Line #64 AndTheFandomRejoiced/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: [[TheHero Sora]]'s "Wow, [[LampshadeHanging awesome]]!" suggests he's happy to be in the ''Film/TronLegacy'' world [[AudienceSurrogate just as much as we are]].]]
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4	-> '''Gabe:''' Did you grab the ''Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop'' [-[''sic'']-] demo? It brangs the heat!\
5	'''Tycho:''' I never really understood what was going on in these games. You've played them all, right?\
6	'''Gabe:''' Yeah.\
7	'''Tycho:''' What is the dealio?\
8	'''Gabe:''' Well, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot is a king and a wizard]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth is there, and sometimes Cloud]], and you can ride a [[{{Film/Tron}} Light]] [[Film/TronLegacy Cycle]] with [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]] and I don't know what the fuck else you want!
9	--> '''Webcomic/PennyArcade''', [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/07/02 "Melange"]][[note]](Gabe later provided [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/2012/08/06/dream-drop further commentary]] regarding the game, as follows: ''"I’ve put a good 13 hours into Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance now and so I feel comfortable telling you that it’s awesome. With that said, If you’re going to play it you need to put up with the wonky camera, [[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8cPyvE2GTjOMzE4MTVlZTctMjE5Yi00YzAzLWJjZTAtZTllODY2OTc2MTMx/view?hl=en_US&sle=true&pli=1 the ridiculous story,]] the complicated nested menus, and systems piled on top of systems. Trust me though, buried under all that crap is a lot of gold. The combat system is fast and fun, the Pokemon style monster collection is great, the Flick Rush card battle game could be sold all by itself, and visually the entire game is just gorgeous. Kingdom Hearts is a strange series. I find that people either love it or hate it. On some level I realize that I’m being manipulated. It’s fanservice and if you don’t love Disney you probably just look at the KH series and shake your head. I can’t really explain why getting to jump into all these Disney worlds is such a thrill for me. Think about it this way though: What if it wasn’t Disney, what if it was Nintendo? What if Sora’s Keyblade let him fight alongside Link and Samus in their worlds? What if he battled Bowser and collected actual Pokemon? What if Donkey Kong[[{{Angrish}} klajhsd]] Sorry, I just blacked out there for a second. I need to go lay down. -Gabe out-"'')[[/note]]
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11	''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', by now, can be considered the biggest hype machine ever seen in the franchise, so much that [[SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced this trope]]'s entry in the YMMV tab was twice as long as the rest of the page combined; in other words, it's only ''natural'' that now we have a separate subpage ''for this trope alone'' (It was the first one for a single work ''in the entire wiki''). Suffice to say, nuke-like cleanups do not apply here.
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15	* A playable Riku ''without'' a [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories card system]], [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 an entire game divided into about ninety missions]] or a [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII few seconds deadline]], and the fact that all of the Disney-based worlds will be entirely new. Also, there's rejoicing about Sora being ''Sora himself'' and [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep not Ventus, Terra, Aqua]], [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded a Data replica]], [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Roxas, or an unlockable character]].
16	* The first confirmed Disney world? ''[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Notre Dame.]]''
17	** Two words: [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackofNotreDameDisney Frollo]] [[BigYes confirmed.]]
18	** [[http://kh13.com/zenphoto/articles/weekly-sh-nen-jump/november-18-2011/image001.jpg.php PHOEBUS!!]]
19	* The ''mere fact it's gonna be a brand new [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome Square-Enix title]] '''in glasses-less 3D''''' should qualify.
20	* Release date March 2012: which is an amazingly quick development cycle for a mainline KH game; both ''[=KH2=]'' and ''BBS'' took 3 years from announcement to release. The game has gotten an official US and UK release confirmation, and if Square Enix France (and their leaky website) are to be believed, it's very likely we'll see this game in English by late July or early August. That's a localisation turnaround of 5 months, which is very quick for a ''Kingdom Hearts'' title.
21	** That's quick for Square Enix, period.
22	* ''There will be a [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Reapers' Game]] in [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/09/14/kingdom-hearts-3d-features-characters-from-the-world-ends-with-you/ Traverse]] [[http://www.rpgsite.net/images/screens/1/TGS_33.jpg Town,]] complete with Neku.''
23	** Alright, [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Joshua and Beat]] fans. [[http://www.kh2.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/vjumpkh3d121411-3.jpg You can all die happy now.]]
24	** Then there's the [[http://images.wikia.com/twewy/images/9/95/CAT_Street_in_KH3D.jpg CAT graffiti]] in Traverse Town. Many [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou TWEWY]] fanboys/girls rejoiced that day.
25	** Although most of us already [[IKnewIt knew it]], it still wasn't confirmed and as such someone feared there would be TheOtherDarrin, but now we know that Jesse David Corti, Neku Sakuraba's original voice actor in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', [[http://kh13.com/forum/topic/29451-jesse-david-corti-hints-at-voicing-neku-in-kingdom-hearts-3d/ basically confirmed]] that ''he's gonna reprise his role as Neku in KH3D.''
