Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] released in Japan on March 29, 2012. Our coverage of the game has begun. This news post will remain pinned at the top of the homepage, be regularly updated, and contain links to all images, videos and information surrounding the game. Spoiler warnings will be given when appropriate. Feel free to discuss Kingdom Hearts 3D on our forum. Click here to see a regularly-updated collection of Kingdom Hearts 3D videos.

4:25PM EST: A user has uploaded the live-stream of the Kingdom Hearts 3D ending to YouTube. You can see these below.

- Ending Part 1
- Ending Part 2

4:06PM EST: Secret boss time! One of the secret bosses for Kingdom Hearts 3D has been confirmed with a video. We don't want to spoil you, so

. We will tell you that this secret boss is, in fact, a Disney character.

3:40PM EST: Over the last day, we've received a lot of videos showing the ending of the game. Don't worry, we won't spoil you here-- however, if you want to be spoiled, then we've compiled some links for you. Our collection of Kingdom Hearts 3D videos has been updated with all available videos. Or, if you prefer, use the links below:

Complete parts:
- Part 1
- Part 2 (also embedded below)

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The last cutscenes from the ending are still missing, however, if you check back later then they'll probably be up. We also plan to start English subtitling cutscenes over the next couple of days, so stay tuned.

1:20PM EST: Earlier, a Japanese user on Nicovideo was live-streaming Kingdom Hearts 3D. He has completely finished the game. The following is a recording of his playthrough, starting from midway through the last world, and continuing until the end of the game. Major spoilers.

Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] released in Japan yesterday, on March 29, 2012. Our coverage of the game has begun. This news post will remain pinned at the top of the homepage, be regularly updated, and contain links to all images, videos and information surrounding the game. Spoiler warnings will be given when appropriate. Feel free to discuss Kingdom Hearts 3D on our forum. Click here to see a regularly-updated collection of Kingdom Hearts 3D videos.

10:00AM EST: Earlier, a Japanese user on Nicovideo was live-streaming Kingdom Hearts 3D. He has completed the first half of the last world. You can see a recording of this stream below.

3:39AM EST: Earlier, a Japanese user on Nicovideo was live-streaming Kingdom Hearts 3D. He completed the Fantasia world, Symphony of Sorcery, and did the first part of the last world. You can see a recording of this stream below.

3:21AM EST: SQEX.INFO have uploaded many scans of the Kingdom Hearts 3D article in the March 29, 2012 issue of Famitsu Weekly, provided by Sal from Gematsu. You can see these scans below.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/4letdnIwGuk?wmode=transparent&modestbranding=1&rel=0&cc_load_policy=1

12:36PM EST: apaulliao is currently live-streaming the game, and is up to Prankster's Paradise. You can watch this below. This stream is now over. We have added the recording of it to our list of Kingdom Hearts 3D videos.

Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] released in Japan yesterday, and since then, we've have received a lot of information, images and videos. Understandably, it's difficult to keep up with everything. Due to this, we've created this news post in order to summarize everything we've gotten so far.

Videos

We have created a topic on our forum that collects together all videos of the game. You can click here to see it.

So far, this collection of videos contains:
- The opening
- Traverse Town
- La Cité des Cloches
- The Grid

Other information

- The ending of Kingdom Hearts 3D is explained in detail, here. MAJOR SPOILERS.

- The complete track list for the Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance Original Soundtrack was revealed. Also, many of the songs were have samples released. Click here to see the list, and listen to all available samples.

Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] released in Japan today, on March 29, 2012. Our coverage of the game has begun. This news post will remain pinned at the top of the homepage, be regularly updated, and contain links to all images, videos and information surrounding the game. Spoiler warnings will be given when appropriate. Feel free to discuss Kingdom Hearts 3D on our forum.

11:09AM EST: Square Enix Members Europe have published a blog post showing off high-quality images from the opening of Kingdom Hearts 3D. You can see these screenshots below.

