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Classic FM have begun revealing their annual Hall of Fame list this weekend. Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura has made another appearance on the list for Kingdom Hearts, finishing this year at 86th with Kingdom Hearts III Dearly Beloved. A description of Yoko from the Hall of Fame list can be read below. This marks the 6th year that Yoko has made an appearance on the Classic FM Hall of Fame and her third highest placing during her tenure, only behind 2015 where she placed 30th while and 2016 she placed 31st. In 2017, she finished 119th and in 2018 she finished 188th. After being excluded in 2019, Yoko reemerged at the 245th position on the 2020 list. In addition to the Kingdom Hearts series, Yoko worked on the soundtrack for Final Fantasy XV, which also made the list this year for the first time at no 217. This is the first year that Yoko has been on the Classic FM Hall of Fame top 300 list with multiple entries. Other musical compositions that have been showcased in the Kingdom Hearts series have also made it into the top 300 list for Hall of Fame 2021, including the following: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" ranked at no. 282 "A Night on the Bare Mountain" ranked at no. 153 "Final Fantasy Series (including One-Winged Angel)" ranked at no. 120 Congratulations to Yoko Shimomura and her success in making Classic FM's Hall of Fame list for the 6th time! View full article

Square Enix has revealed 2 new Kingdom Hearts III-themed plushes; this time being Terra and Ventus! Both plushes have a base price of $43.99, but they are both currently 10% off for $39.59 until April 10, 2021. They also both have September 2021 release windows. You can view the Ventus plush via our gallery below: You can also view the Terra plush via our gallery below: In addition to both the Terra and Ventus plushes currently being available for pre-order, there is already an Aqua plush released to complete the Wayfinder trio! UPDATE [April 1, 2021]: The Terra and Ventus plushes are now available for pre-order on the Square Enix E-Store. Each plush will cost ¥4,180 (about $38.00) and is scheduled to release on August 7th. Do you intend on purchasing either or both of these plushes to complete the Wayfinder set? Let us know in the comments below! View full article

Which Kingdom Hearts game will you play first when it releases on PC?

Chapter 16 for the Kingdom Hearts III manga is now available in English from Yen Press. Follow the Connection can be bought as a digital download from Amazon, Book Walker, ComiXology, Google Play, iBooks, and Kobo. The issue's price varies from $1.99 for the United States to $2.99 in Canada. Chapter 16 was released in Japanese on Gangan Online back on March 11th. Chapter 17 is planned to release on Gangan Online on April 8th. You can also check out the articles for the previous chapters by clicking on the links below! Chapter 0 Prologue Japanese English Chapter 1 The New Departure Japanese English Chapter 2 Olympus Coliseum Part 1 Japanese English Chapter 3 Olympus Coliseum Part 2 Japanese English Chapter 4 Olympus Coliseum Part 3 Japanese English Chapter 5 Olympus Coliseum Part 4 Japanese English Chapter 6 Olympus Coliseum Part 5 Japanese English Chapter 7 Olympus Coliseum Part 6 Japanese English Chapter 8 Olympus Coliseum Part 7 Japanese English Chapter 9 The Dark World Japanese English Chapter 10 Unbreakable Connection Japanese English Chapter 11 The Self inside the Mirror Japanese English Chapter 12 Reunion Japanese English Chapter 13 Warmth Japanese English Chapter 14 Destiny Island Japanese English Chapter 15 Remaining Light Japanese English Chapter 16 Tracing the Bond Japanese In addition, Volume 2 of the manga is set to release on June 11th in Japan. View full article

Gangan online have posted chapter 16 for the Kingdom Hearts III manga. You can check out the previews for the chapter in our gallery below. You can read the full chapter on their site or on their online app. Chapter 17 will be available April 8th. You can also check out the articles for the previous chapters by clicking on the links below! Chapter 0 Prologue Japanese English Chapter 1 A New Journey Japanese English Chapter 2 Olympus Coliseum[1] Japanese English Chapter 3 Olympus Coliseum[2] Japanese English Chapter 4 Olympus Coliseum[3] Japanese English Chapter 5 Olympus Coliseum[4] Japanese English Chapter 6 Olympus Coliseum[5] Japanese English Chapter 7 Olympus Coliseum[6] Japanese English Chapter 8 Olympus Coliseum[7] Japanese English Chapter 9 World of Darkness Japanese English Chapter 10 Connected Japanese English Chapter 11 The Self inside the Mirror Japanese English Chapter 12 Reunion Japanese English Chapter 13 Warmth Japanese English Chapter 14 Destiny Island Japanese English Chapter 15 Remaining Light Japanese English In addition, Volume 2 of the manga is set to release on June 11th in Japan. View full article

