New BbS Screenshots from Famitsu

Just in are several high-quality images from Famitsu, most of which are from the new trailer.

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Source: Famitsu, KHI

Jump Festa 2010 BbS Trailer Released!

Finally out today is the Jump Festa 2010 trailer for Birth by Sleep, first mentioned in the December 19th update.



View HQ version here


English translation brought to you by Lissar of KHI.

Ansem the Wise: “Everything is born from sleep. Yes, even you...”
Birth by Sleep text appears onscreen

[Land of Departure]

Master Xehanort: “The keyblades and the legend of the keyblade has been passed down to us. Like there creation after destruction, what was there after the Keyblade Wars? Will we be able to find the light like in legend, will we be able to be equal to that light? That is what I want to know.”

[Land of Departure (at their 'usual spot')]

Terra: [To group]“My dream is to become a Keyblade Master!”
Aqua: “You mean our dream, right?”
Terra: “Of course, all of us, it’s our dream.”

[Mysterious Tower]

Donald: “Aaaaaaah!”
Donald: “King Mickey!?”
Goofy: “... or not.”

[Castle of Dreams]

Fairy Godmother: “Terra, do you have a heart that believes in dreams?”

[Disney Town]

Captain Justice: “Captain Justice at your service!”
Aqua: “What?”

[Neverland]

Lost Boys: “Peter Pan!”
Peter Pan: “Who in the world is this?”

[Disney Town]

Chip: ”Do something about it!”
Dale: “It’s against the rules!”
Queen Minnie: “That’s an unadmirable thing to do.”

[Olympus Colosseum]

Zack: “Hey, what about going on one date with me?”
Aqua+: “Wha-what? No, I--”

[Dwarf Woodlands]

Ven: “Hearts that are scared will show you illusions.”

[Olympus Colosseum]

Hercules: “Someday I’ll be a champion, and I’ll become a hero.”

[Deep Space]

Aqua: “In your bond...”
626: “Huh?”
Aqua: “Would you be willing to add me and my friends?”

[Enchanted Dominion]

Ven: “Why is Princess Aurora sleeping?”
Flora: “She is cursed, and her heart has been stolen.”

[Olympus Colosseum]

Hades: “Why don’t you try controlling your darkness, and make yourself even more powerful?”

[Castle of Dreams]

Jaq: “You have to hurry, the ball is starting!”
Cinderella: “Thank you so much!”

[Never Land]

Aqua: “This is...”
Peter Pan: “Oh, Ven left that here.”

[Enchanted Dominion]

Terra: “What did you do to me!? What did you make me do!?”

[The Gathering Place]

King Mickey: “The keyblade isn’t something you use to hurt people!”

[Radiant Garden]

Master Xehanort: “Aqua and Ventus have light that is too strong, it just makes your darkness more apparent.”

[Land of Departure]

Master Eraqus: “If it looks as though Terra is going to fall into darkness, bring him straight back to me.”

[Enchanted Dominion]

Maleficent: “I can see it... the darkness that sleeps in your heart.”

[Land of Departure]

Vanitas: “You need to see it with your own eyes, when Terra stops being Terra.”

[The Gathering Place]

Master Xehanort: “You should know him, the masked boy. His name is Vanitas.”

[Radiant Garden]

Aqua: “Who are you?”
Vanitas: “Ahahahaha”

[Radiant Garden]

Master Xehanort: “Travel the worlds! And destroy Vanitas, the one who disturbed the balance!”

[Mysterious Tower]

Yen Sid: “Mickey, it seems as though something bad is about to happen.”

[The Gathering Place]

Master Xehanort: “You are losing it. Now you need to take everything back, and hold onto it anew!”

[Unknown Place]

Master Xehanort: “So how is Ventus?”
Vanitas: “I’ll need to make him stronger.”

[Destiny Island]

Terra: “Why do you want to go to other worlds?”
Riku: “I want to become stronger.”

[Radiant Garden]

Aqua: “I can feel light in this girl.”
King Mickey: “Then perhaps this girl is special.”

