We have just completed our translations of the information relevant to Kingdom Hearts III; you can read it below! Translations are courtesy of KH13 Staff Ryuji.
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We have just completed our translations of the information relevant to Kingdom Hearts III; you can read it below! Translations are courtesy of KH13 Staff Ryuji.
Most of the new information about Re Mind was announced by director Tetsuya Nomura at the evening performance, accompanied by a video shown on the screen. Due to the exclusive nature of the news, this article is a retelling of different reports from a number of the members of the audience and journalists, namely Famitsu, kyo0607_KH, sonzaisinaimono, wotan_ivalicese, finekh_ephemera, mel_lifluous3, and 0408mark58. Credits for translations go to KH13 Staff @Mio-chan and Ryuji, and Keytotruth.
Guest Appearances: Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto & Tsuyoshi Sekito
Following the established setlist for the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World of Tres - concerts, the evening performance showcased music from the series in the first part of the show, and music from Kingdom Hearts III in the second part. Composer Yoko Shimomura made her usual and clamored appearance as well.
In the beginning of the second half, composers Takeharu Ishimoto (who composed music from The Carribean and San Fransokyo and several battle songs) and Tsuyoshi Sekito (who was in charge of Gummi Ship themes and world mini-games' music such as the Little Chef's Bistro and the Kingdom of Corona's festival dance) came on stage.
Ishimoto has been involved in the series since working as a synthesizer operator on Kingdom Hearts II (2005), while Sekito worked on the music arrangement in Birth by Sleep (2010). Ishimoto, who usually sits in front of the computer when writing a song, expressed his appreciation at holding a concert for fans to listen to the music as it is played live. Sekito, who listened to the rehearsals and daytime performance, praised the Osaka Symphony Orchestra for their wonderful performance and was happy that the show was taking place in his hometown.
Guest Appearances: Miyu Irino, Tetsuya Nomura and Ichiro Hazama
After playing the piano for the song 'Rhapsody in Tres for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra', Shimomura welcomed Sora's Japanese voice actor Miyu Irino to the stage. Irino made a notable entrance by saying once of his most famous lines, "My friends are my power!" in Japanese.
Shimomura mentioned Irino singing 'Under the Sea' in Kingdom Hearts II as a memorable scene. "For some reason, Sora has a part where he sings "Darling". It was something decided during production, but why would Sora, who is male, say "Darling" in his singing part?!" said Shimomura with confusion. "But then, when I heard Irino sing that part, my heart skipped a beat," she laughed.
Irino talked about how he was just in middle school when he was introduced to Kingdom Hearts. He saw it in an introductory article in the Weekly Shōnen Magazine. "At that time, I thought 'I have to buy this game when it releases'," he laughed, "And by the time I noticed, I had already spent half of my life playing Sora."
Shimomura then interrupted, "I want to continue talking more, but more guests are coming."
This is when director Tetsuya Nomura and executive producer Ichiro Hazama were greeted to the stage with a great round of applause.
With the upcoming releases of the Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC this winter and Final Fantasy VII Remake on March 3, 2020, Nomura has been very busy. "I think everyone is wondering why we came," he said, laughing, "I really didn't plan on coming to the Osaka performance, but I decided to come because of Irino-kun!"
Irino said, "Thank you!" And the venue erupted with laughter at their seemingly student-master relationship. Irino, who was a middle school student when first recording for Kingdom Hearts, said he had "only fun memories" and that Nomura saw him as an "innocent child". He said recording for Re:coded (2010) was the most difficult thing. Re:coded was released after Kingdom Hearts II, but shows a different version of Sora that is more similar to the one in Kingdom Hearts (2002).
“I didn't think much when I played Sora in Kingdom Hearts, but after Kingdom Hearts II, there were times when it was difficult to become [the younger and data version of] Sora,” he said. Therefore, Nomura kept referring back to the sound sources from the first game all the time, like a "ritual". However, thanks to such 'rituals', Irino said that the inner "engine" that enables him to become Sora is now more efficient. He was consequently able to individualize his various versions of Sora. Kōki Uchiyama, who plays Roxas and Ventus, is also able to go back and forth between the characters as he also performed these 'rituals' of going back to the source audio frequently.
Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC reveals
After the various talks, it was time to reveal more information about Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind. Nomura announced that the new trailer for the DLC is complete and will be released in December along with a release date. (This was subsequently leaked and then officially released during PlayStation's State of Play livestream.)
While the trailer could not be shown at the venue at the time, Nomura had a video ready to show to the audience. Nomura warned against filming the video during the event.
"Don’t film. There are people that shoot and spread the information even when we say to not to."
"No one should shoot! Otherwise Nomura-san won’t give you the trailer!" Irino added. "I don’t know much about overseas, but in Japan, at the KHO concerts you’re not allowed to shoot during the event even when the orchestra is not playing!"
Following the warning, Nomura played the video while talking about the new features present in the upcoming Re Mind DLC.
Data Greeting (or Photo Mode, as reported by many attendees) - An extended version of the camera mode. This can be accessed directly from the Main Menu and includes a Photo Album option; upon accessing this mode, the player is instantly greeted by a scene of Sora facing the sea in Destiny Islands. In this mode, characters, props, effects, locations and camera orientations can be set up freely for shooting. Multiple characters, including enemies, can be set in one photo, and poses and facial expressions can be customized. In the video shown, this mode was used to recreate scenes from past games using Kingdom Hearts III graphics, eg. the scene of Axel confronting Xion in Twilight Town (from 358/2 Days). A photo of Xehanort with Meow Wow was also shown, to which Irino commented, "Wow! That's unique!" One of the photos seemed to include the new Organizations XIII in a line with Sora in the middle. One of the photos shown reportedly included a photo of Sora, Kairi and Riku excitedly looking at a giant pancake in Destiny Islands. Attendee sonzaisinaimono drew the following sketch of the photo; we have edited it to add translations from the original sketch. Props included a Frog Prince Dream Eater and props related to bosses defeated when rescuing the Seven Princesses. A sketch of this has been provided by 0408mark58.
Slideshow - A function that displayes the player's photos in a slideshow while a set music plays in the background. Premium Menu - This enables the player to adjust several difficulty settings in 'Fast Pass' and 'Black Code'. Fast Pass includes adjustments to make the game easier, such as the ability to defeat enemies with a single blow and grand magic and Attractions appearing more frequently (to the point that there can be about 6-7 spells and Attractions stacked up above the Command Menu, as shown in the video). Black Code, on the other hand, uses player-imposed restrictions to crank the difficulty up to ludicrous levels, with options such as choosing how much health you can have and restricting the use of Cure and items. ("Banning Cure?! It will be a challenge just to think about how to clear the game..." Irino commented.) In the video shown, the example battle to show these setting was against Marshmallow in Arendelle. The demo player had to constantly block Marshmallow's swiping attacks and had no way to heal (although he did use a Kupo Coin). The video also showed a setting where Sora’s MP and HP would go down gradually during battle. Irino commented, “Why would you do that?!” to which Nomura responded with a laugh. Unlike the usual difficulty modes, these settings are customizable during the game. However, these setting must meet certain conditions such as clearing certain missions. Irino added, “In Kingdom Hearts III there are several battle voices for grunts like 'ha', 'yah', and 'hyaa' with different variations, so I hope you enjoy those."
It was said that these new features will not be showcased in the upcoming trailer (and they weren't).
When the talk about the new Re Mind features ended, Shimomura remained on stage and expressed her gratitude for the concert tour, and the last, encore song 'Chikai -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version-' was performed.
Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres- has now toured all over the world! The two last perfomances will be held in Yokohama, Japan, on December 26th and 27th.
Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World of Tres - Osaka Concert Photo Album
Read our original report of the Osaka concert reveals here.
You can read our report of the Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind State of Play trailer here.
You can watch the livestream below.
We previously covered the trailer here when it was leaked.
Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC is releasing on the Playstation 4 on January 23rd and on Xbox One on February 25th. You can purchase the Re Mind DLC for either $29.99 or the Re Mind + Concert Video $39.99 with additional content. Pre-ordering will be available on the Playstation store soon, and is already available on the Xbox store!
