29 September 2006
Ferry

3D remake of the 2D GBA game Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories for PS2 in Japan

Thanks to Reetesh for sending in a report from Gamespot that mentions after the original Kingdom Hearts was released in 2002, Square Enix took the liberty of releasing its English-dubbed version in Japan so that Japanese Disney fans could enjoy the game with its original American voice actors. And now Square Enix will be doing the same with Kingdom Hearts II, but this time there’s going to be an extra incentive for Japanese gamers to pick it up.

At the Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix announced it will release Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix + in Japan. The game will be based on the American release of KHII, meaning that all the voices are dubbed in English with Japanese subtitles. The game will also feature a few extra updates, such as additional event scenes, battles, and map secrets.

Fans of the Kingdom Hearts series will be interested to hear that Square Enix is releasing the game as a two-DVD set. The second disc will contain extra bonuses, including a complete PS2 remake of the Game Boy Advance game Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

The game will play with full 3D graphics, and some of the event scenes will feature voices (in Japanese, not English). Square Enix was scarce on details, but it promised that the remake would also have some other additions that weren’t featured in the original GBA version.

Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix + is slated for release in Japan in spring 2007. Let’s hope for an English spoken, or at least subtitled, version for the Kingdom Hearts/Disney fans outside of Japan. Sadly we never got an international version of the first game either, so I wouldn’t get my hopes up.

PS: Today Kingdom Hearts II finally got released in Europe!

3 March 2007 09:23
Troy

Are the kingdom hearts final mixes able to be played on an american ps2 or ps3? On all of the websites they say itis only avalible for the japanese versions. If not where the hell can i get a f*ckin’ japanese ps2?

[mod edit: asking for help while cursing does not go over well here, your cursing was deleted, please stay polite]

15 March 2007 16:49
Shakyra

Man, they better make an english Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix+ cause I really want to play it. F*ck those japanese!

28 March 2007 09:30
riku

I am so pissed that Americans cant play the final mix, here goes our favorite game that we cant play [I could never beat gameboy games]

22 April 2007 05:20
sephiroth07

well…..those freaking japanese mutha****** dnt no how much muny they’re losin out on by not releasin kh2 final mix in europe.

22 April 2007 09:12
SID

gvd

12 May 2007 05:50
Neil

couldn’t they do it alone as a rpg action game like kh1 or kh2 on playstation 2 around the world cause the story line is exactly in the middle of both of them!

28 May 2007 09:26
huiaaaaaaaaaa

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15 May 2008 11:04
Radacz

I played This game but on gameboy ;D in ps2 it will be fantastic!!!!!!!!!!