[Radiant Garden]

Ven: “Leave him to me!”
Eleaus: “Wait right there!”
Dilan: “What can a child do!?”

[Radiant Garden]

Braig: “You mean this kid is a decent keyblade wielder?”

[Radiant Garden]

Even: “Looks like we owe you thanks.”

[Radiant Garden]

Isa: “Looks like you’re already prepared.”
Lea: “Of course, because we’re already friends. Got that memorized?”

[Radiant Garden]

Aqua: “When I see what you’ve done in other worlds, I started thinking. That maybe you’ve become to close to the darkness.”
Ven: “What are you saying Aqua!? There is no way Terra would ever fall into darkness...”
Terra: “So you’ve been watching over me...”

[The Gathering Place]

Vanitas: “Show me your power...”

[The Gathering Place]

Aqua: “The bonds of our hearts aren’t so weak that you can break them that easily!”

[Land of Departure]

Master Eraqus: “You shouldn’t exist!”

[The Gathering Place]

Master Xehanort: “Look, at the remains of the Keyblade Wars.”
Ansem the Wise: “The world has been nearly swallowed by darkness many times. But everytime it has been saved by a boy holding a keyblade.

[Unknown Place]

Master Xehanort: “You can’t save Ventus or Aqua!”
Terra: “I’ll never forgive you, Xehanort!”
Master Xehanort: “Yes, let your angry heart be stained in darkness!”
Ansem the Wise: “Perhaps, if it were him... the boy who can connect his heart with anyone...”

[Unknown Place]

Aqua: “My name is Master Aqua, and you will return my friend’s heart!"
Ansem the Wise: “Then he will be able to open that door, and save those unhappy souls.”

[Dive to Heart]

Ven: “Our connected hearts are my power!”
Ansem the Wise: “His name is...”

Merry Christmas from Esoterical

Hoping everyone had a great Christmas! Updates will of course continue as I find anything relative to the site. As for what will happen when BBS is released in Japan... I'm not sure yet :P It really all depends on the amount of spoilers I'll have to go through to get anything.

But hopefully, spoilers won't be a problem ;)

New Famitsu Information

Scans of the latest Famitsu are now available on various KH sites. Nothing too exciting in it, image-wise. Really, it's the translations that I find to be more important.

Translations brought to you by Lissar of KHI.

-- “The future that will be opened with the keyblade...”

“The opening movie tells of the future”

“Hikari”, the first KH song, plays in the opening movie. Scenes that weave the story together are shown, and within them we can see somewhere that looks like “The place of awakening”. We see Terra and his friends go up against Xehanort, then fall. Does this show a fate that cannot be avoided?

“The charms they carry, will become their strength...”

“Why do those two fight?”

“Those who change the three heroes’ fate”

“The end of a cruel and heartless fight” “The Kingdom Hearts glitters in the sky...”

-- “The feelings and bonds that head towards tragedy”

The scene that we can predict to be the climax of the story is shown. An uncountable number of keyblades are thrust into the earth as they go against Xehanort. This world’s name has yet to be revealed, it is a world we don’t yet know. Is this a place where many keyblade heroes died during the “Keyblade War”? There is a scene where Terra and Ven are with Xehanort, but why?

“The remains of the Keyblade War”

“The grave of the keyblades of past heroes”

Xehanort: “The remains of keyblades that took on the power of their masters”

Ven’s Story

They are up against Xehanort. Does Ven know how strong he is? He entrusts his friends with his last wish, “Please kill me...” We can also see a scene where it looks as though he has been defeated by Xehanort. Then Xehanort says unmerciful words to him. We can also see a scene where Ven has vacant eyes, and he seems to be working with Xehanort...?

“Entrusting your friends with your future”

Ven: “I ask you this because you’re my friends.”

Xehanort: “Why couldn’t you forgive [someone] for going on a journey?”

Terra’s Story

Terra can feel there is something wrong with his friend’s heart, and he explodes with anger. He challenges Xehanort with an attack that “Lingering Sentiment” used in KHIIFM?