Chapter 15 for the Kingdom Hearts III manga is now available in English from Yen Press.The Light That Stayed Behind can be bought as a digital download from Amazon, Book Walker, ComiXology, Google Play, iBooks, and Kobo. The issue's price varies from $1.99 for the United States to $2.99 in Canada. Chapter 15 was released in Japanese on Gangan Online back on February 10th. Chapter 16 is planned to release on Gangan Online on March 11th. You can also check out the articles for the previous chapters by clicking on the links below! Chapter 0 Prologue Japanese English Chapter 1 The New Departure Japanese English Chapter 2 Olympus Coliseum Part 1 Japanese English Chapter 3 Olympus Coliseum Part 2 Japanese English Chapter 4 Olympus Coliseum Part 3 Japanese English Chapter 5 Olympus Coliseum Part 4 Japanese English Chapter 6 Olympus Coliseum Part 5 Japanese English Chapter 7 Olympus Coliseum Part 6 Japanese English Chapter 8 Olympus Coliseum Part 7 Japanese English Chapter 9 The Dark World Japanese English Chapter 10 Unbreakable Connection Japanese English Chapter 11 The Self inside the Mirror Japanese English Chapter 12 Reunion Japanese English Chapter 13 Warmth Japanese English Chapter 14 Destiny Island Japanese English Chapter 15 The Light That Stayed Behind Japanese In addition, the final volume of the Kingdom Hearts III light novel series. Vol. 3: Remind Me Again is available in Japan and English. View full article

The Nendoroid of Kingdom Hearts III Ver. Roxas is now available to pre-order from Good Smile Company! He is available to pre-order from February 17th to March 31st and will release in October 2021 and is priced at ¥5,545 ($58.99) His product page says there's an estimated shipping period of November 2021. You can pre-order him here. He comes with his Oblivion and Oathkeeper Keyblades, and an extra head with his hood up. You can view the Kingdom Hearts III Ver. Roxas Nendoroid through our gallery below: Good Smile Company recently announced other Kingdom Hearts III Nendoroids, you can see them in our article here! View full article

Disney Games Japan has recently unveiled new pieces of Kingdom Hearts III themed merchandise, including two new Clear Files and Sora and Riku Acrylic Keychains. All items are available for pre-order on Aitai Kuji, AmiAmi, and Crux Online Store. You can view these items and their pre-order links below Kingdom Hearts III Acrylic Keychain Sora - Aitai Kuji - (¥610 approx $5.83 USD) Kingdom Hearts III Acrylic Keychain Sora - AmiAmi - (¥610 approx $5.83 USD) Kingdom Hearts III Acrylic Keychain Sora - Crux Online Store - (¥770 approx $7.70 USD) Kingdom Hearts III Acrylic Keychain Riku - Aitai Kuji - (¥610 approx $5.83 USD) Kingdom Hearts III Acrylic Keychain Riku - AmiAmi - (¥610 approx $5.83 USD) Kingdom Hearts III Acrylic Keychain Riku - Crux Online Store - (¥770 approx $7.70 USD) Kingdom Hearts III Clear File Group - Aitai Kuji - (¥350, approx. $3.34 USD) Kingdom Hearts III Clear File Group - AmiAmi - (¥350 approx. $3.34 USD) Kingdom Hearts III Clear File Group - Crux Online Store - (¥440 approx $4.17 USD) Kingdom Hearts III Clear File Sora - Aitai Kuji - (¥350, approx. $3.34 USD) Kingdom Hearts III Clear File Sora - AmiAmi- (¥350 approx. $3.34 USD) Kingdom Hearts III Clear File Sora- Crux Online Store - (¥440 approx $4.17 USD) All items are set to release in March 2021. Will you be adding any of these items to your collection? Let us know in the comments below! View full article

Good Smile Company has revealed a number of upcoming Kingdom Hearts III Nendoroids, those specifically being Kairi, Aqua, Axel and Roxas! Roxas has a finalized design but is still in production, while Axel, Kairi and Aqua are all confirmed but don't have finalized designs yet. Roxas is currently slated for an October 2021 release, while Axel, Kairi and Aqua have no set release dates at the moment. The Kingdom Hearts III Sora and Riku Nendoroids are currently available for pre-order. You can view the design of the Roxas Nendoroid below: You can view the conceptual art depicting the other upcoming Nendoroids below: Are you thrilled for all of these upcoming Nendoroids? Which one of them will you be purchasing first? Let us know in the comments below! View full article