3:26AM EST: A post on 2ch has possibly revealed the ending of the game. While we don't yet know if this is legit or not, a user on Tumblr has translated the post entirely. You can click the link to see it, but remember that this is not yet confirmed. Also remember that since this explains the game's ending, it obviously has spoilers.

2:33AM EST: Square Enix have updated their official website for the Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance Original Soundtrack. This update reveals that Disc 1 (of the 3-disc soundtrack) will contain 16 tracks, and also gives the names of these tracks. You can see them below. Many of the tracks have audio samples to listen to, so please check it out.

1. Dearly Beloved (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/kh/3d/sound/disc1/track1.mp3)
2. Storm Driver (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/kh/3d/sound/disc1/track2.mp3)
3. TWISTER -KINGDOM MIX- (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/kh/3d/sound/disc1/track3.mp3)
4. Traverse in Trance
5. Hand to Hand
6. Dream Eaters
7. CALLING -KINGDOM MIX- (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/kh/3d/sound/disc1/track7.mp3)
8. UNTAMABLE (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/kh/3d/sound/disc1/track8.mp3)
9. SOMEDAY -KINGDOM MIX- (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/kh/3d/sound/disc1/track9.mp3)
10. The World of Dream Drops
11. Le Sanctuaire
12. La Cloche
13. Sweet Spirits♥
14. Majestic Wings (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/kh/3d/sound/disc1/track14.mp3)
15. Ever After
16. Wild Blue (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/kh/3d/sound/disc1/track16.mp3)

1:41AM EST: Major spoilers with this update! A Japanese website has been updated with various information supplied by Dream World Navigation. This includes a list of worlds, a list of boss battles in the game, and the revelation that Critical Mode is unlocked after beating Proud Mode. Click the link below if you don't mind spoilers. Thanks to keytotheheart from KH13 for the topic.

Some KH3D spoilers/lists: Worlds, bosses & Keyblades

1:29AM EST: A user from 2ch has uploaded many photos of the Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary 3D+Days+Re:coded Box. You can see these photos below.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/4letdnIwGuk?wmode=transparent&modestbranding=1&rel=0&cc_load_policy=1

9:40AM EST: At the current time of writing, apaulliao from TwitchTV is live-streaming Kingdom Hearts 3D. This is the first live-stream of the game, so make sure you give it a watch while you can! You can watch this livestream below.

[removed due to the live-stream being over]

Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] is releasing tomorrow in Japan. Our coverage of the game begins now. This news post will remain pinned at the top of the homepage, be regularly updated, and contain links to all images, videos and information surrounding the game. Spoiler warnings will be given when appropriate. Feel free to discuss Kingdom Hearts 3D on our forum.

7:57AM EST: The first image of somebody playing Kingdom Hearts 3D has appeared online, from an unknown source. Thanks to Sora- from KH13 for posting the image on our forum, you can see this below.

8:32AM EST: Our first images of the box containing the Kingdom Hearts 3D Nintendo 3DS bundle have appeared online, thanks to an auction listing on Yahoo. You can see these below.

6:47AM EST: While Kingdom Hearts 3D has not yet been officially released in Japan, there have been some reports of people purchasing the game early. One 2ch user has uploaded a photo of the game on their desk, showing that there have been early sales, and implying that we'll probably start seeing some videos very soon. Be excited!

I have a feeling that while the secret ending will lead to KhIII directly, the next game won't be kingdom hearts III itself but rather something based on Sora's Journey, maybe even become a Keyblade master in the mean time. Hopefully they'll show more of saving Xion and the others, leaving Aqua, Ven and Terra for Kh III if they must.

btw sora doesn't have darkness in his heart

 

Yeah he does, those are the Princesses of Hearts you are thinking of. Squall (Leon) even says that there is darkness within every heart. Sora also states in KHII something along the lines of maybe the darkness is inside me. And in 3D there are scenes where Sora is almost taken by darkness. Ventus on the otherhand didn't have darkness in his heart when his heart was seperated into him and Vanitas but it has darkness in it again since Vanitas and Ventus joined together again I believe at the end of BBS.

