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  1. The OP have announced a new board game based on the Kingdom Hearts series. Disney's Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit is a game where players work together using a roll of dice to seal six worlds while trying to keep the Heartless from plunging worlds into Darkness. This game is intended for 2-5 players ages 8 or up. Players can choose between 5 characters: Sora, Donald, Goofy, Riku, and Kairi. Each character has their own sheet representing five different actions: Attack, Collect Potions, Protect, Ability, and Distract. Each action can be activated based upon a number rolled of that certain action. Item cards can also be used to help your character as well as your friends' character. There are a total of 14 world cards (double-sided) ranging in levels that you can try to seal. Some of the ones shown on the box art include Radiant Garden, Halloween Town, Space Paranoid, Kingdom of Corona, Twilight Town, Land of Dragons, and Deep Jungle. Each box contains five player boards, 14 double-sided world cards, 30 items cards, 75 chip pieces, a world marker, six dice, and five trackers. You can check out photos of the box and the character/world cards in the gallery below. UPDATE (August 29, 2021): The official rule book for Disney's Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit has been made available on The OP USAopoly's site. You can check it out here or by viewing the gallery below. Disney's Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit will be available soon for $29.95 at your local gaming store. You can also buy it on Amazon when it becomes available. This is the second board games that has been released by The OP. The first one was Talisman: Kingdom Hearts Edition back in 2019. Will you accept the challenge with your friends in saving the worlds? Let us know in the comments below!
  2. The OP have announced a new board game based on the Kingdom Hearts series. Disney's Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit is a game where players work together using a roll of dice to seal six worlds while trying to keep the Heartless from plunging worlds into Darkness. This game is intended for 2-5 players ages 8 or up. Players can choose between 5 characters: Sora, Donald, Goofy, Riku, and Kairi. Each character has their own sheet representing five different actions: Attack, Collect Potions, Protect, Ability, and Distract. Each action can be activated based upon a number rolled of that certain action. Item cards can also be used to help your character as well as your friends' character. There are a total of 14 world cards (double-sided) ranging in levels that you can try to seal. Some of the ones shown on the box art include Radiant Garden, Halloween Town, Space Paranoid, Kingdom of Corona, Twilight Town, Land of Dragons, and Deep Jungle. Each box contains five player boards, 14 double-sided world cards, 30 items cards, 75 chip pieces, a world marker, six dice, and five trackers. You can check out photos of the box and the character/world cards in the gallery below. UPDATE (August 29, 2021): The official rule book for Disney's Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit has been made available on The OP USAopoly's site. You can check it out here or by viewing the gallery below. Disney's Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit will be available soon for $29.95 at your local gaming store. You can also buy it on Amazon when it becomes available. This is the second board games that has been released by The OP. The first one was Talisman: Kingdom Hearts Edition back in 2019. Will you accept the challenge with your friends in saving the worlds? Let us know in the comments below! View full article
  3. Yen Press has announced a complete collection of the Kingdom Hearts novel series in a single omnibus book in the way of Kingdom Hearts: The Complete Novel. This book is part of a Collector's edition that also includes 13 envelopes with designs of the iconic stained glass artwork of the major Kingdom Hearts characters as well as a Keyblade keychain. Kingdom Hearts: The Complete Novel Collector's Edition will be available in November 2021. Pre-orders and pricing have yet to be announced. Keep up with KH13.com for the latest Kingdom Hearts news. UPDATE (7/20/2021) Kingdom Hearts: The Complete Novel Collector's Edition is available for pre-order on Right Stuf Anime's store for a discounted price of $149.99. The base price is $199.99 and will presumably be the standard price after the pre-order period concludes. Additionally, the package is stated to be releasing on November 16, 2021.
  4. "May your Heart be Your Guiding Key" It's a staple quote of the Master of Masters in Kingdom Hearts Union x[Cross] and a common phrase in the past couple of Kingdom Hearts games, but in Disney World in Florida, it could be your ticket to everything. Kingdom Hearts cosplayer Nipah (@NipahDUBS) has shown a new version of the Disney Magic Bands that celebrate the beloved franchise in three designs: Sora, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, and Riku as well as different colors such as white, black, and red. Each band is also decorated with the Heart as well as different icons from the series. You can view the different designs in our gallery below! Disney Magic Bands are only available to use at Disney World and can be purchased at kiosks at Magic Kingdom and Disney Springs for $30 each. UPDATE [July 11, 2021]: Nipah has followed up with Kingdom Hearts phone cases that are also being sold at Disney World. Designs include just Sora or Riku, a mixture of Sora and Riku, a group shot of Sora, Riku, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, and the iconic black plaid background with many of the Kingdom Hearts icons. You can view them in the gallery below. If you go to Disney World, will you pick one up? Which design would you like to have? Let us know in the comments below! View full article
  5. "May your Heart be Your Guiding Key" It's a staple quote of the Master of Masters in Kingdom Hearts Union x[Cross] and a common phrase in the past couple of Kingdom Hearts games, but in Disney World in Florida, it could be your ticket to everything. Kingdom Hearts cosplayer Nipah (@NipahDUBS) has shown a new version of the Disney Magic Bands that celebrate the beloved franchise in three designs: Sora, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, and Riku as well as different colors such as white, black, and red. Each band is also decorated with the Heart as well as different icons from the series. You can view the different designs in our gallery below! Disney Magic Bands are only available to use at Disney World and can be purchased at kiosks at Magic Kingdom and Disney Springs for $30 each. UPDATE [July 11, 2021]: Nipah has followed up with Kingdom Hearts phone cases that are also being sold at Disney World. Designs include just Sora or Riku, a mixture of Sora and Riku, a group shot of Sora, Riku, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, and the iconic black plaid background with many of the Kingdom Hearts icons. You can view them in the gallery below. If you go to Disney World, will you pick one up? Which design would you like to have? Let us know in the comments below!
  6. Square Enix have announced a Kingdom Hearts face cushion in the shape of a Heartless. This cushion is now up for pre-order on the E-Store for ¥4,950 (about $45.00) and will release in Japan on October 9th, 2021. You can view screenshots of the pillow in the gallery below. UPDATE[June 24, 2021]: The Kingdom Hearts Face Pillow - Shadow is now available for pre-order from the North American Square Enix Store, currently for a discounted $45.00 set to release January 2022.
  7. Square Enix have announced a Kingdom Hearts face cushion in the shape of a Heartless. This cushion is now up for pre-order on the E-Store for ¥4,950 (about $45.00) and will release in Japan on October 9th, 2021. You can view screenshots of the pillow in the gallery below. UPDATE[June 24, 2021]: The Kingdom Hearts Face Pillow - Shadow is now available for pre-order from the North American Square Enix Store, currently for a discounted $45.00 set to release January 2022. View full article
  8. Insomniac's newest entry in their highly successful Ratchet & Clank series, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, has a couple of Easter eggs from various titles from not only Insomniac but from other franchises as well. While most of them are from PlayStation exclusive franchises like Jak & Daxter and LittleBigPlanet, there is one that stands out from the rest: an Easter egg from Kingdom Hearts. It could be a subtle nod to the franchise as both series launched their first entry back in 2002 for the PlayStation 2. If you want to see it, then you can check it out in the spoiler tag below. [DISCLAIMER: POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART BELOW. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!] Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will release on June 11th exclusively for the PlayStation 5. Are you going to be getting this game and finding the Easter egg? Let us know in the comments below! View full article
  9. Insomniac's newest entry in their highly successful Ratchet & Clank series, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, has a couple of Easter eggs from various titles from not only Insomniac but from other franchises as well. While most of them are from PlayStation exclusive franchises like Jak & Daxter and LittleBigPlanet, there is one that stands out from the rest: an Easter egg from Kingdom Hearts. It could be a subtle nod to the franchise as both series launched their first entry back in 2002 for the PlayStation 2. If you want to see it, then you can check it out in the spoiler tag below. [DISCLAIMER: POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART BELOW. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!] Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will release on June 11th exclusively for the PlayStation 5. Are you going to be getting this game and finding the Easter egg? Let us know in the comments below!
