A scan of a magazine article about 358/2 Days that appeared in V Jump has been made available thanks to All Games Beta. You can view the scan below. It confirms that Never Land will be included in the game.
A few months ago, Square released a book called Re: Riplai containing information on the upcoming Kingdom Hearts games, including 358/2 Days. bittermeat from HEARTSTATION.ORG has translated the Roxas and Axel in Twilight Town gameplay video and added English subtitles. You can view and download this subtitled version below, or in the game's trailers section.
テイルズ＠日本語でおｋ have included a small update about 358/2 Days in their blog. They report that in the game, when your HP gauge reaches a critical level, the player is given the option to initiate a "Limit Break" by holding down the A button. This raises the player's attack and speed.
This week we have been updating many pages of the website. Our soundtrack section is now complete and includes a separate page for each released album. We have also created a page for Kingdom Hearts Mobile.
Several of our games pages have been added to. The Chain of Memories, Coded, 358/2 Days and Birth by Sleep pages have been updated to include any important information from the last few months of news.
Thanks to kairiwilson1, our gallery has been updated with many pieces of fan art.
Our member videos section has received one video submission this week. Unfortunately, there has been an issue with the Vidiac service this week, and people have been unable to upload videos for the past six days. As a result, we will not be running the weekly competition this week, but will be starting it up again as soon as Vidiac fix their program.
We have updated our Kingdom Hearts II - Japanese cutscenes section with more videos. You can now view or download the following:
- Twilight Town: First Visit - Twilight Town: First Visit - Land of Dragons: First Visit
Thanks for visiting KH13.com and remember to check back later for more updates concerning Kingdom Hearts media.
Square Enix have updated their official website for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. The updates include four new events, a new trailer, and two new wallpapers. The video events can be viewed or downloaded below.
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Below is the trailer included on the website. It is titled Special Trailer II and contains little new scenes.
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The two new wallpapers can be seen and downloaded from our gallery.
Famitsu.com have updated with an article about Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and the upcoming Nintendo DSi bundle. The game will be released in a package with the Nintendo DSi on May 30, 2009 in Japan. An image of the 358/2 Days themed DSi is below.
The article also included some screenshots from the upcoming game. You can view them below.
Famitsu.com have updated with an article about Kingdom Hearts Mobile. The article explains new elements that have been added to the game. This includes a customizable room and a new minigame. Below are some screenshots included in the article.
Many of you have probably noticed our member videos section. Since it opened a couple of weeks ago, our users have uploaded many great fan-made Kingdom Hearts videos. As a result, we have decided to run a weekly competition: every week, we will look at each uploaded video and select our top five favorites. This week's winners are below:
1. Akeboshi's Wind by Inuzukagirl77 2. Evanescence's Bring Me to Life by Kairi-loves-Sushi 3. tobyMac's Ignition by im-axel-fear-me-NOW
As you can see, there were only three videos uploaded this week. Regardless, check back next week for a new "Top 5". If you've made a video and want it to be included in our competition, then simply upload it to our member videos section.
A couple of days ago, Square Enix announced that Yoko Shimomura was releasing an album titled Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections that would feature piano-based songs from the series. A video has been released on the Square Enix website that shows Yoko Shimomura discussing the project. You can view it below.
The album will be released during May 2009. On April 2, 2009, three tracks from the album will be featured at the Yoyogi Ku in Shibuya, Tokyo. The video shows two tracks from the album. One is definitely Dearly Beloved, and the other, which is too short to be certain about, might be either Missing You or Memories in Pieces.
I have added more videos to the Kingdom Hearts II - Japanese cutscenes section. Below is a list of recently added cutscenes.
Twilight Town: Second Day Twilight Town: Third Day Twilight Town: Fourth Day Twilight Town: Fifth Day Twilight Town: Sixth Day
Keep checking back, as we will continue to update with videos and other Kingdom Hearts media. Thanks for visiting KH13.com.
Square Enix have announced that Yoko Shimomura, the composer of the music from Kingdom Hearts, will be releasing an album named "Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections". It will be released in Japan during May 2009, available at a price of ¥3,000.
MeleeGurl from Kingdom Hearts Ultimania has conducted an interview with Zexion's English voice actor, Vincent Corazza. Although no new information has come out of this interview, it is interesting to see Corazza's opinion of the Kingdom Hearts series. You can view the interview here.
Many of you have probably noticed our member videos section. Since it opened a couple of weeks ago, our users have uploaded many great fan-made Kingdom Hearts videos. As a result, we have decided to run a weekly competition: every week, we will look at each uploaded video and select our top five favorites. This week's winners are below:
1. t.A.T.u.'s 30 Minutes by Inuzukagirl77 2. Evanescence's Bring Me to Life by Kairi-loves-Sushi 3. Regina Spektor's The Call by Inuzukagirl77 4. The Matrix trailer by K-Dubb 5. Acceptance's So Contagious by Fansunu
Check back next week for a new "Top 5". If you've made a video and want it to be included in our competition, then simply upload it to our member videos section.
Also, we'd like to request that you include the song name in the video's description. Thanks.
Famitsu.com have updated their website with an article concerning Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Included in this article are many screenshots of the game. Some have been seen before in V Jump magazine, however Famitsu.com have released them in higher quality. You can view these screenshots below.
Our fan fiction section has been redesigned. You can now view a description of each story on the main page. Also, we have updated the section with a story named Stained by Sin, thanks to YourUnknownColor.
We have updated our Kingdom Hearts - English cutscenes section with more videos. These are linked to below.
Destiny Islands Traverse Town: First Visit
Our Kingdom Hearts II - Japanese cutscenes section has been created. We will add videos to this section every week. Currently, the following are available:
Menu Trailer Introduction Twilight Town: First Day
Remember to check out our member videos section for a collection of Kingdom Hearts music videos uploaded by our users. We run a competition every Sunday, so be sure to upload your own video.
Lastly, we have a little request. If you are, or you know someone who is, fluent in Japanese and English and you are interested in being part of the website staff, then could you please contact us either on our forum or by email? We need someone who is willing to translate some Kingdom Hearts media for us, and it would be great to get someone with these skills on our team.
