Square Enix E-Store has listed a new book detailing the characters of the Kingdom Hearts Series. Kingdom Hearts Series Character Files will feature over 200 characters from Kingdom Hearts to Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind over 224 pages. The price is set at ¥3,080 (about $28.00) and will be available on February 20th, 2020. You can pre-order the book here. The book is also available for pre-order on AitaiKuji!
Thanks to @churroz for the tip!
UPDATE: A translation of Xigbar's Story from the book's preview page has been provided by Twitter user @lunesacree! You can view an image of this page below the translated text!
Will you be buying one? Let us know in the comments below!
Series creator and director Tetsuya Nomura will be illustrating a brand new piece of artwork for Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind. It's to be the main visual of the theme. A sample image of the top part of the theme was released via the Playstation Blog, where it details about the DLC announcement and trailer. You can check out the sample image below.
You can pre-order the Japanese version of the Re Mind DLC here, and the concert video bundle version here.
Famitsu has published a small interview on their website featuring composers Yoko Shimimura, Tsuyoshi Sekito and Takeharu Ishimoto. The interview mainly focuses on their overall thoughts of the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres- orchestra.
Credit to the translations goes to KH13 staff Mio and Solis!
A new Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind trailer has dropped today during Sony's final State of Play for the year, and the amount of content here is beyond what any of us were expecting!
You can watch the trailer below:
To start things off, we have Riku talking to the returning Radiant Garden Restoration Committee! This scene is taking place in Merlin's house from Kingdom Hearts II. Aerith, Yuffie and Leon are present in this scene with Aerith having voiced dialogue. Her voice actress seems to be different than the one who voiced her in Kingdom Hearts II. Aerith remarks how they're all still able to remember Sora so he must still be around. Riku however, cuts in and says that they haven't been able to find Sora with there being no available hints. Judging from the context of this scene, this has to be taking place after the events of the main game. This scene is most likely occurring after Sora used the power of waking to save Kairi.
Also of note is that Yuffie, Leon and Aerith are all sporting the same attire they wore during Kingdom Hearts II. Unfortunately, there's no word yet on if Cid, Cloud, or Sephiroth, or other Final Fantasy characters will appear, but we shouldn't rule them out, seeing as this addition seems to be a response to fan demand.
Next up, we have a very brief scene of Sora being present in Ventus's Station of Awakening, which suddenly erupts with darkness. After being enveloped in said darkness, Sora comes face to face with a recolored Dark Inferno in the Keyblade Graveyard. There's little to comment on in this scene due to its extreme brevity. At the very least, this does seem to be an optional boss of some sort. If it is in fact an optional boss, this recolored form will likely alter its attack patterns or strengthen the effects of its existing ones. Based on the description of the trailer, Sora is "tracing" the guardians' hearts. Seeing that he was at Ventus's Station of Awakening, could the Dark Inferno be related to Ventus?
The next scene is rather heartbreaking, as it shows Aqua staring in horror at a plethora of Anti-Aquas charging at her. Sora is in this scene, and realizes the "fear and despair that Aqua feels." Sora seems to observing this scene from the future, with the bright outline surrounding his body suggesting that he is some sort of phantom who is unable to interact.
This has to be taking place after the main story, seeing that Sora seems to be observing this event after the fact. The point of reference here is back during the first initial timeline of the Keyblade Graveyard before everyone died. During that scene, Aqua gave up and perished after surrendering herself to the incessant swarm of heartless. This scene here of Sora seeing it all from Aqua's view, puts it into perspective just how horrific her time in the Realm of Darkness was. The trauma and pain she endured there likely affected her mentality. Her rescue from the Realm of Darkness wasn't completely stainless since she has definitely been corrupted by it. We can not say to what extent, but it certainly perturbed her in more ways than one.
This next scene has Sora confronting Terra-Xehanort at the Keyblade Graveyard. Soon after, the guardian grabs Sora whilst Terra-Xehanort states "Seeing that you have also taken the forbidden path, you too must be ready to make the ultimate sacrifice." This line is likely referring to Sora using the power of waking to rewrite the events during the first Keyblade Graveyard battle. This can also refer to him "tracing" the guardians' hearts. If this is the case, then Terra-Xehanort referencing that must mean that this must take place after the main story in some way. The placement of this scene is puzzling, but we'll find out more during release.
