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!

29 September 2006 12:49
Y.V.Reetesh

I got to know that its some CARD based thing, not LIVE action type that Previous KH was, but still it had a 120 minute waiting line at TGS!! So its gotta be good:d Ndn I LIKE card based thing

8 October 2006 08:26
kira

i hope they will release it in europe too! çause if they don’t i am gonna buy it from japan, and rush through both of the games! man am i exided!!! :D:D:D:D:D

8 October 2006 11:51
Y.V.Reetesh

Just like the First FNAL mix they wont be releasing this in AY region outside Japan and its going to have ONLY japanese voice overs.. Dont know about subtitles…so start searching for some Nice import shops in ur neighbourhood

6 December 2006 21:51
Sera

Urg darn. Well, there’s always Ebay! ONGZ.

I’d wanna at least try to look for this. :D :D :D

It looks awesome already…but…it seems it would still be hard/confusing with the card system…um.

15 December 2006 15:24
khlover

thos dammed japanese!!?
dont they know that if it was published here everybody would buy it?
okay,i didnt buy kh final mix
because it costed (and still) costs too much!
i mean i am freaking out here!!!
i ********* want it released in europe dont they get that?
i am only an inch awey from anger….

15 December 2006 15:26
xemnas

why not in europe i h8 them aaaaaaaaaah!!

Moderator edit: Your distress can also be understood with two exclamation marks instead of sequences of 100.

18 January 2007 10:09
Axel

Actualy in the newest isue of PSM they stated it will be released in the USA ^^

19 January 2007 18:32
Kuzya

I would love a 3d KH chain of memories. I’ve always wondered what it would look like in 3d, but from looking at the screenshot, the cards aren’t looking so great.

30 January 2007 08:10
Rez

The Screen shot is too small.
The Big one is better.
The Graphics are better than Kingdom Hearts II

27 February 2007 15:16
Ceta

It better be live action style and not card based. That’s the whole reason I hated the GBA version.