[Utada Hikaru] The 50th Thread of Utada Hikaru - First Love -15th Anniversary Edition- released 2014

[taskinillusion]

Originally Posted by orangeakira

God he looks like Pee-Wee Herman...

THAT'S WHAT IT IS! Ohhh man....

Her kimono is beyond exquisitely gorgeous!

[CoriKaru]

Kingdom Hearts 3 Confirmed

[orangeakira]

We're on year four of hiatus right? I've been trying to keep track but it's not like it really matters because she never gave an exact time. People keep saying five years, but all she said was (and I quote) "I have no idea how long it's gonna be - 2 years or 5 years, but I shall return, more matured. Give me some time." It doesn't even feel like hiatus. She's always taken her time releasing stuff, it really just feels like it usually does when we wait for her to release a new album.

[ILoveGeniuses]

As far as her hiatus goes I'm betting she'll turn up with a baby before she decides to do a new album. As much as Hikki's one of my favorite singers I'm just relaxing with her previous work and other artist's music til she's ready and settled with everything in her life.

And about KH3, I heard if you've only played 1&2 you won't be able to follow the storyline of #3 without having played a bunch of the handheld ones that have released since then. Is it true? Any comments?
Btw, has Hikki announced the title of the theme song for it?

[NintendoHTF1242]

I'm not gonna buy the game if she doesn't sing the theme song.

[orangeakira]

Originally Posted by ILoveGeniuses

And about KH3, I heard if you've only played 1&2 you won't be able to follow the storyline of #3 without having played a bunch of the handheld ones that have released since then. Is it true? Any comments?
Btw, has Hikki announced the title of the theme song for it?

I have played all the kingdom hearts games, and yes it's true. The story line is a bit more involved than people realize. However if you own a Playstation 3 then pick up HD Remix 1 and 2 (2 doesn't come out till december 2014 though so I'm just telling you ahead of time). "Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMix" contains KH1 Final mix, Re:Chain of Memories, and all the cutscenes from 358/2 days made into a 3 hour long movie/video. "Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMix" contains KH2 Final Mix, Birth By Sleep Final Mix, and all the cutscenes from Re:Coded made into a 3 hour long movie/video.

For convenience's sake it's great that I can now play all the kingdom hearts games with my ps3 without having to switch between hand held devices. The only game not included is Dream Drop Distance, and I think it's because it only came out 2 years ago and there's no point in making a "HD Remaster" of a 2 year old game. However there are movies of it on youtube with all the cutscenes back to back if you can't play it.

Also she never said she was going to do the theme song for KH3. I think it was just a rumor on twitter that her father cleared up.

Also Also if you're a real stickler and don't want to play all the games, the only real games that you need to play to understand KH3 are Kingdom Hearts 1, 2, Birth By Sleep, and Dream Drop Distance. And they have emulators you can use for your phone. I really didn't feel like carrying my psp aroung with me, so I downloaded ppsspp which is a free psp emulator for your phone, and I downloaded the .cso for Birth By sleep Final Mix and now I can play it anytime I want on my HTC One.

Here's some screencaps from my phone. The first one is in Japanese because I didn't download the English Patch for it yet.

Spoiler:

[ILoveGeniuses]

^Thanks. I still have my originals of KH1&2 so i never felt it necessary to buy the remasters just like FFX & X-2. As for the others well if I can play em on my PS3 I will but I've never been into playing handheld devices like Gameboy or Sega GameGear or any others that have released since then. Same with playing games on my phone. I know I sound old fashioned but I will admit I'm more of a fan of the old fashioned games on the whole. Im not really a dedicated gamer. As for Hikki doing the theme song i had never even heard rumors of this. I was just assuming so due to the post made where she mentioned the game itself.

[orangeakira]

^I agree. I don't know what it is, but I have 0 tolerance for hand held games. I just have no attention span, every other minute I find myself putting the game down and doing something else to take a breather. It has the same effect on me as reading while in a moving car. I think I only got through BBS because I'm such a hard core KH fan. lol I own a PSP and only have about 3 games for it. But the remasters are definitely worth it because it's not just higher graphics, it's Final Mix! New heartless, a new secret boss, new keyblades, new abilities, new cutscenes, the old heartless are recolored, for example the Trickmaster boss in Wonderland is now pink and green instead of black and red, and the guard armor boss in Traverse town is now Yellow, White, Red, and Blue instead of Purple. There's also trophies for all the games like all the other PS3 games. You can actually get silver and gold trophies just for watching the 358/2 Days cut scenes. haha Trust me I wouldn't have shelled out $40 if it was just for higher graphics. $40 isn't bad for 2 games and 3-hours worth of cinematic cut scenes for the third.

[Marcelo]

Originally Posted by ILoveGeniuses

As far as her hiatus goes I'm betting she'll turn up with a baby before she decides to do a new album. As much as Hikki's one of my favorite singers I'm just relaxing with her previous work and other artist's music til she's ready and settled with everything in her life.

