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What The Hell Is Kingdom Hearts? A Beginner’s Guide To Square Enix’s RPG Series
There’s a new Kingdom Hearts game out tomorrow. It’s called Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and it’s the seventh game in a series that now has 250% more spinoffs than main installments. To some of you a new Kingdom Hearts might be reason to celebrate. To others it might just be confusing. What is…
By Jason Schreier Published July 30, 2012 -
The Best Things in This Week’s Nintendo Download are Free
With free 3DS demos for Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure and Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] in the eShop this week, no one needs to spend a single penny to have a hell of a time with this week’s Nintendo Download. Of course Zen Studios, the makers of Marvel Pinball 3D for the…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2012 -
Hey, You Got Your Pokémon In My Kingdom Hearts
Meet the Dream Eaters, the monsters you’ll be attacking, breeding, and recruiting in upcoming action-RPG Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, which is out July 31 for Nintendo 3DS. Kind of remind you of a certain other Nintendo game, don’t they? Still, I’m psyched for this one. It’s looking more like Kingdom Hearts II than…
By Jason Schreier Published June 27, 2012 -
No Dude, Kingdom Hearts Isn’t Based on Heart of Darkness
Lately, it seems like lots of video games are based on Joseph Connrad’s novel Heart of Darkness. Games like Far Cry 2 and Spec Ops: The Line made the inspiration explicit, while many other recent games simply borrow Conrad’s basic gist. But despite the fact that both things have the word “Heart” in the title,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 27, 2012 -
Kingdom Hearts Director Wants To Add Pixar
Buzz Lightyear as a Kingdom Hearts character? Could happen. Longtime Kingdom Hearts veteran and co-director of the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Tai Yasue told me at E3 this week that he’d love to take Sora and Riku through the wonderful worlds of Pixar’s films. As a collaborative project between Square Enix and…
By Jason Schreier Published June 8, 2012 -
New Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance Trailer Showcases Mickey, Minnie, Dragons Riding Meteors
Nintendo released this new trailer for Square Enix’s zany action-RPG last night. It’s looking pretty neat, particularly the Fantasia and Three Musketeers sections. And Mickey! Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will be out July 31 for Nintendo 3DS.
By Jason Schreier Published June 7, 2012 -
Sora and Riku Co-Star In the E3 Trailer for Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will be out in North America on July 31, but the new trailer for the Nintendo 3DS game is out today. This one starts Sora and Riku. Like what you see? And if you’re confused about Kingdom Hearts lore at all, consider studying up on it
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallI Watched This Kingdom Hearts Lore-Primer And I Still Have No Idea What The Hell is Going On in Kingdom Hearts
I’m a fan of Lore in a Minute!, a site that breaks down a game’s lore and story in easily digestible, humorous movies. It’s great for if you want to hop into a series midway through without going back and slogging through long, older games. I headed over there to check out their fun new…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2012 -
A Night of Speed-Dating With Kingdom Hearts, Theatrhythm and Heroes of Ruin
I’m in California this week for the purpose of checking out a bunch of video games that will be shown at E3 next month. I’m a pre-E3 Judge*, you see, bouncing from one showcase with a game publisher to another, signing lots of paperwork in which I swear not to tell people about these games…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 15, 2012 -
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When’s Kingdom Hearts 3 Coming Out? Leave That to Your Imagination and Baseball Analogies.
It has been over a month since Kingdom Hearts 3D was released, and with no news on Final Fantasy XIII Versus other than the standard “stay tuned,” Weekly Famitsu asked director Tetsuya Nomura in an interview if Kingdom Hearts 3 was on the horizon. His response? “I’ll leave that to everyone’s imagination.” Adding, “It might…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 10, 2012 -
Sounds Like Kingdom Hearts May Return to Home Consoles
Speaking with Game Informer Magazine, Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura said that while he’s always interested in making Kingdom Hearts games on new systems like the Vita, “It’s about time that Kingdom Hearts should go back to being on a console.” The popular (and certainly unique) Disney-Meets-JRPGs franchise has been handheld-only since 2004—it sure would…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 8, 2012 -
Kotaku East
A Look at Some Japanese Video Game Urban Legends
The gaming world is often full of myths and urban legends. This week, Japanese mag Famitsu covered a few and shed some light on the validity of some, but not all. One such urban legend is the fact that the idea for the game Kingdom Hearts was hatched in an elevator. The legend was born…
By Toshi Nakamura Published April 19, 2012 -
Kotaku EastJamming to The World Ends With You Remixes in Kingdom Hearts 3D
As Kotaku‘s own Kirk Hamilton pointed out last week, one of the most amazing things in Square Enix’s DS hit, The World Ends With You, was its techno/pop/rap soundtrack. While we aren’t getting a new game in the series anytime soon (if ever), we are getting the next best thing, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 10, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Kingdom Hearts 3D Is Both a Dream and a Nightmare
Kingdom Hearts is one of those series whose quality varies wildly from game to game. Sometimes they are nothing but near pointless filler while others are as solid as the numbered iterations in the series. Much like the “even-number Star Trek films curse,” fans of the series believe those Kingdom Hearts titles released on Nintendo…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 6, 2012 -
Theatrhythm and Kingdom Hearts 3D Hitting North America in July
Square Enix has announced that its two hybrid franchise extenders—music/RPG and Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy and Disney-centric action/RPG Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance—will both be summer releases. The two 3DS games come to retail in July, with Theatrhythm available on July 3rd and Kingdom Hearts 3D on July 31st.
By Evan Narcisse Published April 5, 2012 -
Kotaku EastOne Man’s Tortured History With Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts is a polarizing series to say the least. People seem to love it or hate it with few standing in between. I am no different except that I fall into both categories. While I am a fan of the series, I am also incredibly critical of it. So with Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 3, 2012 -
Kotaku EastKingdom Hearts Tries Its Hand at Augmented Reality Games, Fails Miserably
In the Kingdom Hearts series, the player character often teams up with two other party members as you explore the game’s various Disney worlds. In Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance however, players use friendly versions the game’s monsters—called “Dream Eaters”—as party members instead of the usual Disney characters. Besides leveling-up through battle, your Dream…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 3, 2012 -
Kotaku EastWatch Kingdom Hearts 3D‘s New Battle Systems in Action
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance plays a lot like past titles in the series, especially Re:coded and Birth by Sleep, however there have been a few major changes. The first is the “free-flow” system which allows you to perform special attacks by interacting with enemies or the environment in certain ways. These attacks are…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 3, 2012
