Riku on 23 Sep 2007 01:44 pm
Official Square-Enix Information
The official North American Square-Enix site has been updated with information about the Japanese versions of the 3 upcoming games:
Square Enix, Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan, Square Enix), a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software and services, announced three new titles in the award-winning KINGDOM HEARTS series at the Tokyo Game Show 2007 held in Makuhari Messe. The new titles are KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days for the Nintendo DS™, KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and KINGDOM HEARTS coded for mobile phones. These titles are currently only confirmed for release in Japan. Release in other territories will be determined at a later date.
KINGDOM HEARTS is a fresh and original series of role-playing games created by the collaboration of The Walt Disney Company’s game development affiliate, Disney Interactive Studios, and Square Enix. The first installment, released in 2002, has been followed up by two chart-topping sequels. The immense popularity of the series has earned worldwide shipments of over 11 million copies in only five and a half years.
KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days
Developer: Square Enix Co., Ltd. / h.a.n.d. Inc.
Publisher: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: RPG
ESRB: TBD
Ship Date: TBD
The untold story of another hero.
Organization XIII, Number 13, Roxas
In KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days, you will explore a variety of Disney worlds in not only single-player mode, but also in multiplayer missions made possible by the unique networking features of the Nintendo DS.
-Twilight Town-
Roxas and Axel were watching the sunset from their usual spot on the station’s clock tower after a long day of collecting “hearts” from the Heartless, as ordered by their organization. When their daily work ended, they often spent their evenings there. They talked about the day’s work and other things over ice cream.
“Do you know why the sun looks red as it sinks below the horizon? It’s because among the countless colors comprising light, red travels the greatest distance.”
“You’re just trying to show off, Axel!”
It was idle chatter between two boys without hearts.
This is the untold story of Organization XIII’s Roxas.
Staff
- Director: Tetsuya Nomura (FINAL FANTASY V-VIII, X, FINAL FANTASY VII, ADVENT CHILDREN, KINGDOM HEARTS)
Co-director: Tomohiro Hasegawa (FINAL FANTASY VIII, X, KINGDOM HEARTS series)
Producer: Patrick Chen (KINGDOM HEARTS series)
Executive Producer: Shinji Hashimoto (KINGDOM HEARTS series)
KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep
Developer: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Publisher: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Platform: PSP
Genre: RPG
ESRB: TBD
Ship Date: TBD
It was an awakening that would signal the beginning of the KINGDOM HEARTS saga.
KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep is the tale of a new trio of heroes, told across three scenarios utilizing the groundbreaking technology of the PSP. Exciting new features will be introduced on top of the traditional controls, game system, and visual style of its predecessors.
One legend says its wielder saved the world,
while another says that he wrought chaos and ruin upon it.
—from Ansem’s Report (KINGDOM HEARTS)
Long before Sora took up the Keyblade, there were other Keyblade masters. One of these masters, Xehanort, disappeared one day along with his apprentice. This event proved to be a foreshadowing of great disaster to come. Aware of the threat, another master ordered his three apprentices to seek out Xehanort and his cohort.
Staff
- Director: Tetsuya Nomura (FINAL FANTASY V-VIII, X, FINAL FANTASY VII, ADVENT CHILDREN, KINGDOM HEARTS)
Co-director: Tai Yasue (KINGDOM HEARTS Re: Chain of Memories)
Producer: Patrick Chen (KINGDOM HEARTS series)
Co-producer: Yoichi Yoshimoto (Musashi Series, KINGDOM HEARTS CHAIN OF MEMORIES)
Executive Producer: Shinji Hashimoto (KINGDOM HEARTS series)
KINGDOM HEARTS coded
Developer: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Publisher: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Platform: Mobile Phones (devices/carriers TBD)
Genre: RPG
ESRB: TBD
Ship Date: TBD
A Disney universe as vast as the mobile network awaits you.
In KINGDOM HEARTS coded, you will journey through a variety of Disney worlds on an exciting adventure brought to life by advanced mobile phone technology and gorgeous graphics never before seen on the platform. This marks the first collaboration between Square Enix and the Walt Disney Internet Group.
After the events of KINGDOM HEARTS, Jiminy Cricket returned to Disney Castle to organize his journal. While he arranged his records, his eyes fell upon a page with a mysterious message.
We must return to free them from their torment.
However, no matter how hard Jiminy tried to recall the source of the text, he couldn’t remember. So the King digitized the contents of the journal and started an investigation. Within the world traced from the contents of Jiminy’s Journal, a boy awoke on Destiny Island. It was the beginning of a new quest for a virtual Sora.
