Screenshot of new area in Olympus shown in Extended Demo at Kaaboo Festival
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- Published on September 15, 2018 @ 02:21 am
- Written by Joey
Please note: this article contains spoilers from a previously unknown area in Kingdom Hearts III.
The Kaaboo Music Festival in Del Mar seems to have dropped an olympic surprise appearance from Kingdom Hearts III.
Kaaboo, which takes place in San Diego from September 14-16th 2018, is a festival which boasts an adult escape, uniquely curated to appeal to all five of your senses, with world-class music, hilarious comedy, incredible cuisine, craft libations, inspiring contemporary art, and personal indulgences. It doesn't really seem like a place where Kingdom Hearts III would be available at, however according to an Instagram story by rod83092 it seems that fans are getting their first glimpse at a new area of Olympus.
Playstation brought this demo to promote the game as part of their Road to Greatness tour, which showcases new and upcoming titles. This location is found in an extended version of the Olympus demo, so it's very exciting to see more locations from the game prior to the games English launch on January 29th 2019.
According to rod83092, the demo starts in the city, which he believes to be Athens. Sora heads into the mountains, passing through various environments such as those seen in the E3 2015 trailer. The objective is to reach the summit, where Sora then does battle with the Rock Titan.
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Random as hell but either way it got me like
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Oh neat is that Zeus? I'm actually excited to finally meet him in person.
Can you please edit your post. The name you included can be viewed from the Activity page and can 1) spoil those who don't want to be and 2) give people the wrong impression that Zeus is actually in the game (which is unknown).
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This... this is beautiful. This is the Olympus I’ve always wanted. Also, Goofy looks like there is something terrible on Sora’s face. Lol
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Okay I edited my post.
I don't quite understand how an event like this got access to a spoiler image. Weird.
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Goofy looks like he's secretly telling Sora about his plan to pull a gun on Xehanort
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Okay I edited my post.
I don't quite understand how an event like this got access to a spoiler image. Weird.
Thanks. It's annoying that this section can't be removed from the activity log but "Oh neat is that Zeus?" was fully visible and I didn't want people to think there actually was Zeus and that they were just completely spoiled on it so thank you for your cooperation.
Either there's a new demo there which wow if true, or there's an area that no one has found in the original demo until now.
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This is beautiful. Despite how much we've already seen of Olympus, every new area of this game looks incredible. I can't wait to dive in to this for myself in a few months.
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This looks so good, hoping for more leaked pictures lol.
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Wow! This world is HUGE. This is looking really beautiful, too!
Really curious as to how and why this is taking place? Really excited though.
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Kinda worried that these demos are everywhere. What if it leaks and some tech savy person data mines it.
Just being paranoid.
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Kinda worried that these demos are everywhere. What if it leaks and some tech savy person data mines it.
Just being paranoid.
Demos are only in places where there are hundreds of people watching, as well as staff and security cameras. It is extremely difficult to plug in a USB or something and copy a demo over, and even then there may be additional security on them like a product key meaning it won't work unless its on that specific console.
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Secret area or new build?
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Secret area or new build?
Extended rock titan demo, going by khInsider post on twitter.
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Wow! This world is HUGE. This is looking really beautiful, too!
Really curious as to how and why this is taking place? Really excited though.
Dandelion asked the source about it. Playstation is one of the partners of Kaaboo Del Mar, so they brought a bunch of demos to promote newly and upcoming games.
It might be safe to assume this extended Olympus demo will also be available at TGS next week.
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Dandelion asked the source about it. Playstation is one of the partners of Kaaboo Del Mar, so they brought a bunch of demos to promote newly and upcoming games.
It might be safe to assume this extended Olympus demo will also be available at TGS next week.
Wow, interested to find out more! And if we're seeing this demo here, where else we might see it make an appearance.
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Wow, interested to find out more! And if we're seeing this demo here, where else we might see it make an appearance.
Paris games week and jump festa, and maybe some other smaller events.
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Wow, interested to find out more! And if we're seeing this demo here, where else we might see it make an appearance.
Could be TGS on out. But I think it’ll depend on how long this version is. This event probably wasn’t a place where people were coming in hordes just to play this game, so they were likely afforded more time. Busier events might not be as lucky or they may just have to choose one of the two demos rather than playing both. I wonder if any new cutscenes were shown?
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Wow, interested to find out more! And if we're seeing this demo here, where else we might see it make an appearance.
Kaaboo is part of Playstation's Road to Greatness Tour, so this demo should be shown at the remaining 4 events:
September 21-23: CA Capital Air Show - Sacramento, CA
September 28-30: Miramar Air Show - San Diego, CA
October 5-6: Breakaway Music Festival - Nashville, TN
October 12-13: Breakaway Music Festival - Charlotte, NC
There's also Paris Games Week, Jump Festa and various PAX's, to name a few.
