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Kingdom Hearts 3D demo to release on Japanese eShop

According to onlineplayer, a demo for Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] will be released on May 2, 2012 on the Japanese Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS. The demo will take place in Traverse Town, and you will have three Dream Eaters-- Wondernyan, Neko Cat and Kuma Panda. Thanks to KHxInfo on Twitter for the find!
Update: Both 4Gamer.net and Famitsu.com have posted articles about the upcoming demo. They reveal that it will be titled Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] DEMO VERSION, that you'll need about 90MB on your SD card, and that by downloading the free demo, you get a total of 15 times in which to use it! Let's hope that other regions see something similar.
Update 2: Square Enix's official Japanese website for Kingdom Hearts 3D has been updated to confirm the demo's release on the Japanese Nintendo eShop.
Update 3: As it is now May 2, 2012 in Japan, the Kingdom Hearts 3D demo is now available to download for free from the Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop.
DChiuch

Pre-order bonus for Kingdom Hearts 3D in North America (Dream Eater AR cards)

Amazon.com's pre-order page for the North American version of Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] has revealed a pre-order bonus for the game. The page states that "Pre-order Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance and get a set of AR cards that will unlock exclusive Dream Eaters in-game. The AR cards will be packed in the game box." Seems like the Dream Eater AR cards for the Japanese version will be seeing a release overseas! Thanks to rinimt and sqexgal for the tip.
Update: Both Walmart's pre-order page and EB Games Canada's pre-order page have been updated with a confirmation that they too will be offering the AR cards as a pre-order bonus. Thanks to KHInsider for the tip. We can also assume that GameStop in USA will be doing the same, as they share stock with EB Games Canada.
DChiuch

English screenshots of Kingdom Hearts 3D released

G4tv.com have released a set of English screenshots from Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]. These screenshots are of battle scenes, so we are able to see the English names of some commands! Thanks to SquareEnixEmily for the tip. You can see all screenshots below.
G4tv.com have also published another article, this time revealing the English names of some of the Dream Eaters. The full list of revealed names can be seen below. All supplied renders of the Dream Eaters can also be seen below, in the same order-- so you can see which Dream Eater matches with which name.
Spirits
Chef Kyroo
Jestabocky
Komory Bat
Meow Wow
Nightmares
Char Clawbster
Escarglow
Me Me Bunny
Peepsta Hoo
DChiuch

Kingdom Hearts 3D Play Arts and Formation Arts announced

Kuma's Mad Don Blog have revealed that Play Arts and Formation Arts for Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] are in the planning stages of production. This comes as great news for collectors after the "Kingdom Hearts 2 Vol. 2" Formation Arts released earlier. Thanks to ArikaMiz for the find, Oishii from KH13 for translating the part of the blog post, and to TheKingdomKid for first posting the news.
DChiuch

Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] Ultimania details

Studio Bent Stuff have revealed more details about Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] Ultimania, the official guidebook for Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]. The news release explaining the new details of the guidebook can be seen here, although it is in Japanese. We have translated some of the details below for you. Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] Ultimania releases on May 1, 2012. Thanks to bKvEBVAvUq for the tip.
- Full 3D maps of the fields
- Exact positions of every treasure box
- Information about obtaining each Ability and each Spirit
- Super rich command-related data, such as skills, abilities, items and Sprits
- Boss battle guides
- Various artwork
- Summary of the story
- An interview with Tetsuya Nomura revealing information about the future of the series
DChiuch

Kingdom Hearts 3D, European website redesigned

Square Enix's official European website for Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] has been completely redesigned and updated. The website now has videos and screenshots sections. New screenshots of the game have been added to the screenshots section, and the website provides links to various websites where you can pre-order the game.
Lastly, it also has a quote from Official Nintendo Magazine (UK): "This is easily the most impressive looking game we've seen on the Nintendo 3DS." You can view all the screenshots below, in our gallery.
DChiuch

Kingdom Hearts 3D to be released on July 20, 2012 in Europe

Update 3: If you have a Nintendo 3DS from Europe or Australia, then you can access the eShop right now and download this English footage to your Nintendo 3DS! Unfortunately, this is not available in North America, and the footage is not in 3D.
Nintendo Direct of Europe has confirmed that Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] will be released in Europe on July 20, 2012! The first footage of the English version was also shown at the event, featuring English text and voices! You can view this below.
Update 2: We have created an archive of English trailers for Kingdom Hearts 3D, and added this video as the first video.

