A Japanese bookstore has announced that a Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance focused issue of V Jump magazine will release on March 29, 2012. This is, of course, on the release date of Kingdom Hearts 3D. The book will be available at a price of ¥1150 (approximately US$14.83). Thanks to bKvEBVAvUq for the tip.
Update 2: Even more news relating to Corti's role as Neku, again thanks to KHInsider. Corti has updated his Twitter to say that he has finished recording his lines for the game. You can see this below. With so many voice actors announcing their involvement in the English version of the game, let's hope we get a localized trailer very soon!
Update 1: Thanks again to KHInsider for the find, we now know that Jesse David Corti actually Tweeted on February 8 to say that he had done some voice acting work for Neku on that day. This makes it pretty certain that he'll be voicing for Kingdom Hearts 3D!
Jesse David Corti, the voice actor for Neku Sakuraba in The World That Ends With You, has hinted at returning to voice the character in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. Via a comment on one of his videos on his YouTube channel, Corti suggests that "you may hear me..." in the game. Since other voice actors have already confirmed their involvement, which means voice recording for the English version has already commenced, we can probably assume that what Corti is saying is true. Thanks to believe-it-ornot from KHInsider for the find, you can see a screenshot of this hint below. (Jesse David Corti is YouTube user dreamories.)
Update 3: Not much of an update, but still interesting nonetheless. Square Enix have updated their page explaining the different editions of Kingdom Hearts 3D to include the game's boxart.
Update 2: The box cover artwork has been updated with an *even larger* version of the front cover, this time from Amazon.com and thanks to Nova_Crystallis for the tip. You can see this below. Please click to open a larger version.
Update 1: The box cover artwork has been updated with a higher quality version from Square Enix's e-STORE's Twitter. This is the same size, but slightly clearer and without the Nintendo 3DS box template.
The front cover of the Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance game box has been revealed. As usual, the front cover features artwork by Tetsuya Nomura, depicting characters from the game. It's very pretty, so we hope you like it as much as we do! Thanks to aibo_ac7 for the tip.
Every so often, we make a news post telling you what we've added to the KH13.com Gallery. This update will deal with everything we've added to the gallery since the last update, which was early October (and will only list things that weren't featured in the news). The gallery has over 10,000 Kingdom Hearts-related images, so it's a must see for any Kingdom Hearts fan! Anyway, this is what we've been adding behind the scenes:
New photos have been added to:
- Tokyo Game Show 2011
- Japan Expo 2011
- Tokyo Game Show 2008
- E3 2010
- Next Generation World Hobby 2009 Winter
- Ikspiari Tokyo Disney Resort
- DKΣ3713
Many past online articles added to:
- Famitsu.com
Magazine articles:
- Various issues of Game Informer
- Various issues of K-Zone magazine
- The November 2011 issue of Nintendo Power
- The October 2002 issue of Super GamePower
- Various issues of Electronic Gaming Monthly Brasil
- The December 31, 2011 issue of Comic Weekly
Square Enix have completely redesigned their Piano Collections Series portal website. This, of course, contains links to websites for both Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts and Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Field & Battle. There's not much else to say, apart from that the website looks pretty, and that it's good to see Square Enix updating their portal websites. Enjoy.
Update 2: We've updated the bottom of the article with all screenshots and character boxes that appear in the game sub-sections of the portal. Enjoy.
Update 1: The translation below has been updated with a complete translation of the website's "about" section. This reveals that as of March 31, 2011, the Kingdom Hearts series had sold 17 million copies worldwide.
Square Enix's official portal website for the Kingdom Hearts series has been completely redesigned. The portal website links to all the Kingdom Hearts games' official Japanese websites, including Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, with each game having a new, pretty button to go along with it. You can see these below, in our gallery.
Two new pages have been added to the Kingdom Hearts portal website: An about page, and a chronology page. A characters page and a glossary page are said to be coming soon. Translations can be seen below, thanks to sqexgal and goldpanner.
A translation of the about page, as well as an alternate translation of the chronology page, is also below in text format, thanks to Oishii from KH13, goldpanner and the KH13 Translation Project.
