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A PROPLICA of the iconic Kingdom Key Keyblade from Kingdom Hearts was revealed at the Tokyo Toy Show 2017. It is being released by Bandai, the same company that's releasing the Sora, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy SHFiguarts figures, which were shown off at the Tokyo Toy Show this year as well. There's currently no pricing info or release date for this PROPLICA Keyblade. We'll keep you updated. PROPLICA is a line of prop replicas of various different weapons and items from different series. UPDATE 1: A few more photos of the Kingdom Key PROPLICA were taken by @hobbysearch on Twitter. View them in the gallery with the other photos above. UPDATE 2: Even more photos of the Kingdom Key PROPLICA were shared by @ArikaMiz on Twitter. View them in the gallery with the other photos above. UPDATE [Nov. 22, 2017]: The Kingdom Key PROPLICA has been confirmed to be releasing in April 2018! It will be available for 19,980 yen (approximately $179.61 USD). It also projects a Keyhole onto the wall! Thanks to @nobody_0123 and @TendouToys on Twitter for the tip! UPDATE [Nov. 27, 2017]: Tamashii has the Kingdom Key PROPLICA listed, reconfirming the release date of April 2018, and the price of 19,980 yen (approximately $179.61 USD). It also makes built-in attack and magic trigger sounds. It fires at magic activation. Several new pictures of the PROPLICA are available to view. You can check them down in the gallery below: Thanks to @churroz and @aibo_ac7 on Twitter for the tip! UPDATE [Nov. 27, 2017]: Bandai released a commercial for the Kingdom Key PROPLICA! Also, pre-orders for the Kingdom Key PROPLICA have begun! You can check out the commercial and find out how to pre-order the Kingdom Key PROPLICA in the article here.

Kingdom Hearts Collection Badges are on their way to Sega Prize, starting from June 5, 2017. They'll be available at several Sega stores beginning on Monday (June 5, 2017), while they'll begin being available at other stores on Thursday (June 8, 2017). There's 30 applicable stores in total. Sega Prize is a special division of Sega, which focus specifically on prizes available from their Sega UFO Catcher machines. These machines are set up at various stores in Japan, and are essentially a type of crane game that allow you to win prizes. Thanks to @aibo_ac7 on Twitter for the tip! UPDATE 1: Shinjuku Sportsland, a well-known arcade at Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan, will have these Kingdom Hearts Collection Badges in-stock, starting from Saturday (June 3, 2017). They will have all 15 Collection Badges available to win. The Shinjuku Sportsland official Twitter account has also provided photos of the Collection Badges. View them with the other photo in the gallery above. UPDATE 2: A new photo of the Kingdom Hearts Collection Badges has been shared by @ArikaMiz on Twitter. View it with the other photos in the gallery above. UPDATE 3: The Kingdom Hearts Collection Badges are now in stock as several Sega stores! Also, more photos of the badges have been shared on Twitter by @SEGA_akiba_4. View them with the other photos in the gallery above.