“Trouble in Terra’s heart”

Terra: “What did you do to his heart!”

Terra: (Land of Departure) “I’ll use my strength for my friends!”

Terra: “Did you call me, Master Xehanort?”

Aqua’s Story

Aqua fights alongside the King in a land of darkness. It looks as though they are fighting Xehanort and Vanitas, but we can’t see Terra or Ven anywhere. Where could they be?

“Fighting alongside the King against a difficult adversary”

Aqua: “Terra, Ven, lend me your strength”

Aqua: “I will not listen to your nonsense!”

Beneath Vanitas’ mask...

Master Xehanort’s apprentice, the masked boy Vanitas. He uses the keyblade well, and he has enough power to over power three people [I can’t tell whether this is talking about TAV or not.] but we don’t know what his true form is. But when he is up against Ven, his mask melts off, exposing his face to the day. And that face is...?

“Will a prophecy of the future come true?”

“Vanitas’ golden eyes pierce Ven”

Vanitas: “The being called “Terra” will disappear.”

-- “The King with join the fight, holding a keyblade!”

The King will also appear here with our three heroes. He is holding the Starseeker that he had in the KHIIFM secret movie, but we still don’t know what his motives are. We can also see a scene where he shows the “star fragment” to Ven, which he uses to travel between the worlds.

“The cry of the King’s heart”

“Led by the power of the stars...”

Mickey: “The keyblade isn’t something you use to hurt people!””

Mickey: “You [?] didn’t just get [here?] on a whim, you must have reacted to something and been led [here]” [sorry, can’t tell exactly who/what he is talking about here without more references.]

“Create new Commands by fusion”

“Command Charge” is a system where you can put two Commands together to create a new Command. You can access it any time from the menu. If you add in fusion materials during Charge, you can get special abilities.

You can fuse “Aerial Break Lv 3” + “Aero Lv 3” to get “Aera”. If you add a “charged crystal” you can get “Air Combo Plus”. If you add the “shiny crystal” you can add “Blizzard Guard”.

“Add the best abilities to your Commands.”

“You can also by ice cream!”

At Moogle Shops in all of the worlds you can buy Commands (and sell them as well.) And in the series first ice cream shop in Disney Town, you can gather materials and make your own ice cream. If you put the ice cream you’ve made into your Deck Command, you’ll be able to change immediately to the style in the ice cream. It seems there are 7 kinds of ice cream?

The example shows “Volcano Curry” (if you use it you can change into Fire Blazer)

“The Moogle [is a?] hologram?”

“Get the Commands you want at a Moogle Shop!”

“Make your favorite ice cream!”

-- “Memories with friends you can never forget”

“Radiant Garden” is a world where many important characters in the series live. It has been revealed that Kairi and those who will become members of Organization XIII are here. This time we will introduce you to the two humans that look just like Axel an Saix. They look young, but you can imagine that this is how they would have looked as humans.

Lea: A mischievous boy who plays with a frisbee that has a fire symbol on it. He is characterized by his red hair that looks like fire. If you add an X to his name and switch the letters around it becomes “Axel”.

Isa: A cool and collected young man. You can tell that this is the human that would become Saïx, but he doesn’t have the scar on his forehead at this time.

“Sounds like Axel”

Lea: “Got it memorized?”

Isa: “Well, at least we won’t forget [you?], in any case.”

Isa: “It seems [someone] is already prepared.”

-- Of course Winnie the Pooh will be here!

The world of “Winnie the Pooh”, “The 100 Acre Wood” will be appearing on the Command Board system. With the special “Honey Paradise” you will be able to take the pot of honey and gain BP.

“Pooh and Tigger face off!”

EDIT: I take that back; just in are four pages featuring more of the Gathering Place that are quite good (although I am hoping for better images soon).

Possible English voice for Terra?

So it seems the hypothesis is, is that Crispin Freeman (voice of Setzer in KH2) could be the possible English voice of Terra. Reason being is because the Japanese voice for Terra is the same voice for Setzer. The reason for the voice choice makes little to no logical sense, other than matching the Japanese VAs (ex: the Japanese voices for Axel and Reno are the same, just as they are in English).

