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Diamond Select Toys have revealed a prototype of their own Kingdom Hearts figures at the New York Toy Fair 2017. The figures are still requiring licensing approval and there are plans for a mini figure collection. View the prototypes below: Currently the set will be sold for $24.99 USD. It features Sora, Roxas, Axel, Mickey Mouse, Maleficent, Jafar, Iago, Abu, a Dusk Nobody, a Shadow Heartless, and a Creeper Plant Heartless. The planned collection of Mini figures would possibly feature Sora, Demyx, Auron, Donald Duck, Goofy, Jafar, Tron, and Sark. Thanks to KHInsider for the find! UPDATE 1: Diamond Select Toys have shown off improved versions of these figures at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) 2017. UPDATE 2: More detailed photos have been added of the Sora, Axel, Mickey Mouse, and the Soldier Heartless figures by Diamond Select Toys, which were featured about booth #817 at C2E2. You can view these images above. UPDATE 3: The official Diamond Select Toys Twitter account has released an image of their Vinimates display at C2E2 2017 at their booth #817. In this display, you can see the Sora Vinimate and get a better look at him than in the previous photo. Sora can be seen on the third shelf down and to the right. View the image of the display below: UPDATE 4: Thanks to @JayCochran on Twitter, we now have a new photo of the Sora figure and a new photo of the Mickey figure. View these images with the other images above. UPDATE 5: New images of these figures and new information on these figures has been released. It's now known that these figures will be released in two packs which each contain three figures. The first pack will have Axel, Mickey Mouse, and a Shadow Heartless in it, while the other pack will have Sora, a Soldier Heartless, and a Dusk Nobody in it. The figures are between four and seven inches tall. They will be released Fall 2017, and both packs will be $25.00 USD. The figures are sculpted by Oluf Hartvigson, who's also done some work for one of the Star Wars lines at Sideshow Collectibles. View the new images in the gallery below: UPDATE 6: Pre-orders for these two sets of figures are now available on Ami Ami. Pre-order the Sora, Soldier, and Dusk pack here, and pre-order the Mickey, Axel, and Shadow pack here. They can each be pre-ordered for 3,500 yen ($31.44 USD). They will be released in Fall 2017. UPDATE 7: Pre-orders for these two sets of figures are now available for the United States. Pre-order the Sora, Soldier, and Dusk pack from BigBadToyStore here, pre-order the Mickey, Axel, and Shadow pack from BigBadToyStore here, and pre-order both packs from BigBadToyStore here. You can also pre-order both packs from Entertainment Earth here. Each pack can be pre-ordered for $22.99 USD, and the double pack can be pre-ordered for $44.99 USD. Read the product description for the single packs below: Read the product description for the double pack below: Thanks to KHInsider for the tip! UPDATE 8: Diamond Select Toys' Kingdom Hearts figures have been shown off at SDCC (San Diego Comic Con) 2017. The Mickey, Sora, Axel, Dusk Nobody, Shadow Heartless, and Soldier Heartless figures were shown off there, as well as new Pluto, Valor Form Sora, and Wisdom Form Sora. A Master Form Sora was announced too. The Pluto figure will be $9.99 USD at Walgreens, the Valor Form Sora will be $19.99 USD only at GameStop, the Wisdom Form Sora will be $19.99 USD only at Target, and the Master Form Sora will be $19.99 USD only at Toys "R" Us. Check out photos of the figures at SDCC 2017, provided by @churroz on Twitter, below: UPDATE 9: Diamond Select Toys president Chuck Terceira, also known as DSTChuck, answered various fan questions about their figures and upcoming figures, which include things like Star Trek, Kill Bill, and of course, Kingdom Hearts, as a part of their Ask DST series. He has confirmed that their plan now is to have the one series out for holiday 2017, instead of the previous goal for fall 2017. UPDATE 10: Series 1 of the Diamond Select Toys' Kingdom Hearts figures are now available to purchase at Walgreens. Walgreens also has a Mickey Mouse and Pluto pack as an exclusive. Check out images of the Series 1 figures in their store packaging, as well as a photo of the Sora figure posed in a field shown off by the official Diamond Select Toys Twitter account, below: UPDATE 11: Diamond Select Toys have posted a few photos of the Axel figure on their Twitter account, as well as a few photos of the Sora and Dusk Nobody figures. View them in the gallery with the other photos in UPDATE 10 above. UPDATE 12: The Kingdom Hearts figures by Diamond Select Toys were shown off at NYCC 2017 (New York Comic Con 2017). Check out tons of photos of the figures at the Diamond Select Toys booth at the convention, shared by the official Diamond Select Toys Twitter account, The Toyark, Toy News International, and Toy Hype USA, below: UPDATE 13: The Series 1 of Kingdom Hearts figure 3-packs by Diamond Select Toys will be available in comic shops next Wednesday! You can locate a comic shop near you here. Take a look at the figures in their 3-pack boxes below: UPDATE 14: A Series 2 has been announced! You can read about it here. Also, more pictures of Series 1 figures have been released, and Diamond Select Toys have stated that following the release of the Series 1 three-packs today (November 1, 2017), "more exclusive packaging and character variations coming to other retailers in the coming weeks!" You can read the full announcement here. You can view the new pictures below: UPDATE 15: As of November 1, 2017, you can purchase Sora Valor Form at GameStop, Sora Wisdom Form at Target, and Sora Master Form at Toys "R" Us for $19.99 USD each! Keep an eye on this space for updates on future releases of Kingdom Hearts Select Series 1!

