History AndTheFandomRejoiced / KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance

* 4 years later, the game has received one hell of a PolishedPort to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 as part of the "[[WordSaladTitle HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue]]" [[CompilationRerelease collection]]. Aside from modifying various aspects of the gameplay such as Reality Shifts and the Dream Eater mini games to compensate for the [=PS4=]'s lack of a second screen, the default speed of [[ScrappyMechanic the Drop Gauge]] was decreased and outside of cinematic cutscenes, the game now runs at a solid, silky smooth '''60 frames per second!'''

* [[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/KingdomHeartsVillains the BbS/3D Unknown, AKA the "Mysterious Figure"]] [[http://www.khwiki.net/Young_Xehanort (see also the proper article).]]

-> '''Gabe:''' Did you grab the ''Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop'' [-[''sic'']-] demo? [[SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike It brangs the heat!]]\\
'''Tycho:''' [[KudzuPlot I never really understood what was going on in these games.]] You've played them all, right?\\

'''Gabe:''' [[RuleOfCool Well]], WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot is a king and a wizard]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] is there, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and sometimes Cloud]], and [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer you can]] ride a [[{{Film/Tron}} Light]] [[Film/TronLegacy Cycle]] with [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]] and I don't know what the fuck else [[NoIndoorVoice you want!]]

** 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. [[HopeSpot Maybe]] this will mean [[CueTheFlyingPigs localized text for the remaining countries.]]

'''Gabe:''' [[RuleOfCool Well]], MickeyMouse [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot is a king and a wizard]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] is there, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and sometimes Cloud]], and [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer you can]] ride a [[{{Film/Tron}} Light]] [[Film/TronLegacy Cycle]] with [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]] and I don't know what the fuck else [[NoIndoorVoice you want!]]

''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 [[UpToEleven 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.

* The first confirmed Disney world? ''[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Notre Dame.]]''
** Two words: [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackofNotreDame Frollo]] [[BigYes confirmed.]]

* The first confirmed Disney world? ''[[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Notre Dame.]]''
** Two words: [[Disney/TheHunchbackofNotreDame Frollo]] [[BigYes confirmed.]]

** ... 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]] ''Disney/{{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.''

* The second confirmed Disney world? [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} PINOCCHIO]]!!!

* ''Vanitas and Young Xehanort'' [[VoiceOfTheLegion talking in unison to Sora.]] If that weren't shocking enough, they're talking about ''[[OhCrap how they know that he's harbouring Ventus' heart]]''. Granted, Nomura's explanation is that Vanitas isn't actually there, but that it's a reaction of Ventus' heart to Xehanort's darkness, but it's still a cool cameo.

* [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120119021711/kingdomhearts/images/6/6a/Chernabog_%28Scan%29_KH3D.png Chernabog is confirmed!]]
** [[spoiler:...Then subverted. You fight him with Riku in Dive mode, and it only takes three hits to beat him. Unexpected that he would be so easy, nonetheless.]]
*** [[spoiler:YMMV on that. It's still a fight and it's still Chernabog with [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Night On Bald Mountain]] for the music.]]
*** And it's still a pretty challenging fight, with those creepy ghosts floating around and draining your life.

** That one aspect is actually an ATFR [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]] with TaintedByThePreview: first, it was announced they'd both be playable (ATFR); then, it was announced they both shared the same save file (ATFR); then Nomura said the switch between them happens randomly (TBTP); and then, it was finally announced that the switch-between-heroes-at-will is an unlockable feature (ATFR).

** In the end, it turned out [[spoiler: the Ursula boss battle is ''the first thing you do'' in the game]], but it doesn't detract anything from the fact that the Memoirs feature allows players to enjoy the game without needing any knowledge of the series' previous timeline. Complete information about the Memoirs feature has yet to be revealed, though.

** This troper, who hadn't watched anything about the new game yet, accidentally clicked on a link to a KH fansite the other day, and..."Hey, a trailer. Might as well watch it. La la la this is pretty cool...OMG LEA! Lea is in it! Lea is okay! Lea is badass and a good guy! (Presumably) All the Nobodies got their hearts back after all!" I've been freaking out about it non-stop for days now!