During the Tamashii Nations 10th Anniversary World Tour, various new S.H.Figuarts figures were revealed for the first time. Among these new figures, a Sora (Kingdom Hearts II ver.) figure was shown off. This Kingdom Hearts II Sora figure comes with a stand, and does indeed have articulation. Tamashii Nations 10th Anniversary World Tour is an event to celebrate the anniversary of Bandai's Tamashii Nations line of figures and memorabilia. It's being held from December 2016 to November 2017. It's coming to Brazil, China, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Taiwan, and United States. During its time at Osaka, Japan, from May 27, 2017 to May 28, 2017, the Sora figure, along with the other figures mentioned, were revealed. View photos of the figure below: UPDATE 1: New photos of the S.H.Figuarts Sora (Kingdom Hearts II ver.) have been shown off by @holiday8823 and @soundwave0628 on Twitter. View them with the other images in the gallery above. UPDATE 2: Even more photos of the figure have been taken, provided by @tiga913 on Twitter. View them with the other images in the gallery above. UPDATE 3: Another photo of the figure has been shown off by @t_features on Twitter. View the photo with the other photos in the gallery above. UPDATE 4: The official Japanese Disney Twitter account has released new images and info of this figure. View the images with the other images in the gallery above. This figure is being released for the Kingdom Hearts 15th Anniversary, and will be released in November. It will be exhibited at the Bandai booth at the Tokyo Toy Show on June 1, 2017. Also, familiar Disney characters will be joining in the future. UPDATE 5: During the Tokyo Toy Show, the S.H.Figuarts Sora figure was being displayed. Several other Kingdom Hearts S.H.Figuarts figures were shown off as well, which include Mickey Mouse in his black coat, Donald Duck, and Goofy. They are all their versions from Kingdom Hearts II. View the photos of them with the other photos in the gallery above. The Sora S.H.Figuarts will be sold for 6,264 yen ($65.50 USD), and will be releasing in November. There's currently no pricing info or release date for the Mickey, Donald, and Goofy figures. An official Kingdom Hearts PROPLICA Kingdom Key Keyblade was shown off at the Tokyo Toy Show as well. This prop replica of the iconic Kingdom Key is also being made by Bandai. UPDATE 6: More photos were taken of the Sora, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy S.H.Figuarts figures by @Plasticronins, @hobbysearch, and @amiamihobbynews on Twitter at the Tokyo Toy Show 2017. View them with the other photos in the gallery above. UPDATE 7: Even more photos of the Sora, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy S.H.Figuarts figures were shared by @ArikaMiz on Twitter. View them in the gallery with the other photos above. UPDATE 8: The Sora S.H.Figuarts figure is now available for pre-order from AmiAmi. Also, more photos of the Sora S.H.Figuarts figure was shared by Tamashii Web. You can view them in the gallery with the other photos above. A special website for this figure has also been released from Tamashii Web. You can view that site here. It has a list price of 6,264 yen ($56.81 USD), and the AmiAmi 18% off price is 5,110 yen ($46.35 USD). UPDATE 9: The Sora S.H.Figuarts figure is being exhibited at the Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Akiba store in Tokyo, Japan until July 12, 2017! A few images of the figure being displayed have been provided, and they can be viewed with the other photos in the gallery above. UPDATE 10: A new photo of the Sora SHFiguarts at the Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Akiba store has been provided by @ArikaMiz on Twitter. Check out the photo in the gallery above. UPDATE 11: Tons of new photos of the Sora S.H.Figuarts were released by the official S.H.Figuarts Livedoor blog. View them with the other photos in the gallery above. A release month was also announced for the Mickey S.H.Figuarts. It'll be releasing in January 2018. UPDATE 12: New photos of the Kingdom Hearts II King Mickey S.H.Figuarts were released on Tamashii Web. The price is currently set for 4,536 yen ($41.14 USD) and will be released in January, 2018. Thanks to @RedMakuzawa for the tip! UPDATE 13: The Mickey S.H.Figuarts figure is now available for pre-order from AmiAmi. It has a list price of 4,536 yen ($41.14 USD), and the AmiAmi 18% off price is 3,700 yen ($33.56 USD). You can also pre-order it on Amazon here. UPDATE 14: A few new pictures of the Donald S.H.Figuarts figure have been released! Check them out in the gallery below: UPDATE 15: photos of the Donald S.H.Figuarts were released on Tamashii Web. The price is currently set for 4,536 yen ($41.14 USD) and will be released in March 2018. You can check out the photos in the gallery above. Thanks to @aibo_ac7 for the tip! UPDATE 16: The Donald S.H.Figuarts figure is now available to pre-order on AmiAmi. It has a list price of 4,536 yen ($41.14 USD), and the AmiAmi 18% off price is 3,700 yen ($33.56 USD). You can also pre-order it on Amazon here. UPDATE [Nov 22, 2017]: According to a scan circulating on the internet, the Goofy S.H.Figuarts figure is due to release in April 2018 for 5,940 yen. Read more about it in this article! UPDATE [Nov 23, 2017]: The Sora S.H.Figuarts is releasing today, on November 23, 2017! Click here to read more about it and to find a list of available international retailers! UPDATE [Nov 27, 2017]: The Goofy S.H.Figuarts is now available to pre-order on AmiAmi and on Amazon. You can find out how to pre-order it in the article here. UPDATE [Dec 31, 2017]: The Mickey S.H.Figuarts is releasing January 26, 2018 for 4,536 yen. Check out the article here to find out more about it. UPDATE [Nov 23, 2017]: The Sora S.H.Figuarts is releasing today, on January 23, 2017! Click here to read more about it and to find out how to purchase it. UPDATE [Jan 20, 2018]: The Sora S.H.Figuarts will release in the West on January 25, 2018. You can find out how to pre-order it in the article here.