Square Enix will release a calendar in April to commemorate the beginning of the Japanese school year. This calendar contains images of various Square Enix titles, including Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue. The images are supposedly separate to the calendar, hence you can choose which image you want to use. Square Enix members will be able to purchase the calendar for 400 points, up to two per person can be ordered from here. The images included in the calendar are from the following games: Credit to @aibo_ac7 for the tip! UPDATE: A photo was taken of the page of the school calendar that features Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue. View the photo, provided by @re12300120 on Twitter, below:

The official Japanese website for Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX has experienced a new update. Whilst the homepage remains the same as it was previously, screenshots of each game in the collection can now be viewed. What do you think of these new changes? Are you excited for the collection? Let us know in the comments below!

The official North American Twitter account for Square Enix Merchandise has revealed a new image of the previously mentioned Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth By Sleep -A fragmentary passage- Aqua Play Arts Kai figure at the New York Toy Fair. You can view the image below: The figure will be released in July 2017. UPDATE 1: An advertisement for the Kingdom Hearts Play Arts Kai Aqua figure has been spotted in a Japanese store. View a photo of it, provided by @Phamboola on Twitter, below: UPDATE 2: AmiAmi has added a listing for the Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage- Aqua Play Arts Kai, with pre-orders starting on April 5th, 12am JST. The figure was previously shown at the New York Toy Fair and Nuremberg Toy Fair in February, where the release date was first revealed to be July 2017. The figure has a listed price of 13.824 yen, with AmiAmi advertising a 29% discounted price. The final product pictures reveal that the figure will not only come with the Play Arts Kai base, optional hand parts, and the Rainfell Keyblade, but also the Master's Defender Keyblade. UPDATE 3: Square Enix is now accepting pre-orders on the Square Enix Japan store for 13,180 yen (about $120 USD) and the figure is set to be released on July 8th, 2017. It's currently unknown when it will be available in the North American store. You can view pictures of the figure below:

Square Enix Japan's 3rd Business Division has listed a new job opening for Kingdom Hearts III on their website for the role of a System Programmer. Translations for this new job description will be made available soon. What do you think of this new job listing? Let us know! UPDATE: The job description has been translated thanks to Goldpanner!

The Twitter account for the Japanese Square Enix store has stated that the Japanese box art for Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX has been updated. You can view the box art below:

UCC Distributing has displayed a new set of Kingdom Hearts Rockerz alongside the aforementioned Kingdom Hearts Domez figures by Zag Toys. The set consists of Sora with his Kingdom Hearts attire, Sora with his Kingdom Hearts II attire, Sora in his AntiForm Drive Form, Riku, Roxas, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Jack Skellington, a Shadow Heartless, and what appears to be a variant of a Shadow Heartless and a variant of Sora with his Kingdom Hearts II attire. They each will come in blind boxes. Their price and release date remains announced. Check out an image of the Kingdom Hearts Rockerz below:

During last month's Dengeki PlayStation interview with Kingdom Hearts series composer Yoko Shimomura, she was asked about the first concert of the Kingdom Hearts World Tour-taking place in Tokyo, Japan on March 10th in the Tokyo International Forum Hall. You can view the full interview here thanks to @goldpanner's translations! One interesting piece of information to come out of this interview was when she stated there would be a movie displayed in the hall, supervised by series director Tetsuya Nomura. What do you think this movie could be? Are you attending this concert or any of the other concerts? Let us know in the comments!

