Thanks to RxS for the tag.

If you’d like your questions answered you’ll have to join the forums then! Register here! ;] - Kaito referred you!

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As for the news, well. Wait what news? None of it really has ANYTHING to do with Kingdom Hearts. As it’s only Riku and me posting you won’t see any “minor” updates. I don’t have enough time to waste posting little things.

That’s all for now!

Kx

Submitted by RxS[àR*] from the Kh3 Forums!

What do I have to do?
Simple. Register to the forums and stay active. You’ll get a chance at winning a PSP, and also meeting really nice people. It’s a win-win. In the middle of April I’ll be making an announcement letting everyone know what to do. Hint. It’s a contest with fan-art. Register here!

Why am I doing this?
Basically, the active members/registered members ratio is completely off. 580 members active compared to the 6,000 we have. That’s not good, not to mention there are some really good designers,friendly people, and awesome teams/clans which you can join! I would also like to get people pumped about the new games! So, Register here!

Be sure to say Kaito referred you!

Moving onto the actual news, Yoko Shimomura, the primary composer for the Kingdom Hearts series is set to release an album called Drammatica: The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura on March 26^th in Japan and April 1^st in North America, which will contain a fully orchestrated score of her compositions from Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Live A Live, Kingdom Hearts, Front Mission, Legend of Mana, and Heroes of Mana. At the official Drammatica website, you can stream a preview of the new arrangement of Destati for the album.

The Drammatica: The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura Official Website

Pre-Order Drammatica: The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura at Barnes & Noble

Drammatica info submitted by Doomy on TKH.

Thanks to some of the excellent authors amongst the Kingdom Hearts 3 readership, we’ve been able to establish a brand new section, the Kingdom Hearts Editorials section!

In this section, we’ve already got articles by readers which include a comparison of Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy (which some argue is a little harsh!), an interesting theory on the future of the series, and more general KH3 Theories, which has attracted a great deal of interesting discussion.

Wanna have your theories, editorials, fan fiction, or artwork submitted to the KH3 website?! You can! We now have two ways for readers to submit articles to us, either via email or by direct website submission.

The email address you should use to submit content to Kingdom Hearts 3.net is Submit@KingdomHearts3.net, and should only be used for content submissions!

To directly post, check out this page.

In other other news, fans of Naruto should check out our networks brand new site, on which you can watch episodes for free, and even watch the movies. The name of the site is Naruto Online, and the address for the website is: http://naruto.ffnet.org/, so please be sure to bookmark it!

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!

Will there be a Kingdom Hearts III?

It’s currently unknown whether there will be another game named “Kingdom Hearts”, but Tetsuya Nomura has stated there will be a “New Series” as a side-story to Kingdom Hearts.

When will Kingdom Hearts III (or the next game) be released?

Also unknown. The next game should be announced at the Tokyo Game Show 2007.

What console will it be on?

A Square-Enix Marketing Manager claimed it would be on PlayStation 3. Tetsuya Nomura has said he’s looking into making it multi-platform, but is uncertain yet. As Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ has been confirmed to be Nomura’s last game for PlayStation 2, any future games will NOT be on PlayStation 2.

Who is Tetsuya Nomura?

He is the director and character designer of the Kingdom Hearts story. He created the story and concept of Kingdom Hearts, and is the only source of information regarding anything to with the Kingdom Hearts story.

Who is Yoko Shimomura?

She is the composer and arranger of all the Kingdom Hearts music.

What are Chasers?

We don’t know yet. Dictionary.com’s definitions from the American Heritage Dictionary are:

chas·er 1
Noun

1. One that chases or pursues another: a chaser of criminals.
2. A drink, as of beer or water, taken after hard liquor.

chas·er 2
Noun

1. One who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.
2. A steel tool for cutting or finishing screw threads.

We have no idea whether this would mean that Chasers are the people who created the Keyblades, people chasing something, or something else entirely.

Are Aqua, Ven, and Terra Chasers?

The theory is that they are, but it is completely unknown.

Who are Aqua, Ven, and Terra?

