The Official Kingdom Hearts compilation soundtrack was released on Tuesday in Japan. The set includes three discs; two of which are dedicated to Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep.
The final disc includes tracks from three of the other Kingdom Hearts titles including Re:Coded, 358/2 Days, and Birth By Sleep Final Mix.Fans can enjoy nearly 3 different versions of Dearly Beloved and various battle themes such as Forze dell'Oscurita from BBS Final Mix.
Unfortunately it's only available in Japanese retail stores. However, Play-Asia.com is shipping out copies to the US for $41.99 on their website here
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded has been out for a couple of weeks now, but if you haven't bought it yet, there's no time like the present.
Re:coded is the most recent addition into the Kingdom Hearts franchise and it's a re-made version of Kingdom Hearts Coded, which appeared on mobile phones in Japan.
If you want to find out more information about the game, feel free to check out GamingUnion.net's review.
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded is out in stores now and Gaming Union's saddled in and reviewed the little bugger. More than just a port, Re:coded is an entire remake of the original Kingdom Hearts coded title released in Japan.
The game is out and available on the Nintendo DS! Check out the review and if you haven't already picked it up, you can get it here at Amazon.com!
"For those who don't know, Kingdom Hearts Re:coded is actually a remake of the Japanese mobile phone game Kingdom Hearts: Coded. To accommodate for the jump to a superior platform, Square Enix decided to make some modifications to the game, notably in the gameplay category and these revolve around the command and leveling systems, some of which draw upon the systems implemented in Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, and Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days," writes Nelson, our reviewer.
According to the official Square Enix Music Twitter, there will be a brand new Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack Compilation featuring all the songs Kingdom Hearts fans know and love plus a few extra that have never been heard before.
These new tracks apparently will come from the three newest games in the series: Birth by Sleep, 358/2 Days, and Re:Coded. Although it's unclear how many tracks will be featured from each of the games.
The official Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack Compilation will be released on February 2nd in Japan at 3,800 yen.
Tetsuya Nomura, Director of the Kingdom Hearts series, whose hobbies include being interviewed constantly, has once again been interviewed. The Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded Ultimania has revealed a second interview with Nomura as well as the first which can be read here.
As the Re:Coded Ultimania is considered a guide of sorts, the interview contains spoilers that may ruin the game for some fans. If you do not wish to possibly ruin the story for yourselves then i suggest you do not read on.
Kingdom Hearts fans may be familiar with the Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded Ultimania, a guide that essentially contains tips, cheats, secrets and spoilers but more importantly for us, information. This information comes in the form of an exclusive interview with the Director of Kingdom Hearts, Tetsuya Nomura.
Thanks to Heartstation.org, a translation of the interview can be found below. It is very important to mention however that the interview contains spoilers that may ruin the game for some readers.
You have been warned.
Same as always, this is our chance to toss questions at director Tetsuya Nomura having to do with the story revealed in Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. We’ll try to ask about the secret event from Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and the mysteries involving Kingdom Hearts III as well! (Interviewer: Ohno Yuuko)
Data Sora can newly obtain a legitimate Keyblade during his adventure, but are there changes to the real Keyblade when that happens?
Nomura: No, it’s a data version the entire time. However like with the first Keyblade, it wasn’t created by someone else. It comes from the heart’s connections with the data, hinting towards the story theme, “Can a heart be born in an existence made of data?”
Read more of Nomura's interview in our full story.
A few weeks ago, Famitsu Weekly conducted an interview with Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded's Co. Producers, Kato and Ito. Although the pair did not reveal anything new, they provided an interesting view on the game's development.
About when and how did the Re:Coded project begin?
We were considering the fact that there were a lot of people that who wanted to try out Coded outside of the mobile phone version, so from about October of last year we started development together with H.a.n.d. on the DS version. (Kato)
Tell us the reason for including the new elements in the system areas.
A greater volume was being updated to the growth system from the mobile phone version, so to keep up with the stronger Sora it was necessary to update the system areas. So in place of the “Debug Mode” which was a strong puzzle element in the mobile version, we opted for a random dungeon style system area instead. (Ito)
The attributes like side-scroll action and 3D shooting stages that existed in the mobile version added a variety of ways to play so we made the best of them, so by using the system areas as the places of adventure we increased the play volume. (Kato)
Check out the rest of the interview in our full story.
The Official Kingdom Hearts Facebook page yesterday revealed that they would be revealing a "BIG announcement" today regarding Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. With much anticipation, fans glued themselves to their computer screens today to find out what the announcement was.
STICKERS!!!
That's right, an exclusive icon decal set is available to fans who pre-order the game from Amazon.com or Gamestop for its release on the 11th of January next year. Not really the big announcement that fans were hoping for but a free sticker set is still a nice 'little' bonus. Each sheet of stickers will contain 32 decals as seen in the picture, fans may use them as they seem fit, whether to decorate their Nintendo DS or stick them onto dice to make some sort of Kingdom Hearts related bug block, but maybe that's just me.
Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded will be available in North America on the 11th of January and in Europe on the 14th. For those that pre-order the game, enjoy your stickers!
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