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4letdnIwGuk The opening.]] All of it. And when the whole opening is an ATFR... you realise it's just ''the opening'', and wonder [[SerialEscalation how the rest of the game is going to be like.]]
** Some of the new keyblades. These include the ''Skull Noise'' from Traverse Town. Yes, a tribal-tattoo-like keyblade, with a Player-Pin-like skull for its "teeth, inspired by the Noise seen in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', and a modified (read: "enhanced", so to speak) rapier from the Three Musketeers' world.
** The World That Never Was has been revealed to be [[spoiler: the ruined one following the climax of ''[=KH2=]'']]; when Sora [[spoiler: confronts Xemnas and Xigbar]] there, he repats his [[spoiler: "my friends are my power"]] line... causing [[spoiler: Xemnas and Xigbar to freak out as a vision of ''Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Terra, Ventus, Aqua, Roxas and Xion'' appears before them]]. Doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome; before the video inevitably gets pulled from Youtube you can see it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1QdUQl6krA here.]]
*** And even better? Kairi is using ''her keyblade as well''. Only [[spoiler: Namine and Axel are missing from the group above]], but the former makes sense since she never had a weapon.
** After the final boss, we find out that Lea [[spoiler: ''has a Keyblade'']] now, making Sora, Riku, Mickey, Donald and Goofy go, like, [[BigWhat "WHAT?!?"]]. This one, however, had [[BrokenBase some rejoicing, but others raging.]]
** So there's a BonusBoss. Hmmm, nice! We feared this only to pop up in a future [[NoExportForYou Final Mix]], so it's already good news by itself-- wait, did you say it's a ''Disney'' bonus boss this time? Well, who did they get-- ''HOLY CRAP, IS THAT [[spoiler: '''[[WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain JULIUS]]?!?''']] IN TRAVERSE TOWN?!? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCsykz3TSX0 REALLY?!?]]'' Oh, come on, Square! Just take my damn money already!
** Well [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Atlantica]] isn't returning in the game, [[ScrappyLevel which is a good thing]]. With that knowledge, you start the game, expecting some overlong tutorial prologue like in the previous games and - HOLY SHIT! [[spoiler: THE GAME STARTS WITH A DISNEY BOSS BATTLE! AND IT'S URSULA USING THE EXAM TO EXACT HER REVENGE!]]
* The secret ending [[spoiler:features Kairi getting taken to Yen Sid's Tower, because she's to become the seventh and final Keyblade wielder to oppose Xehanort alongside Sora, Riku, Mickey, Terra, Aqua, and Ven. In fact, the whole thing hints that, in the confirmed "mystery game" that will be the last before [=KH3=] or in [=KH3=] itself, Kairi will be ''a [[TookALevelInBadass playable]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap character]]''.]]
* For those who like the cool {{Kaiju}}-esque "monster" bosses like ''[=KHII=]'''s [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Storm Rider]] and [[ColossusClimb Groundshaker]], some of the Dream Eater bosses like the [[TyrannosaurusRex Rex Tyrant]] and [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Bullet Gargoyle]] [[RuleOfCool invoked this reaction]].
** Screens have showed that the [[TyrannosaurusRex Rex Tyrant]] will '''also''' be an enemy Nightmare and a recruitable Spirit Dream Eater! YES!!!
*** [[http://www.khwiki.net/Boukun_Rex Confirmed]]. [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Groudon]], is that you?
* The description for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv-v76i4Uz0 this video]] confirms that ''boss re-matches can be played and re-played at will.'' Oh, '''hell''' yeah.
* "Ansem", Xemnas, Lea/Axel and most of the past villains that [[EvilIsCool fans loved]] [[LoveToHate to hate]] are back. [[BackFromTheDead For real]].
* Hey, who's that at the very end after the credits roll? [[spoiler: '''VENTUS??''' He ''twitched''! After being stuck in a coma for ages he ''twitched''!!!]]
** He doesn't just twitch he smiles.

