More Details On Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue

Recently Square Enix announced Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, which includes Dream Drop Distance HD (which was originally on the Nintendo 3DS),  Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage, which is a brand new experience ahead of Kingdom Hearts 3. There is also a HD movie – Kingdom Hearts χ [chi] Back Cover which explains more of the back story of the saga.

Game Informer recently was able to speak to director Tetsuya Nomura explaining some of the details on the new game,  0.2 Birth by Sleep which will incorporate elements from Kingdom Hearts III.

“It’s not necessarily for getting feedback, but more about letting people get a taste of Kingdom Hearts III through introducing a small part of the game system,” Nomura says.

0.2 Birth By Sleep will only take a few hours to complete, focus on the Aqua and could be seen as a early BETA or similar to Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeros led way for Metal Gear Solid 5.

“We’re planning for it to be about the same volume of gameplay as one regular world,” Nomura says.

He added “a glimpse into what Kingdom Hearts III will feel like” since this episode was created using “a portion of the developing environment used for Kingdom Hearts III.”

The other game from this bundle is Dream Drop Distance, which has been tweaked from its original 3DS version, since that was made for duel screens and isn’t a simple port of the game.

No official release date has been announced for Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue in the West, however is set for a 2016 release in Japan.

Are you excited for Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue?