Hello everybody! Slow news this week, eh? Well, here's a little something, not really news, but just an interesting update.

Yahoo made a list about the most bizarre video game weapons, and of course, Kingdom Hearts made the list with the Keyblade; hitting 11th place. You can view the list here.

Thanks to valor-key for the find.

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Hey everyone! Here's an update on the newest addition to the series involving its sales numbers in Japan.

Thus far, our reports indicate that Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep has sold 623,000 copies by its second week! It has oversold games such as The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. So far, the demand for Birth by Sleephas not waned. We'll see how it performs its third week!

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Source: NeoGAF

Hello folks.

The Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep official website has recently updated for what could possibly be the final time. Additions include more information on the Mirage Arena, including new gameplay videos and character renders, along with a few new commercials. Enjoy--

KINGDOM HEARTS BIRTH BY SLEEP - WEBSITE

Hey there! HEARTSTATION has translated the full Gangan interview! He mainly discusses Birth by Sleep. You can read the interview below:

Gangan Interview - Nomura

- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep expands the story on the world shown in the Secret Movie contained in Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix. I remember the considerably hard contents of the Kingdom Hearts world represented in it left me with a sense of discomfort.

Nomura: Since the Secret Movie had a lot of surp...

Hey everybody! The results are up for the Birth by Sleep Boxart Contest! You can view the results here.

This contest was tons of fun for everyone, and I hope we can do it again the next time a new game is announced. Thanks to all who entered, and congratulations to the winner!

Along with rumors that Birth by Sleep is selling out in some stores, we've also received reports that the game sold over 500k in it's first two days. Did SE not anticipate demand for the PSP title?

Newer sources give that number as 446k.

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Source: FF-Reunion

Hey guys! From this weeks Gangan, it looks like there will be a Nomura interview on BbS! This image only has a small section of the interview, but Lissar will have a translation soon.

Please think of this Kingdom Hearts as "Chapter 0"!

--Please give us a message for all of our readers and the fans of this series~!

Nomura: Since this game happens earliest in the KH timeline I'd like for you to think of it as "Chapter 0". With this story and game system I think this shouldn't be ...

Good news fans! It looks like the hype train for Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep continues to roll well after release! Birth by Sleep continues to rank number one on Amazon.jp when it comes to sales in the Video Games Category, which is quite excellent. Even more surprising however, are the remarkable user reviews - Birth by Sleep has recieved mostly five star reviews. Compared with Square Enix' other top releases: both Dragon Quest IX and Final Fantasy XIII, which had extremely low aggregate r...

Hello everyone! Are you enjoying the Japanese release of Birth by Sleep? (Or trying to avoid spoilers like I am?) To celebrate the release of his new game, director Tetsuya Nomura wrote a blog post on the official Kingdom Hearts blog, "Message from the KINGDOM". Here is my translated version of that post:

Creator Message - Tetsuya Nomura

Creator Message (Tetsuya Nomura)

Hello, I'm Nomura. Did you have fun on New Years? I was filling out papers, I ate and sl...