26	*** An update about that announcement, seen in the same link, has Corti not only confirming his role, but also that he ''already recorded his lines as Neku.'' That, coupled with the similar announcements from Creator/RichardEpcar and James Patrick Steward above as well as [[http://kh13.com/forum/topic/29608-vincent-corazza-finished-voice-work-for-ienzo-in-kh3d/ this one from Vincent Corazza]], altogether seem to imply that ''voice acting for the English-speaking versions of the game has already been '''completed.''''' Never [[VideoGame/Dissidia012FinalFantasy (almost)]] we've seen Creator/SquareEnix rushing like ''that'' for localization - and given how games such as the first ''Dissidia'' took one year before getting fully localised, that's saying a lot!
27	* The second confirmed Disney world? [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} PINOCCHIO]]!!!
28	* [[WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers The Three Musketeers]] World? HELL. YES.
29	* And then there's the ''Film/TronLegacy'' world. TWEWY characters include Shiki and Rhyme as well. Lea is in, too. There's so much to rejoice about, it's not even funny!
30	* Jump Festa 2012 proudly presents: ''Dream Eater Plushies! First up:'' '''''[[http://images.khinsider.com/Merchandise/Wonder%20Nyan%20Plushie.jpg Wandanyan!]]''''' Cue the countless squeeing.
31	* [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/1/1a/Terranort_and_Vanitas.png Here,]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/4/4a/CGI-Xion.png just]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/9/90/CGI-Roxas_Xion.png take]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/6/60/Beat_calling_a_dream_eater.png a]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/f/fb/Sora_and_Mickey.png damn]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/1/1d/Maleficent_3D.png look]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/d/d4/Joshua.png by]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/3/30/Rhyme_and_Moogle.png yourself]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/2/2a/Shiki_and_MrMew.png and]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/0/0d/Ienzo3d.png wet]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/f/f0/RinzlerKingdomHearts3DvsSora.png your]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/5/55/Terranortkh3d.png pants]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/7/7d/Aeleus3d.png accordingly.]]
32	** Ditch the pants. You're gonna need another outfit by the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlex8ja2eNI this.]]
33	** The same trailer shows that, for the first time, Riku has a world-centric outfit: [[http://kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/Data_Form Data Form,]] originally seen in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', is back for the Film/TronLegacy world in KH3D, and this time, [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/8/85/Riku_Tron.png even Riku gets to wear]] TronLines!
34	** The CG sequence that will presumably serve as the game's opening recaps the entire series to date very nicely indeed, even giving Xion a look in, and giving the barest of hints towards the eventual final battle with Xehanort.
35	* Then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlex8ja2eNI this]] summed alot of it up, and...
36	** ... after that trailer summed up most of the rejoicing on this page, [[http://kh13.com/forum/topic/27987-fantasia-world-confirmed-and-tron-legacy-world-featured-in-v-jump-february-2012-article-for-kingdom-hearts-3d/ now comes word that]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' is one of the new worlds, with the first character being Mickey in his Sorcerer's Apprentice Costume. And not [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep as a D-Link summon]], no, ''as Mickey Mouse himself.''
37	* Braig/Xigbar's and Xehanort's respective [[JamesPatrickStewart voice]] [[Creator/RichardEpcar actors]] both stated that they've started voice acting, thus essentially confirming that English voice acting ''has already begun''. For those not thrilled about this, bear in mind that it means the quick-localisation-within-2012 we've been promised has begun as well!
38	* [[http://kingdomhearts3dgame.com/index.php The English site]] has opened, with a Japanese trailer. It lasts for about four minutes, so how is it gonna top the latest one-- what, did you say it has new footage? And that there are the best bits of all the previous trailers in it? Awesome! Wait, what does that footnote below the video player say... HOLY SMOKES THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ENGLISH VERSION OF THIS VERY SOON.
39	** The above trailer, as part of its aforementioned new footage, shows there are such iconic scenes as, say, Frollo holding Esmeralda's arm. Sora arrives shortly after, strongly implying there's going to be ''a lot'' of CatharsisFactor. YES.
40	** Actually, the trailer they used was just the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r9RqCY5cwU short version]] from Jump Festa, which was released more than a month ago. Not that it detracts from any of the rejoicing though.
41	* [[http://twitter.com/#!/SQEX_eSTORE/status/167537522581311488/photo/1/large And now]] we have already the Boxart for the game, thus meaning that - SugarWiki/AwesomeArt aside - the quick development cycle is really nearing its end as we've been promised! Score another one for {{Squee}}nix.
42	* There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BssrlR_rdFc another new trailer]] out, and it's even [[labelnote:longer]] (almost ten minutes)[[/labelnote]] than the Jump Festa one!
43	* During the Feburary rejoice fest, some in game footage is shown, and to play as Riku, all you have to do is go ''to the main menu''! Yep, you don't have to beat the game and start a new file, or choose whose story you want to follow, you get both Heroes in one playthru!!
