UK Jams Magazine Discusses Kingdom Hearts Series!

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Published on May 31, 2007 @ 10:51 am

Written by monkeybutt

Hello! This morning a new scan from UK Magazine Jams has surfaced, discussing many aspects of the future of the Kingdom Hearts Series. To be honest, a lot of what is covered is speculation, but it is still a great read. Here's to hoping the more magazines and websites discuss an International Final Mix Release Date, the closer it comes to being realized! You may click the thumbnail to the side to enlarge it, or read the type up below (courtesy Riko).

Been getting a lot of comments on this, please note: this does NOT confirm a release date for Final Mix outside of Japan.

Secret Movie Takes the Mickey

A fresh Kingdom Hearts game is coming and it won't be just another episode, but an entirely new chapter in KH history - that's the message from legendary director Tetsuya Nomura. Having finished his work with Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix, Tetsuya Nomura has revealed he is already working on another Kingdom Hearts game. But he's very firmly avoiding the word 'sequel', and instead pushing the phrase 'a new series'.

To see what this new series will be like, you can unlock a secret CGI trailer in Kingdom Hearts II. To do so, if you're playing on Standard mode, you must unlock everything in Jiminy's Journal. If you're hard enough to take on Proud mode, you only have to complete the worlds (including 100 Acre Woods and Atlantica).

House Mystery

When you've successfully unlocked the movie, an icon of Mickey Mouse's head will appear in your Start menu.

The gorgeous animation sequence is loaded which includes about what KHfans can expect from the next game. The most significant moment appears to be the three fully armoured mystery warriors picking up Sora's, Riku's and Mickey's Keyblades. And then scrapping it out in a field of these mystical weapons.

In an interview with the official KH website, Tetsuya has already confirmed that these masked fighters aren't our three heroes, but of course that doesn't mean that there aren't connections...

As for the Keyblades, he implies that there was a Keyblade War, and goes on to suggest that this new series will answer questions about their ancient weapons raised in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. There is also a longer secret movie at the end of Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix, continueing where the previous one leaves off.

But Final Mix won't be out in the West until late Autumn 2007, so you'll have to be patient.

Not bad at all, mostly information we've already covered, but it is good to see the media covering it as well.

Sources: KHN and Gamefaqs Member Brokenkeyblade.

Note: Random I know, but if you are interested in FFIV DS, there's an amazing new interview by Famitsu that was translated. To read it, click here.

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