Update 2: We've updated the bottom of the article with all screenshots and character boxes that appear in the game sub-sections of the portal. Enjoy.

 

Update 1: The translation below has been updated with a complete translation of the website's "about" section. This reveals that as of March 31, 2011, the Kingdom Hearts series had sold 17 million copies worldwide.

 

Square Enix's official portal website for the Kingdom Hearts series has been completely redesigned. The portal website links to all the Kingdom Hearts games' official Japanese websites, including Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, with each game having a new, pretty button to go along with it. You can see these below, in our gallery.

 

 

Two new pages have been added to the Kingdom Hearts portal website: An about page, and a chronology page. A characters page and a glossary page are said to be coming soon. Translations can be seen below, thanks to sqexgal and goldpanner.

 

 

A translation of the about page, as well as an alternate translation of the chronology page, is also below in text format, thanks to Oishii from KH13, goldpanner and the KH13 Translation Project.

 

About

 

Kingdom Hearts is series of role-playing games born from Disney and Square Enix’s dream of appearing in a work together. Since the first title ‘Kingdom Hearts’ (released on PlayStation 2) went on sale in March 2002, it has been a popular series, with six titles released so far, and a cumulative total of over 17 million copies shipped worldwide (current as of 31 March 2011).

 

It is the story of those who wield the legendary weapon known as the ‘Keyblade’, and their friends, as they adventure through various Disney worlds, experiencing new hellos and goodbyes, and growing along the way.

 

With the universal themes of darkness and light and the heart serving as the axis, a story with many hidden mysteries unfolds.

 

Countless numbers of charming and fascinating personalities appear, chiefly from a range of Disney works, and also including Final Fantasy and original Kingdom Hearts characters.

 

Also, the battle, enjoyed through simple button input, is innundatingly refreshing and exhilarating, and throughout the series has received a favourable reputation.

 

Chronology

 

Keyblade War

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep begins

- Terra, Ventus, and Aqua travel to other worlds to search for the cause of a strange phenomenon

- At battle’s end, Terra, Ventus, and Aqua disappear from the realm of light.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep finishes

Kingdom Hearts begins

- Sora wakes up a Keyblade wielder. Sora, Riku, and Kairi are separated.

- Sora, Donald, and Goofy meet, and set off to search for Kairi, Riku, and the King.

- Sora and Kairi reunite, but Sora temporarily becomes a heartless.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days begins

- Roxas is born. He becomes No. 13 in Organization XIII.

- Together, Sora and his friends battle and win against Ansem.

- Sora, Donald and Goofy are finally reunited with Riku and the King. However, to close the door to darkness, the two stay in the realm of darkness.

- Sora, Donald, and Goofy once again set off to find Riku and the King.

Kingdom Hearts finishes

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories begins

- Sora, Donald, and Goofy arrive at Castle Oblivion.

- Riku arrives at Castle Oblivion.

- Sora and Riku each fight the Organization XIII members in Castle Oblivion, and triumph.

- To regain the memories that they lost, Sora, Donald, and Goofy fall asleep inside pods. To fight against the darkness inside him, Riku sets off together with the king.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories finishes

- Roxas abandons Organization XIII, and is captured by DIZ.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days finishes

Kingdom Hearts II begins

- After having a 7 day vacation, Roxas falls asleep.

- Sora, Donald, and Goofy wake up from their sleep, and once more venture off.

- Sora, Donald, and Goofy are once again reunited with Riku and the King.

- Sora and his friends face off with Organization XIII in one final battle, and win.

Kingdom Hearts II finishes

Kingdom Hearts coded begins

- The King, Donald, and Goofy perform and analysis on the strange occurence in Jimminy’s Journal.

- A letter arrives to Sora from the King.

Kingdom Hearts coded finishes

Kingdom Hearts 3D begins

- To be continued.

 

Lastly, the portal contains a sub-section for each game in the Kingdom Hearts series. These sections contain a brief summary of the game (basically what you'd find on the back of the game box), and also some neat screenshots and character boxes. You can see these below, in our gallery.

