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Hey guys! It's me again! I know I upload videos with huge gaps in between, and I apologize for that. It just takes a while for me to blueprint, plan, and then build all of these things just for you guys! This is just a work in progress, so it's not complete yet.

It's Yen Sid's Tower from Kingdom Hearts II!

So far, it's just the outside and the first floor, so it's not the entire interior

I want to make the interior with all the stairs and rooms though!

That will come soon! As I stated before, this is just a work in progress of what I have so far!
 

Screenshots:

 

 
Interior:

 
Alright that's all I have! Once I finish the map, I'll put a link of it on PlanetMinecraft!
 
My Youtube is Zimfan506 if you want to check videos for all of my Kingdom Hearts builds!
 
Enjoy!

Hey everyone! I just want to stop by and say that I completed this build and are working on Monstro!
The Download link for Yen Sid's is right here.
http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/yen-sids-tower-idea/
I won't spoil the interior here

Oogie Boogie's Bash is a Disneyland California Adventure special event with tons of experiences revolving around Halloween and the villains throughout Disney's movies. This year, it seems that characters from Kingdom Hearts will appear at the event!
According to a pamphlet for the event, it lists that in the Grizzly Peak area, "Friends from Kingdom Hearts" will be hanging out for guests! In the past, a special Kingdom Hearts costumed Donald and Goofy were used for special events, so it's possible they will be the ones at the event, but it's not fully revealed on who it will be. You can check out the special pamphlet for the sold out event below!

Special thanks to mrs.disnerd for the image!
UPDATE (Sept 17th, 2019): Donald and Goofy were at Oggie Boogie's Bash dressed in their Kingdom Hearts outfits. A photo op was set up at Grizzly Peak and fans could take pictures with either Donald or Goofy. You can check out some of the pictures in the gallery below. 
A video of the event has been uploaded to WDW News Today's YouTube channel. You can watch it below.
Special thanks to WDW News Today and Disneyland News Today for the pictures and video.
 

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Square Enix Merchandise @SQEX_MD_GOODS have revealed two new Bring Arts, Roxas and Xion, for the Kingdom Hearts line at their booth at San Diego Comic Con. 
You can view some shots of the figures below.
 

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Square Enix Merchandise @SQEX_MD_GOODS have revealed two new Bring Arts, Roxas and Xion, for the Kingdom Hearts line at their booth at San Diego Comic Con. 
You can view some shots of the figures below.
 

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Yen Press has announced on their website that they will be bringing the Kingdom Hearts X light novel to the west on December 10, 2019. It will have 160 pages and retail for $14.00 USD and $21.00 CAN.
The novel previously released in Japan, and is titled Kingdom Hearts X: The Story of You and the Keyblade.


Other upcoming products from Yen Press include:
Kingdom Hearts III, Chapter 0: Prologue which released recently and is available for download now.
Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded novel releasing August 20, 2019.
Kingdom Hearts 3D novel releasing October 29, 2019.

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A new costume for the character Cloud will be available in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT on June 5/6th, 2019; the outfit is the same he wears in the first Kingdom Hearts. 
This new outfit will be available June 5th and 6th for Steam and Playstation 4.
 

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Yen Press has announced on their website that they will be bringing the Kingdom Hearts X light novel to the west on December 10, 2019. It will have 160 pages and retail for $14.00 USD and $21.00 CAN.
The novel previously released in Japan, and is titled Kingdom Hearts X: The Story of You and the Keyblade.


Other upcoming products from Yen Press include:
Kingdom Hearts III, Chapter 0: Prologue which released recently and is available for download now.
Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded novel releasing August 20, 2019.
Kingdom Hearts 3D novel releasing October 29, 2019.

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IGN have recently published a feature and a video on talking with members of the Kingdom Hearts III development team about working with Disney in this project. Toru Yamazaki (art director), Kayoko Yajima (lead facial animator), Tai Yasue (co-director), Koji Inoue and Munenori Shinagawa (animation directors), and Tetsuya Nomura (series director) talked about the rewards and challenges working with Disney and Pixar for the game. The video also shows the Square Enix developers show off some of the work they used for the development. (For those who haven't player or finished Kingdom Hearts III yet, be aware that the video contains some cutscene and gameplay footage from the game.)
 
