Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance: In-Depth Trailer Script

Mike · Dec 18, 2011

Hello KH-Vids. Yesterday/early today Jump Festa has came to a close. Not to worry! Our fun has just begun. Here's why...

The official promotional video or "trailer" - what ever you want to call it, is expected to surface on the internet within this week. We are in for a very special treat. Technically, Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance will be released within three months and one week in Japan. Not that far, right?

In the mean time, SQEXGAL has provided a FULL in-depth trailer summary (like the one we posted before) but with A LOT more information and quotes. Are you ready? Go!

The long version of the trailer played outside the booth.

Yen Sidâ€™s voice is heard. During this scene the pre-rendered movie of Sora and Riku fighting Xehanort is shown.
Master Xehanort was transformed into the figure of a talented Keyblade Master, and he stood in the way of those who used the Keyblade to safeguard the light, however it is not over yetâ€¦

The screen is split in two, the left side with Sora and the right with Riku. They donâ€™t seem aware of each otherâ€™s situations. They speak simultaneously.

Sora: This isâ€¦
Riku: This isâ€¦

Sora: Traverse Town?
Riku: Traverse Town?

Riku: My clothes changedâ€¦
Sora: Huh, my clothing changed!

Sora: Rikuuu! Heeey!
Riku: Sora! Where are you, Sora?!

Joshua: It appears this world is just like ours, seemingly split into two parts.

Sora and Neku are in Traverse Town.
Neku: Sakuraba Neku, thatâ€™s my name.
Sora: Sakurabaâ€¦ Nekuâ€¦ What a cool name!
Neku: Itâ€™s nothing special.

Shiki and Riku.
Shiki is holding her Mr. Mew stuffed toy.
Shiki: Youâ€™ll protect little olâ€™ me, wonâ€™t you? Mr. Knight?
Riku: Kn-knight? Iâ€™m no such thing!
Shiki turns her gaze away from Riku.
Shiki: Though Iâ€™d be in serious trouble if I returnedâ€¦

Mickey: Maleficent! What in the world do you want?
Maleficent: You know of Xehanort, donâ€™t you?
Mickey: What do you want with him?
Maleficent: Iâ€™ve spoken before with him, about the seven pure lights that exist in worlds. Itâ€™s said if you possess those seven lights, then the world is yours.

Pinocchio is trapped in a cage.
Pinocchio: Huh? Oh no, what happened to my nose!
(In the open mega theater, the Blue Fairy appears and says: Itâ€™s because you told a lie.)
Jiminy: You must have told a lie to make it grow like that!
Pinocchio: I didnâ€™t lie! Someone in a black coat said to play with Sora here!

Frollo: You are not to leave this place. This is the only safe place for youâ€¦
Quasimodoâ€™s looks down toward the floor.

In the Three Musketeers world.
Sora: This is the Keyblade!
Mickey: Shh, I know! You must have come from another world! In fact, Iâ€™m in this world acting as a musketeer for something too.

Sora tilts his head.
Sora: Is this a world in a time when the King doesnâ€™t know me?

Riku opens a large treasure chest, inside is Minnie.
Riku: Minnie!

Rhyme and moogle floating in air.
Rhyme: It doesnâ€™t bother me at all! My memories, theyâ€™ll come back instantly if thereâ€™s a chance!

Beat: Come on out, Dream Eaters!
Beat stands prepared as a Dream Eater appears before him.

Sora and Neku stand together as a Neko Cat swerves between them.
Sora: Hey Neku, thatâ€™s a Dream Eater, right?
Neku: Ah yeah, theyâ€™re helping you out too arenâ€™t they?

Suddenly a man in an Organization hood appears.
Sora: You!
The man summons a large Dream Eater.
Neku: This isnâ€™t what we promised!
As Neku raises his voice, he flies at the man.
Sora takes on a fighting stance, but then he becomes sleepy all of a sudden and starts to fall.
Sora: What is thisâ€¦? I feel so sleepy all of a suddenâ€¦

The trailer shows scenes with Sora gliding in a world that looks like a shooting game and Sora being attacked by a Dream Eater while riding a carriage.

(In Yen Sidâ€™s voice)
In your first journey, you brought back those worlds that had been drowned in darkness, but among those some of them were not returned completely, the gate didnâ€™t reach the sleeping parts of those worlds. Consequently, even Heartless cannot trespass into them, there exists another kind of darkness in the sleeping worlds thus the majority of the Heartless in those worlds change.

