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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 -
Kotaku East
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 -
Kotaku East
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 -
Kingdom Hearts 3D is Officially a Thing for North America and Europe
The final chapter of the Kingdom Hearts saga begins with Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance for the 3DS, now confirmed for release next year in North America and Europe, as if anyone was worried it wouldn’t make it. Hardcore Kingdom Hearts fans around the world are on the edge of their seats waiting for…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2011 -
Should the Kingdom Hearts Games That Suck Still Count?
In today’s continuity-shattering installment of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Yoshi Salcedo wants us to settle an argument he’s having with his girlfriend over Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts series. Should we disregard the DS games because they suck? My girlfriend and I are both Kingdom Hearts fans, and as usual we argued over who was…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2011 -
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Sure Looks Dreamy
Upcoming 3DS title Kingdom Hearts 3D got a new trailer at the Tokyo Game Show. It’s beautiful. The game is a new KH entry, and it will be compatible with the new 3DS Expansion Slide Pad. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance will be released next spring. Kingdom Hearts 3D [YouTube] You can contact Brian…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2011 -
The Joy of Making Video Gaming a Family Affair
Commenter Madammina‘s tale of playing through Kingdom Hearts with her little brother reminds us how much fun it is to play video games with our loved ones in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. As very few of you know, I’ve been playing Kingdom Hearts with my baby brother. He wanted to play Kingdom Hearts 2…
By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2011 -
Ryu, Ken, Yoshi, Sheik And Some Creepers Star In Convention Fighter II
Remember, remember, the Lara Croft in poor weather, and the girl who loved Aion a lot. I see no reason why Star Wars or Creepers should ever be forgot. There’s been plenty of great cosplay going on over the past week or so, some of it in the US, some of it in Australia, all…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2011 -
Final Fantasy XIII Is Epic Enough For Sony’s Platinum Prize
Tokyo-based Sony Computer Entertainment held its annual PlayStation Awards in which the company gives, wait for it, awards to, you guessed it, PlayStation games. The awards are given based on how titles released in Japan on PlayStation consoles did domestically. Final Fantasy XIII took the Platinum Prize for shipping between 1 and 2 million copies.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 3, 2010 -
The Next Kingdom Hearts Is One Of 2011’s First Notable Games
Eleven days into 2011, we get a new Kingdom Hearts that is unusual even by that series’ standards. On January 11 in North America, Square-Enix will release Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded, a Nintendo DS sequel to Kingdom Hearts II that involves fighting through a digital “datascape” of the diary Jiminy Cricket kept during the first Kingdom…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2010