I can't wait with to hear him chuckle

Well, you can't really hear him, but I like to pretend he has this nice voice caught between being too high pitched and the middle

Swim This Way HD

afasdflasdjlfjasd;f YAY! :D like is wasn't already obvious though
Now how about that BIRTH BY SLEEP?

Updated with new information.

And you all thought they were Re:CoM models xD

Sora in ill-fitting attire in HD.

Sorry for the confusion! Thanks to Zephyr, we got a clarification and revised the voiced statement:

hmmm short haired riku in kingdom hearts 1. yes...YESSS. Also in regards to new voice recordings, i kind of like that idea, but at the same time the voices in KH1 were pretty spot on. Ive always prefered soras voice from 1(unfortunatly puberty cant be stopped), and as good as epcar is, nothing beats zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane. Disney voices were perfect. FF voices were...rerecord, except for cloud.

Ahh, ok. Still, 70% is pretty damn high.

I mean, assuming it's referring exclusively to Days cutscenes, does that mean Days occupies 70% of Theater Mode? Like, even if they voiced all the relevant cutscenes in the game (sans a lot of the filler crap, like "hmmm Roxas what are those sigils doing over there???"), I don't know if it would occupy that much.

Am i the only one that wishes for lv1 challenge in KH1?

70% cutscenes, 30% box chat. Sounds fair to me 8D

updated models huh... mabey we could have the option to switch him him to his ddd costume.

Though I do believe Riku still has long hair.

News, news, even more news.

Nomura did want to remake 358/2 Days.

play more like kh2, eh?

I just want the right-analog camera controls.

and maybe the limited first-person mode from kh2 as well. you know, hit select, run around and use basic attacks in first person view.

or summon stitch and run around like a maniac (in kh2, of course).

or rotate the camera and leap back in fear as you stare directly down goofy's throat.

Re:Chain of Memories instead of Days. Potential hilarity will ensue from this typo. :D

O____O
We're only getting Re:CoM in cutscenes?
so the only game we get is kh1.
...
:C

Perhaps he misspoke?

I am so very, very confused.

We're working on it guys. We have reports it's just scenes, and translations that it will be playable.

THIS WHOLE THING IS CONFUSING

i'm just going to wait here until the interview comes out and pretend none of this ever happened `3`

Yeah, I honestly don't know what to take from any of this. It's rather foggy. When it's ironed out, I'll react. xD

*hopes for the best*

So much stress. So much confusion.

I'm going to purchase a plane ticket and go to Japan, track down Nomura and demand answers!

I have an idea. Everyone.

START. PANICKING!

I'm sure Re:CoM is playable and there's just some translation error.

Bribe him with my witchcrafts. 8|

Or else.

Confusion is clearly taking place. *sits back with Chipotle burrito and waitings for confusion to be over*

Hey if re:com isn't playable I know where you guys can play it in full 1080p with the correct uncropped widescreen ratio.

Pretty sure it is playable (this is all just a misunderstanding I am sure) so do it the legal way that supports the developers so you can get more games 8D

Waaaaaiiiiitttt, KH RE:CoM is going to also be just cutscenes? ;A;

Its no big deal if recom is'not playable. Technically is was alredy remade for our pleasure, i still have my copy. The final mix of 1 is what is important

Seems like the sentence structure is off -- or there's a typo in the information.

Don't panic everyone! I'm sure the source we're getting is a typo. Re:CoM should be playable. Days should be the one that's only cutscenes.

*imagines all the nega reps Jaden would have if that system was still in place*

My God...

This really wouldn't be much of a collection with only one game and a shit ton of cut scenes. Unless it's meant to be a cutscene collection and KHFM is the bonus that comes with it.

All right, now everyone inhale with me:

*inhales*

Good, then exhale.

*exhales*

Now repeat.

Guys, the sentences of the main source are fragments so definitely the actual interview will reveal the truth.

Please let it be a typo, Re:CoM was so much fun! x''D

A thought:
Re:CoM's cutscenes are prerendered right?
So maybe they decided to remaster those prerendered scenes, but the gameplay isn't remastered?

Sometimes information on 2ch comes in rather slapdash, so it'd probably be a good idea to wait for the interview.

Unless further clarification shows up.

I'm a little disappointed that there's still no news of additional scenes (except possibly in the theater mode).

cool, yasue-san is co-directing

Most definitely Days they meant.

