Tokyo Game Show 2009 is running in Japan, and at this event, both Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts coded are featured. Although photos and videos of trailers at the event have not yet surfaced online, many impressions have been written concerning them. This detailed impression comes from HEARTSTATION.ORG, and can be read below. Also, many illustrations were included in this impression, including one of a new character from Birth by Sleep, so be sure to check those out below, in our gallery.
The next scenes reveal the new character who appears to be Terra, Aqua, and Ven’s Master, though his name isn’t revealed. He has dark brown hair and very chiseled features, I can’t remember if he had facial hair. His hair was tied back and there was a zigzag swirl bang on the left side of his face. He wore a yukata like robe with his chest bare, and straps crossing over it in an X shape. Again, here’s my poor illustration of him.
In this scene the new character is talking to Terra, Ven and Aqua, who are lined up in front of Master Xehanort and the new guy. Behind those three is a stained glass window wand the area they are in has a palace feel to it. The bits about “Master Qualification Exam” is spoken about here. Master Xehanort is sitting upon a throne the whole time.
Then it switches up and new scenes with Mickey are shown! He is wearing the same outfit as seen in previous screenshots. He is riding atop a large book under a flood of water thats creating a whirlpool. It looks very much like something out of Fantasia. Again, poor drawing.
My memory starts getting fuzzier here. Especially since it was the first trailer shown, my mind is starting to misplace things. Terra speaking with the Queen from Snow White was shown, as well as Aqua approaching the Seven Dwarfs after she’s fallen asleep. Aqua on the floor of Cinderella’s home while the Step Mother and sisters approach her, the guy with the slipper wants to try it on Aqua. Lots of gameplay scenes. Mostly custscenes we’ve seen before.
The scene where Ven is wearing his armor and floats after Stitch in Deep Space is very reminiscent of the end of Kingdom Hearts II when fighting Xehanort where Riku is driving the device to chase after Xehanort and Sora does the fighting. Anyways, it looks alot like the thing he is floating on is made from his Keyblade, similar to the fight with the Lingering Sentiment in Final Mix how his Keyblade transforms.
Eventually we see Vexen dressed in a white lab coat in what I assume is Radiant Gardens. It looks just like vexen, no visual differences. Xaldin and Lexeaus are dressed in guard uniforms in front of a large door, and they block someone from entering. They’re wielding long stick weapon things, but I can’t remember what they looked like other than they were black.
The outfits Lexaeus and Xaldin wore were dark blue with a lighter color down the middle. Buttons down the sides, and a red and silver heart decal under the collar. Just like Xeven, they have no physical differences from their appearance as members of Organization XIII. More bad drawings.
The last scenes show the masked Keyblade wielder accosting Ven. It looks like it leads up to the scene where Ven is knocked over in front of this guy seen in other trailers. He speaks to Ven and summons a Keyblade. The Keyblade looks like the one Riku used in Kingdom Hearts, and his stance as he holds the Keyblade is the same as Riku’s. His voice is masculine, but not very deep, alluding to the notion he maybe quite young.
After that, the same scene shown in KH2 Final Mix where the Keyblade graveyard is reanimated in Birth by Sleep graphics, only Terra and company aren’t wearing their armor. Just like before, Master Xehanort is approaching the trio and the masked wielder appears out of him. This is where Master Xehanort explains about the Keyblade war.
Sorry for the lack of details, I’ll watch it again later today and try to remember more! I played Aqua in the Birth by Sleep demo, fought the Man in the Mirror as the boss. I foolishly ran through the level without checking things out in detail, but I’ll report more on that later.
The highlights of the Coded trailer involved Sora breaking into the library room Mickey and company monitor their computer from. Mickey pulls out his Keyblade in surprise. Lots of gameplay scenes. The last scene shows Riku first with his hood on appear digitally and then once he’s done appearing, he isn’t waring a hood. Sora shouts out to him, “Riku!”, but with his arms crossed and sounding quite sour, he says “I am not Riku.”
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