In a message sent to Freeman (not by me), the reply was that he couldn't comment... whether this means he is indeed a part of BBS or not remains to be seen.

Source: KHI Forums, Yahoo Groups


(And I'm sorry my Photobucket sucks; apparently it's only mine that's giving me problems and shrinking my images; I did everything I could to get it to original size, but nothing helped. I think it's still readable though).

Credit goes to Divide&Conquer for the message.

Lea and Isa featured in Famitsu

(Ok I seriously hope this is the last un-related post for the site, but since I showed an illustration of the two a few updates ago, I thought I might as well finish it -.-)

(I'm also assuming that you're here because spoilers don't bother you; if they do bother you than you shouldn't be here in the first place)

A new Famitsu scan featuring Lea and Isa (and not "Sai", which figures) from the new trailer (that is still unreleased; it could be a while). Also notice "Lia" in the scan, which could be a Japanese spelling.


We'll probably receive better quality images in the near future.

EDIT - December 24, 2009: Better scan -


Really, what I want the most are the English voice actors for Master Xehanort, Vanitas, and Terra - probably the single most important bit of information we could get from the game. And I'm hoping these will be revealed before January 9th. After that, the main KH news sites will be filled with insane spoilers from people who imported the game, and those are the spoilers I'd like to avoid.

Who knows what will happen, but I'll continue to stay on top of it.

Here's a commercial to tie us over

Ok so I know this is about a week old (if not more than that), but it has some scenes featured in the new trailer... the one from Jump Festa... the one we don't have yet -.-"

High-Res BBS Cover

Basically at this point I'm just trying to find updates =P

I put this together from Japan's Amazon page.. unfortunately Photobucket likes to shrink my images, so if anyone knows of an image-hosting site that doesn't resize images, please tell me.

This image is plenty big, it's just that... the original was 1010x1743. Photobucket changed it to 593×1023 -.-"

BBS Jump Festa 2010 News

Jump Festa 2010 started last Friday, and we're finally getting loads of KH content. First up are the details to the latest trailer, translated by Maiki and jen-cat.

I'd also like to take this time to mention... if you are at the point where you don't want any more spoilers, I would quit reading now.