And Yasue is co-director

(ninja'd by sham)

From Erren: "

[FONT=Helvetica]To clear up any confusion, both KH and Re:COM will be remastered in HD. 358/2 Days is cutscenes only remade into HD."[/FONT]

Looks like Nom-chan wanted to properly remake Days but they didn't have time.

Didn't they already say it would have two sets of trophies, one for KHFM and one for Re: Chain? Wouldn't that mean that Re: Chain is playable?

100 new cutscenes?????

We're waiting on some clarification.

Also the 70% thing was indeed about Days.

70% of Days will be represented via cutscenes, with 100 new cutscenes getting voices.

(aka cutscenes that weren't previously voiced)

What to expect in these cutscenes:

100~

THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES 8D

I don't quite get the 100 cutscenes though. Are all of those will be from Days?

I believe these 100 scenes will be for Days.

There might be some new scenes for those two games as well, but as of yet, we are unsure.

*fingers crossed for novel scenes*

100 new scenes, this is amazing. I really didn't expect them to go that full on with Days, but the fact that they did really means a lot to me. Also too bad about the time constraints, I would have loved to have seen a full remake of Days. I'm still kind of hoping, even though it'll probably never happen.

Also thank goodness that Re:CoM is indeed playable

100

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Sorry, just freaking out here. Such exciting news! 100 358/2 Days cutscenes, Kingdom Hearts II HD coming later, good day.
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100 new cut-scenes is fantastic. I didn't think they'd go to these kind of lengths for Days.

To be pretty honest, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days has the "shortest" Game of all those Games combined with Missions which will repeat forever but in another World, so why don't they have time for this anymore?

If they had the time to rework ALL Cutscenes to over 70, then it would be a breeze to do the rest now too, in my honest opinion. Until 2013 we have at least 3 Months and they haven't told any Release Date yet, so they could finish this one and just say -> available in March 2013! Or whatever.

If he already thinks about a Remake for one platform, why not doing it right like this?

It's sad that we didn't get the full remake, but I like the fact that they wanted to do it. That gives me hope that re:coded will be a full remake.

100 new scenes, and I could not even believe the one.
The whole remake is a good idea though for new fans. Cause a lot of people I know want to get into the series but can't because they don't own a PS2.

Can't wait for more about this.

100 new scenes. Now THAT was unexpected. I just hope they don't do DIZ's scenes though, seeing as Days is one of the only games to feature Christopher Lee, and although I like Corey Burton, I don't want them to re-dub him.

Well there was that scene of DiZ putting the data in Sora.

Such a shame that Days won't be remade, but at least we get to see over 100 scenes, so I'm fine with it, and besides, gameplay is similar to KH1 anyway (except for the panels), so I won't mind it (too much)

100 cutsceanes from days alone, thats proably more then an hour of footage
so kinda like a movie

KH1 will be a little more similar to KH2's gameplay? And the 100 scenes is definitely a plus.

Aw man, now that someone up there mentioned it...how would they go about voicing any extra scenes with DiZ? His voice was perfect, and it'd be a shame if it was replaced. ;A;

I wonder if the theater mode will only be viewable cut-scene by cut-scene or if it will include a "play all" function that'll seamlessly transition from one to the other. Fade outs and fade ins or something.

I don't know. I mean, I can't help but wish Days was a full game as well. And it sounds like there were ways it easily could've been. It says Nomura actually was considering it, so just, why couldn't they have pushed the release date on this back so as to give them more time to upscale it? Or if that would've been too troublesome, why not just not include BBS in 1.5 instead of Days? Especially since Nomura's talking about these collections allowing people to play in chronological order, which doesn't make sense because BBS isn't in 1.5. If it had been, they could've pushed back Days to be included with 2.5 and would've had more time to make it a full game.

Just doesn't make sense to me.

So Nomura wanted to remake Days but didn’t get to... do you think they’ll remake Re:Coded for 2.5? Nomura will have more time to plan ahead for the next collection.

But if Re:Coded gets the theater mode treatment in 2.5 how much of the story will they cover? Re:Coded was fun gameplay wise but it’s pretty much pure filler with nothing important happening except the ending and secret ending.

'Kay, thanks!

I Googled it and you're right 8D

Sweet.

Anyways, because it's 1 am and I'm bored as shit, here's a question for you.

Would you rather the Days scenes be:
a)Viewed all in one go, like a movie or a long TV episode(like the PLAY ALL button)
b)you can pick and choose which scenes you watch, and when you're done you go back to the theatre menu?

Ok I translated a blog post regarding the Nomura interview! I think most of the HD stuff was covered by gematsu but there's some new info regarding KH Browser, perhaps...?