This trailer shows an incredible variety of new content, such as:
The inclusion of Final Fantasy characters, including Squall/Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith Explorable Scala Ad Caelum Playable Kairi A battle sequence where the Guardians of Light clash with the Xehanort vessels. The three available commands are Attack, Aerial Dodge and Reflega Several new boss battles are shown, including more Organization XIII battles, as well as a battle against what seems to be a recolored version of Dark Inferno New story sequences, including: Riku traveling to Radiant Garden to find Sora Sora and Aqua standing against several clones/visions(?) of Dark Aqua, implied by Sora to be the embodiment of Aqua's despair Demyx appearing before Riku in the Keyblade Graveyard Sora unlocking Riku's Dive to the Heart Sora and Kairi together in the Final World Sora meeting Yozora in a night-time scene in the Final World.
UPDATE: The Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC is now available for pre-order on the PSN store! There are links to both the PSN and Xbox One store pages from the Square Enix website. You also get a voucher for a special Re Mind theme for pre-ordering on PSN!
UPDATE: Square Enix have posted new renders of Cid, Aerith, Yuffie, Leon and Sora on their press site! You can view them in our gallery!
Screenshots from the trailer are also available. You can view them in our gallery as well! (thanks to KH13 News Team member KHWaterBlock for the screenshots!)
UPDATE: The Japanese version of the trailer has released! You can watch it below:
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These four categories are 'Best Narrative', 'Best Soundtrack', 'Best Role-Playing Game' and 'Best PS4 Game'.
Will you be taking part in this vote? If so, will you choose Kingdom Hearts III for any of these nominations? Let us know!
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The new Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind DLC trailer, previously teased at the Osaka show of the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World of Tres - tour, is now available to view as an unlisted video on the official Kingdom Hearts YouTube channel. You can watch it below!
This trailer showcases several new features that will be available as part of Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind:
The inclusion of Final Fantasy characters, including Squall/Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith Explorable Scala Ad Caelum Playable Kairi A battle sequence where the Guardians of Light clash with the Xehanort vessels. The three available commands are Attack, Aerial Dodge and Reflega. Several new boss battles are shown, including more Organization XIII battles, as well as a battle against what seems to be a recolored version of Dark Inferno New story sequences, including: Riku traveling to Radiant Garden to find Sora Sora and Aqua standing against several clones/visions(?) of Dark Aqua, implied by Sora to be the embodiment of Aqua's despair Demyx appearing before Riku in the Keyblade Graveyard Sora unlocking Riku's Dive to the Heart Sora and Kairi together in the Final World Sora meeting Yozora in a night-time scene in the Final World UPDATE: The unlisted trailer has been made private. We will not be sharing this trailer again until Square Enix have officially released it.
UPDATE: The video originally contained the following video description. You can view the description below.
Big thanks to @KairiHawk for the screenshot!
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You can watch live on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
The stream will be 20 minutes long and will include new game reveals, release date announcements, new gameplay footage, PlayStation Worldwide Studios updates, and more. However, the announcement clarifies that fans should not expect any updates on their next-generation plans.
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We have previously covered this item becoming available on the Japanese Square Enix store here.
Are you planning on picking up this adorable little guy? Let us know!
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The Mickey Key Crossbody Bag is £69.99.
The Mickey Key Convertible Backpack is £74.99.
Once again, be sure to act fast because they'll likely sell out soon!
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Hashimoto thanked fans for their support and was excited to celebrate this big win on the 25th anniversary of PlayStation. He said:
Translations are courtesy of KH13 News Translator Ryuji.
The other winners of the Platinum Prize were NieR: Automata, God of War, Marvel's Spider Man, and Red Dead Redemption 2.
Previously, Kingdom Hearts II won a Platinum Prize in 2006 and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep received the Gold Prize for selling over 500,000 units in Japan in 2010. They were featured in today's awards show as a nod back to past winners.
You can catch up on the PlayStation Awards 2019 awards show on PlayStation's here.
