thanks for the scans Mike! Theyr getting more and more interesting as time passes!
heh, I can remember the "old days" when we thought it was nearly a miracle that we got any new info. now we are getting them almost every week =D
btw, I have a few things to point out (though I dont know japanese):

in the first scan, the CGI one, Terra, Ven and Aqua have something in they're hands. it either looks like the "keychain" aqua made for everyone in the latest trailer, or its another one completely (maybe the "final" keychain to obtain full control of the keyblade?)

second.
We see kairi, and her grandmother in the second one.
WHAT is her connection to our three heroes?? and aqua is talking to kairi, so there's definitely something there.... (maybe a sister xD)

and lastly, we see in the last scan, Goofy and Donald in they're respective "castle" armor's.
Yen Sid is there too, so we will probably hear more from the unversed from him

Yea, it appears we our getting a lot of content lately.
Did you also notice in the CGI scan that they also showed Roxas in KINGDOM HEARTS II? It looks like they are holding what Xemnas has in his hands during the secret trailer after beating KINGDOM HEARTS II Final Mix+.

Yes, Kairi is seen with her gandmother. I'm sure we will learn a lot about her story.
I guess there is something going on, but keep in mind that Kairi moved from Radiant Garden to Destiny Islands. All I can say is that this game will most likely explain those facts.

Interesting. Based on his design, it kinda looks like Zack is actually supposed to be from Olympus Coliseum and that he's not just a visitor from another world. I wonder if the same is true of Auron and if we'll get a cameo from him?

Awesome.
I'm getting more excited by the day.

Btw, you got the date wrong in the title.
I thought someone bumped an old thread lol

So Terra is listening to not only Maleficent, but Hades as well.
The D-Link makes me guess he and Zack aren't enemies, or at least don't stay as enemies.
Lol @ Zack with the helmet.
Ven meets Donald and Goofy. Hilarity will ensue.


As for Roxas, if you look at his clothes, you can see it's Ven.
He's either falling through the sky (the background matches the scan where TVA is holding something in their hands)
or he's going through the Awakening.

So Donald and Goofy met Ven. Why didn't they recognise him on the foto received in KHII?

I have to admit, I did think it was Roxas till I looked a lil harder, and yeah I see the piece of shoulder armour. If Ven doesn't become fused with Sora or something... I just think that the similarities are just so on purpose it's not funny anymore...

And yes, very humorous...Hahaha

Great to hear the news.

My guess is that it has something to do with Ven asking to be "erased" in the trailer. He'll probably be forgotten, much like Xion was at the end of 358/2 Days. In fact, I'm betting it will be a lot like that, since we know Xion and Ven are strongly connected in some way.

I know this is Kingdom Hearts and all, but I am really getting tired of people being forgotten.
Damn, come up with something new, Nomura.

Xion's not connected to Ven.
Ven's connected to Sora and Xigbar is the Nobody of Braig who knows/saw Ven, hence why he saw Xion as Ven.

Roxas, Xion, Ven and Sora are all deeply connected, obviously. I don't think Xigbar wouldn't have seen Xion as Ven otherwise.

Wonder if the Mysterious Tower scene with Ven will play out similarly to Sora's visit there?

As far as I believe, Sora's the heart of those connections. People saw Xion based on their connection to Sora. Xigbar never met Sora before KH2 so he should have seen her as either hooded, or a doll, but instead he saw Ven. Roxas is Sora's Nobody, no one else's, so whatever connection he has to Ven has to do with Sora.

I'm thinking Roxas' connection with Ven has to be a lot deeper than that. I'm not even totally convinced that Roxas really was Sora's Nobody, to be honest. He had none of Sora's memories (until Namine started messing around with them), Sora existed just fine without him, he, in all likelihood, had a heart (as speculated by Axel in KHII:FM+) and he looked and sounded exactly like Ven.

lol Zack asked Aqua out

Reference to Aerith, I'm guessing

That CG is gorgeous. o: I can't wait until we get high quality shots of it. ICONS~!

YES! THE GAME WILL HAVE THE 3D RENDERED CUTSCENES! It wont have the crappy cutscenes like Days (but for a DS, it was still sick).

...Ven...he probably IS Roxas. Cuz in the first scan, second page, that is NOT Roxas. That is Ven. How do I know this? Roxas doesn't have shoulder armour on his left shoulder.

I think that when Sora was turned into a heartless, Ven was reborn, but as Roxas. I also think Axel is a reference to Terra and Xion to Aqua. I just want to know...who is...Axel's somebody? In Days, Xion was just an incomplete Sora clone made by Xemnas, right?

As I'm writing this, I just realized...2nd scan is in english...rofl...

ZACK IS A KNIGHT!!! WHOOT!!!

Rofl hes hitting on Aqua.

I think Olympus Coliseum is the most recurring Disney world. It's in EVERY Kingdom Hearts.

Oh yeah!
This is gonna be good!

Just one little snag with that Ven theory...how the heck is it that Sora's a 4 year old playing swords with a 5 year old Riku while all this is going on if Sora's supposed to be Ven?

I think the whole Terra/Aqua/Ven, Sora/Riku/Kairi, and Roxas/Xion/Axel relationships are just so main characters like Sora and Roxas aren't left completely on their own...I mean Sora by himself: Not a good idea...and Axel's somebody was named Lea (pronounced Lee), and his heartless is probably long gone by now...

should it come as any surprise...in the Crisis Core Zack was hitting on almost every girl in the game...well those closest to his age anyways...okay, only two girls, but still it should come as no shock...

Thank God for the rendered cutscenes though, huh?

Bet this will be shot down rather quick.

aqua is hot!!!
Hey is zack training hercules? It would be cool.
It could be possible that Sora and Ven became really close friends, kinda like brothers. And they became so linked, that when sora turned heartless, he had a nobody named roxas because he thought about Ven!! And was reincarnated as roxas. But sora doesn't remember him because Ven wanted to be erased (as shown in the trailer) and probably succeeded.
Ohh.. it is possible that Vanitas can be the xehanort from kh1 and kh2.