 

 

Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Kingdom Hearts

 

 

Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Kingdom Hearts Final Mix

 

 

Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Chain of Memories

 

 

Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Kingdom Hearts II

 

 

Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+

 

 

Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → coded

 

 

Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → 358/2 Days

 

 

Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Birth by Sleep

 

 

 

Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Re:coded

 

 

Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Birth by Sleep Final Mix

Cool, looks awesome. I hope the American website gets a redesign as well soon.

 

But wait... what's that empty slot next to KH3D for? *strokes chin*

Cool, looks awesome. I hope the American website gets a redesign as well soon.

 

But wait... what's that empty slot next to KH3D for? *strokes chin*

 

I need to get my head out of the gutter : I saw "strokes" and well you can put it together from there.

 

@Topic- this explains that thread in the Translation Projects. I saw that first and I was kind of confused. This is awesome!

I was gonna post this, but I'm always 10 minutes too late

 

 

 

Cool, looks awesome. I hope the American website gets a redesign as well soon.

 

But wait... what's that empty slot next to KH3D for? *strokes chin*

 

There are 11 games, so no matter how they arranged the boxes there would always be at least one empty slot, unless they just put all 11 in a row. I'm sure it doesn't mean anything. But it'll be a good spot for KH3D FM KH3 in the future.

Spiffy. owo<3

It looks so smexy! I WANT TO MAKE BABIES WITH IT. Y U NO FIT INTO COMPUTA PINGAS!

cool i wish they would update the american portal site they still dont even have Re:coded sites on there oh well still looks great and can't wait for more info on Dream Drop Distance

Wow. Who knew you could sum up all of the games that easily.

I love the timeline it is more accurate and sensible than other ones, *cough* zelda *cough*..

OH yeeeeah the american portal site has been two things,outdated,and FORGOTTEN about! but hurray for the japanese portal site! ya know its strangely easy to wait for KH3D when you keep yourself occupied with something you love to do!

 

KH SUPER FAN:TRAITOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you were a REAL KH fan you would be anxiously waiting sweating your pants off!

 

Me:Uh I am on the inside... but there isn't anything I can do to speed up time so I might as well TRY to keep calm and wait until it comes out in about two months!

 

lol I dunno why I threw that in there I just thought it would be funny!

I was gonna post this, but I'm always 10 minutes too late

 

Ha ha. To be honest it takes probably twice the time for us to write these than for you guys to find news and post it.

Too bad the US portal site is never as good. Not even like 1/5.

this looks really nice ,its great for people who are curious about the timeline,in the end it feels really simple compared to other jrpgs

Sora's smile on the ReCoded portal looks adorable. happy child

 

but anyways back on topic i like the improvements. as for the american portal being updated: ...*sarcastic laugh*

although its quite alright because its not like it was even used.

 

But wait... what's that empty slot next to KH3D for? *strokes chin*

 

Kingdom Hearts III? 8D

There are 11 games, so no matter how they arranged the boxes there would always be at least one empty slot, unless they just put all 11 in a row. I'm sure it doesn't mean anything. But it'll be a good spot for KH3D FM KH3 in the future.

 

Another way they could have arranged it is to have all the games in two columns, and then have KH3D in the middle underneath the last two games or something, but eh. I would suppose, since they left that spot so obviously open, there's something else KH-related coming this year. Since they include remakes... Perhaps them HD remakes?

Another way they could have arranged it is to have all the games in two columns, and then have KH3D in the middle underneath the last two games or something, but eh. I would suppose, since they left that spot so obviously open, there's something else KH-related coming this year. Since they include remakes... Perhaps them HD remakes?

 

HD remakes please!!!!

Funny how they put organisation instead of Organization

 

:DKH

Funny how they put organisation instead of Organization

 

:DKH

 

Spelling mistake I guess.

 

 

Another way they could have arranged it is to have all the games in two columns, and then have KH3D in the middle underneath the last two games or something, but eh. I would suppose, since they left that spot so obviously open, there's something else KH-related coming this year. Since they include remakes... Perhaps them HD remakes?

 

Or it could DDD Final Mix or... BBSV2 http://kh13.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.png