- The trailer starts with Ven sitting unconsciously on a thrown in what looks to be the Chamber of Repose
- There's a conversation between Master Xehanort and Master Eraqus about the Keyblade war
- Terra swings his Keyblade, saying "my dream is to become a Keyblade Master." Aqua replies with "you mean 'our' dream"
- Goofy and Donald stand guard at the Mysterious Tower when suddenly there's an explosion. They find Ven unconscious on the ground, holding in his hand a translucent blob that looks like a blue glowing paopu fruit
-The Fairy Godmother asks Terra if he has a heart that believes in dreams
- Captain Justice makes an epic appearance, but Aqua laughs it off
- Zack asks Aqua on a date. She gets embarrassed and shakes her arms and head
- Hades confronts Terra
- In Neverland, Aqua is holding Ven's Keyblade. Peter Pan tells her that Ven left it behind
- Terra yells out in front of a sleeping Aurora, "what did you make me do?!"
- Ven holds his head in pain on the ground, with Mickey being unconscious behind him. Master Xehanort says something to him
-The FMV scenes of the screenshots displayed in the 30 second TV CM and magazines scans are shown
-Terra and Aqua are shown facing off against eachother
-Vanitas and Ven reenact the scene of Sora looking up to find Riku holding out his hand to him in the first Kingdom Hearts
-Ven runs through a dark hallway and the walls have a hologram of King Mickey in action
- Terra is chased by a flood of water in what looks to be the hallway of Castle Oblivion
- In-game cutscene of the secret ending from the second Final Mix
- Master Eraqus talks to Aqua, Aqua looks sad
- Terra is shown with a young Riku at the beach; the sun is setting. Terra asks Riku, "why do you want to leave this world?" Riku replies with "I want to be stronger"
- Aqua is shown with King Mickey and young Kairi. Aqua mentions that she senses 'light' from Kairi, and King Mickey tells her that Kairi is special
- Ven runs past Eleaus and Dilan, and the two yell out "wait!"
- Terra faces off with Braig. Braig has the big scar on his left cheek in this scene
- Ven and Even are shown with Ienzo
- Young Axel and Saïx are shown in their human forms talking to Ven. Axel says "because we're friends, got that memorized?" Both of their hair styles are similar to their Nobody selves, but shorter. Axel wears a scarf on his neck and an orange tank top. Saïx wears a short-sleeved blue training jumpsuit, with a crescent moon mark on his left chest. They both look to be around the same age as Ven. There are no scars or marks on their faces
- A preview of some of the minigames is shown
- Battle scenes are shown of Terra against Braig and Aqua against Vanitas
- Vanitas takes off his helmet (but his face is off screen). Master Xehanort asks him, "how was Ven?" to which Vanitas answers, "I'll train him up."
- Vanitas is unconscious on the floor. Aqua attempts to remove his helmet but Vanitas suddenly laughs hysterically
- Terra is shown fighting Master Xehanort. Terra roars and darkness start to release from him
- A baby (?) is wrapped in clothing and seen on the trunk of the paopu tree that Sora, Riku and Kairi always hang out at. He has a similar appearance to Ven. His eyes are drooping but there are stars twinkling in/around them
- Little Sora watches a falling star in the night sky
- Aqua is shown at the beach, a tear falling down her cheek
- In the last scene, someone says, "his name is..." followed by a scene of Sora in his Kingdom Hearts II outfit, sitting on the paopu tree alone

EDIT: Here is an alternate translation for the trailer that makes for an interesting read:

DiZ is probably the one doing the narration...

DiZ: “Everything is born from sleep. Yes, even you...”
Ven is sleeping on a chair. We don’t know where it is, but is this the “Room of Awakening”?

Birth by Sleep

In Land of Departure Eraqus is speaking with Xehanort
Xehanort: “There is only a little that has come down to us about the Keyblade Wars. After the destruction creation slept. After the Keyblade Wars what slept? Are we destined to discover the light and be equal to it as it says in the legend? That is what I want to find out.”

In Land of Departure Terra and Aqua are trying to comfort Ven who looks depressed.
Terra: “My dream is to become a Keyblade Master.”
Aqua: “You mean it’s “our” dream, right?”
Terra: “Right. All of us. It’s our dream.”
Terra hands over a wooden keyblade. (On it is written “TERRA”)

In the Mysterious Tower Ven appears in front of Donald and Goofy
Donald: “Gaaaaaaaaaah!?”
Wrapped in light and unconscious [? maybe unconscious ‘fallen’] Ven us holding the King’s “star fragment” in his hand.
Donald: “The King!?”
Goofy: “Nope, doesn’t look like it.”

In Castle of Dreams Terra talks with the Fairy Godmother.
Fairy Godmother: “Terra, do you have a heart that believes in dreams?”

In Disney Town Captain Justice appears in front of Aqua.
Captain Justice: “Captain Justice at your service!”
Aqua: “Huh?” (cocks her head)

In Neverland Peter Pan appears in front of Ven.
Lost Boys: “Peter Pan!”
Peter Pan: “Who’s this?”

In Disney Town Terra seems to be asking Chip and Dale something.
Chip: “What are you doing!”
Dale: “That’s against the rules!”
Minnie: “No, I don’t think we can accept that...”

In Olympus Colosseum Zack asks Aqua out on a date.
Zack: “Hey, want to go on a date with me? Just one?”
Aqua: “I.. I...”
Aqua tries to decline.

In Dwarf Woodlands Ven is comforting Snow White.
Ven: “A heart that is scared will see illusions.”

In Olympus Colosseum Hercules talks with Terra.
Hercules: “Someday I’ll be a champ too, and then I’ll become a hero.”

