Originally Posted by Birth by Sleep

Director: Tetsuya Nomura
Co-Director: Tai Yasue
Producer: Patrick Chen
Co-producer: Yoichi Yoshimoto
Executive Producer: Shinji Hashimoto
Platform: PlayStation Portable (PSP)
Release Dates:
- Japan // TBD
- North America // TBD
- Europe // TBD
<hr> Development
Birth By Sleep is one of the newest editions to the Kingdom Hearts Series, and will be focusing on the characters from the Secret Movie in Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+. The game was announced September 2007, at the Tokyo Game Show, along with Kingdom Hearts: Coded and Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days.
Birth By Sleep is being worked on by the same team that created Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories. Development on this game started fairly early, but it was interrupted when the team started to focus on the remake of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. Nomura has speculated that this game will be the last of the trio to hit market.
<hr> Game Play
Birth By Sleep is a single player game, that originally had game play similar to past games. Recently, Tetsuya Nomura has stated that the game play has changed. It will now be similar to Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories, meaning that decks will be used.
You will be able to play as three different characters at the start of the game: Terra, Ven and Aqua. Each will have their own style of combat and follow different scenarios. Even though the story follows three different heroes, at certain points they will all encounter one another. By completing all three of the scenarios, the player will be able to fully understand the entire story.
A new leveling system has been created and developed solely for this game. The best way it has been described was that, it’s like… growing. There are also new enemies to fight, neither of which are the heartless or the nobodies. They have been called a new type of enemy, that move very fast.
Co-op between players, even players competing against each other, has been discussed. The team is currently thinking of a way to make full use out of the PSP’s system. However if Birth By Sleep has a multiplayer, it will be different from the one seen in Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days.
Jump Festa showed us some of the new gameplay in action. Finishing combos and reaction commands make a welcome return to the game. And joining the mysterious new enemies, you will be fighting against one resembling a Large Body . Its also been hinted that limits might be placed on some of the game's events.
<hr> Story

<center>“The Keyblade is said to hold phenomenal power. One legend says its wielder saved the world, while another says that he wrought chaos and ruin upon it.” - Ansem Report</center> Birth By Sleep takes place about 10 years before the original Kingdom Hearts. Before Sora wielded the Keyblade, there were other Keyblade masters. One of these masters, Xehanort, disappeared one day along with his apprentice. Another master of the keyblade saw this as a sign of terrible things to come. So he ordered his three apprentices (Terra, Ven and Aqua) to seek out Xehanort and his cohort.
Both Ven and Master Xehanort have connections to preexisting characters. Ven happens to bare a striking resemblance to Roxas. Master Xehanort shares the same name and clothing to the other Xehanort seen in Kingdom Hearts. As you play through the story, their connections will be revealed. However, you will have to play all three scenarios to understand the story completely. The secret movie shown at the end of Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ is actually a scene from the game.
Some crucial scenes have been revealed to us through scans:
• Terra will confront Xehanort in Sunset Horizons.
• King Mickey appears to aid Ven in his battle against Xehanort‘s Apprentice. Although since this is in the past, he might not have his King status yet.
•Terra carries a wounded Ven through Hollow Bastion.
•Terra watches two young boys play on the shore in what appears to be Destiny Islands.
New and returning worlds will be brought into Birth By Sleep. These include: Olympus Coliseum, Hollow Bastion, Sleeping Beauty, Sunset Horizons, as well as Destiny Islands. Since this game is taking place in the past, each World will be given a time shift to fit within the plot. An example would be encountering a young Hercules in the Olympus Coliseum. Nomura has also stated that characters like Donald and Goofy would be making a return.
Most of the new info gather from Jump Festa regarded Ven, the look-alike of Roxas. The blonde hair kid travels by himself throughout worlds different worlds, such as Cinderella and Agrabah. We also get to see more of Ven's climactic battle with the Dark Soldier. He actually gets a good enough hit on him to knock his face plate off, but naturally the face isn't revealed just yet. Last we see of him, Ven asks his friend to erase him from this world.
Other major players in Birth By Sleep receive some face time, although not as much. Donald and Goofy do appear, and tag along with Mickey and Yensid, even while master and apprentice train. Terra and Maleficeint seem to have some sort of connection, and might even be working together as hinted by Nomura. Even though all three keyblade wielders do not have a connection with the three from Kingdom Hearts, this story will explain the conflict that follows them.

