(NEW YORK, February 22nd 2012) – Good day everyone! Today, Nintendo recently released a never before seen mini-trailer showcasing footage as a montage of various clips with their in-game musical orchestral scores. Click ‘read more’ for the cam-rip provided by Kidchurro.

(NEW YORK, February 22nd 2012) – North American fans are in for a very special treat.

The official website for Nintendo Power has updated on their March issue, which features Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance. Nintendo Power has shown a preview of the front cover and the first page of the Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance article. This issue will be available in North America on February 28th 2012.

The issue includes a whole new interview with Tetsuya Nomura, along with information that has surfaced since the Jump Festa 2012 event. A sumamary of the issue can be found below or in our “read more” by silver3drago from KH13.

- There is an extra cutscene at the end of the credits.
- The Mark of Mastery will not span the entire game.
- Street-Pass will be used for Dream Eater Spirit breeding.
- The main villain of the game is connected to the ‘Mysterious Cloaked Boy’
- The previous composers of music will return, even the ones from Birth By Sleep.
- The original enemies were to be Heartless and Nobodies, but that didn’t fit with the theme.
- Nintendo Power suspects that the game will contain two more unannounced worlds.
- Nomura “hopes to begin writing KH3 soon”.
- “Dream” refers to the game taking place in the Realm of Sleep, “Drop” refers to the system with which the player switches between Sora and Riku, and “Distance” is an expression of the gulf between Sora and Riku.

(NEW YORK, February 20th 2012) – With the upcoming release of Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, our first look at the Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary box begins.

As announced earlier, Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance will release on March 29th 2012 in Japan, along with the special Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary 3D+Days+Re:coded Box. The Message from the Kingdom has given us a preview of the box set.

As previously mentioned, the Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary box contains the following.
- Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance (Nintendo 3DS)
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Nintendo DS)
- Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Nintendo DS)
- Twelve piece card set showing the history of the series
- Protective cover for Nintendo 3DS

(NEW YORK, February 19th 2012) – Following the trailer that released for Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, new scans for the world Tron Legacy has surfaced.

In the latest issue of Weekly Sh?nen Jump Magazine, the new scan focuses on Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance and “The Grid” which is the confirmed name of the world for Tron Legacy in the upcoming Nintendo 3DS title. Although there is nothing new in this particular scan, its still great to take a look. More scans from this magazine are on the way.

(NEW YORK, February 18th 2011) – KH-Recharged turned two years old on January 31st 2012. To celebrate KH-Recharged, our first podcast has been unlocked.

Our pilot episode includes all the latest news from Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, which we recorded live last night. The podcast team covers everything from the featured worlds, artwork from the cover and the “special” trailer that was just released on Valentine’s Day. Joining me (Mike) in the podcast is Llave, Dr Wigglz (Glen), Maggy, What? and Ace. LISTEN/STREAM | ITUNES

Again this is our first podcast episode. Feedback is important. If you have any suggestions let us know in our comments/read more section.

(NEW YORK, February 16th 2012) – Hope everyone has been up to speed with their dose of Kingdom Hearts this week! As of Wednesday, February 14th, Square-Enix revealed their latest trailer on Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance with extraneous amounts of spoilers. KH-Recharged will deliver its thorough and personal analysis of the trailer.

As the trailer begins, it picks up from where the Jump Festa 2012 trailer left off – Sora meeting a Vanitas-infused Young Master Xehanort. The trailer then proceeds with showcasing the marvelous CGI opening scenes on memorable Kingdom Hearts moments such as Xion’s Disappearance from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and both the Roxas versus Axel battle & the final Xemnas fight from Kingdom Hearts II (featuring Utada Hikaru’s “Sanctuary”/”Passion” number from both installments). After the amazing plethora of flashbacks down memory lane, we are shown numerous cutscenes from the various worlds we picked news up on in the past few months (i.e. Symphony of Sorcery, La Cite de Cloches, Country of the Three Musketeers, Prankster’s Paradise, & Tron: Legacy’s world). The model method used to design Tron: Legacy characters Kevin Flynn, Sam Flynn, and Quorra resemble that of Kingdom Hearts 2′s Pirates of the Caribbean models. Everyone here on KH-Recharged is anxiously anticipating whether or not the legendary Jeff Bridges will return to hoist his role as Kevin Flynn. And as a brief mention, Atlantica returns…

As for the gameplay section of the trailer, it brought about a particular aspect which intrigued us the most – the Dual Link between playing as Sora and Riku. Giving players this maneuverability further betters the experience to players new and old to strategically plan certain advantages with their allying Dream Eater Spirits. Brand new interactions with various types of Dream Eaters are seen, demonstrating a type of music-esque interface (as seen with D-links with Experiment 626/Stitch and the “Break Time” command from Birth by Sleep) and brand new mini-games that resembles a “Bubble Blaster” puzzle genre and a battle game that acts a lot like Final Fantasy XIII and XIII-2′s ATB system but with cards. To top off this section, the KH3D team decided to implement a special feature seen in the later installments – Dream Eater melding. This allows players to formulate various types of Dream Eater spirits to aid you on their quest as Sora or Riku.