 

Zack getting a bigger role would be, seeing any of that would be pretty awesome, really! But it's hard to say how Nomura will handle the Final Fantasy cast in the future... Especially now that we've been introduced to characters from another series of his. o.o

 

Well I think Zack might get a larger role due to the popularity of Crisis Core which was the highest selling PSP title for a bit. But I'm going to take a hunch and say Lightning from FFXIII or Nox will be in it due to him previously working on FFXIII Versus and he stated that he will use unused story ideas and game mechanics from that game for Kingdom Hearts. I think Star Ocean might be a good title to add if we are just going by Square Enix. Dragon Quest would stick more to old school tradition but I can't see many of those characters working in that universe. For comedy purposes Barrett would be a good choice. I also think The Warrior of Light would be a great choice story wise. Sephiroth and Cloud's relationship could be built upon. And Chaos the main antagonist of the first Final Fantasy would be a great villian to have as the orchestrator of everything.

Yeah he does, those are the Princesses of Hearts you are thinking of. Squall (Leon) even says that there is darkness within every heart. Sora also states in KHII something along the lines of maybe the darkness is inside me. And in 3D there are scenes where Sora is almost taken by darkness. Ventus on the otherhand didn't have darkness in his heart when his heart was seperated into him and Vanitas but it has darkness in it again since Vanitas and Ventus joined together again I believe at the end of BBS.

 

then how did he open the door to light?

I have a feeling that while the secret ending will lead to KhIII directly, the next game won't be kingdom hearts III itself but rather something based on Sora's Journey, maybe even become a Keyblade master in the mean time. Hopefully they'll show more of saving Xion and the others, leaving Aqua, Ven and Terra for Kh III if they must.

 

I kind of agree with this because at the end of KHII and KHII FInal Mix we got Birth by Sleep secret endings yet, 358/2 Days and Coded came out before it.

 

then how did he open the door to light?

 

Kairi's letter opened the door to light in the second game. Kairi has no darkness in her heart but remember Sora and Riku were trapped in the World of Darkness until they got her letter.

I kind of agree with this because at the end of KHII and KHII FInal Mix we got Birth by Sleep secret endings yet, 358/2 Days and Coded came out before it.

 

 

Kairi's letter opened the door to light in the second game. Kairi has no darkness in her heart but remember Sora and Riku were trapped in the World of Darkness until they got her letter.

 

but the voiceover (who ever that is) said sora is the only person who can open the door to light

but the voiceover (who ever that is) said sora is the only person who can open the door to light

 

He just said open the door, he didn't say door to light though. He said, "You're the only one who can open the door." as Sora was being swallowed up by that black ooze stuff. It probably refered to the Door to Darkness within Kingdom Hearts in the first game since the Door to Light wasn't shown. Or it could be refering to something in the future. But eh time will tell.

Well I think Zack might get a larger role due to the popularity of Crisis Core which was the highest selling PSP title for a bit. But I'm going to take a hunch and say Lightning from FFXIII or Nox will be in it due to him previously working on FFXIII Versus and he stated that he will use unused story ideas and game mechanics from that game for Kingdom Hearts. I think Star Ocean might be a good title to add if we are just going by Square Enix. Dragon Quest would stick more to old school tradition but I can't see many of those characters working in that universe. For comedy purposes Barrett would be a good choice. I also think The Warrior of Light would be a great choice story wise. Sephiroth and Cloud's relationship could be built upon. And Chaos the main antagonist of the first Final Fantasy would be a great villian to have as the orchestrator of everything.

