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Kingdom Hearts 3D Trailer is so, so Cheesy

Here’s an English-language trailer for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, for the Nintendo 3DS. Throwing Disney and Square Enix is still resulting in pretty much exactly what you’d expect it would.

By Luke Plunkett 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

Why Should a Video Game Franchise Die Just Because You Don’t Like It?

In today’s morbid edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Paradox Me wonders why people call for the death of popular franchises just because they don’t like them. Good question! What is it about folks that call for the death of franchises they dislike rather than simply ignoring them? GameTrailers did a video of the…

Speak Up Published April 24, 2012

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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

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Jamming 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

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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

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One 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

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Kingdom 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 East

Watch 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

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The Cutest Little Final Fantasy Characters

The characters of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy—both ally and enemy—come from across all thirteen Final Fantasies. Yet instead of mixing and matching art styles, Square Enix Japanese graphic designer Monster Octopus to re-create all these Final Fantasy characters in their own cute, doll-like style. This is far from the only time Monster Octopus’ art style has…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 30, 2012

Watch Kingdom Hearts 3D‘s Intro Projected On The Side Of A Building

Earlier this month to celebrate the Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary, Square Enix held the Kingdom Hearts Premier Event in southern Tokyo. Yesterday, to celebrate the release of Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, they put footage of the event up on the official Kingdom Hearts 3D website. The best video shows the game’s intro movie as…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 29, 2012

Kingdom Hearts 3DS’ Opening Movie Mixes Things Up

New screens from the opening movie for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance show off the game’s dedication to stirring the series’ already convoluted storyline into one large frothy jumble tasting faintly of salt water ice cream. I’ve been wondering which of the two Hikaru Utada opening themes they’d be using to kick off this…

By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2012

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Kingdom Hearts 3D Is Noob Friendly

Gearing up for the release of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, this week, part deux of Tetsuya Nomura’s interview was featured in Weekly Famitsu. Nomura discussed the latest in the Kingdom Hearts series (and added some more very vague references to Final Fantasy Versus XIII). With the latest installment to the Kingdom Hearts series,…

By Toshi Nakamura Published March 22, 2012

Final Fantasy Versus XIII? Oh Sorry, Here’s Kingdom Hearts 3D

Weekly Famitsu hit the magazine racks today, and if you picked it up eagerly looking for more information about Final Fantasy Versus XIII in the interview with Nomura Tetsuya (more than just the leaked tidbits of info), well you were probably let down… But if you picked it up looking for information on Kingdom Hearts…

By Toshi Nakamura Published March 15, 2012

Sora Goes All 80s In These Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Screens

Publisher Square Enix has released some new screenshots and artwork for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, the upcoming action-roleplaying game that it will release for Nintendo 3DS this year. As you can see from the shots, it looks like Sora and crew are headed back to the world of Tron, the 1982 sci-fi film…

By Jason Schreier Published March 9, 2012

Looks Like Kingdom Hearts 3D Comes West in Late July

Square-Enix’s official French store briefly listed Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream, Drop, Distance for release on July 27 before the company pulled back the listing and replaced it with “Summer 2012.” Either way, it’s a more precise release window than what we’d heard before. Square may be pulling back the Western release date just to give…

By Owen Good Published February 26, 2012

Kingdom Hearts 3D Gets a Special Hardware. Release Date, Too.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance will be out March 29 in Japan. There will be a special Kingdom Hearts 3DS handheld. While I like the monogram, I’m not a fan with the Kingdom Hearts text or the stupid Disney copyright. The Dream Drop Distance 3DS comes bundled with a copy of the game. Pricing…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 19, 2012

It Only Takes 30 Games and 80 Movies to Get the Full Kingdom Hearts Experience

Does playing every game in the Kingdom Hearts series qualify you as a true fan? Commenter zombie711 thinks it might be a little more involved than that in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. I love the Kingdom Hearts series. It remains today to be my favorite series of all time. What I don’t like is…

By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2012