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Don't worry, we'll keep an eye on their next issue to see what they think in detail. Anything about their review will be right here as soon as we get it, as I said.

After FFXIII got a 39, I'm really skeptical of any bias they may have toward Square Enix. I'll wait until more scores come in before casting judgement, personally.

Review scores for Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue have been released! The four judges at Weekly Famitsu have given the game individual scores of 8/9/8/9, for a total of 34/40. Details from that review can be found here. Game Informer have given a score of 8.5/10 and gave a silver ranking. Details from the review can be found here. Destructoid have given a score of 7.5/10, praising the game while remaining tongue-in-cheek. You can read the full review here. GamesRadar have given a score of 4/5, stating that it is "a promising start to the series' life on PS4". You can read the full review here. Kotaku did not give a score, but had a generally favorable opinion. You can read the full review here. IGN have given a score of 7.5/10, stating that it "lacks an essential feeling that [the rest of the series] evoke". You can read the full review here. IGN Latin America have given a score of 8/10, stating that "some of the series' greatest mysteries are closing, and it would be a great shame to miss them". You can read the full review (in Spanish) here. IGN India did not give a score, but gave a series recap, as well as a positive impression. You can read the article here. Attack of the Fanboy have given a score of 4.5/5, stating that the game is "an excellent appetizer for those awaiting Kingdom Hearts III". You can read the review here. Twinfinite have given a score of 4.5/5, and gave the game their editor's choice award. You can read the full review here. PlayStation Universe have given a score of 9/10, calling the game "a must-have for fans, and a primo starting point for newcomers". You can read the full review here. Do you agree with the overall ratings for Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue? Let us know in the comments! Click here to view the article

The third and final Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days-themed deal is upon us! Starting on December 26th at 12 AM (PT), players have the chance to draw the new Casual Roxas medal! This medal is guaranteed within five draws, and each draw comes with two 6-star medals (which have three Special Attack Bonus orbs pre-filled) and eight 5-star medals. Furthermore, just like the Illustrated Xion and HD Axel medals before it, if players are able to unlock the full Special Attack Bonus of Casual Roxas, they will earn a copy of the Key Art #1 medal, with two Special Attack Bonus orbs pre-filled. Copies of this medal will be distributed to qualifying players at a later date. Second, a new Daily Challenge Event has begun! From December 26th at 12 AM (PT) to January 1st at 11:59 PM (PT), players can participate in daily challenges to earn jewels. 1400 jewels will be available throughout the week, with 200 available in each quest, so be sure to complete every objective! Finally, to mark the year's end, a new Raid Event is available! From December 26th at 12 AM (PT) to January 1st at 11:59 PM (PT), players can partake in raid battles with their parties, in order to unlock new avatars. Plan your attacks with your fellow party members to take down as many raid bosses as possible! Which part of this update are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments!

Utada Hikaru's manager and father, Utada Teruzane, has announced through his Twitter account, @u3music, that work on the Kingdom Hearts III intro song has begun! In 2013, Teruzane stated that Utada's involvement was undecided at the time. On December 22nd 2016, a curious fan followed up on this message, receiving a reply from Teruzane later that day. Utada made her return to the Kingdom Hearts series earlier this year, collaborating with PUNPEE to create "Hikari/Simple and Clean -Ray of Hope MIX-", included in the opening for Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage-. UPDATE: Utada Teruzane has retracted the confirmation for Kingdom Hearts III, saying that they would like to be involved but aren't sure quite yet. You can find a screenshot of the tweet below. The original tweet confirming their involvement is still available on the U3 Twitter account. Are you excited to have a new Kingdom Hearts intro song? Let us know in the comments! Click here to view the article

The Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days-themed deals continue! Starting on December 22nd at 12 AM (PT), players have the chance to draw the new HD Axel medal! This medal is guaranteed within five draws, and each draw comes with two 6-star medals (which have three Special Attack Bonus orbs pre-filled) and eight 5-star medals. Furthermore, just like the Illustrated Xion deal last week, if players are able to unlock the full Special Attack Bonus of HD Axel, they will earn a copy of the Key Art #1 medal, with two Special Attack Bonus orbs pre-filled. Copies of this medal will be distributed at a later date. A High Score Challenge also makes its way to Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ for the holidays! From December 22nd at 12 AM (PT) to December 25th at 11:59 PM (PT), players can compete to earn the new Jafar and Jafar-Genie medals! This High Score Challenge ends after four days, so be sure attempt it as soon as possible! What do you think of these new medals? Will you be trying for HD Axel? Let us know in the comments!

