Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] coverage: Day 1

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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.

8:59AM EST: Thanks to a topic created by XXR from KH13, we now realize that the complete track listing of the Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance Original Soundtrack can be extracted from its official website. You can see this complete track listing below.

Disc 1
1. Dearly Beloved
2. Storm Driver
3. TWISTER -KINGDOM MIX-
4. Traverse in Trance
5. Hand to Hand
6. Dream Eaters
7. CALLING -KINGDOM MIX-
8. UNTAMABLE
9. SOMEDAY -KINGDOM MIX-
10. The World of Dream Drops
11. Le Sanctuaire
12. La Cloche
13. Sweet Spirits♥
14. Majestic Wings
15. Ever After
16. Wild Blue

Disc 2
1. Access the Grid
2. Digital Domination
3. The Nightmare
4. Rinzler Recompiled
5. Keyblade Cycle
6. Gigabyte Mantis
7. The Fun Fair
8. Prankster's Party
9. Broken Reality
10. Ice-hot Lobster
11. The Dream
12. Ready to Rush
13. Dream Matchup
14. One for All
15. All for One
16. The Flick Finalist
17. Victor's Pride
18. Xigbar
19. Distant from You...
20. Sacred Distance
21. Deep Drop

Disc 3
1. L'Oscurita dell'Ignot
2. Xehanort - The Early Years
3. The Dread of Night
4. L'Eminenza Oscura I
5. L'Eminenza Oscura II
6. L'Impeto Oscuro
7. My Heart's Descent
8. The Eye of Darkness
9. Link to All
10. Sora
11. Dream Drop Distance -The Next Awakening-
12. Symphony No.6 "Pastoral" Op.6
13. L'Apprenti Sorcier
14. The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71
15. A Night on the Bare Mountain

7:59AM EST: Earlier, we shared a post from 2ch that explained the ending of Kingdom Hearts 3D. goldpanner have provided us with a more detailed translation of this post, and you can read it at the link below. Keep in mind that it contains major spoilers, and also that there is a chance that it might not be accurate. However, another site confirms some of the information here, so it appears that it might be true. As for the translation:

Kingdom Hearts 3D ending explained in detail

5:30AM EST: ~~crimmyice from Justin.tv is currently doing a live-stream of the game. You can watch this below.~~ The playthrough is over, for now, however are able to watch a recording of it below.

4:58AM EST: We have received many photos showing the Kingdom Hearts 3D box, revealing its contents in detail. These photos were uploaded by takaturtle from KH13, who created a thread here. You can see the photos 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.

1:41AM 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.

9:30PM EST: We've uploaded all of the Traverse Town cutscenes to YouTube. Stay tuned, as more cutscenes will be uploaded later. Spoilers, obviously. In the interest of those who don't want spoilers, we will not put the cutscene names here. You'll have to click to find out!

Opening
Tutorial & Beginning of Traverse Town

Traverse Town 1
Traverse Town 2
Traverse Town 3
Traverse Town 4
Traverse Town 5
Traverse Town 6
Traverse Town 7
Traverse Town 8
Traverse Town 9
Traverse Town 10
Traverse Town 11
Traverse Town 12

12:33PM EST: apaulliao from TwitchTV has finished live-streaming, however, they have promised that they will continue their live-stream tomorrow. You can watch all 4 hours of their first live-stream below.

11:00AM EST: Kingdom Hearts 3D has officially released in Japan! Keep watching the live-stream below, and also check below for the game's opening on YouTube, thanks to apaulliao from TwitchTV.

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]

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Salve-SiS

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March 31, 201213 yr

btw sora doesn't have darkness in his heart

No, I'm pretty sure he does. He just has so little of it. Which is why we all love him so much.

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Kevin James Jimenez

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March 31, 201213 yr

No, I'm pretty sure he does. He just has so little of it. Which is why we all love him so much.

then how come he open the door to the light?

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Salve-SiS

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March 31, 201213 yr

then how did he open the door to light?

Maybe your heart doesn't have to be devoid of darkness to open it..?

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Kevin James Jimenez

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March 31, 201213 yr

Maybe your heart doesn't have to be devoid of darkness to open it..?

i think you can only open it when your heart doesn't have any darkness in it. just like your heart belongs to darkness in order to use the door to darkness to go to other worlds

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Salve-SiS

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March 31, 201213 yr

i think you can only open it when your heart doesn't have any darkness in it. just like your heart belongs to darkness in order to use the door to darkness to go to other worlds

Honestly, I'm not sure. Maybe you are right, but if you are, then that clashes with the fact that a. Sora became a Heartless in KH and B, he has an Anti-Form that, according to Tetsuya Nomura, is proof that everything's Sora gone through is affecting him negatively.