Staff
- Director: Tetsuya Nomura (FINAL FANTASY V-VIII, X, FINAL FANTASY VII, ADVENT CHILDREN, KINGDOM HEARTS)
Co-director: Hajime Tabata (BEFORE CRISIS –FINAL FANTASY VII–, CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII-)
Producer: Kakuko Obinata (KINGDOM HEARTS series)
Associate Producer: Kousei Itou (BEFORE CRISIS -FINAL FANTASY VII-)
Executive Producer: Shinji Hashimoto (KINGDOM HEARTS series)
*All of the above information applies only to the Japanese version of the games announced.
on 25 Sep 2007 at 7:11 pm 30. moo
sounds good except mobile phone thats horrible…and im pretty sure the 358/2 days represents the days roxas exist until he combines with sora.kinda disapointed no release date and that soras adventure is on mobile phone. soras adventures probly about wat he does while hes searching for riku and the king before he gets to castle oblivion. also i thought this was supposed to tell the story of what the king did in his time in the realm of darkness, it doesn’t seem like we will get to control him during that time.
on 25 Sep 2007 at 7:11 pm 29. moo
sounds good except mobile phone thats horrible…and im pretty sure the 358/2 days represents the days roxas exist until he combines with sora.kinda disapointed no release date and that soras adventure is on mobile phone. soras adventures probly about wat he does while hes searching for riku and the king before he gets to castle oblivion. also i thought this was supposed to tell the story of what the king did in his time in the realm of darkness, it doesn’t seem like we will get to control him during that time.
on 25 Sep 2007 at 6:24 pm 28. Moon
hmm the idea of a KH-MMO (comment no.4)wouldn’t be that bad. if it is action based and not like wow (felt 3 minutes per monster). but i don think that would happen tho. Well im pretty pissed that it will be handheld and a side story since i can’t wait to see how the plot evolves, nevertheless im gonna get BBS since i have a psp. i also have a ps3 since yesterday (cheer). ive beensaving for it for about 1 1/2 years.
on 25 Sep 2007 at 1:11 pm 27. new breed of keyblade masters
i agree with tazimus prime
on 25 Sep 2007 at 1:08 pm 26. new breed of keyblade masters
im just concern about the story and gameplay
on 25 Sep 2007 at 1:07 pm 25. new breed of keyblade masters
yes i have a psp and ds! bring it on!
on 25 Sep 2007 at 9:09 am 24. Sora92
Well Tazimus you are totaly right that I refuse to except new games because I can’t buy other consoles but not only that. I already said they are going to ruin Kingdom Hearts. They should release only one game because if they continue like this, Kingdom HEarts will never be the same! Before they are concerning about only one game, sequel of past one (even KH: CoM-and I don’t have nothing against it even I can’t play it), and now they have 3 stories totaly diferent and most diferent is Birth By Sleep. Well I thaught 3 knights have some relations with old chars (I already used bad word “OLD”-even I must use that word) but that girl Aqua and that guy with dark hair (I always confuse is he Ven or Terra sorry) don’t have any relations they are totaly new keyblade masters and that is whatI am talking about. And what about Disney? They will ruin even that. Disney should follow only sequels. And what is Ariel gonna do in Kingdom Hearts 3? She will ask Sora to get lunch for her because she hurted her leg? And Aladdin will learn how to dance? Oh come on!
on 24 Sep 2007 at 11:29 pm 23. exdeath64
yeah that makes since, but i hated Axel, that got it memorized thing reminded me too mich of raijin ya know?
on 24 Sep 2007 at 10:48 pm 22. waitin4KH3
exdeath,
I have a theory on the title for 358/2. the 358 could be for Roxas’ time of existence. Remember that Sora slept for one year, which is 365 days. Roxas’ story in KH2 lasted six days before he rejoined with Sora, which would bring the number of days down to 359. To bring it one day lower you could imagine it would be either his “birth day” or the day he was placed into the digital Twilight Town. Since the story is going to focus on Roxas’ time with the organization it would have lasted 358 days.
I can’t come up with anything for the “/2″ in the title other than that the story will also primarily focus on another beloved character that has passed on, Axel.