This next portion of the trailer is our first gameplay segment, showcasing a brand new battle against Xehanort's vessels with every guardian of light minus Sora and Kairi. This seems to be story based battle taking place during the main story but its exact placement is unknown. Xehanort's vessels being here instead of against Sora in Scala ad Caelum is puzzling. The area this fight is taking place in is the Keyblade Graveyard, going off of the command window at the bottom left. This fight looks extremely eccentric with everyone teaming up and huddling together. Keyholes are littered everywhere and the darkness-infused Kingdom Hearts is hanging in the sky, so while the context of this scene is a little intriguing, the actual battle itself looks incredibly exciting. Riku and Xion are shown slashing a Xehanort vessel each, with Ventus and Roxas attacking with a gust of wind and rays of light respectively. The command window shows "Attack" as well as "Reflega", so this fight looks somewhat akin to the way the Raging Vulture in the Carribean was fought. Going frame by frame, there are some situation commands that pop up. "Twisted Counter" for Xion, "Storm Rider" for Ventus and "Miracle Hour" for Roxas. Albeit, the way everything here is structured does look different, and this might just be a small cinematic part of the fight, but the timing aspect of using Reflega and Attack seems similar to the Raging Vulture battle. The scenery of being above the clouds is also a rather enticing setpiece.
We have another quick story scene, with this one showing off more of the mysterious conversation taking place between Luxord and Xigbar in Olympus. Luxord is asking for clarification on "the box", which is obviously the fabled Black Box we've seen discussed in Kingdom Hearts III numerous times already. Xigbar looks a tad pensive in this scene, so him prompting this conversation shows that he is rather desperate for some motive of his. What that motive is? We do not know. It could certainly be related to the Foretellers and the Master of Masters but the specificity of the box's importance is also beyond us.
Next up is another very brief scene, with this one showing Demyx confronting Riku at the Keyblade Graveyard. Since the empty replica is still on the ground, this has to be taking place before Namine got her body back, but we have little to go off of besides that one detail. We never see the replica actually taken in the vanilla game, so it being there doesn't specify any of the numerous times it could be taking place during. Riku recalls that Demyx is one of the Organization members and summons his Keyblade, Braveheart, to his side. The scene cuts there. There isn't much to gather from that scene other than Demyx being relevant again in some way.
We then see a series of battles against the True Organization XIII. Firstly is Terra-Xehanort, who summons his guardian to slam on the ground and cause several spikes to spawn. Afterwards, we have Xemnas performing an air combo on Sora with dashes and his saber. Then, there is Riku Replica, who slams Sora down to the ground with a shockwave along with several mines surrounding the two. Ansem Seeker of Darkness's fight is shown next. The arena is fittingly coated in darkness with two large spherical orbs of darkness before either of his sides. A couple of projectile blasts are sent Sora's way. Larxene is shown next, with her agility being shown in full force. Sora blocks her swipes resulting from her quick dashes. Lastly, we have Xemnas once again, with him now firing off a barrage of lasers, in an identical manner to how he did during the final boss battle of Kingdom Hearts II. There is quite a bit to see here, but the extreme quickness of each of these scenes shows off too little to be carefully scrutinized. The command window shows the Nobody emblem protruding on both ends of the word 'Command'. This area is seeming like one specifically made for these Organization battles.
We have a story scene next with Sora shooting a beam of light towards Riku's Station of Awakening. One interesting aspect of note here is how this is young Riku and not the older version currently in Kingdom Hearts III. There's a possibility that this could be the new Riku Replica introduced in Kingdom Hearts III, or this could be some element of time travel to the era of Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, seeing as an image of Namine is present on the platform. These are just guesses though, and anybody's guess is as good as ours right now. There is a sneaky cut present in this scene however. The very beginning shows Sora on top of his own Station of Awakening. You can infer this by the red present on the platform, which is meant to be his Kingdom Hearts I attire. When he is up in the air though, it is Riku's Station instead. The transition here is quite clever. Sora's words are quite vague. The fact that "hearts are connected" is nothing new in this franchise, but Sora's tone of realization here is significant. He reflects on everyone telling him to follow his own heart, but then references how hearts are connected. This might mean that he takes that statement to a new level of understanding, maybe to even mean, "follow everyone's hearts", also known as tracing them. Since all hearts are connected, Sora following his own heart will follow his connections, ergo connecting him to everyone. This also explains why it shows him interacting with Riku's Station of Awakening and not his own when saying this.