Square Enix have announced that the Kingdom Hearts Concert - First Breath - album is now available for pre-order on the Square Enix Japan E-Store for 3,564 yen ($31.97 USD). It will be available on the E-Store for a limited time only. The album will release on July 26, 2017. The Kingdom Hearts Concert - First Breath - officially began on August 11, 2016 and had a showing in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. After, on March 10, 2017, the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World Tour - officially began, and it will have sixteen showings in total. Check out the upcoming show dates and locations here! The Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World Tour - also has an album that's available. Check it out/order it on the Square Enix Japan E-Store or the Square Enix NA E-Store! UPDATE 1: There is a message from Kingdom Hearts series composer, Yoko Shimomura, on the Japanese Square Enix website, regarding this Kingdom Hearts Concert - First Breath - album. Read the message, translated by Katie Armstrong, below: UPDATE 2: Track samples for all 12 tracks are now available to listen to with a few comments from Yoko Shimomura. Translations will be available soon. UPDATE 3: The comments from Yoko Shimomura have been translated by dengojin. You can read them below: UPDATE 4: Following the album's release, Famitsu and Dengeki Online published a full track list along with more information about the performance recordings. You can find this information below. The press releases state that the album can be streamed on Mora and other streaming sites, with a high quality with which you can enjoy the sound as if you are inside the recording hall! Furthermore, to commemorate the album's release, Tower Records (Shinjuku Store) will exhibit Kingdom Hearts art previously shown during the Memorial Music Box campaign. This art will be on exhibit until July 31st. UPDATE 5: Tower Records Shinjuku have begun selling Kingdom Hearts Concert - First Breath - albums. Along with this, a special exhibition displaying different pictures is also on display. UPDATE 6: The Kingdom Hearts Concert - First Breath - album is now available for pre-order in the Square Enix North America and Europe stores. The album will cost $39.99 USD and will be release on October 31st in North America while the European store has the album at €29.99 and will be available sometime in October. Thanks to KHInsider for the tip!

An Organization XIII themed Kingdom Hearts jigsaw puzzle by Tenyo is releasing soon. This puzzle consists of 1,000 pieces and is 57 x 73.5cm when assembled. You can pre-order this jigsaw puzzle from AmiAmi for 3,024 yen ($26.60 USD). Pre-orders are offered on a first come, first served basis in case of manufacture stock shortages. View the picture that the puzzle creates when assembled below: UPDATE: Pre-orders have since been closed! We'll update you if they open again.

IGN has released an article of a list of what they consider to be the Top 100 RPGs of of all time. In this article, Kingdom Hearts II is featured and ranked as the 86th best RPG of all time. Next to each game on the article, is a short summary of why the game is one of the top RPGs of all time and why it's on the list. Read Kingdom Hearts II's summary, written by IGN Associate Editor Jonathon Dornbush, below:

To celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Kingdom Hearts, shirts and acrylic key rings are coming to the Japanese clothing store, PONEYCOMB, located in the shopping mall "109" in Shibuya. The shirt features Mickey Mouse on the front in his black coat disguise with the word "KING" above him. This shirt comes in a style for women and a style for men. View the shirts below: There are five different acrylic key rings, each featuring a different character from the series. The characters are Final Form Sora, Roxas in his black coat, Mickey Mouse in his Kingdom Hearts II outfit, Donald Duck, and Goofy. View the key rings below: UPDATE 1: A release date, as well as prices, for these products have been revealed by Dtimes. These products will be available from PONEYCOMB on April 29, 2017, and the shirts will be available for 3,500 yen ($31.46 USD), while the key rings will be available for 1,500 yen ($13.48 USD). In case you missed it, limited merchandise is available for pre-order from 7NET in Japan for the Kingdom Hearts 15th Anniversary as well. Sources: @miikun18 tweet 1, @miikun18 tweet 2, @miikun18 tweet 3, @miikun18 tweet 4, @PONEYCOMB, @aibo_ac7, Dtimes UPDATE 2: Six more acrylic Kingdom Hearts key rings are coming to PONEYCOMB. They are in the same line as the ones mentioned above. These key rings include the characters: Sora/Data-Sora, Riku in his black coat/Data-Riku, Atlantica Sora, Atlantica Donald Duck, Atlantica Goofy, and Chip & Dale. You can check them out in the article here. UPDATE 3: Key rings for Sora/Data-Sora and Chip & Dale have been revealed. View them with the other key rings in the photo gallery above. A couple more Kingdom Hearts shirts have also been revealed to be coming to PONEYCOMB. The shirt designs include one that shows off Timeless River Mickey Mouse on the front and one that shows off the Timeless River world icon on the front and Timeless River Sora on the back. View the shirts in the gallery below: UPDATE 4: A release date, as well as prices, for these products have been revealed by Dtimes. These products will be available from the PONEYCOMB pop-up shop at Kichijoji Parco 5f for a limited time from June 24, 2017 to August 27, 2017. The Timeless River Mickey shirts will be available for 3,500 yen ($31.46 USD) and the Timeless River Sora shirts will be available for 4,200 yen ($37.75 USD), while the key rings will be available for 1,500 yen ($13.48 USD). UPDATE 5: Even more Kingdom Hearts shirts and acrylic key rings are coming to PONEYCOMB! Now, the characters Halloween Town Sora, Halloween Town Donald Duck, and Halloween Town Goofy are coming to this line of key rings. There are two new shirts. One of which has a design of Halloween Town Sora and Christmas Town Jack Skellington on the front, and the other shirt has a design of Halloween Town Donald and Goofy on the front. They both come in either black or white. Both the acrylic key rings and the shirts will be available to pre-order from September 2, 2017 to September 10, 2017. They are planned to ship at the end of September, and regular sales in PONEYCOMB stores are scheduled to begin on September 9, 2017. The key rings will be available to purchase for 1,620 yen ($14.81 USD) each, and the shirts will be available to purchase for 3,780 yen ($34.56 USD) each. Check out the new shirts and key rings in the gallery below:

Earlier this year, Diamond Select Toys revealed prototypes of their Kingdom Hearts figures at New York Toy Fair 2017. Now, Diamond Select Toys have shown off improved versions of these figures at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) 2017. Last time they were shown, figures of Sora, Roxas, Axel, Mickey Mouse, Maleficent, Jafar, Iago, Abu, a Dusk Nobody, a Shadow Heartless, and a Creeper Plant Heartless were shown. This time, figures of Sora, Axel, Mickey Mouse, a Dusk Nobody, a Shadow Heartless, and a Soldier Heartless were shown. A Vinimate Sora can be seen in the back as well. In the image, you can see some of the articulation of the figures. Not all of the figures will have the same amount of articulation, due to the size of the figures and due to how easy it is to hide the articulation in the sculpt. Expect to see 8 - 12 in the character figures, and little or none in the Heartless figures. UPDATE 1: 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 2: 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 3: 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 4: 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). In case you missed it, 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 on November 1, 2017! 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!

A mixtape of popular EDM, Pop, and remixes of Disney songs inspired by the Kingdom Hearts series was released on Pandora to celebrate the release of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX. You can check out the mixtape here. It is only available to some locations at this time. The mixtape will be available of Pandora until April 18, 2017.

Keyblade paperweights based off of the Way to the Dawn and Kingdom Key D Keyblades are coming soon. They come in a two piece set on a display stand. View the paperweights on the display stand below: View concept art of the paperweights in the box they would come with below: Thanks to @churroz on Twitter for the tip!

Last year, Yen Press announced that they will be releasing the final volume to the English Kingdom Hearts II manga series by Shiro Amano, Kingdom Hearts II Volume 4 on May 23, 2017. Thanks to Yen Press again, we now have a look at the front cover for this final volume. View the cover below: The Kingdom Hearts II manga series finished in Japan in 2015, and now it is finally being finished in English as well. The Japanese Kingdom Hearts II manga series had ten volumes, but for the English series, they've decided to combine them all together to create four large volumes. Kingdom Hearts II Volume 4 contains volumes 8 - 10 of the original Japanese series. You can pre-order Kingdom Hearts II Volume 4 from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and RightStuf. UPDATE 1: The English Kingdom Hearts II Volume 4 manga has been delayed from May 23, 2017 to May 30, 2017. UPDATE 2: The English Kingdom Hearts II Volume 4 manga has released today, on May 30, 2017! You can purchase it from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and RightStuf.

In the English version of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX for the PS3, there was a bug that would cause the game to crash when you went into Limit Form during the first Xemnas fight and activated the first Reaction Command. View footage of this old glitch below: Thanks to on YouTube, who got the game early, we now know that this has been fixed for the English version of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX for the PS4. He streamed the game and tested it out. View him testing it out in the archived stream below:(The testing begins at around .) Also, if you didn't catch it, Square Enix has announced that they will be offering a Day One patch for North American and European players for Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX. It is stated that the patch is to resemble that of which was released in Japan. Thanks to @Bizkit047 on Twitter for the tip!