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At the concerts for the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World Tour -, a guide was available for purchasing. This guide includes an interview with Yoko Shimomura as well as details on the soundtracks of the Kingdom Hearts series. You can view the transcriptions below: Credit and thanks to KH13 users, neil98 and Mystics Apprentice, for transcribing the guide.

The launch trailer for Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross] has been released. The trailer can be viewed below: For those of you who don't know, Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross] is an updated version/rebranding of Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ[chi] which includes multiplayer gameplay and new story updates. If you'd like to see more details of the Union χ[Cross] update, click here.

The official Japanese Kingdom Hearts Twitter has recently posted a tweet that states "In honor of the release of KH 1.5+2.5, as well as the approaching 15th anniversary, we'll be opening the site "See with Sounds as a first in the series! There is also a present campaign planned! We're looking forward to it." Thanks for Catherine Mueller who helped translate the post. ([email protected]) UPDATE 1: The Kingdom Hearts See with Sounds site has now been released! Click here to visit it! This site features the Kingdom Hearts Memorial Music Box, where you can listen to several songs from throughout the series while an animated Sora runs across your screen on a path of sheet music while pictures of his adventures fly past. When you click on the songs, a description of the song written by Yoko Shimomoura can be read. These heartfelt descriptions explain her thoughts behind the songs and her reasons for making them the way they are. There's also a giveaway campaign that goes from March 9 - March 31. Fifteen people will be randomly chosen from a lottery to win an exclusive Kingdom Hearts Memorial Box Dearly Beloved music box! In order to enter the giveaway, you need to follow the official Japanese Kingdom Hearts Twitter and tweet your favorite memory of the series related to the series' story or music along with the hashtag #音で視るキングダムハーツ. View the Dearly Beloved music box below. View images of the site below: Thanks to Famitsu for the images! UPDATE 2: The winners of the Kingdom Hearts Dearly Beloved Memorial Music Box from the March giveaway have received their music boxes! View photos of them in the gallery below, provided by @MNbn_14 and @yuripoyo_irisu on Twitter. Also, check out an audio recording of the music box playing Dearly Beloved here. UPDATE 3: New photos and videos are the music box have been shown off on Twitter by @mose138, @midiplex, @8X_tukisi_X8, @Kazaton, @MNbn_14, @acn_sg, and @sora_donald. View the photos with the other photos in the gallery above. View a video of the music box playing Dearly Beloved by @mose138 here, a video of unboxing the music box by @mose138 here, a video of unboxing the music box by @sora_donald here, a video of the music box playing Dearly Beloved by @sora_donald here, and an audio recording of the music box playing Dearly Beloved by @acn_sg here.

Square Enix has announced their PAX East 2017 lineup. One of the demos to be present will be Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX. Here is a list of the demos to be featured: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Final Fantasy XV Episode Gladiolus Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Dragon Quest Heroes II I Am Setsuna Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue NieR: Automata Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - A Criminal Past Ride 2 Posters will also be given out for the following titles: Dragon Quest Heroes II Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary commemorative artwork by Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano Flame x Blaze Guardian Codex Kingdom Hearts (double-sided poster featuring Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX as well as Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue) Mobius Final Fantasy NieR: Automata ​PAX East 2017 takes place from March 10th to March 12th in Boston (USA). UPDATE 1: Check out the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX PAX East 2017 poster! "Remember, Relive, Rejoice". View it below: UPDATE 2: Square Enix held a livestream of them playing a few different games at PAX East 2017. One of which was Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX. View images of their livestream and setup thanks to the official Kingdom Hearts Twitter below: UPDATE 3: The official Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ Twitter has released pictures of the Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ/Kingdom Hearts Union χ section of the Square Enix booth at PAX East 2017! Check it out below: Also, take a closer look at the exclusive PAX East 2017 Kingdom Hearts Union χ posters and buttons, thanks to @ToucanRob on Twitter, below: UPDATE 4: Square Enix has shared gameplay footage of Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX at PAX East 2017, featuring gameplay of Kingdom Hearts Final Mix. You can view the video below, courtesy of . Our own video on our YouTube channel will follow shortly. UPDATE 5: The official Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ Twitter has released a few more pictures of the Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ/Kingdom Hearts Union χ section of the Square Enix booth at PAX East 2017 as well as a picture of the previously shown poster. Check it out the pictures below:

Benyamin Nuss (pianist and composer) has confirmed that he will take part as a piano soloist during the Kingdom Hearts World Tour Concert alongside Yoko Shimomura in Tokyo on 10th and 11th March and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. You can view the message below. Benyamin was the featured piano soloist in the award winning “Symphonic Fantasies” and "Distant World” and has paid tribute to Final Fantasy through his career. Click here for his Twitter page, Facebook page or his website. The Kingdom Hearts World Tour starts on the 10th of March in Tokyo. It will then stop for concerts in Paris, London, Singapore, Shanghai, Los Angeles and New York in that order. We will keep you updated on any news from the concerts! UPDATE 1: Benyamin Nuss also performed at the final Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World Tour - that took place at the Orix Theater in Osaka, Japan. He expressed his gratitude on Twitter and even stated he almost cried many times during the performance. He also provided a couple photos of himself with others who have worked very hard on these concerts. One of which includes Kingdom Hearts series composer Yoko Shimomura, Kairi and Xion's Japanese voice actress Risa Uchida, and Aqua's Japanese voice actress Megumi Toyoguchi. UPDATE 2: Benyamin Nuss has released some more photos on his Facebook page, and gave a more detailed explanation of his thoughts and gratitude of the event. View the photos with the other photos in the gallery above.