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A video breakdown of the first Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres- concert has been uploaded online courtesy of Yanilyn Gaming. It is a 34-minute vlog consisting of footage of the venue before the concert, during the intermission, and after the concert, along with a breakdown of the concert's proceedings. We will summarize Yanilyn’s breakdown, including the order of performances and important announcements from Tetsuya Nomura and Shinji Hashimoto. Additionally, both her video breakdown and her Twitter account can be found at the end of this article. Yanilyn's breakdown begins with details of the concert's venue, Tokyo International Forum. Exclusive merchandise was being sold at the venue and free items were being given. 12 different postcards featuring Chirithy in different outfits representing the different Zodiac signs were given out, along with a free Mickey pin badge that attendees had to pre-register to receive. The show itself was a total of 3 hours long, beginning with an orchestral version of Kingdom Hearts III’s Dearly Beloved. All sections of the concert had scenes from the games. Yoko Shimomura then came out to announce that the rest concert was split into two parts. The first part consisted of music from the previous games in the series, while the second consisted of music from Kingdom Hearts III. The first part of the concert's setlist is as follows: "Dearly Beloved from KINGDOM HEARTS III" "Music from KINGDOM HEARTS" Destiny Islands Traverse Town Hand in Hand Friends in My Heart "Music from Re:Chain of Memories" Scent of Silence Castle Oblivion "Music from KINGDOM HEARTS II" The Afternoon Streets Working Together Reviving Hollow Bastion Cavern of Remembrance Deep Anxiety "Music from 358/2 Days" Critical Drive Sacred Moon Musique pour la Tristesse de Xion "Pretty Pretty Abilities from Re:coded" "Music from Birth by Sleep" The Worlds Dearly Dreams Destiny's Union Night of the Dark Dream "Music from Dream Drop Distance" Dream Eaters Sweet Spirits Majestic Wings Link to All "Music from Another Time" Features various pieces from Union Cross, Back Cover, and 0.2 A fragmentary passage "Diabolic Bash" Consists of battle and boss pieces from across the series During the performance, different cutscenes were shown from each game. After the above performance, a 20-minute intermission occurred, and the music from Kingdom Hearts III began playing after that. This part of the concert was called Music from Kingdom Hearts III - World of Tres. The setlist consisted of the following: "Face My Fears -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version-" "Symphonic Suite - World of Tres I: Of Gods and Toys" Music from Olympus and Toy Box "Symphonic Suite - World of Tres II: Tangled with Scares" Music from Kingdom of Corona and Monstropolis "Symphonic Suite - World of Tres III: A Frozen Fracas" Music from Arendelle "Symphonic Suite - World of Tres IV: A Pirates Tale" Music from the Caribbean "Symphonic Suite - World of Tres V: A Hero’s Journey" Music from San Fransokyo "Overture to the Decisive Battle" Music from the Keyblade Graveyard and Scala ad Caelum boss rushes An interesting fact about the "Of Gods and Toys" section is that during the field music for Toy Box, the orchestra was snapping their fingers along with the music. Yoko Shimomura came out after "A Frozen Fracas" and introduced two fellow composers who worked on Kingdom Hearts III's soundtrack, Takeharu Ishimoto and Tsuyoshi Sekito. Ishimoto was the composer for the Caribbean and San Fransokyo worlds along with the boss battles. Sekito was the composer for the Gummi Ship and mini-game sections of KH3. Yanilyn pointed out that Ishimoto was so shy at the concert that Shimomura joked that he should introduce himself more. Meanwhile, Sekito joked about how he made cute music despite him not seeing himself as cute. Another fact that came out while the three were talking on stage was that this was the first time Ishimoto had his music arranged in an orchestral fashion. Afterward, the concert resumed with the continuation of Symphonic Suits World of Tres A Pirates Tale and A Hero's Tale. Once the World of Tres section ended, "Simple and Clean -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version" played alongside scenes of the Kingdom Hearts III ending. With the majority of the concert finished, Shinji Hashimoto was brought out by Yoko Shimomura to announce his retirement as executive producer of the Kingdom Hearts series. He is relinquishing the position to Ichiro Hazama, the producer of the Dissidia and Theatrhythm series of Final Fantasy spin-off titles. Hashimoto himself is not leaving Square Enix, and will continue serving as the brand manager for Kingdom Hearts. Hazama began introducing himself and quickly brought out the surprise guest of the night, Tetsuya Nomura. Nomura joked with Hazama for a bit about how suddenly he introduced himself, and announced that while he had nothing new to show, he had brand new DLC info to announce. Here is an overview of what he announced: Paid DLC: Kingdom Hearts III: ReMIND Additional Scenario "ReMIND" Limit Cut Episode + Boss Secret Episode + Boss English VA option (only for JP. No word on an equivalent option for non-JP copies) Free DLC: New Keyblade + New Form Both ReMIND and the free DLC have a TBA release window. With these announcements out of the way, the concert began to wind down and Yoko Shimomura came out to personally play the piano and played a special section. "Rhapsody in Tres for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra" A section dedicated to the end credits music from KH3. After Yoko's performance ended, she left the stage, and the orchestral version of Don't Think Twice began to play, with scenes of Sora and Kairi appearing on the screen. It was a montage of their moments throughout the series, ending with Sora and Kairi about to share a paopu fruit, but then changing to the final scene of KH3, concluding the concert. Thank you so much to Yanilyn Gaming for going to the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra World of Tres and making a video breakdown. Below will be her video to watch with more details of the show and her twitter account here. We will also link to our previous article that features details outside Yanilyn's breakdown along with the concert dates here. Are you interested in or going to attend the World of Tres concert? Let us know! View full article

