TGS 2012: Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix Announced, Includes Stuff You Love

By Landon Robinson | 20 September 2012 | 18 Comments

Kingdom Hearts is finally coming home to the PlayStation 3 – and no, not in the form of Kingdom Hearts 3 (that would make too many consumers squeal with joy). Square Enix has instead announced a new HD collection that bundles remastered versions of Kindom Hearts Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts – Re: Chain of Memories, and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. And as part of their continuing focus of naming their products as straightforwardly as possible, Square Enix has named this collection Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix.

Allow us to break this down for you. Final Mix was a Japanese-exclusive re-release of the first Kingdom Hearts (PS2), which added in content from the earlier-released North American version. Re: Chain of Memories (PS2) is a full remake of, well, Chain of Memories (GBA). Finally, there’s 358/2 Days, which aside from its silly title, was also exclusively a DS game. You, like us, are probably confused as to how Square intends to increase the visual fidelity of this game for the PS3 – well, they might not be. Rumored reports from Famitsu have indicated that they might only be re-releasing the game with remade cutscenes, not remade gameplay.

In addition to the news of Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix being announced, Square Enix also revealed that a browser-based, online card game themed after Kingdom Hearts is in the works – also according to that same Famitsu report.

We’ve got our one and only Billy “Shibbs” Shibley out in the Land of the Rising Sun right now, so we’ll be sure to spam his email with questions for him to prod Square Enix representatives with.

It’s a good thing we set him up with all those Japanese language lessons. I personally thought tap-dancing lessons would be more worth the money, but now that he’s in Japan, well it just makes more sense.

[via Square Enix / Famitsu]

18 Comments

Posted by Douhnut on 20 September 12 at 6:01am

“Finally, there’s 358/2 Days, which aside from its silly title, was also exclusively a GBA game”
Just saying, that’s incorrect. The game was actually exclusively a DS game not a GBA game. CoM was the only GBA KH title.
- Posted by Landon Robinson on 20 September 12 at 7:10am
  
  You’re 100% right on that. My mistake was sillier than the title!
Posted by Ki11SwItCh7296 on 20 September 12 at 6:05am

358/2 Days was DS and it must be hard for the team since they are working on both Kingdom Hearts and Versus XIII
Posted by Ring on 20 September 12 at 9:49am

Hope a 360 version gets announced, similar to FF XIII. This late in the game, I don’t want to get another console.
Posted by Kiler_tom on 20 September 12 at 9:58am

All i got to say is Hola fucking luua. Also i hope it gets released in the UK this time
Posted by Silentwaldo on 20 September 12 at 10:21am

I think the guys at Square Enix may be suffering from acute Numerical trio disability, just like Valve does.
Posted by Sean on 20 September 12 at 11:21am

Although I am happy were finally getting Final Mix, I’m just fearing they’re gonna milk it out by rereleasing all previous Final Mixes singularly or bundled with a previous game, than as a Final Mix bundle that I would’ve preferred more.
Posted by AgentMicScarn on 20 September 12 at 12:29pm

I would only play the Kindom Hearts Final Mix, all the other ones aren’t even worth playing.
Posted by Bryton Robinson on 20 September 12 at 1:32pm

The weirdest thing Square Enix has done yet. But at least the first game will finally get the remake that a lot of fans have been dying for. Including me. I dunno about Re: Chain of Memories, the game isn’t great but I guess it tells a solid story. Not matter what I’ll purchase them anyway, haha.
- Posted by Landon Robinson on 20 September 12 at 4:02pm
  
  Nice last name bro.
Posted by TheStraightEdgeOne on 20 September 12 at 3:36pm

honestly i hope they do what the Ratchet and clank HD collection does and realease them virtualy on the store because i dont like 358/2 or CoM i just want KH:FM
Posted by Altoryu on 20 September 12 at 4:12pm

Just make sure you don’t limit this to only America or something like you did with RE: Chain of Memories originally.
Posted by Knuckles121 on 20 September 12 at 6:51pm

I’ll be happy with this as long as they do these two things
1. 358/2′s multiplayer part is online
2. They will release a Kingdomhearts 2.0 HD collection with KH2 and BBS
seems really stupid not to have KH1 and 2 bundled in the same collection. But then again its Square so I should just remain happy and shocked that were at least getting this..
Posted by johnxfire on 20 September 12 at 9:40pm

Square is on a remake spree. TWEWY for iOS and now this. x-x

Regarding TWEWY, hope it doesn’t take too long for it to get on Android..
Posted by TheArkAngel2012 on 21 September 12 at 12:42am

What about kingdom hearts 2, recoded, birth by sleep?? R they remaking thoses 2 in HD?
Posted by Poochop on 22 September 12 at 1:24pm

Hurry up and give us KH3 -___________-. I might buy it but come on.. -_-.
Posted by Ryan on 24 September 12 at 5:59pm

Sora is the name f my play station and wii consols im so excited. ive been wating fo ever, just like u. if they dont release it in us i think i might cry.
Posted by Josue S. Bonner on 28 September 12 at 4:19am

Reason being, they are celebrating their 20th anniversary celebrations