 

Hmm... but now we have to make sure it's at least subtle, like in Kingdom Hearts II, there is clearly a story going on between Tifa, Sephiroth and Cloud, but it's not looked into very much, and kept very subtle until you fight Sephiroth yourself, because Kingdom Heart's main plot is generally the player's main concern, so they can't pack too much Final Fantasy/Star Ocean awesome into one KH game.. though I can see them continuing to expand on the cameo/ side story stuff in future titles!

Hmm... but now we have to make sure it's at least subtle, like in Kingdom Hearts II, there is clearly a story going on between Tifa, Sephiroth and Cloud, but it's not looked into very much, and kept very subtle until you fight Sephiroth yourself, because Kingdom Heart's main plot is generally the player's main concern, so they can't pack too much Final Fantasy/Star Ocean awesome into one KH game.. though I can see them continuing to expand on the cameo/ side story stuff in future titles!

 

I think they need to focus more on Square Enix titles now actually. I love the Disney Worlds but the story lines for the original movies have all pretty much been used. And they are running out of worlds of well known Disney movies to use. Almost all the classic Disney movies have been used and taken through all their movies. Unless you want to do Lion King 2 or Nightmare Before Christmas Oogie's Revenge. And we definitly can't go by Disney now except maybe Tangled. Who really wants a Good Luck Charlie world? I think they might need to expand on Square Enix's titles for new worlds as a lot of the Disney worlds have been used and they are running out of well known movies to use and part of the popularity of Kingdom Hearts was their use of well known movies. But who knows, they could create new stories for past Disney movies or something. Just NO. MORE. AGRAHBA.

He just said open the door, he didn't say door to light though. He said, "You're the only one who can open the door." as Sora was being swallowed up by that black ooze stuff. It probably refered to the Door to Darkness within Kingdom Hearts in the first game since the Door to Light wasn't shown. Or it could be refering to something in the future. But eh time will tell.

 

"Sora is told multiple times throughout the first Kingdom Hearts that he will open the door to the light, by the mysterious voice"

http://forums.khinsider.com/future-kingdom-hearts/138289-you-one-who-will-open-door-light.html

http://kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/Light

sora is the one who will open the door to light.

Would be nice if they went back to their Jungle Book idea, and Tangled and The Princess and the Frog worlds would be absolutely wonderful if you ask me! What about Robin hood? Hmmm, Nomura did say he would consider Pixar movies, but he didn't really say much past that. Though, I do recall someone finding Woody and Buzz models from Kingdom Hearts II's garbage files, so they at least had some sort of plans to throw in Toy Story..

"Sora is told multiple times throughout the first Kingdom Hearts that he will open the door to the light, by the mysterious voice"

http://forums.khinsi...door-light.html

http://kingdomhearts....com/wiki/Light

sora is the one who will open the door to light.

 

go to 4:06 it says You're the One Who Will open the door"

 

Would be nice if they went back to their Jungle Book idea, and Tangled and The Princess and the Frog worlds would be absolutely wonderful if you ask me! What about Robin hood? Hmmm, Nomura did say he would consider Pixar movies, but he didn't really say much past that. Though, I do recall someone finding Woody and Buzz models from Kingdom Hearts II's garbage files, so they at least had some sort of plans to throw in Toy Story..

 

Jungle book was also a world in the coding of BBS. So you might be right. I think he will make new stories for Disney Worlds because Ursula is a boss in Destiny Islands in 3D and who the heck knows how she got there.

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1utJDDb_IQ

go to 4:06 it says You're the One Who Will open the door"

 

at the end of kingdom hearts 1 when he was running on the road.

at the end of kingdom hearts 1 when he was running on the road.

 

I can't go my a forum thread but if you send me a video I'll check it out. You might be right man just hit me up with the URL.

Jungle book was also a world in the coding of BBS. So you might be right. I think he will make new stories for Disney Worlds because Ursula is a boss in Destiny Islands in 3D and who the heck knows how she got there.

 

Bah, I'm sure she was just a dream image of some sort, I mean, she is really random for the very first boss you fight but, the only explanation I have for her is that.. she's just another piece of the nightmare they start out on..

