An interview with the director of the Kingdom Hearts series, Tetsuya Nomura, was published in the latest issue of Famitsu Weekly. FF7AC reunion have scanned the interview, and HEARTSTATION.ORG have translated it. You can view the original below, and the translation at our forum.
As you may have noticed, KH13.com unfortunately experienced some downtime. However, we are happy to note that we have resolved the problem, and that it will not happen again. We have upgraded our hosting plan to the premium account, and as a result, the website should no longer redirect. Sorry again for the disturbance.
The April issue of V Jump magazine has included an article on Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. This article includes a mention of Larxene and Lexaeus, as well as uses Axel to demonstrate the Limit Break system. HEARTSTATION.ORG has scanned the relevant pages of the article and uploaded them. You can view them below.
Larxene's English voice actor, Shanelle Gray, has confirmed that she will be returning to voice the character in "the New Kingdom hearts video game thats coming out soon". The message, which was posted on her official website, is vague but most likely refers to Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. The full message can be seen at our forum.
Many of you have probably noticed our member videos section. Since it opened a couple of weeks ago, our users have uploaded many great fan-made Kingdom Hearts videos. As a result, we have decided to run a weekly competition: every week, we will look at each uploaded video and select our top five favorites. This week's winners are below:
1. Skillet's Live Free or Let Me Die by Kairi-loves-Sushi 2. Family Force Five's Fever by Kairi-loves-Sushi 3. BOREDOM!!!!! XD XD XD by kairiwilson1 4. 3 Days Grace's Riot by Kairi-loves-Sushi 5. Carl Douglas' Kung Fu Fighting by bluedragon
Check back next week for a new "Top 5". If you've made a video and want it to be included in our competition, then simply upload it to our member videos section.
Famitsu.com have posted an article about the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Included in this article is information and screenshots from the latest issue of Famitsu magazine. You can view the included screenshots below.
HEARTSTATION.ORG have translated the article into English. You can view this translation in our forum.
Luxord's English voice actor, Robin Downes, has confirmed that he will returning to voice the character in 358/2 Days. This information comes from Kingdom Hearts Insider forum member "Xango99", who emailed the voice actor and received a response. You can view the original email at our forum.
We have updated our Kingdom Hearts II - Japanese cutscenes section with more videos. You can view or download these videos from our dedicated section, or from the links below. Check back next week for more videos.
- Beast's Castle: First Visit - Hollow Bastion: Second Visit - 100 Acre Wood: First Visit - Hollow Bastion: Third Visit - 100 Acre Wood: Second Visit - Olympus Coliseum: First Visit - Disney Castle: First Visit - Hollow Bastion: Fourth Visit - Disney Castle: Second Visit
Square has updated their official Japanese website for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Included in this update is three more events, and a new section named "System".
Event 14 and 15 can be viewed or downloaded below or in our trailers section. Event 16 is just a cycle of screenshots from the game.
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The System section contains two subsections called Story Mode and Mission Mode. You can view or download the videos from this section below or in our trailers section.
Famitsu have included an article about 358/2 Days in their magazine. Scans of this article have surfaced thanks to Kingdom Hearts Insider forum member AGB. You can view them below.
These images show Roxas in a variety of different worlds, including new Never Land screenshots. It appears that Axel is accompanying Roxas in Never Land.
KH13.com will continue adding new videos, so please check back on the weekend for an update. Our member videos weekly competition will also continue this week.
Also, KH13.com would like to announce that we are officially affiliated with HEARTSTATION.ORG. This is a new website run by Kingdom Hearts Insider's previous news writer and translator, bittermeat. Although new, HEARTSTATION.ORG is always quick to translate new information as it appears.
A scan of a magazine article about 358/2 Days that appeared in V Jump has been made available thanks to All Games Beta. You can view the scan below. It confirms that Never Land will be included in the game.
A few months ago, Square released a book called Re: Riplai containing information on the upcoming Kingdom Hearts games, including 358/2 Days. bittermeat from HEARTSTATION.ORG has translated the Roxas and Axel in Twilight Town gameplay video and added English subtitles. You can view and download this subtitled version below, or in the game's trailers section.
テイルズ＠日本語でおｋ have included a small update about 358/2 Days in their blog. They report that in the game, when your HP gauge reaches a critical level, the player is given the option to initiate a "Limit Break" by holding down the A button. This raises the player's attack and speed.
This week we have been updating many pages of the website. Our soundtrack section is now complete and includes a separate page for each released album. We have also created a page for Kingdom Hearts Mobile.
Several of our games pages have been added to. The Chain of Memories, Coded, 358/2 Days and Birth by Sleep pages have been updated to include any important information from the last few months of news.
Thanks to kairiwilson1, our gallery has been updated with many pieces of fan art.
Our member videos section has received one video submission this week. Unfortunately, there has been an issue with the Vidiac service this week, and people have been unable to upload videos for the past six days. As a result, we will not be running the weekly competition this week, but will be starting it up again as soon as Vidiac fix their program.
We have updated our Kingdom Hearts II - Japanese cutscenes section with more videos. You can now view or download the following:
- Twilight Town: First Visit - Twilight Town: First Visit - Land of Dragons: First Visit
Thanks for visiting KH13.com and remember to check back later for more updates concerning Kingdom Hearts media.
Square Enix have updated their official website for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. The updates include four new events, a new trailer, and two new wallpapers. The video events can be viewed or downloaded below.
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Below is the trailer included on the website. It is titled Special Trailer II and contains little new scenes.
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The two new wallpapers can be seen and downloaded from our gallery.