About
Kingdom Hearts is series of role-playing games born from Disney and Square Enix’s dream of appearing in a work together. Since the first title ‘Kingdom Hearts’ (released on PlayStation 2) went on sale in March 2002, it has been a popular series, with six titles released so far, and a cumulative total of over 17 million copies shipped worldwide (current as of 31 March 2011).
It is the story of those who wield the legendary weapon known as the ‘Keyblade’, and their friends, as they adventure through various Disney worlds, experiencing new hellos and goodbyes, and growing along the way.
With the universal themes of darkness and light and the heart serving as the axis, a story with many hidden mysteries unfolds.
Countless numbers of charming and fascinating personalities appear, chiefly from a range of Disney works, and also including Final Fantasy and original Kingdom Hearts characters.
Also, the battle, enjoyed through simple button input, is innundatingly refreshing and exhilarating, and throughout the series has received a favourable reputation.
Chronology
Keyblade War Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep begins
- Terra, Ventus, and Aqua travel to other worlds to search for the cause of a strange phenomenon
- At battle’s end, Terra, Ventus, and Aqua disappear from the realm of light. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep finishes Kingdom Hearts begins
- Sora wakes up a Keyblade wielder. Sora, Riku, and Kairi are separated.
- Sora, Donald, and Goofy meet, and set off to search for Kairi, Riku, and the King.
- Sora and Kairi reunite, but Sora temporarily becomes a heartless. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days begins
- Roxas is born. He becomes No. 13 in Organization XIII.
- Together, Sora and his friends battle and win against Ansem.
- Sora, Donald and Goofy are finally reunited with Riku and the King. However, to close the door to darkness, the two stay in the realm of darkness.
- Sora, Donald, and Goofy once again set off to find Riku and the King. Kingdom Hearts finishes Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories begins
- Sora, Donald, and Goofy arrive at Castle Oblivion.
- Riku arrives at Castle Oblivion.
- Sora and Riku each fight the Organization XIII members in Castle Oblivion, and triumph.
- To regain the memories that they lost, Sora, Donald, and Goofy fall asleep inside pods. To fight against the darkness inside him, Riku sets off together with the king. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories finishes
- Roxas abandons Organization XIII, and is captured by DIZ. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days finishes Kingdom Hearts II begins
- After having a 7 day vacation, Roxas falls asleep.
- Sora, Donald, and Goofy wake up from their sleep, and once more venture off.
- Sora, Donald, and Goofy are once again reunited with Riku and the King.
- Sora and his friends face off with Organization XIII in one final battle, and win. Kingdom Hearts II finishes Kingdom Hearts coded begins
- The King, Donald, and Goofy perform and analysis on the strange occurence in Jimminy’s Journal.
- A letter arrives to Sora from the King. Kingdom Hearts coded finishes Kingdom Hearts 3D begins
- To be continued.
Lastly, the portal contains a sub-section for each game in the Kingdom Hearts series. These sections contain a brief summary of the game (basically what you'd find on the back of the game box), and also some neat screenshots and character boxes. You can see these below, in our gallery.
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Kingdom Hearts
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Chain of Memories
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Kingdom Hearts II
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → coded
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → 358/2 Days
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Birth by Sleep
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Re:coded
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts series, Japanese website → Birth by Sleep Final Mix
As you would know, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance releases on March 29, 2012. On the same day, a Kingdom Hearts 3D-themed Nintendo 3DS will release with the game in a bundle, and the 10th Anniversary 3D+Days+Re:coded Box will release. Various stores have started offering pre-orders for the Nintendo 3DS bundle, and the bundle has sold out extremely fast!
Amazon.com posted that "reservations started at approximately 17:30, and in 10 minutes they sold out about 1,200 copies". Square Enix's e-STORE, who opened reservations to "Ultimate" Square Enix Members on January 30, said that "we reached the expected number of sales in 4 hours". As you can see, the bundle is already proving to be quite popular! Thanks to aibo_ac7 for the news, and Oishii from KH13 for translating the statements.
