3 new KH titles to be revealed at TGS?

[Rade]

Rumours have spread about 3 new Kingdom Hearts titles to be revealed at this weeks TGS. Previously there was a rumour that S-E would be announcing a line of KH prequels set across several consoles, but this is the first time some actual titles have come out.

The titles rumoured to be announced are:

Kingdom Hearts III (temporary title) for the PS3.
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories 2 for the DS.
Kingdom Hearts 0 for the PSP.

I'm not sure I totally believe these names, as Nomura already said once that the next game wouldn't be called KHIII, and I don't see why there would be another game called Chain of Memories since that was a very specific title relating to the plot of that particular game. As for '0', well...

However! A HQ scan from the latest issue of VJUMP has appeared, seemingly confirming one of these titles, but I have no idea which one, so see for yourselves...

http://www.forever-fantasy.net/image...r_vjump_01.jpg

Very interesting, though at the same strange, as it seems to be adding more extra things to the previous titles, like Final Mix. Maybe someone can translate for us?

In the meantime we await the confirmation of the titles, and possible more scans from Famitsu and Shonen Jump magazines which should be coming out soon. These rumours come from forever-fantasy.net

Edit: Here's another scan, but with no pictures and just aload of text: http://www.forever-fantasy.net/image...r_vjump_02.jpg

[Hitoshura]

I dont expect there to be 3 new KH games, I only expect only one.

[Neal]

Yeah, only one I think. Where are people getting the idea it will be on PSP btw? Are those ACTUAL game shots or are they from previous KH? If they are it looks like a PS2 game to me... or a VERY impressive PSP game.

[Halfmetal]

I think the scan reveals a 2nd KH:CoM.

[Hitoshura]

Why make another Chain of Memories? That would basically be the same thing as the first therefore its just recycling the same plotline....

[Neal]

Originally Posted by Halfmetal

I think the scan reveals a 2nd KH:CoM.

No it doesn't, its a timeline...

[Halfmetal]

No, I meant the other scan. That one doesn't look like a time-line to me.

[Neal]

A Time line of the game releases.

[Rade]

The images in the scan aren't in any of the current games, meaning it's a new title. I don't think they would do another on the PS2, and those graphics arent good enough for PS3, so I reckon it's on PSP. It's possible if you think about the graphics of Crisis Core.

[Neal]

Yeah, I was just thinking that. It might be on the same engine considering CC looks a lot like a PS2 game with a kind of cartoony style to it.

[Lifrasthir]

Hm...I really only expect one game. Since Nomura has both KH3 and FFVersusXIII on his directing hands. I would figure he'd be pretty busy.

[Rade]

There is no KH3 right now. Nomura said that the next game wouldn't be called KH3, but would be a different series set apart from the first two games. With the rumours of prequels and now this screenshot featuring Sora in his KH1 outfit, I think a series of prequels is likely.

Also, if the next games are indeed prequels, there's a chance that Nomura may act as Co- or Supervising Director rather than actual Director so he can concentrate on his other titles.

[Lifrasthir]

Originally Posted by Rade

There is no KH3 right now. Nomura said that the next game wouldn't be called KH3, but would be a different series set apart from the first two games. With the rumours of prequels and now this screenshot featuring Sora in his KH1 outfit, I think a series of prequels is likely.

Also, if the next games are indeed prequels, there's a chance that Nomura may act as Co- or Supervising Director rather than actual Director so he can concentrate on his other titles.

Hm...Well, I knew they weren't going to call it "Kingdom Hearts 3." A prequal? Oh boy, that might be going over the top.

[Rade]

Nah it isn't, there's still alot to cover. There's Mickey's time in the Realm of Darkness which takes place during KH1 (which is what i think that screenshot is about); there's Roxas' time within Organisation XIII; what Riku did in the year following CoM to the beginning of KH2; and Xehanort's past.

[Lifrasthir]

Originally Posted by Rade

Nah it isn't, there's still alot to cover. There's Mickey's time in the Realm of Darkness which takes place during KH1 (which is what i think that screenshot is about); there's Roxas' time within Organisation XIII; what Riku did in the year following CoM to the beginning of KH2; and Xehanort's past.

Point taken. There is also Radiant Garden(s) before it became Hollow Bastion and a whole bunch of ther things that most likely won't be revealed. Can't cram everything into a few games. (Unless they were absurdly long.) Fine. I have to say I am a bit curious about Mickey's time in the Realm of Darkness...

[Rade]

Wow I haven't been on here all day so I expected someone to have already posted this new bit of news... but nobody has so here I go

Another scan has surfaced with more images of Mickey, Roxas and.... Terra, the main Knight from the KH2 secret movie in a different costume, and the Bald Unknown that attacks him and his two companions.

