‘Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue’ Redefines Long Titles; Gets A New Trailer & Release Window

If you’ve been waiting anxiously for more news on Kingdom Hearts 3, you’re going to have to hold out a little longer. But don’t worry, Square Enix has your Keyblade fix covered with a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue. Yes, that’s the real name. And it’s looking pretty great!

Serving as both an HD remaster of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and what essentially seems like a prequel demo for the third game focusing on Aqua’s continued journey through the Realm of Darkness, the latter segment in particular looks absolutely gorgeous. Considering how I found Aqua to be the most interesting protagonist across the entire series, I’m really excited to be able to control her unique spells once again. Her story bridging the gap between Birth By Sleep and the third game doesn’t hurt the excitement either! On the Dream Drop Distance front, it was the only core KH game I never finished. Replacing your Disney party members with generic color swapped enemies took some of the joy out of the crossover appeal the series has become known for, but I’m hoping that I’ll be able to enjoy it more the second time around.

Aside from the playable segments, Kingdom Hearts x Back Cover, a movie that connects to the earliest parts of the universe’s lore, will tell the story of the Foretellers. Tying in to the recently released Kingdom Hearts Unchained x mobile game, this package will be overflowing with details to play through and analyze as we wait for 2017. With each character masked, it won’t be long until we start trying to identify the voice actors and see what past characters they match!

Sadly, we’ll have to wait longer on news for the third game, seeing as the trailer mentioned more details wouldn’t come until the winter. In the meantime, see if you can figure out any of the voice actors for yourself in the trailer below. When December comes, will you be picking up the final Kingdom Hearts release before KH3 finally arrives? Does the third game’s apparent E3 absence disappoint you? And did you actually like the Dream Eaters? Let us know in the comments!