In the video, Yamazaki explained how in previous titles they would recreate the characters from scratch based off the properties, whereas for Kingdom Hearts III they asked Disney to share their resources with them. Disney have provided the original polygon shapes of characters with guidelines on how to add more detail, such as hair and clothes) on them. However, things didn't always go as planned as those resources were not originally made to be used in a video game. For example, models' joints weren't defined and so had to be added manually and physics-enabled objects like capes needed to be particularly revisited. 
Of course, making sure your game is as accurate to the film as possible means there needed to be lots of things to be approved over time. Both Disney and Square wanted to make sure that the team were doing an incredible job at recreating their magic and sometimes were there approving things every step of the way. It seemed that every single detail in the process had to get approved before even moving on to the next scene, and any change that they had made needed to be explained.
Disney and Pixar not only required changes after things were made; Square needed their approval at almost every stage from concept to finished product. According to Yasue, cutscenes were the most inspected element in the game perhaps due to portraying the source material most intimately.
With things needing to be approved almost every minute, other things they had an easier chance with. As it turns out, the crazier the change to the original property the more likely it had a chance of being approved. This is because changing the character so it is not the same but still recognizable, Disney didn't make a fuss due to perceiving it as a new character altogether.
For gameplay, they team brainstormed ideas that they thought Disney would be likely to approve for its world and characters before letting them see a walkthrough and accepting comments. Painstakingly, every single gameplay action was scrutinized to the smallest detail. However, Disney's role was not only to correct, but to collaborate as well as things had to have some sort of continuity. For instance, Inoue mentioned that when Square approached Disney with a story about a Wreck-It Ralph summon that pounds the ground, Disney recalled a scene from the movie where he did exactly that. Inoue also talked about how pleased Pixar animators were to see their IPs, such as Monsters, Inc., recreated with technology superior to what they had when those movies were first made.
Along with making the Disney experience in Kingdom Hearts III more authentic, getting feedback for their project ended up helping the Square developers in the long run to become better animators and storytellers.
Working with Disney was one thing, but also working with Pixar was very different. Pixar was in fact more attached to their property, approving more stages of production and participating in weekly conference calls with the animation teams to ensure the most accurate representation of their IPs. Both Disney and Pixar kept their teams of animators intact following the release of their IPs - and they all had a say in the reproduction of their work in Kingdom Hearts III. Nomura went on to explain how it was working with both companies, how they reacted differently to the same issue (even within the same studio) with how the plot of the world should go as well as how it should look. He also had some convincing to do for the studios to fall in like with his longtime vision of Sora and friends canonically arriving to the Disney worlds.
 
 

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Today, with a Tangled animated short with music from the world, Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura announced another official Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres-!
A translation of the announcement, provided by goldpanner, reads:
Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres- will feature a score of songs throughout the series as well as new tracks from the soon to be released title, Kingdom Hearts III. It will also feature new video sequences projected on a giant screen. Each performance will be played by a top-notch orchestra and choir of more than 100 musicians. It will be touring in 17 cities around the world with 22 performances in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