In Deep Space Aqua gives 626 a charm.
Aqua: “This will be my connection to you.”
626: “?”
Aqua: “Will you be my friend?”

In Olympus Colosseum Hades tries talking to Terra.
Hades: “Why don’t you try controlling the darkness and becoming even more powerful?”

In Castle of Dreams, Ven and Jaq have made Cinderella's dress.
Jaq: “Hurry! The ball is going to start soon!”
Cinderella: “Thank you so much.”

In Neverland Peter Pan hands Aqua a wooden keyblade.
Aqua: “This...”
Peter Pan: “Ven left that behind.”

In Dwarf Woodlands the Queen laughs as she makes Snow White eat the poison apple.

In Enchanted Dominion Terra seems to have realized something.
Terra: “What did you make me do!?”

In the wastelands Mickey stands over Ven, who has fallen.
Mickey: “A keyblade isn’t something you use to hurt people!”
He is pointing his keyblade at someone.

[Hikari plays]

Scenes from the opening movie and the Birth by sleep secret movie play.
- Terra and Aqua fight.
- Vanitas holds out his hand to Ven. (Reminiscent of the opening to KHII with Sora and Riku.)
- TAV look at the charm they hold in their hands.
- Three stained glass floors
- Ven is running. You can’t tell where, but afterward the darkness turns to light.
- Terra runs, in a place that looks like Castle Oblivion. Afterward the light turns to darkness.
- Aqua looks worried, holding her hands to her chest.
- Aqua then Terra then Ven fall with a lot of keyblades. Ven smashes the stained glass floor (Maybe the picture is Sora or Roxas?)

- Radiant Garden, Terra and Xehanort.
Xehanort: “Aqua and Ventus have light that is too strong, it will just make the darkness inside you more apparent.”

- In Land of Departure Eraqus asks something of Aqua.
Eraqus: “If the unthinkable happens and Terra really falls into darkness, bring him back to me immediately.”

Enchanted Dominion, Maleficent makes Terra’s darkness stronger.
Maleficent: “Look, look at the darkness that sleeps inside you.”

Land of Departure, Ven and Vanitas
Ven: “Who are you?”
Vanitas: “You’ll have to see for yourself, when Terra will stop being Terra.”

Radiant Garden, Xehanort speaks with Terra. They’re outside.
Xehanort: “You should know him, the masked boy. His name is Vanitas.”

Radiant Garden, Vanitas has fallen and Aqua gets close to him and tries to take off his mask.
Aqua: “Just who are...?”
Vanitas: “Hahahahahaha” (He suddenly starts laughing.)

Radiant Garden, Xehanort tries to get Terra to leave. They’re inside.
Xehanort: “Travel the worlds! And destroy that one who disturbed the balance, Vanitas!”

Mysterious Tower, Mickey and Yen Sid.
Yen Sid: “Mickey, it seems something terrible is going to happen.”

Wastelands, Xehanort and Ven who is holding his head, the King has fallen.
Xehanort: “You are losing [yourself?], you must take it all back, grab it anew!”

Unknown place, Someone is talking with Vanitas
??? (Xehanort?): “How is he, Ventus?”
Vanitas: “I must make him stronger.”
Vanitas holds his mask.

Destiny Island, Riku talks with Terra.
Terra: “Why do you want to go to other worlds?”
Riku: “I want to become stronger.”

Radiant Garden Aqua and the King have just save (?) Kairi.
Aqua: “I feel a light in this girl.”
The King: “There might be something special in this girl.”
Kairi just stares at them.

Radiant Garden, Ven runs past the two guardsmen.
Ven: “Leave him to me!”
Eleaus: “Wait!”
Dilan: “What can a child do!?”

Radiant Garden, Braig laughs slightly.
Braig: “You mean this kid is actually a pretty good keyblade wielder?”

Radiant Garden, Ven seems to have rescued Ienzo.
Even: “It seems we owe you thanks.”

Radiant Garden, Lea (Axel’s human) and a boy (Saix’s human, name unknown) are looking at Ven.
Boy: “Looks like you’re all ready to do it.”
Lea: “Of course, because we’re already friends. Got it memorized?”