I don't know, the whole intro played out like a dream and nightmare, so seeing Ursula pop up suddenly is kind of fitting in that context...

plus I kinda of enjoyed her silly expressions in that battle.

by a-

 

Bah, I'm sure she was just a dream image of some sort, I mean, she is really random for the very first boss you fight but, the only explanation I have for her is that.. she's just another piece of the nightmare they start out on..

I don't know, the whole intro played out like a dream and nightmare, so seeing Ursula pop up suddenly is kind of fitting in that context...

plus I kinda of enjoyed her silly expressions in that battle.

 

Haha Ursula always just seems like an evil grandmother to me. I think its real because they don't enter the Realm of Sleep until Traverse Town I believe. Destiny Islands picks up from where Blank Points left off I believe. But Ursula did manage to go to Hollow Bastion so she might still be able to teleport to worlds. Idk this whole new game is confusing as anything.

 

At the end of the game

YenSid: Yo Riku, you're a keyblade master

Sora: Dude that's awesome

Sora's head: " Gawd dammit! >http://kh13.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/smiley-neutral.png"

 

lea has a keyblade. lea has a keyblade. oh and what did they do exactly, nothing else has changed

I can't go my a forum thread but if you send me a video I'll check it out. You might be right man just hit me up with the URL.

 

i don't know how to add a video on here so i just put the URL to the video

lea has a keyblade. lea has a keyblade. oh and what did they do exactly, nothing else has changed

 

Well I meant confusing in how the plot works exactly, there seems to be a lot of plot holes and things that go unexplained. But I won't know until a translation.

 

 

At the end of the game

YenSid: Yo Riku, you're a keyblade master

Sora: Dude that's awesome

Sora's head: " Gawd dammit! > http://kh13.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/smiley-neutral.png"

 

 

^ Actual Dialogue

They decided to add hip dialect to make them appeal to young people.

 

i don't know how to add a video on here so i just put the URL to the video

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRvZpGwWKoc

 

Alright man you're right I didn't remember that. I forgot about KH's Secret Ending. Then I'm not sure exactly because there are multiple instances when Sora shows darkness in his heart. He also has Vanitas in him and he is almost overtaken by Darkness in 3DDD so couldn't tell ya.

Well I meant confusing in how the plot works exactly, there seems to be a lot of plot holes and things that go unexplained. But I won't know until a translation.

 

 

^ Actual Dialogue

They decided to add hip dialect to make them appeal to young people.

 

 

Alright man you're right I didn't remember that. I forgot about KH's Secret Ending. Then I'm not sure exactly because there are multiple instances when Sora shows darkness in his heart. He also has Vanitas in him and he is almost overtaken by Darkness in 3DDD so couldn't tell ya.

 

and plus they said the kingdom hearts dream drop distance happens right after kingdom hearts 2 which sora have just open the door to the light.

I hope the secret ending explains how xehanort remade the org in his image.

Like I said 3DDD seems to have a lot of plot holes and stuff but I haven't seen the game translated so I couldn't tell you. But if I know Nomora he isn't going to let us down.

Like I said 3DDD seems to have a lot of plot holes and stuff but I haven't seen the game translated so I couldn't tell you. But if I know Nomora he isn't going to let us down.

 

yea and to me i think everyone from square-enix have completely forgotten about what that and this secret ending too. also to me i think they waited too long to make a kingdom hearts games because kingdom hearts 1 (2002) and it took them 3 or 4 years to make kingdom hearts2(2005 or 2006) then it took them another 2 or 3 years to remake kingdom hearts 1.5 or chain of membories to be on the PS2 (2008) etc...

so MX use sora's pride against him?

 

No, that's not what I meant. I meant during Terra's original exam at the beginning of the game. The blast of darkness from his hand? Not his. That was Xehanort.

even yen sid was suprised by lea having a keyblade ha