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Kingdom Hearts 3, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Games' Jump Festa Trailer Streamed

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Kingdom Hearts 2.8 confirmed for Western release in 2016

The official Kingdom Hearts YouTube channel began streaming a Jump Festa trailer on Friday for both the Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue and Kingdom Hearts III video games. The trailer is English-subtitled.

The trailer previews all three parts of Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and confirms that Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue will ship in the West in on the PlayStation 4 in 2016. The Kingdom Hearts III part of the trailer features gameplay in the Tangled world and in the "Mysterious Tower" world.

English-subtitled Trailer

Japanese Trailer with No Subtitles

Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue will include:

  • Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance HD, an HD remaster of the 2012 Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Nintendo 3DS game
  • Kingdom Hearts X: Back Cover, a brand-new HD theater video recounting "the series' oldest short story"
  • Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -a fragmentary passage-, with a brand-new short episode tied to the 2011 Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix PSP game

Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -a fragmentary passage- part of the game will take place immediately after the secret episode in Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Final Mix, when Aqua finds Cinderella's castle. Square Enix is also creating that part of the game using Kingdom Hearts III technology.

The game will ship in Japan for the PlayStation 4 in 2016.

Kingdom Hearts III is slated for both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles. Epic Games is assisting with the game's development, using Unreal Engine4. The game's confirmed worlds so far include Tangled and Big Hero 6.


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