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Xehanort can transfer his consciousness into his vessels and control them and have them wield his Keyblade (No Name) but with a different Keychain on it. Which is what he did to Young Xehanort in DDD. So yeah, if Marluxia ends up being a Seeker of Darkness in KH3, I don't see why he wouldn't do the same for Marluxia and all the other vessels. Having a Keyblade is always an advantage.

CaféReo has revealed various Kingdom Hearts badges in a collection that's appropriately named the "Kingdom Hearts Badge Collection." They are in the iconic stained glass designs, and they will be releasing in October 2017 for Japan. Each individual badge will be available to purchase for 600 yen ($5.46 USD), and you can purchase all 13 of the badges in a box set for 7,800 yen ($70.93 USD). When it launches, it will be available to purchase at the official online CaféReo Partner Shop, nationwide anime goods and hobby shops, mass retailers, and major online shops. The badges are approximately 75 x 75mm each. Recently, Kingdom Hearts acrylic charms and badges have been announced for pre-order on AmiAmi. You can check those out here. Thanks to @aibo_ac7 on Twitter for the tip! UPDATE 1: The Kingdom Hearts Badge Collection is now available to pre-order on the official Japanese Square Enix e-Store for 8,424 yen ($77.12 USD). It'll be released on October 7, 2017. UPDATE 2: A sample exhibition of the Kingdom Hearts Badge Collection will be on display at Volks Akihabara Hobby Paradise in Tokyo, Japan in October. Two new photos of the collection of badges, one of which is a photo of the sample exhibition, have also been released by the official Volks Akihabara Hobby Paradise Twitter account. View them in the gallery with the other photos above. Click here to view the article

He's always worked perfectly fine for me. I think people rely too heavily on their party members. Why would you want to be healed literally every single time you get to low health? It wouldn't even be a game anymore. There wouldn't be any risk or reward. There wouldn't be a challenge. People need to rely on themselves and act like their party members aren't even there imo. Getting healed every once in a while should just simply be a nice surprise/bonus every now and then.

Nomura said Dream Drop Distance's story was rushed. That's all we know though I'm pretty sure.

I don't think their powers/weapons have anything to do with them being Nobodies, so I don't see why they wouldn't have full control again. People in the KH universe just simply have magic powers and abilities. They can summon magic weapons for the same reason Donald and Goofy can summon their staff and shield.

That wasn't the real Traverse Town. It was still in the realm of sleep. Sora opens a realm of sleep portal/Keyhole to get there. And he said "I was hoping this world was still here", meaning it's still in the realm of sleep. Anyone can create Dream Eaters in the realm of sleep. All Dream Eaters are, are physical embodiments of your dreams. You can't "summon" Dream Eaters in the real world the same way you can in the realm of sleep. That doesn't mean Dream Eaters can't exist in the real world though. They most definitely can. They were still with Riku in the real world The World That Never Was in Dream Drop Distance. They were still with him because Sora was still sleeping, so Riku still had a weird dream connection with him, but that still proves they can exist in the real world just fine, they just aren't naturally born there. You can also create Dream Eaters in the real world using science n' stuff, which is how The Master of Masters created the Chirithys. So, yeah, I also think Dream Eaters will make an appearance in KH3 some way or another. I don't think they'll be a common enemy type like Heartless, Nobodies, or Unversed, but I think there'll be Chirithys in KH3.

The poster is double-sided. It has art for KH1.5 + 2.5 on the back. That's most likely what the rating is for. So, don't get your hopes up because it most likely doesn't mean anything. And TheGamersJoint didn't show any proof, he just said what you said basically. Hopefully Pirates of the Caribbean will still return though.

Earlier this year, Diamond Select Toys revealed, for the first time, the prototypes for their Kingdom Hearts figures at the New York Toy Fair. And later, they showed off improved versions at C2E2 2017 and at SDCC17. They've also been made available for pre-order. Recently, Kingdom Hearts figures for their Vinimates line have been shown off as well. 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. Check out the Kingdom Hearts questions asked, as well as the answers, below: Check out the entire Ask DST #363 here! [uPDATE Nov. 15, 2017]: On November 6th, 2017, Diamond Select Toys' Kingdom Hearts Select series of figures were once again mentioned in one of their Ask DSTs with Diamond Select Toys president Chuck Terceira. This time, they discussed Kingdom Hearts, Pacific Rim, Star Trek, Gotham, Ghostbusters, iZombie, and more. Take a look at the Kingdom Hearts question that was asked by a fan, as well as the answer, below: Check out the entire Ask DST #377 here! [uPDATE Dec. 18, 2017]: On December 5th, 2017, Diamond Select Toys' Kingdom Hearts Select series of figures were mentioned in one of their Ask DSTs with Chuck Terceira once again. They discussed Kingdom Hearts, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Muppets, Star Trek, and more. You can check out the Kingdom Hearts questions that were asked by fans, as well as the answers by DSTChuck, below: Check out the entire Ask DST #381 here! Click here to view the article