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Thanks Sign!
The idea that there is a playable demo with more content we've yet to see yet only have seen this one screenshot is so curious. I quickly browed the hashtags and location tags and haven't seen a thing related to Kingdom Hearts. A lot of great music, though.
Hoping something will surface within the weekend. Otherwise.. guess I'll just have to be impatient and wait until.. Monday. :wink:
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AHHH IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL. I NEED TO WATCH THIS FILM AGAIN ;~;
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Yeah I saw this on Twitter earlier and was surprised I didn't see it on the main section, now I see why ha.
It looks so gorgeous, I also am thinking this may be in the TGS demo.
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AHHH IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL. I NEED TO WATCH THIS FILM AGAIN ;~;
It's a great one. Just seeing this shot has me wondering what the soundtrack will be like for this world, and this location in particular. Definitely feeling some "Go the Distance" vibes.
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Oh Man, this area of Olympus amazing!
[SPOILER]
Hoping for a Zeus Statue interaction for SDG, as a direct nod to the original film when the statue of Zeus interacted with a teenage Hercules.
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Also, anyone thinks this is taking place before the Rock Titan Boss battle or after the battle? Cause it makes sense for SDG to explore around Olympus before the first boss fight cause in the opening scene they were coming out of a pathway before it was blocked off by the broken piece of boulder thrown by the Titan
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Very cool! God damn this has me excited.
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It's a great one. Just seeing this shot has me wondering what the soundtrack will be like for this world, and this location in particular. Definitely feeling some "Go the Distance" vibes.
I was thinking the same thing. In fact, I can easily see a similar scene playing out but it leads to some new clothes or a heartfelt discussion about inner strength
Just as I read your post, "Go the Distance" began to play on my YouTube playlist xD
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https://ibb.co/mQXVsK
https://ibb.co/er4zme
After some sifting through the location tag (KAABOO Music Festival), I stumbled upon ONE other view of the "New" KHIII Demo. With close inspection, this too looks like a piece of a new location, seemingly confirming the new demo. This also confirms that it is indeed a playable Demo. KAABOO is happening all weekend, so if you live in SoCal and can get a way in... GO PLAY IT!
Edit: Source is Padriecrobertson on Instagram
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Kaaboo is part of Playstation's Road to Greatness Tour, so this demo should be shown at the remaining 4 events:
September 21-23: CA Capital Air Show - Sacramento, CA
September 28-30: Miramar Air Show - San Diego, CA
October 5-6: Breakaway Music Festival - Nashville, TN
October 12-13: Breakaway Music Festival - Charlotte, NC
There's also Paris Games Week, Jump Festa and various PAX's, to name a few.
Damn! I live so close to one of these places but I unfortunately don't have the money to get tickets to the event. So close, yet so far away. :'C Would absolutely love to play the demo, especially if it's got new content.
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AHHH IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL. I NEED TO WATCH THIS FILM AGAIN ;~;
Honestly there should be a site-wide movie marathon for all the KH3 properties. Including Wreck-It-Ralph, Lion King, and Little Mermaid.
For... Immersion.
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I really hope we get to explore the field areas before Thebes. Having that big expanse of land between Thebes and Olympus only to zone through all that like in BBS would be pretty disappointing.
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Ah this is beautiful to see, I'd assume that statue is an in-game reference or maybe representation of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: the Statue of Zeus, said to be the work of Phidias, at Olympia.
*edit* or like DizneyXBirds95 mentioned, a reference to the statue in the movie which is a reference to the Statue of Zeus lol
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That's absolutely stunning. I can't wait to soak up all the embellishments the devs did.
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Nothing I'd consider a spoiler here. Still the game is looking really good as this screen proves even more. I'm at the point where I don't want to see anymore of the announced Disney worlds though.
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Nothing I'd consider a spoiler here. Still the game is looking really good as this screen proves even more. I'm at the point where I don't want to see anymore of the announced Disney worlds though.
We tagged it as a spoiler because it shows a potential character who is currently unrevealed yet officially by SE. Until that happens, we would rather keep to people’s wishes when it comes to avoiding revealing content not in widely accessible promotional material.
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My old tired eyes are having trouble making out if those god rays are in-game or just part of an instagram filter.
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Seeing the beauty of this, I want an area inspired by the waterfall where Herc fights Nessus even more. I also hope there are at least statues of the Muses. All the other gods preferably. I’d love a side mission where we find the statues and photograph them or (more ambitiously) they come to life and give us a task/challenge to prove we’re worthy of being true heroes.
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Really happy about this. I'm glad Hercules is finally getting a kickass world (as far as level design goes) after all these years. I would like it to still have tournaments, but maybe that isn't going to happen in this game?