Hey everyone! Just a short update for you today. We've been adding some minor features and improvements to the website, and we just wanted to let you know about them so you can check them out for yourselves. Over the next few weeks, we'll be working very hard and adding lots of new things, in preparation for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. We hope you look forward to it, but, for today:
- Our interview archive has been updated with heaps of new interviews! There are 84 interviews about the Kingdom Hearts series in total, dating all the way back to 2002. We believe this is the largest collection of KH interviews anywhere, so please check it out, and feel free to contact us if we're missing one.
- We've greatly improved our comments feature. As you've probably seen, most pages on the site have a comments section at the end (click here for an example). This is now a lot more visually pleasing, and allows you to reply directly to other people's comments, and have yours appear below. Why not leave a comment on the KH3D video that appeared yesterday?
- Lastly, a couple of community projects. You'll notice that the first box underneath the site's header now counts down the amount of days left until KH3D. If you click that, you can see that we've set up a countdown topic which explains the different editions of the game, and where you can pre-order each one if you live outside of Japan. Secondly, we've set up a Translation Project forum in preparation for the KH3D release.
So, that's it for today. We'll probably have more improvements for you in a couple days. Is there anything you want us to do on the website? Feel free to let us know at our forum.
Square Enix have updated their official website for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. This update includes additions to the Characters, System and Worlds sections. The update for Characters is the new Dream Eaters, Pierrot Clown and Handsome Pegasus. In Worlds, we have been treated to a new section about Traverse Town. Lastly, in System, we have a new video featuring the "Reality Shift". Everything can be seen below, in our gallery, and the video can be downloaded from our video archive. Thanks to Nikolasvanitas from KH13 for the find.
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts 3D, Japanese website → Characters
Screenshots → Kingdom Hearts 3D, Japanese website → Traverse Town
Update: The new information has been translated, thanks to goldpanner from KHInsider.
Handsome Pegasus *Spirit
Commands
>Sparkga
>Icebreaker
>Thoroughbred Ride
Dream Eater that attacks by gathering the wind.
Defenceless while gathering wind.
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Ghost Pierrot *Nightmare
Commands
>Rainbow Wind
>Final Break
>Attack
A Dream Eater that loves prizes.
They do things such as turn into prizes, and steal them too.
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REALITY SHIFT 1/4
When the pink marker has come up
[drag down ↓ on the bottom screen] or [X + A button]
When the pink marker has appeared over the target,
you can execute Reality Shift.
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REALITY SHIFT 2/4
Slingshot (Traverse Town)
While touching an object on the bottom screen, pull and adjust the point of impact.
Let go and it will launch, exploding at the point of impact and damaging nearby enemies.
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REALITY SHIFT 3/4
Holy Rope (La Cité des Cloches)
On the bottom screen, connect sparkling points with a line.
Where the connecting line was on the bottom screen, a rope will appear,
damaging enemies that pass over it.
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REALITY SHIFT 4/4
Wonder Comic (Country of the Musketeers)
Trap enemies in a comic book world, which you control by following directions to touch the bottom screen.
Keep control until the very end and it will explode, catching nearby enemies.
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Traverse Town
The town where those who have lost their way gather, Traverse Town. Sora and Riku meet Neku and the others, who have come from a different world. They were participating in a "Reapers' Game" with their partners, but it seems they were separated when they came to this world.
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Neku
A young boy who always has his headphones on, behaving like he rejects everyone. (Protagonist of 'The World Ends With You')
Joshua
A friend of Neku and the others. It seems he knows about this world in detail.
Rhyme
Because she has lost her memories, she doesn't know why she's in Traverse Town.
Shiki
Neku's partner. A bright and energetic girl. She always carries a black stuffed cat wherever she goes.
Beat
He is wandering Traverse Town, looking for his partner Rhyme. A passionate young man who hates to lose.
Update: If you want to buy the special edition Nintendo 3DS, you can purchase it on Play-Asia.com.