Five pairs of no-show Kingdom Hearts socks have recently been made available to purchase at Hot Topic. The socks feature the characters Sora, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy, as well as the iconic Kingdom Hearts heart emblem. You can purchase them for $14.90 USD (currently $11.92 USD because of a 20% off select sale) on the official Hot Topic website or in Hot Topic stores. These socks have the sock size 9 - 11, and they fit the men's shoe size 5 - 8 and the women's shoe size 5 - 10. They're made from 98% polyester and 2% spandex, and should be washed on cold and dried on low heat. Click here to view the article

On Instagram, @funkofinderz has posted an abundance of photos of different Funko brand figures that have been revealed at Funko Fundays 2017. Among these photos, are a couple photos of Kingdom Hearts vinyl figurines under the Funko line "Mystery Minis." These figurines include Sora, Sora (Halloween Town outfit), Sora (Space Paranoids outfit), Riku, Riku (black coat), Kairi, Roxas, Roxas (black coat), Axel, Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse (black coat), Donald Duck, Donald Duck (Halloween Town outfit), Donald Duck (Space Paranoids outfit), Goofy, Goofy (Halloween Town outfit), Goofy (Space Paranoids outfit), Chip & Dale, Pete, a Soldier Heartless, and a Large Body Heartless. Check out the photos in the gallery below: This is the first time Kingdom Hearts has appeared in Funko's "Mystery Minis" line of figurines. Previously, Kingdom Hearts has been a part of the Funko Pop! Vinyl line of figures, but only Disney characters from the series have been featured. This is first time Kingdom Hearts original characters, such as Sora and Riku, would be featured as Funko figures or figurines. UPDATE 1: Disney Dan has confirmed this to be, in fact, true! Also, view another photo of the Kingdom Hearts Mystery Minis at the Funko Fundays 2017 event, provided by Disney Dan. Thanks to KHInsider for the tip! UPDATE 2: Instagram user @sw_up_wir20 has revealed that the Kingdom Hearts Mystery Minis will be available this coming winter! UPDATE 3: Funko has revealed that the Kingdom Hearts Mystery Minis will be available in December! The Pete, Large Body Heartless, and Soldier Heartless figurines will be exclusive to GameStop, the Space Paranoids (Tron) Goofy, Space Paranoids (Tron) Donald, and Space Paranoids (Tron) Sora figurines will be exclusive to Toys "R" Us, and the Halloween Town Goofy, Halloween Town Donald, and Halloween Town Sora figurines will be exclusive to Hot Topic. Click here to view the article

Monogram Direct is currently selling a San Diego Comic Con exclusive Kingdom Hearts Pewter Keyblade Key Ring Set at their booth, (#3645), at the convention. Included in the pin set are the Kingdom Key, Way to the Dawn, Fenrir, and Circle of Life Keyblades. It's the first time Fenrir and Circle of Life key rings have been in Pearl. Also, the Kingdom Key is exclusively silver and gold and the Way to the Dawn is exclusively black. Each set is listed at $40.00 USD, but only 500 sets will be produced and will only be sold during San Diego Comic Con. Thanks to Action Figure Insider for the tip! UPDATE 1: The SDCC exclusive Keyblade Key Ring Set by Monogram Direct is now available to purchase online! You can purchase it on BoxLunch here. UPDATE 2: Monogram Direct will also be selling this key ring set at New York Comic Con 2017 with limited availability, along with their other San Diego Comic Con exclusive Kingdom Hearts merchandise. Check out more about that in the full article here. UPDATE [Dec. 14, 2017]: Monogram is now selling this key ring set on their online store, along with their other San Diego Comic Con exclusive Kingdom Hearts merchandise. You can check out more about that, and find out how to purchase these items, in the full article here. Click here to view the article