My guess is they've walked into the temple, and then Goofy turns around and sees the real Zeus has appeared (looks like Donald is turning to).
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Glorious <3 God, I can't believe how excited I am for this. Can't wait to see the direct feeds and video of the new stuff. Also really hoping we still get some Underworld action at some point.
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Hercules is such a rich film for the KH-series -- it's been in every game and there are still areas/characters we haven't gotten to see. I hope they include a few more of the gods!
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it going to heard though noot going john goodman as zeus if we see him in the game
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Hold on. I have a sneaking suspicion since I have seen the movie not too long ago.
[SPOILER]Could it be that Sora talks to Zeus BEFORE things really get crazy, like Herc did when he first started? Maybe about finding his strength again?[/SPOILER]
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it going to heard though noot going john goodman as zeus if we see him in the game
Do you mean Rip Torn? Also, Corey Burton (Yen Sid, AtW, et al) voiced him in the animated series, so I’d bet he’ll be reprising the role.
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Okay, I think I'm starting to understand why Hercules returned for Kingdom Hearts III.
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Okay, I think I'm starting to understand why Hercules returned for Kingdom Hearts III.
Right? Seeing this, I’d be excited for pretty much any world that returned because these films are being brought to life on a whole other level compared to previous titles. Maybe not for this game, but I definitely want to see worlds like Neverland and Agrabah in this engine one day. I would have loved to see Deep Jungle fully realized. I wish they could work out those licensing rights.
This also looks like it’ll be a great photo op spot for that potential photo mode.
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Do you mean Rip Torn? Also, Corey Burton (Yen Sid, AtW, et al) voiced him in the animated series, so I’d bet he’ll be reprising the role.
i bet you can say sora will go the ditance in kh3
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Okay, I think I'm starting to understand why Hercules returned for Kingdom Hearts III.
Aside from exploring Mt. Olympus for the first time and the rest of the locations from the movie (e.g. Thebes) at least, we aren't stuck to being at the Coliseum which had like 2-4 rooms like in previous games. Secondly, as shown in the ending for 0.2 BBS, Sora is coming to the world to train with Hercules so he can regain most of his power back after he lost them during is Mark of Mastery exam in Dream Drop Distance.
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According to rod83092, the demo starts off in the city (he thinks it's Athens). Sora then heads into the mountains, going through a bunch of different environments as seen in the E3 2015 trailer and ending with the Rock Titan battle.
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Right? Seeing this, I’d be excited for pretty much any world that returned because these films are being brought to life on a whole other level compared to previous titles. Maybe not for this game, but I definitely want to see worlds like Neverland and Agrabah in this engine one day. I would have loved to see Deep Jungle fully realized. I wish they could work out those licensing rights.
This also looks like it’ll be a great photo op spot for that potential photo mode.
I'd be curious to see Wonderland in this engine. Just because we'd be able to really explore every nook-and-cranny of that weird world (similarly to what it was like being in Andy's room in the Toy Story demo).
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I'd be curious to see Wonderland in this engine. Just because we'd be able to really explore every nook-and-cranny of that weird world (similarly to what it was like being in Andy's room in the Toy Story demo).
I would kill to see a world based on Tim Burton’s Alice in this engine.
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According to rod83092, the demo starts off in the city (he thinks it's Athens). Sora then heads into the mountains, going through a bunch of different environments as seen in the E3 2015 trailer and ending with the Rock Titan battle.
Nice, at least from a narrative standpoint it makes sense to have Olympus begin with SDG arriving in the world in Athens/Thebes immediately after the Opening cutscene with Young Eraqus and Young Xehanort, and Riku and Mickey's time in the Realm of Darkness just before the Rock Titan battle.
According to Twitter, the guy got in trouble with Square Enix for posting the picture and isn’t allowed to post further information about it... Not sure how accurate this information is though.
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Nothing I'd consider a spoiler here.
When it first came out, our first thought (before we knew there was a demo at a music festival) was that a QA person had idiotically posted a picture (a few QA people have confirmed their involvement, but please can nobody seek them out and demand information?).
As we thought it was a leak, and one with a statue of Zeus, I decided to put a spoiler warning in the article and put it in the spoilers section. As the day went on we learnt more and more about the situation but until Square decides to comment on the situation or put out official media of this, I am more inclined to keep it in the spoilers section.
The decision to use the image on the social media channels was beyond my control though.
According to Twitter, the guy got in trouble with Square Enix for posting the picture and isn’t allowed to post further information about it... Not sure how accurate this information is though.
Uh oh, got a link?
I've been keeping up with Kaaboo on social media, I've seen a few instances of people posting the layout of the PS Truck there on site. It seems the location they once had a Kingdom Hearts Demo is now replaced with Spider Man. I could be mistaken, but I'll keep looking into it. Out of the handful of people I've seen posting, I have yet to see Kingdom Hearts today.
