D23 Coverage: Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMix confirmed!

Discussion in 'Kingdom Hearts News & Updates' started by Krowley, Oct 14, 2013.

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    Today in Japan, the D23 Expo took place and the twitter feeds have been buzzing non-stop. aibo_ac7 has been giving frequent updates and offered all the good news the event had to offer. TSome unseen footage was shown of early Kingdom Hearts scenes from the series, but do to the policy on no cameras, nothing can be found as of yet. (Apparently, Sora had orange pants though!)

    A lot of laughs were had and good times all around, but one of the biggest scoops for worldwide fans, would be the confirmation of Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD! Like the 1.5 collection, it will feature HD remasters for the following three games; Kingdom Hearts 2 FINAL MIX, Birth by Sleep FINAL MIX, and Kingdom Hearts Re:coded. No release date yet, but it has been confirmed to be distributed in 2014 for the Playstation 3. according to the Playstation Blog.

    Official Square Enix website for Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMix has been launched.



    Debut Trailer can be seen below with English subtitles! The title is shown as "Kingdom Hearts II,5 HD ReMix."
    Credit to Libregkd for the find.
     
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Discussion in 'Kingdom Hearts News & Updates' started by Krowley, Oct 14, 2013.

    1. Hidden Smithery
      Hidden Smithery
      I'm excited, but far from surprised.

      It's a real shame that they're not giving Re:Coded the proper treatment that it's gameplay deserves; but I suppose they're at least consistent.
    2. A Zebra
      A Zebra
      Glad this is finally confirmed so people can stop acting like it wasn't inevitable.
      So stoked for this, KH2FM alone is a GREAT value, adding in BBS, one of the best KH games in most people's opinion, and it just becomes a fantastic package.
      Shame about Re:Coded though, most people can agree that story was not its strongest point.
      And it'll probably be pretty short, too, if they do the Days thing and skip the Disney stuff (Almost all of the main story stuff has been done in a proper cutscene already)
      (Also I like how they managed to make the title even more stupid by making it II.5 instead of 2.5)
    3. FF Cloud 7
      FF Cloud 7
      So they really are calling it 2.5 interesting...

      It'll be good to see re coded in better quality. In kh2fm the new models and textures should be good and hopefully they'll dub the new lines, and they better not re dub Diz! Actually I wonder if they have a few things dubbed.
      BBS looks nice.
      A question is what will be in the other credits (like how 2.5 was teased in 1.5), well that's if they decide to add the addition credits anyway. Also what will be added to kh2fm and bbsfm I wonder...

      That's interesting. Hopefully they'll release the footage.
    4. Peace and War
      Peace and War
      Damn it, I need a release date! Nice an all as the reveal is, it would've been nice to have some solid release date news on it, I mean that's the biggest issue I have but, blegh ok still great!

      They didn't re dub pre existing lines in KH 1.5, Days was the only thing that was recorded over and that's just because it was no longer a game. And they won't re dub DiZ I can bet, because they never re dubbed Ansem in KH1.5, who still sports the one time only Billy Zane recording, thankfully that was kept intact. I don't think they'd bother wasting money re recording all the games.
    5. Meilin Lee
      Meilin Lee
      Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!!!!!!!!!!

      My two favorite KH games on one disc? Thank you Square-Enix! Now this is a KH HD collection I'm actually excited for!
    6. jafar
      jafar
      yay, so excited. now i can play the final mix games. ;-;

      but i'm gonna wait for the bundle, with both 1.5 and 2.5, i've played the games before, so there's no rush for me to own this.
    7. FF Cloud 7
      FF Cloud 7
      What i said was worded poorly (surprise, surprise...) and I may be misunderstanding you. But pretty much what I was saying is hopefully they'll dub the new cutscenes, and battles for the other organization members: Zexion, Vexen, ect. And yeah I doubt they'll re dub Diz for kh2 but you never know.

      I don't think they'll re record the whole thing either since as you said really it will cost too much. But yeah apart from Diz nothing/no one else was re recorded.
    8. 61
      61
      And once again I'm relatively uninterested in this, but still happy for the people who are.
    9. Explode
      Explode
      Birth by Sleep look awesome! The textures are really crisp. I bet they originally created them in high-quality, then down rezed them to work with the PSP. Since it's a fairly recent game, they probably knew it would be re-released in HD eventually.

      Looks like they darkened Sora's hair (and fixed his eyelashes in that scene where he's sleeping) a bit so it's more consistent with his younger self, which is good. Though I wonder why they decided to make Aqua's hair darker, like it was in the first couple of trailers.

      Also I hope they fix Roxas' shirt texture for the release, so it doesn't stretch out like that. That always bothered me.

      Excited for this: can't wait to see more!
    10. Hayabusa
      Hayabusa
      I was in the usual ultra-sleepy groggy mood until I saw the trailer and now I'm wide awake from hype.
    11. Calxiyn
      Calxiyn
      That was a nice surprise to start off (Canadian) Thanksgiving! It looks like Birth By Sleep will be playable too, which is awesome. I wonder how they're going to do it though. :D
    12. Iskandar
      Iskandar
      I'm most excited for the Organization fights and the Roxas fight in KHII. And there's also being able to play BBS on the PS3, which I can finally do when I buy a PS3
    13. Ienzo
      Ienzo
      I am sad that I will be living away from my PS3 at this point in time ;-; but still really happy about the release!

      I have played KH2 to death and still play it many times so I cannot wait to play the extra stuff! It also means my old, dying PS2 won't be relied on as much and my scratched KH2 disk will also no longer be needed except for nostalgia purposes.

      I will also be enjoying BBS on the PS3 because I always felt it would be easier with that control system.
    14. Anixe
      Anixe
      I swear these naming departments...

      Anyway, yay for letting the cat out of the bag. I'm smelling a release late next year. I wonder then if Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will be packaged with Kingdom Hearts III?
    15. Meilin Lee
      Meilin Lee

      I highly doubt it. There are just too many exclusive 3DS features to port it to the PS4/XB1 (unless they decide to remake it, which ain't happening considering KH3 is their main priority).[DOUBLEPOST=1381768552][/DOUBLEPOST]Also... unofficial dubbed version of the trailer for those interested:

    16. libregkd
    17. Krowley
      Krowley
      Sure enough. I don't think chi is being localized and doubt they will release anything brand new before KH3.
    18. Explode
      Explode
      A few other quick, nerdy things I noticed when doing comparisons. They seemed to have extended the frame on the sides slightly (except for the 1,000 Heartless FMV) , rather than cropping it on the top and bottom like they did in the first collection. So they're showing more this time, instead of less.

      In addition to the textures, the models in Birth by Sleep also appear to be higher resolution. You can clearly see extra detail on Terra's left pant leg in the three wayfinder shot. And in the closeup of the three of them in the Keyblade Graveyard, Terra's arm is higher-poly (and apparently more muscle-y), and Aqua's skirt-thing has extra ruffles modeled in.

      Glad they're going all-out on BBS. It definitely deserves it!
    19. Antidote
      Antidote
      Can't wait to play my favourite KH on the big screen! It looks awesome already. Really hyped for KHII also.

      I can only imagine how horrendous the trophies will be, though. BbS: COMPLETE ALL 3 STORIES ON EVERY DIFFICULTY WITHOUT DYING EVER! ;-;