A Kingdom Hearts III feature will be included in the upcoming Weekly Famitsu issue, and earlier today, Esoteru posted a summary of its highlights online. Since then, more leaks have released from Hachima. Some parts of this have already been covered in the aforementioned highlights summary, but now, we have the information in more detail and new information as well. Check out the first half, translated by Katie Armstrong, below: Tetsuya Nomura would like for you to wait for the next report, which will be some time in 2018. There was some last-minute post-editing on the D23 and the Orchestral Concert PVs; Nomura wanted to tie things back to something with the word "dive," thinking back to the original concept of KH. There were some strong feelings about the Toy Story world, because Nomura wanted to include it in KH2. Nomura's been negotiating for it since the first KH game. He met with John Lasseter when he came to Japan and told him about every element he wanted to include. The Toy Story world does not take place during the original story, but picks up somewhere after Toy Story 2 and is consistent with the timeline of the movies. This isn’t in the PV, but there is a scene where Sora is mistaken for an action figure of a game character by Rex. Sora and company’s Toy Story world looks were designed by art directors who interacted to combine designs; the first team’s design was similar to action figures while the other group tried to match the aesthetic of Toy Story. The two had to come together and discuss and convince one another to arrive at the final design. The staff was surprised at how easy it was to reproduce the graphic appearance of the original films. The looks of other worlds and gimmicks and such have been difficult for this game. The Toy Story world’s percentage [of completeness] and quality was high enough to be seen earlier, but based on our PR plans it wasn’t shown until now. When they announced the Big Hero 6 world, Nomura could only show one illustration because it was a somewhat sudden request, so this time Nomura wanted to show video. Production on the Big Hero 6 world is going well, though the matter of the last selected world is still ahead of them. Multiple battle commands are displayed in the PV because there is always a choice in what to do in battle, there’s some tactical fun in assembling combos of your choosing. It might seem tough, but I want to reassure you that you can pull off some fancy techniques with the right button combinations. Check out the second half, translated by News Team member Dengojin, below:Each world will have it's own guest party members and they will have their unique collaboration commands, since it is a new system it will be introduced in details later. Riding a robot to fight was an early idea sent at the beginning of the development to the dev team, each floor of the toy shop will have it's own gimmick. The toy shop will be the main area in the Toy Story world you can enjoy other gimmicks with various toys sold there. There is surprise in the future.* The world where Young Eraqus and Xehanort is an original world. Also he mentions that KH3 will have less Disney worlds than KH2 in numbers, but they will be richer and more playable. There are so many characters, so the story is dark and he is not planning it to end it all at once. Each character story must be settled. This will involve members from the former Organization XIII. Nomura is not directing anything else beside the announced titles, but he is involved with many. Kingdom Hearts Union χ[cross] fifth Union leader chapter has been written and it will be released early August. Nomura would like to give us more information about Kingdom Hearts III battle later. *Pretty vague, maybe referring to the Toy Story world to be full of surprises? Toy Story is the latest world revealed for Kingdom Hearts III through the trailer unveiled last week at the D23 Expo in Anaheim. The Weekly Famitsu feature, which will recap the event and include an interview with Tetsuya Nomura, will be published on July 20 in Japan. Stay tuned with us for updates and translations! UPDATE 1: The Weekly Famitsu issue has been released! Check out full scans of it, as well as full translations, here. Click here to view the article

No where does it say there'll be more original worlds. Less Disney worlds doesn't mean more original worlds.

This week's issue of Weekly Famitsu will feature Kingdom Hearts III, and will mainly focus on the trailer that was released at D23 Expo 2017. It will have a recap of D23, as well as an interview with Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura. This Kingdom Hearts III coverage will be 12 pages long. This August 3, 2017 issue of Weekly Famitsu will release on July 20, 2017. You can view the teaser scans for the issue below: UPDATE 1: A summary of the highlights of the Weekly Famitsu segment has been posted online by Esoteru. You can check it out here. UPDATE 2: Since the summary of the highlights was posted online by Esoteru, more leaks have released from Hachima. Some parts of this have already been covered in the aforementioned highlights summary, but now, we have the information in more detail and new information as well. You can check it out here. UPDATE 3: The Weekly Famitsu issue has been released! Check out full scans of it, as well as full translations, here. Click here to view the article