They are the three knights seen in the Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix Secret Endings. Their names mean “Water, Wind, and Earth” respectively. (Kairi’s, Sora’s and Riku’s names mean “Sea, Sky, and Land” respectively.) Aqua is the blue-haired girl. Ven is the one who gets frozen. Terra is the Enigmatic Soldier, known officially as the Lingering Spirit in Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix, and is the tallest of the three knights. We’ve found that he hates Xehanort in Sora’s battle with him in Final Mix, yet he is also “Master Xehanort’s Avenger”.

Where can I see the secret endings?

I will be re-uploading them to the site in future. They were removed by FileFront previously. For now, you can see low quality versions on YouTube.

Who or what are the “Lost Two”?

Completely unknown. We’ll have to wait and see, but they could be almost anything or anyone.

Why were Sora’s, Riku’s, and King Mickey’s Keyblades there?

Tetsuya Nomura’s answer was “It’s to show that those three armoured people aren’t them but that doesn’t mean they don’t have connections.”

What’s the “Keyblade War”?

Kairi’s Grandmother’s Story about a Keyblade War was a fairytale according to Nomura. He also said “The words “Keyblade War” that showed up in the middle were to implicate that there were fights between Keyblades.”

Who is the old man in the Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Secret Ending (“Birth By Sleep”)?

That is completely unknown. Tetsuya Nomura has said that all characters in that secret ending are in some way connected to currently known characters, but that’s all we know.

What are the names of the Secret Endings to Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+?

The fan-name of the Kingdom Hearts II Secret Ending was “Sunset Horizons” as that was the name of the track of the music in the background. However, the Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Ultimania book has now revealed that the name of the Kingdom Hearts II Secret Ending is “Gathering” and the name of the Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Secret Ending is “Birth By Sleep”.

I’ve found the Kingdom Hearts III cover! Right?

Wrong. Considering Kingdom Hearts III may not even be created, nor has production been started on the games, the game cover does not exist yet, nor is there confirmation of what console it may be on. The most common FAKE cover is shown to the left with the FAKE name “The Keyblade Wars”. People have tried to post a News Post claiming that it’s the cover many times - Please stop. One obvious giveaway that it’s not the cover is that it says “Kingdom Hearts II” on the side of it. There are many other obvious flaws. I believe it was created in Adobe PhotoShop.

At the beginning of the year, Square-Enix confirmed they had no plans to release the Final Mixes outside of America after Electronic Gaming Monthly Magazine spread rumours about it being released in Fall 2007. These are JUST rumours. Later in the year, a Square-Enix Marketing Manager claimed that there will be a surprise for America and Europe later at the end of this year. This isn’t confirmation of anything, but also someone from the Square-Enix Public Relations Team mentioned that the large amount of fans contacting them for them to be released in America, Europe and elsewhere is not going unnoticed.

Why are my comments not showing on this site?

If there are any links posted in your comment that link off this website, the comment is automatically counted as Spam. As we get hundreds of Spam messages a day, we can’t go through every one working out which are actually Spam or not.

How do I register on KingdomHearts3.net?

There’s a “Become Staff!” link in the links to the left.

I’ve registered to the site, and I’m trying to post a News Post, but it won’t show. Why is that?

All News Posts have to go through moderation, usually by myself, before they can be posted on the front page of the site. If they don’t have correct spelling and grammar I will not be posting them. If they’re not news or information of some relevance, I will not be posting them. Just yesterday there was an attempt to post a message “i love kh!” - Nothing else, just that. Make sure your News Posts are detailed if you want them shown. If you find your News Post has disappeared, it’s because I’ve deleted it. There are a few still outstanding, and if your post has yet to be deleted, it’s because it might be placed elsewhere on the site rather than as a News Post.

Oh yes, if you just copy and paste directly from another site, it’s very unlikely that’ll be posted. If you do copy, make sure you credit that site and write a bit about it yourself.

If there are anymore questions, please post them in comments. This is all I could think of for now. Most answers about the future of Kingdom Hearts are shown in the Summary of Kingdom Hearts Interviews News Post.