Next, Kairi makes her debut in this trailer, appearing in The Final World with Sora. Her tone and wording makes it pretty clear that this is her first time stepping foot onto this world.
Then, out of nowhere, we are shown Kairi being playable for the first time in the series! Sora is the party member here, and armored Xehanort is the boss. She is wielding Destiny's Embrace and her combative segment begins with what looks like a reflective guard, similar in nature to Aqua's natural guard and Riku's guard. She is also able to shoot her Keyblade forward from quite a distance from what we see here. She is quite a ways from Xehanort and still manages to attack him from that distance. Afterwards, she soars into the air and fires of a barrage of light infused projectiles towards Xehanort. This seems to be her shotlock. The arena for this battle is a bit different from the standard platforms we've seen for the other Organization battles. There is quite an intensively woven magic circle of sorts slowly rotating on the field. This might be due to Xehanort's presence. Either way, it is very interesting to have Sora as a party member for this battle.
We then see a very quick scene of Sora activating a sphere in Scala ad Caelum, which creates a rail of light for him to grind on. Since this section is entirely new and entirely devoid of combat, this practically confirms that Scala ad Caelum has been expanded in some ways. While we don't know to which extent it has been opened, the fact that Sora is here alone and not with Donald and Goofy shows that this is taking place during post-game.
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Roxas, Axel and Xion are then shown fighting off against a member of the Organization. While we don't see this member's face, the fact that they are floating suggests that it is Xemnas. Axel calls out to Roxas and Xion, and exclaims "Get what's ours!" All three Keyblade wielders then go off with Keyblade in hand to strike Xemnas. The fact that Xemnas is here gives credence to the possibility of this being an alternate story scenario, or maybe taking place after Sora leaves the trio in the vanilla game.
Another brief scene, with this one showing Riku and Aqua in the Land of Departure. This has to be taking place after the main game's story. While the subject of their conversation eludes us at the moment, the fact that the word "again" is used here suggests that Aqua could be going back to the Realm of Darkness. What that reason is, no one knows. But she also says that she isn't alone now, so someone else would be going with her in this context.
The trailer ends with words from Chirithy referring to how Sora won't be able to return to his world without his powers. And lastly, Sora and Yozora walk up to one another in the Final World during night-time, with Sora saying "I've been...." and Yozora following up with "I've been having these weird thoughts lately." Finally, in conjunction, both of them say "Like, is any of this for real or not?" This scene is a complete mystery, but perhaps this ties into the secret movie "Yozora" and the events that transpire there? The moon present in the sky is a nice touch. The night-time esque setting here is rather fitting since Yozora means night sky in Japanese.
You can pre-order the DLC now! It releases on PS4 on January 23rd, 2020 and Xbox One on February 25th, 2020.
We covered the State of Play's release of this trailer here. We also covered a slew of new information such as a recent Famitsu interview with Tetsuya Nomura and more information regarding what was revealed at the Osaka orchestra!
What features and inclusions of Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind are you most excited for! Let us know!
Right after the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World of Tres - Concert in Osaka, Japan, on November 30, Famitsu conducted an interview with Kingdom Hearts III Director Tetsuya Nomura in regards to the upcoming Re Mind DLC. The interview was published today, a few hours before the Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind State of Play trailer and release date reveals.
We have just completed our translations of the information relevant to Kingdom Hearts III; you can read it below! Translations are courtesy of KH13 Staff Ryuji.
The Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World of Tres - tour stopped at Osaka, Japan, on November 30th and brought forward many updates about the Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC (releasing on January 23rd for PS4 and February 25th for Xbox One). A new December trailer was also teased at the concert, which leaked ahead of the official announcement of the DLC's release date and pre-order commencement during PlayStation's State of Play livestream.
