As more people have a PlayStation 3 now, I figured this would be more useful now than it was at the time, so I reposted it. The compatibility issue only applies to people with backwards compatible PS3s that don’t include the Emotion Engine.

Also, a few people asked about it anyway.

Sony recently put up a website for people to check the compatibility of PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 games with PlayStation 3:

Your version of Kingdom Hearts may result in problems but Kingdom Hearts II shouldn’t. You need to check your product code (found on the spine of the box or on the disk) first. Click to enlarge:

Riku Edit: Apparently if you have the latest software update, codes SCES-50968 and SCES-50969 now run without problems. SCES-50967, previously unlisted, has minor issues. SCES-50970 still has major noticeable issues, and apparently SCES-50971 also does now too. Any codes beginning SLUS should work without issues.

Someone finally got a cheat code to access any “room” in Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (Edit: AND the original Kingdom Hearts II), including the hidden area in Hollow Bastion! You can now see it in full including the full spiral staircase, corridor, and the Room of Sleep itself - It starts at 5:30, but it’s worth watching the rest:

Edit: Not that this is relevant, but I’ve just noticed there are 20 caged rooms in the corridor and 20 chains from the centre of the Room of Sleep to 20 Nobody Symbols on the wall.

It’s been awhile since any news has been posted, so I thought I should post this. GermanSeabass has recently done his second fantastic medley of Kingdom Hearts music improvised on piano. It also includes an interpretation of “Fate of the Unknown” using the arrangement on this site:

On July 3rd, the first Kingdom Hearts II Graphic Novel by Shiro Amano was released. Those of you who preordered it should be getting it very soon if not already. For those of you who would like to buy it, it’s available on Amazon:

You can see where to get the other Graphic Novels in The Graphic Novels News Post.

Welcome to our brand new network site, The Kingdom Hearts! The site is to be run by myself, Alex, Kota (a content writer for Kingdom Hearts 3), Endless, Xaldin (of KH-Vids.net fame), and Brad. It will cover Kingdom Hearts news and content for all the Kingdom Hearts series.

The website will also provide access to brand new forums, which will be launched in the near future. If you’d like to read the site, go ahead and visit www.TheKingdomHearts.com, and feel free to chat on much the same way you can chat here on Kingdom Hearts 3!

For those who own Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy sites, please feel free to email us after reading the affiliation information!

So, we here at the Panic Network hope you full enjoy your time on The Kingdom Hearts.com - your number one KH2, KH3, and CoM source!

Still no real news about the upcoming “New Project” for now, so I decided to upload some more remixes that I’ve received, most of them absolutely brilliant! You can download them from FileFactory or MegaUpload from the new “More KH Remixes” page.

Also, for those of you still waiting for the English versions of the Atlantica songs, I should be able to get them up sometime over the coming week.

With so little Kingdom Hearts News around and plenty of people wanting to get their hands on a Keyblade, I decided I should show you where to do so. Unfortunately, this only applies to people in the US (which means I can’t get any of this so I don’t know the true quality).

Although there are real swords on the market at very expensive prices, there are some very reasonably priced replicas of Keyblades around, and Amazon.com currently has them on sale cheaper than anywhere else, including their supplier “Top Swords”:

Sora’s Keyblade (14lb) Price: $25.49 All Metal Construction Hanging Chain Included 35” Overall Length Shipping Weight: 14lb

Sora’s Keyblade (12lb) Price: $24.49 Unknown Material Unknown Overall Length Shipping Weight: 12lb

As for other Kingdom Hearts Merchandise, there’s a site that has imported items from the Official Square-Enix Store, including some of the items that were available at the Square-Enix Party 2007, and has them available at reasonable US prices:

GKWorld

Other than confirming again that the next game will NOT be called “Kingdom Hearts III”, it has now been confirmed in Dengeki PS Magazine that:

Unfortunately, this may mean very little news for a couple of months, but we’ll still keep you up-to-date on anything new!

• TheWertle is still working on translating the Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Ultimania book. We’ll hopefully be getting more scans of it as well. If you want to buy it yourself, you can get it at Play-Asia, but bear in mind that it’s 511 pages almost all in Japanese.
• We are also still getting translations on Kingdom Hearts: Another Report. The Proto Type Report should be the next to be translated.
• More Kingdom Hearts Novels are going on sale soon, apparently possibly with a little bit of information that we haven’t found out yet, but this is unconfirmed.
• After the great feedback on the “Fate of the Unknown” Piano Sheet Music, I’m working on the requests of other arrangements for that piece, as well as creating piano versions of other music from the Kingdom Hearts series by Yoko Shimomura. The Kingdom Hearts OST Complete is still available.
• The Square-Enix USA Online Merchandise Store should be opening soon, so if you’re a big fan, sign up to find out when the store opens.
• The Kingdom Hearts Complete Visual Art Book will be on sale in July if you wish to pre-order it now.
• If there are any unanswered questions about this site or about the Kingdom Hearts series that I might know, please ask in the Frequently Asked Questions section and read the Summary of Kingdom Hearts Interviews.

True Xinjust of KHV has got his hands on some of the Kingdom Hearts Action Figures, presumably from the Square-Enix Shop at the Square-Enix Party 2007. They look similar anyway. Click to enlarge:

This weekend (26th & 27th May), the London MCM (Movie, Comic, Media) Expo May 2007 will take place at ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, Docklands, London, E16 1XL. There will be a Square-Enix stall (5704) which will include playable demonstrations of:

• Final Fantasy III (Nintendo DS)
• Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales (Nintendo DS)
• Valkyrie Profile Lenneth (PSP)
• Final Fantasy XI (Xbox 360)
• Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
• Kingdom Hearts II (PS2)
• Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King (PS2)

Bobby Edner the voice of VAAN in Square Enix’s latest instalment of the world wide hit Final Fantasy is set to attend THE London MCM Expo 26-27 May 07.

Watch out for further details which will include a daily autograph signing for fans of FF XII. As well as being the voice of ‘VAAN’ Bobby has appeared in many movies and tv shows including Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Charmed, The Pretender, Seven Days, Touched by an Angel & JAG to name a but a few!