Gangan Online have posted Chapter 15 for the Kingdom Hearts III manga. You can check out the previews for the chapter in our gallery below. You can read the full chapter on their site by clicking here or on their online app. Chapter 16 will be available on March 11th. You can also check out the articles for the previous chapters by clicking on the links below! Chapter 0 Prologue Japanese English Chapter 1 A New Journey Japanese English Chapter 2 Olympus Coliseum[1] Japanese English Chapter 3 Olympus Coliseum[2] Japanese English Chapter 4 Olympus Coliseum[3] Japanese English Chapter 5 Olympus Coliseum[4] Japanese English Chapter 6 Olympus Coliseum[5] Japanese English Chapter 7 Olympus Coliseum[6] Japanese English Chapter 8 Olympus Coliseum[7] Japanese English Chapter 9 World of Darkness Japanese English Chapter 10 Connected Japanese English Chapter 11 The Self inside the Mirror Japanese English Chapter 12 Reunion Japanese English Chapter 13 Warmth Japanese English Chapter 14 Destiny Island Japanese English View full article

Do you think we might see other Pixar villains/antagonists in possible future games in the Kingdom Hearts series, besides only just Randall from Monstropolis in Kingdom Hearts III? Well that's the question, Pixar has had several different villains/antagonists from their 23 films so far, but it will depend on Square Enix and especially the crew/team at Pixar on what role the antagonists from the Pixar films will play in the original story exclusive to KH, and whether or not that specific Pixar antagonist would fit within the original story or simply not add them in at all. When compared to the Disney villains (e.g. Maleficent, Pete, Hades, Jafar, Oogie Boogie, Ursula, Scar, etc.) and the original Kingdom Hearts villains (e.g. Xehanort, Ansem Seeker of Darkness, Xemnas, Vanitas, Braig/Xigbar/Luxu, Organization XIII), the Pixar Villains aren't really threatening and they don't pose the same level of malevolence as other villains they can utilize. On top of that, Pixar isn't known for their villains in the first place, as the main conflict in each film is the protagonist's internal/external struggles they face in the film (e.g. Woody's jealousy of Buzz Lightyear in the first Toy Story, Marlin's external struggles on finding his son Nemo, Joy's intrapersonal conflict on not allowing Sadness to touch the Memory orbs, Merida wanting to be independent, etc.) with the antagonists only serving as a foil (e.g. Chef Skinner) or an obstacle (e.g. Terry) to the protagonist. Of course, Pixar does have its well-known villains such as Sid, Hopper, Stinky Pete, Randall, Syndrome, Lotso, and recently Ernesto de la Cruz, but at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter in that front for inclusions or not, I know people really wanted Zurg for Toy Box, but sadly he wasn't represented because he's just a minor character in Toy Story 2. In Randall's case for Monstropolis in Kingdom Hearts III, he was just brought back by Vanitas as a "pawn" so he can collect Negative emotions (Screams) for the Unversed and for Vanitas. Plus, he was just "there" to be kind of antagonizing the situation to Sora and the gang, which would likely explain Pixar being very restrictive on Monstropolis and why we never got to fight Randall as a boss (let alone a mid-boss) in Kingdom Hearts III, which I'm not surprised so I don't blame Pixar's decision on not allowing us to battle him as a boss when compared to Nomura and his team's decision on not making CLU and Gaston bosses in Dream Drop Distance and X respectively. Regarding Ernesto De la Cruz for a potential Coco world, depending if Nomura and his team would retell the events of the movie or have it be an original story (a sequel or a prequel to the film) at Pixar's request, if they have the plot of the world be a prequel to the film it wouldn't make sense for Sora, Riku and/or Kairi (whoever is going to visit the world) to encounter him and know about his true nature that he murdered Héctor and stole his music and songs (cause that goes to Miguel who figures it out himself once he finds out about Ernesto's true nature in the Land of the Dead in the original movie) or literally have him go the same route like what Randall went to in Kingdom Hearts III where he's just antagonizing the situation, although to be honest, I feel Ernesto wouldn't be much of a boss as he literally isn't much of a fighter when compared to Randall. I think the likely route for Ernesto is have the Coco world be a prequel to the film and have him be just indirectly mentioned, or have a small cameo in one to two scenes in the world, cause he does a Sunrise Spectacular at the end of Dia de Los Muertos, but only to have his concert be briefly interrupted by a Giant Nightmare Dream Eater or a Heartless. For The Incredibles, just like with San Fransokyo (Big Hero 6), given that they have the superhero aspect they can put any random threat in the world (e.g. Underminer, Heartless, the OC Villain (Xigbar/Luxu, MoM, one of the Foretellers), etc.), since its most likely going to take place after the events of the 2nd film given that Evelyn Deavor was arrested. Speaking of which, I also wouldn't get my hopes up on battling Syndrome due to his demise in the first film which will disappoint certain players that wanted to battle him in the Kingdom Hearts series only to have their hopes crushed he's not in the game, so that's that, even the same can be said for Hopper (A Bug's Life) due to his demise from his own film. As for Terry from Pixar's Soul, when compared to the other Pixar antagonists, she's more of an "obstacle" than a full fledged villain as her job is counting the number of souls that enter the Great Beyond and dislikes whenever the "count is off" or a soul is missing, so more than likely if we wound up getting a world based on the film she's going to give pursuit to Sora and the gang and be an obstacle much like how she tried to find the soul of Joe Gardner in the film, instead of having her as an actual boss or go through what Randall went through in KH3. Personally, I'm okay with having more original KH centric stories for the Pixar worlds, but if they do have the Pixar villain/antagonist appear and be involved in the original story, I don't want Pixar to continuously be very restrictive like what they did with Randall in the Monster's Inc. world back in KH3. But what do you guys think do you want some Pixar antagonists in a future KH game or just only leave Randall as the ONLY Pixar Villain/antagonist in the series?