Most of the new information about Re Mind was announced by director Tetsuya Nomura at the evening performance, accompanied by a video shown on the screen. Due to the exclusive nature of the news, this article is a retelling of different reports from a number of the members of the audience and journalists, namely Famitsu, kyo0607_KH, sonzaisinaimono, wotan_ivalicese, finekh_ephemera, mel_lifluous3, and 0408mark58. Credits for translations go to KH13 Staff @Mio-chan and Ryuji, and Keytotruth.
Guest Appearances: Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto & Tsuyoshi Sekito
Following the established setlist for the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World of Tres - concerts, the evening performance showcased music from the series in the first part of the show, and music from Kingdom Hearts III in the second part. Composer Yoko Shimomura made her usual and clamored appearance as well.
In the beginning of the second half, composers Takeharu Ishimoto (who composed music from The Carribean and San Fransokyo and several battle songs) and Tsuyoshi Sekito (who was in charge of Gummi Ship themes and world mini-games' music such as the Little Chef's Bistro and the Kingdom of Corona's festival dance) came on stage.
Ishimoto has been involved in the series since working as a synthesizer operator on Kingdom Hearts II (2005), while Sekito worked on the music arrangement in Birth by Sleep (2010). Ishimoto, who usually sits in front of the computer when writing a song, expressed his appreciation at holding a concert for fans to listen to the music as it is played live. Sekito, who listened to the rehearsals and daytime performance, praised the Osaka Symphony Orchestra for their wonderful performance and was happy that the show was taking place in his hometown.
Guest Appearances: Miyu Irino, Tetsuya Nomura and Ichiro Hazama
After playing the piano for the song 'Rhapsody in Tres for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra', Shimomura welcomed Sora's Japanese voice actor Miyu Irino to the stage. Irino made a notable entrance by saying once of his most famous lines, "My friends are my power!" in Japanese.
Shimomura mentioned Irino singing 'Under the Sea' in Kingdom Hearts II as a memorable scene. "For some reason, Sora has a part where he sings "Darling". It was something decided during production, but why would Sora, who is male, say "Darling" in his singing part?!" said Shimomura with confusion. "But then, when I heard Irino sing that part, my heart skipped a beat," she laughed.
Irino talked about how he was just in middle school when he was introduced to Kingdom Hearts. He saw it in an introductory article in the Weekly Shōnen Magazine. "At that time, I thought 'I have to buy this game when it releases'," he laughed, "And by the time I noticed, I had already spent half of my life playing Sora."
Shimomura then interrupted, "I want to continue talking more, but more guests are coming."
This is when director Tetsuya Nomura and executive producer Ichiro Hazama were greeted to the stage with a great round of applause.
With the upcoming releases of the Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC this winter and Final Fantasy VII Remake on March 3, 2020, Nomura has been very busy. "I think everyone is wondering why we came," he said, laughing, "I really didn't plan on coming to the Osaka performance, but I decided to come because of Irino-kun!"
Irino said, "Thank you!" And the venue erupted with laughter at their seemingly student-master relationship. Irino, who was a middle school student when first recording for Kingdom Hearts, said he had "only fun memories" and that Nomura saw him as an "innocent child". He said recording for Re:coded (2010) was the most difficult thing. Re:coded was released after Kingdom Hearts II, but shows a different version of Sora that is more similar to the one in Kingdom Hearts (2002).
“I didn't think much when I played Sora in Kingdom Hearts, but after Kingdom Hearts II, there were times when it was difficult to become [the younger and data version of] Sora,” he said. Therefore, Nomura kept referring back to the sound sources from the first game all the time, like a "ritual". However, thanks to such 'rituals', Irino said that the inner "engine" that enables him to become Sora is now more efficient. He was consequently able to individualize his various versions of Sora. Kōki Uchiyama, who plays Roxas and Ventus, is also able to go back and forth between the characters as he also performed these 'rituals' of going back to the source audio frequently.
Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC reveals
After the various talks, it was time to reveal more information about Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind. Nomura announced that the new trailer for the DLC is complete and will be released in December along with a release date. (This was subsequently leaked and then officially released during PlayStation's State of Play livestream.)
While the trailer could not be shown at the venue at the time, Nomura had a video ready to show to the audience. Nomura warned against filming the video during the event.
"Don’t film. There are people that shoot and spread the information even when we say to not to."