The tour will start in Tokyo, Japan, on April 27, 2019, with three performance. It will then visit locations around the world, only to come back to Japan in Osaka, where it will have its last performance on November 30, 2019.
Locations in the United States include Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando, New York City, Atlanta, and Dallas. The tour will also be coming to Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. In Europe, it will be visiting Cologne, Paris, and Milan and London. Singapore and Australia are more eastwards locations the tour will be visiting!
Pre-sale of the tickets for each of the showings will start as early as January 30, while the general sale of tickets will take place later on in February. For the Tokyo shows, the tickets can be reserved via a lottery system starting January 29.
You can find all the tour dates below; please note that all times are local times. Also note that concert schedule and ticketing information is subject to change without notification.
Date Location Venue More Information and Tickets April 27-28, 2019 Tokyo (Japan)
Tokyo International Forum Hall A April 27: [Lunch Performance] 11:30 Opening / Starting at 12:30 April 27: [Night Show] 17:30 Opening / Starting at 18:30 April 28: Opening at 11:30 / Starting at 12:30 Can be reserved via lottery from Square Enix e-Store from January 29 at 12:00 to February 11 at 18:00 Can be reserved via lottery from Kyodo Tokyo from February 26 at 12:00 to March 1 at 23:59 May 18, 2019 Singapore (Singapore)
Esplanade Concert Hall Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 June 1, 2019 Chicago (United States) Auditorium Theater of Roosevelt University Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 June 8, 2019 Los Angeles (United States) Dolby Theater Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales From February 12, 2019 June 22, 2019 Orlando (United States) Walt Disney Theater Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales From February 12, 2019 June 28 - 29, 2019 New York (United States) United Palace Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 July 13, 2019 Toronto (Canada) Sony Center General sales starting February 12, 2019 August 24, 2019 Cologne (Germany) Kölner Philharmonie Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 September 14, 2019 Atlanta (United States) Fox Theater Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 September 28, 2019 Paris (France) Palais des Congrès Composer Yoko Shimomura will be in attendance. Meet-and-greet with signing and photo session available with VIP tickets. Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 October 5, 2019 Milan (Italy) Teatro Arcimboldi General sales starting February 12, 2019 October 19, 2019 Sydney (Australia) Sydney Town Hall Centennial Hall October 19: [Lunch Performance] Starting at 15:00 October 19: [Night Performance] Starting at 20:00 Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 October 26, 2019     Dallas (United States) Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales From February 12, 2019 November 2, 2019 Sao Paulo (Brazil) Espação das Americas General sales starting February 12, 2019 November 17, 2019     London (UK) Eventim Apollo Composer Yoko Shimomura will be in attendance. Meet-and-greet with signing and photo session available with Cat.1/VIP tickets. Pre-sales from January 30, 2019 at 20:00 General sales from February 12, 2019 November 23, 2019 Mexico City (Mexico) Auditorio Blackberry General sales starting February 12, 2019 November 30, 2019 Osaka (Japan)
Grand Cube Osaka Details will be announced at a later date.   The Kingdom Hearts Orchestra series has amassed more than 80,000 spectators in the past two years. The first Kingdom Hearts Orchestra experiences took place back in 2017, with Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -First Breath- in Japan, followed by the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour-. The -World Tour- was renewed for an Encore in 2018, adding old and new locations for the tour. The release date for Kingdom Hearts III was revealed during the Los Angeles show in June 2018.  
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Today marks another day down on Kingdom Hearts III's countdown! Each day until January 25, director Tetsuya Nomura is making an announcement. Today, he reminded everyone that the two-minute Kingdom Hearts III commercial will be uploaded after it airs during the AFC Asian Cup tonight on TV Asahi (the program starts at 10.:20PM and ends at 12:30 AM JST on January 18). The media he shared featured Lea and Kairi, where he's accepted the name Axel even as a somebody.
 
Here you can see Goldplanner's translations!
 

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Today marks another day down on Kingdom Hearts III's countdown! Each day until January 25, director Tetsuya Nomura is making an announcement. Today, he reminded everyone that the two-minute Kingdom Hearts III commercial will be uploaded after it airs during the AFC Asian Cup tonight on TV Asahi (the program starts at 10.:20PM and ends at 12:30 AM JST on January 18). The media he shared featured Lea and Kairi, where he's accepted the name Axel even as a somebody.
 
Here you can see Goldplanner's translations!
 

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Disney announced that their Disney Ambassador Hotel in Japan will be promoting Kingdom Hearts III with a themed room based off the series for a limited time from March 26 to June 30!
Fans will be receiving a Kingdom Hearts special room key based off the Kingdom Key Keyblade, with a themed box upon check-in and are able to take it home with them after staying. The rooms will be 41 square meters large, with a choice between two regular beds and a trundle bed. Each room comes with two sets of original postcards with double-sided designs, making it a total of 4 cards. The price is ¥46,100 (approx. $427) a night and reservations start January 30.
A special menu will also become available closer to the reservation date. 
For further information about the rooms, including booking, visit the official Disney Hotels Japan website.
You can view pictures of the special Kingdom Hearts themed hotel room below.
 
You can read a translation of Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura's comment on the hotel rooms below.
https://twitter.com/_KINGDOMHEARTS/status/1085055054262939654
UPDATE [Jan 24, 2019]: The special menu for the hotel room has been revealed, showing off several Kingdom Hearts themed food items for sale from March 26 to June 13 in the hotel lobby lounge and deli cafe. Anyone visiting the hotel can order from the menu, not just guests so they encourage it! The special food items will be listed below.
Kingdom Hearts Special Cake - ¥2,000
A cake with Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance visuals on top as it's motif. Has a chocolate mousses surrounded by sea salt jello. Kingdom Hearts Special Drink - ¥1,300
Hot milk tea mixed with white chocolate and raspberry syrup. It's topped with a crown design made of cocoa powder and comes with a heart shaped strawberry and original design coaster. Kingdom Hearts Special Parfait - ¥1,000
A parfait with nata de coco and aloe pulp are mixed together with flavored yogurt. It has an iced bar coated with sea salt syrup designed to look like a sea salt ice cream pop.   

