Update: The trailer has finally appeared online!

 

Jump Festa 2012 has finished. As you know, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance appeared with a new trailer and playable demo. This article will summarize everything we learnt at the event, and continue to be updated when more content surfaces.

 

What To Look Forward To

 

- Nomura has stated that the Kingdom Hearts 3D Jump Festa 2012 trailer will be posted on the game's official website "early in the week". This could mean today or tomorrow!

 

- Famitsu Weekly magazine will include an article on Kingdom Hearts 3D, detailing what we learnt at the event. This releases on December 22, 2011 and may contain a Nomura interview.

 

What We Learnt at the Event

 

- Kingdom Hearts 3D is set for a March 2012 release date in Japan

- Various details about the "Country of the Musketeers" world

- A world based on Tron Legacy will appear in the game (more on this later)

- A set of images explaining some gameplay features of Kingdom Hearts 3D

- Many photos of the game's display at the event & Wonder Meow plushie

- The trailer which appeared at the event was 8 minutes long. We have a complete translated transcription of this trailer, which reveals a lot about the game. Make sure you read this, it is very detailed and interesting!

- Various The World Ends With You characters, including Neku, Joshua, Beat, Shiki and Rhyme, all appear

- Many past original Kingdom Hearts characters will appear in the game. Since this is a pretty big spoiler, we'll let you read the trailer impressions to find out who

- Famitsu.com posted their own impressions of the trailer and demo

- FF-Reunion posted their own impressions of the game's demo

- elwijf2012 also posted their own impressions of the game's demo & trailer

 

We hope you enjoyed Jump Festa 2012, and continue to visit KH13 for the best Kingdom Hearts news and coverage! Keep checking back, as the trailer will be released very soon, and keep discussing Kingdom Hearts 3D on our forum.

 

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Our coverage of Jump Festa 2012 has begun. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance appeared with a new trailer, playable demo, and new world announcement, This article will remain pinned at the top and contains links to all news from the event. Please discuss any news on our forum.

 

Jump Festa 2012 has concluded. We will continue to update when anything new from the event surfaces.

 

Summary (This contains links to collections of all news so far)

- Kingdom Hearts 3D to be released March 2012

- Kingdom Hearts 3D, Country of the Musketeers details

- Photos of Kingdom Hearts 3D at Jump Festa 2012

- Instructional Kingdom Hearts 3D images

- Impressions of KH3D, Jump Festa 2012 trailer & demo

 

Post event coverage

1:06PM EST: New photos of KH3D at Jump Festa 2012, from Famitsu.com

5:19AM EST: Better translation of Famitsu.com demo & trailer impressions

3:58AM EST: Four new photos from GAME Watch and 4Gamer.net

3:23AM EST: Jump Festa 2012 has concluded. However, stay tuned, as it is likely we'll see the trailer uploaded in the next day or two.

 

Day 2: Live event coverage

11:38PM EST: A new photo, with the trailer in the background

11:20PM EST: Another set of trailer & demo impressions from a Japanese blogger (Tron Legacy details & CGI scene details)

9:38PM EST: Much higher quality scan of Country of the Musketeers

8:15PM EST: Some interesting Tweets from ArikaMiz about the KH3D trailer & demo

1:01PM EST: Updated with FF-Reunion's impressions of the KH3D demo

7:30AM EST: More photos of KH3D at Jump Festa 2012

5:50AM EST: Added trailer impressions from Famitsu.com

5:25AM EST: Added new photos from Famitsu.com

3:38AM EST: Updated trailer impression to include more detail

 

Day 1: Live event coverage

11:21PM EST: A complete translation of the trailer

10:45PM EST: The trailer shows parts of the game's Opening, and Kairi/Naminé appear

10:01PM EST: The marks underneath Axel's eyes are gone

9:35PM EST: We have re-organized our news in a clear way. Please see the summary above, and the updated articles below.

