic (Country of the Musketeers)
    Trap enemies in a comic book world, which you control by following directions to touch the bottom screen.
    Keep control until the very end and it will explode, catching nearby enemies.

    -----------

    Traverse Town
    The town where those who have lost their way gather, Traverse Town.
    Sora and Riku meet Neku and the others, who have come from a different world.
    They were participating in a "Reapers' Game" with their partners, but
    it seems they were separated when they came to this world.
    (has the names under each render)

    --------------

    Neku
    A young boy who always has his headphones on,
    behaving like he rejects everyone.
    (Protagonist of 'The World Ends With You')

    Joshua
    A friend of Neku and the others.
    It seems he knows about this world in detail.

    Rhyme
    Because she has lost her memories,
    she doesn't know why she's in Traverse Town.

    Shiki
    Neku's partner. A bright and energetic girl.
    She always carries a black stuffed cat wherever she goes.

    Beat
    He is wandering Traverse Town, looking for his partner Rhyme.
    A passionate young man who hates to lose.

As with all my KH info, Source: KHInsider

[Phi]

Is it just me, or is Squeenix being much more vague with KH3D info than when BBS was in production? I remember them giving out a flurry of gameplay videos when BBS was nearing release. This game comes out in 2 months, and I expected much more information/videos regarding the story and command systems.

[Mirby]

I think it's just you. The first time the SYSTEM section was updated, we got four gameplay vids, and with this latest update (second such update since the SYSTEM section became updated) we got another gameplay vid (seen in my previous post). At this rate, we'll be getting a lot more.

[Phi]

I recall tons of interviews (samey, but interviews nonetheless) and a few early impressions on BBS well before it was released. I'm not just talking about gameplay, the media seemed much more riled up about BBS than KH3D. Possibly because it introduced new main characters, so more things to discuss or whatever.

I'm not complaining about what we have, but I don't feel as excited for this as I was for BBS.