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Today on December 15, 2018, leaks surfaced from an illegal retail copy of Kingdom Hearts III. Video and screenshots of said retail copy have been posted online. We found evidence that revealed that one man stole one or more copies (reportedly, at least 30) of the English version of Kingdom Hearts III for Xbox One. The man seems to have obtained the copies using connections he has with an employee of a company in charge of printing/packaging Kingdom Hearts III for Xbox One. He has since tried to sell his copies, uploading some very short game footage to prove the copies were legitimate. The seller claimed he has sold over ten copies. Due to ethical and copyright issues, we will not report on any Kingdom Hearts III content coming from unofficial sources such as these leaked and illegally sold copies. We will not post any pictures, audio, video, or information that fit this criterion. We will not share the name or location of the perpetrator, whom we have reported to Square Enix. We will not share information about the buyers or social media accounts posting leaks on our articles. You can, however, find tips and advice on avoiding spoilers on the #how-to-avoid-spoilers on our Discord server, including accounts you can mute/block/avoid. UPDATE: Tetsuya Nomura has released a statement about the leak. You can read the statement here. We have created a Kingdom Hearts III Spoilers subforum where fans can discuss these leaks without spoiling the game for others. KH13.com's spoiler policy on Kingdom Hearts III allows discussion on publicly announced content (eg. trailers, interviews, promotional pictures, etc.); however, leaks are to be discussed in the Spoilers subforum only. Avatars, statuses, and thread titles must not contain spoilers. We may be revising our Kingdom Hearts III spoiler policy in the future, according to future content releases by Square Enix and Disney. KH13.com’s Discord is to be absolutely spoiler-free. No discussion on the leaks is allowed, and any post suspected to be spreading these leaks will be removed at once. We would also like to say to fans to please be extra careful on social media, especially comment sections. Thumbnails, titles, autoplay, recommended videos, and comments on Youtube can be especially dangerous for those that are trying to avoid spoilers. We will be monitoring KH13.com and its Discord extensively to prevent and stop the spread of leaks. We hope that fans understand our policy and respect the work done so far by the game's developing team by not trying to access the leaks nor divulging them where they aren't warranted. Thank you for your cooperation. Stay safe! To visit the Kingdom Hearts III spoiler subforum, click here. View full article

You have no idea how serious it is. There's even a case I heard regarding manga. Some manga are released within magazines weekly or monthly so they're only released officially in physical format to Japanese. Manga translators typically have someone or some people to get the raw material illegally for them to translate. And this happens before the magazine is released officially and so translated manga are revealed to public before the Japanese are even able to buy the magazines and read them. And so, there are some uninformed manga readers who have no idea how this thing works and how they're actually reading illegally obtained material, make tweets regarding what they've read on Twitter normally to the author themselves, therefore alarming the author and the Japanese of this illegal work which is extremely disrespectful to all the Japanese. So there's a case I've heard where a person who obtained the raw material got caught and jailed. What do you think of a person stealing products of a video game and selling them in advance of the official release date just for their own profit, then? It's much worse, isn't it?

No someone leaking a game isn't dangerous enough for prison a fine sure but prison hell no it's a video game not nuclear launch codes.

I might have done that on purpose for a laugh ?

Aww sheit!

There are, unfortunately. But not on our own Youtube channel (but beware recommended videos and comment sections...)

I agree with your point to ties with KHUX! It does worry me even knowing that I consider myself to be a pretty huge fan of KH as a whole and even after playing/watching the KHUX stories there are still parts that I don't entirely understand. Its VERY complex and even simplified I hope that any connections will com across smoothly. Also thanks for the positive feedback everyone!

No worries I had to make sure the word was out as fast as possible, though I think the staff had made a tweet shortly before I made the thread. Yeah avoiding spoilers should be easy enough as long as you're careful.

The full retail game seems to have been leaked online and somebody has been posting footage of the game and also offering to sell copies on Facebook. I haven't done found out more specifics as of yet because I didn't want to get spoiled myself but I felt I had to come here and warn fellow fans about this leak. Be wary on your online travels, friends.