9:18PM EST: Photos of Kingdom Hearts 3D at Jump Festa 2012

9:06PM EST: Kingdom Hearts 3D, Country of the Musketeers details

8:35PM EST: In the trailer, Xemnas is shown aggressively approaching Sora. Axel/Lea is shown near a castle

8:30PM EST: Instructional Kingdom Hearts 3D images

8:10PM EST: Tron Legacy world! Sora appears in a gliding, shooting game

8:01PM EST: Rhyme from TWEWY, and both Xion and Roxas appear in the trailer. Pete and Maleficent also appear.

7:36PM EST: Shiki from TWEWY appears & Terra-Xehanort is wearing an Organization cloak

7:29PM EST: Square Enix will be selling Dream Eater plushies

7:18PM EST: Impressions of Kingdom Hearts 3D, Jump Festa 2012 trailer (Axel, Terra-Xehanort and Vanitas appear!)

7:11PM EST: Kingdom Hearts 3D to be released March 2012

11:24AM EST: Kingdom Hearts 3D, Jump Festa 2012 trailer will be 8 minutes long

10:35AM EST: Kingdom Hearts 3D image showing touch screen functions

 

Some related news articles from before the event

The Three Musketeers world revealed for Kingdom Hearts 3D

Joshua and Beat in Kingdom Hearts 3D, Weekly Shōnen Jump article

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Japanese website launched (Update: Now with translations. There are 7 Keyholes in the Realm of Sleep.) (Update 2: The two coming soon sections are named "System" and "Extra".)

 

News about Jump Festa 2012 before the event

Jump Festa 2012 map revealed

Square Enix updates their Jump Festa 2012 website

Kingdom Hearts 3D at Jump Festa 2012, 220 tickets available

Kingdom Hearts 3D playable at Jump Festa 2012

Jump Festa 2012 date announced

_{Can't wait for this event (: Seems like we'll know a lot of things during it}

 

Come on, Jump Festa!

Loved what you did up there.

Come on, Atlantis or The Emperor's New Groove, or Treasure Planet!

I am very excited but I am concern about the availability of worlds. There may only be few and not too many. The story will just rotate around them. This is just one of my concerns. I hope I'm wrong. =/

Honestly, I am also worried about the availability of worlds, both Disney and Squre Enix. I kinda hope that they use some Final Fantasy worlds in there though, that would be sick and awesome

lets go need new news

I m really happy I just hope winne the pooh comes or somthing like that where u go into a book I wonder what he would use?

Awesome ! , can't wait for the news

I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT TO SEE THE WORLD OF BROTHER BEAR!

Come on, Atlantis or The Emperor's New Groove, or Treasure Planet!

 

All of them.

Very exciting indeed.

Whee!

I'm really excited. Maybe they drop another bomb about a KH game who knows.

Yeah worlds I would like to see... Treasure Planet... um all the ones with cool future or cool gadgets and stuff!

tutti frutti. I'm also looking forward to Atlantis and Treasure Planet. Or at the very least not a total recycle of the worlds from KH1 again. The only ones in the series that I've grown to like is 100 Acre Woods and Olympus Coliseum. But hopefully we will get a lot more information for KH3D. Definitely looking forward to the game. Maybe we will see more gameplay with Riku.

I screamed like a girl inside my head when I saw this topic's name!

Wow just 12 days for one epic (and probably the definitive) trailer!

I'm crossing my fingers to hear any news of a Kingdom Hearts 3D Special Nintendo 3DS Bundle... it's the last stop of tradeshows for this gem, so let's hope for it!

_{11 days, Yay!}

I am very excited but I am concern about the availability of worlds. There may only be few and not too many. The story will just rotate around them. This is just one of my concerns. I hope I'm wrong. =/

 

WOAH! Nice Sig! Where do you guys find these? I can't find any cool ones.

I can't read Jump Festa without thinking about Chuck Testa!

i hope to trailer is going to be awesome

i wonder if the demo is going to be good

i wonder if the demo is going to be good

 

Of course it is, it's a KH3D demo!

_{10 days to go}

WOAH! Nice Sig! Where do you guys find these? I can't find any cool ones.

 

I made the sig If you ever find one of those then it is probably a copy or me but different username.