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What Is Your Favorite Square Enix Series?

A recent pol asked 3,000 people that same question in Japan. But before we get to that, let me ask you this: What’s your favorite Square Enix franchise? Here are the results to said poll: 10. Valkyrie Profile series 2.7 percent 9. Front Mission series 2.8 percent 8. Kingdom Hearts series 2.9 percent 7. Itadaki…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2010

New Kingdom Hearts Game Will Be At E3

E3 may well be full of unexpected surprises, but one thing that’s for sure is we’ll see a new Kingdom Hearts game. Series director Tetsuya Nomura was interviewed in the latest issue of Game Informer, and while he stopped short of saying that one of two KH games currently in development is Kingdom Hearts 3,…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2010

Kingdom Hearts Figures Might Be Too Damn Cute

Kingdom Hearts fans, who we know like things cute, will surely snap up these new figures from Square Enix, which are not only based on Kingdom hearts characters, but are incredibly, impossibly cute. There are five available – Sora, Cloud, Tifa, Axel and Riku – with the catch being you need to buy them as…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2010

What Does Kingdom Hearts 3 Depend On?

Kingdom Hearts is the Square Enix role-playing series staring Disney characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. The series has had several spin-offs, but gamers are eagerly awaiting Kingdom Hearts 3. “About the next title, Kingdom Hearts 3 depends on Final Fantasy Versus XIII, but development of the next title is already underway,” Kingdom Heart…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 25, 2010

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Snoozes Its Way To America

Square Enix is bringing the PSP prequel to its incredibly popular Kingdom Hearts series to North American shores, unsurprisingly, applying a vague “summer” release date to Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. The fifth entry in the Disney-Square Enix crossover series, Birth By Sleep will be armed with a few new additions in its North American…

By Michael McWhertor Published March 16, 2010

Thank Kingdom Hearts For Epic Mickey

No, the head of Disney’s gaming division wasn’t taking the bait and announcing Kingdom Hearts 3 here at the annual DICE convention near Las Vegas. But he did tell Kotaku that franchise paved the way for another big Disney game. “It forced us to challenge assumptions,” Disney’s game studio chief Graham Hopper said of the…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 18, 2010

Final Fantasy XIII, Chrono Trigger and Kingdom Hearts: The Statues

The small Square-Enix booth at Toy Fair 2010 had some fancy Final Fantasy jewelry, the newest versions of upcoming Final Fantasy XIII statues, some tiny Chrono Trigger pieces and some new Kingdom Hearts figures. Sorry, I didn’t photograph the jewelry.

By Stephen Totilo Published February 17, 2010

Snuggle Up With Kingdom Hearts

And you won’t even have to worry about being poked with a keyblade. This is an officially licensed “comfy throw blanket with sleeves” — because regular blankets are just not comfy enough. Sleeves make everything better. So does Disney. And keyblades. And punch. Man, we love punch. Thanks ZeroGinc for the tip!

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 23, 2009

Some Kingdom Hearts Figures To Jingle Your Bells

Toysmiths Kotobukiya have a new line of Kingdom Hearts figures on the way, due for release in Japan early next year. Available for pre-order now, they’ll go on sale in April for ¥3800 (USD$40) a piece. There will be three figures to choose from: King Mickey, Christmas Town Sora (so seasonal!) and Cloud/Vincent. Pre-order info…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 7, 2009

Head In The Clouds: Flying In Video Games

There’s something fantastical about flying in a video game. We can easily run, jump and swim in real life. Flight is more exotic. But we do fantasize about it. Where do you think the term “flights of fancy” comes from? Nowhere is the realization of flight grander or more satisfying than in video games. When…

By AJ Glasser Published November 9, 2009

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Wakes Up To Japanese Release Date

PSP role-playing-game Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep has been dated for Japan. The game will be released on January 9 and priced at ¥6,090 (US$67). Birth By Sleep is an action RPG set ten years before the first Kingdom Hearts game. Be sure to check out our impressions on the game.

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 21, 2009

Looks Like A New Game Mode For Birth By Sleep

I was jealous when I heard Stephen Totilo played Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep at the Tokyo Game Show. But even if he saw it first, it looks like he didn’t see everything. Apparently there’s a board game-type of mode in Birth By Sleep that breaks up the hack ‘n’ slash monotony many non-KH fans…

By AJ Glasser Published October 15, 2009

Week Of Disney: When A Games Journalist Moonlights

GamesRadar is doing Disney theme week to celebrate the upcoming release of Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days and yours truly was lucky enough to participate. So if you ever wonder what I do when I’m not blogging my little heart out for Kotaku, go check out this massive feature I put together on the history of…

By AJ Glasser Published September 24, 2009

Tokyo’s Video Game Toys And Final Fantasy Jewelry, Of Course

The Tokyo Game Show hasn’t started here in Japan yet, so half of your Kotaku team has been left with time to visit toy stores. We found a horde of video game toys and at least one other curious thing. All photos from Kiddy Land, a toy store in Tokyo’s Harajuku district.

By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2009

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Manga Kicks Off

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days isn’t due out in North America for another two months or so, but maybe the manga will tide you over ’til then. The July issue of Shounen Gangan features an eight-page preview chapter of the manga which basically re-hashes all the names and some of the neuroses of Organization XIII‘s members.…

By AJ Glasser Published July 24, 2009

Kingdom Hearts Conceived With Chainsaws

That’s how Square Enix designer Tetsuya Nomura first pitched the game’s weapon to Disney. Square Enix wanted to make a game starring Mickey Mouse, he tells Japanese game mag Famitsu, and Disney wanted a game starring Donald Duck. “Meanwhile,” he says with a laugh, “I wanted neither.” What did Nomura want? “The first weapon I…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 9, 2009

Tetsuya Nomura On Kingdom Hearts 3

One new Kingdom Hearts game, KH 358/2 Days, has been released in Japan. Two more Square-Enix-meets-Disney mash-ups are forthcoming: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for the PSP and Kingdom Hearts: Coded for cell phones. But where is the one everyone is waiting for, Kingdom Hearts 3? Kingdom Hearts designer Tetsuya Nomura says he already has…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 29, 2009

Halo+ Kingdom Hearts + Metroid

Welcome to Toybox! We’ve decided to centralise most of our toy/action figure/adult collectible news into a single feature, which we’ll be running every week or two. This week, we’ve got Kingdom Hearts, a stunning custom Metroid statue and a Halo Mongoose. Halo Mongoose Due out in October, the Mongoose is built to accommodate McFarlane’s line…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009

Video Games Live Has Its Own MP3 Player

The Video Games Live concert tour kicks their merchandising up a notch with this new VGL-branded VIVO MP3 player, loaded with unreleased recordings from Kingdom Hearts, Halo, and more. The 2GB MP3 player is now available for sale at the Video Games Live online store, and will also be making appearances at the merchandising tables…

By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2009

Anyone For Lifetime Final Fantasy Sales Figures?

As part of a corporate strategy meeting, Square Enix yesterday revealed the lifetime, worldwide sales figures for three of their biggest franchises. And no, they don’t mean The World Ends With You. The three biggest (at least in terms of units sold) are Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Kingdom Hearts, and when you combine every…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009