Anyone else have ideas, please spit ‘em out.
on 24 Sep 2007 at 10:21 pm 21. toni
to tazimus prim: wut ru going to do??
on 24 Sep 2007 at 9:47 pm 20. Tazimus Prime
Like I have said before, all of you who think that Kingdom Hearts should just be on the PS2 are ignorant. You either don’t realize how the gaming world works or just refuse to except it. The only reason you these things is because you don’t have a PS3 or PSP and can’t buy one at this time, big deal. I don’t have a DS and I’m really not that concerned about not playing 358/2 because I have solved that problem. I’m not going to buy a DS, but merely play the game another way. You complain about these changes because you can’t get a hold of the other systems. Stop complaining and figure out a way to solve the problem. Even if they are only released in Japan I already know what I’m going to do.
on 24 Sep 2007 at 9:45 pm 19. thanatos93
i wanyt to see a game play video for birth by sleep!
on 24 Sep 2007 at 9:42 pm 18. thanatos93
what is with this its posting my comments twice all the time
on 24 Sep 2007 at 9:41 pm 17. thanatos93
i disagree with u three it is the same thing just that the screen is smaller. besides the graphics r the same. and u can take the game with u any where any waydid u three complain with com. be sides at least there r making a new game so tuff luck look like u have to get a psp
on 24 Sep 2007 at 9:33 pm 16. thanatos93
i disagree with u three psp is the same as ps2 the same graphics and u cant tell the difference and the only thing is that the screen is a little smaller. besides did u three complain about khcom so who cares at least they are making a new game
on 24 Sep 2007 at 9:25 pm 15. thanatos93
i hope they dont change there mind and only relaes birth by sleep in japan. if they do i will go berzerk
on 24 Sep 2007 at 6:31 pm 14. kairi
well
i realy realy love kingdom hearts
i don’t now when this game will arrive to portugal but i hope that apens soon
well
what i realy wan’t to now is if the game will be to ps2…
i realy hope so
because i can’t afford a ps3
they are very expensive
please make the game to ps2 two
thank’s
by the way
i realy love the story of the other two games they are beutifull
(my english is not very good lol)
=)
on 24 Sep 2007 at 4:23 pm 13. Sora92
Ah thank god someone understand me. Thank you so much. And I am thinking about this I think they should do remake all of this game for PS2!
on 24 Sep 2007 at 3:43 pm 12. riku and his mom
i agree with sora92 and bookworm they should have kept it on ps2 and i also need a psp that is all i have to say.
on 24 Sep 2007 at 2:45 pm 11. JMASTERJ
i am lucki cause my nephew has a psp
so i can borrow it for the KH BBS
on 24 Sep 2007 at 2:20 pm 10. exdeath64
square is not that stupid. all this hype already? surely they will not let this hystaria go to waste.
on 24 Sep 2007 at 3:39 am 9. mitchy
alright all of u are talking about going out and buying a psp and a ds but if u read the whole think u would have noticed that is set for japanese release only at this stage. so befor u all go nuts make sure that it is going to other parts of the world first
on 24 Sep 2007 at 2:27 am 8. bane1190
I cannot wait. I can hardly contain my excitement. Can you tell?
[/Sarcasm]
Although, It’s true. I can’t wait.
on 23 Sep 2007 at 10:45 pm 7. exdeath64
not has much has 358/2…but what on earth does the title mean?
on 23 Sep 2007 at 8:09 pm 6. Birth By Sleep will rock!
IM 100% SURE THAT BIRTH BY SLEEP GONNA ROCK … BIRTH BY SLEEP WILL ROCK !
on 23 Sep 2007 at 6:53 pm 5. Bookworm
i need a psp but i dont want a mmorpg im with sora92 on this one but they probably wont make one unless they go to that crossroads place
i also think they should put the kh story into a novel
whose with me
on 23 Sep 2007 at 6:24 pm 4. Sora92
This is total madness why are they doing this they are ruining all Kingdom Hearts game!!! I know what will happen next they will create MORPG of Kingdom HEarts and create whole universe of Keyblade masters and then Sora, Riku and Kairi will be only a legend and that is not right they do that to everything…
for example Digimon Adventures….there was 8 chosen kids and after every kid have digital monster (Digimon Tamers..) and those 8 were legends. The same is with Yu-Gi-Oh!…..after original Yu-Gi-Oh! came Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and they ruined whole plot.
I know people think I am crazy but that is right! MARK MY WORDS!
on 23 Sep 2007 at 4:13 pm 3. toni
I NEED A DS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cant wait for them to be released in the U.S!!
on 23 Sep 2007 at 3:33 pm 2. Goofy
Cool! I won’t have to buy a PS3 yet, but I will need a PSP, oh well. I’m ready for multiplayer on 358/2 Days!
on 23 Sep 2007 at 2:20 pm 1. jordan
this is so cool i need a psp now!!!!!!!!!!!!