I'm avoiding the Spoilers besides i'm not ready for Kingdom Hearts 3 till the Release month

Here's a quote from one of the videos. "You ever see a kingdom hearts that starts with this? I'm not gonna sit here and play some dumb ass, stupid ass *video ends*" This guy coudn't be anymore unlike-able if he tried. And on top of it he's begging for subscribers in the comments of his videos.

I understand this is serious but jail time no i'd rather not be putting taxpayer dollars into someone who leaked a video game. Dangerous criminals would kill me sure but a KH3 leak nah. Just give em a fine. Any way I've seen the leaks nothing really much there all I want to know is if Noct is in the game. But lowkey though if I met this guy I mean damn I'd play KH3 with him I mean I'd tell him not to leak it, I wouldn't say nothing but damn a fully playable start to finish KH3 I mean if he got an Xbox One X then I'd say let's do this.

Be strong my friends! If we band together as a community, we can withstand this storm. Avoid looking for spoilers, squint at images and report videos. We've waited so long, we can be strong for a month and a half. Even if someone ask for information, DO NOT give it to them. Forget your family, friends, and coworkers, the KH community is the only place you can trust anyone. Together, we can do anything. May your hearts be your guiding key... ...but seriously, is there another Disney world in the game? I'm dying over here lol JUST KIDDING DON'T TELL ME!!!!

Oh yeah forgot about distribution centres haha. My brain aint quite working today I guess. Yeah that makes way more sense than being in a retail store.

It's possible that somebody got hold of a copy as a QA tester or something. I think something similar happened with Devil May Cry V earlier this year. That'd be the thing that makes sense to me since I can't imagine stores would have retail copies yet, but I wouldn't know anything about that honestly.

I can be your angle or yuor devil ^.^

You could go the route I did and probably buy a used PS4 Pro 1TB console, slap on some Kingdom Hearts fan art and buy KH3 and call it a day. That's what I am planning on doing at least because there's no way I can afford the bundle pack.

Guys! Some people have managed to get their hands on Kingdom Hearts III copies. It's now time to be EXTREMELY careful with spoilers on the internet as they will start to be abundant. According to some people on Reddit, about 30 copies have been sold and it has been verified. I've actually seen a 30 second video of brand new footage that I will not be sharing. Be careful everyone, delete your search histories and video histories on Youtube. Don't let a few impatient fans ruin your experience.

Trust me, I know the feeling. I am the queen of speking without thinking, not to mention the queen of putting my foot in my mouth. So you're not alone.

Honest mistake, friend. It happens to everyone.