Haven't seen anything new about it yet whatsoever. Probably some bug fixes since converting to 60fps requires them to rewrite the code. And probably lower load times than PS3 because of direct installs. That's all speculation, though.

Square Enix is selling a variety of merchandise at their booth at Jump Festa 2017, many of which relate to the Kingdom Hearts series. These products are listed on two pages, and include keychains, plush toys, and music discs, among others. All of these products have previously been announced and released, but Square Enix may have new products on sale at some point during the event. The Kingdom Hearts products that Square Enix is selling are listed below. Do you have any of this merchandise? If you are attending Jump Festa, will you be picking anything up? Let us know in the comments! Click here to view the article

The HD King Mickey medals have been distributed! These medals are available to players who previously unlocked the Special Attack Bonus bonuses for HD Sora or HD Riku. Each medal has three Special Attack Bonus dots pre-filled, allowing you to unlock the full bonus if you had fulfilled the requirements for both of the prerequisite medals. HD King Mickey is an upright magic medal with a Special Attack Bonus tier of 4. Its special attack grows stronger as you collect more Lux, so be sure to bring it on longer missions where the enemies get tough! This effect even applies to Raid Boss battles as well, making it a massive damage dealer in boss encounters which take place over many turns. However, HD King Mickey's special attack costs 3 gauges, so you might want to use it sparingly! While this was not included in previous notices which showcased the medal, Square Enix has surprised us by including something special. If you share this medal for your party to use, your main menu background music will be changed to Dearly Beloved -Dream Drop Distance ver.-! There are many more medals to be added which feature different background music! Will you try to collect them all? Did you manage to obtain HD King Mickey? Let us know in the comments!

Agreed. Give me best girl now, dammit. (inb4 "Rax, you spelled Aranea wrong") On-topic: Characters, characters, characters. Always the right answer for an FF, with music being a very close second. Yoko certainly didn't disappoint in her first entry in the series.

The Japanese website for Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue has been updated. New screenshots and character renders have been added for each installment. There is also quite a bit of story, character, and world information within. For Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD, even more screenshots and renders are available through the "World" button, with each world receiving its own page. Additionally, the "Scene" button of the Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover page shows more screenshots from various scenes of the movie. Unfortunately, the page for Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth By Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage- does not include its own unique button with additional images, instead only receiving the more general "Story" and "Character" sections. You can view the new screenshots and renders below. Thanks to Twitter user @aibo_ac7 for notifying us! Translations of the pages' contents courtesy of Goldpanner, although information about old worlds and characters from Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance has not been translated! Did you notice anything interesting or new in these screenshots? Let us know in the comments! Click here to view the article

I have no idea, but I hope we get them! The set just wouldn't feel complete otherwise.

It's the 13th of the month, and that means that the next Organization XIII event has come to KHUX International! Starting on December 13th at 12AM (PT), you can earn Larxene B medals, as well as Larxene-themed Avatar Parts!

I like all of those categories, as well as one you didn't include in the poll; Dialogue choices! I know they aren't universally a part of RPGs (especially JRPGs), but one of the biggest draws of most WRPGs like Fallout New Vegas for me is being able to make the main character my own, whether I want to project myself onto them or turn them into a type of character I don't often see in fiction (or, better yet, just completely go insane and give bipolar answers throughout the game). Granted, the whole concept may fall within "characters" or "story", depending on who you ask, but considering how vastly different JRPGs and WRPGs tend to be on their approach to this sort of thing, I feel like it deserves mentioning by itself, especially considering how it can make or break an RPG for some people (just look at how Fallout 4 handled dialogue, for a good example).

Square Enix has recently chosen to pay homage to the Kingdom Hearts series in an interesting and humorous way. Within Final Fantasy XV, your party will come across many locked doors, and each character will typically have a few remarks about the situation. One of these exchanges is a reference to the Keyblade and its unique abilities. A video clip (courtesy of YouTube user Jaxtaroo) and a transcript of the conversation can be seen below. For those concerned about spoilers, the clip only includes the conversation, so there aren't any important story or gameplay details to skip through. We have, however, decided to put these pieces of information behind spoiler tags nonetheless. Transcript: Spoiler *Noctis tries to open the door, and the player is met with a dialog box, which reads "The door is locked"* Noctis: No dice, won't budge. Ignis: For every lock, there exists a key. Prompto: Or like a magical key that can unlock any door -- like from the video games! Gladiolus: Or that. Video clip: Spoiler Would you like Square Enix to make more references to Kingdom Hearts like this in the future? Let us know in the comments! Click here to view the article

Yep, I have the one from WoFF as well, but mine was the corrected one. Seems to be a mixed bag as to who gets which ad. Probably something to do with the specific packaging date of each copy.