Please credit Sokuhou@Hokanko(Alt) and KHI (and/or me!)

PS3: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX: A restart for the series? KH Browser Game: Story doesn't matter much?


A short interview with Mr. Nomura has been published. It seems that KH2 will 'of course' be done, too?


Outline
- 2013 release
- Retail Price TBA
-Director: Tetsuya Nomura
-Co-Director: Tai Yasue
-Producer: Rie Nishi
-Kingdom Hearts Final Mix: Japanese langage HD remaster
-Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories: HD remaster of the full remake of the GBA title
ETA: This means a HD remaster of the title Re:CoM, which was a full PS2 remake of the BGA title Chain of Memories
-Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days: Video volume consisting of cutscenes fully remade in HD
-Some of the character models have been replaced with the new ones from KH3D? KH3D aside, some characters have still had model changes
-Kingdom Hearts for PC Browser will be a free to play title with purchasable items in which you adventure with your customised avatar


Interview
Some parts of the short interview with director Mr. Tetsuya Nomura. (TN: I wasn't sure whether these snippets were direct quotes or paraphrasing, so I went with third person!)
-Before turning to the conclusion of the present series, the 'Seeker of Darkness Chronicles' (same as what has been called the Xehanort Chronicles up until now), he wanted to bring the whole story up until KHII together.
-The two titles included as games will have trophy support. The controls in KH1 have been modified to be a little closer to the ones in KH2.
-He thought about making a full remake of 358/2 Days like Re:CoM, but that would have delayed starting work on the new title, so he included it in the form of something like a theatre mode. 70% of the main story has been put to video with freshly-recorded voicing, and they are currently working on around 100 scenes.
-KH for browser is not a title with an emphasis on story, but they are working in a set-up. You can enjoy the content as something completely separate from the main series. The card battling is different from Re:CoM. They are filling this title with new elements for this type of customisation-based title.
-(Regarding a HD version of KH2 and up) it would be unnatural not to.
-He thinks that because the series so far has been scattered over different consoles, there have been people who found it difficult to access sequels. Seeing as you will now be able to enjoy the story in HD quality right from the beginning, he would absolutely love for those who haven't played yet to do so. Even those who have already played it all may make new discoveries regarding foreshadowing and lines that reference previous lines and such. He would be happy if this title turns out to be a 'restart' for the series.

Had it been confirmed that it was P2P before? (I wish I knew the proper word for 'P2P with paying for items' haha)

"but that would have delayed starting work on the new title"

Does he mean the PC Browser game when he mentions new title?

No, he means 1.5. As in, before beginning 1.5 they would have had to first make the equivalent of a Re:Days to stand beside Re:CoM and KHFM...

An HD edition for every installment almost sounds too good to be true. I just hope my older copies dont become redundant because I tend to do that to some of my games sometimes when I feel that I have a better more convenient version to play (you would seem a handheld version of a game would be more convenient than a console version) but that's just how I game. This HD collection sounds amazing, and I suppose its kinda surprising that I'm more shocked and looking forward to the 70% of Days being made in a Theatre-like mode. I may be able to appreciate that installment more if I'm not gritting my teeth through redundant and pointless missions that may "not be pointless overall because it brings Roxas closer to his KH2 self or closer to Xion" or what have you that Days defenders say, though they could have done such things through cutscenes and conversations, but that's an argument for another thread. I definitely feel that I would appreciate Days, its content, and characters more this way.

Wow I became a very happy/slightly confused person after reading through the whole thread. XD Glad I was not on or else I would have panicked about the Re:CoM mishap.
The main thing that got my attention:100 CUTSCENES FOR DAYS
I am not disappointed at all now about not getting Days playable~

I fully expect the new remade cutscenes in Days to be:
-Most of the text-box dialogue scenes. A few of the scenes on the clock tower, the Luxord missions, etc.
-A huge emphasis on the scene when Roxas goes to sleep, and Xemnas asks Saïx if they found the Chamber of Waking. Also the conversations between Axel and Saïx.
-Any scene about Xion that fleshes the plot out with voice acting.
-Roxas, that's a stick. :D

So is the " seeker of darkness chronicles" the title for the first trilogy of kh? and then after kh3 it will change to another setting?

omg who else want a vita version it'll be so bad ass no lie

I would definitely want a Vita version but beggars can't be choosers, plus, Nomura did want to bring KH back to consoles...

this is true but i thought it would be dope to play an original kh game to play when ever and where ever you want you know haha eh i guess all i could is hope