For those of you users who enjoy commenting on our various pages and posts, we have made things a little easier to navigate.

Instead of having a huge list of comments (sometimes over 2000 long!), comments are now broken down into pages of 30 each for you to navigate. As well as changing how many comments appear on the page, the newest comments will also appear on ‘top’ of the list, rather than at the bottom.

This change is still being tested; please let us know if you encounter any problems.

Enjoy!

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Please go to our link to us page to view the different buttons and banners!

Also, once you’ve posted a link to us, please show us the URL where you have posted it in the comments so we can take a look! Thanks a lot,

KingdomHearts3.net administration.

That’s right, Kingdom Hearts fans - KingdomHearts3.net is now allowing it’s readers the opportunity to show off their journalistic prowess by posting news on one of the worlds largest Kingdom Hearts fansites! Below you will find a small FAQ on the new user participation scheme.

“Posting news?”

If you have ever wanted to write for a large Kingdom Hearts site then this is your perfect opportunity to do so. As well as a new user registration scheme, we’re allowing users to submit their own news articles by using our WordPress site to post interesting articles about the KH series on the main page of the Kingdom Hearts 3.net website!

“What’s in it for me?”

Apart from the pride of having your very own articles published on a website receiving in excess of 10,000 unique visitors every day, you will be able to earn your way up the Kingdom Hearts 3.net staff ladder; posters having many articles approved by the KH3 administration will be promoted to higher and higher positions, and you could potentially gain the prestige of become an administrator of the site or forums. You will also be able to use your experience for future jobs; the owner of this website, Alex, gained admittance to university in part by referencing his knowledge of the internet and experience in managing web sites.

“What’s the catch?”

The catch is simply that only articles of good quality, using correct grammar and information will be accepted. This does not mean if you make a spelling mistake your article or news item will be rejected, but if your work is riddled with errors or is not at all important your article wont be accepted. The other catch is, once you start editting for a website and see the website grow because of your support, you may well become an addict.

“What kind of article do you accept?”

We accept news and content articles that are of a good standard. This may be related to Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy or Square Enix generally. If there is huge gaming news you wish to report that is not relating to the aforementioned, you may also submit it for approval.

“How do I post news?”

Once you have registered as a WordPress user of Kingdom Hearts 3, you will be able to submit a draft by clicking on the ‘Write’ tab, and filling in the appropriate information such as ‘Categories’ and ‘Title’. You can then enter the main text area and begin to write! Once you’re happy with your article, click ‘Save’ and the administrators will be able to view your article for approval immediately!

“I would prefer to write content pages than news. May I?”

You certainly can! In fact, the content pages on Kingdom Hearts 3.net are not currently vast, and we would love them to be improved. To write a Page instead of a news post, simple add the word ‘PAGE’ at the beginning of your ‘Title’, and we will review it.

If you have any further questions, please ask in the comments field below.

So, if think you would like to help us become the largest Kingdom Hearts web site on the internet, then please click here to register with us today! If not, have fun reading at our web site!

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As you can see, the secret event we have been keeping from you all to coincide with the launch of KH2: Final Mix+ is a shiny new layout. I am sorry for teasing the Kingdom Hearts 3.org folk, but I couldn’t resist.

Please comment on whether or not you like the new layout, we hope you do!

Firstly, Kingdom Hearts 3.net would just like to thank all you patient fans for sticking by us during the development of the Kingdom Hearts 3 Forums (www.kingdomhearts3.org)! A lot has changed about the forums since they were last up, but we feel that this is for the better.

KH3 now uses vBulletin rather than Invision Power Board. We had to pay for this, but we think you guys are totally worth it.

The forums will be the best place to chat about the Kingdom Hearts series on the Internet, especially with regard to KHIII!

To sign up to the forums, click here: Join KingdomHearts3.org.
To just visit the forums, click here: Kingdom Hearts 3 Forums.

Note to old users: Sorry, but changing to vBulletin has meant that we have had to delete some old records. This means users will have to sign up again. But maybe it’s good that KH3 is starting from fresh?

Enjoy the forums!