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!

Spoil me silly DC my body is ready

Spoilers yes! Yes! Yes! Show me the good stuff @o@

Don't worry, he's only got to the mid-way point of Notre-Dame, and that's take him about 3-5 hours worth of play. It's not as bad as it seems

 

I have a friend who through in entire game 35 hours in less than three days. o.o. I mean technically you can go through in an entire game of that length in less than two days...if you don't care about sleeping (or eating or socializing or studying or taking a shower or reading a book or really anything...) and all and can beat every boss on the first try

Edited March 27, 201213 yr by Spiney

Um... folks? Is this the OPENING?!?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylMllKDAz0I

I have a friend who through in entire game 35 hours in less than three days. o.o. I mean technically you can go through in an entire game of that length in less than two days...if you don't care about sleeping (or eating or socializing or studying or taking a shower or reading a book or really anything...) and all and can beat every boss on the first try

 

It's not that hard if you play through Beginner mode c:

Spoil me silly DC my body is ready

 

Mine is too.

Um... folks? Is this the OPENING?!?

 

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylMllKDAz0I

 

It looks legit but there's a part around 2:40 where you see a weird outline, like it's from the projection from that event

Um... folks? Is this the OPENING?!?

 

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylMllKDAz0I

 

not the "official" no that was just footage shown at the KH event...but technically yes...it is but it's not from the game...itself...yet? Yeah, I think I explained that well.

Edited March 27, 201213 yr by Spiney

No! Look, you can clearly see that it's from the premiere event and the version of Passion isn't the KH2 opening version, but the single version. Sorry, it's fake, it's also off-sync.

 

Opening theme is weird

It's not that hard if you play through Beginner mode c:

 

Yeah! Totally, totally easy in beginner mode, I never died while playing mode in KH2...hahahaha....*shifty eyes*

 

Disambiguation between comments: the first line is my reply to Nikolasvanitas while the following two lines were originally meant to be a reply to axel_lea_lives_on's comment about the CGI faces; he replied to the latter, right above this reply of mine. Whew!

The name of the Hunchback keyblade is Guardian Bell. Please put that on the list, I'll give you a source now.

 

Whoops. I'm sorry, but... bear with me, I'm constantly pressing F5 on the "results for Kingdom Hearts 3D - ordered by date" page of Youtube.

Yeah! Totally, totally easy in beginner mode, I never died while playing mode in KH2...hahahaha....*shifty eyes*

 

Lmfao! I can imagine Xaldin still kicking my butt in beginner mode though...I'm sure he beat me in the double digits on normal haha

Wow, Square-Enix blocked that quickly after it was posted here. (it was uploaded on the 27th though) It's almost as though they're watching these forums and KHInsider right now ._.

Wow, Square-Enix blocked that quickly after it was posted here. (it was uploaded on the 27th though) It's almost as though they're watching these forums and KHInsider right now ._.

 

If they're smart they have employees they pay for them to do that

Wow, Square-Enix blocked that quickly after it was posted here. (it was uploaded on the 27th though) It's almost as though they're watching these forums and KHInsider right now ._.

 

What are you talking about? Blocked and deleted what? A video? Please tell me!

 

NEVER MIND! That was fanmade though, the only real thing is that it used parts of the opening. The real opening wouldn't use a single version or be off-sync like that and have a projector. Really?

Edited March 27, 201213 yr by keytotheheart

If they're smart they have employees they pay for them to do that

 

Yeah, they may do, but they'd most likely be from the Japanese branch of Square-Enix because it's the Japanese version of the game if they did. So I'd find it extremely weird (and hilarious) if they were lurking English Kingdom Hearts forums

 

What are you talking about? Blocked and deleted what? A video? Please tell me!

 

The opening video quoted above. It wasn't a direct feed off of a 3DS of it, just most of the parts shown from the opening from events and conbined to make one video with Hikari playing. Square-Enix blocked it on copyright grounds a few minutes after it was posted on here and a KHInsider thread.

Edited March 27, 201213 yr by Tsunamo

Yeah, they may do, but they'd most likely be from the Japanese branch of Square-Enix because it's the Japanese version of the game if they did. So I'd find it extremely weird (and hilarious) if they were lurking English Kingdom Hearts forums

 

THE VIDEO IS FAKE!

Yeah. But they still blocked it on copyright grounds, lol.

Edited March 27, 201213 yr by Tsunamo

http://kyokugen.info/kingdom-hearts3d/

 

Anyone gonna translate this site? It has every world and its story, plus a walkthrough, maps, items, and names of the keyblades. It's in Japanese and its been getting updated since earlier today. The world he's on now is Prankster's Paradise. I'm not kidding!

 

EDIT: Never mind, for some reason the font's got messed up and the site got messed up! Sorry about that!

Edited March 27, 201213 yr by keytotheheart

Hoe many worlds have on the game?/ Some one can tell me?

Hoe many worlds have on the game?/ Some one can tell me?

 

No one's managed to get that far yet, we should probably find out within a day or two though.

Edited March 27, 201213 yr by Tsunamo

http://kyokugen.info/kingdom-hearts3d/

 

Anyone gonna translate this site? It has every world and its story, plus a walkthrough, maps, items, and names of the keyblades. It's in Japanese and its been getting updated since earlier today. The world he's on now is Prankster's Paradise. I'm not kidding!

Tried it on Google Translate; it failed. Granted, Google Translate isn't exactly the best resource out there but oh well Anyone got anything better yet?