Coverage: Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX European launch event in London

Last month, Square Enix announced a European launch event for Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX in London, England on December 3, 2014. News Team member, AndrewHankinson attended the event and has written up what occurred at the event. You can read this below with edits by Sora96. Photos can also be viewed below.

Approximately 170 people were at the event. A few people were dressed in Kingdom Hearts cosplay like Sora, Christmas Town Sora, Roxas, Aqua, Hayner, Kairi etc). Photos can be seen below.

STRUCTURE OF EVENT

5:30 Already people queuing outside for the event

6:00 People were let into the venue

6:15 People were allowed into the presentation room

6:25 PRESENTATION STARTED

Host (Dan Seto, Square Enix Europe community manager for Japanese titles) taking scroll from a green bottle and reciting Kairi’s message “Thinking of you wherever you are…”

Introduction and welcome; and no film/photography during any of it!

Launch trailer from around the world; had secret project footage from Disneyland Paris in it.

Q&A with Tai Yasue (co-director of the Kingdom Hearts series) and Rie Nishi (producer of the Kingdom Hearts series). Dan Seto asked questions about their previous work and their opinions about questions like they’re favourite game, key moment in games that stood out to them most, the best part of working with Kingdom Hearts, have they ever gone to Disneyland/world to ‘research’ for Kingdom Hearts games, etc

RAFFLE:

5 framed drawings of Roxas and Sora (out of 50 in the world)

2 Roxas figures and 2 Sora figures

3 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Collector’s Editions with signatures from both Tai Yasue and Rie Nishi

3 manga storylines of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX

Kingdom Hearts III footage (same as the North American launch event)

Dan Seto ending with "The heart may be weak and sometimes it even give in, but I've learned that deep down there's a light that never goes out!"

7:00 PRESENTATION ENDED

Slots throughout night when people could get signatures/photos from Tai Yasue and Rie Nishi

10:00 EVENT ENDED

FEATURES AT EVENT:

Twilight Town Clock Tower platform for people to pose and get photos and free prints. Photos are available to view on the Square Enix official Kingdom Hearts Facebook page.

4 screens to play demos; 2 for Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix and 2 for Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix. Same demos as other events.

Lots of merchandise selling out quickly. With most purchases, people got a Kingdom Hearts Roxas Avatar Mascot Strap free.

Pies and drink supplied by ‘pieminister’ inclusive with the event.

Green screen for people to be filmed and create a flip book out of it. Choice of 3 backgrounds, one from each game. Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix: 1000 heartless at Hollow Bastion; Birth by Sleep Final Mix: Keyblade Graveyard; and Re:coded: in Hollow Bastion where you fight Riku (Where you fight Maleficent in Kingdom Hearts)

Choose either to get signatures on free A4 poster (HD 2.5 ReMIX game cover design) or get photo with Tai Yasue and Rie Nishi.

Pose with Keyblade for photos.

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX wall where people can write their comments on.

A lot of cameras (photography and film camera so could be a video soon of the launch event)