"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." Appearing in a video game trailer over a moonlit cityscape set to a somber Yoko Shimomura tune, this quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet lit a flame seven years ago that still hasn't gone out. More words illuminate the screen: crystals, a line of kings, an isolated nation, swords and sorcery, the outer world, a new era - as a sort of prelude to the visual splendor that would follow. And what happens in this trailer? A prince sleeps on his throne in a dark room flooded with water. He awakens and steps into the outside world - a modern city - with thunder and lightning heralding his emergence. The prince meets an army of knights wielding firearms, and he descends a long staircase to meet them in battle. The knights open fire on him, but the prince is protected by something unseen - the knights' bullets flying off of the space around him. With the thrust of his arm, his invisible shield materializes as a band of weapons - spears, halberds, and swords. They swirl around the prince, and he reaches out for one: a blade, its hilt decorated with

"Sora, this was the day that your journey began. I know, because I was here, too. It's time for the truth." Kingdom Hearts Re:coded finds its origins in Kingdom Hearts coded, a cell phone game that was announced at the 2007 Tokyo Game Show alongside Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. All three games--a prequel, a midquel, and a sequel--ended up lending themselves to the continuation of the Kingdom Hearts franchise, but only Kingdom Hearts coded took place after the events of Kingdom Hearts II. But for a story that could potentially reveal the future of Kingdom Hearts, the game was rather limited, both in reach and in content: it was played across eight downloadable episodes made available over time (nine if you include the pre-install episode, which was released before the game itself), and it was only playable on Japanese cell phones. Fortunately, Square Enix decided to re-make Kingdom Hearts coded from the ground up, releasing it as Kingdom Hearts Re:coded for the Nintendo DS. This version of the game would later be released in territories outside of Japan. But for all of its significance, and all of the hard work that went into producing it, Re:coded

Fans in the London metropolitan area will get the chance to see the game and be featured in a video. 5330

The Kingdom Hearts manga is finally returning to western shores! 5183

Square Enix has published new screenshots from Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX for the PS3. 5124

Square Enix has just updated their Kingdom Hearts χ website with gameplay information on the new browser title. 5051

Hello, everyone! My name is John Sotomayor, and I'm a new writer joining the team here at Nova Crystallis. 5002