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The Xbox store has updated recently showing off the approximate file size for Kingdom Hearts III on the Xbox One. The digital version of the game will require approximately 35.81gb of free space on the hard drive. The store doesn't mention anything about day one patches being included in this total. When you pre-order the digital version of Kingdom Hearts III on the Xbox Store, you are given a code to receive the Xbox One Keyblade.


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Celebrating Mickey Mouse's 90th birthday, Disney held an art exhibition featuring many different artists who drew Mickey Mouse over the past 90 years. Each artist shared their most memorable memory of Mickey Mouse. Tetsuya Nomura shared his by saying:
"My greatest memory of Mickey Mouse is his appearance in Kingdom Hearts. He (King Mickey) is a cool and collected character, which is slightly different from other works he appears in. I do like that he has a different atmosphere about him from his other titles."
The quote was shown below concept art from 2009's Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded of Sora and Mickey Mouse, which you can view below. Thanks to KH13 Staff xionskeyblade for the pictures!

Tetsuya Nomura's name displayed at the entrance of the exhibit! Thank you nechocat for pointing that out for us!

Tetsuya Nomura's name displayed on the pamphlet given at the exhibition as well!
 



Walt Disney's original sketches of Mickey Mouse's different designs. Eventually, he came to a decision to which Mickey he chose, the Mickey Mouse we all know and love today.

 

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Square Enix has revealed yet another range of new official Kingdom Hearts merchandise. Ranging from bookmarks to a couch cushion pillow cover, all of these products are now available for pre-order at the Japanese Square Enix e-STORE. You can view each of the products below.
Kingdom Hearts Clear Bookmark Vol.1 2 Set
Kingdom Hearts II Clear Bookmark Vol.1 2 Set
Kingdom Hearts World Sticker Set
Kingdom Hearts II World Sticker Set
Kingdom Hearts Rubber Magnet -Monogram Set-
Kingdom Hearts III Stainless Steel Bottle 
Kingdom Hearts Vanity Pouch
Kingdom Hearts Cushion Cover -Monogram-
While these are currently Japan-only products, you can still pre-order the Cushion Cover, World Sticker Sets, Emblem Magnets, Vanity Pouch and more Japan-exclusive merchandise through AmiAmi if you live outside Japan but are still looking to spruce up your house with Kingdom Hearts decorations!
AitaiKuji has opened preorders for these products as well, with a release date of December 2018.

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Square Enix has revealed yet another range of new official Kingdom Hearts merchandise. Ranging from bookmarks to a couch cushion pillow cover, all of these products are now available for pre-order at the Japanese Square Enix e-STORE. You can view each of the products below.
Kingdom Hearts Clear Bookmark Vol.1 2 Set
Kingdom Hearts II Clear Bookmark Vol.1 2 Set
Kingdom Hearts World Sticker Set
Kingdom Hearts II World Sticker Set
Kingdom Hearts Rubber Magnet -Monogram Set-
Kingdom Hearts III Stainless Steel Bottle 
Kingdom Hearts Vanity Pouch
Kingdom Hearts Cushion Cover -Monogram-
While these are currently Japan-only products, you can still pre-order the Cushion Cover, World Sticker Sets, Emblem Magnets, Vanity Pouch and more Japan-exclusive merchandise through AmiAmi if you live outside Japan but are still looking to spruce up your house with Kingdom Hearts decorations!
AitaiKuji has opened preorders for these products as well, with a release date of December 2018.

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Funko announced today that they plan to release a bunch of Kingdom Hearts III Pop collectibles this fall. On the blog, they showed the first look at the Kingdom Hearts III Pop! Pens of Sora, Mickey, Sora Monster form, and a Shadow as well as Sora and Shadow keychains!
You can check out the new Pop! Pens and keychains below.
 
 
 
UPDATE [Oct. 28, 2018]: GameStop has started accepting pre-orders for the Funko Pop! Pens. Each pen will cost $3.99 and will be available on October 30th.
Thanks to Churro for the update!
All these Funkos coming in! Will you be adding them to your Pop! collection? Let us know in the comments!!

