Square Enix has a Christmas gift for Kingdom Hearts fans. Today, they announce that 3DS title Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is coming to North America and Europe next year.
It's Square Enix meets Disney again, now with new worlds, new gameplay elements, new enemies and allies, and fancy pants 3D visuals. In it you'll be able to play as either of the series' top protagonists, Riku or Sora. This is a key chapter for the franchise, and director Tetsuya Nomura said he wanted it on the 3DS to "discover new realms of possibility."
It's confirmed for 2012, and I'm sure we'll see the narrowing down of that date in the coming months.
For now, check out the new screenshots in our gallery.
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9:20 AM on 12.20.2011 | 
I know, right?! It's not even laughably bad!
Looks like someone has done some serious reforms of the localisation department since Kingdom Hearts 2... y'know, when Eurpope had to wait a whole year after Japan? ¬¬
Hopefully we'll hear a release date soon enough so the team can start working on Kingdom Hearts 3! A REAL Kingdom Hearts 3!!
NIMH is United Artists. None of Don Bluth's films are associated with Disney.
I was sold weeks ago.
Treasure Planet would be awesome. I loved that movie
This is set before KHII, which is why Xemnas is still alive... There. I just spoiled KHII for you who haven't played it yet (and fuck you if you haven't played it yet)
I hope Square has hired more localization people since Birth By Sleep. That came out January of last year in Japan, and came here to the US September of last year. But then again, Re:Coded came out in Japan October of last year, and January this year in the US, but that was a stupid mobile game ported to the DS... If the BbS team is doing this, I guess I'll have to wait till November then...
It's set AFTER Kingdom Hearts II; it involved Riku + Sora taking the Mark of Keyblade Mastery Exam. They look younger because they are in a dreamlike state.
Still buying for Frollo
You're kidding, right? Pete's Dragon & the Sword in the Stone are unmistakeably Don Bluth.
Proof: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bluth#Early_life_and_the_Disney_years
don't know about pete's dragon, but Merlin from the sword in the stone was in the first two KH games.
And Robin Hood, yes. I'm aware. But he broke off and formed his own studio which made NIMH, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia, etc. Anything during Disney is not a "Don Bluth production."
CUNTS!
And charge a max $15 when they know they can get away with $40?
Three Musketeers
Tarverse town
Notre Dam
Pinnochios Circus
Tron Legacy
Pretty good so far :)
Today most try to maximize profit by going multi-plat so its not really a heinous suggestion that everyone should be able to enjoy the game right?
Spreading the series out between five different platforms is just...
Well its quite fucked really. Being a fan of any square property these days feels like being in a abusive relation ship
http://www.khinsider.com/content/view/2089/120/
8 minute trailer
PLEASE post this on the front page Destructoid!
Destructoid barely seems to give a shit about what Kingdom Hearts has turned into, I'm not really surprised :P