  10. Hi ^^ In this new Memoria Theory I want to share with you 5 wishes I have for the Kingdom Hearts franchise don't hesitate to give me yours ^^ I always want to warn you that there will be some SPOILERS in this video you are warned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEucmgNz6Pw (you can enable subtitles on the video)
  11. Other than the series always thematically showing that love is the ultimate answer and power, even more so than the power of light or darkness, here are some quotes: From Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep: Aqua: "A pure heart filled with light... It's strange, the Master taught me darkness needs to be destroyed. But how, if not with light?" Fairy Godmother: "Oh, my dear, you're too young to know. Experience more things, and you'll find the answer. Just trust in your dreams." (Fairy Godmother implying the only way to defeat darkness other than with light is with love.) From Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep: Yen Sid: "I will tell you what your friend needs right now. It is not your protection. He needs you to believe. You see, Ventus's heart hangs in the balance. It sleeps in the place between light and darkness. From all I can perceive, that means he will be looking for a friend--one who believes in him, to show him the way home. Just as long as you love him...then Ventus will be able to find you when he wakes. He can follow that love back to where he belongs--the realm of light.” (Yen Sid implying the balance between light and darkness is love and that love is the only thing that can lead Ventus' heart home.) From Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories: Riku: "What are you making me choose now?" DiZ: "Between the road to light and the road to darkness." Riku: "Neither suits me. I'm taking the middle road." DiZ: "Do you mean the twilight road to nightfall?" Riku: "No. It's the road to dawn." (Riku not choosing light or darkness, but choosing what he calls "dawn.") From Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance: Riku (to Ansem, Seeker of Darkness and Young Xehanort): "I walk the road to dawn!" Riku (to Ansem, Seeker of Darkness): "Consume the darkness, return it to light.” Young Xehanort (to Riku): "I don't know how you did it, but you really have found a way to trap darkness inside your heart. And a boy who's immune to darkness is of no use to us." (Riku reaffirming that he wields both light and darkness, and that he turns the darkness into light. That is the state he calls "dawn." And Young Xehanort confirming that by walking the road to dawn, Riku has somehow become immune to darkness.) From Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance: Data-Ansem the Wise: "The heart has always been quick to grow. Each exposure to light, to the natural world, to other people, shapes this most malleable part inside of us. Nobodies are not different from us in that manner. Sora was the only one able to return to his human form without destroying his Nobody. That is a statement to the love in his heart for other people, and the bonds that tie them together. Perhaps...he has the power to bring back the hearts and existences of those connected to him—to recreate people we thought were lost to us forever. Our most precious treasures—even an empty puppet—the trees of the forest, and the petals on the wind—there are hearts around us everywhere we look. And it does not take superhuman powers to see them. Surely we remember as children the way our hearts made everything seem so shiny, and perfect. Sora has a heart like that—uncorrupted, willing to see the good before the bad. When he sees the heart in something, it then becomes real. When a connection seems broken, he may have the power to mend it. He has touched countless hearts, he has accepted them, and he has saved them. And some of those hearts have never left him—whether they fell into darkness or were trapped there—whether they sleep in the darkness of Sora's heart, or were welcomed into its warmth—they can be saved. All Sora needs to do is be himself and follow wherever it is that his heart takes him. It is the best and the only way." (Data-Ansem the Wise saying that Sora's uninhibited undying love for people and his willingness to always see the good before the bad in anyone or anything is the ultimate answer that could solve everything and save everyone.) From Kingdom Hearts III: Ventus: "I didn't ask for this. To be sifted apart nice and neat. We should be free to choose. Not just light, not just darkness. We decide what we are." (Ventus implying light and darkness are choices and you can choose to be both or neither.)
  12. Here's King Mickey arriving in The World That Never Was in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. Here's the Replica for Roxas being sent to the Keyblade Graveyard by Ienzo, Even, Ansem the Wise, etc. in Kingdom Hearts III. (Which Roxas' heart comes out of Sora and then goes into the moment it arrives.) It's the exact same method of travel/arriving at a world. They have the same animation of a sparkle in the sky and then a beam of light coming down from where the sparkle was, transporting a person or object to a world.