They are the creatures that consume dreams, the Dream Eaters. Among the Dream Eaters there are those that plant bad dreams and thrive upon them called Nightmares. However, friendly ones known as Spirits exist as well. It is said that these two existences will guide you to the keyholes of the sleeping worlds, just like the Heartless lead you to the door to the heart of the worlds.

Next the trailer shows AR functions that let you interact with a Dream Eater in the palm of your hand, as well as scenes from Tron Legacy, Sora riding Dream Eaters in a co-op attack, and other scenes.

These scenes are shown in a pre-rendered movie.
A picture book opens and Destiny Island is shown like a popup book. On the island, Sora and Donald come down, Kairi and Riku look over their shoulder. Sora and Riku fight Xemnas. Roxas is shown fighting Axel with two Keyblades, Roxas tosses a Keyblade to Xion, Kairi glides into Sora, Sora floats down a spiraling staircase, Kairi reaches her hand out and changes into Namine. Sora and Riku fight Xemnas at the Keyblade Graveyard.

It seems like some of these past scenes have been remade in the pre-rendered style. Though it looks like they used Visual Works to make it, itâ€™s beautiful anyways! The fusion between distortion and reality is done so well, itâ€™s a very polished visual.

Sora is collapsed on the beach of a coast. He slowly risesâ€¦
Sora: This is place is like Yen Sid said, the world is like watching a dream that you canâ€™t wake up fromâ€¦ If you donâ€™t wake up from this world, you canâ€™t return to your original one.

Joshua: One could say it seems the same but itâ€™s a totally different worldâ€¦ Get it?
Riku: Like a dream?

A scene where Pinocchio is swallowed by the whale.
Sora: Pinocchio! Jiminy!

Sora, Donald, Goody, and Mickey in the Three Musketeers world.
Mickey stands upon a boat, across from Pete.
Mickey: Stop right there Pete!
Pete just smirks.

Joshua speaks to Neku who has his back turned to him.
Joshua: Youâ€™re not giving up, are you Neku? Give up on the world, and you give up on yourself.

Riku: Why are you here?!
He turns his sword towards Ansem who stands before him.

Axel, Ienzo (Zexion), and Aeleus (Lexaeus) stand before oneâ€™s eyes.
Axel wears the Organization coat.
Axel: What a drag. Iâ€™ve been looking for you. Iâ€™m the one who always gets stuck doing the dirty jobs.*

(Itâ€™s a 358/2 Days quote, I canâ€™t remember itâ€™s localization off the top of my head though.)

Notre dame.
Phoebus faces Esmeralda.
Phoebus: Frollo and his minions are coming. You must prepare to leave here at once!
After saying so, Frollo appears.
Frollo: Thanks to you, Captain Phoebus.
His mouth twists into a smile.
Phoebus returns it with a regrettable scowl.

Three Musketeers world.
Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Sora raise their swords.
Together: All for one, and one for all!

Riku facing Quasimodo.
Riku: People canâ€™t judge you by your appearance. I also have a friend who saw through me into my heart.

Sora to Joshua.
Sora: Itâ€™s okay, my heart is always connected to Rikuâ€™s, so Iâ€™m sure even your feelings are transmitted to him!

Riku stands before a person with an Organization coat.
Riku: Who are you?
The person removes their hood, and their face is the same as Rikuâ€™s.
Riku: Me?!

Xemnas: Even within a heartless doll, a heart residesâ€¦?

Sora: Donâ€™t you all have hearts too?

Maleficent and Pete are confronted by Mickey and co. then suddenly Axel appears.
He points at his own face as he speaks.
Axel: My name is Lea, got it memorized?
(Though he calls himself Lea, he wears the Organization coat and looks like Axel.)

Riku: Whoâ€¦ are you?
Before him stands Terranort.

Terranort stands in front of Sora.
Terranort: Arenâ€™t there hearts confined within you too?
Sora: Youâ€™re from that time! What are you talking about?
Young Terranort and Vanitas: Hearts other than your own!
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Excasr · Dec 18, 2011

Just... Three... Months... and... a... week...
I...need... that... game...

And what wait? THIS WEEK to the PV, trailer orwhateverIwannacallit?!

I can't wait anymore. I'm looking forward for this. Thanks for the detailed new Mike and SQEXGAL.

Stella Nox Fleuret · Dec 18, 2011

Video Game lord, leak this trailer please. Leak it very soon. My body is not ready for XIII-2, but it's ready for DDD.