"No one should shoot! Otherwise Nomura-san won’t give you the trailer!" Irino added. "I don’t know much about overseas, but in Japan, at the KHO concerts you’re not allowed to shoot during the event even when the orchestra is not playing!"
Following the warning, Nomura played the video while talking about the new features present in the upcoming Re Mind DLC.
Data Greeting (or Photo Mode, as reported by many attendees) - An extended version of the camera mode. This can be accessed directly from the Main Menu and includes a Photo Album option; upon accessing this mode, the player is instantly greeted by a scene of Sora facing the sea in Destiny Islands. In this mode, characters, props, effects, locations and camera orientations can be set up freely for shooting. Multiple characters, including enemies, can be set in one photo, and poses and facial expressions can be customized. In the video shown, this mode was used to recreate scenes from past games using Kingdom Hearts III graphics, eg. the scene of Axel confronting Xion in Twilight Town (from 358/2 Days).
A photo of Xehanort with Meow Wow was also shown, to which Irino commented, "Wow! That's unique!"
One of the photos seemed to include the new Organizations XIII in a line with Sora in the middle.
One of the photos shown reportedly included a photo of Sora, Kairi and Riku excitedly looking at a giant pancake in Destiny Islands. Attendee sonzaisinaimono drew the following sketch of the photo; we have edited it to add translations from the original sketch.
Props included a Frog Prince Dream Eater and props related to bosses defeated when rescuing the Seven Princesses. A sketch of this has been provided by 0408mark58.
Slideshow - A function that displayes the player's photos in a slideshow while a set music plays in the background.
Premium Menu - This enables the player to adjust several difficulty settings in 'Fast Pass' and 'Black Code'.
Fast Pass includes adjustments to make the game easier, such as the ability to defeat enemies with a single blow and grand magic and Attractions appearing more frequently (to the point that there can be about 6-7 spells and Attractions stacked up above the Command Menu, as shown in the video).
Black Code, on the other hand, uses player-imposed restrictions to crank the difficulty up to ludicrous levels, with options such as choosing how much health you can have and restricting the use of Cure and items. ("Banning Cure?! It will be a challenge just to think about how to clear the game..." Irino commented.) In the video shown, the example battle to show these setting was against Marshmallow in Arendelle. The demo player had to constantly block Marshmallow's swiping attacks and had no way to heal (although he did use a Kupo Coin). The video also showed a setting where Sora’s MP and HP would go down gradually during battle. Irino commented, “Why would you do that?!” to which Nomura responded with a laugh.
Unlike the usual difficulty modes, these settings are customizable during the game. However, these setting must meet certain conditions such as clearing certain missions.
Irino added, “In Kingdom Hearts III there are several battle voices for grunts like 'ha', 'yah', and 'hyaa' with different variations, so I hope you enjoy those."
It was said that these new features will not be showcased in the upcoming trailer (and they weren't).
When the talk about the new Re Mind features ended, Shimomura remained on stage and expressed her gratitude for the concert tour, and the last, encore song 'Chikai -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version-' was performed.
Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres- has now toured all over the world! The two last perfomances will be held in Yokohama, Japan, on December 26th and 27th.
Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World of Tres - Osaka Concert Photo Album
Read our original report of the Osaka concert reveals here.
You can read our report of the Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind State of Play trailer here.
Today, at Sony's final State of Play episode for the year, the Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind trailer (which was leaked late last week) has been officially unveiled! You can watch it below.
You can watch the livestream below.
We previously covered the trailer here when it was leaked.
Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC is releasing on the Playstation 4 on January 23rd and on Xbox One on February 25th. You can purchase the Re Mind DLC for either $29.99 or the Re Mind + Concert Video $39.99 with additional content. Pre-ordering will be available on the Playstation store soon, and is already available on the Xbox store!
