Two additional bits of news have emerged from this year’s E3 concerning the two newest Kingdom Hearts titles, Kingdom Hearts: RE//Coded and the newly revealed Kingdom Hearts: 3D. Though not much is known about either of these two games at this point, we have learned that Kingdom Hearts: RE//Coded has been slotted for a Fall 2010 release in Japan. There’s no word yet concerning a North American or European release, but based on the few screen captures that have been released, we can guarantee that releases outside Japan are part of the plan.
Finally, along with the stunning announcement of a Nintendo 3DS, a fully portable 3D gaming experience without the use of those obnoxious 3D glasses, was the brief mention of a new Kingdom Hearts title for this new system. Though practically nothing is known about the new title except for its name, Kingdom Hearts: 3D, the few released screen captures suggest that this will be yet another game that fills in holes in the Kingdom Hearts story rather than advancing the story beyond Kingdom Hearts II. The screen capture shows Sora and Riku in their old Kingdom Hearts clothing, indicating that this game takes place somewhere before Kingdom Hearts II. Nothing is certain, and we’ll try to keep you as up-to-date as possible, but we’re hoping to hear more about these two new titles soon.
While I’m sure this won’t come as much of a shock to many of you, but Square-Enix has updated their Official lineup for their Q1 2009 releases, and 358/2 Days is not on the list. For those of you who don’t know, Q1 means “First Quarter” which means between the beginning of January and the end of March. Given the game’s Japanese release date of February 2009, it makes sense for the North American version to not be released in the first quarter, since there wouldn’t be enough time for the game to get localized and translated. What does this mean for you? It means that “Days” won’t release until at least Q2 2009 (April-June) or later. We’ll keep you posted as more release date information surfaces though.
Some Re:Chain of Memories updates for you guys. First off, some casting news and rumours. Recently, Derek Stephen Prince has updated his MySpace Blog confirming his role in the game. He will be voicing the Organization Member Vexen, commenting on how he had twelve hours of recording and that he was sure fans would “love to hate” him. In his post, he also confirmed that Christopher Lee would be back to voice DiZ/Ansem the Wise, and that Richard Epcar would also reprise his role as “Ansem”/Xehanort’s Heartless.