<p><em>Kingdom Hearts</em> series creator and director Tetsuya Nomura, has revealed an image on Twitter of Daybreak Town from <em>Kingdom Hearts X Back Cover</em> in celebration of the original game&#8217;s 14th Anniversary in Japan.</p>
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<p>— ãã³ã°ãã ãã¼ã (@_KINGDOMHEARTS) <a href="https://twitter.com/_KINGDOMHEARTS/status/714437815166066688">March 28, 2016</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>Kingdom Hearts X Back Cover</em> is the retelling of the story of the Foretellers, which will also be told in the upcoming mobile title,<em> Unchained X</em>. This cinematic addition to the collection is also running in the new engine that <em>Kingdom Hearts 3</em> will be using: Unreal Engine 4. Square Enix is also using something they created called the Kingdom Shader, which is trying to replicate <a href="http://kotaku.com/tetsuya-nomura-explains-the-look-of-kingdom-hearts-iii-1446943024" target="_blank">Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Brushwork style&#8221; in 3D</a> (<a href="http://www.famitsu.com/news/201310/16041586.html" target="_blank">Famitsu</a>, via <a href="http://kotaku.com/tetsuya-nomura-explains-the-look-of-kingdom-hearts-iii-1446943024" target="_blank">Kotaku</a>).</p>
<p><em>Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue</em> contains three chapters of the Kingdom Hearts saga. The main inclusion in the collection is <em>Dream Drop Distance HD</em>, which is the story of Sora and Riku taking the Mark of Mastery exam in the realm of dreams. Originally on the 3DS, the story continues from <em>KH2</em> and features a new mechanic called Flowmotion, which allows the two protagonists of the game to bounce off walls and interact with the environment in battle and traversal.</p>
<p><amp-youtube layout="responsive" width="500" height="281" data-videoid="Sfw_r1UCPs0" title="KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 FINAL CHAPTER PROLOGUE &; KINGDOM HEARTS III – Jump Festa 2015"><a placeholder href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfw_r1UCPs0"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Sfw_r1UCPs0/hqdefault.jpg" layout="fill" object-fit="cover" alt="KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 FINAL CHAPTER PROLOGUE &; KINGDOM HEARTS III – Jump Festa 2015"></a></amp-youtube></p>
<p>An all new chapter is going to be included in this collection as well, and it is called <em>Birth By Sleep 0.2</em>. Acting as a prologue to the story of KH3, the game follows Aqua on her journey in the Realm of Darkness. Not much has been given on this title, <a href="http://www.siliconera.com/2015/09/19/details-on-whats-new-in-kingdom-hearts-hd-2-8-and-aquas-story/" target="_blank">but Nomura has stated it will be as long as it would finish a world in the mainline games</a> (<a href="http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/8341116.html" target="_blank">Esuteru</a> via <a href="http://www.siliconera.com/2015/09/19/details-on-whats-new-in-kingdom-hearts-hd-2-8-and-aquas-story/" target="_blank">Siliconera</a>). This will also be running on the <em>Kingdom Hearts 3</em> engine.</p>
<p><em>Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue</em> is scheduled to release in 2016 for the PS4. Check out my analysis on Kingdom Hearts 3&#8217;s possible appearance at E3 with <a href="https://bagogames.com/way-e3-kingdom-hearts-iii/" target="_blank">this article</a>.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/_KINGDOMHEARTS/status/714437815166066688" target="_blank">Kingdom Hearts on Twitter</a> (via <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTqm6_tzYrg" target="_blank">HMK</a>)</p>

New Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue Image Revealed

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