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To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the PlayStation, Sony has released a special "Thank You" video on the PlayStation Youtube Channel. The video shows different video game franchises that have shaped the legacy of the PlayStation with a tagline "It's About" that is accompanied with a single word that best describes the game being shown. Many games are shown from God of War and Uncharted to Batman: Arkham Knight and Sly Cooper, but one video game series has been part of the PlayStation since the early 2000's: Kingdom Hearts. The shot from the intro of Kingdom Hearts III with Sora and the others facing off against Master Xehanort was shown in the video with the tagline "It's about Connection", symbolizing the connections that the PlayStation has with its fans similiar to Sora's connections in the series. You can watch the full video here. What are your favorite moments with the PlayStation? Let us know in the comments below! View full article

SuperGroupies have announced 18 new pieces for their Kingdom Hearts collection. These items include a Shoulder multi-purpose pouch, Stoles (light scarf) with charms, and Sneakers for Sora, Riku, Kairi, Roxas, Axel, and Xion. Additonal information for the items are as follows: Shoulder Multi-Purpose Pouch The pouches are colored black on the exterior with different logos for each character (crown for Sora, x for Riku, Wayfinder for Kairi, etx.). They can hold essential items such as Smartphones or cards for on the go. Each pouch also has a inner lining within the zipper pocket that is unique to each trio. Sora, Riku and Kairi have Kairi's Good luck charm, the message in the bottle, the raft, and the door in the secret location. Roxas, Axel and Xion have Twilight Town complete with the Clock Tower, the Old Mansion, sea-salt ice cream, and sea shells. Stole & Charms The stole (light scarf) has a checkered pattern detailed with a motif that include items like the Keyblades (Sora, Riku, Roxas, and Xion), Axel's Chakrams, and Kairi's necklace. The motif is styled like the Stained Glass for many of the characters in the Dive to the Heart. Sneakers The sneakers, while comfortable, are detailed with motifs from the series like the hearts and Sora's crown. The heel has the heart on it. The tongue on the shoe is red with the crown, Heartless Emblem, and the Wayfinder for Sora, Riku, and Kairi. Roxas, Axel, and Xion's version is silver with Roxas' pattern and emblem along with XIII and sea-salt ice cream bars. The insoles are breathtaking as they are detailed with the Station of Awakening. Each step with send you down the path your heart commands, including the doves. Orders for the items have begun on SuperGroupies JPN site and will be open until November 5th. Shipping will start in late April 2025. The pouch will cost ¥13,200 (about $89.00), the stole with cost ¥14,300 (about $96.00) and the sneakers will cost ¥15,400 (about $103.00). You can check out the galleries and links to the product pages below. UPDATE (October 16): We have updated the product listing to include Aitai Kuji. Sora SuperGroupies (JPN) Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 Aitai Kuji Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 Riku SuperGroupies (JPN) Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 Aitai Kuji Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 Kairi SuperGroupies (JPN) Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 Aitai Kuji Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 Roxas SuperGroupies (JPN) Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 Aitai Kuji Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 Axel SuperGroupies (JPN) Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 Aitai Kuji Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 Xion SuperGroupies (JPN) Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 Aitai Kuji Pouch ¥13,200 | Stole ¥14,300 | Sneakers ¥15,400 What do you think of these latest additions? Are any of them on your shopping list? Let us know in the comments below! View full article

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai discusses the development of Sora within Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in his latest development video on his Youtube channel. You can watch the video below. View full article

U-Treasure has revealed a new line of monogram Kingdom Hearts watches. There are two different variations: one in black and one in white. Both watches will cost ¥27,500 (about $255.00) each. Pre-orders period will begin on July 14th and run through August 11th. The watches will be available late November. You can pre-order here (black) and here (white). You can check them out in the galleries below. Will you be buying one of these watches? Let us know in the comments below! View full article

Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura was recently interviewed by Japanese magazine Young Jump. In the interview, Nomura was asked mostly about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth but did answer a couple of questions pertaining to the Kingdom Hearts series, including keeping managing lore in his team, what we may expect in Kingdom Hearts Missing Link and Kingdom Hearts IV, and when he may retire. You can read the Kingdom Hearts portion of the article below. Special thanks to KH13 translator Ryuji for the translations. What did you think of the interview? Let us know in the comments below! View full article

The official X accounts for Square Enix Japan e-Store and AmiAmi have both listed Kingdom Hearts-themed drinking glasses, available now for pre-order on each of their stores. The glasses are shaped like soda cans and come in three different variations, perfect for any Kingdom Hearts fan or collector looking to quench their thirst. The glasses are ¥1760 (or approximately $11.17 USD) each. They are set to release on September 28 through the Square Enix Japan e-Store, and in October through AmiAmi. The designs are: Emblem (Square Enix Japan e-Store / AmiAmi) Sora (Crown) (Square Enix Japan e-Store / AmiAmi) Organization XIII (Square Enix Japan e-Store / AmiAmi) Take a closer look in our gallery below: What do you think of these new Kingdom Hearts glasses? Will you be picking them up? Let us know in the comments below! Thanks to KH13.com staff member Ryuji for the translations. View full article