  13. Square Enix has updated their E-Store with three new Kingdom Hearts-inspired motel keychains based on the Destiny Islands, Twilight Town, and The World that Never Was. Each keychain will cost ¥1,100 (about $10.00) and will be available on April 24th. Pre-orders are being accepted now. You can view the keychains in the gallery below. Similar keychains for Wonderland, Agrabah, and Neverland were available at the Melody of Memory cafe collaboration back in December 2020/January 2021. You can check those out below. More items from the collaboration are available in the E-Store for pre-order as well including clothing, notebooks, clear files and more! Keep up with KH13.com for the latest on Kingdom Hearts merchandise, news, and more! View full article
  14. Epic Games has revealed during their Epic Games Store Spring Showcase that the Kingdom Hearts Series will be available on PC exclusively through the Epic Games Store starting March 30, 2021. You can view each title and pre-purchase digitally below: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue Kingdom Hearts III + Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory Additionally, players who purchase Kingdom Hearts III + Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC will receive an exclusive Elemental Encoder keyblade. You can view the announcement trailer below! UPDATE [Feb 11,2021]: The Kingdom Hearts Twitter account has released a render of the brand new Elemental Encoder keyblade that will be releasing with the PC version of Kingdom Hearts III. UPDATE [Feb 12, 2021]: Kingdom Hearts producer Ichiro Hazama has provided a statement about their partnership with Epic Games. You can read the statement below. What do you think of the Kingdom Hearts series making its way to PC? Let us know in the comments below! View full article
  15. Amazon has listed the English localization of the Kingdom Hearts Character Files book from Dark Horse Books that was released last year in Japan. The book will cost $44.99 and will be available on October 19th. Thanks to @Wario64 for the tip! Will you be adding this to your collection? Let us know in the comments below! View full article
  16. Square Enix has updated their E-Store with three new Kingdom Hearts-inspired motel keychains based on the Destiny Islands, Twilight Town, and The World that Never Was. Each keychain will cost ¥1,100 (about $10.00) and will be available on April 24th. Pre-orders are being accepted now. You can view the keychains in the gallery below. Similar keychains for Wonderland, Agrabah, and Neverland were available at the Melody of Memory cafe collaboration back in December 2020/January 2021. You can check those out below. More items from the collaboration are available in the E-Store for pre-order as well including clothing, notebooks, clear files and more! Keep up with KH13.com for the latest on Kingdom Hearts merchandise, news, and more!
  17. The long wait for Kingdom Hearts to be playable on PC has finally ended. Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, Kingdom Hearts III, and Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory is now available to play on the Epic Games store. To celebrate the PC launch, all 4 games have a 20% discount until April 6th. *All players that have pre-purchased will receive a partial refund of the difference automatically* In addition, players that pre-purchased the Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind DLC + Concert video will receive a three-month subscription to Disney+. (MUST NOT BE A CURRENT DISNEY+ SUBSCRIBER TO BE ELIGIBLE. Only available for North America) Which game(s) will you play on PC first? Let us know in the comments below! View full article
  18. The long wait for Kingdom Hearts to be playable on PC has finally ended. Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, Kingdom Hearts III, and Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory is now available to play on the Epic Games store. To celebrate the PC launch, all 4 games have a 20% discount until April 6th. *All players that have pre-purchased will receive a partial refund of the difference automatically* In addition, players that pre-purchased the Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind DLC + Concert video will receive a three-month subscription to Disney+. (MUST NOT BE A CURRENT DISNEY+ SUBSCRIBER TO BE ELIGIBLE. Only available for North America) Which game(s) will you play on PC first? Let us know in the comments below!
  19. Amazon has listed the English localization of the Kingdom Hearts Character Files book from Dark Horse Books that was released last year in Japan. The book will cost $44.99 and will be available on October 19th. Thanks to @Wario64 for the tip! Will you be adding this to your collection? Let us know in the comments below!
  20. The next of the side games is the prequel to KH1, Birth By Sleep! I hope you all like it! Instagram: chris.arts5 Twitter: Arcanekeyblade5
  21. And the next in the series I have going is the final battle for Chain of Memories! This time with a twist! Hope you all like it!
  22. KHInsider reported that Scholastic Books will be publishing a new middle-grade novel series for Kingdom Hearts alongside a Character Handbook.! The series will be written by Brooke Vitale, known for her children's books The Magic Is in You, Disney Who's Who, Olaf's Journey, and Happy Birthday, Mickey, and is set in an original, canon lore. The first book in the series is set to release on May 5th, 2020, and is currently available for pre-order on Amazon for $7.99 in paperback format or $4.99 in e-book format. The Character Handbook will be written by Conor Lloyd, is told from main character Sora’s perspective, and is set for release on February 4th, 2020. It is currently available to pre-order on Amazon for $7.99. Will you be picking up the books? Let us know! View full article
  23. Epic Games has revealed during their Epic Games Store Spring Showcase that the Kingdom Hearts Series will be available on PC exclusively through the Epic Games Store starting March 30, 2021. You can view each title and pre-purchase digitally below: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue Kingdom Hearts III + Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory Additionally, players who purchase Kingdom Hearts III + Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC will receive an exclusive Elemental Encoder keyblade. You can view the announcement trailer below! UPDATE [Feb 11,2021]: The Kingdom Hearts Twitter account has released a render of the brand new Elemental Encoder keyblade that will be releasing with the PC version of Kingdom Hearts III. UPDATE [Feb 12, 2021]: Kingdom Hearts producer Ichiro Hazama has provided a statement about their partnership with Epic Games. You can read the statement below. What do you think of the Kingdom Hearts series making its way to PC? Let us know in the comments below!