And the final (Maybe) in the series of pieces showing off the final battle of the mainline Kingdom Hearts games, we have Kingdom Hearts 3! Hope you all like it!

Nendoroids of both Kingdom Hearts III Sora and Kingdom Hearts III Riku are available to pre-order from Good Smile Company! Both of these Nendoroids are releasing on July 2021, and are priced at ¥6,200 ($59.88). The Riku Nendoroid includes the Braveheart Keyblade and a clear plate featuring King Mickey. The Sora Nendorid includes the Kingdom Key, Crystal Snow, Wheel of Fate and Favorite Deputy Keyblades. You can view the Kingdom Hearts III Sora Nendoroid via our gallery below: You can view the Kingdom Hearts III Riku Nendoroid via our galley below: Additionally, Good Smile Company also states that more Kingdom Hearts III Nendoroids are in the works and will be announced soon! In July of last year, there was footage of Good Smile Company working on what looked like a Kingdom Hearts III Sora Nendoroid, and this final product fits the bill. Are you intending on purchasing either, or both of these Nendoroids to add to your Kingdom Hearts collection? Let us know in the comments below! UPDATE: (2/15/2021) Both the Kingdom Hearts III Sora Nendoroid and Riku Nendoroid are available for pre-order from Amazon for $99.99. Additionally, both are scheduled for an October 27th, 2021 release. View full article

Chapter 14 for the Kingdom Hearts III manga is now available in English from Yen Press. Destiny Island can be bought as a digital download from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Book Walker, ComiXology, Google Play, iBooks, and Kobo. The issue's price varies from $1.99 for the United States to $2.99 in Canada. Chapter 14 was released in Japanese on Gangan Online back on December 23rd. Chapter 15 is planned to release on Gangan Online either late January or early February. You can also check out the articles for the previous chapters by clicking on the links below! Chapter 0 Prologue Japanese English Chapter 1 The New Departure Japanese English Chapter 2 Olympus Coliseum Part 1 Japanese English Chapter 3 Olympus Coliseum Part 2 Japanese English Chapter 4 Olympus Coliseum Part 3 Japanese English Chapter 5 Olympus Coliseum Part 4 Japanese English Chapter 6 Olympus Coliseum Part 5 Japanese English Chapter 7 Olympus Coliseum Part 6 Japanese English Chapter 8 Olympus Coliseum Part 7 Japanese English Chapter 9 The Dark World Japanese English Chapter 10 Unbreakable Connection Japanese English Chapter 11 The Self inside the Mirror Japanese English Chapter 12 Reunion Japanese English Chapter 13 Warmth Japanese English Chapter 14 Destiny Island Japanese In addition, Vol. 1 (which contains Chapter 0 thru Chapter 8 ) is available in Japan and North America. Also arriving is the final volume of the Kingdom Hearts III light novel series. Vol. 3: Remind Me Again is available in Japan and English. View full article