Developer: Square-Enix Publisher: Square-Enix System: Playstation Portable Genre: Roleplaying Number of Players: 1 Disks: Unknown ESRB Rating: Unknown Our Rating: N/A Directed By: Tetsuya Nomura & Tomohiro Hasegawa
Japan: Currently Unknown
Europe: Currently Unknown
North America: Currently Unknown
Prologue
The legendary Keyblade is said to hold
phenomenal power.
Some legends say that long ago, its wielder saved the world,
while some say that he brought chaos and ruin upon it.
(Ansem Report 8)
The trailer shown at the Tokyo Game Show 2007 has
got everyone on their toes for the first of three new
Kingdom Hearts games, here we have Kingdom Hearts Birth
by Sleep for the Playstation Portable which is
a prequel to KH1. Here is the trailer summary:
The beginning of the trailer shows scenes from the ending
of Kingdom Hearts 1 followed by text that reads "Deep
Past" and "Shut-Eyes gives birth to the concealed
fate".
Next we see two young males (who were in the secret ending
of Kingdom Hearts 2) in a place resembling Hollow Bastion.
The first young male can only be described as a Roxas look-a-like.
He's talking to the other boy who sports black hair (we
believe he's called Terra) and says "Ven.".
Many scenes flash on the screen before stopping on a bald
old man with goatee known as "Master Xehanort",
he calls the black haired male "Terra".
A Keyblade appears in Terra's hands.
The scene cuts and we're shown two worlds, Olympus Coliseum
is back (how can you have a Kingdom Hearts game without
tournaments?) Followed by a world that can only be described
as "Sleeping Beauty" which makes sense
as Maleficent has been the villain (and co-villain) for
the past games.
Next we see Terra (the black haired young male) engaging
combat against the darkly dressed male warrior who
we saw in KH2's secret ending video that Master Xehanort
created. Terra manages to force the helmet off his dark
opponent but we're unable to see his face.
King Mickey is shown summoning a Keyblade that is
a cross between sword and wand, he is wearing different
clothes from usual so we know that Birth By Sleep is a prequel
to KH1. The scene cuts quickly to Terra on a beach observing
two kids, the two figures become clearer, it's Sora and
Riku playing. The trailer ends with these words from
Terra: "Please don't depend on me, just erase me...friend."
Rumours
One Line Rumours
Dark warrior (helmet unknown) is Terra's brother. ~Jetzudan
Master Xehanort posesses Terra and creates KH2 Xehanort.
~KabbageLynn
Terra is Xehanort's apprentice/disciple ~Xagzan
Mickey Theory
You will be able to play as Mickey and travel through time
as him, which is the only possibility that Mickey can talk
to Sora in a prequel (as seen in the scan from yesterday
of Traverse Town). Also in the trailer summary it said that
Terra was looking at Sora on the beach, which could be the
moment that he chose Sora as the new keyblade bearer. ~
kingsora
Name Analysis
In the Famitsu Trailer overall summary, it says "It
seems the above three are full story on the new projects.
At the end of the trailers, we see "Hidden" "Days
are" "Born from sleep", words which embody
the three trailers. Then we see "The story leads on
to an approaching time." which puts us in the mind
of the three titles being linked to the next game."
"Hidden" meaning the lost memory in Coded - "Days
are" signifying 358/2 Days - "Born from sleep"
referring ro Birth by Sleep.
"Hidden Days are Born by Sleep" - This phrase
is probably highly significant for a future title that ties
everything together from the three games (Kingdom Hearts
3?). ~ Quoted from KHU Forums, written by The Graceful Assassin
Terra and Xehanort Theory
Master Xehanort will takeover Terra--the resemblance between
Xehanort (young) and Terra is just too much. After the takeover
some part of Terra may remain. This is the part you face
in Kingdom Hearts 2 and is possibly why he asks his friends
to forget about him because he is no longer a whole person.
~Chill
Xehanort Theory
Xehanort didn't do his job as a Keyblade Wielder, he was
evil and it was up to Terra, Ven and Aqua to stop him in
his tracks. They win the battle which makes Xehanort disappear.