Square Enix have updated their official website for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, and this update reveals details about the 10th Anniversary Box. To see for yourself, please click the link and visit the "SPEC" section. However, if you want the details in English, read on to see what we know about the box. You can also see its official logo on the right.
- Officially called the "Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary 3D+Days+Re:coded Box"
- Releases on March 29, 2012
- Available for ¥15,000 (approximately US$193.88)
Contents of the box
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (Nintendo 3DS)
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Nintendo DS)
- Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Nintendo DS)
- 12 piece card set showing the visual history of the series
- Protective cover (original design) for Nintendo 3DS
Square Enix have updated the page detailing each edition of the game, and have also added the 10th Anniversary 3D+Days+Re:coded Box to their e-STORE. The website update also revealed that the special edition Kingdom Hearts 3D-themed Nintendo 3DS will be available for ¥21,090 (approximately US$272.59).
Thanks to aibo_ac7 for the tip.
Update 4: Both Oishii and Sora Keyblade no Yuusha from KH13 have worked together on a complete translation of the article. You can read this below.
“Kingdom Hearts 3D”, the Sorcerer Mickey Introduced in the Awaited World “Symphony of Sorcery”. Also, a Follow-up on the Dream Eaters, Enemies and Companions Alike.
From Square Enix, the firm behind the the 3DS game “Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]” going on sale in March of 2012, we reveal today (1/25) the latest information. This time, along with the follow-up on the enemy and ally “Dream Eaters”, we also report news on the new worlds announced.
First of all, if we review briefly the story synopsis of this production, this work combines Disney characters with an original story making the newest addition of the “Kingdom Hearts” series very popular for its friendly and deep action. This story will depict the new adventure of the familiar boys Sora and Riku.
From Sora’s experience from his “first journey”, Sore traveled to save the world “consumed by darkness”. This objective he accomplished commendably and many worlds were restored. However, the worlds that were not completely restored remained in a world in the state of sleep. In these worlds, it is not possible for anyone to come through their gates. If thought of like the “World of Darkess”, it is a place where the heartless that Sora and others have fought repeatedly against cannot for some reason pass into.
But in that “world plunged into sleep” there exist another dark creature different from the heartless. Those called “Dream Eater”, a name to monsters that eat dreams. For the sake to admirably obtain the power to face against opposition, Sora and Riku will travel into this world plunged into sleep with their eyes set on becoming “Keyblade Masters”.
The Monsters that Eat Dreams “Dream Eaters”
Handsome Pegasus (Spirit)
A Dream Eater who possesses lovely wings. He can glide, deliver a body blow onto enemies and attack with a cutting wind.
Tsunoceratops (Spirit)
With a big body and gigantic horns, charging attacks are his specialty. He also can become a spiky ball and attack enemies by jumping or running over them.
Hasami Kuwagata "Scissors Beetle" (Nightmare)
With a tough defense, his specialty are far distanced attacks. When the enemy is far away, he sets land mines and shoots bullets that seal the commands. He has many troublesome attacking methods.
Obake Pierrot "Ghost Clown" (Nightmare)
He blows cold air and bites many times while floating. If he licks you with his long tongue, you'll be paralysed and unable to move.
The Link Attack activated using only one Spirit is called "Single Link". But there also exists the Dual Link, activated using two Spirits. Its power is far stonger than that of the Single Link, and depending on the pair of Spirits used, different effects may appear.
What's more, the Spirits are deeply influenced by Sora and Riku's growing. The commands Sora and Riku use in-battle can be learned by opening the Abillity Links of the Spirits who have become your partners.
When the Link Gauge of the two Spirits that accompany you becomes full, the Spirit Mark will be displayed on the screen. Touching it will activate the Dual Link.
Dual links
Comet: A Dual Link activated when using two Spirits wich possess the power of Fire. Sora and the Spirits get on a Comet and fall onto the ground, causing a huge explosion.
Wonder Jamboree: A Dual Link activated when using two unique Spirits, starting with Wonder Cat. Wonder Cat absorbs the other Spirit and becomes giant. He then jumps and creates a shock wave arround him.