Update 1: The following Dream Eaters have received English names in this video.
Neko Cat -> Necho Cat
Hari Lion -> Pricklemane
Koumori Bat -> Komory Bat
DChiuch

Kingdom Hearts 3D to receive a patch

At the Nintendo Direct event today, it was revealed that the Nintendo 3DS will soon be able to download and install patches for games. One of the games to be patched will be Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance], which suffers from some unfortunate bugs. The firmware update that allows patching will release on April 25, 2012, where the Kingdom Hearts 3D patch is set to arrive sometime after that.
DChiuch

Nintendo Direct event to occur on April 21, 2012

Nintendo will be running another "Nintendo Direct" event tomorrow, on April 21, 2012. While there is no word yet about the event occurring in North America, there will be a Japanese and European version of the event live-streamed online. Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] has NOT yet been confirmed to appear, but since it appeared at the last few Nintendo Direct events in these regions (with about 1 minute dedicated to the game each time), there is a possibility that it will be appearing again, so watch out! If we're lucky, we might even get the European release date for the game, or some English footage. (But again, this is a big if!) The times of the events, and a link to where each will be live-streamed can be seen below. Thanks to the Twitter accounts of Nintendo of Japan and Nintendo of Europe for the tip.

Nintendo Direct (Japan) - 11PM EST April 20, 2012
The Japanese event has concluded. Unfortunately, Kingdom Hearts 3D did not appear (but this is expected, since the game is already out in Japan). It did, however, receive a mention when Nintendo announced some patching capabilities for the Nintendo 3DS. There is a small chance that it may appear at the European event, so watch out!

Nintendo Direct (Europe) - 7AM EST April 21, 2012
The European event has concluded. Kingdom Hearts 3D appeared with the first English footage, including both English text and voices. The European release date was also announced as July 20, 2012.
DChiuch

Kingdom Hearts 3D in the April 19 issue of Famitsu Weekly

Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] has appeared with an article in the April 19, 2012 issue of Famitsu Weekly magazine. The article contains a lot of information about Kingdom Hearts 3D, in particular describing different Dream Eaters, abilities, and treasures from within the game. We have scanned and uploaded this article for you, and you can see it below, in our gallery.
We have also scanned and uploaded the Kingdom Hearts 3D article in the April 5, 2012 issue of Famitsu Weekly (which hadn't appeared online yet), and this can also be seen below, in our gallery. Keep in mind that both sets of scans may contain very minor spoilers, depending on what you count as a "spoiler"!
DChiuch

Kingdom Hearts 3D appears in Nintendo Dream magazine

The June 2012 issue of Nintendo Dream magazine, which released today on April 21, 2012, has included an article on Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]. The article, according to ArikaMiz, is said to contain an interview with the director of the series, Tetsuya Nomura. It also contains an interview with Yoko Shimomura regarding the music of the game and the series, according to the Game Music Garden. Not much is known yet about either interview, and it is unknown if we will receive complete translations, however, thanks to goldpanner, we know that Nomura has expressed some interest in continuing the The World Ends With You franchise in some way.
DChiuch

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance Original Soundtrack booklet

takaturtle from KH13 has uploaded scans of the small booklet included with the Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance Original Soundtrack, the official soundtrack for Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]! The booklet contains a pretty track listing, as well as words from all three composers, Yoko Shimomura, Tsuyoshi Sekito and Takeharu Ishimoto. While it is not yet translated, it is still nice to look at. If you want to buy this amazing soundtrack, then you can do so from Play-Asia here, YesAsia.com here, or CDJapan here.
DChiuch

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