[UPDATED] Patches for Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 and 2.8 fully unlocking share function to release on October 25 at 3pm JST

38 minutes ago, Aquaberry said:

Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura has just announced that on Thursday October 25, at 3pm JST, patches for Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX and HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue collections will be released that will allow the sharing of blocked scenes on PlayStation 4. The announcement, made on the official Japanese Kingdom Hearts Twitter, has been translated below by Goldpanner.

 

 

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These aren't new cutscenes?

1 hour ago, ienzo628 said:

These aren't new cutscenes?

What they’re saying is that you’ll be able to use the PS4 recording feature in blocked areas/scenes. Meaning you’ll be able to record/stream during the Days, Re:Coded, and Back Cover movies, and towards the end of KH 0.2.

OH MY GOD FINALLY 

So does this mean that the opening song of Kingdom Hearts 2 and 358 Days will no longer get blocked on YouTube?

They need to focus on the real issue and release the JP audio for overseas fans.

4 hours ago, Kaweebo said:

OH MY GOD FINALLY 

Yep thanks to the new bundle. But we will get new updates with the VR.

I never understood the need to block them anyway... Those who want to record footage can do so without that function and bypass the restriction, so those scenes are not a secret and does not prevent them from being shown. 

Must be some strange contractual stuff again like with the music in games. But it's good that this was lifted now. 

17 hours ago, ienzo628 said:

These aren't new cutscenes?

No, it seems like they're saying they're removing the blocked scenes for the movies and the latter part of 0.2.

15 hours ago, oversoul53 said:

So does this mean that the opening song of Kingdom Hearts 2 and 358 Days will no longer get blocked on YouTube?

No, that'll probably still get blocked.  IIRC, the rights for the songs are owned by Universal, not Square Enix.

9 hours ago, Gestrid said:

No, it seems like they're saying they're removing the blocked scenes for the movies and the latter part of 0.2.

 

No, that'll probably still get blocked.  IIRC, the rights for the songs are owned by Universal, not Square Enix.

Oh.  I had no idea this was going on with the PS4. 

14 hours ago, Merilly said:

I never understood the need to block them anyway... Those who want to record footage can do so without that function and bypass the restriction, so those scenes are not a secret and does not prevent them from being shown. 

Must be some strange contractual stuff again like with the music in games. But it's good that this was lifted now. 

It wasn't fully Square Enix that wanted them blocked, it's Disney's. The cutscenes were SE, but Disney didn't want the movies to be able being shared. 

Is there any posibility that they added a new secret ending leading to kh3?

On 10/24/2018 at 9:52 AM, oversoul53 said:

So does this mean that the opening song of Kingdom Hearts 2 and 358 Days will no longer get blocked on YouTube?

No. That's copyrighted by UMG, not Square Enix.

On 10/24/2018 at 12:58 PM, ienzo628 said:

These aren't new cutscenes?

Not the subject in question, no. But there ARE free expansions that add a new cutscenes to 358/2, and a cinematic adaptation of KH1.

3 hours ago, Gamatech said:

Not the subject in question, no. But there ARE free expansions that add a new cutscenes to 358/2, and a cinematic adaptation of KH1.

Oh that's cool!