Yeah, so what's the news on the new Kingdom Hearts games anyway?

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Well, this is what I know so far:

Birth by Sleep focuses on the story of Keyblade masters before Sora from the original Kingdom Hearts game and is a prequel, taking place ten years before the original Kingdom Hearts. Nomura has stated that though there are three scenarios, there is not one singularly important scenario or character, but that the main theme is Ven's identity. The story was speculated early on to be connected to the unlockable trailers at the end of Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix. Nomura has since confirmed a connection to the trailers. The story revolves around three Keyblade apprentices in search of a missing Keyblade master, Master Xehanort, and his apprentice. Their disappearance foreshadows a great disaster. The game will take place in various Disney-themed worlds, both new and old, and will reflect the time difference between this game and the previous Kingdom Hearts games. Other worlds featured are from Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Hearts_Birth_by_Sleep

358/2 Days revolves around the untold events of Roxas during his time with Organization XIIIand will take place during the year that Sora was asleep between the events of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts II.Tetsuya Nomura has noted that the game's prologue will cover the "birth" of Roxas, but the gameplay will start from when he enters the Organization. Roxas' daily duties with the Organization, his doubts of the Organization, and his departure from it will also be included in the story. The initial trailer showed most of the events in Twilight Town. Organization XIII's headquarters, Agrabah, Olympus Coliseum, and Wonderland have been featured.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Hearts_358/2_Days

Coded is set after the events of Kingdom Hearts II. Jiminy Cricket returns to Disney Castle to organize the records in his journal. In his journal he finds a message that he did not write: "We must return to free them from their torment." To investigate this message, King Mickey digitizes the contents of the journal, awakening a virtual Sora on Destiny Islands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Hearts_coded

And here are screen shots and magazine scans of each game:












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Also, I'd like to point out that there are older in game images and scans of Birth by Sleep, it's just that the team changed the battle system since then, so I didn't want to confuse people.













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It's pretty scary how good Kingdom Hearts coded looks. x_x But, I highly doubt well see it any time soon.  :'( :'(