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Kevin James Jimenez

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March 31, 201213 yr (edited)

Honestly, I'm not sure. Maybe you are right, but if you are, then that clashes with the fact that a. Sora became a Heartless in KH and B, he has an Anti-Form that, according to Tetsuya Nomura, is proof that everything's Sora gone through is affecting him negatively.

but i think someone also said anti-form is create because him abusing (using too much) of his forms. people said that dream drop distance have alot of plot holes

Edited March 31, 201213 yr by Kevin James Jimenez

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Salve-SiS

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March 31, 201213 yr

but i think someone also said anti-form is create because him abusing (using too much) of his forms. people said that dream drop distance have alot of plot holes

I think Nomura said that Gameplay wise the Anti Form is caused by using the Drive Form too much. Trust me, I learned the hard way . But storywise, it's because of what I typed before,

I think Nomura said that Gameplay wise the Anti Form is caused by using the Drive Form too much. Trust me, I learned the hard way . But storywise, it's because of what I typed before,

And I won't deny that KH3D has a lot of plotholes. It wouldn't be a Kingdom Hearts game without them.

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Kevin James Jimenez

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March 31, 201213 yr

I think Nomura said that Gameplay wise the Anti Form is caused by using the Drive Form too much. Trust me, I learned the hard way . But storywise, it's because of what I typed before,

And I won't deny that KH3D has a lot of plotholes. It wouldn't be a Kingdom Hearts game without them.

you use the drive form too much too?

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Kevin James Jimenez

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March 31, 201213 yr

Honestly, I'm not sure. Maybe you are right, but if you are, then that clashes with the fact that a. Sora became a Heartless in KH and B, he has an Anti-Form that, according to Tetsuya Nomura, is proof that everything's Sora gone through is affecting him negatively.

btw sora only knows what happen to him in kingdom hearts 1. so that mean things happen in the first game hurt him so much that anti-form is created?

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Salve-SiS

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March 31, 201213 yr

btw sora only knows what happen to him in kingdom hearts 1. so that mean things happen in the first game hurt him so much that anti-form is created?

More like everything that's happened to him in the series so far. Kingdom Hearts, Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, now we have 3D...I wouldn't be surprised if he was going through PTSD.

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Kevin James Jimenez

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March 31, 201213 yr

More like everything that's happened to him in the series so far. Kingdom Hearts, Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, now we have 3D...I wouldn't be surprised if he was going through PTSD.

he didn't remember anything happen in the chain of memories

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RoxasJ83

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March 31, 201213 yr

I'm sorry, but I feel I like I should intervene. I mean, I know a lot of us are sad that Sora didn't pass the mark of mastery, but is that what this is really about? Sora, when he faced off with Xigbar and Xemnas stood his ground and basically said, his friends were his power. He's always stated this, and when he faced off with the two of them, Xigbar ran off like a little b*** and kicked Xemnas's ***. As for Riku, Sora's been there countless times, pulling him back from the darkness. I'm very proud at how he stepped up to the plate and did the same for his best friend. It's been a long time coming, and Riku kind of stole the show for this game...Sora's not going anywhere....he's always going to be the protagonist... KHIII will answer all our questions....I'm actually really happy it wasn't an EMO ending like I thought it would be...it's very fitting...I'm not crazy about Sora leaving, but it kinda makes sense...just like when Riku left on his own after CoM...that's my interpretation...thoughts?

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Salve-SiS

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March 31, 201213 yr

he didn't remember anything happen in the chain of memories

True. But just because he can't remember doesn't mean that he isn't being affected by it.

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Kevin James Jimenez

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March 31, 201213 yr

I'm sorry, but I feel I like I should intervene. I mean, I know a lot of us are sad that Sora didn't pass the mark of mastery, but is that what this is really about? Sora, when he faced off with Xigbar and Xemnas stood his ground and basically said, his friends were his power. He's always stated this, and when he faced off with the two of them, Xigbar ran off like a little b*** and kicked Xemnas's ***. As for Riku, Sora's been there countless times, pulling him back from the darkness. I'm very proud at how he stepped up to the plate and did the same for his best friend. It's been a long time coming, and Riku kind of stole the show for this game...Sora's not going anywhere....he's always going to be the protagonist... KHIII will answer all our questions....I'm actually really happy it wasn't an EMO ending like I thought it would be...it's very fitting...I'm not crazy about Sora leaving, but it kinda makes sense...just like when Riku left on his own after CoM...that's my interpretation...thoughts?

riku isn't the main protagonist. he will become a keyblade master his own way

True. But just because he can't remember doesn't mean that he isn't being affected by it.

maybe

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Kikote858

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March 31, 201213 yr

Hello I'm a fan of Kingdom Hearts in Spain and Spanish forums moves the following theory.

In the credits as the characters come out with lyrics that say This leads to Kingdom Hearts but many theorize that when Sora and Riku go through a white background are in Roman numerals III.

This would mean, This leads to Kingdom Hearts III. Do you think?

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They have also left the sentences ending the secret ending:

The past is reawakened as a new number.

In detail never seen before.

Prepare for awakening the next number

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TheBucket2

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March 31, 201213 yr

So wait...was the secret ending where Sora wakes up in Traverse Town, or when we see Ven sit slightly...?

