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Kingdom Hearts III Game's Short TGS Trailer Shows 1st Footage of Big Hero 6 World (Updated)
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Sony's "PlayStation LineUp Tour" streaming event on Monday revealed a "short" Tokyo Game Show 2018 trailer for the Kingdom Hearts III game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360. The video previews the Big Hero 6 world in the game for the first time.
With English Subtitles
The streaming event also revealed that the franchise is getting a Kingdom Hearts VR Experience game this winter. Additionally, Sony will release a VR experience for two songs by Hikaru Utada this winter. The experience will be from Utada's tour this year.
Sony's U.S. PlayStation blog confirmed on Monday the VR Experience will launch in English this holiday season for free.
Square Enix will release Kingdom Hearts III on January 25 in Japan for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and on January 29 in the West. The game was previously planned for a release this year.
Square Enix first announced Kingdom Hearts III in 2013. Confirmed worlds include Big Hero 6, Toy Story, Tangled, Monsters, Inc., Pirates of the Caribbean, Frozen, and the returning Olympus Coliseum world. Hikaru Utada returns to perform the game's theme song "Don't Think Twice" (the song in Japanese is titled "Chikai" or "Oath").
Update: Sony's U.S. PlayStation blog confirmed on Monday the VR Experience will launch in English this holiday season for free.
Sources: PlayStation LineUp Tour livestream event, Square Enix's YouTube channel, Kingdom Hearts' YouTube channel
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