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.
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!
Kingdom Hearts sites are usually updated with more worlds, characters and videos but it's not often that they get a full overhaul. The Official Kingdom Hearts website for Japan has been fully revised, with a cleaner, classier look than before.
Unfortunately, the website is still aimed at the Japanese audience, so anything further than the main menu is still very much in Japanese. But all are welcome to take a look at the site in this link.
In other news, the cover of the Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded Ultimania was revealed alongside a brief summary of the game. The summary is said to describe the game's plot but without a direct translation it is hard to say. Avid readers of Kingdom Hearts news will no doubt know Re:Coded's plot already but for those who don't can read it below.
Sora’s journey in KINGDOM HEARTS II has drawn to a close, and now a new tale is set to begin. Jiminy Cricket is looking over the journal he used to document his first adventure with Sora when he discovers a mysterious message. He didn’t write it – so how did it get there?
King Mickey is determined to find out, so he and his friends decide to digitise the journal and delve into its deepest secrets. Inside this “datascape” dwells a second Sora who is about to embark on a grand adventure of his very own
Thanks to the the Re:Coded Facebook page, Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded's release date for the West has been confirmed for the 14th of January, 2011. In light of this, the Official NA and EU Re:Coded site has been launched along with 10 new screenshots and a brief description of the game, some of which you can see below.
Sora’s journey in KINGDOM HEARTS II has drawn to a close, and now a new tale is set to begin. Jiminy Cricket is looking over the journal he used to document his first adventure with Sora when he discovers a mysterious message. He didn’t write it – so how did it get there?
King Mickey is determined to find out, so he and his friends decide to digitise the journal and delve into its deepest secrets. Inside this “datascape” dwells a second Sora who is about to embark on a grand adventure of his very own.
Fans are encouraged to re-visit the site often for news and images, much like the Japanese website that already includes an array of images and descriptions. Though we will keep you informed whenever the site has any exciting news.
Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded is just short of releasing in Japan next month so it was obviously going to receive a rating from the ESRB. What wasn't so obvious was it's content, until recently when the ESRB released the following description and gave the game a rating of Everyone 10+ for "fantasy violence".
This is an action role-playing game in which players control a character named Sora, who must navigate a series of virtual fantasy worlds to decipher a hidden message. Players mostly use magic spells and a large key-shaped sword to strike and slash at creatures and classic Disney villains (e.g., Maleficent, Hades, Jafar). Some levels allow players to engage in top-down turn-based battles or traverse through side-scrolling levels while firing magic spells at waves of flying enemy creatures. Characters react to damage by grunting/crying out in pain or bursting into small orbs.
Without the mention of the turn-based battles and side-scrolling levels, the description is pretty standard for a Kingdom Hearts title. Fans are speculating that with the release of the ESRB's rating, the game may arrive on Western shores as soon as this Winter. This could be both good and bad as some fans are getting fed up with the constant releases of 'spin-off' titles.
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