European fans of Kingdom Hearts will no doubt remember that the Birth by Sleep Special Edition will be released next month alongside the Normal Edition. Those fans might also like to view the image below for a better understanding of what the Special Edition will include.
As a reminder, this edition will come with the game (obviously), two art prints of both versions of the box art and a 48-page art book. There is still no good news for North American fans, who won't be receiving a Special Edition, but they are more than welcome to enjoy the lovely picture courtesy of the European Birth by Sleep Facebook group.
Birth by Sleep will be released on the 10th of September in Europe with North America getting a slightly earlier release on the 7th.
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep will be releasing in just over a month but some unfortunate news found on the Australian Playstation Website has fans a little dissapointed. Players were looking forward to the game's assumed online co-operative mode, the 'Mirage Arena', until it was revealed that the game will not be using any sort of online infrastructure.
Instead, the Mirage Arena will be restricted to the PSP's Ad Hoc Mode, that is to say that players who want to play multiplayer will have to be within 60ft of each other to play. It is not clear as to why the game couldn't use 'Infrastructure Mode' to allow online play for players wanting to play with friends around the world but this is the decision Square Enix have decided to go with.
All is not doom and gloom however, Playstation 3 owners will probably remember the Ad Hoc application on their PS3s. It allows any Ad Hoc enabled game to be played online using the PS3s very own online structure, with this in mind, players can still play online, they just need to own a PS3.
Square Enix recently attended the San Diego Comic Con with a line-up of various upcoming games with a more notable appearance from Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded and Birth by Sleep. Although we here at KHU missed out on the oppurtunity to attend, Kingdom Hearts Ultimania were there and managed to bring back with them some videos and pictures of the event.
The videos in the full story are comprised of the English Re:Coded trailer, gameplay featuring Terra and Aqua and a fully fledged cut-scene of a meeting between Aqua, King Mickey, Kairi and Kairi's grandmother. The gameplay demos were actually at E3 last month but no pictures or video were allowed to be taken, we did however get hands-on with the game and our impressions can be found in the full story.
It has been a while since we last reported any updates on the North American Birth by Sleep Website, but it doesn't mean that there weren't any. Square Enix have recently added some new videos, maps and screenshots that we have listed in the full story so that you, the readers, can see what is new.
Special Editions of games are certainly not a rarity in the game's industry and it looks like Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep will be getting one aswell. The problem? North America will not be recieving it.
The Special Edition of Birth by Sleep has been seen recently on Amazon's French, German and English websites, but not on Amazon.com (their American site). Europeans on the other hand will be happy to know that the Special Edition of the game will be packed along with two art prints and a 48-page art book. According to Amazon.co.uk, the Special Edition will be a mere £5 (just over EUR 5) more than the standard edition, sounds like a good deal to any Kingdom Hearts fan.
Unfortunately fans of Kingdom Hearts in North America will be missing out on yet another special edition. Dissidia: Final Fantasy was the last Square Enix game to come with a region exclusive edition and it looks like it is becoming a trend.
Sorry North America, but look on the bright side, at least you get stickers if you pre-order at Amazon.com, Best Buy or Gamestop.
Update: According to the Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (EU) Facebook page, we now have the complete list of countries set to receive the special edition of the game: UK, France, Nordic countries, Germany/Austria/Switzerland, Benelux, Spain, Italy, Australia/New Zealand, Russia and Cyprus.
Thankyou to GamingUnion.net Forum member RedRose for the update.
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is just over a month away from its Western release date and fans will be happy to know that a brand new trailer has been released, in English.
Gamespot.com have had the exclusive pleasure to release the new trailer with never before seen English cut-scenes and battle sequences. It seems like a lifetime has passed since the game's original Japanese release date back in January but Western fans only have to wait til the 7th of September to finally get their hands on the PSP title.
Gamespot also had the privilege of sitting down with the game's Director, Tetsuya Nomura, to talk about many various topics about the game itself and how it came to be. A small snippet of the interview can be found in the full story along with the new trailer.
Square Enix has published a new gameplay trailer for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, highlighting Aqua, Terra and Ventus battling all over the place, in all their flashy goodness. The trailer shows off a few environments we've seen through other trailers and screens, but no less Disney and Kingdom Hearts fans should be able to recognize the worlds of Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty in the trailer. Unfortunately no breaking developments from this video, but it sure is pretty to watch.
The trailer is also in English, however there's virtually no speech aside from battle grunting. Alongside the grunting are plenty of special attacks and spells. Check out the video below, or click here to watch it in HD.
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep releases September 7th in North America, and September 10th in Europe.
Along with Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep’s upcoming fall release, Square-Enix made a press release verifying new voice actors along with some familiar ones. Jesse McCartney and James Woods, also in previous Kingdom Hearts titles, will undoubtedly voice for Ventus and Hades, respectively.
Looks like Square-Enix is pulling out the big guns as we have Willa Holland, known for her roles in the television series The O.C. (Orange County) and Gossip Girl, and Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in the famous Star Trek series, having a role within the main cast of the game. Mark Hamill, well known for his role as Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars trilogy, is confirmed to have a role in the game, but that has yet to be announced.
Fans have long awaited for the confirmation of these voice actors, with the Birth By Sleep’s expectant release closing in. We can only expect more surprising appearances as this may be the most anticipated game of 2010! Read more for the full list.
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As a reminder, this edition will come with the game (obviously), two art prints of both versions of the box art and a 48-page art book. There is still no good news for North American fans, who won't be receiving a Special Edition, but they are more than welcome to enjoy the lovely picture courtesy of the European Birth by Sleep Facebook group. 