With the release of Kingdom Hearts III upon us, we would like to share an overview on how you could participate with the KH13.com’s community features! This article will go over the KH13 forums, spoiler policy, Discord, Twitch integration, and how to contribute to KH13’s Datascape! Discussion Everyone is welcome to join the discussion (and start them!) in our Kingdom Hearts III forum! If you are discussing spoilers, make sure to not put the spoiler on the thread title itself, and to type it in-between spoiler tags. To use a spoiler box to hide your spoiler, simply click the ‘eye’ button on the editor. For our full forums spoiler policy, click here. You are also invited to our official Discord! Click here to join! Our Discord server has its own set of spoiler guidelines. For instance, there are specific channels to discuss Kingdom Hearts III story or gameplay. For more information, take a look at the #announcements channel in the server! Stream Did you know that there's Twitch integration on our website? If you link your Twitch account with your KH13 account and you livestream any Kingdom Hearts game, a link to your stream will appear in the sidebar of our website! For anyone interested in this feature, press the “Add Your Stream” button at the bottom of the "KINGDOM HEARTS TWITCH LIVESTREAMS" tab on the sidebar, and sign in with Twitch on the following page to link your accounts. Whenever you are streaming a Kingdom Hearts game, just make sure to set the "Playing [X]" field of your Twitch stream to anything containing the words “Kingdom Hearts” in order for your stream to appear. Otherwise, your stream will not show up in the list. For more information on Twitch integration, read here! Datascape KH13 also has its own Datascape! Along with our long-standing picture and video galleries and interviews section, we have also started our very own Kingdom Hearts wiki section! We'd like to invite everyone to contribute as much as they like. You can: - Create new projects (projects are collections of pages, like "Characters" or "Worlds") - Help manage existing projects - Participate in the project discussion topics - Create new pages in projects - Edit and add information to pages in projects To create a new project, use the "propose a new project here" topic in the Kingdom Hearts Datascape forum to suggest and discuss new project ideas. After this, we'll create the database for you, and you'll be ready to start working on it. To create a page: - Go to the appropriate database (for example, Characters) - Click the “Add New” button on the top corner of the page - Fill out the editor like it appears, including all fields - Click “Save” at the bottom of the page. The page is now available to be edited and seen by everyone To edit a page: -Go to the page itself and click the "Edit" button at the bottom. For more information and to ask questions, take a look here! Kingdom Hearts III will officially be available worldwide in less than 9 hours. Let's get this show on the road! Follow our master coverage of Kingdom Hearts III and stay up to date with the latest news via our Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Discord! View full article

Out of everything in Kotaku's review, I found that the way you summarized the review was the best. "Wow, they filled this game with stuff." One of the funniest ways to talk about KH3 and the review itself. Bravo fellas. Good work

