Rumors and rumblings have been going around here that the HD Remixes were headed to the Switch, and now we have some decent confirmation courtesy of Famitsu. No HD Remixes. Instead, the Switch is getting a brand new game titled Kingdom Hearts -1 Another Dive, while the first original Kingdom Hearts is getting ported to the New 3DS, simply titled Kingdom Hearts 3D Remix.
Scans here:
Proper translations will be going up on KH13 in a couple of hours, but until then you guys will have to make do with my friend's (and mine!) shoddy Japanese.
Kingdom Hearts 3D ReMIX
A port of the original Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, headed to the New Nintendo 3DS (won't work on first gen 3DS's, obviously). And....that's about it.
New control configuration - the command menu for instance is getting moved to the touch screen while the upper menu displays just the "Fight" command and reaction commands like Open and Sonic Rave. UI's been redesigned a bit to accomodate the smaller screen.
That's....really about it lol. They mention the 15th Anniversary, so I guess this is a part of that thing.
I noticed the Gummi Ship only displays the HP gauge. Work in progress likely.
Playing as Riku? Either a non-canon Riku mode is being added just for fun, or it's a side-story. Likely the former as they state no new story content is gonna be in this.
Release date is Q4 2017, so I'm guessing this december.
Kingdom Hearts -1 Another Dive
Brand new game for the Switch. It uses the KH2 engine but with some sort of enhanced graphical thingy going on.
I don't even know what the f*** is going on here lol. Best as I can see, it's a reimagining - a "what if" story that plays out as if Riku got the keyblade as intended, and he's the one going on a Journey instead of Sora. You can see the iconic scene where Goofy and Donald land on him play out. There's also a guy in a black coat, because of course's there's a f***ing guy in a black coat. It's canon though, so.... I mean, they already did time travel. Why stop at making it even more incomprehensible with parallel universes!
Combat system uses deck commands, but it's a bit different. Rather than each command having a cooldown, they have a cost. When you attack, you build up a gauge that adds numbers - when you have enough, you can let loose a command. So, I guess something like Unchained X's system merged with deck commands.
There's a "Speed gauge" going around the HP bar, like the old MP gauge. It's got something to do with Free Flow (Flowmotion). Basically, the longer you stay in Free Flow, the more the gauge builds, and the more it builds the more powerful your Free Flow attack.
You can change Keyblades on the fly via a sub-menu (via D-buttons like in FF15). I'm guessing this means each Keyblade has unique combos, otherwise this is kind of pointless.
You can charge normal attacks by holding down the attack button. There's a gauge below the attack command that I think serves as an indicator for this.
OMG GUYS!! A friend alerted me to a post on Gamefaqs that KH Will be for Nintendo Switch and the 3DS!!
See article here
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Rumors and rumblings have been going around here that the HD Remixes were headed to the Switch, and now we have some decent confirmation courtesy of Famitsu. No HD Remixes. Instead, the Switch is getting a brand new game titled Kingdom Hearts -1 Another Dive, while the first original Kingdom Hearts is getting ported to the New 3DS, simply titled Kingdom Hearts 3D Remix.



Scans here:
Proper translations will be going up on KH13 in a couple of hours, but until then you guys will have to make do with my friend's (and mine!) shoddy Japanese.
Kingdom Hearts 3D ReMIX
Kingdom Hearts -1 Another Dive
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