DChiuch 5,773 Posted January 24, 2013 Earlier, Famitsu.com have posted an article concerning Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5 ReMIX-. This article contains a huge amount of information about the 358/2 Days Theatre Mode part of the title. catmaster0116 from KH13 has done a full translation of this article, and thanks to him, you can read the article below. The heartbreaking story of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, now transformed into HD! 3 of the series titles have been remastered in HD as Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix (Referred to as KH1.5 for future reference). One of the titles compiled called Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, which was released for the Nintendo DS, now has its original story compiled into video clips lasting 2 hours and 50 minutes. Now, parts of the scenes derived from the original version will now be shown! In addition, the developer’s staff comments and mini interviews will also be reported. Changes derived from to KH358/2 Days original version Scenes from original version now transformed into high resolution Event scenes previously without voices are now fully voiced as HD cutscenes It's now possible to view the special scenes (Days) from the chapter menu From the beginning of “Roxas’s Diary”, clips depicting the ‘Secret Reports’ will be unlocked and viewable Details relating to any characters that appear will be detailed and can be viewed and explained in the newly added “Character Dictionary” Upon completion of viewing all the content, a custom theme for the PlayStation 3 will be unlocked Trophy system support (Trophy acquisition is related to how much you have viewed) (Left image): "If you see the words ‘Winner’ on sticks of any finished ice cream bars" ▲ “Organization XIII” is the organization in which the protagonist Roxas belongs to, everyday he is tasked with missions, and there he fosters a friendship between Axel, the person tasked with training him – and Xion, the girl who has newly joined the ranks of the Organization. (Left image): "The Key"(Right image): "And then, the great Kingdom Hearts will assemble is all im sayin’" ▲ Organization XIII works in accordance with the intention of its leader, Xemnas – his intentions are littered with ulterior motives. Those intentions before long begin to shake the peaceful days shared between Roxas and his friends. (Left image): "Sora’s memories have come to a complete stop"(Right image): "Please don’t hold back" About: The developers comments and mini interview! Includes an interview with comments from the cutscene director for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Mr Oka Masaru, and the person behind the sound effects, sound design and the electric guitar Mr Hirose Yuki. The interview for cutscene director Mr Oka Masaru -- When the HD version was decided upon, what kind of duties were you in charge of? Oka Masaru: When compiling ‘Days’ into a theatre, just developing the main story into clips was clear, we had 100 new scenes created from the selection of scenarios. The existing cutscenes became a production environment and brought about a big change for the newly created cutscenes. Apart from developing the chains of clips, there was no sense of unease in tuning the graphics as much as possible. -- Which part do you think users will particularly want to see? Oka Masaru: This time around, with the fresh cutscenes with added sound (voices), and the abundance of facial expressions, we felt that it was a challenge to use the textures to convey delicate emotions. When given the same scene, with the lines ‘….’, I wonder to myself what kind of emotions and what sort of fresh surprises we are able to get from this. When connecting several scenes, each chapter serves to have its own way of telling its part of the story along with the background music (BGM) which compliment the scenes. Before, there were scenes with a different scene BGM, except this time the way it is presented in the theatre is much more enjoyable and appreciable. But still, in scenes which were depicted with 2 screens, we had to get rid of one of the screens in order to edit them into a 1-screen scene. How it turns out, I hope you can confirm it yourself with the finished product. The theatre spans 2 hours and 50 minutes. When watching all the scenes together starting from the beginning, I think they would be best appreciated by the viewer being settled comfortably. -- In addition, could you please provide us with any incidents which left a profound impression on you. Oka Masaru: The HD transformation that we’ve been apart of, as well as producing cutscenes for past projects KH, Re:Chain of Memories, and finally Days; as I look back at those clips, I reminisce at the feeling I got at the time of production and I get a surge of nostalgia. Its something like – ‘This was Kingdom Hearts 10 years ago!’ But that was ages ago, and I’d never thought that we’d be involved with so much KH later down the track. After these 10 years and as we face the future, I feel I want to continue making things for everyone’s dearly beloved Kingdom Hearts series. Comment from sound designer Yuki Hirose As the first of the series for the PlayStation 3, the real time portions of KH and KH:ReCoM run on 5.1ch surround sound. This is true too for Days, which adds a huge collection of story scenes, all of which are fully compiled with voices ~ I hope your hearts will flutter for adorable little Xion!! On the side of music, it's being supervised by Ms Yoko Shimomura. The songs used here when compared to the original will have different musical instrument replacements, along with rearrangements of the songs. The sound itself has been reborn, certainly please do anticipate it. Lastly… to all the good kids out there, please don’t go eating ice cream in such high/tall places (laughs). 4 Pyrrha Nikos, burnsideking24, allen95 and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DChiuch 5,773 Posted January 24, 2013 Famitsu.com have posted an article concerning Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5 ReMIX-. This article coincides with the appearance of HD 1.5 ReMIX in the January 24 issue of Famitsu Weekly, and contains much information, as well as 6 new screenshots from the game. Enjoy!http://kh13.com/zenphoto/screenshots/famitsu-com/january-25-2013/ 1 Pyrrha Nikos reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yami Tsuki 15 Posted January 24, 2013 Xenmas looks really white....I thought his skin was a lot darker than that. 1 burnsideking24 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanitasTheBest 196 Posted January 24, 2013 Is it just me or do they look like it's not HD Quality? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lexa Infinite 141 Posted January 24, 2013 OWO OMG. SO HAPPY! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shera Wizard 2,736 Posted January 24, 2013 HOLY SHIT Those pics. I WANT HD HERE. NAOW 1 Indecypher reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ajexmi 446 Posted January 24, 2013 not exactly the best screenshots to get us excited, but still updates I guess! It's getting closer.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReikuSSR 1,071 Posted January 24, 2013 They should release all the KH cut scenes into a movie in opening CGI! 1 burnsideking24 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KH4Real 749 Posted January 24, 2013 Xion: Don't hold back Axel, promise? Best scene from the game. This will looks great! 1 burnsideking24 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AaySquare 445 Posted January 24, 2013 The more screenshots and videos, the more faster I will start loosing my patience. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kinode 3,056 Posted January 24, 2013 Cool, so they will include the important Disney Worlds scenes, that's great! 2 allen95 and Snow reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ultima Spark 753 Posted January 24, 2013 How do you say "The Other Promise" in Japanese? 1 Jonathan Scrivner reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan Scrivner 0 Posted January 24, 2013 Hokano yakusoku is the answere;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col.Random 3,683 Posted January 24, 2013 Xion looks so much prettier in HD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kishira 2,854 Posted January 24, 2013 DiZ! Naminéééééééééééééééé!!! (º▼º)/ 2 Indecypher and burnsideking24 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exlon 165 Posted January 24, 2013 Awww, Xion... I love her! *huggles* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VisitJoan 2,713 Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) What's up with that font? I was looking at the ru for ten seconds wondering if it was some kanji I didn't know. Edited January 24, 2013 by VisitJoan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OkashiraKenrex 251 Posted January 24, 2013 OH GOD!!!!!!!!!XEMNAS IZ FREAKIN HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allen95 208 Posted January 24, 2013 Cool, so they will include the important Disney Worlds scenes, that's great! Yeeeey we will see Ventus in Wonderland 8D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingdomKatherine 272 Posted January 24, 2013 *gasps* YEEESSS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indecypher 495 Posted January 25, 2013 Cool, so they will include the important Disney Worlds scenes, that's great! This, I thought they said the disney scenes wouldn't be voiced. There's hope for the stick scene to make it after all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pyrrha Nikos 1,162 Posted January 25, 2013 Dem HD graphics 2 Weiss and King Riku reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob 5,571 Posted January 25, 2013 And one of the screens looks like the one Jesse posted. 1 burnsideking24 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weiss 8,279 Posted January 25, 2013 not exactly the best screenshots to get us excited, but still updates I guess! It's getting closer.... I agree. Not the best to show it off but definitely looking forward to it! 1 Ajexmi reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DChiuch 5,773 Posted January 26, 2013 Updated the first post with a complete translation! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