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Welcome to KH13’s trailer analysis for the CM 120 Japanese trailer! This trailer is two minutes exactly with a unique introduction and is faster paced than previous normal trailers, due to the quick cuts it has. Old and new footage is shown and giving us new bits of information regarding gameplay and story, especially Rage Form being shown and the epilogue of the trailer that shows us a brand new direct interaction of Sora and Xehanort. Now, let’s dive in! The trailer begins with a 29-second introduction with footage of the HD 2.5 ReMIX launch event. "Inside the Kingdom, with Heart” from 2014. It showed multiple groups of fans explaining their history with Kingdom Hearts and the emotional significance it had in their lives. After that, a new cutscene is immediately shown afterward, showing Hercules riding Pegasus into Mount Olympus to meet up Sora who is next to a mini tower of sorts made up dried lava and ice, most likely created by the Lava and Ice Titans. Hercules then flies to destroy chains that are placed upon the Greek gods, Apollo and Athena. Monstropolis footage is shown as the factory is being exploded. The following sequence is from Toy Box and it shows Buzz Lightyear, with a strange facial expression, suddenly aiming his laser at Woody. Goofy suddenly jumps in front of Woody and blocks Buzz’s multiple laser shots. A quick cut then shows Sora and Donald looking back at the situation along with Young Xehanort. These scenes may imply that the story in Toy Box may evolve saving Buzz, as another trailer showed Buzz being enveloped and whisked away by darkness seen here. San Fransokyo footage is shown with a Dinosaur Heartless attacking the city, with then Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Baymax running to a scene where chaos is happening. At this point, mostly formally shown footage is used beginning with The Caribbean footage with Jack Sparrow commanding the ship while Sora is taking the helm. After that, the duel between Jack and Davy Jones is shown. Arendelle footage of the beginning sequence of “Let it Go,” along with a scene of Elsa doing an icy blast in front of Anna. Mickey is talking to Sora in The Mysterious Tower. They are both in their KH3 attire suggesting that the scene is past the introduction of the game. Sora talking to Pooh in 100 Acre Woods Remy and Sora in Twilight Town. Rapunzel and Flynn Rider/Eugene on the lake with their lanterns. Gameplay begins to be shown starting with Sora wall running in the Rock Titan fight. Sora, Donald, and Goofy sledding in Arendelle collecting munny Sora, Woody, and Buzz using the Rodeo Rocket attack against the Spaceship Heartless, then Ralph being summoned. Sora using the Twin Yo-Yo’s in Monstropolis against while Heartless while Boo’s Laugh Power meter is in the upper left corner. The Stitch limit being used to cause electrical attacks with triangles. It looks like they may be player created. The cutscene portion of Rapunzel's limit attack in the Kingdom of Corona is shown. Gameplay in The Caribbean is shown starting with Ariel’s Limit Summon cutscene, the Storm Flag Keyblade Transformation being used on the deck of the Black Pearl, Sora underwater launching a magic projectile against a big Heartless, and Sora controlling a flying Heartless and using it in combat. A quick snippet of the Gummi Ship shooting asteroids. Two clips of Arendelle gameplay, one showing Sora using Blizzard Blade against a group of Heartless and Sora atop of Marshmallow fighting a giant snow wolf Heartless. The next sequence is brand new footage showing Rage Form in use against the previously seen dinosaur Heartless in San Fransokyo, Rage Form strongly looks and acts similarly to Anti Form in Kingdom Hearts II with the exception that now Sora is still wielding a Keyblade. Rage Form Sora will have to fight against the Heartless with armor as well. A situation command also appears on the tree on the right. It was not used in the trailer. After that, the Evil Baymax battle is shown then the Heartless battle in the Golden Gate Bridge. The end of the trailer is marked by events in the Keyblade Graveyard as shown in the Final Battle Trailer. Click here to see our analysis on that trailer. After the Kingdom Hearts III logo appears, the trailer’s epilogue begins with Sora jumping to attack Xehanort but being blocked, assumingly after the events of the Final Battle Trailer as the sky is darkened and Sora challenging Xehanort on his own. Interesting to note that Xehanort is surrounded by identical copies of his Keyblade, No Name. Sora exchanges a few words with Xehanort but then is thrown off by him. Xehanort gives the fallen Sora a smug look as Sora looks at him with angry tears down his face, that being the final shot of the trailer. Overall, the trailer provided new brief new glimpses from both story and gameplay perspectives, with that being Buzz Lightyear’s heel turn/possible mind control, Rage Form being shown, and the confrontation in the epilogue, while mostly reusing previously shown footage. A nice trailer to reinforce that the number of days Kingdom Hearts III will release can be counted with two hands! Thank you for reading the KH13 analysis of the CM 120 trailer! You can watch the full trailer below. Did you happen to see something we didn’t? Let us know in the comments below! View full article

Sorry for responding so late. Thank you for your analysis of my analysis. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was fun going over such a unique trailer. I am a big fan of movies so I had a lot of joy going over this. I will say though, you're not wrong in Sora looking odd in his KH2 outfit and hair. Regardless, it was a fun trailer.

"I remember when we went in to start Kingdom Hearts II, the producers had a big, like, poster board showing the plot flow and everything, because you know there's different dimensions and time travel and all that stuff." But time travel wasn't in the series yet at that point lol. Still a fun fact they needed a visual aid to explain everything.

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