a preview of the upcoming kingdom hearts installment on PSP.
The game centres around the period of the Keyblade War. During this time, Keyblade Masters are commonplace, and our story centres around onesuch apprentice, named… Terra. The game will also eventually split off and explore two other, smaller scenarios, most likely featuring Ven and Aqua. On the topic of Terra’s story though, we follow him and his eventual meeting with both Ven and Aqua, how their friendship develops, and the growth of Terra’s hatred of Xehanort. After another Keyblade master goes missing, and Xehanort disappears alongside him as the main suspect, Terra tracks down his master to understand the truth of his past… and his future.

The trailer in the Mega Theater begins by saying “Far in the past… a hidden destiny is born by sleep…” and then showed off a clip with Terra (who is explicitly named this time) talking to Ven at Hollow Bastion, intertwining this footage with a training session between Terra and ‘Master Xehanort’. Terra summons the Keyblade, as seen in the shot released yesterday. A montage of worlds quickly flashes, featuring previous worlds such as Olympus Coliseum, and a new world that could very well be centred around Sleeping Beauty. We’re then shown an epic battle between Terra and the ’slave’ Unknown from the ‘Fate of the Unknown’ secret movie. The two battle until Terra gains the upperhand, and as the mysterious figure takes his helmet off, the scene cuts to Mickey summoning his Starseeker Keyblade, and another scene in which Terra watches two boys play on a beach reminiscent of Destiny Islands. Terra then says “Please… don’t depend on me… just erase me, friend…”

The video comes to an end by showing the words “Hidden… days are… born from sleep. The story leads… to an approaching time.” The first sentence relates to the three titles and how they connect, and the second informs us that these all lead into the approaching third major game!

As for staff, the title is, once again, directed by Nomura himself (unlike both versions of Chain of Memories). Is it just me, or is Nomura taking on far too much work at the moment? Three KH titles, Versus XIII, Advent Children Complete and if the rumoured new KH PS3 title is real, that makes a total of six titles! Hopefully this won’t affect quality…

It seems the title will be all we’ve been waiting for and more, finally showing us the truth about Xehanort’s past, and how the Keyblade Wars played out. Keep checking in for more updates on what could become one of the PSP’s biggest titles!!