Credit goes to kh2.co.uk for the find.

http://kh2.co.uk/image.php?view=tgs07/scn002.jpg

Here are the translations, also courtesy of kh2.co.uk:
- Organization XIII Meeting: "The Keyblade's chosen one..."
- Bald Man: "I believed you would arrive..."
- Terra: "What have you done to his/her heart!"
- Roxas: "He said he'd seen me before."
- Mickey (with Sora): "On that day, I was here too."
- Mickey (with Jiminy Cricket): "A passage one cannot remember..."

I must say, if this is going to be on PSP then I'm a little disappointed; I was hoping the game that focuses on the 3 Knights would be for the PS3. But, still nice to see them in proper ingame footage

[Lifrasthir]

"Image not found."

[Rade]

D'oh! It should be working now lol

[Desi]

Originally Posted by 1up

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for PSP looks to be a single-player adventure in the vein of the PlayStation 2 iterations, though likely not "Kingdom Hearts III." Birth by Sleep's protagonist was not explicitly named in the presentation, but he looked an awful lot like Zack of Final Fantasy VII/Crisis Core fame.

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days for Nintendo DS appears to star Roxas from Kingdom Hearts II, but its main draw looks to be four-player simultaneous play using members of Organization XIII. It will be in full 3D.

Kingdom Hearts: Coded is a mobile game, likely for Japanese cell phones. It stars the familiar cast of main characters from the original Kingdom Hearts (Sora & co.) and seems to be set between the first and second PlayStation 2 titles.

There you go, stolen from 1up and neogaf.

Originally Posted by Duckroll and Famitsu

KH 358/2 Days:

- Begins with the ending of KH Re:CoM, and mentions "the opposite side of time, while Sora was sleeping".

- The entire game is centered around Roxas, and his time while Sora is asleep, as expected.

- XIII Org game total. 4 player multiplay.

- Ends with "In another 151 days, I will disappear from this world..."


KH Birth by Sleep:

- Begins with the the KH ending going backwards to the Opening. "The distant past", "Destiny is born from the sleeping secret".

- Takes place in Hollow Bastion.

- Features the characters from the KH2FM+ secret ending, including the old man.

[Rade]

Thanks Desi, was just about to post this lol Here's some more info anway, courtesy of kh2.co.uk

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
==========================

Organization XIII, No. 13, Roxas
The untold story of a new protagonist

In single player mode, go and explore all of the Disney worlds! Then in multiplayer mode, go and do missions with your friends!


Story
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Twilight Town.
As always, Roxas and Axel are watching the sun from the clock tower.
Their mission as members of the Organization: find and destroy Heartless, and collect their hearts.
And at the end of that mission, they always meet up at that clock tower, eat ice-cream together and chat about the day's missions.

"Do you know why the evening sun is red? It's because light has lots of colours, and of all of those, red reaches us from the furthest away."
"What're you getting all proud about, Axel?"

Two who should not have hearts, continuing to engage in their exclusive conversation.
This is the untold story of Roxas's time in Organization XIII...


Staff
-----

Director: Tetsuya Nomura
Co-Director: Tomohiro Hasegawa
Producer: Patrick Chen
Executive Producer: Shinji Hashimoto
Production Company: h.a.n.d. Inc.


Game Information
----------------

Name: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
System: Nintendo DS
Genre: RPG
Release Date: Unknown
Estimated Price: Unknown
CERO Rating: Unknown
Copyright: Disney Enterprises, Inc. Developed by Square-Enix/h.a.n.d.


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Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
==============================

This is a story of awakening, one which connects to the grand beginning of the Kingdom Hearts story.

The PSP's high-level graphics aility is taken to its very limits.
A new set of three protagonists compose three different scenarios.
The controls, system and graphics follow those of the series so far, while at the same time bringing a whole new feeling to the system!


Story
-----

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)

Before Sora gained the Keyblade, there were many "Keyblade Masters" in the world.
One of those Masters, Master Xehanort, and his only disciple suddenly disappears, an omen of the great disaster that would subsequently erupt.
And as soon as one Master realises this, he tells his three disciples that they must track down Master Xehanort at all costs...


Staff
-----

Director: Tetsuya Nomura
Co-Director: Tai Yasue
Producer: Patrick Chen
Co-Producer: Yoichi Yoshimoto
Executive Producer: Shinji Hashimoto


Game Information
----------------

Name: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
System: PlayStation Portable
Genre: RPG
Release Date: Unknown
Estimated Price: Unknown
CERO Rating: Unknown
Copyright: Disney Enterprises, Inc. Developed by Square-Enix


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Kingdom Hearts: Coded
=====================

An unlimited range of Disney worlds, distributed to your mobile phone.

An adventure spanning across many diverse, rich Disney worlds.
A new system and new graphics put high-end mobile phones on the same level as game consoles!
Our first collaboration with Disney's Internet division, the Disney Internet Group.


Story
-----

This story revolves around a single fragment of Jiminy Cricket's "Jiminy Memo".
Following the events of "Kingdom Hearts II", Jiminy returns to Disney Castle. Jiminy has been reading his memo along the way, and a single page makes him stop in his tracks.