PlayStation Awards is a ceremony recognizing hit game titles sold in PlayStation format. The PlayStation Awards have been held every year since the inception of PlayStation in 1994, with this year marking both the 25th Awards and the 25th anniversary of PlayStation. This year's awards show took place at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.
You can watch the clip of Kingdom Hearts III winning the award below!
PlayStation also celebrated Kingdom Hearts III winning with a heart shaped Chirashi Sushi with small Keyblades, hearts, and crowns surrounding it!
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1400 Jewels & Balloon Olaf & Sven x 1 M/F (Item Drop Perk +6) Balloon Terra x 1 M/F (Rare Enemy Perk +4) Dual Meow Wow [SAB LV 9] x15 Power, Magic, and Speed Gems x10 each A Cyber Monday sale is also available until December 8th to those who purchase the WJE! The following Traits can be purchased for 1,000 Jewels each, up to 3 times, at the Moogle Shop.
Ground Enemy DEF -60% Aerial Enemy DEF -60% Extra Attack: 40% Power Damage in Raids +40% STR +1000
Until December 8th, get the Popcorn Hat spirit part and other rewards through Union Cross! Fight the Extra Hard Boss during Bonus Times for more coins!
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Until December 31st, collect event coins to receive rewards from the following event boards:
[Board 1] - Starlight Booster [Board 2] - Treasure Trove Booster [Board 3] - Lady Luck Booster [Board 4] - Three Wishes Booster [Board 5] - Olympia Booster [Board 6] - Divine Rose Booster [Board 7] - Moogle O' Glory Booster [Board 8] - Sleeping Lion Booster [Board 9] - Counterpoint Booster [Board 10] - Stroke of Midnight Booster [Board 11] - Fenrir Booster [Board 12] - Darkgnaw Booster [Board 13] - Missing Ache Booster [Board 14] - Fairy Stars Booster [Board 15] - Diamond Dust Booster [Board 16] - Bad Guy Breaker Booster [Board 17] - P Booster [Board 18] - S Booster [Board 19] - M Booster
Until December 10th, defeat enemies to get magic gems! A Magic Gem can drop as a rare drop if you defeat the Large Snowman. You will also receive a Magic Gem by defeating the Icy Beast which is a rare enemy. Icy Beast will appear more as the difficulty goes up. Use the Rare Enemy Perk and Item Drop Perk effectively!
Until December 8th, defeat the raid boss with your party during bonus times to receive even more lux! Until December 31st, complete quests to receive gems!
Through PvE Coliseum:
Until December 31st, Those who manage to battle their way to the top will also receive the ATK B XI Max & GA 0 skill!
ATK B XI Max & GA 0: Deals 3.2 times more damage, and uses no special attack gauges. Has a 100% trigger rate.
Also receive a KH3 Kairi B Ornament
Monthly Missions for December:
Until December 31st, collect lux to receive Gingerbread Dog pet parts!
The following are future events to come for the rest of this month:
Dec. 2, 2019:
・Popcorn Hat spirit part union cross!
That quote will be on the message boards!
Dec. 4, 2019:
・New quest for Chasm of Challenges! Get a Sun Gem and Moon Gem!
Dec. 5, 2019:
・Damage Contest!
Rank in and get tons of gems!
Dec. 9, 2019:
・Get tons of Gems through Deluxe Union Cross (Up to 100 Gems)
Dec. 11, 2019:
・Power Gem drop event. Now is your chance to collect the power gems!
Dec. 17, 2019:
・Deluxe PvP Rewards
Dec. 18, 2019:
・Holiday event, cute avatar accessories are here!
Dec. 19, 2019:
・Story Quest Update
Dec. 20, 2019:
・High Score Event
Dec. 21, 2019:
・Big Bonus Challenge, "Pegasus Cup"
You can receive up to 6,000 jewels.
・Collect speed gems at the speed gem drop event.
Dec. 23, 2019:
・Deluxe Lux Ranking Rewards (Up to 3,000 Jewels and 90 Gems)
・Daily Event
Dec. 26, 2019:
・Proud Mode Quest
・Deluxe Union Cross
Dec. 27, 2019
・Count Down Event
Until December 16th, SN++ KH3 Elsa is guaranteed within 5 draws to celebrate the release of Frozen 2!