Union Rush: A Dual Link activated using two Spirits of the Physical Attribute. Sora and the Spirits make a line and charge Awards some enemies while flying at high speeds.
Through the Ability Link new commands are learned.
"The worlds that await for Sora and Riku and the Reality Shift."
The Kingdom Hearts Series' charm comes from Diney's worlds made motif, turned into worlds of fantasy which you can adventure. Of course that isn't different for Dream Drop Distance.
The three worlds announced so far were "Mickey, Donald and Goof, The Three Musketeers" as motif for "Country of the Musketeers", "Pinnochio" as motif for "Prankster's Paradise", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" as motif for "Le Cité des Cloches".
These are all famous worlds that we miss and have seen at least once in our childhood.
This time, the existence of the world "Symphony of Sorcery", having "Fantasia" as motif, is very clear. In this world, Mickey's role will be an apprentice of Sorcerer. In addition, a well-known world from the series, "Traverse Town" will reappear. There, charming boys and girls are waiting for Sora and Riku.
There is also an interesting Special Skill related with each world, the "Reality Shift". Its effects change depending in what world it is activated.
With "Wonder Comic", the Reality Shift for Country of the Musketeers, we can see a pleasant comic book-like play where Mickey, Donald and Gooffy appear. When it is activated, a Touch Action is required. Input them correctly in order to deliver the enemies a huge damage.
Reality Shift, Wonder Comic (Country of the Musketeers):
A Skill where Mickey, Donald and Gooffy's comics show up and attack. If the touch manipulation is suceeded, the characters from the comics respond to it attacking. When Riku activates this Reality Shift, he participates of the play as well.
Cutscenes
The Mickey in this world isn't the King that Sora knows, but an aprenttice of sorcerer. Strangely Sora feels superior to this mickey!?
Why is Darkness coming out from the music score?
He tries to use magic in order to clean, but with so much water he fails!?
Mickey feels he knows Riku even meeting him for the first time. Maybe both of them can be friends wherever they meet?
Mickey displays a magnificent spell that spouts water up high.
Even having just met, Mickey feels the strong bound between Sora and Riku.
Riku confronts a giant black demon with wings.
A man in black coat talks to Sora in riddles. Can Sora understand what his words mean?
Traverse Town
Beat: He is searching all over Traverse Town for his partner, Rhyme. He hates losing and is very vigorous.
Rhyme: Beat's partner. She has lost her memories and doesn't know why she is in Traverse Town.
Shiki: Neku's partner. A very cheerful girl. She is always walking around with a black cat plush.
Joshua: A friend of Neku's. It seems like he knows some details about this world.
Cutscenes
Beat: "Shiki told me! That guy is the one who arranged it!"
Who is "that guy" who stands before Beat?
Joshua: "That means these two worlds are not simply occurring together."
Joshua is investigating this world and seems to know more than Sora and Riku.
Sora: "I'm sure your feelings can reach him!"
Joshua smiles at the pure Sora unnintentionaly.
Shiki: "My dear Knight!"
Shiki doesn't show any timidity even towards Riku, who she meets for the fist time.
Rhyme: "It's all right. My memories will come back when they have a chance."
Rhyme isn't very worried about her lost memories and behaves cheerfully.
Riku: "What? A black coat?"
A person in black coat also appeared in Traverse Town?
Joshua: "In short, that is a Gate that links the worlds."
What may be this "Gate" that links the worlds?
Joshua: "Thank you."
Joshua thanks Neku with a lonely face. What lies in his heart?
Other Worlds
The three gaze grimly at the scheming Maleficent
Maleficent proposes to possess the 7 lights of the world. What is she scheming this time...
The person who calls himself Lea is...?!
More and more new places to be revealed!
Update 3: Famitsu.com have posted their own article containing the same screenshots. However, 4Gamer.net's version below do not contain watermarks, so please check them out.
Update 2: Sora Keyblade no Yuusha from KH13 has also translated the article, and the text accompanying various screenshots. You can read this below. Check out "Update 4", which is an even more complete translation.
