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Each year Classic FM holds a "Hall of Fame" poll, where everyone globally may vote for their favorite classical music composers and pieces. The annual poll starts in January and ends around Easter (which falls on April 16th this year). This year's voting has nearly come to a close, but it isn't too late to vote for Yoko Shimomura, the wonderful music composer for Kingdom Hearts. You can submit your vote for the Classic FM Hall of Fame by visiting their website here. If you would like to vote for Yoko Shimomura you can simply type her name in the search bar, and in the results select "Kingdom Hearts (includes The Other Promise) by Yoko Shimomura." You may submit up to three votes for your favorite musical pieces and composers. Kingdom Hearts and Yoko Shimomura have ranked considerably high out of the top 300 musical pieces in previous Classic FM Hall of Fames, including finishing at 31st place in 2016 and ranking 30th in 2015. Let's show our support and help Yoko Shimomura and Kingdom Hearts rank higher this year!

Square Enix has released a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX on March 23, 2017. It has been titled Fight the Darkness, and is available in an dub with , , , and subtitles. You can watch the trailer in English below: Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX releases for the Playstation 4 on March 28, 2017 in North America, and on March 31, 2017 in Europe. UPDATE: A new 60 second long version of the Fight the Darkness trailer has been released by the official Kingdom Hearts YouTube channel. View this 60 second trailer below: At the same time as this 60 second long trailer's release, they also released a 60 second long version of the Familiar Faces and Places trailer as well. You can view that trailer here.

Gamestop is offering a Kingdom Hearts sweepstakes where PowerUp Rewards members have the chance to win a Kingdom Hearts Fantasy trip to Disneyland for two. This sweepstakes opened today March 1st 2017 and ends March 31st 2017. The trip includes the following: 2-Day Park-hopper: Passes to visit Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park 3-Day passes to the D23 Expo VIP Tour of Disneyland resort According to Gamestop's website there are three ways to enter the contest, two of which involve a Kingdom Hearts title. Preorder Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX for 2 entries Purchase Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX or Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue for 2 entries Use reward points from Gamestop (1 entry = 200 points, 7 entries = 1000 points, 15 entries = 2000 points) The maximum amount of entries permitted is 510. You can check out further details or enter the sweepstakes by visiting Gamestop here.

Funko has announced that Kingdom Hearts Pop! plushies have been revealed at Toy Fair NY and will be available for purchase later this year. So far only the conceptual art of the plushies have been released, including that of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy. It is uncertain whether there will be more characters available upon the official release of these plushies. Stay tuned for further updates and information. You can check out the conceptual art of the Kingdom Hearts plushies below: UPDATE 1: A photo was released by Funko that shows off the three plush characters as well as the previously mentioned Funko Pop! Vinyl figures. UPDATE 2: Two more photos were released by Funko that show closer looks at the three plush characters. View these photos as well as the photo from Update 1 below: UPDATE 3: A bunch more photos were released by KHInsider and Disney Dan. It included photos of both the plushies and the previously mentioned Funko Pop! Vinyl figures. A video has also been released. View the photos below: View the video by Disney Dan here: UPDATE 4: It has been revealed the plushies will be available August 2017. UPDATE [Nov. 19, 2017]: The Kingdom Hearts Mickey and Donald Funko Pop! plushies are available to purchase at Hot Topic and on the Hot Topic website! They're both listed for $14.90 USD, but are currently on sale for $10.90 USD each. You can purchase the Mickey Funko Pop! plushie here, and you can purchase the Donald Funko Pop! plushie here. You can check out the Hot Topic product description for the Kingdom Hearts Mickey and Donald Funko Pop! plushies here: UPDATE [Dec. 12, 2017]: The Kingdom Hearts Mickey, Donald, and Goofy Funko Pop! plushies are available to purchase at Spencer's and on the Spencer's website! They're listed for $12.99 USD each. You can purchase the Mickey Funko Pop! plushie here, the Donald Funko Pop! plushie, here, and the Goofy Funko Pop! plushie here. You can check out the Spencer's product description for the Kingdom Hearts Mickey, Donald, and Goofy Funko Pop! plushies here: Are you going to be adding these Kingdom Hearts plushies to your collection? Which characters are you hoping will be revealed? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

Last week the Kingdom Hearts II Organization XIII Roxas Play Arts Kai figurine released in Japan, and now fans are starting to receive their shipments from the Square Enix online store. This figurine package offers Roxas in his Organization XIII coat with the Oathkeeper and Oblivion Keyblades. It can be found in the Square Enix Japanese online store, and is also available for pre-order within the Square Enix NA store, with a release date quoted at the end of May, 2017. Roxas is priced at $120.00 in the NA store, while it is listed at 12,360 yen in the JP store. Here is a video displaying an unboxing of Kingdom Hearts II Roxas from a member of our news team, Toominator. Are you looking forward to receiving your Roxas figurine, or do you have plans to purchase one? Let us know in the comments below!