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 below but for the full interview, please check out Gamespot.

GameSpot: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is a prequel to the original game. Was this idea already planned from the beginning? What made you decide to go back and make a prequel?

Tetsuya Nomura: There was a possibility that Kingdom Hearts would only have one installment, so Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep was not something that we had planned from the get-go. However, by the time we were working on Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts II, we had already started to piece together Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days [and] coded and Birth by Sleep. Ultimately, we wanted to resolve the mysteries that have been scattered thus far, and to clarify what mysteries lay ahead in the series. Right now, you could say that we've entered the preparation stage, heading toward the conclusion of Xehanort's tale. I hope everyone gets to see the secret ending.