Originally Posted by Coded

Director: Tetsuya Nomura
Co-Director: Tai Yasue
Producer: Patrick Chen
Co-producer: Yoichi Yoshimoto
Executive Producer: Shinji Hashimoto
Platform: Mobile (FOMA)
Release Dates:
- Japan // Summer 2008
- North America // TBD
- Europe // TBD
<hr> Development
Kingdom Hearts: Coded is another new addition to the Kingdom Hearts Series. Coded, along with 358/2 Days and Birth By Sleep, was announced at the Tokyo Game Show in September 2007. All three will be able to connect to a new Kingdom Hearts game in the near future. Unlike the other games announced, Coded will be created for Mobile Phones and will star Sora and Co. A unique quality about being on a Mobile Phone is that it will still be played on a horizontal screen.
Coded will still retain both 3D and 2D qualities. Reason being is so the game will be available on a wide range of cell phones, so the game could be sent overseas. The graphics are said to be at the same level as Final Fantasy Agito XIII.
The concept for Coded actually started when Nomura ended up drunk. He explained his idea for a Kingdom Hearts game on a Mobile Phone, which at the time wasn’t even going to be apart of the series. Eventually he added new elements to the game, and developed Kingdom Hearts: Coded. You may have to wait a while to see a release of this game. There have been problems with Mobile Phones not being able to handle the graphics. However, its been promised that we won’t have to wait 2-3 years for Coded to come out.
At Jump Festa, it was announced that the phone that Coded will be released on is the FOMA model. More information can be accessed here.
<hr> Game Play
Apparently there is a bug in the Kingdom Hearts world. Jiminy Cricket discovers them while looking through his old journal. To fix this problem, the journal must be analyzed in order to find the bug . After finding it, naturally, you must eliminate it.
The Kingdom Hearts Series’ button layout made it easy to convert the control scheme to Mobile Phones. Since the team is recreating the controls, it will still feel like the classic Kingdom Hearts. What we know about the game play is that Sora will be moving blocks around to complete puzzles, while heartless are attacking from every angle. Upon completion of the puzzle, a “Debugging” option appears, which causes Sora to vanish. This has Coded play as a puzzle game, with some action thrown in.
A telecommunication feature is being added to the game. This makes it possible to interfere with other players during game play. Whether it’s just to help a friend eliminate a few heartless, or figuring out a puzzle for someone. After which, you return to your own game.
There will be different modes in Coded, one being High Speed Mode. In this mode, Sora is said to be able to move at blinding speeds. And another recently annoucned mode has been called Crash Mode. This mode transforms the game into a side scroller. It's unknown how much this will affect the overall gameplay.
Debugs have a certain time limit, if you fail to eliminate the bug then you can attempt again with other debugging methods. Upgrade Points can be used to help Sora become stronger. These are done by eliminating heartless. Each heartless is worth 10 points, so this can be considered part of the new leveling up system.
Coded's Online play can be used to join in and help other players in the game. However the system changes when in the other player's world, although it is unknown exactly how. By the way, the player's, other then the one that joined, will be shown as a shadow Sora to prevent confusions.
<hr> Story
Coded will be taking place after Kingdom Hearts II. The story seems to start off with Jiminy looking throughout his journals. The blank one due to the events of Castle Oblivion and the one completed after their battle with Organization XIII. He stumbles across a sentence that he doesn’t remember writing.
<center>“You need to return, to heal the wounds.”</center> This worries Jiminy and he immediately alerts The King of his findings. The King is also startled by this discovery, but is unable to offer help. Mickey claims that only “he” is the one who can solve it, which Jiminy also agrees too.
The story will involve Sora, although it won‘t be the real one but a copy. The ‘fake’ Sora has been seen arriving at Destiny Islands’ shore, although he seems to be sent there digitally. The scene when Sora first arrives in Traverse Town has been recreated as well, but this time around Sora remembers it. Another change in the original story is that Mickey appears in Traverse Town too.
Even though this story takes after place after Kingdom Hearts II, Sora, Riku and Kairi will not be shown living their lives post - Kingdom Hearts II. Reason being the story will be taking place digitally. The two known digitalized worlds you’ll be re-exploring are Traverse Town and Disney Castle.
This game is set to clear up any unsolved matters in the Kingdom Hearts universe, but will also clarify where Riku and The King were during the events of the first game. For example, Mickey reveals he was actually in Traverse Town at the same time as Sora.
It should be noted that this game is not just another Chain of Memories. Where Chain of Memories was created to relive the worlds created by Sora's memory, this game creates an entirely new story and game play with Sora venturing to defeat a bug that has corrupted the journal.
While Sora is busy exploring Traverse Town, and eventually meeting up with long time companions Donald and Goofy, the story will shift to new scenes that focus on Pluto. Riku's also receives a new scene in Neverland. This event will reveal what he was thinking before kidnapping Kairi. Even though there are bugs in the journal, they are not heartless. They just happen to invade this world and manage to cause even more havoc.

Originally Posted by 358/2 Days

We are introduced with the scene where Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories had came to an end, and are then confronted with the phrase "The other side attached to Sora still sleeps", along with "The mind comes back whenever they touch."
The video then focuses upon Roxas and Axel, sitting atop the clock tower in Twilight Town. This seems to be the same scene from Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix+. Soon after, the video shows Roxas being invited into Organization XIII. He is being greeted by all, and introduces himself, and they do the same to him. Then the scene fades into Roxas actually joining the Organization.
Following this is a short clip of Mickey talking about Axel, and Saix near Roxas. Roxas is shown pulling out both of his keyblades, and it moves into gameplay. The gameplay confirms that you may play with Roxas, Axel, Saix and Xigbar.
Xemnas then mentions something very interesting. He explains that a 14th member has joined their Organization, and that this member is female. This scene is quickly followed by the title of the game: "Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days" and a whispering Roxas saying "I will disappear from this world in 151 days"
This game is for the beloved Nintendo DS.