Update 1: andriasang.com has translated a majority of the article. You can read this below.
DREAM EATERS
Depending on the type, Dream Eaters serve as either your companions -- Spirits -- or your foes -- Nightmares. Square Enix showed art and screens for two of each today.
On the Nightmare side are Obake Piero (Ghoul Clown) and Hasami Kuwagata (Scissor Beetle). Obake Piero can lick you to make you immobile for a while. Hasami Kuwagata is good with guarding and long-range attacks. If you get caught up in the explosions from his mines, your commands are locked out.
On the Spirit side are Handsome Pegasus and Tsunoceratops (Horn Ceratpos... that's like "ceratpos" as in triceratops). Tsunoceratops attacks its foes with its big horns. Handsome Pegasus uses the power of wind for her attacks.
LINK ATTACKS
Spirits have link attacks which they perform with your character once you've built up your link gauge. Tsunoceratops turns into a spiked ball, which you ride to deal damage to the enemy.
In addition to solo link attacks, you can also have your two Spirit Dream Eaters team up for a Dual Link. The actual attack you get depends on the Spirits in your party at the time. To unleash the attack, you tap the spirit mark which appears on the bottom screen when both Spirits' link gauge has filled up.
Dual Links shown below include Comet, Wonder Jamboree, and Union Rush.
Riku and Sora can also unleash special Ability Links with their Spirits. These are unlocked as you advance in the game.
REALITY SHIFT
Finally, a look at the game's Reality Shift system. Reality Shifts are world specific skills. Below are some screens from "Wonder Comic," the Reality Shift from Country of the Musketeers. Input the proper commands, and comic book Micky, Donald and Goofy will attack for you.
4Gamer.net have posted a set of new screenshots and renders for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. There are 56 images in total! Most of them have been seen before, either in the Jump Festa 2012 trailer, or the latest Famitsu Weekly, however, this is the first time we've seen them in this amazing quality! You can see everything below, in our gallery.
4Gamer.net → January 25, 2012 #1
Update 2: Square Enix have created a placeholder website for the album. The website confirms all of the information we have learnt, that is, the April 18, 2012 release date, and the ¥3,800 (approximately US$48.86) price tag. It plays the Kingdom Hearts 3D version of Dearly Beloved in the background. Also, Famitsu have posted an article with what appears to be the cover art, or at least a placeholder cover art, of the album. You can view this below, in our gallery. 4Gamer.net have posted the cover art, but without the watermark. Enjoy!
Update 1: Square Enix have added the soundtrack to their e-STORE.
The soundtrack for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance has been announced to be released in Japan on April 18, 2012. It can already be pre-ordered on Amazon, at a price of ¥3,800 (approximately US$48.86). It is a 3-disc soundtrack, where songs from Yoko Shimomura and also from The World Ends With You composer, Takeharu Ishimoto, will be avaliable. Thanks to Exodaze from KH13 and KHInsider for the tip.
Richard Epcar, the English voice actor for Xehanort and Ansem, Seeker of Darkness in the Kingdom Hearts series, has confirmed on his Facebook page that he is voice acting for "the latest KH game". Previously, Epcar hinted at being aware of the "next" version of Xehanort. So, it is highly likely that he is voice acting for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. You can see a screenshot of his post below. Thanks to KHSoraKeyBlade from KH13 for the find.
Play-Asia.com have updated their pre-order page for the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, and created a page for the Nintendo 3DS bundle, or as they call it, "Nintendo 3DS (Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Edition)". Both of these are said to be in stock on March 29, 2012. The game by itself is available for pre-orders at US$75.49, while the bundle price has not yet been announced. We definitely recommend this if you want to own the Japanese version of the game!
James Patrick Stuart, the voice actor for Xigbar and Braig in the English version of Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, has confirmed via his official Facebook page that he has begun recording for a future Kingdom Hearts title-- most likely, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. Thanks to madammina from KHInsider for the find, and Lady Dreana from KH13 for the tip.