Sales Age: Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days - A Japanese Success?

Has Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days continued the series tradition of consecutive hit after hit, or is does it signal a flop, a dismal turnaround for the Kingdom Hearts franchise? Released a short two months ago in Japan, days has managed to sell just over 500,000 copies, and continues to place on Japan's weekly sales charts. Debuting at almost 300,000 units, the game is expected to double its launch figures by the end of the year.

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Has Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days continued the series tradition of consecutive hit after hit, or is does it signal a flop, a dismal turnaround for the Kingdom Hearts franchise? Released a short two months ago in Japan, days has managed to sell just over 500,000 copies, and continues to place on Japan's weekly sales charts. Debuting at almost 300,000 units, the game is expected to double its launch figures by the end of the year.

The only logical way of seeing how these numbers track w...

Hi everyone! According to FF7AC Reunion, there are some new Birth by Sleep scans in the latest VJump, with new images and information about the Deck Command system, Castle of Dreams, and a new world based off of Lilo and Stitch! The world is apparently set in deep space, but whether or not Hawaii will be part of it is unknown.

There's no scans yet, but we'll post them as soon as they're online!

Thanks to Nintandy on the forums for the info!

In 358/2 Days related news, BradyGame...

Reserve Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and receive a Kingdom Hearts poster and four Kingdom Hearts postcards. Just write a quick note on one of these postcards and mail it off to your friends and they'll think your vacationing with Sora and the gang in the land of Kingdom Hearts. Available online and in-store while supplies last. To preorder online, go here. Otherwise, head to your nearest GameStop.

As a reminder, Amazon and Target are also offering bonuses of their own. Amazon's bonus (a limi...

Hi, everyone! We have some pretty neat news today--Kingdom Hearts was ranked number nine by IGN.com on their Top 25 PS2 Games list! Here's what they had to say:

9) Kingdom Hearts Developer: SquareSoft Publisher: SquareSoft Year Released: 2002

Synopsis: The premise behind the game was completely absurd: Disney cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse thrown in with Square Enix characters to make a new kind of action RPG. However, as strange as it sounds, these two dissimilar fr...

Actual footage of Kingdom Hearts Coded has surfaced online! The first episode (Destiny Islands) of this incomplete play-through can be found here. A very special thanks to DChiuch of KH13.com. The rest (which includes Traverse Town) should be up very soon. We'll keep you posted, as always.

EDIT: More videos of Kingdom Hearts Coded have been added! Check them out.

Discuss this on our forums!

Our other translator Krexia has translated a more in-depth summary of Episode 3 from The Light in Chaos!

Spoilers contained within. You've been warned!

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Hey, everyone! Here's an exciting bit of news for any European Kingdom Hearts fans--SE has launched a Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days website geared towards PAL territories. Not much about it is new, but it does sport a few nifty screenshots.

Check it out!

Just a reminder: 358/2 Days is set to release in North America on September 29th, and in Europe on October 9th. It's getting closer! :D

Thanks to Poupukeyblade for pointing this out. Discuss this on our forums!

Hi everyone! The Kingdom Hearts Coded site has been updated with information and screenshots from the latest episode! The first page on the new episode, however, does have some spoilers in the screenshots.

Check it out!

Discuss this over in our forums! I also posted a translation of one of the screenshots (it's seriously not much) and an explanation of sorts of the screenshots on the site, for those who don't want to be spoiled.