I've been keeping up with Kaaboo on social media, I've seen a few instances of people posting the layout of the PS Truck there on site. It seems the location they once had a Kingdom Hearts Demo is now replaced with Spider Man. I could be mistaken, but I'll keep looking into it. Out of the handful of people I've seen posting, I have yet to see Kingdom Hearts today.
Thanks for keeping us updated!
Uh oh, got a link?
This is the person who made the comment. Not sure if the user is a reliable source of information or not. https://twitter.com/khwaterblock/status/1041097424150974466?s=21
Yep. I was just in contact with the source (I'll leave out his name for privacy) on instagram. He confirmed that Square Enix reached out to him to not post any more pictures or videos of the demo, and only to comment on his experience. He also confirmed that Square decided to remove the demo because of the screenshots that were leaked.
https://ibb.co/jmee4z
What the source confirmed lines up with what I've been seeing at Kaaboo today, so I'd say that's pretty accurate. Don't see any reason for this individual to be making anything up!
Edit: He also confirmed it seemed to him that they were "Full demos as if they were released on the PS store for all: toy story & olympus levels". Not exactly sure what he is implying here.
Yep. I was just in contact with the source (I'll leave out his name for privacy) on instagram. He confirmed that Square Enix reached out to him to not post any more pictures or videos of the demo, and only to comment on his experience. He also confirmed that Square decided to remove the demo because of the screenshots that were leaked.
https://ibb.co/jmee4z
What the source confirmed lines up with what I've been seeing at Kaaboo today, so I'd say that's pretty accurate. Don't see any reason for this individual to be making anything up!
Edit: He also confirmed it seemed to him that they were "Full demos as if they were released on the PS store for all: toy story & olympus levels". Not exactly sure what he is implying here.
Is thls the record of a short lived demo?
Seems like it is for the time being!
The source also confirmed the demo did not have a time limit. You were allowed to finish each world without a time cap.
Not sure how keen I am on new demos with more revealed content. The public seemed pretty sold by the Toy Box demo, why ruin a good thing by showing off more stuff? It's baffling to try and release exclusive content that will guaranteed be leaked and mass uploaded all over the place. Everyone has seen the Toy Box cutscenes that they thought were secret, so why keep doing this stuff? Argh
Not sure how keen I am on new demos with more revealed content. The public seemed pretty sold by the Toy Box demo, why ruin a good thing by showing off more stuff? It's baffling to try and release exclusive content that will guaranteed be leaked and mass uploaded all over the place. Everyone has seen the Toy Box cutscenes that they thought were secret, so why keep doing this stuff? Argh
Leaks, data mine, that's why they want to not have leaking stuff out
Yep. I was just in contact with the source (I'll leave out his name for privacy) on instagram. He confirmed that Square Enix reached out to him to not post any more pictures or videos of the demo, and only to comment on his experience. He also confirmed that Square decided to remove the demo because of the screenshots that were leaked.
https://ibb.co/jmee4z
What the source confirmed lines up with what I've been seeing at Kaaboo today, so I'd say that's pretty accurate. Don't see any reason for this individual to be making anything up!
Edit: He also confirmed it seemed to him that they were "Full demos as if they were released on the PS store for all: toy story & olympus levels". Not exactly sure what he is implying here.
I hope they don’t go back on the “no public demo†thing. Besides data mining, I’m worried they would only change their minds on putting a demo out if the game was delayed further as consolation for fans. (Though I think they would’ve announced a delay in the Line-Up trailer so people could cool off a bit before TGS. But who knows with Square Enix?
These demos are also a huge draw for them at these events. I doubt they’d want to lose that by releasing the demos to the public.
All things considered, this isn't as bad as the Monsters Inc. leak though. However, I'm surprised that he wasn't caught taking the picture before uploading it.
All things considered, this isn't as bad as the Monsters Inc. leak though. However, I'm surprised that he wasn't caught taking the picture before uploading it.
Unfortunately we don’t know if there was anything in place saying people weren’t allowed to take photos. Even if there was and he snuck a picture, Square Enix has promoted people breaking their own rules before so it is especially frustrating that they are going in so hard on a fan at an event where the demo was authorised.
They told everyone at the Orchestra concert in June not to record anything (and sent us a DM telling KHInsider to not retweet or report on anyone who does) yet YouTubers recorded their own reactions and others uploaded video of the concert and those videos are still up. And at the Premiere Event there was explicit instructions to not release videos with any cutscenes yet they retweeted and promoted some personalities who made videos with cutscenes in them and there’s the infamous Gamespot video with 23 minutes of cutscenes that was up for a long time.
This location has me hyped for the rest of the world.
I think about Goofy's expression/gesture in this leak every day. It's just so perfectly indicative of the mysterious nature of this demo.
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