- Rufus Contralto - Rufus lay there for a time, barely able to pull himself upright and stare bleary-eyed at the battle going around him. His eyes seemed unfocused and his muscles lax and untested for centuries, but they still held enough power within them to pull his upper torso free from the stone beneath him. Being incorporeal and without mass for a while certainly had its limitations. No longer can he freely move. The sensation of moving his body felt alien and sluggish and difficult. When Eclaire slipped his way, nearly slamming her feet into his aching body, he glanced at her too and nodded in response to her question. He felt more himself than ever before, now that he was close enough to being considered human. In fact, he felt more powerful than before, even with his present physical weakness. It was a refreshing change from feeling nothing at all to reality, and he kept himself still, arm propped up on one knee. "Aura has my lamp. Fetch it from her and I'll lend my power," he spoke through rasps, his dark eyes refocusing on Ahriman and a hand bobbing its way to face the so-called deity and his magical wellsprings of electricity and void. Eclaire left, leaving only a magic shield behind as she left him to a fate of fitful explosions. How kind. However, since he had to use his powers to unmake the energy tossed his way, he would have to rip apart the shield as well. "Null and void! Mudamudamudamudamuda!" he shrieked in some sort of weird tongue foreign to him, but he liked what was said regardless. The shield ripped open, now defunct of purpose, and the wild explosions facing him died down to whimpering pops and fizzles that barely lifted the hairs on the nape of his neck with their static charge. Nuchal hairs aside, he smiled and decided to lie low for a bit, maybe retreat to where the others were behind the wall of ice. He lifted himself up and migrated to safety, his eyes ever focused on Ahriman, just in case. - Ahriman - The newfound god focused much intent towards stopping the quick assault tossed in his direction, a dangerous joint attack by Henry and Rhea as they attacked on two sides. Flashing light waves rained down first, which Ahriman skirted away from with more than enough lag time, but the assaults of three arcing weapons would prove tricky if left undeterred. With his extending and strong great blade he swung full-force at Rhea, matching sword with sword as he attempted to either cleave her cleanly in two or bat her away with impressive force. Next he put his focus on Henry, that corpse who was too stubborn to die, who seemed to trail energy with every move he made. How did he, a human, gain such power that rivaled those around him? He did not know, nor did he catch on to how forceful the blows were that were launched in his direction until one struck his sword mid-block and cut it in half. Eyes narrowing, he kept himself and the remains of his sword clear from each of the enhanced strikes, dodging the last combo with a backwards leap. That proved to be a poor decision, as the blasting cone of energy struck him, wounded him with several bruises along his crossed arms and stomach, and launched him backwards a considerable distance, and yet again Henry was on his case. Face contorting into anger, he dodged to the side and performed a hilt bash aimed for Henry's stomach, taking advantage of his angled posture. Worse yet, if striking true, he would feel an explosive burst of small, grape-sized spheres that would send Henry flying and cause tremendous internal bleeding if left untreated. "Grapeshot," he muttered. His eyes snapped open as Alastor slipped in behind him, his power spiking from Henry's gathered energy. Was it a purposeful sendoff? It must have been. When did they make such an agreement, he wondered? They did not seem to agree on anything beforehand, but perhaps it was due to his concentration on other matters that his attention was split. This is bad, he internalised, but worse situations lie in my memory. My opponents will exhaust themselves faster than I will tire, and I will stand on top. Stretching his blade further, the cut end renewed, Ahriman shielded his body with a tight-knit defense of Force Armour, Void energies, and the energy projections of wings as he stood his ground against Alastor's rapid assault. This proved the better strategy, considering that the ground he would have walked on behind him was crumbling away, and he battered against the ferocious winds and arcing slashes with his own, slow flurry of parries and pulses. The forces of the blows were double-edged, however. His open left hand was battered and bloodied as the Force Armour actually bowed under the force and grew weaker, and rivulets of blood streaked up and down his arm as he swayed in a battle dance against Raiden's former friend. The two afterimage strikes were not taken into account. If armour was not made, he would have surely been killed. The draconic explosion was dealt with, the final dregs of energies of the Force armour dissipating the blast sent his way. Alastor, being known to be a very hardy individual, appeared unfazed by this great release of power. He, on the other hand was quite battered, his blood shed, his ire not satisfied. Ahriman glared at Alastor as he readied his incantation, halfway figuring out what he was doing and leaping back as a result. "You think the paltry sword you gave Raiden, that frail, wishful shard of a man, would heed your call? Let me enlighten you, that it will not--" He stopped mid-sentence, feeling the tugs of the link buzzing to life within him. The summons given to his sword was actually taking effect, even without his permission. But how? Why? The rules of binding stated that bound weapons would remain linked to their masters, and yet Alastor was able to beckon the sword into existence, the white-gold sheen of the Damascus steel of Zweishock appearing just in front of them both at Alastor's feet, propped out of the floor and ever rising. The majesty of the weapon was something to behold and filled Ahriman with gushes of memories old and new, particularly of the fight between Kilkes Seres and Mystras on that battlefield. He placed his bloodied hand on his head as the tie of the link was broken completely, ownership of the sword now belonging entirely to Alastor. "How dare you claim that blade back from me," he hissed in agitation, raising his eyes from the sword. "And how dare you look down upon me, Mariel, you being once a friend to Odin who came before me, a mere man more flawed than even I can list. I will dole out sufficient punishment for everyone involved, starting with those cowering behind that wall of ice." With a quick surge of power and a flick of his wrist, fell energies composed of heavily destructive forces launched forth from his hand towards the center of the wall. If left unhindered, it will detonate against or next to the wall with enough explosive force to destroy a hill, shattering the ice and possibly killing all of those behind it. Rufus, spying this from next to that very same wall of ice, tried erasing it from existence, but his abilities of antimagic could only erase a fragment of its power. This is because the energies were mostly not magic, but primal and almost unrefined energies, malevolence in itself. Someone else would have to stop it. "Next is you, Mariel," he commented, eyes locked on her as he held his sword to eye-level and very quickly rushed towards her with a Flying General attack, sword swinging diagonally in two slashes with tremendous force behind it. Afterwards, he held out a hand and brought to voice: "Erupting Emptiness." Void energies fired off from above him in Mariel's direction, wherever she went, it will be fired. The shots would be like geodes, hollow in the middle and yet crumbling and shattering within a person. It was an attack meant for bloodletting and cutting into vital organs, so if Mariel was not careful and prevented any from piercing her skin she would find herself in a painful situation. ((Phew. Done. You guys really know how to write.))