Radiant Garden, the air is tense around Terra, Ven and Aqua.
Aqua: “I thought it when I saw you leave for other worlds. I thought you are getting too close to the darkness.”
Ven: “Aqua, what are you saying!? Terra wouldn’t...”
Terra: “So you’ve been watching me...”
Ven looks surprised, Aqua looks serious.

Birth by sleep Secret Movie, Aqua is glaring at someone, and Ven is covered in ice though he hasn’t given up yet.
“The bond of our hearts isn’t something that can be broken so easily by someone like you!”

Land of Departure, Eraqus is pointing his keyblade at someone.
“You shouldn’t exist!”

Battle, Minigame, Multiplayer
Style Change “Wing Blade” “Ice Blast”
Shoot Lock “Ultima Cannon” “Multi Vortex”
D-LINK “Donald”
Command Board “100 Acre Wood” “Disney Town” “Land of Departure”
Land of Departure special move “Keyblade Ride”, allows you to move where you want.
Etc.

Narration and scenes from the BbS secret movie.

DiZ: “The world has been almost been swallowed by darkness many times, but always a keyblade wielding boy has come to save it.”
- Land of Departure is swallowed in darkness, Terra looks up at it.
- Place unknown, Xehanort vs. Terra?
Xehanort: “You won’t be able to Ventus or Aqua!”
Terra: “I won’t forgive for this Xehanort!”
Xehanort: “Yes, let anger fill your heart with darkness!”
As Xehanort says, Terra starts pulsating with a dark aura.

DiZ: “Perhaps if it is him... the boy who can connect his heart with anyone...”
- Sora watching falling stars.
- On Destiny Island (?) a baby Ven is wrapped in white cloth and looks towards the sky.
- Aqua stands in front of Castle Oblivion.
- Vanitas stabs his keyblade into a fallen Aqua.
- Unknown place. Aqua is pointing her keyblade at someone.
Aqua: “My name is Master Aqua. And you will return my friend’s heart!”

DiZ: “Then he will be able to open the door and save those unhappy souls.”
- Ven glares at someone. He is synchronizing with that “someone” [what? I don’t really understand what this means... maybe it needs to be seen.]
- Aqua stands in a world of darkness and cries.
- Terra stabs his keyblade into the wasteland.
- A place that looks like Dive to Heart, Ven stands on the stained glass and yells.
Ven: “Our connected hearts are my power!”

DiZ: “His name is...”
- On Destiny Island, Sora stares at the sunset (wearing his clothes from KHII) Spoilers end here! Hope this was enlightening! See you next when the trailer comes out

Secondly, an illustration by the same Maiki has just appeared featuring what young Lea and Saïx (Saï?) look like from the new trailer:

Thirdly, though not from Jump Festa, the actual Birth By Sleep box has recently appeared on Sony's Japanese website - a double confirmation that the previous artwork was the true boxart.

And lastly, some new HQ images have been added to the Artwork section of the site (which I am seriously considering renaming to Gallery).

I wonder if I'm straying a bit from the main subject of the site? :/

I'll post the actual new trailer as soon as it's available.

Birth By Sleep Boxart Revealed!

More like part-boxart-part-ad, but still the boxart nonetheless.

Which is also a reminder that the Japanese release date is again, January 9, 2010.

Zack Fair Confirmed for BBS

Remember meeting Cloud in Olympus Coliseum in Kingdom Hearts? The latest issue of Jump Weekly now confirms not only Olympus Coliseum for BBS (which we already knew anyways) but also Zack Fair of FFVII!

(Also note the tiny pic of a little Kairi behind Aqua, but that's irrelevant to the site =P)

I'd also like to note that, for the last few days, there have been announcements of English VA's for BBS - Stitch is being voiced by Chris Sanders, and Ventus is being voiced by Jesse McCartney (what a surprise). Hopefully this means that we'll soon be getting a VA announcement for both Terra and Master Xehanort.