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A New Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Trailer Will Be Releasing on June 8th

Posted by libregkd : Jun 7, 2016 at 11:45 AM ( 2 , 1,457 )

The official Kingdom Hearts twitter account fired off this set of tweets early this morning:

So be prepared for tomorrow as Square-Enix will be releasing a new trailer, as well as some new information, for Kingdom Hearts 2.8 very soon!

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Alan Young (Scrooge McDuck VA) Passes Away

Posted by Meilin Lee : May 20, 2016 at 9:34 PM ( 5 , 2,869 )

Alan Young, who has voiced Scrooge McDuck since 1983 (including in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep), has sadly died at the age of 96 at his home in Woodland Hills, California. For many who enjoyed listening to him voice Scrooge McDuck over the years (myself included), this is truly heartbreaking.

R.I.P. Alan Young

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Kingdom Hearts Concert Tours Announced

Posted by . : tale_wind : Apr 28, 2016 at 12:16 AM ( 5 , 2,350 )

The first ever Kingdom Hearts concert tours have been announced! These events will bring Yoko Shimomura's acclaimed scores to the stage with professional live orchestras and HD cinematic presentations.

Kingdom Hearts Concert -First Breath- will tour Japan this August with brass orchestras, stopping in Tokyo on August 11, Aichi on August 27, and Osaka on August 28. Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- sets out next year with full orchestras, starting with Tokyo on March 20, 2017. Performances will then follow in Paris, London, Singapore, Shanghai, Los Angeles, and New York, taking the tour all the way through June 2017.

Tetsuya Nomura and Yoko Shimomura each have messages about the World Tour for fans of the series. Take a look!

The idea of a KINGDOM HEARTS concert has been in the works for several years, but even so, I was astonished to learn that our music would be performed by a full orchestra, in other countries no less. I’ve been given the opportunity to oversee the creation of the title, logo, and many other aspects of this amazing production, and as the director of the series, I am confident that what we’ve created will touch the hearts of our beloved fans everywhere.

The World Tour is slated for 2017, the same year as the KINGDOM HEARTS 15th anniversary. In the meantime, fans will get a chance to explore the world of KINGDOM HEARTS II.8, which is coming out later this year. I hope the excitement and joy they get from the experience will only increase their anticipation for the release of KINGDOM HEARTS III.

Tetsuya Nomura, Director of the KINGDOM HEARTS series
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Tickets for the World Tour (except for the stops in Shanghai and Tokyo) go on sale this Saturday, April 30. Click here for more information on the World Tour and links to purchase tickets! You can also check out the official Japanese site for both concerts here, and the Facebook page for the World Tour here.

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Gamer Escape Interview with Unchained χ Producer

Posted by Meilin Lee : Apr 26, 2016 at 7:01 PM ( 2 , 2,314 )

While promoting Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ at PAX 2016, Hironori Okayama, the game's producer, chatted with Gamer Escape on a couple of things relating to Unchained χ, including plans to release around 50 new quests a month, determining which characters get to be on a medal, and the release of Zootopia-themed medals in NA on May 2nd! The full interview can be read below:

Gamer Escape: Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ started out as a web browser game when it was released in Japan in 2013. Were there any big changes to the game when it made the move over to mobile devices?

Okayama: The game is actually completely different from the browser version. We decided to bring it to the mobile devices because there are a lot more users on smartphone devices now. I wanted as many people as possible to be able to play the game. The way that you want people to play the game would be different going from a computer screen to a smartphone touch screen and so we had to create the rules from the ground up for the mobile version.

Gamer Escape: More and more games are releasing globally these days, was there any reason why the game launched first in Japan before arriving in North America?

Okayama: People might think “aw Japan first again?” But our prototype was actually in English first. We brought it to the States to do a user test in America and that’s how we tested and built up the game. Now, the reason it released in Japan first well, we’re a Japanese team and so it was a lot faster to create that version first. But the prototype was in English so we always had the mentality of releasing in America.

Gamer Escape: As new content is released, is that global? or will it be similarly staged?

Okayama: One characteristic of a Kingdom hearts game is that it has a really deep story. When you think about having the correct nuance in English, and we have an on-going discussion with Disney all the time – but if we have to do English and Japanese at the same time it would decrease the speed that the content would come out with and I don’t want that to happen as much as possible. I’d like to release it as simultaneously as possible, but there could be delays when it comes to story content.

Gamer Escape: Why did you decide on a game that’s free to download with micro-transactions instead of a game that you would pay once for?

Okayama: One big role that Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ has is to have players who have never touched Kingdom Hearts before to get into the series and now Kingdom Hearts. When I looked at the users on the mobile platform, the most popular monetization system was the Free to Play. So it was pretty much one choice for me.

Gamer Escape: What kind of end-game content is there in the game?

Okayama: As far as the main story line goes, there’s not really any end-content to it because it will be constantly updated. There are two things on the development side we consider end content. One is the Coliseum – which we used to call the infinite coliseum internally – but you figure out how high of a level you can challenge and it resets every month, but you challenge yourself to see how far you can get each month. The other is the raid boss that appears in the tutorial. The raid bosses you’d like to try and kill with party members because it gets stronger and stronger as you defeat it. This resets every month as well, and it can go up to level 99. So trying to defeat those raid bosses and gaining more experience points or “looks” as well call them, to raise your party ranking, that’s what we want people to enjoy as end content.

Gamer Escape: Was there a process for determining the characters that appeared on the medals?

Okayama: When we decide medals, the battle system comes first when we think about it. We think about what kind of skills are necessary to move through the story and quests and we decide which character might fit the kind of action or skills they want so it’s a bit of a reversed way of looking at it. For Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ, we made it in a way so that any character that has appeared in the Kingdom Hearts series can still fit into this world. We hear a lot from the medal team that they don’t know which character to use next because of how many there are to choose from.

Gamer Escape: Is there a lot of interaction with Disney for that at all?

Okayama: It’s a long running series and so we’ve always been in talks with Disney. It’s nothing new when it comes to this title.

Gamer Escape: Will we see any more worlds added in future updates?

Okayama: In regards to the stages in the quests, we do plan to release at minimum, 50 stages per month. There will also be seasonal events as well. As far as the worlds go, it is a Kingdom Hearts game so we do plan to maybe add more but we have nothing concrete now. It is very difficult to create a new world.

Gamer Escape: I saw online last week that new medals would be making their way into the Japanese version of the game for Zootopia. Is that something that North American players can expect to see?

Okayama: May 2nd.

Gamer Escape: That was a lot more specific of an answer than I thought we would get!

Okayama: We haven’t told anyone else yet. We do plan to release it on May 2nd, of course it is subject to change.

Gamer Escape: How many stages are there right now?

Okayama: It’s around 250 right now.

Gamer Escape: We have a lot to go then. How many quests are in the Japanese version right now?

Okayama: It’s 500 right now in Japan.

Gamer Escape: Is there anything your excited for or something you’d like to share with our readers?

Okayama: There are actually hidden Mickeys in the stages that you can look for.

Gamer Escape: Like the shape?

Okayama: Yes, it might be very difficult to find them but they are in there. They’re not in every stage though.
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Chirithy Plush Coming to North America

Posted by Meilin Lee : Apr 18, 2016 at 8:15 PM ( 3 , 1,669 )

Almost two weeks after the release of Kingdom Hearts: Unchained χ in North America, a plush of the player's companion in the game, Chirithy, is now up for pre-order in Square-Enix's online NA store. The plush is the exact same one confirmed for release in Japan not too long ago. The Chirithy plush is expected to be released by the end of August, and is priced at $55.

Source: Square-Enix NA Online Store

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