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Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX is now available for pre-order across Europe and North America.

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The PAX East trailer for Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix has been released. The game contains HD versions of the original Kingdom Hearts together with the portable versions released before Kingdom Hearts 2. It’s out now in Japan and should be heading west sometime in early fall. Thanks, Gematsu.

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Footage from Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX has popped up online, courtesy of AGB, and you can have a look at the lovely video below. The PS3 exclusive bundles the original Kingdom Hearts together with the portable versions released before Kingdom Hearts 2. It hits in April, and should be heading west sometime in early fall. Thanks, Lengendaryboss.

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Co-director Tai Yasue has said the forthcoming Dream Drop Distance isn’t just a spin-off – it’s a clue to the future of the Kingdom Hearts series.

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Square Enix has revealed its plans for the Japan Expo which takes place July 5 through July 8 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center in France.

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Square has announced Leonard Nimoy, Haley Joel Osment, and Hayden Panettiere and others will reprise their roles in the Kingdom Hearts series by lending their chops to Kingdom Hearts 3D. Full list is below.

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Tetsuya Nomura has given the strongest hint yet the next Kingdom Hearts game could be a fully-fledged third game, saying it was “time” to bring it back to home consoles.

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Tetsuya Nomura has teased a massive announcement for the Kingdom Hearts series coming pretty soon following the launch of Dream Drop Distance back in March in Japan.

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Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Direct presentation that it will release Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop on 3DS in Europe on July 20, a good week and a half before the US gets it. The Square title was released in Japan on March 29 and debuted in the top slot on the Media Create software chart. For the last two weeks, it has maintained the number two position behind Namco’s 2nd Super Robot Wars Z Saisei Volume.

Kingdom Hearts turns 10 today in Japan. The Square/Disney RPG launched in Japan on PlayStation 2 on March 28, 2002, featuring a mix of both Disney and Final Fantasy characters. Following its release, it seen a second main sequel on PS2, plus multiple spin-offs on PSP and DS. The newest installment in the series, Dream Drop Distance, releases in the west for 3DS this coming summer. After that, the constantly-teased Kingdom Hearts III?

Square has released a new video for Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance, and it runs around the 10-minute mark. The 3DS title has Sora and Rikku as duel playable protagonists, and will feature familiar characters and locations from IPs such as Final Fantasy, Winnie the Pooh, Tron, Pinocchio, Notre Dame, Three Musketeers and more Square/Disney offerings. It launches March 29 in Japan, and is slated for release this year in Europe and the US. The video is posted below.

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Square Enix has opened a website portal which devoted entirely to its Piano Collections series of game soundtracks. At present, the site contains piano renditions of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts music,. and soon, NieR. The Piano Opera: Final Fantasy I/II/III soundtrack site has also been updated with track lists, samples, and composer comments from Nobuo Uematsu and Hiroyuki Nakayama. The soundtrack will be released on February 29 for ¥2,800 ($36.74), and sheet music will be available starting in March for ¥1,800 ($23.62). Thanks, Andriasang.

The week is half over, and what better way to get over the hump than by getting versed in things small enough to fit in your hand?

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The flood of 3DS images which completely fail to suggest 3D effects continues. Today’s hot contender is Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance, with ten new screens showing character switching, roomy level design, and one of the titular drops.

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Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance turned up at yesterday’s Square Enix First Production Event to great excitement, and producer Yasushi Yasue seemed only too happy to explain the game’s title and action bent.

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Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura has said the recently detailed 3DS title Dream Drop Distance will be the “prologue for the final battle” now that the franchise’s plot is “moving towards the last phase of the story.”

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The Square Enix media blitz for Kingdom Hearts Re:coded continues ahead of this week’s release with a neat new trailer; feast your eyes through the break.

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Sora’s journey in Kingdom Hearts II has drawn to a close, now a new tale is set to begin…

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Square Enix has confirmed Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep will only be released in UMD format.

Sorry PSP Go users.

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Rob Rutter, brand manager at Square Enix, announced in a post over on the EU PS Blog a Special Edition’s being planned for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep on PSP.

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