On July 8th, the Official Twitter account for the Square Enix e-Store announced that a lottery will soon be getting underway, with the prizes being revealed to be a series of Acrylic stands. These stands will take the form of the logos of the various Kingdom Hearts titles, including two separate ones featuring Sora, and Kairi upon their thrones! Furthermore, pre-orders for these various potential prizes are available now, and will be so all the way until August 8th, with shipments making their way on September 30th. No indication has been given, or discovered so far which, if any prizes have a higher, or lesser chance of acquisition. Below is a thorough translation by KH13.com staff member and translator, Ryuji: e-Store Kuji presents the Kingdom Hearts Series / Logo Acrylic Collection. Each kuji costs 500 yen, and the prizes are as follows: Prize A: Kingdom Hearts Prize B: Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Prize C : Kingdom Hearts II Prize D : Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days Prize E: Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Prize F: Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded Prize G: Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance Prize H: Kingdom Hearts: Union Cross Prize I: Kingdom Hearts III Prize J: Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory Prize K: Kingdom Hearts: Missing-Link Prize L: Throne Sora Prize M: Throne Kairi All of these look very nice, and with possibly an equal chance getting any of them, pre-orders are certain to go quickly. Will you try your hand at pre-ordering? Let us know which of these you'd like the most! You can take a closer look in our gallery, here: View full article

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The Kingdom Hearts -Linking Hearts- Ichiban Kuji official website has revealed images of each of the prizes available for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts themed prize lottery, which include Kingdom Hearts themed character statues, plates, towels, cushions, and a Keyblade charm collection, releasing May 31st, 2024. MSRP for the prizes is expected to be ¥790, and stores handling the products include 7-Eleven Ito-Yokado, and Yume Town stores in Japan. View our prior coverage of the Kingdom Hearts -Linking Hearts- Ichiban Kuji here. You can take a closer look at each of the prizes in our gallery below Which one of these new items would you like to add to your merchandise collection? Let us know in the comments below! View full article

Square Enix has announced that the Kingdom Hearts series will be arriving on Steam from June 13th, 2024. The games will be available either as separate purchases or as one, single bundle called the Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece bundle, which includes the following: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue Kingdom Hearts III + ReMind DLC Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX will feature textural updates to its graphics and players who purchase Kingdom Hearts III + ReMind DLC or the Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece will receive a platform exclusive keyblade "Dead of Night", which can be viewed below: Additionally, to celebrate the announcement, a trailer will be releasing tomorrow on Youtube featuring Utada Hikaru's Simple & Clean (Re-Recording), which will also be releasing as a single on May 22 at midnight JST. The song's Japanese language counterpart, Hikari (Re-Recording) was previously released in April as part of Utada Hikaru's newly released Science Fiction album. What do you think about the Kingdom Hearts series coming to Steam? Let us know in the comments below! UPDATE: The Steam store page links are listed below. Wishlisting is also available. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue Kingdom Hearts III + ReMind DLC Official screenshots can be viewed via our gallery below: View full article

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Nintendo has revealed the release date for the Sora Amiibo to be February 16th, 2024, alongside a short video clip which you can view below. The Sora Amiibo was originally announced during a Nintendo Direct back in September. The Amiibo is currently listed for preorder on the Nintendo Store Japan website for ¥2,200 ($14.92 USD) and Amazon Japan though it is worth noting it is currently listed as unavailable on the Amazon page. You can take a closer look at the Sora Amiibo in our gallery below Will you be picking up the Sora Amiibo when it releases? Let us know in the comments below! Update 12/7/2023: The Sora Amiibo is now available for pre-order at Best Buy for $15.99 and Australian retailers JB Hi-Fi and EB Games Australia for $21.00 and $21.95 respectively. It should be noted that while some have been able to get pre-orders in at Best Buy, at the time of this update the item is currently shown as "Coming Soon." Update 12/8/2023: The Sora Amiibo is now available for pre-order at Target and GameStop, for $15.99. View full article

Sqaure Enix have announced on the Japanese Twitter/X account that the Android Closed Beta Test for Kingdom Hearts Missing Link will be pushed back a week. The CBT will now been conducted between May 2nd and May 10th. Players will be notified on or around April 26th. In addition, a second iOS CBT will be happening during the same time as the Android CBT. This means the next CBT will be running on both Android and iOS systems, so this might mean that Kingdom Hearts Missing Link is within the last part of testing. UPDATE (April 22, 2024): Sign up for the second iOS closed beta test has begun for Australia and United Kingdom. The sign up period will be from Apr 22nd to Apr 26th. You can apply by clicking here. View full article

Square Enix has announced the launch of their new pet goods brand SQEX PETS, which will feature various merchandise for pets such as leashes, bandanas, clothing, beds and toys based on the Kingdom Hearts series as well as Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. With the exception of the Dragon Quest items, the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts items were supervised by Tetsuya Nomura, who also serves as character designer, game designer, and director for Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy. He also designed and drew the logo for FINAL FANTASY & PETs. The Kingdom Hearts & Pets merchandise line contains six items Cafe Monogram Mat Sora dog wear Monogram Pet Bandana Monogram Pet Bed Monogram Pet Leash Paopu Fruit Rope Toy You can take a closer look at the items in our gallery below It should be noted that the products are currently listed as coming soon, and there is currently no release date or pricing information available for them as they are still under development and may not be sold depending on their development status. Would you purchase Kingdom Hearts merchandise for your pets? Let us know in the comments below! Thanks to our team's Ryuji for the translations. View full article

I love text-based games, but have felt that many of them can be a bit jank or require moon-logic to complete. Before creating my own, I have tried to imitate the opening of perhaps the greatest RPG ever. I am very grateful for any feedback. Note: The game will not run very well on smartphones at the moment! Please check out the html-based game here: https://clayn.itch.io/dive-to-the-heart-a-text-based-demo.