This trailer shows an incredible variety of new content, such as:
The inclusion of Final Fantasy characters, including Squall/Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith
Explorable Scala Ad Caelum
Playable Kairi
A battle sequence where the Guardians of Light clash with the Xehanort vessels. The three available commands are Attack, Aerial Dodge and Reflega
Several new boss battles are shown, including more Organization XIII battles, as well as a battle against what seems to be a recolored version of Dark Inferno
New story sequences, including:
Riku traveling to Radiant Garden to find Sora
Sora and Aqua standing against several clones/visions(?) of Dark Aqua, implied by Sora to be the embodiment of Aqua's despair
Demyx appearing before Riku in the Keyblade Graveyard
Sora unlocking Riku's Dive to the Heart
Sora and Kairi together in the Final World
Sora meeting Yozora in a night-time scene in the Final World.
UPDATE: The Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC is now available for pre-order on the PSN store! There are links to both the PSN and Xbox One store pages from the Square Enix website. You also get a voucher for a special Re Mind theme for pre-ordering on PSN!
UPDATE: Square Enix have posted new renders of Cid, Aerith, Yuffie, Leon and Sora on their press site! You can view them in our gallery!
Screenshots from the trailer are also available. You can view them in our gallery as well! (thanks to KH13 News Team member KHWaterBlock for the screenshots!)
UPDATE: The Japanese version of the trailer has released! You can watch it below:
Playstation Blog has released their nominees for the categories of their Game of the Year Awards. There are over ten categories with Kingdom Hearts III being in four of them.
These four categories are 'Best Narrative', 'Best Soundtrack', 'Best Role-Playing Game' and 'Best PS4 Game'.
Will you be taking part in this vote? If so, will you choose Kingdom Hearts III for any of these nominations? Let us know!
Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind releases on January 23rd, 2020 for PlayStation 4, and February 25th, 2020 for Xbox One!
The new Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind DLC trailer, previously teased at the Osaka show of the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World of Tres - tour, is now available to view as an unlisted video on the official Kingdom Hearts YouTube channel. You can watch it below!
This trailer showcases several new features that will be available as part of Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind:
The inclusion of Final Fantasy characters, including Squall/Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith
Explorable Scala Ad Caelum
Playable Kairi
A battle sequence where the Guardians of Light clash with the Xehanort vessels. The three available commands are Attack, Aerial Dodge and Reflega.
Several new boss battles are shown, including more Organization XIII battles, as well as a battle against what seems to be a recolored version of Dark Inferno
New story sequences, including:
Riku traveling to Radiant Garden to find Sora
Sora and Aqua standing against several clones/visions(?) of Dark Aqua, implied by Sora to be the embodiment of Aqua's despair
Demyx appearing before Riku in the Keyblade Graveyard
Sora unlocking Riku's Dive to the Heart
Sora and Kairi together in the Final World
Sora meeting Yozora in a night-time scene in the Final World
UPDATE: The unlisted trailer has been made private. We will not be sharing this trailer again until Square Enix have officially released it.
UPDATE: The video originally contained the following video description. You can view the description below.
PlayStation have announced that they will broadcast their final State of Play episode for the year on Tuesday, December 10, at 6:00 AM PST / 9:00 AM EST / 2:00 PM GMT!
You can watch live on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
The stream will be 20 minutes long and will include new game reveals, release date announcements, new gameplay footage, PlayStation Worldwide Studios updates, and more. However, the announcement clarifies that fans should not expect any updates on their next-generation plans.
The Kingdom Hearts Shadow Action Doll is available on the North American Square Enix store for a base price of $47.99 but is currently 10% off until December 7th for $43.19!
We have previously covered this item becoming available on the Japanese Square Enix store here.
Are you planning on picking up this adorable little guy? Let us know!
Kingdom Hearts III has received the Platinum Prize at the PlayStation Awards 2019 for selling an accumulated shipment quantity (including download quantity) of over 1 million copies in Japan and Asian regions! The award was presented by Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, and received by the series' former exectuive producer Shinji Hashimoto and current executive producer Ichiro Hazama. During the ceremony, the PlayStation Awards band also played a short, custom arrangement of Chikai, Kingdom Hearts III's theme song!
Hashimoto thanked fans for their support and was excited to celebrate this big win on the 25th anniversary of PlayStation. He said:
Translations are courtesy of KH13 News Translator Ryuji.
The other winners of the Platinum Prize were NieR: Automata, God of War, Marvel's Spider Man, and Red Dead Redemption 2.
Previously, Kingdom Hearts II won a Platinum Prize in 2006 and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep received the Gold Prize for selling over 500,000 units in Japan in 2010. They were featured in today's awards show as a nod back to past winners.