Gamestop USA has displayed Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX on their website as both a physical and digital purchase for $49.99. Many fans were pleased with Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue also being a digital download. You can view the listing down below. What do you think of this listing? Is it likely that Kingdom Hearts III may have a digital download also? Let us know in the comments! Credit to Down from NeoGaf and KHinsider for the tip!

Former director and writer of the cancelled Kingdom Hearts cartoon, Seth Kearlsey, has stated that he is attempting to gain legal permission to reveal the pilot animatic. You can view his tweets below. In addition, Seth was interviewed on February 2nd and during the 1:15:24 mark he begins to discuss the cancelled cartoon of Kingdom Hearts. Originally Seth pitched the concept of an animated show (not specifically Kingdom Hearts) rather than making a movie due to it having a longer shelf life and a better opportunity for marketing. Seth's agent suggested Kingdom Hearts as it would mix both American cartoons and Japanese anime together. After completing the original Kingdom Hearts in a week he read the pilot for an Aladdin episode, Seth disliked this idea as Aladdin was already it's own animated TV show. Moreover, Seth took inspiration from the popular anime Cowboy Bebop due it airing on Cartoon Network at the same time he was writing the script for the Kingdom Hearts cartoon. Around the 1:24:00 mark Seth discusses his attempt to gain legal permissions for the release of the pilot animatic. You can hear the full interview below. Credit goes to twitter user @KorgerKor for the tip!

A six inch PVC figurine of Sora from Kingdom Hearts III will be available June 17th, 2017 for the Japanese audience. A number of Sora's poses from the game can be recreated, according to the official Square Enix e-Store for Japan the model attempts to replicate the in-game CG. Along with Sora and his new Keyblade (name unknown as of this article), the Bring Arts features the Two Shot Blasters (unofficial name), a replacement face and six replacement hands. The figurine is priced at $61, £48 or €57 including tax and can be purchased here, however AmiAmi has listed the figurine at a price of $45, £36 or €42. Please be sure to double check AmiAmi for any extra costs such as shipping. You can view the Bring Arts Sora below. UPDATE: The Kingdom Hearts III Sora Bring Arts figure is now available for pre-order on the North American Square Enix store. It has an approximate release of August 2017 and is available at a price of $69.99 USD. You can check out the official English description below.

The official Japanese e-Store for Square Enix is now selling a box of Kingdom Hearts themed key rings based upon the medals found in Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ[chi]! The set features KH II Mickey, KH1 Cloud, Donald, Shadow, Axel, Roxas, DDD Sora, and KH1 Riku. Currently, the collection is priced at $51, £40, or €47 euros. The collection will be available April 29th in Japan. There is no confirmation of this box set being available anywhere else. The medals can be seen below, and can be purchased from here. UPDATE 1: The Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ[chi] medal key ring box is now in stock at the Square Enix Café in Tokyo! View images of it, provided by the official Square Enix Café Twitter account, below: UPDATE 2: View a photo of all of the key rings from the Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ[chi] medal key ring box laid out, thanks to @ArikaMiz on Twitter, below: UPDATE 3: CaféReo has revealed a new box of key ring medals from Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross]. These medals include KH1 Sora, Meow Wow, Ventus, Naminé, Xion, Axel and Roxas, Winnie the Pooh, and KH 0.2 Mickey. The box set will cost 5,600 yen ($49.79 USD) and each medal will be 700 yen ($6.22 USD). The key rings will be available in November 2017. You can view the medals below: Thanks to @aibo _ac7 and KHInsider for the tip! UPDATE 4: The new box of key rings medals from Kingdom Hearts Union χ[cross] is now available to pre-order on AmiAmi! You can pre-order the box set here. Their list price is 6,040 ($53.76 USD), and their AmiAmi 15% off price is 5,120 yen ($45.57 USD). UPDATE 5: The new box of key rings medals from Kingdom Hearts Union χ[cross] is now available to pre-order on the Square Enix Japan Store. Their list price is 6,040 yen ($53.71 USD) and are set to release on November 17th, 2017. You can pre-order the box set here.

With the release of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue many fans have been ecstatic to play 0.2 in 4K 60fps with the PS4 Pro. The official Japanese hardware list for PS4 Pro support now displays Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX, which can be viewed below! Tetsuya Nomura has also mentioned that the four playable titles will run at 60fps on the standard PS4. Update: It has been officially confirmed by Square Enix that Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX will include support for 4K/60 fps on the Playstation 4 Pro. Are you excited to experience the the four playable titles in 4K? Let us know in the comments! Credit to Andrefpvs of NeoGAF for the find!