That's right folks! And by jove, there are a doozy of them, this time featuring the new cast and characters reigning from Traverse Town and Symphony of Sorcery, as we've seen in last week's Famitsu. Below you can click to enlarge and view a few select screens from the batch. They've all been added to our Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance gallery, and you can view all of these new screens right here, and much more!

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Originally, in the scene where Sora, Donald and Goofy first meet in Traverse Town, Donald and Goofy were supposed to explain abilities and the like through singing.

When asked about what kind of song he wanted from Hikaru Utada for Kingdom Hearts, Nomura said that the song would play during the ending where Sora and Kairi parted, since the concept of the scene existed even early on in development. He stated that he didn't want to make the ending look sorrowful, but optimistic.

In Kingdom Hearts II's ending where Sora is reading the letter Kairi wrote, the word "starting" is spelled wrong. It is written: "Now I will step forward to realize this wish. And who knows, stating a new journey may not be so hard."

Due to the contract, Mickey Mouse could only be included in a single cutscene, because Disney didn't want him to be abused in order to attract attention. Their example for the type he could play was "waving from behind a large crowd."

Yes, you read that exactly right! For those of you unaware, James Patrick Stuart is the voice of Xigbar/Braig of the Kingdom Hearts series. We're ecstatic to see him return and can't wait for the first glimpse of localization! Click the image below to enlarge and view the proof!

Thanks to forum member madammina for the heads up!

Discuss possible returning and new voice actors here in our forums!

Ever wonder why Kingdom Hearts was a heart-shaped moon? Nomura didn't have a plan for the heart-shaped moon on the cover of Kingdom Hearts. It wasn't until he asked Kazushige Nojima to write Kingdom Hearts II's scenario that the idea was born to use the heart-shaped moon in the series.

In Nojima's scenario it was written that the Kingdom Hearts Xemnas created is "like a moon that floats in the World that Never Was." When Nomura read it he thought, "Oh, this can be connected!" so Nomura decided to make the moon look like the previous game's key visual.

After almost two months of hard work and painful waiting, we're now excited to be able to announce the winner of Kingdom Hearts Insider's Holiday Contest! Please give a big metaphorical round of applause to member Ritvon for his lovely traditional art entry "A wish to make come true"! You can view the winning piece and enlarge it by clicking on the thumbnail below or follow the link here.

To everyone who participated, many thanks for all your hard work! Even though the outcome ma...

Along with the announcement of the release date for Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance, Square Enix has updated their e-STORE!

There will be the standard version of the game that will sell for 6090 Yen, along with a First Press Limited Edition version of the game which will include an AR card that will allow you to obtain a rare, hard to get Dream Eater! This is similar to the Limited Edition of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword where its first print included the Orchestra Symp...