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Funko announced today that they plan to release a bunch of Kingdom Hearts III Pop collectibles this fall. On the blog, they showed the first look at the Kingdom Hearts III Pop! Pens of Sora, Mickey, Sora Monster form, and a Shadow as well as Sora and Shadow keychains!
You can check out the new Pop! Pens and keychains below.
 
 
 
UPDATE [Oct. 28, 2018]: GameStop has started accepting pre-orders for the Funko Pop! Pens. Each pen will cost $3.99 and will be available on October 30th.
Thanks to Churro for the update!
All these Funkos coming in! Will you be adding them to your Pop! collection? Let us know in the comments!!

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Announced from the Disney Games Japan Twitter account, Character Choice is a website where you can customize and create your own t-shirts using characters from various franchises. Most recently, the website allows users to use various Kingdom Hearts characters from the series as designs for t-shirts!
 
 


 
 


What are your thoughts on these t-shirts? Will you be designing your own with Kingdom Hearts characters? Let us know in the comment section below!
 
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To commemorate the release of the anticipated Kingdom Hearts III, an event called the Kingdom Hearts & Tokyo Skytree Tower of Light and Darkness was announced!
It will take place from Tuesday January 8, 2019 through Sunday March 3, 2019.
Taking place in the Tembo Galleria 450 meters above ground, the tower will be decorated with Disney worlds from the Kingdom Hearts series, as well as the characters!
There will be original content being displayed in the Skytree Round Theater inside the tower, using 255° out of 360° of the huge screen composed of window glasses of about 110 meters wide and 2 meters high.
The event plans to sell exclusive cafe menu and original goods collaborating with this event. A promotional poster was shown off in regards to this event, which you can view below!

Keep up to date with Kingdom Hearts III news at TGS 2018 on our Social Medias (Facebook - Twitter - Tumblr) and on our full coverage of the event here on the website!

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September is ending, which means it's time for another roundup! KH13 has gathered all the Kingdom Hearts merchandise from September so you're all ready for Halloween!
 
Hot Topic's back again and has a brand new online exclusive Kingdom Hearts Sora Built-Up Backpack inspired by Sora's outfit that retails for $54.90.
 


 
Just in case you would like a new wallet to go with your brand new backpack, EB Games Canada is selling a Kingdom Hearts Sora Wallet themed after his outfit as well spotting the crown on the front. The wallet is currently up for preorder with a December 21 release retailing for $24.99.
 


 
Just in time for Halloween, the store Spirit Halloween is showing off their new Kingdom Hearts Halloween costumes by sending their stock to Spencer's as well. If you're interested in becoming your favorite main characters from the series like Sora, Riku, Kairi, and King Mickey look no further.
 
Sora's costume retails for $59.99 while Riku, Kairi, and King Mickey all retail for $49.99. There are also kids versions of Sora and King Mickey that retail for $39.99.
 


 
Say you buy your costume, but you don't have a keyblade! Worry no more, Spirit Halloween has you covered with their brand new Oblivion and Pumpkinhead keyblade props! Both keyblades retail for $39.99 and can be bought either on Spencer's or their online site.
 


 
 
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A prototype version of the Kingdom Hearts III Bring Arts King Mickey has been spotted at New York Comic-Con today at the Square-Enix booth!
 



 
 
The fully painted version was previously shown off just a few weeks ago at the Tokyo Game Show which you can see below:
 
 



 
 
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Funko announced today that they plan to release a bunch of Kingdom Hearts III Pop collectibles this fall. On the blog, they showed the first look at the Kingdom Hearts III Pop! Pens of Sora, Mickey, Sora Monster form, and a Shadow as well as Sora and Shadow keychains!
You can check out the new Pop! Pens and keychains below.
 
 
 
UPDATE [Oct. 28, 2018]: GameStop has started accepting pre-orders for the Funko Pop! Pens. Each pen will cost $3.99 and will be available on October 30th.
Thanks to Churro for the update!
All these Funkos coming in! Will you be adding them to your Pop! collection? Let us know in the comments!!

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Funko has officially shown off the brand new Kingdom Hearts III Sora (Drive Form) Pop! It is a Best Buy exclusive, and releases on November 23 for $9.99
 


 
 
 


Will you be adding this to your collection? Let us know in the comments!
 
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