SN++ KHIII Elsa [Target: All] Deals 3 hits. 2 turns: M-Medal STR +2500, self [↑ STR, U- & M-STR 15], targets [↓ U-DEF 15], SP ATK B +200%. Count +1. Pierces Defense Boost 30%. Next Medal turns Magic. 1 turn: reflects 100% Magic.
Supernova
[Target: All] [Mastery]2 turns: M-Medal STR +4500, targets [↓ DEF, U- & M-DEF 15], SP ATK B +280%.
Triggers before slot 2 is activated when defending in PVP.
Gauge: 1 Tier:
10
Damage*:
× 78.12
Supernova Damage*:
× 220.00
Celebrate the holidays with the return of holiday avatar boards! Until December 14th, the following avatar boards are available for 1500 jewels!
Fur Coat (Male) Fur Coat (Female) Fur Coat
Fur Coat: Hood (Skill Perk +6)
Fur Coat: Pouch
Fur Coat: Gloves (Raid Boss Perk +10)
Title: Bored
ATK Boost II & ATK Prize+ (6★ Scrooge)
Defense Boost III (6★ Scrooge)
Magic Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 3
6★ Dale x 3
6★ Cid 10 x 2
6★ Huey & Dewey & Louie x 3
6★ Magic Mirror x 1
Fur Coat
Fur Coat: Hood (Skill Perk +6)
Fur Coat: Pom Pom
Fur Coat: Gloves (Raid Boss Perk +10)
Title: Meow
ATK Boost II & ATK Prize+ (6★ Scrooge)
Defense Boost III (6★ Scrooge)
Magic Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 3
6★ Dale x 3
6★ Cid 10 x 2
6★ Huey & Dewey & Louie x 3
6★ Magic Mirror x 1
Gingerbread Boy (Male) Gingerbread Girl (Female) Gingerbread Boy
Gingerbread Boy: Head
Gingerbread Boy: Scarf (Raid Boss Ω Perk +5)
Title: Present
SP Attack Gauge 2 (5★ Scrooge)
Attack Boost II Max (6★ Scrooge)
Speed Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 3
6★ Dale x 3
6★ Cid 10 x 2
6★ Huey & Dewey & Louie x 3
6★ Magic Mirror x 2
Gingerbread Girl
Gingerbread Girl: Head
Gingerbread Girl: Scarf (Raid Boss Ω Perk +5)
Title: Candy
SP Attack Gauge 2 (5★ Scrooge)
Attack Boost II Max (6★ Scrooge)
Speed Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 3
6★ Dale x 3
6★ Cid 10 x 2
6★ Huey & Dewey & Louie x 3
6★ Magic Mirror x 2
Holiday Night Santa (Male) Holiday Night Santa (Female) Holiday Night Santa
Holiday Night Santa: Hat
Holiday Night Santa: Earrings
Holiday Night Santa: Sack (Skill Perk ＋3)
Holiday Night Santa: Fur
Title: Jolly
Attack Boost VIII Max (6★ Scrooge)
ATK B VII Max & GA 0 (6★ Scrooge)
Defense Boost VI (6★ Scrooge)
Magic Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 1
6★ Cid 10 x 1
6★ Magic Mirror x 5
5★ Magic Broom x 3
Holiday Night Santa
Holiday Night Santa: Hat
Holiday Night Santa: Earrings
Holiday Night Santa: Sack (Skill Perk ＋3)
Holiday Night Santa: Fur
Title: Festive Night
Attack Boost VIII Max (6★ Scrooge)
ATK B VII Max & GA 0 (6★ Scrooge)
Defense Boost VI (6★ Scrooge)
Magic Gem x 1
6★ Chip x 1
6★ Cid 10 x 1
6★ Magic Mirror x 5
5★ Magic Broom x 3
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Kingdom Hearts III isn't listed at the current time, but the line-up is subject to change. Jump Festa 2020 runs from December 21st to December 22nd.
UPDATE [Dec 10, 2019]: Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind has been updated on Square Enix's Jump Festa 2020 site!
Stay tuned to KH13.com for the latest Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind DLC news!
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