When I read the summary of Chip and Dale drinking tea, I had to laugh because it didn't mention a book at all. What a revelation! It's great to see these translation. They don't reveal too much while still being somewhat revelant for the most part. Since they're ripped out of context, they're not even that much of a spoiler. I'm rather glad they chose to remain cryptic and hope it stays this way in the future, too. I love seeing them hype up things but I guess most of us merely want a moderate amount of information that doesn't spoil too much of the important plot points.

- Rabiyu - Isopolis: The City of Isolation - Yevgeni's wave of holy light magic made Rabiyu skid a few inches back, but the spell that she held on her raised arm was not affected by that. "Quiet! That won't be enough to stop what is coming," Rabiyu managed to say to her fellow elf in a strained tone, "You won't be able to interfere with His Holiness. I will take you out before that can happen." Rabiyu watched as Yevgeni ran in her direction, ready to pierce her in a flurry of blows, to which Rabiyu still kept trying to open her hand to unleash the power contained. Just as Yevgeni's rapier was about to make contact with her chest, this, however, was stopped by something in front of her prevented the rapier from reaching her. There was nothing there, nothing that she could see at the moment, but a familiar voice made her realize what had happened, Typhon had stopped Yevgeni's attack and now was holding her hand. At that moment she could feel how the power of her spell slowly diminishing with each passing moment. She felt a familiar sensation on her body, the sensation when someone was inflicted with dragonblight. "Whatever it is that you are planning, Cyph, it will not work. Dragonblight has but little effect on-" Rabiyu's words came to a stop at that moment after she felt something touch her waist and stomach, this made the elf blush immediately, and try her hardest to not laugh, "How dare you put your hands on me , Cyph! I will turn you into dust for your insolence!" The white haired elf's concentration was faltering, the spell was getting out of her control, it would either fade away or release and hurt her, and probably the cyph too, the tickles weren't helping either. She was fightin against Typhon's antics, the time bomb she had on her hand, and the blasted seal that was preventing her from taking any sort of action against His Holiness. With enough effort she had managed to almost fully open her hand, that was until she felt a wave of pain on her head, possibly caused by the cyph head-butting her at such a close distance. This caused two things, first, the seal fully took over her body, effectively making her unable to do anything, second, the spell disappeared and caused a magical backlash inside the elf's body. Rabiyu's whole body went limp, thanks to that backlash from the spell, she was now unconsious. Rabiyu's hand quickly moved and grasped the arm of Typhon, even when she couldn't see it, she had regained consciousness just a moment ago. Why she was being hold by the cyph, she didn't knew. Why was Yev trying to attack her, she didn't knew either. "It would be appreciated if you let go of my hand at this moment. Instead, we should be fighting against the man who thinks himself a god," Rabiyu said to Typhon, "so please, let me go and focus on the person who really matters instead of attacking your own allies." She had no idea what happened before the fused being attacked her and her mind fell into darkness, but now that she was back they had to focus on their target, the one who thought himself a god. - Aura and Sifrei - Isopolis: The City of Isolation - Aura was startled by the sudden appearance of Eclaire, and the spear that summoned a barrier of ice in front of her, Sifrei and Athena, the Archangel was ready to fight Eclaire, but he sensed no ill will towards Aura, nor the human princess, so he allowed her to speak. To say that Aura was confused was an understatement. She had heard the words of Eclaire, she had been a source of morale for the group that was currently fighting with a wannabe god. The retainer of the Ice Queen was asking for something she didn't want to give up, if only because she didn't knew the woman too well, but she was right, they needed the wish, they needed Rufus' help, even if it meant not helping him get his freedom at the moment. "I was waiting for a chance to help Rufus regain his freedom, but with only one wish per person I suppose that is not possible at the moment," Aura said while looking at Eclaire, her hands still holding the lamp, "but this is what needs to be done if we want to survive, if we can get a chance to defeat our enemy with a wish then so be it, I am sure Rufus would understand." Aura glanced around, trying to find Rufus, but her sight was still not good, and so she sighed and looked at Eclaire, offering the magical lava lamp. "Take it. Wish for whatever you think is necessary to succeed," Aura said, "make your wish count."