This page contains a mysterious message:
"We have to go back, to heal their pain."

But no matter how much he racks his brains, he can't remember what the page is referring to.
The King turns the Jiminy into data, and begin to investigate. And in a world traced by the Jiminy Memo, the Destiny Islands, a sleeping boy awakens.
Thus Sora's new adventure in the Data World begins.


Staff
-----

Director: Tetsuya Nomura
Co-Director: Hajime Tabata
Producer: Kakuko Obinata
Assistant Producer: Kousho Ito
Executive Producer: Shinji Hashimoto


Game Information
----------------

Name: Kingdom Hearts: Coded
System: Mobile Phone
Genre: RPG
Release Date: Unknown
Estimated Price: Unknown
Copyright: Disney Enterprises, Inc. Developed by Square-Enix

Trailer Summaries:

Birth By Sleep:
Video begins by showing scenes of the ending of "Kingdom Hearts 1", Soon the text "Deep Past" comes up, to be followed by "Shut-Eyes gives birth to the concealed fate"

Scene cuts to an area featuring the boy who looks like Roxas, Ven, talking to a young male with black hair, the area seeming to be like "Hollow Bastion". The boy soon calls the young male "Ven." The scene continuously changes before showing the Old Man that is seen in the Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix+ Secret Ending.

The old man's name is "Master Xehanort" and "Master Xehanort" calls the young boy "Terra". Soon Terra summons the keyblade into his hand.

Soon some worlds are shown, such as "Olympus Coliseum" and a new world, which resembles that of Sleeping Beauty is shown, confirming it's existence.

The scene then changes to Terra fighting against the mysterious dark male, who looks like he's in a bicycle suit, also from the secret ending. Terra manages to knock off the helmet, but his face isn't shown.

The scene soon moves to King Mickey summoning his Keyblade. Soon the scene begins to change rapidly, and Terra is at a beach, watching two boys playing before resting his sword into the grove. The two boys soon begin to become more visible, and it looks like Sora and Riku playing at the beach.

Finally, Terra says..
"Please don't depend on me, just erase me...friend"

358/2 Days:
The trailer starts from the scene where re:COM ended, afterwards the words "The other side attached to Sora still sleeps" and "The mind comes back whenever they touch." The scene then moves to Twilight Town, where Roxas, and Axel are sitting on the edge, as seen in KH2FM+.

Soon the trailer switches to Roxas being invited to the Organization XIII, and introduced to them, which soon cuts out to another scene of Roxas joining the Organization for the first time. Soon the scene then switches to the King talking about Axel, and Saix with Roxas pulling out his keyblade, moving into gameplay.

The gameplay features Roxas fighting with other Organization Members in a multiplayer game. This one confirms the allowance of being able to play as Roxas, Axel, Saix and Xigbar.

The scene then switches to Xemnas talking towards other Organization members. Xemnas explains that a 14th member has joined the Organization, and the 14th member appears to be a female, wearing a black hood. Soon the title comes up as "Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days"

You can then hear Roxas in the background saying "I will disappear from this world in 151 days"

Coded:
First thing that was shown, was the ending of Kingdom Hearts II, afterwards the text "The secret ending is solved, and the worlds still extend" Is shown, and then the words "Flow" is shown.

The video then officially begins with Jiminy Cricket looking at his journal, the words "Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories" pop-up. He then notices something he did not right in his journal "You need to return, to heal the wounds" Jiminy Cricket then rushes to report to King Mickey. Mickey who is startled by this only replies with "Only he is the one who can solve it." The scene soon changes to Sora standing in Destiny Islands, in Kingdom Hearts 1. However Sora only appears in the form of computer data that is being transmitted.

After the image, the game soon changes to a battle scene. Heartless are attacking, and the gameplay mechanic seems odd, as Sora appears to be moving pies of blocks making it a puzzle game in a sense. Soon the command "Debugging" comes up. When this command is clicked, Sora moves at high speed, and vanishes as well. The scene soon changes to Sora being in Traverse Town with Mickey (As seen in the latest scans) With Mickey saying "I was here on that day." and then "Let's speak truly"

IGN also posted another summary of a trailer, which according to them is for 358/2 Days:

We see Sora, apparently a few years older now as he looks like a teenager. He is wrapped in a black cloak and is being led by a dark figure before a council of similarly dressed men of dubious disposition. Cut to Mickey Mouse in the woods, also dressed in a black cloak, dealing some damage with his Merlin sword and looking way more badass than Mickey Mouse ever should.

Sora seemed to be conflicted with what the council was asking him to do. The brief glimpse ended with Sora, now seated at the council, watching apprehensively as a new cloaked figure approached. This time it was a girl, although her face was hidden behind a hood. The mood of the whole piece was, decidedly, dark.

I for one hope that the Mobile version isn't canon as I won't be getting it, but I'm looking forward to PSP and DS versions. I mean, DS has multiplayer where you play as an Org. member!