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Amazon.co.jp have added pre-order pages for a pair of Play Arts based on Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]-- "Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] Play Arts Sora & Riku TRON:LEGACY ver.". These Play Arts, which feature Sora and Riku in their Tron: Legacy outfits, will be available on March 8, 2013 for a price of ￥6,073 each (approximately US$75.77). All images can be seen below. Update 1 (November 20, 2012): Square Enix have announced some release date changes for their merchandise. The new Tron: Legacy Play Arts for Kingdom Hearts 3D have been delayed until April 26, 2013. Update 2 (April 2, 2013): Both the Square Enix e-STORE and Amazon.co.jp have created pre-order pages for the Tron: Legacy Kingdom Hearts 3D Play Arts. These pre-order pages (Sora: e-STORE | Amazon.co.jp, Riku: e-STORE | Amazon.co.jp) reveal that the figurines have been delayed again, and will now be released on May 17, 2013. Thanks go to ArikaMiz for the find.

The March 28, 2013 issue of Famitsu Weekly has included an article on Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] (pronounced "Kingdom Hearts Key"), the currently Japan-only Kingdom Hearts game for web browsers. The article explains that while playing Kingdom Hearts χ[chi], the player will join one of 5 teams and compete against each other. The teams are based on animals, and are known as "Unikorunisu" (Unicorns), "Reoparudosu" (Leopards), "Anguisu" (???), "Urupeusu" (???) and "Urususu" (???). A full translation will be available soon. bKvEBVAvUq has uploaded a scan of the article, and thanks to him, this can be seen below. Update: Oishii has translated the information in this scan, which you can read below. In this work, when a player begins creating their own avatar, they can choose a “Union” to join. A Union is a group with which you kill enemies with the purpose of collecting “Lux”. Every week, the amount of Lux collected by each Union is calculated. If you enter the highest rank, you can take part in a mission where it is possible to obtain a special reward.

Last week, people were given the opportunity to participate in a closed beta test for Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] (pronounced "Kingdom Hearts Key"), the currently Japan-only Kingdom Hearts game for web browsers. Square Enix opened an official website for the game, and has since added a page describing the gameplay elements of Kingdom Hearts χ[chi], complete with screenshots. Thanks go to tomerc10 from KH13 for this find. goldpanner has translated the information provided on this page, and thanks to her, you can read this translation below. [How to play] Slide 1: Welcome to the world of Kingdom Hearts χ [chi]! Journey through Disney worlds and take the light back from the darkness! Slide 2: Defeat the darkness that has appeared in the worlds, the Heartless! Defeat Heartless to get Lux (Light)! Slide 3: Collect Lux (light) to win Team Battles! The Lux you all collected will be tallied together every night to determine the victorious team! The winning team will be rewarded! Slide 4: Defeat Raid Bosses for Huge Gains! Join in the battle when a Raid Boss appears. [Worlds] Slide 1: Simple mouse controls - Your avatar will move to wherever you click the mouse - Click Heartless and things that catch your eye! (Heartless, components Items, Treasure Chests) - Use AP to make actions (TIP: AP regenerates with time) Slide 2: Dynamic Card Battles! - Click Heartless to start a battle! - Defeat Heartless to obtain Lux and cards etc - Use cards to execute various abilities! Slide 3: Gather components! - Synthesise your Keyblade with components to strengthen it! [Card Synthesis] Slide 1: About Card Synthesis - Synthesise your cards to get strong! - Base card - components Cards - Munny is necessary for synthesis TIPS - Synthesise cards of the same type (blue, green, red) and the level will rise more easily - Synthesise the same card to form a Limit Card and raise the card's max level [Deck Formation] Slide 1: About Deck Formation TIPS - Form the strongest deck easily with 'Auto Form' - Deck - Owned cards - Battle with three cards at a time chosen at random from your deck Slide 2: About Cards There are two types of cards! Attack Cards: - Attack cards are set with one Ability - Attack cards have a fixed Attack Strength and Defence Strength! - Obtain Attack Cards by defeating Heartless and through Card Draw etc Assist Cards: - Assist Cards are important cards that decide HP and the Lux you will obtain - Obtain Assist Cards from treasure chests as you adventure through the worlds [Keyblade Strengthening] Slide 1: About Keyblade Strengthening - Gather components Items to strengthen your Keyblade - Once you have collected the necessary components, you can strengthen your Keyblade! - If you match your cards and Keyblade type during battle, you will get an effect up bonus [Team] Slide 1: A Raid Boss has Appeared! - Work together with everyone to defeat the Raid Boss within the time limit! - Damage the Raid Boss to get Lux to defeat opposing teams - Battle the Raid Boss using BP! - The more BP you use, the more damage you deal

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX released in Japan on March 14, 2013. 4Gamer.net have revealed that between March 14 and March 17, the game sold 128,414 copies. For the week between March 11 to March 17 in Japan, this placed HD 1.5 ReMIX in 2nd place, just behind Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment. 4Gamer.net also posted their reader reviews score for the title-- 90/100! Famitsu's own sales estimates for the March 11 to March 17 week have also appeared online, giving slightly different numbers for HD 1.5 ReMIX. Famitsu places the weeks sales at 131,940 copies, making HD 1.5 ReMIX the top-selling game of the week! Either way, these are very good numbers for a HD collection in Japan. We have collected the first week sales of various PlayStation 3 HD collections in Japan below, for comparison: 304,073 - Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver. 128,414 - Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX 89,112 - The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection 59,060 - Metal Gear Solid HD Edition 44,221 - Devil May Cry HD Collection 43,265 - Zone of the Enders HD Collection 39,900 - Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition 13,064 - God of War Collection 7,280 - Silent Hill HD Collection 6,404 - Ratchet & Clank Collection 5,542 - God of War: Origins Collection As you can see, Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX is off to a great start in Japan. In fact, as far as we can tell, this is the second-fastest selling HD remaster in Japan of all time. Congratulations to the Kingdom Hearts series! Update: Sales information for the second week of HD 1.5 ReMIX's release (from March 18 to March 24, 2013) have been released. Media Create has the amount at 29,401 copies, for a total of 157,815 copies so far; while Famitsu has the amount at 31,481 copies, for a total of 163,421 copies so far.