Yeah, I will leave some of the exploring for later. I rather do that than be assaulted with spoilers. But everyone has their own way of playing this game. Since I will do the first playthrough together with my friend, we will focus more on story and after I'm done playing it once with her, I will start another playthrough where I'm taking my time to be more thorough. By all means, it doesn't mean we will rush through it, but I guess we won't be taking too long either. I want to cherish this experience but there's only so much time we can take off work/university too and after that it will become harder to meet up. It's a bit of a balancing act between cherishing the first playthrough which can never be replaced and avoiding spoilers. I won't rush to reach the end but I likely won't play the minigames more times than required either and leave some things like collecting synthesis materials up for after I'm done with the main story, except for things which are picked up along the way anyway of course. For example, if there's an Ultima Keyblade, I likely won't pursue that before the final boss, same as with optional bosses which may unlock before it. I'm less worried about the forum but rather websites such as Youtube and the like which aren't monitored for spoilers such as this forum because no one cares for them there. Or rather, there are no rules in regards to spoilers. Yes, you can blacklist certain things but if people are not tagging it appropriately, it's all a waste of time anyway. My friend has gone through a lot of trouble to avoid all news and still received the recommendations for the opening.

I'm not the only one who thinks Lea's strange friend that he met once is definitely Ventus right?

oh of course, do excuse my stupidity

You're really pretty Lolita ^_^

lol thanks i guess. We got a older black cat to but were giving him to a friend soon

And a disney book company. What the firetruck is with this uncreative bullshit?

Can I change mine to Yellow Boy?

Well... I searched "Snow View Profile" and no profile came up. So would "Snow" be okay?

Can i change my name to "Glory15" please?

does that include the picture of my foot?

Exactly this. Doesn't really matter if Square Enix intervenes or not at this point. By the time all the copies have been tracked down, which I doubt they're going to do in all honesty (they'll probably just stop at making sure no more copies are leaked), somebody will already have completed the game and be ready with whatever videos and screenshots they need to spoil the game for others.

They are most definitely real. Keep your guard up.

So, I guess that means--. We have to download the rest of the data. Kind of like Spyro Reignited Trilogy. It might take a little while to download. Not a lot.

I just looked things up to see who could be doing it and found a youtuber by the name of the kh ff player has been uploading 20 second videos of the tutorial and the intro.

Let's make the site more boring like if the removing from the KH symbols wasn't good enough.

http://kh13.com/forum/user/27196-roxas/

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lol. -pokes Dem- I sees you!