** The changes in the dialogue may be odd at times, [[{{Woolseyism}} but often make it less cheesy.]] Case in point: "I... I can't! This is what lights the darkness! The chance to make everyone happy!". "The key to everyone's smiles" would have been ''much'' more {{narm}}y.
*** After months of rumors to the contrary, Creator/LeonardNimoy is confirmed to return as [[BigBad Master Xehanort]]! And Creator/HaydenPanettiere gets a chance to voice [[spoiler:Xion]]!

* The ''mere fact it's gonna be a brand new [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome Square-Enix title]] '''in glasses-less 3D''''' should qualify.

*** [[spoiler:YMMV on that. It's still a fight and it's still Chernabog with [[AwesomeMusic Night On Bald Mountain]] for the music.]]

* [[http://twitter.com/#!/SQEX_eSTORE/status/167537522581311488/photo/1/large And now]] we have already the Boxart for the game, thus meaning that - AwesomeArt aside - the quick development cycle is really nearing its end as we've been promised! Score another one for {{Squee}}nix.

** The World That Never Was has been revealed to be [[spoiler: the ruined one following the climax of ''[=KH2=]'']]; when Sora [[spoiler: confronts Xemnas and Xigbar]] there, he repats his [[spoiler: "my friends are my power"]] line... causing [[spoiler: Xemnas and Xigbar to freak out as a vision of ''Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Terra, Ventus, Aqua, Roxas and Xion'' appears before them]]. Doubles as a MomentOfAwesome; before the video inevitably gets pulled from Youtube you can see it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1QdUQl6krA here.]]

-> '''Gabe:''' Did you grab the ''Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop'' [-[''sic'']-] demo? [[GushingAboutShowsYouLike It brangs the heat!]]\\

* 4 years later, the game has received one hell of a PolishedPort to the PlayStation4 as part of the "[[WordSaladTitle HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue]]" [[CompilationRerelease collection]]. Aside from modifying various aspects of the gameplay such as Reality Shifts and the Dream Eater mini games to compensate for the [=PS4=]'s lack of a second screen, the default speed of [[ScrappyMechanic the Drop Gauge]] was decreased and outside of cinematic cutscenes, the game now runs at a solid, silky smooth '''60 frames per second!'''

* [[MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers The Three Musketeers]] World? HELL. YES.

* 4 years later, the game has received one hell of a PolishedPort for the PlayStation4 as part of the "[[WordSaladTitle HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue]]" [[CompilationRerelease collection]]. Aside from modifying various aspects of the gameplay such as Reality Shifts and the Dream Eater mini games to compensate for the [=PS4=]'s lack of a second screen, the default speed of [[ScrappyMechanic the Drop Gauge]] was decreased and outside of cinematic cutscenes, the game now runs at a solid, silky smooth '''60 frames per second!'''

* And now the demo is available on the [=eShop=]! Hooray!

*** [[http://www.khwiki.net/Boukun_Rex Confirmed]]. [[{{Pokemon}} Groudon]], is that you?

* [[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 ''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 ''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.

* A playable Riku ''without'' a [[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]].

*** 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 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!

* [[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 ''NewSuperMarioBros2'', of the games that will be available as digital downloads. To clarify, the fact the same has yet to happen for important SquareEnix titles such as ''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.

*** 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 [[Dissidia012FinalFantasy (almost)]] we've seen 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!

* A playable Riku ''without'' a [[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]], [[KingdomHeartsCoded a Data replica]], [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Roxas, or an unlockable character]].

* And now the demo is available on the [=eShop=]! Hooray!
* The game has been released... and the ending reveals that a fan-favorite character [[spoiler:gets a Keyblade. Specifically Lea.]]

** As of May 15, 2012, it seems more like BenDiskin is voicing him.

''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 [[UpToEleven 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'' (that might well be the first one for a single work in the entire wiki). Suffice to say, nuke-like cleanups do not apply here.

** Two words: [[Disney/HunchbackofNotreDame Frollo]] [[BigYes confirmed.]]

*** 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 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 [[Dissidia012FinalFantasy (almost)]] we've seen 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!

* Braig/Xigbar's and Xehanort's respective [[JamesPatrickStewart voice]] [[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!