Dream Drop Distance trailer released!

[Neku Sakuraba]

KH-Vids.net has the full trailer, albeit untranslated. There are several translations out right now, though, if you can find one that seems grammatically un-awkward, here's the footage.

One note: If you're not watching in 720p? You're MISSING OUT.



I'm telling you right now, guys, it's beautiful indeed. The high-qual scenes at the beginning are fabulous, Joshua looks totally and completely AMAZING as ever, and there's a bunch of new worlds to visit that have been released.

And we can't forget about Axel..... who, despite his Org appearance, is introducing himself as Lea.

Interestingly enough, from the translations I've read, many of the people caught in this dream world have had their memories altered or changed.

As previously mentioned, there's tons of new worlds and new mysteries, as well as a look at what is possibly the 'gummi ship' section of the game, which no KH installment really feels complete without - a cool minigame between worlds that just felt missing in 358 and Re: CoM, while the inclusion of the COmmand Board in BBS made up for it in that game, and Re:Coded was just so fun and mini-gamish anyway it didn't realy matter. But I digress.

We get looks at the TWEWY characters here - as I mentioned earlier, Joshua looks simply AMAZING< but the designs of the others seem translated faithfully as well, including personality. I find it interesting that Beat is seen summoning a Dream Eater, or appears to have done so, which feels liek an homage to certain portions of the original game's plot - I won't spoil it now.

Combat, as well, seems to have had several tweaks that make it look just that much more fun and fabulous, and there are plenty more minigames shown in the trailer than just the one for travel, including an Augmented Reality section for raising your cute little animal critters, apparently.

I can't wait until the trailer's localized, myself - I'm interested in seeing what Neku and friends sound like in english, though their japanese voices are still impressive~

Plus? Shiki flirting with Riku = win.

And speaking of Win. Have I mentioned how awesome those hi-def 3D scenes are? Because if I haven't, I will. And if I have, I'm gonna again. And they're not just in the beginning, either. Halfway through, you get to see another section, involving many more of your favorite characters.

Roxas turning and seeing what appears to be a hi-def Xion? Win. Win. WINNNNN. And if you watch closely as Sora is falling, right before that, Kairi turns into Namine on the crystal staircase. I hope these aren't all just flashbacks; I really hope that Sora gets to rescue everyone, the whole gang. Including Nami-chan. Plus, Hi-def Axel? Hot. Hot. HOTTTTT. PUN INTENDED.

More scenes of the Traverse Town/TWEWY gang show that they're incredibly important, at least in Sora's story, although Joshua appears to both Sora and Riku.... and I'm recommending that people who haven't played TWEWY do, because despite the fact taht I can't hear what he and Sora are talking about, Sora cheering up Joshua implies that the game is exploring all of the character's complexities, including, possibly, spoilery ones.... since in that scene, Josh is on a rooftop, and won't meet Sora's eyes. "Daijoubu!" Sora says - "It's all right!" And it reminds me of another scene... hmm...

As a Josh fangirl, I'm very, very, very interested to see where this leads or how it plays out, especially once someone puts up a subbed version.

Oh, yeah, and Riku meets someone who looks just like him... a coincidence? Or maybe the Repliku wasn't quite dead after all? This may be the reason our Riku has a haircut - so that people don't go confusing the two. Hmmm. (BTW, your admin is the biggest Repliku fangirl EVER. So expect lots of squeeing if it is him.)

Plus? There's more than one Axel scene. One in a flashback - or possibly not, if this is indeed the world of dreams....

And one whre he rescues the Disney Castle gang from Pete. No doubt about it, this is OUR Axel all right... and it's also the scene where he introduces himself as Lea, and with all the emotion that goes with that name...

God, it looks awesome! I'm fangiriling right now. WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK!?

[N]

>_> School is not showing this, think I could get a basic URL?

[Neku Sakuraba]

Sure, no problem~

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IPtX25lSRmE

[Neku Sakuraba]

Okay, more notes from the fangirl's second watching:

It's interesting that in the 'flashback' scene, Axel is wearing the Org robe.... and Ienzo and Elaeus are watching him with baffled expressions, as though he knows too much. Perchance to dream, indeed....

