Square-Enix recently announced the ‘DK Σ 3713′ private event, which features all three of the upcoming Kingdom Hearts titles!
DK Σ 3713 (’D.K. Sigma Three-Seven-Thirteen’) stands, specifically, for ‘Dissidia, Kingdom Hearts, Sigma Harmonics, The 3rd Birthday, Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children Complete, Final Fantasy 13‘. It is expected that the event will feature new trailers, media and information on all of these titles, but it is unsure if there will be any demos present.
Please note, the event will include information on all three upcoming Kingdom Hearts titles: 358/2 Days, Coded and Birth by Sleep will all be present. Also note, this confirms that rumours of Coded being cancelled are 100% false, it will still be on the show-floor.
Rest assured we will keep you up-to-date on the day of the event, and that you’ll hear anything new as we hear it.
The event will be held on the 2nd and 3rd of August, with an exclusive group of 400 people picked for each of the three sessions on each day: 10am, 1:30pm and 5pm.
For more information, check out the official website here.
As you all know now, KH Insider have uploaded a new, higher-quality version of the recent Birth by Sleep trailer. Many thanks to them for doing this.
The game is, as we all know by now, looking really good. Like the trailer? Why not download!?
Enjoy!
Well, it’s been months since any real news, but at last we have something to tide us over - a leaked trailer of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for Sony’s PSP, taken at the Square-Enix Character Showcase.
Well, although we’ve seen most of this stuff in pictures before, or heard it explained, it is rather incredible to see the game in motion, and even more difficult to imagine that this is on a portable console! The effects are looking great, and we’re sure they’ll look even greater by the time its done.
We’ll get back to you if anything else surfaces!
Source: Khronnus from YouTube and Forever Fantasy. Also, KHIVideos for the second upload.
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Sorry this is a little late guys, none of the major sites seem to be really pointing this out at the moment, I got it from a forum. Anyway, some recent scans from a French magazine had a few interesting facts within them (but no new images).
The scans were pretty massive, and don’t really show anything new, so if you’d like to see them just make a visit to KH Insider (who, you’ll notice, have also added this translated info).
358/2 Days
-Anything gained within the single player game will be carried over into the multiplayer game.
-The game’s storyline will also answer many questions that we never really wondered about (quoted from Nomura)
-As everyone has mentioned, the game is still being release this Summer in Japan.
Birth by Sleep
-Aqua is NOT confirmed as a playable character, while Terra and Ven obviously are. There is supposedly a reason for this…
-Mickey is in training during this storyline to increase his strength - eventually he will become the King that we know from the originals.
-Ven’s full name is actually rather long (so not Ventus then?)
-Apparently, someone named Venom appeared in the KH2 Final Mix video… is this the name of Master Xehanort’s apprentice?
So, that’s it for the moment guys. Nothing else to really talk about here at the moment, so if you have any questions regarding this, feel free to ask in the comments section.
In December last year, Square and Dengeki worked in conjunction to release CLOUD: Vol. 1, a magazine/book collected various pieces of information regarding all of Square’s works, primarily Final Fantasy.
Also included in this though was a nine-page section on Kingdom Hearts. Obviously, the article is rather old in terms of video gaming news, but the translations were only just done recently thanks to a joint-venture between KH Insider and KH-Vids.
As usual guys, sorry for the long wait between articles, but Square’s really keeping tight-lipped about everything at the moment… we’ll update you as soon as anything new pops up. Until then, feel free to ask any questions in the comments and I’ll see if I can find the time to answer them!
Although this isn’t techncally new news as such, it’s still great to see everything summarised in a time of droubt such as this one! Amongst the various old screenshots are two full-page scans of the artworks for 358/2 Days and Birth by Sleep, both looking great!
As all the images are old, we can only assume that the so-called ‘news’ isn’t anything that us die-hard fans haven’t heard yet. However, if it turns out that anything special is in the translations, we’ll inform you as soon as we know.
Until then, hang in there folks - new media will come soon, Square have simply decided to influx a media-blackout on everything Kingdom Hearts for the time being. We’ll see how things go in the coming weeks…
This is really not so much of an update as it is an intriguing information - it’s a cool look at what happens behind the scenes on the Disney side of Kingdom Hearts creation, instead of us hearing from Nomra all the time!
The interview was conducted by Gamasutra and abbreviated here by KH Insider. Enjoy!
Gamasutra: Speaking of moving away from licensing out Disney’s core properties to other publishers to work with… is that a blanket policy? Is that something that’s going to phase in over a course of years as the contracts expire, or are you not really discussing that?
Disney: The key thing for us is being flexible. We never said that we wanted to move away from licensing, and we don’t intend to. Great examples of licensed games that we make that we would love to continue to make those licensed games.
A great example of that is Kingdom Hearts. It’s a great collaboration between Square and ourselves. Disney characters are in there, and Final Fantasy characters are in there. It’s the kind of collaboration that works, and where we see other opportunities like that, we will do them.
Gamasutra: Certainly I think, not that you’ve suggested this, but I think that Kingdom Hearts is a fantastic example of Square Enix doing something with your characters that you couldn’t do yourself. You couldn’t replicate that, because it’s got Square Enix’s stamp all over it, but it still retains the Disney just as strongly. Obviously it would be, without my theorizing on the relationship, would be a great thing to continue in that vein.
Disney: Yeah. I think it would be a sad day for gamers if there were to be no more Kingdom Hearts. We love the franchise, and Square Enix loves it, so we want to see it continue, and they have more games coming out.
Gamasutra: Yeah. There were three at TGS, so there’s definitely going to be more Kingdom Hearts.
Disney: There’s a lot of life left there. There’s a lot of stories to tell.
Gamasutra: I can’t remember the DS game’s title. It’s so awesomely horrible. What is it… 365 days over two…? No, 358 days over two — which is the subtitle. It’s so incomprehensible, it’s so great. Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days.
Disney: What I can tell you is, trust Nomura-san. He always delivers –
Gamasutra: He delivered about half of the Square Enix Party, their big event in Japan last year. He delivered literally half of the games on show, I think were his responsibilities.
Disney: He’s a tremendous talent.
Gamasutra: And as I understand it, he’s a complete workaholic, so it’s kind of a win-win for Square and him, because he doesn’t have any interest in doing anything else anyway.
Disney: Having been to dinner with Nomura-san at 11 PM at night in Tokyo is… we’re jetlagged, so it works well for us.
Gamasutra: It sounds pretty simple when you put it that way. I think part of the problem… well, not the problem, but the perception is that it’s sort of like a syllogism. Like, “Kids’ games are crappy, and Disney makes kids’ games, thus Disney will be crappy as a publisher.” You know what I mean. It isn’t necessarily true, but that’s probably the conclusion that people are reaching, to an extent.
Disney: I think for us, to create great content that appeals to a broad audience, it’s not just about selling to kids. We want something that grown-ups will want to play with their kids, and that gamers will play. I think Kingdom Hearts is a great example of what they can do. There are plenty of single guys in their 20s who love Kingdom Hearts. There are plenty of families that have played it, and kids that have played it, and that’s the kind of model we’re looking for.
So there you have it, straight from the mouths of Disney themselves. Once again, sorry this isn’t a real update, but there’s honestly nothing to talk about at the moment; Square is being unsurprisingly tight-lipped about all their major franchises at the moment.
We’ll get back to you as soon as something new happens!
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