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PlayStation Japan Blog features Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover details and new screenshots

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Shortly following their post on Birth by Sleep 0.2 -A Fragmentary Passage-, PlayStation Japan's blog has posted another feature, this time focusing on Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover, the cinematic component of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue. Thank you to aibo_ac7 for the tip!

 

This new blog post features small blurbs about the cinematic itself, traits about the characters that appear throughout the cinematic, as well as a few new screenshots. Translations can be found below thanks to Catherine Mueller (nichiei.translations@gmail.com) as well as the screenshots from the blog post.

 

The world and characters of the theatrical production [KH X Back Cover] close in on the series' mysteries (3rd special/Dengeki PS)

[Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue] will appear on the PlayStation 4 as the series' newest release. This time, we'll check out one of the three productions in this package, the theatrical production [Kingdom Hearts X Back Cover (hereon KHXBC)]! This special edition of Dengeki PlayStation will cover the happenings of the oldest tale in the series.

[KHXBC] is an all-new theatrical production that runs a little less than an hour. By checking out the world and characters, we should be able to understand the story more deeply. There are all kinds of developments to keep pulling in the interest of the series' fans!

The series' oldest tale tells of the “back side”

The story of [KHXBC] is the story of what happened the in furthest point back in the [KH] series. It tells the story of the other side of the events of [KH Unchained X], a smart phone app that started September 2015. You can enjoy this product on its own, too, but it's no mistake to say that those who have played [KH Unchained X] will find it more interesting.

The setting is a town that exists someplace in the worlds, “Daybreak Town.” It will become clear as to what kind of people the “Foretellers”--the characters that guide the player in [KH Unchained X]--are, and what they're planning to do...

A story full of mystery will unfold with the Master and his apprentices!

The axes of this story are the six Foretellers under the powerful “Master of Masters.” Each of them received a Book of Prophecies, and the five Foretellers who come to run Unions are the main characters. Here, we'll take a more detailed look as to each of the characters.

Ira

The Foreteller who bears a unicorn mask and leads the Unicornis union. He has a reliable personality, and is often teased by the Master for being too serious.

Invi

<Nonsense.>

The Foreteller who bears a snake mask and leads the Anguis union. She has a noble personality and holds great faith in the Master.

Aced

<If that's so, then what about you!?>

The Foreteller who wears a bear mask and leads the Ursus union. He has a daring personality, but he can be too frank with his feelings and gets reckless.

Ava

<I want to protect the Master's teachings.>

The Foreteller who bears a fox mask and leads the Vulpeus union. She has a cautious personality, and it seems that other Keyblade wielders speak of her as a friend.

Gula

<Eh? This is a page of the Book of Prophecies, is it not?>

The Foreteller who wears a leopard mask and leads the Leopardus union. He has a collected personality, and it seems he does not have any feelings of fellowship toward the other Foretellers.

Luxu

<With a heart that follows the key...>

One of the six apprentices of the Master. He is the only one not to receive a Book of Prophecies, but instead, he was entrusted with a Keyblade and a black cloak.

Master of Masters

<Whoever the traitor might be, deal with it calmly, all right?>

A mysterious being who has six apprentices. He has eyes that can see the future, and in his grief of the future, he gave five of his apprentices Books of Prophecies and a mission.

Chirithy

(Left side of the picture) A mysterious cat-like being. He acts as the players' navigator in [KH Unchained X], but in this production...?

Ephemer

<Cheer up, okay?>

A Keyblade wielder. He's sociable and doesn't fear much, and even toward the Foretellers, this bright young man speaks in a carefree way.

There's a traitor amongst the Foretellers!?

The Foretellers received the Book of Prophecies and a mission from the Master, and they act based on his teachings. However, a fissure appeared in the five Foretellers' relationship as suddenly, one day, news of the existence of a “traitor” surfaces. Who on earth could be the traitor--plagued by their doubt, the balance of the Foretellers will gradually fall apart...

[KHXBC] is a theatrical production, and is only being produced as a movie (TN: i.e., they have no plans to make this a game, as per the previous interview). By checking out this content in advance, the story should be easier to understand, as well as to make conjectures. Well, since we'll tell you about [KH Dream Drop Distance HD] next time, please check it out!

The series' newest title is coming out soon, but if you reserve a copy through the PlayStation Store now, you'll get a special theme to use. There's still time, so don't miss it!

 

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So Dengeki is consistent with GameInformer regarding the runt time of BC. Not surprised since Nomura said it was approximately an hour long, which is consistent with what he said about Days and Re:Coded run time. Those run times ended up being true in the game.

 

Did they mean a little over an hour? 'Cause Nomura said 80 minutes...right?

 

Nomura changed his name to Amazon Germany? ;)

 

http://kh13.com/news/length-of-kingdom-hearts-%CF%87-back-cover-listed-as-80-minutes-long-on-amazon-germany

 

This is what Nomura said: http://kh13.com/news/kingdom-hearts-unchained-%cf%87-coming-to-north-america-on-april-7th

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I always presumed that the shorter time is simply the result of the file size the HD cinematics run at. 358/2 Days and Re: Coded were as long as they were because they were able to use a PS2 game engine just rendered for HD quality. 

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I always presumed that the shorter time is simply the result of the file size the HD cinematics run at. 358/2 Days and Re: Coded were as long as they were because they were able to use a PS2 game engine just rendered for HD quality.
Yeah, we can't forget that the movies we had so far were more or less game cutscenes glued together by a bit of text here and there. In 358/2 Days' case it was somewhat lackluster with missing scenes, etc. but XBC will be a lot more condensed and connected since it is actually meant to be a movie. It's likely there won't be any clicking through walls of text either.

 

Did they mean a little over an hour? 'Cause Nomura said 80 minutes...right?
Amazon isn't exactly the most reliable with descriptions either. If you translate the rest of the text on the German 2.8 entry there, it says that you play as Aqua for the first time and that you'll be exploring Disney Castle or something. That's why I'd be careful with taking information from those sites as fact.

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