And last but certainly not least, the spoiler plethora takes the wheel. The first thing we all love to point out is the curtain call for almost all of the previous characters mentioned in the series – Braig, Lea, Master Xehanort, Ventus, Xion, Terra, & Aqua. These characters who had only one game to debut in left an everlasting influence on us as either the heartfelt protagonists and sub-character reincarnations or the malicious antagonistic forces which thwarted the warriors from the Realm of Light’s mission to vanquish the darkness. Braig reiterates the same line he said to Xion as Xigbar in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days in Wonderland and the Young Master Xehanort does the same but for Riku’s line urging Sora to come with him from the original Kingdom Hearts. The character model textures never fail to impress as pencil and digital art excel in the world of game design with every hue and shading detail. With that aside, the last notion we all would like to add is the story. The cover heavily emphasized a “fall and rise” type of approach, where Riku was to ascend and Sora to fall. As for my own personal opinion, I believe Sora will have to sleep again to merge with Ventus and give Ven’s heart back. My claim can be easily supported from the last bit of the trailer showing Sora sitting where Ventus’s body rested in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep’s Final Episode – the Chamber of Repose. But I digress, speculation stays with the loving fans until this game reaches Japan’s retail stores on March 29th 2012.

Information for the English renditions of Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance is eagerly awaiting to spread its wings to show the world what new features it has to give to the world in its international release. Stay posted with KH-Recharged for the latest on Kingdom Hearts news!

(NEW YORK, February 14th 2012) – Hello KH-Recharged! Fans have received a very special gift from Cupid (Square-Enix) today with a special trailer from Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance.

A complete unexpected surprise to the Kingdom Hearts community, we’ve received another new trailer which is longer compared to the previous trailer that was released during Jump Festa 2012. This “special trailer” runs almost ten minutes long with all new content. The trailer kicks off with “Passion” and runs with all new scenes. The ending appears to be a plot twist and has something to do with Sora. By the end of the trailer, Sora is the one joined with Organization XIII. Could it be that everybody who loves and cares for Sora needs to save him now? The mystery begins…

Watch the full ten minute trailer in our “read more” section.

(NEW YORK, February 9th 2012) – Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance is currently our main focus from the series with less than two months from release in Japan.

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance is officially set for release on March 29th 2012. Although a release date has not been confirmed for North America or Europe; we’re expecting an official announcement soon after the Japanese release.

In the mean time, the official box artwork has been revealed today. Once again Nomura shows that their isn’t a disappointment with the new artwork that he has illustrated. In fact we at KH-Recharged believe that this cover from Dream Drop Distance is one of the best we’ve seen from the series so far. Something worth point out; can the new artwork reveal a plot twist for Sora and Riku? Why is Riku moving upward while Sora is falling down? Could this be a dark and light reference? Doesn’t Mickey appear to be too concerned about Sora?

(NEW YORK, February 6th 2012) – Richard Epcar is the voice of Xehanort from Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.

Among a month ago, Richard Epcar wouldn’t confirm to KH-Recharged or KH-Vids via Facebook whether he would voice as Xehanort in the upcoming Kingdom Hearts title “Dream Drop Distance, (2012). Due to contracts and not being allowed to comment, Richard Epcar couldn’t give a straight answer, but he also didn’t deny the chance being part of the production. Among the brief conversation, Epcar agreed to have an interview with KH-Recharged regarding Dream Drop Distance as the title releases.

His latest Facebook status post states…”Very happy-just recorded on a big title game today!” Sounds like a Kingdom Hearts title, but eventually we’ll figure out the status of the voices and the production of the North American release of Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance.

In the mean time, Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance is set for release on March 29th 2012 in Japan.

(NEW YORK, February 2nd 2012) – The official Kingdom Hearts portal for Japan has been redesigned from the Kingdom Hearts series.

The Kingdom Hearts portal contains direct links to each official website within each title that was released. Not only does it directly transfer you to the title’s official website, but you can also access a special page for characters, screenshots and release information.

If you continue to take a look at the portal, two other sections (about and chronology) can be found. These two briefly roundup information from the Kingdom Hearts series, which offers unique information to any Kingdom Hearts fan. http://www.square-enix.co.jp/kingdom