Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012 (E3 2012) is a major gaming event in Los Angeles, starting on June 5, 2012 and ending on June 7. Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] is confirmed to appear at this event, along with the E3 2012 trailer, and most likely a playable English demo and other English footage. Our staff member Oishii will be attending the event and providing exclusive coverage, so please look forward to what she brings us. Lastly, there will be various livestreams of press conferences at the event. You can see the details regarding this below.

Post-E3

2:00PM PST: GameTrailers have updated with two videos for Kingdom Hearts 3D at E3 2012-- a video of the demo, and an interview with Tai Yasue. You can see both of these below, thanks to Terranort9406 from KH13 for the find.

10:30AM PST: Kotaku have conducted an interview with Tai Yasue. You can read this interview below.

Longtime Kingdom Hearts veteran and co-director of the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Tai Yasue told me at E3 this week that he'd love to take Sora and Riku through the wonderful worlds of Pixar's films. As a collaborative project between Square Enix and Pixar parent company Disney, Kingdom Hearts could definitely find its way into a setting like Wall-E or Cars.

 

"Personally—and this isn't an announcement—I would really love to do a Pixar world," Yasue told me. "A lot of us do."

"Any particular favorite Pixar world?" I asked. His answer: Toy Story.

12:00AM PST:Nintendo North America has conducted an interview with Tai Yasue, the co-director of Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance], you can see this here. You can alternatively watch it below.

Day 3 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)

10:03PM PST: Thanks to RPGamerdotcom we now have more footage of Kingdom Hearts 3D's demo at E3. This video is over ten minutes in length and is in 1080p! Do yourself a favour and watch it now!

11:00AM PST: Square Enix Europe have conducted a video interview with Tai Yasue, the co-director of the Kingdom Hearts series, regarding Kingdom Hearts 3D. You can watch this below.

12:31AM PST: Kingdom Hearts 3D's English version will have a "helpful" change after all. The change will fix the problem which occurs when you drop between characters in the middle of a boss battle. In the Japanese version when you return to a boss battle from a drop the boss's health would be completely restored while yours will remain how it was when you dropped. Co-Director, Tai Yasue has told Siliconera that the English version will have this problem fixed. Siliconera says that they will have a longer interview with Yasue post-E3.

Day 2 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)

6:45PM PST: Kingdom Hearts 3D appeared in Nintendo's Nintendo 3DS Software Showcase with a small talk and new trailer. This trailer is currently downloadable from the Nintendo 3DS eShop in North America, and can also be seen below. The talk re-confirms that a demo will be available on the eShop "soon".

2:00PM PST: IGN have finished talking to Tai Yasue, the co-director of the Kingdom Hearts series, concerning Kingdom Hearts 3D. You can watch a recording of this below. The following quote was particularly interesting:

[Kingdom Hearts 3D] sort of shows a glimpse of the future, I guess. And it ends, I guess, the next one will be, definitely I think Kingdom Hearts III. So, it really precludes Kingdom Hearts III, the console version we're thinking about.

9:34AM PST: Oishii has provided us with even more photos of the event. In particular, this shows that the Meow Wow plush toy will be available during August 2012 for US$34.99.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/qVS5nQOweZE

7:30PM PST: Oishii has managed to snap some more photos. You can see these below.

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3:35PM PST: Oishii has managed to snap many photos and videos for you, straight from the event! You can see these below.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/P3oJd35eIi8?wmode=transparent&rel=0&cc_load_policy=1

9:08AM PST: Square Enix have released a press kit containing many screenshots of Kingdom Hearts 3D for E3 2012.

Day 0 (Monday, June 4, 2012)

6:32PM PST: Square Enix Europe have provided a look at the Kingdom Hearts 3D display on the show floor!

12:30PM PST: Firstly... Oishii's media pass for E3 2012!

Man can't wait for 3D! But about the Pixar movies idea, I didn't really like it... If there were to be a world from Cars, I would not play it...

New Demo Footage with perfect audio

[media=]http-~~-//www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2012-dream-eater-battle/731794[/media]

And another Tai Yasue Interview from Gametrailers.com

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2012-story-interview-hd/731848

Edited June 8, 201213 yr by Terranort9406

Whats a nobody gotta do to get some of that cake?

I love the all the interviews with Yasue! "KH on steroids", lol!

 

Also, I was really excited when I saw that scene of Neku and Sora until I realized that they weren't going to speak. NEKU, Y U NO SPEAK MAH LANGUAGE?

we just found out another english name for dream eater in the demo the english name for boukun rex is Tyranto Rex.

Whats a nobody gotta do to get some of that cake?

 

Have a heart.

Poor Tai Yasue, he did like ten interviews or more and talked almost the same things... He must be freaking tired!

First of all, Mr. Yasue seems like a really nice guy!

Second, OH MY GOSH, T-REX DREAM EATER CAN BE RECRUITED!!

 

Third, does anyone have any pictures of the control screens? The 10 minute gameplay video was great, but you couldn't see those screens very well...

 

EDIT: Oh, and that GameTrailers demo footage of the Tyranto Rex boss fight? That was painful to watch. I was actually happy when the player died. I kept saying, "Give me the controller! I'll kill him! You go sit in the corner and think about what you did wrong!"

Edited June 8, 201213 yr by hawk222

Apparently the Gametrailer demo is an example of "don't do whatever the heck you feel like with the controller, follow the instructions and kick dream eater butt or you will die", good to know.

New Demo Footage with perfect audio

[media=]http-~~-//www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2012-dream-eater-battle/731794[/media]

And another Tai Yasue Interview from Gametrailers.com

[media=]http-~~-//www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2012-story-interview-hd/731848[/media]

 

Thanks. I'll upload these to KHtrailer later.

Tai Yasue must be very tired saying the same thing over and over again lol

Poor Tai Yasue, he did like ten interviews or more and talked almost the same things... He must be freaking tired!

 

Tai Yasue does Nomura's dirty work.

Nintendo 3DS Software Showcase trailer now available in HD 720p!

http://www.screwattack.com/video/KingdomHeartsDreamDropDistanceImpressions-1478086

 

some impressions of KH3D from screwattack

Now available in HD 720p!

I think Tai Yasue may have a sore throat just for giving information about kh3d.

I REALLY hope they release the demo for Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance soon. They better not wait till the last few days..

The coverage is just awesome!