You can catch up on the PlayStation Awards 2019 awards show on PlayStation's here.
PlayStation Awards is a ceremony recognizing hit game titles sold in PlayStation format. The PlayStation Awards have been held every year since the inception of PlayStation in 1994, with this year marking both the 25th Awards and the 25th anniversary of PlayStation. This year's awards show took place at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.
You can watch the clip of Kingdom Hearts III winning the award below!
PlayStation also celebrated Kingdom Hearts III winning with a heart shaped Chirashi Sushi with small Keyblades, hearts, and crowns surrounding it!
Here is what's included in this week's Weekly Jewel Extravaganza (available until December 8th) :
1400 Jewels & Balloon Olaf & Sven x 1 M/F (Item Drop Perk +6)
Balloon Terra x 1 M/F (Rare Enemy Perk +4)
Dual Meow Wow [SAB LV 9] x15
Power, Magic, and Speed Gems x10 each
A Cyber Monday sale is also available until December 8th to those who purchase the WJE! The following Traits can be purchased for 1,000 Jewels each, up to 3 times, at the Moogle Shop.
Ground Enemy DEF -60%
Aerial Enemy DEF -60%
Extra Attack: 40% Power
Damage in Raids +40%
STR +1000
Until December 8th, get the Popcorn Hat spirit part and other rewards through Union Cross! Fight the Extra Hard Boss during Bonus Times for more coins!
Happy holiday's keyblade wielders! Here are new events coming up this month!
Until December 31st, collect event coins to receive rewards from the following event boards:
[Board 1] - Starlight Booster
[Board 2] - Treasure Trove Booster
[Board 3] - Lady Luck Booster
[Board 4] - Three Wishes Booster
[Board 5] - Olympia Booster
[Board 6] - Divine Rose Booster
[Board 7] - Moogle O' Glory Booster
[Board 8] - Sleeping Lion Booster
[Board 9] - Counterpoint Booster
[Board 10] - Stroke of Midnight Booster
[Board 11] - Fenrir Booster
[Board 12] - Darkgnaw Booster
[Board 13] - Missing Ache Booster
[Board 14] - Fairy Stars Booster
[Board 15] - Diamond Dust Booster
[Board 16] - Bad Guy Breaker Booster
[Board 17] - P Booster
[Board 18] - S Booster
[Board 19] - M Booster
Until December 10th, defeat enemies to get magic gems! A Magic Gem can drop as a rare drop if you defeat the Large Snowman. You will also receive a Magic Gem by defeating the Icy Beast which is a rare enemy. Icy Beast will appear more as the difficulty goes up. Use the Rare Enemy Perk and Item Drop Perk effectively!
Until December 8th, defeat the raid boss with your party during bonus times to receive even more lux! Until December 31st, complete quests to receive gems!
Through PvE Coliseum:
Until December 31st, Those who manage to battle their way to the top will also receive the ATK B XI Max & GA 0 skill!
ATK B XI Max & GA 0: Deals 3.2 times more damage, and uses no special attack gauges. Has a 100% trigger rate.
Also receive a KH3 Kairi B Ornament
Monthly Missions for December:
Until December 31st, collect lux to receive Gingerbread Dog pet parts!
The following are future events to come for the rest of this month:
Dec. 2, 2019:
・Popcorn Hat spirit part union cross!
That quote will be on the message boards!
Dec. 4, 2019:
・New quest for Chasm of Challenges! Get a Sun Gem and Moon Gem!
Dec. 5, 2019:
・Damage Contest!
Rank in and get tons of gems!
Dec. 9, 2019:
・Get tons of Gems through Deluxe Union Cross (Up to 100 Gems)
Dec. 11, 2019:
・Power Gem drop event. Now is your chance to collect the power gems!
Dec. 17, 2019:
・Deluxe PvP Rewards
Dec. 18, 2019:
・Holiday event, cute avatar accessories are here!
Dec. 19, 2019:
・Story Quest Update
Dec. 20, 2019:
・High Score Event
Dec. 21, 2019:
・Big Bonus Challenge, "Pegasus Cup"
You can receive up to 6,000 jewels.