  24. People often ask why Kingdom Hearts uses terms like "hurt" instead of "pain" or "unreality" instead of "alternate dimension." Or why they use the terms "light" and "darkness" so much. The in-universe explanation for this is that the Kingdom Hearts World works very differently than our universe and has its own set of labels and rules for many things. The real world meta explanation for this though is that Tetsuya Nomura seems to like Kingdom Hearts to sort of establish its own labels and rules for things. And there's a reason why. For example, they're now calling the other side of the World that Yozora comes from "unreality" and "fiction" rather than just saying its another dimension or something. Getting used to these terms and the way they're used can be odd and jarring at times, however that's kind of the point as these unique terms sort of make you think and wonder more about these concepts. Something more mainstream such as Marvel uses more common terms such as other "dimensions" and the "multiverse" to bring characters and worlds together that usually wouldn't make much sense to bring together to make it make more sense and easy to understand for the audience so they can just focus on the characters and worlds that are being brought together instead of focusing on how weird and incomprehensible the concepts of other realities and universes really are. Kingdom Hearts likes to use words such as "unreality" and "fictional worlds" to put more focus on what these concepts actually mean and how weird and incomprehensible these concepts truly are. Instead of shying away from how philosophically weird and trippy some concepts are in order to make things easier for the audience to understand, Kingdom Hearts fully leans into it. So, if they were to just use the term "pain" instead of "hurt," you would think you understand what they're talking about completely and not take a closer look at the concept being talked about, while using the term "hurt" makes you take a closer look and examine what the concept of pain/hurt truly means and makes you wonder if you even do understand what it really means. There are concepts in life that we take for granted and think we know what they truly mean just because we've heard the words and the definitions of the words our entire lives, so we don't really take the moment to really think about it philosophically. If they used the word "pain" it would've just become another sentence that passes by and gets replaced by the next sentence without you taking a deeper look into what's being said. I remember as a young kid playing Kingdom Hearts and some of these odd terms would really make me think more about the underlying philosophy and existentialism of it all rather than just focusing on the more generic aspects that overlie it all. People often make fun of Kingdom Hearts for these odd terms and how often some terms like light or darkness are used, but I really do think there's a point to it. The way these terms are used might seem silly in a conventional way, but Kingdom Hearts has never been about thinking conventionally and has always been about establishing and following its own rules. The stuff with Yozora and Quadratum has made me the most interested in the series' future than I have been in a while. The mystique and intrigue of it is on par with after I saw KH1's secret ending for the first time. It's got the same vibes of what got me so hooked on the series so much as a young kid in the first place. It even brings back the same KH1 opening quote, bringing it back to the roots of what made the series so interesting and stand out. The theme of existential confusion that underlies the whole series. "I've been having these weird thoughts lately, like is any of this for real, or not?" "None of this... makes sense to me." Nomura has even said that the KH1 opening quote is what got KH approved in the first place. Q9: What can you say about the secret boss & episode? Nomura: "The secrets contain my thoughts about the future of the series, but with the information out at present I don't think you'll be able to guess any of it. Some parts of the battle ended up very different from what I requested. But it surprised me in a good way, so take it as it is." Q10: Why did lines from KH1 appear in the final trailer? Nomura: "Those were lines I'd long wanted to put together if I ever got the chance. You may not understand, but the inclusion of those lines is what got the world of Kingdom Hearts approved. There is no mystery to solve this time, they stand at the doorway." While many aspects of the story weren't planned by Nomura in advance, I definitely believe there has always been underlying themes and meanings that Nomura has rooted in the series and stayed consistent with and has had plans for ever since the first game. And now that the main story that has been going on with Xehanort is finally complete, it seems like he will finally bring out those underlying themes and meanings in full force and bring them to the forefront rather than in the background. Things are going to start getting really existential, meta, and trippy going forward. And I think this is what Nomura has planned for, hoped for, and always wanted to do since the first game. And I think those quotes of his prove that. The ongoing story has concluded. The ongoing mysteries have now been concluded. The time has come for the underlying themes of existential confusion, hearts, fake worlds, data worlds, dreams, other versions of yourself, not knowing what is real, etc. that have been built up and built up to finally explode and to get what Kingdom Hearts has always truly been about. "There is no mystery to solve this time, they stand at the doorway."
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