Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep

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Release Date: 1/9/10 JP, TBA NA, TBA EU
System: PlayStation Portable
Director: Tetsuya Nomura

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, although considered the next true game in the franchise, is a prologue to the popular series. The game takes place 10 years before Kingdom Hearts, and follows three ‘keyblade apprentices’ — Terra, Aqua and Ven. The trio travel across different Disney worlds fighting a new enemy, the Unversed. Little is known about the actual story of the game, but it is believed to be heavily focused of the Princesses of Heart.

Birth By Sleep is separate into three scenarios, each once focused on Terra, Aqua, and Ven respectively. The order of playing the scenarios is up to the player, however, it is unknown if playing them in different orders effects the endgame.

The gameplay in Birth By Sleep has been detailed in several scans. It is basically a mix of classic Kingdom Hearts gameplay and Chain of Memories gameplay, providing players with the same command HUD at the bottom right of the screen. However, commands can be switched and swapped with different commands in order to create a preferred setup, much like Card Decks in Chain of Memories. Terra, Aqua, and Ven also have unique ‘Limit Moves’, which are devastating attacks used to wipe out opposing Unversed.