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Master Xehanort1690

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March 31, 201213 yr (edited)

Hey guys I found this translation between Riku and the Unknown on youtube. Read it from top to bottom.

Sora!

Don't touch the new vessel

Vessel?

Yes. At first i wanted to make you the vessel

But you had resistance to darkness in your heart

So like the keyblade, i chose the next one

Roxas- an existance thats qualified to be the vessel

But he got a nuisance self, and returned to Sora

Organization 13's original objective was to split xehanort's heart into 13 bodies

I know that because of you guys a few vessels will fail

But that was also replaced

By getting hold of Sora who will become the 13th vessel, it will be completed

13 xehanort(s)?

the real Organisation 13

Organisation 13?

I am the most past(first) xehanort around here

From the 'me' of this time, my mission was to gather all the 'me' from different world that were separated and fused(with the vessels?)

From the past?

To pass through time, there are a few restrictions

To first pass, one must abandon their body

To where you're heading your past mus be there

After reaching, time will only go at one direction

Things that happen at that time cannot be changed

Soon the latest xehanort will return here

When that happens, each person's time will return respectively

I will have to obey the time flow(?) of my time

You should just ask him

Stop Gun(???)

Looks like i made it in time

Anyway lets quickly get Sora and head back

I can't stop it for long

I got it!

I said not to touch (sora)

Why can you move?

It can't be! That's!

Disappear!

From what I can gather YMX is simply MX from a different timeline, so he's a completely different entitly as I pretty much thought. He went to different timelines to gather all the different Xehanorts, which pretty much explains why Xemnas and Ansem SOD are back. YMX also originally intended to choose Riku to be the last vessel of Organization 13, but his resistance to darkness made him choose Sora instead. The true organization 13 was mainly meant to consist of all Xehanorts. I hope this helps guys!

Edited March 31, 201213 yr by Master Xehanort1690

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joey

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March 31, 201213 yr

dream drop distance happens right after re:coded hence the mark of mastery exam..

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joey

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March 31, 201213 yr

Part of the screen is cut off so you can't see some of the letters so there isn't any proof right now but I can definitely make out "This 1 leads to Kingdom Hearts" I just can't see the 3 at the end because its most likely cut off. We'll have to wait for a better quality version of the credits but we can safely assume it says "This 1 leads to Kingdom Hearts 3."

how do you get Leads?? i know it says something else maybe more letters have to be UNLOCKED? because it says This 1 ea. and it focuses on the period after a. sooooo how do you get lea.ds?? you get what im saying????

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Miminezz

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March 31, 201213 yr

how do you get Leads?? i know it says something else maybe more letters have to be UNLOCKED? because it says This 1 ea. and it focuses on the period after a. sooooo how do you get lea.ds?? you get what im saying????

It's not a 1, it's an lower case L. The font they used just makes it hard to figure out, but it's an L.

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Moni_22

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March 31, 201213 yr

Hello I'm a fan of Kingdom Hearts in Spain and Spanish forums moves the following theory.

In the credits as the characters come out with lyrics that say This leads to Kingdom Hearts but many theorize that when Sora and Riku go through a white background are in Roman numerals III.

This would mean, This leads to Kingdom Hearts III. Do you think?

They have also left the sentences ending the secret ending:

The past is reawakened as a new number.

In detail never seen before.

Prepare for awakening the next number

Yeah, I just thought the same about the III thing. But I'm not sure. Maybe the secret ending will tell us if it's really KH 3, or maybe BbS Vol 2.

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Tsunamo

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March 31, 201213 yr (edited)

he didn't remember anything happen in the chain of memories

Not true. A new cutscene in Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix in the Xemnas battle strongly implys at some point during KH2 (perhaps after he battled Roxas?) that Sora remembered Namine, (and by extention the events of Castle Oblivion) when he says to Riku he never got to thank Namine.

Edited March 31, 201213 yr by Tsunamo

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Nermal

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March 31, 201213 yr

Not true. A new cutscene in Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix in the Xemnas battle strongly implys at some point during KH2 (perhaps after he battled Roxas?) that Sora remembered Namine, ( and by extention the events of Castle Oblivion) when he says to Riku he never got to thank Namine.

He know about Naminé from Jimini's Journal....So i think that he dont remember what happened in CO....

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heyitsdeven

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March 31, 201213 yr

They have also left the sentences ending the secret ending:

The past is reawakened as a new number.

In detail never seen before.

Prepare for awakening the next number

The past is reawakened as a new number. = HD Release

In detail never seen before. =HD Release

Prepare for awakening the next number - Kingdom Hearts 3

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Master Xehanort1690

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March 31, 201213 yr

The past is reawakened as a new number. = HD Release

In detail never seen before. =HD Release

Prepare for awakening the next number - Kingdom Hearts 3

c:

I actually thought with this one Nomura was referring to BBSV2. He did say there would be 2 more games coming out before KH3.

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