Perhaps when he disappeared he fell into a deep sleep and
he wakes up, or is reborn (Birth by Sleep) during Kingdom
Hearts (or Kingdom Hearts 2). Ansem stumbles apon Xehanort,
but he can't remember anything but his name. At some point
Xehanort transforms into a Heartless and Nobody (Xemnes)
and Sora vanquishes him which puts him back in a deep sleep
and he is reborn (again) after Kingdom Hearts 2 but this
time he has retained his memories. This is a good theory
because Nomura said a big part of the new series is Xehanorts
memories. ~Igloo9
If the creators of these theories would like a word about
this page then please contact me at khextreme_staff(@)hotmail.co.uk
(remove the brackets from the "@" sign)
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Kingdom
Hearts 2 / II News
Kingdom Hearts 2 ~ Rumour:KH Spin Off On Hearty Console!
The Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine has brought a set of rumours in it's recent June issue and one of the rumours included the next KH game. I quote from the magazine:
"Next Kingdom Hearts game will be a spin-off that will appear on a 'hearty console'."
The definition of hearty:
hearty : exhibiting vigorous good health
So it's more likely to appear on the Nintendo Wii or DS. Now people were not talking about KHIII, but only a spin off, just like KH: Chain of Memories.
Anyway, there's an interesting bit of info that our friends over at khinsider, particularly Monkey, have managed to grab. Before anything is said, don't jump the gun, because there is still NO official confirmation of the release of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ outsideof Japan (at least at the moment). However, we have some good news that is confirmed by an official Square Enix Representative, intended to keep us fans at it! This is basically showing that all we have done (the petitions and such) do matter and we ARE recognised for that (so keep at it and don't give up just yet!). Here's what we know so far:
quote:
Statement
As a lot of you know [now], I made contact with Neil, the guy responsible for those replies we get from the Support address [at the Square Enix Website]. He wanted to explain the KH2FM+ situation to me. You can see those emails here. we made arrangements to talk today via phone, and I’ve just finished talking with him.
I’m enlightened and thrilled.
”The List” The list (Monkey Note: Square Enix Support began to ask people if they wanted their name added to a list for any "further announcements on KH2: FM+) was put together by Neil for interest, to gather names. For whatever reason, this wasn’t going to work.
North America and the Mixes The first game was not brought over because they believed that selling the American version to North America again was pointless. True, KH2 FM isn’t much different from the first, but it’s Re:COM that’s giving it the best shot of being brought over.
He thinks that KH2FM+ should come, and he says that all his coworkers and higher ups all want it to come too. So they’re in the same boat as us, really.
This Campaign ...Oh ho. They walk among us, people. They just aren’t allowed to reply.
They’ve been getting huge numbers of email - he described it as “Extravagant”, and while the figures I’ve been told before - 150k - were off, he says there’s no true way to track the sheer number of emails that have been sent. Shortly put, yes, it is in demand. Great demand.
And it’s all going to the Marketing Department, and is going to be shipped off to Japan. They are currently waiting for the reply from Japan, but he made this very, very clear to me:
While there is no definite “yes” [yet], there IS NO SOLID NO YET.
Square-Enix is still considering this, and there has been no final decision on whether it’s leaving Japan or not.
(And the hold music is freakin’ sweet)
Support ...I promise we’re in good hands!
He said that some people on board mentioned that it’s a prewritten response (Monkey Note: It is generally the belief among many that the replies Square-Enix Support sends back to users is a prewritten message.) from Support - they are generally NOT prewritten. They have a basic mail and then he tailors the reply to the individual. He has no way of typing out every single email - “my fingers would fall off” but he does try. Neil is there for customer support, five days a week, can tell us anything. He wants to make his replies more personal, though, to cater to the people writing.
That said, he said I shouldn’t discourage you guys from writing, but we probably shouldn’t be spamming. Don’t spam, guys.
Conclusion Cheer, yippee, hurrah, and cross your fingers, my dears Spread the word, if you please - we're not done this yet, and there's still hope. There's always hope.
Source: khinsider, Kingdom Hearts LiveJournal Community and a special thanks to Neil and Monkey!
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Japan: Currently Unknown
Europe: Currently Unknown
North America: Currently Unknown
Kingdom Hearts 2 ~ Rumour:KH Spin Off On Hearty Console!