Birth by Sleep and Dissidia: video, Famitsu scans, trailer summary

by Alan Tsang { Aug 6th 2008 at 1:00PM }

Wowzers! So there is a lot more information out there on Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep than we anticipated. First we got some translated hands-on impressions gathered from various Japanese sites over at KHInsider, along with a trailer summary. Some of this information we know about already, so here are highlights of the new stuff:

The new enemies are called Unbirths.
Xehanort and Maleficent are both after the Princesses of Hearts
Ven's level is the Castle of Dreams, Cinderella's world. Ven cooperates with Jaq the mouse to collect materials to make Cinderella's dress. After going through a maze and finding the necessary items, a boss fight ensues with Lucifer. No, not Lucifer the demon, but rather the cat from Cinderella.

Secondly, we have 3 pages of Famitsu scans courtesy of PSPHyper. Reading the hands-on impressions while looking at these scans, you can almost pretend you were playing the demo. Lastly, IGN has a few seconds of video footage of both Birth by Sleep and Dissidia from their Game Scoop show. Look for that after the jump.

[Thanks, Kristopher G. and MonkeyKHI!]

Source -- PSPHyper; Famitsu scans
Source -- KHInsider; trailer summary and hands-on impressions
Source -- IGN Video; Game Scoop: Square Enix Party

Gallery: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

Tags: birth-by-sleep, dissidia, final-fantasy, kingdom-hearts, kingdom-hearts-birth-by-sleep, square-enix

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

eyder @ Aug 6th 2008 1:21PM

yo if u dont know ign has kingdom hearts birth by sleep game play footage it awesome check it out

Eyder @ Aug 6th 2008 1:35PM

check game play here i swear XD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

eyder @ Aug 6th 2008 1:38PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eArgz89GLVk sorry bout other

rikki @ Aug 6th 2008 4:41PM

"The new enemies are called Unbirths."

...Uh. Ew.

andwhyisit @ Aug 7th 2008 1:35AM

Wow, you have a sick mind.

andwhyisit @ Aug 7th 2008 1:35AM

Wow, you have a sick mind.

rikki @ Aug 7th 2008 7:10AM

Yeah, there's that, but I think stumbling upon a (shockingly decent) Kingdom Hearts/Silent Hill crossover fanfic a while back hasn't helped. D'x

TJF588 @ Aug 7th 2008 11:46AM

- "Unbirths"? So, "Unbirth by INsomnia"? Nah, but really, neat name; kinda makes me think of Slaughterhouse.
- Good to hear this'll be coverings some immediate backstory (rather than introducing unnecessary things *coughGenesiscough*). Xehanort (that name is unduly arduous to say) before the split, Maleficent likely when she got started in this business, and coverage of the PoHs (looks like a modified "PoS" or "Pooh"; same difference) assures that we'll know more about Kairi's significance (aisde from being able to split Sora between a light 'Ansem' and a Nobody).
- The CAT? Needs moar Great Mouse Detective. Is superior. Anyway, if the screen I think I remember seeing is as I remember seeing it, there's no Lion-King-esque transformation going on. Still, how did a size difference occur?