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TGS '07: Three new Kingdom Hearts games coming

Square Enix and Disney team up again to bring their crossover role-playing franchise to portable platforms.

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TOKYO--With the Tokyo Game Show kicking off, Square Enix has revealed it is working on three more installments of the popular role-playing game series Kingdom Hearts, bringing the franchise to the DS, PlayStation Portable, and mobile phones. Although the three titles are so far only confirmed for release in Japan, the company assures its Western fans of the series that "release in other territories will be determined at a later date."

The first game, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days brings the Disney and Square Enix worlds to the Nintendo DS and will feature characters Roxas and Axel in both single-player and multiplayer missions. The role-playing game will be directed by Tetsuya Nomura and Tomohiro Hasegawa. A date has not yet been set for the game's release in any region.

The second game is called Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep and will be coming to the PlayStation Portable. Birth by Sleep will tell the story of three new characters, all of whom are keyblade apprentices in search of a missing keyblade master. Tetsuya Nomura and Tai Yasue are codirecting the title.

The third title is a mobile game called Kingdom Hearts Coded and is set after the events of the first Kingdom Hearts game. Jiminy Cricket returns to Disney Castle to write in his journal, where he finds a mysterious message that he cannot trace. This marks the beginning of a new quest for a virtual Sora. The mobile phone models and carriers that will support the game have not yet been announced.

The first Kingdom Hearts game was released in 2002 in a collaboration between Square Enix and Disney Interactive Studios. Installments of the series have since shifted 11 million copies on the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance.

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So Birth by sleep was the secret ending to KH2 Final Mix + and wasn't referring to Kingdom Hearts III if I understand correctly.

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yay except for mobile version. i doubt we'll get that one

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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I can't wait!!!

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didn't they say something about giving information on kh 3 before years end... what else is there where they could tell us, all the shows are passing

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@Tnasty11 actually i heard that Birth by sleep is a prequel to Kingdom hearts 1,and will use the crisis core engine

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awwwww i just sold my psp now i have to buy a new one damn

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Yes years i have been wait for this

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I can't wait to get my hands on Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. I just hope they don't release them the same day (it'd be too hard to pick which one to play, and it'd be far far too hard to let one Kingdom Hearts game sit there not being played). I'd like to be given a little time to beat one before playing the other. At least a month gap from one to the other.

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Where's Kingdom Hearts 3?

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This isn't good:( Want a Kingdom Hearts game on my lovely box;)

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This doesnt sound too great. I mean, how many disney movies are there until they have to start recycling them? Personally, they should just stick to making Kingdom Hearts 3 including all of these stories and the continuation of Kingdom Hearts' main storyline...except for Kingdom Hearts Coded...that just sounds stupid.

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my best friend sure to love this story....lucky to Fazeox....if u read this...

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sweet man but whens its coming to the ps3

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They need to bring one to PS3!

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i really wish all the games would just release on one console so i could play them all.

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Yapppieee-Doo ! Oh, i cant wait for birth by sleep, I might also buy a DS just to play the other one, but i might just stick with the psp one since it will have all the new stuff in it ^^

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Birth By sleep is the new chain of memories, to bridge the gap between KH2 and KH3

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i can't wait!!! WOO HOO!!

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woow

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Ah well...going to have to get a PSP I guess. As long as the DS one doesn't require multi-play to do half of the stuff in the game not to mention friend codes, I'm sure I'll get it too. Wish they didn't waste one on a phone though.

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Come on, announce KH3 for the PS3 already!

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I will be picking up the PSP version whenever that hits. Sounds really fun. I love how the PSP is pretty much the new PS2. haha ;)

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good appetizers but i want the meal

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Birth By sleep is the new chain of memories, to bridge the gap between KH2 and KH3, but where is KH3 DAMNIT

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Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Finally KH on PSP and DS! Going to get both!!!

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I want a new console game, man. Kingdom Hearts 3!!! And what about the remake of Chain of Memories for the PS2? Where the hell did that go?

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what the hell is wrong with square these days... its like they wanna make bad games! they still havn't made a good spin-off yet, why should these games be any different

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No 360,PS3 or Wii version? GAY

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I would have loved to hear about a 360/Wii/PS3 Kingdom Hearts game. This news is both good and bad.

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this news sucks , I could careless about it portable games and now they're killing KH like they did with FF7 a bunch of spin offs on portables , phone and dvd but no next gen sequel like what people actually want

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I don't like those portable games :( I would have hoped for a ps3 kingdom hearts :'( I suppose it can't be done right now since the team that make the kingdom hearts is doing FF vs 13 but still... Anyway, I only hope that we'll be able to play at least a demo of the FF games soon enough... (maybe in early 2k8?) taht would be cool. ps: I really wanna play kindgom hearts 3 on the ps3! :D

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The PSP game sounds really interesting so far, can't wait to see some screens of it! Was hoping there would be an announcement for the 3rd game and maybe on the PS3. As far as mobile games go... not a chance I'd even consider playing them.

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WHAT !!! I waited all these time hoping that at TGS we get info on KH3 and now I get this !!! talk about disapointment , not that I mind the spin offs because they could be good , BUT WHAT ABOUT A TRUE KH SEQUEL ???? IS IT EVEN COMING cause the psp sounds pretty much like the secret trailers but then again the video although its pre rendered obviously ,looks to impressive for the psp.......DAMMIT MORE QUESTIONDSTHAN ANSWERS :(

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Awesome!! I'm definatley getting Birth by Sleep

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I agree with almost everyone here. Square Enix can we please have KH3 for the PS3? Come on... it's almost like it was intended to be so!

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Awesome for KH coming back to Nintendo again. Can't wait. May have to think about a PSP for that one too. But mobile, no way.

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Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep The 3 people in that are the ones in the KH2 secret ending perhaps?

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yes yes yes a Kingdom Hearts game 4 the PSP...Fantastico!!...and in my opinion..its the best out of the three : @)

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Why do they even bother to make mobile games??? for pete's sake.....

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I don't care that these are spin offs, I'm just glad to have more KH coming. Not that I care about the moblie one, it'll never make it over here.

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It looks like it may be a while before we get word on Kingdom Hearts III, unfortunately.

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Cool!

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-the company assures its western fans of the series that "release in other territories will be determined at a later date." Not much of an actual assurance is it?

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OCdog45 Don't forget the new psp can be hooked up to your tv. (damn, I gave myself an idea. Screw paying $60 for videogames, get them on the psp for $40, and play them on tv or on the go. Sweet!)

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I agree. I don't care that much about the portable games. I'll probably get the PSP one, but we all really want KH3 on the PS3, XBox360 & Wii. If SquareEnix did this they would sell over 10 million copies easily. The Wii is really a perfect place for a game like this. Kiddies would eat it up.

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I'd rather get a proper Kingdom Hearts game than spin-offs. :cry:

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358/2 probably refers to the days during which Roxas existed...for those of you who were wondering.

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Much rather have KH2 Final Mix...

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