Kingdom Hearts fans attending 2017's first Kingdom Hearts concert in Japan have received their tickets as seen below: The artwork of Sora on the ticket was recently drawn by Tetsuya Nomura. It remains to be seen if he'll do a different drawing for each individual concert.
Things are different then they were in the PS2 era. Now, if there's a bug, developers work on patches that you download through updates that'll...
View attachment 46433 The Square-Enix online store is holding a sweepstakes that'll end on March 27 for Kingdom Hearts fans in North America (with the exception of Quebec and Rhode Island residents). Those who either purchase 'Kingdom Hearts 2.8 HD Final Chapter Prologue' or pre-order 'Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 HD ReMix' from the Square-Enix online store will be entered into the sweepstakes to win one of three prizes depending on the game that is purchased/pre-ordered. Those who purchase 'Kingdom Hearts 2.8 HD Final Chapter Prologue' could win one of the following three prizes: Mini Chirithy Static Arts Mini Meow Wow Static Arts Oathkeeper Keychain View attachment 46432 And those who pre-order 'Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 HD ReMix' could win one of the following three prizes: Mini Chirithy Static Arts Mini Shadow Static Arts Oblivion Keychain View attachment 46431 Full sweepstakes rules could be read here.
While attending the New York Toy Fair, Disney Dan took a couple of pictures and a video of the 'Kingdom Hearts' themed Funko merchandise releasing this year, which can be viewed below: View attachment 46414 View attachment 46415 View attachment 46416 View attachment 46417 View attachment 46418 View attachment 46419 View attachment 46420 View attachment 46421 View attachment 46422 Source: KHInsider
While attending MAGIC 2017 (Monaco Anime Game International Conferences 2017), 'Kingdom Hearts' series director, Tetsuya Nomura, revealed a screenshot from 'Kingdom Hearts III', where Sora (in a new Drive form called Power Form) is fighting a Heartless in Olympus Coliseum: View attachment 46394 In regards to the screenshot, Nomura says: Source: Gematsu
While Square-Enix continues developing 'Kingdom Hearts III', the company has posted a job listing for their Osaka location, seeking a System Programmer to work on the highly anticipated game. The job description is as follows:
Fair enough. I'll admit, I found the idea weird as well at first. But after watching the Jungle Book remake recently (which, while the main character was human, all supporting characters were animals), I became more open to the idea. And with the nostalgic feels it's bound to have, I'm sure it'll excite me as much as the upcoming Beauty and the Beast remake is.
Have you seen the Jungle Book remake? The CGI animals in that movie were the most realistic I have ever seen onscreen. If they can replicate that level of detail for the Lion King remake, then I am completely for it. Anyway, no opinion on Donald Glover voicing Simba (though I am sure he'll end up being fine). But I am so happy that James Earl Jones is returning to voice Mufasa in a production that I initially assumed was going to have a completely different voice cast.
So Seth addressed a concern that many (including myself) had about the show's art style based on the drawings that were released, confirming that the final product would've indeed been an anime, and the non-anime look for Sora, Riku, and Kairi in the drawings wasn't indicative of the final product. As long as the do-over will indeed be an anime as well, then I am definitely looking forward to it should Disney go ahead with it.
The Square-Enix e-Store recently tweeted out the Japanese boxart of 'Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix', which can be viewed in the tweet below: The boxart is far different than the international version that was revealed not too long ago. The Japanese version of the game will be released in Japan on March 9th, while the NA version will be released March 28th, and the European version on March 31st.
Although I did not like the initial idea for the show... I feel like a do-over could have a chance of actually being good. So much has changed with both Kingdom Hearts and the animation industry since the days the show was first conceived, and I am really curious to see how a Kingdom Hearts show could be made today.
In addition to the Domez Figures, UCC Distributing has also announced a set of KH-themed Rocekrz coming soon! The set includes: Donald Duck Goofy Shadow Heartless Jack Skellington King Mickey Organization XIII Roxas KH1 Sora KH1 Riku KH2 Sora Anti Form Sora Shadow Heartless variant (?) Sora variant (?) Here's an image showing how the set will look like:
Updated the OP with a link to purchase them from Amazon. Glad I'm not the only one who noticed this.
UCC Distributing has announced a line of KH-themed Domez figures. The figures included are: Mickey Goofy Shadow Heartless Jack Skellington Donald Duck KH2 Sora Roxas Axel UCC Distributing also released an image to show how the figures will look like: EDIT: The figures are available for purchase on Amazon.
New cast members announced: Andrea Roth as Melissa Bowen Gloria Reuben as Adina Johnson Miles Mussenden as Michael Johnson Carl Lundstedt as Liam James Saito as Dr. Bernard Sanjo J.D. Evermore as Detective Connors Source
So when 2.8 was approaching, I noticed many were hyped for the 0.2 BBS portion of the game. While I was definitely hyped for that as well, what I really was looking forward to was the Back Cover movie. So the first thing I did after getting 2.8 was watch the movie and then alternating between DDD HD and 0.2 BBS.
Playstation Japan has recently posted some screenshots of 'Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix', which for the most part weren't really new. However, one of the screenshots did provide a first look at the collection's title selection menu: View attachment 46373 'Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix' will be released March 28th in North America and March 31st in Europe.
Quick reserves for now (will do character sheets later)... Hekapoo (Star vs. the Forces of Evil) Nebby (Pokémon Sun/Moon) Ignis Scientia (Final Fantasy XV) Master of Masters (Kingdom Hearts) Luxu (Kingdom Hearts) Skuld (Kingdom Hearts)
Part of me thinks it's mostly Disney that's pushing for including these pins, since these KH pins are part of Disney's collectible pin catalog.
Square-Enix has announced a limited edition of the upcoming PS4 re-release 'Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix', available exclusively at the Square-Enix online store. The limited edition will come with an exclusive pin, just like the limited editions of both 'Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMix' and 'Kingdom Hearts 2.8 HD Final Chapter Prologue'. 'Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix' will be released March 28th in North America and March 31st in Europe.