・Collect speed gems at the speed gem drop event.
Dec. 23, 2019:
・Deluxe Lux Ranking Rewards (Up to 3,000 Jewels and 90 Gems)
・Daily Event
Dec. 26, 2019:
・Proud Mode Quest
・Deluxe Union Cross
Dec. 27, 2019
・Count Down Event
Until December 16th, SN++ KH3 Elsa is guaranteed within 5 draws to celebrate the release of Frozen 2!
SN++ KHIII Elsa
[Target: All] Deals 3 hits. 2 turns: M-Medal STR +2500, self [↑ STR, U- & M-STR 15], targets [↓ U-DEF 15], SP ATK B +200%. Count +1. Pierces Defense Boost 30%. Next Medal turns Magic. 1 turn: reflects 100% Magic.
Supernova
[Target: All] [Mastery]2 turns: M-Medal STR +4500, targets [↓ DEF, U- & M-DEF 15], SP ATK B +280%.
Triggers before slot 2 is activated when defending in PVP.
Gauge: 1
Tier:
10
Damage*:
× 78.12
Supernova Damage*:
× 220.00
Celebrate the holidays with the return of holiday avatar boards! Until December 14th, the following avatar boards are available for 1500 jewels!
Fur Coat (Male)
Fur Coat (Female)
Fur Coat
Fur Coat: Hood (Skill Perk +6)
Fur Coat: Pouch
Fur Coat: Gloves (Raid Boss Perk +10)
Title: Bored
ATK Boost II & ATK Prize+ (6★ Scrooge)
Defense Boost III (6★ Scrooge)
Magic Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 3
6★ Dale x 3
6★ Cid 10 x 2
6★ Huey & Dewey & Louie x 3
6★ Magic Mirror x 1
Fur Coat
Fur Coat: Hood (Skill Perk +6)
Fur Coat: Pom Pom
Fur Coat: Gloves (Raid Boss Perk +10)
Title: Meow
ATK Boost II & ATK Prize+ (6★ Scrooge)
Defense Boost III (6★ Scrooge)
Magic Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 3
6★ Dale x 3
6★ Cid 10 x 2
6★ Huey & Dewey & Louie x 3
6★ Magic Mirror x 1
Gingerbread Boy (Male)
Gingerbread Girl (Female)
Gingerbread Boy
Gingerbread Boy: Head
Gingerbread Boy: Scarf (Raid Boss Ω Perk +5)
Title: Present
SP Attack Gauge 2 (5★ Scrooge)
Attack Boost II Max (6★ Scrooge)
Speed Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 3
6★ Dale x 3
6★ Cid 10 x 2
6★ Huey & Dewey & Louie x 3
6★ Magic Mirror x 2
Gingerbread Girl
Gingerbread Girl: Head
Gingerbread Girl: Scarf (Raid Boss Ω Perk +5)
Title: Candy
SP Attack Gauge 2 (5★ Scrooge)
Attack Boost II Max (6★ Scrooge)
Speed Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 3
6★ Dale x 3
6★ Cid 10 x 2
6★ Huey & Dewey & Louie x 3
6★ Magic Mirror x 2
Holiday Night Santa (Male)
Holiday Night Santa (Female)
Holiday Night Santa
Holiday Night Santa: Hat
Holiday Night Santa: Earrings
Holiday Night Santa: Sack (Skill Perk ＋3)
Holiday Night Santa: Fur
Title: Jolly
Attack Boost VIII Max (6★ Scrooge)
ATK B VII Max & GA 0 (6★ Scrooge)
Defense Boost VI (6★ Scrooge)
Magic Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 1
6★ Cid 10 x 1
6★ Magic Mirror x 5
5★ Magic Broom x 3
Holiday Night Santa
Holiday Night Santa: Hat
Holiday Night Santa: Earrings
Holiday Night Santa: Sack (Skill Perk ＋3)
Holiday Night Santa: Fur
Title: Festive Night
Attack Boost VIII Max (6★ Scrooge)
ATK B VII Max & GA 0 (6★ Scrooge)
Defense Boost VI (6★ Scrooge)
Magic Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 1
6★ Cid 10 x 1
6★ Magic Mirror x 5
5★ Magic Broom x 3
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