Shiki and Beat are watching Riku as he confronts Terranort, strengthening my position that the TWEWY characters are plot-important, at least in certain worlds. Somewhat like the Traverse Town and Usual Spot gangs were in KH1 and KH2.

When Riku and Joshua are having their serious conversation, Joshua is lecturing Riku on "Yume". "Yume" meaning "dreams".

Riku is carrying Way To The Dawn, suggesting that this is, indeed, his true Keyblade, not just an altered form of Soul Eater.

Sora's cheer-up speech to Joshua seems to be about Joshua not being alone. I never made it that far through the translation, instead trusting to my judgement; Sora tals about "Riku and I" and at the end, Joshua turns to him and smiles, suggesting that Sora's rant not only worked, but that we'll see some development as well.

Joshua and Neku's conversation was difficult to follow with my speakers low, but listening closely, I heard him talking about "kono sekai", or "this world", as well as his being all mysterious and blah. Also, depending on the context, we may have gotten a title drop; "Subarashiki Kono Sekai" or "This Wonderful World", was TWEWY's title in the original Japanese. Depending, we may in the US get Joshua repeating Mr. H's famous line to Neku; I don't know myself, but it's an interesting thought.

Several characters who should technically be dead also appear in this strange mixed-up world, including Xemnas, and Vanitas and Terranort appear beside each other as well... it seems to present a very interesting puzzle, but my theory is thus: if this 'world of sleep' is where the worlds not fixed at the end of KH1 have gone, then this must, indeed, be the 'Darkness' to which they traveled. Thought we saw that at the End of the World? I wonder. Perhaps Sora saved them somewhat, but not completely - fetching them to a world that can indeed be reached, hovering between light and darkness. Traverse Town's presence serves as possible proof of that theory, since it supposedly rests just exactly there - between light and darkness. On the brink of death and not quite also describes the UG.... and thus Neku and friends' presence indeed makes sense. Riku and Sora, thus, are in Traverse Town's UG... Axel's apparent recovery of his heart also serves as evidence, since it has been said (albeit in the official novels, but Word Of God said that that was canon...) that Axel's heart wasn't lost forever - and his connection with Sora reconnected with it. Thus, Axel wasn't dead - simply lost as well, searching for his lost heart.

Here in the world of sleep, halfway between life and death, light and darkness, he found it again. Make sense?

And, here is the full translation, plus a full description of the trailer and what's happening within:

sqex.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/jump-festa-2012-kh3d-trailer-impression/

[Neku Sakuraba]

Oh, bye the way, in addition to that translation, the person who writes the blog also played the demo at Famitsu - which means that we now have a description of the battle and play system of DDD. On first read it sounds annoying, but the way she wrote aobut it makes me think it works better in play han it sounds on paper.

sqex.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/kh3d-trailer-and-demo-impression-from-famitsu/

The battle and gameplay switch system are called the "Drop System" and the way it's set up, I'm having TWEWY flashbacks already. Despite what many fans feared, it seems like the use of TWEWY characters wasn't simply an arbitrary decision - it's a stylistic choice that deliberately recalls elements from that game.

"Like our own world... this world seems split in two."

Godddd I just can't waiiiitttt!!!!

[Namine Joy LeBeau]

*stares*

*sqeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees*

[Haraken]

*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS*

[Aqua]

XD YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!! *glomps* *squeals of joy*

[Haraken]

AM I THE ONLY NEW SHIKU SHIPPER OUT THERE AFTER WATCHING THT TRAILER?

[Namine Joy LeBeau]

NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! I'm gonna ship it hard!!! Just give me enough time~ You'll see some uber cuteness coming out~

Is it weird that I was actually gonna write a fanfic with a KH/TWEWY cross over where Nami and Neku are partners, Shiki and Riku were, and Sora got thrown in as a GM?

[Neku Sakuraba]

Hahahahaahh! That sounds so awesome, you should totally do it!!!

[Neku Sakuraba]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlex8ja2eNI&feature=g-all-f&context=G2cebb33FAAAAAAAAAAA

Here's the subbed version, it's now out! You have to click the CC in order to get the subs to show.

[Zatch Bell]

This game...sooo much win! This is Zatch Bell approved! cant wait to try this

[Riku Nomura]

My inner Fanboy just orgasmed.

[Neku Sakuraba]

XDDDDD

You can probably tell that I had a serious fangasm up there as well XD