New Kingdom Hearts Games Revealed

[cyclonmaster]

Square Enix's Tokyo Game Show presentation is currently going down in Japan and we've got the first details on the trio of new Kingdom Hearts titles.

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for PSP looks to be a single-player adventure in the vein of the PlayStation 2 iterations, though not "Kingdom Hearts III." Birth by Sleep's protagonist was not explicitly named in the presentation, but he looked an awful lot like Zack of Final Fantasy VII/Crisis Core fame.

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days for Nintendo DS appears to star Roxas from Kingdom Hearts II, but its main draw looks to be four-player simultaneous play using members of Organization XIII. It will be in full 3D.

Kingdom Hearts: Coded is a mobile game, likely for Japanese cell phones. It stars the familiar cast of main characters from the original Kingdom Hearts (Sora & co.) and seems to be set between the first and second PlayStation 2 titles.

Each title is said to have a time-related theme: Birth by Sleep is "the distant past," KH: 358/2 Days is "time of the other side," and Code is "time has gone by." More as it comes!

Tokyo Game Show 2007: New Kingdom Hearts Games Revealed news from 1UP.com

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[Densetsu]

Also, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep's protagonist is called Terra. He is a secret boss in KH II FM+ and is one of the armored knights in the secret trailer which appears in both KH II and KH II FM+.

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[cel123]

what no KHIII? noooo....

found this rumor on MB

- RUMOR: Square Enix will reveal the 5th and final title in Compilation of Final Fantasy VII at the Tokyo Game Show, which is a PS3 title called "Endless Crisis: Final Fantasy VII".

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[Densetsu]

Impressions from Game Informer

The reveal for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days was preceded with the text “The time of the other side.” The DS title highlights the adventures of two boys, Axel and Roxas, and their work with Organization XIII. In-game footage showed four players fighting the heartless together cooperatively. While this was still obviously very early in the production process, it was a pretty ugly game. Kingdom Hearts titles have made the most of the hardware they’ve been on in the past, so let’s hope it gets the polish that it definitely needs.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep is a PSP title that features three new heroes and their individual scenarios. What we know of the story is that it concerns Xehanort, one of the masters of the Keyblade long before Sora, who disappeared mysteriously one day.

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[Silenus]

Great I want to play a KH title on my recently acquired PSP.

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[emwearz]

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days has to be one of the worst names I have ever heard for a game.

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[ultimablade]

Emwearz and evryone else, I think I know the reason for the title.
Since Sora became a heartless he had Roxas as his nobody but it was until a year later of the events of KH1 that Roxas found and fused with sora at the mansion. 358 divided by 2 =179, so I guess since axel and roxas are the main characters of 358/2, it basically means "358 days spent by two people,(we'll probably play two scenarios) of course until roxas decided to leave the organization" which would be the end of 358 days, also 358 + 6 equals 364.
Point being that we used roxas for 6 days and probably when we used sora we began a new day, which would now be a full year, or definitley after yen sid's castle, it was night there(though it DOES seem infinite).
Mind you this is heavy speculation with some evidence and reasoning, if this is true(hopefully) the title will make sense.

[ShadowDancer]

I thought it was 356 days (in a year) + 2 days = 358 days

I'm just fooling around. I don't know.

[ultimablade]

It's actually 365 in a year not 356.
Hate slight errors.

[cloudsBro]

And I thought Driv3r was hard to pronounce!
As for the game itself, I guess its nice to see the series go portable.

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[ShadowDancer]

Originally Posted by ultimablade

It's actually 365 in a year not 356.
Hate slight errors.

Doh! You're totally correct about that. Stupid inverted numbers.

[ultimablade]

Yup, inversion sucks, wouldn't have an explanation if the 358/2 were inverted though .

[Densetsu]

More info from Gamespot.

The second title, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, is the DS release. Unlike previous installments in Kingdom Hearts, the game focuses on the series' antagonists known as the Organization XIII, and Roxas, who was "the other main character" in Kingdom Hearts II.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days' trailer starts off from the last scene in Chain of Memories (PS2 version), and the words "The time during the opposite side, when Sora goes to sleep" appears on the screen. The scene changes to the station and clock tower in Kingdom Hearts II, with Roxas and Axel looking over the city at the sunset. In another scene, Roxas is seen sitting in a white room together with the rest of Organization XIII, and a new 14th member is introduced into the organization. Although the character's face was hidden by Organization XIII's traditional hooded jacket that she wore, it was apparently a female character, judging from her lips.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days is a multiplayer action game where you can fight as an Organization XIII member and attempt to complete missions cooperatively with friends. During the trailer, we saw up to four characters fighting together on the same screen against a massive boss character in a city setting. The game will also feature a single-player mode, of course. The gameplay looked similar to the combat you're familiar with from past KH games, though the frame rate was running a little low in the trailer footage. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days is co-directed by Tomohiro Hasegawa and produced by Patrick Chen. The game is being developed by h.a.n.d Inc.

Last but definitely not least of the three Kingdom Hearts games, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is a new title for the PSP. From checking out the trailers, it felt the most like a true Kingdom Hearts sequel of the three games (except that it's actually a prequel). Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep's trailer started off with the words "The distant past." And as it turns out, the game takes place before Sora's era, back in the days when there were multiple "keyblade masters" around the world. We're introduced to two characters whom we assume are the protagonists; a blond boy who looks strikingly similar to Roxas, and an older, taller, black-haired guy who looks a bit like Final Fantasy VII's Zack in baggy pants.

Audiences who have finished playing through Kingdom Hearts II were in for a surprise. As it turns out, the bonus secret movie from the game was apparently an event that took place in the past. During Birth by Sleep's trailer, we saw the same landscape and bald man with a gray goatee and yellow eyes that were featured in the KHII movie. It seems certain that he plays a key role in the game, as the trailer took time to show him trying to influence the blond-haired boy in some unknown way, and also facing off in combat against the black-haired man who's trying to stop him. In another scene, he was seen shouting, "Use your powers to break the darkness and fix my wrongdoings!" At the end of the trailer, a figure who looked like Mickey mouse appeared to confront the bad guy with a weapon that looked like a cross between a sword and a magic wand.

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is directed by Tai Sasue and produced by Patrick Chen.

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[runawayprisoner]

LMAO for "older, taller, black-haired guy who looks a bit like Final Fantasy VII's Zack in baggy pants" XD XD XD :rofl:

Seriously... someone obviously did NOT do their homeworks.

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[sigmax]

Nice i will play Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (what kind of lame name is this) and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep when i get a psp

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where's the ps3 one? ;~~

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[runawayprisoner]

Originally Posted by Hiei-YYH

where's the ps3 one? ;~~

Wasn't it put under "rumors"? I would guess that it doesn't exist in reality... and some people are just wishing...? o.o;;

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[Thanakil]

Maybe the PS3 one is still under work tho, takes more time to properly make a PS3 games when you compare it to a Mobile/DS/PSP game. They could be waiting for more progress to make a big announcement later.

[Hiei-YYH]

while the psp one is developed and published by square enix, the ds one is just published, letting "Hand" develop the game.... lol

good to see that square enix is giving psp priority XD

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[runawayprisoner]

Originally Posted by Hiei-YYH

while the psp one is developed and published by square enix, the ds one is just published, letting "Hand" develop the game.... lol

good to see that square enix is giving psp priority XD

After the success of Crisis Core, I think they do have a reason to rejoice.

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