44	* Also, the series '''''[[AvertedTrope averting]]''''' its infamous case of ContinuityLockout for once, thanks to [[http://kh13.com/forum/topic/30377-memoirs-feature-in-kingdom-hearts-3d-explained/ the "Memoirs" feature,]] is already as awesome as it sounds by itself; however, if you add to that the speculation about the Ursula boss battle seen in the trailer allegedly being a boss battle "from the past" accessible through that feature, thus implying it allows players to ''live past classic moments from the series '''in 3D''', well...'' that definitely makes up for the relatively small number of playable worlds.
45	* [[http://kh13.com/forum/topic/30595-kingdom-hearts-3d-set-for-july-27-2012-release-in-europe/ SUMMER 2012 can't come quick enough...]]
46	** The US release is July 31.
47	*** The European release? '''July 20!'''
48	* [[IKnewIt Although that was a given,]] [[http://kh13.com/news/27406-david-gallagher-haley-joel-osment-confirmed-for-kingdom-hearts-3d/ Sora and Riku's voice actors confirmed they'll reprise their role.]] However, there's a new spoilery detail: David Gallagher said he'll also voice [[Characters/KingdomHeartsMasterXehanort the BbS/3D Unknown, AKA the "Mysterious Figure"]] [[http://www.khwiki.net/Young_Xehanort (see also the proper article).]]
49	** As of May 15, 2012, it seems more like Creator/BenDiskin is voicing him.
50	* Remember that premiere event? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YQKFmbTKgqA Square put up videos of what it looks like in great quality.]] If you're a fan, you ''have'' to see it.
51	* Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now [[http://kh13.com/news/27569-kingdom-hearts-3d-coverage-so-far-just-a-photo-of-the-box/ we have word]] that, as expected, some retailers sold the game two-days-earlier than the official release date. [[http://kh13.com/news/27605-kingdom-hearts-3d-dream-drop-distance-coverage-day-1/ Newsposts]] on KH fansite KH13 are divided on a daily basis: expect a ''lot'' of updates below.
52	** Was watching the first livestream. And Riku starts his way into Traverse Town. And then Joshua appears and starts talking. AND THE BACKGROUND MUSIC IS "CALLING".
53	*** True. See at around the ten-minute mark [[http://it.twitch.tv/apaulliao/b/313119353 of the first part of the live-streaming of the game,]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQsFz7U9Xtc simply see this video.]] Nice to see the best track from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' makes a reappearance!
54	*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCQKV9H405U&feature=channel CALLING -KINGDOM MIX-]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X55i06MsRFQ&feature=channel TWISTER -KINGDOM MIX-]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFhH1fRWWis&feature=channel SOMEDAY -KINGDOM MIX-]]! My god, this soundtrack.
55	* Although it's not much, we now have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ugxGTt8-aM new English footage]] from the game!!
56	* Getting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTsrIa8Lr-0&feature=relmfu Dark Aura]] as an easily selectable command! Sweet sweet vindication!
57	* Here, have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhCvWzYmKzY&feature=g-u-u an English version of the nine-minute trailer]].
58	** While nothing's confirmed yet, it seems that Joshua's voice actor reprised the role, if his voice is anything to go by.
59	** After months of rumors to the contrary, Creator/LeonardNimoy is confirmed to return as [[BigBad Master Xehanort]]!
60	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=avs8xec1D0w Cue the E3 2012 trailer.]]
61	* [[http://kh13.com/news/28984-kingdom-hearts-3d-confirmed-for-digital-release-on-eshop/ And now comes word that]] the game will join the ranks, alongside ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros2'', of the games that will be available as digital downloads. To clarify, the fact the same has yet to happen for important Creator/SquareEnix titles such as ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' - or at least that is the situation in Europe - has been a ''huge'' letdown for PSP Go users; the opposite happening for a KH title on a Nintendo console, on the other hand, made many fans rejoice.
62	* For an example more faithful to the trope's original description, the announcement that [[http://kh13.com/news/29072-kingdom-hearts-3d-to-be-localized-in-english-german-french-only/ Spain and Italy wouldn't see the game translated in their respective languages]] had fans crying "Ruined Forever"[[note]](Keep in mind that, with the exception of ''[[NoExportForYou Re: Chain Of Memories]]'', all previous KH games had Spanish and Italian text.)[[/note]] until [[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/40/85881501.jpg/ Ben Bateman of Square Enix NA made it clear that there are people]] [[http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/743/29660472.jpg inside Squeenix NOT wanting Spain and Italy to get the middle finger.]]
63	** And now [[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/06/nintendo_and_square_enix_sign_kingdom_hearts_deal it looks like]] Nintendo will handle the game's release in Europe and Australia. That may help, considering that, without counting the ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' series and similar few instances of NoExportForYou, they're not exactly known for FlippingTheBird to their fans. Maybe this will mean [[CueTheFlyingPigs localized text for the remaining countries.]]
64	* And now the demo is available on the [=eShop=]! Hooray!

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