Shimomura Speaks About Her Past With Famitsu

Thu, Mar 4th, 2010, 12:28 pm (EST) by Nick

This month's edition of Famitsu magazine included a small booklet that contained an interview with Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura.

According to the booklet, Shimomura started out learning music at a very early age and studied it during college, a job oppurtunity with Capcom presented itself and soon Shimomura's music was featured in games such as 'Street Fighter 2' and 'Breath of Fire'.

Shimomura found her creativity to be limited at Capcom and soon sought to compose music for the RPG (Role-playing game) genre, namely games at Square-Enix. Among 'Super Mario RPG' and 'Live A Live', Shimomura was given the oppurtunity to work on the Kingdom Hearts series.

More in the full story.

Kingdom Hearts 3 May Not Be About Sora?

Wed, Feb 17th, 2010, 12:46 pm (EST) by Nick

The next issue of Famitsu Weekly is to feature an interview with Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura and snippets of it have appeared online. This small part of the interview gives us some info on the Western version of Birth by Sleep and some insight into the future of the Kingdom Hearts series.

Nomura also confirms in the interview that a new title is "being prepared for public announcement", this means we can expect a possible new Kingdom Hearts title soon. Whether this title is Kingdom Hearts 3 or not will have to remain in speculation until the announcement.

Nomura also goes on to say that "we basically want to produce one title a year for the Kingdom Hearts series", meaning that we may see this mystery title's release sometime next year.

You can read the Interview snippet in the full story as translated by Heartstation.org

Famitsu Reviews Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep

Wed, Jan 6th, 2010, 7:31 am (EST) by Nick

The Japanese magazine Famitsu has released its scores for the upcoming PSP title Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep and fans can rejoice as the game has recieved a high score of 37/40.

The game, soon to be released in Japan on the 9th of January, 2010, has been given the score in Famitsu's "Cross Review". The Cross Review system is a cumulative score given by the magazine from four different reviewing staff.

Further details can be seen in the full story.

New Birth By Sleep Scans And High Res Images

Tue, Dec 29th, 2009, 12:08 pm (EST) by Nick

Scans from the latest issue of Famitsu magazine have surfaced online alongside high res images released on Famitsu's own website. They detail even more about the upcoming Japanese release of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.

The images really show off the potential of the upcoming PSP title due to be released on the 9th of January, 2010. The Famitsu scans give more information about the battle between Terra, Aqua and Ventus and Xehanort and his apprentice Vanitas. There is also some information about the gameplay.

The scans and the screenshots can be found in the full story.

New High Res Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Scans

Mon, Dec 14th, 2009, 12:58 pm (EST) by Nick

High quality screenshots have just been released on Famitsu's official website containing images from the most recent issue of Famitsu magazine. The images include battle screens as well as scenes from Olympus Coliseum, Mysterious Tower, Radiant Garden and more.

Some of the scans have been seen previously but in a lower quality than these recent images. You can see the original scans that we posted last week.

Check out all of the screenshots in the full story.

New Birth By Sleep Scans of Zack, Hercules, Olympic Colosseum

Thu, Dec 10th, 2009, 10:55 am (EST) by Kyle

New Famitsu scans have surfaced, with an array of new images from Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. The scans feature more of Radiant Garden and Olympus Colosseum, as well as Zack Fair, Ven, Terra, Kaira, Aqua. Also included are new images of Hades, Hercules, and Phil.

Two New Birth By Sleep Scans Of Kairi From Famitsu

Wed, Dec 9th, 2009, 9:54 am (EST) by Nick

More pictures of Kairi have appeared in Famitsu magazine scans prompting questions as to how much of an impact she will have on the story of the upcoming PSP title Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep.

The first scan shows Kairi listening to her grandmother who we had previously seen in the original Kingdom Hearts during a flashback witnessed by Sora. The second scan shows Aqua bowing to King Mickey as Kairi looks on innocently holding some flowers.

These scans seem to have more of a focus on Kairi leading us to believe she will play much more of a key role in the story of Birth By Sleep, doubt still remains however that she will feature as a playable character.