And about KH3, I heard if you've only played 1&2 you won't be able to follow the storyline of #3 without having played a bunch of the handheld ones that have released since then. Is it true? Any comments?
Btw, has Hikki announced the title of the theme song for it?

Well you're missing out a lot if you haven't played the handheld games, there's a bunch of new characters that will probably appear in 3, and then you would be like "who is that?!". I do think that dream drop distance was in a way "part 3" sense it explained a lot of the things that had happened in other handheld games, plus some new things, that was actually the game that got me "aaaa NOW I think I get this!" So i suggest you to get that one or to read the story etc somewhere, then I think there's no problem missing anything major

[mi|kshake]

We're on year four of hiatus right?

Whoooa, it actually doesn't feel that long! I think I'm just used to her being away.

[hayasaki]

Sakura Nagashi was released two years ago; it doesn't even feel like an old song to me LOL

[taskinillusion]

We have a Kingdom Hearts thread, too, guys FYI.

But yes, you need to play "Dream Drop Distance." It was really well done and is kind of like "KH3" in a sense. Y'all are missing out on so much stuff by not playing handhelds! :O

Honestly though, I don't see Hikki coming back anytime soon. Will be interesting to see if she makes an appearance to do KH3 though.

[orangeakira]

^I've tried keeping the Kingdom Hearts thread alive, but no one ever seems interested, there's more kingdom hearts talk in this thread than in the official thread.

EDIT: wow I just realized that Letters and the theme for Destiny Island sound really similar.

[NintendoHTF1242]

I stopped with Kingdom Hearts when Square did the whole "we're gonna release a game for every single video game system ever created in order for you to understand the story" but it's awesome they have those "Final Mixes". Goddamn it I wish I owned a PS3.

[Tom Punks]

^ Seriously, lol, what a shortsighted business plan that was.

...I want to say they shot themselves in the foot, but lbr KH3 will still sell 90000000300000000000 copies sooo

[orangeakira]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

I stopped with Kingdom Hearts when Square did the whole "we're gonna release a game for every single video game system ever created in order for you to understand the story" but it's awesome they have those "Final Mixes". Goddamn it I wish I owned a PS3.

It's not as bad as you think. You can play KH1, 2, and ReCom on the ps2. You can play DDD, recoded, and 358/2 days on a 3ds, and BBS on a PSP. So many acronyms lol. You (I'm assuming) own a ps2 which is how you can play the first three games, you just need a 3DS cause if you saw my post earlier you can use a free emulator to play Birth By Sleep on your phone or even on your computer if you're really strapped for cash. Just try and save up a bit of money and buy a PS3. Then you can play all the games (besides DDD) on the same system, and you'll be able to play all the final mixes too! You can get a 60GB PS3 for about $200, or about 3 Blu-Ray edition Ayumi Hamasaki Concerts. lol

[Tom Punks]

^ I mean, sure, it may not be as bad now with emulators and backwards-compatible systems but it's still downright ridiculous. A series with such a complex, flat out convoluted storyline should NEVER have been split across several different systems - especially not from two different companies. Especially when you consider how many of the spinoffs are really just filler content yet STILL absolutely necessary to even hope to understand the convoluted plot. I could never play them. I tried to play the spinoffs and I couldn't get into the plot - either because I hadn't played the other games in a couple of years or because I hadn't played the other necessary spinoffs - and it completely ruined the experience. I'll never buy another KH spinoff. I probably won't even get KH3 in large part due to how much they butchered storyline availability to anyone less than an absolute KH devotee. I'm sure the gameplay will be amazing and everything will be as magical and wonderful as the other main games but I feel like half the point of trying to play it is gone when I have absolutely 0 idea what's going on in the story anymore lol

...And this is coming from someone with all the systems necessary to play the entire series LOL so it's not /just/ the console issue for me but in large part just WTF were they thinking making the story so overwrought?

[ILoveGeniuses]

As far as KH goes we'll see. The ONLY reason there is a PS3 in my home is cause it belongs to my roommate. Not me. So does the XB360 & Wii. My consoles are mostly old ones like NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis & PS. Like I said I'm a retro gamer. I prefer the old games. I find em much more enjoyable and far more replayable than a very large majority of anything today. TBH, I've only ever played KH1&2 a couple times and not long enough to finish em. I used to sit around and watch my brother play.

Btw about Hikki, I think she may do the song for KH3. She's already done the theme song for each Evangelion movie and there's still the final 4th one left to come out next year.

[tenshi no hane]

KH3 is going to be released for PS4, right? You might as well skip PS3 and go straight for the PS4. Unless it's not backward compatible (I don't know).

Originally Posted by hayasaki

Sakura Nagashi was released two years ago; it doesn't even feel like an old song to me LOL

Two years already!? It still feels new to me, too

[emi♡]

lulz the only KH that really exists is the first one so gg.