Rhyme sounds as cute as ever. Shiki is Shiki. Joshua....yeah, just about right.

Blader · Dec 18, 2011

The Axel quote is from the NA days, being, "Why do I always get stuck with the I icky jobs?" right before Axel faces Xion. TRON LEGACY? I'm going to be so pumped to get a 3-DS now....

If you're wondering why Axel is the way he is, it's a fanfiction habit to leave as Axel, instead of Lea. Some people just can't just kill a good character, can they? So excited to see something from the fanfiction community break through! XD

Krowley · Dec 18, 2011

Looking forward to see how that "Pre-rendered" scene plays out.
Still can't believe they added in a non FF series like TWEWY to this game.
Psyched for it nonetheless.

starseeker3 · Dec 18, 2011

waaaaaa i cant afford to buy the game and have it shipped! gurr im so sad i want this worse than anything i have in a long time! get some info when there releasing it in America! please i need to know so bad im dieing from the fact im not playing right now!

ygorvaz · Dec 18, 2011

Ok, now this IS SOMETHING! I'm really excitted for these pre-rendered scenes, this games is gonna be epic, Got it memorized?

NamineArtistOfLove · Dec 19, 2011

TWEWY: because its still a Squeenix game. (My fav besides KH! yay!) Gawd it sounds so epic. Need a 3DS so bad (No, really, my DSi's top screen is cracked) JEEZ my TWEWY got thrown away T_T so im double psyched for this! I just need FM, BBS, and DDD & my (damn near) life long obsession will be complete! Eh, actually, still need more random merch xD.

ShibuyaGato · Dec 19, 2011

This is great.

I enjoy how the last little conversation goes with Terranort and Sora, as it may just lead the way to his discovery of Ven's heart inside of him.

KHIII may finally be around the corner. Thanks for the in-depth script Mike!

Iskandar · Dec 19, 2011

I'm watching the trailer right now...and who is that in the Black Coat? It couldn't be Xehanort could it? How is it someone who has that coat is in the world of sleep?

Edit:.....Holy smokes this look awesome! We've got Ansem Seeker of Darkness, Xehanort, Terra-Xehanort, Vanitas, and all of those others. This looks just downright amazing!!

Boy Wonder · Dec 19, 2011

Terranort: Aren’t there hearts confined within you too?
Sora: You’re from that time! What are you talking about?
Young Terranort and Vanitas: Hearts other than your own!
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Funny how Terranort and Vanitas said "Hearts" instead of just "heart."
It kind of supports the theory that Vanitas is still alive within Sora.

Arch · Dec 19, 2011

I don't know if that really was Terranort. It looked more like the young Xehanort shown in BBS. He looks...thinner and less muscular than Terra. Seeing him in that coat makes me think that he's also the Mysterious Figure which would make a lot of sense.

Anyways, some of the coolest parts of the trailer were the pre-rendered things. Sora and Riku fighting Xemnas and seeing Xehanort, Roxas seeing Xion and fighting Axel...probably the best trailer we've seen for any Kingdom Hearts game.

Iskandar · Dec 19, 2011

Machina said: ↑

I don't know if that really was Terranort. It looked more like the young Xehanort shown in BBS. He looks...thinner and less muscular than Terra. Seeing him in that coat makes me think that he's also the Mysterious Figure which would make a lot of sense.

Anyways, some of the coolest parts of the trailer were the pre-rendered things. Sora and Riku fighting Xemnas and seeing Xehanort, Roxas seeing Xion and fighting Axel...probably the best trailer we've seen for any Kingdom Hearts game.
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those parts were awesome. Just seeing them like that gave me goosebumps. It was awesome seeing those parts reused but in those graphics(if that's the right word)

Always Dance · Dec 19, 2011

Axel: My name is Lea, got it memorized?
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Hell. Yes. This is Axel returning to life because his Heartless and Nobody were killed in the right order. He looks like Axel because he's aged.

I think Ienzo is back too!

I NEED TO PLAY THIS

Iskandar · Dec 19, 2011

Slaughtermatic said: ↑

Hell. Yes. This is Axel returning to life because his Heartless and Nobody were killed in the right order. He looks like Axel because he's aged.

I think Ienzo is back too!

I NEED TO PLAY THIS
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I can do with just having Lea. But where do you think he got the Chakrams from? Can he materialize them like when he was a Nobody?

Krown · Dec 19, 2011

This is gonna be awesome.

Can't wait to play it.

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