With Jump Festa onto its 2nd day, more info leaks out on Square Enix’s latest titles. This time, more on the three new Kingdom Hearts titles: Birth by Sleep, 358/2 Days and Coded.

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Trailer)

The text starts off with “Sleep gives birth to the concealed fate of the past.�

Destiny Island
The screen then fades in with a conversation between Ven, and Terra.
Terra: “Wasn’t there a time when you was saving me?�
Ven: “Back then it was probably because we were friends.�
Terra moves his hand to rests it on Ven’s shoulders.
Terra: “Thank you, Ven.�

Place of Gathering
The scene then switches to Terra, and Master Xehnoart who are in the “Place of Gathering.�
Xehanort: Did you believe about reaching forward to grasp that last glimmer? The wall of light and darkhas exceeded each other, creating the original me, and Terra waited for me impatiently.� (While Xehanort is talking he opens one of his hands in a greeting fashion enraging Terra.)
Terra: “I have a “Friend� What you have done has given me hatred to Xehanort.�
Terra then summons his keyblade, within the right hand.

Olympus Coliseum
Ven meets Xehanort in Olympus Coliseum.

Ven: “Who a-…I’ve met you before. (Ven is surprised as he is remembering something.)
Xehanort: “It seems you have lost something. However unless what you have lost is put back into your hands, it will be an eternal lost. Once you obtain it, grip it and understand the truth.�

Xehanort is soon holding his hand out, as it begins to glow, Ven is watching with an expression of fear and confusion.

Gameplay
Ven is showed as a playable character now, and Terra is also showed with gameplay. There is also a new Technique shown, with the movie “Aerial.�

Yensid’s Tower
Mickey is shown defending himself with the keyblade. However soon he begins to fumble the keyblade and it vanishes. Goofy, Donald, and Yensid watch Mickey. Mickey soon looks back up to the Wizard, and summons his Keyblade once again.

Sleeping Beauty
Malificent is looking around the castle where vines are everywhere. The crow soon lands on Malificent’s shoulder as she turns towards Terra. Terra looks at Malificent, as Malificent begins to laugh doubtfully.

Place of Gathering 2
Ven is facing off against the Dark Soldier, and knocks off his helmet, however his face is not shown. The scene soon switches to Terra holding an unconcious Ven, with Master Xehanort looking desperate, and apologetic.

Xehanort: “The person who has wrapped himself in the darkness does not have the qualification to weild a keyblade. He is a demon who has been taken by the darkness. Please correct my mistake…� (Just who is this Dark Soldier?)

Destiny Island
Terra is looking out from the coast towards two boys who are playing at the beach. (Sora and Riku) At the same time Ven is at twilight town watching the Coast. He is looking down, and appears to be sad. “I don’t want to be depended on, you are my “Friend� just erase me.� (�Friend� might be refering to Aqua, or Terra)

Here are some interesting analysis, besides the obvious.

“Friend� could be referring to either Terra, or the mysterious Aqua.
Xehanort may not have started off corrupt in the darkness, however his apprentice fell too deep in the darkness.

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Trailer & Demo)

Multiplayer Demo
- Multiplayer mode lets you use Roxas, Axel, Xigbar and Saix.
- The Multiplayer Character Selection screen shows the Organization members sitting down in their chairs.
- Roxas is only able to use three hit combos in this demo.
- Axel has a different feel then Roxas, and the demo player was relieved when he/she was able to use his fire attacks.
- The Stage is Twilight Town and considered of 4x small wizards, 1x Fat Body and 4x Shadows, afterwards you fight against a boss which is Dark Side.
- The mission of this demo is to defeat Dark Side.
- When the mission is cleared you are taken to the record screen.
- Images of the Demo Booth
- Once you are finished playing the demo, you are presented with a Kingdom Hearts strap.
- 358/2 Days is set for a Summer 2008 release.

Single Player Demo
Before the Mission
The demo starts off with Roxas walking towards the Organization chair.
Xigbar: “Woops!�
Roxas ignores Xigbar, and moves to Saix.
Saix: “We suggest you take Axel for this mission.�
Roxas then moves to the corridor and is warped (Unknown how he gets here) to Twilight Town. There he is presented with two missions, the main mission is to defeat Dark Side, as the first mission is to defeat four Heartless..

After the Mission
Roxas and Axel have just defeated Darkside.
Axel: “Roxas, what are you doing here?�
Roxas: “Axel…�
The two are soon caught off guard by Heartless, and are both saved by the 14th member, who takes down the heartless with ease. (However no weapon is shown)
The 14th member smiles at both Roxas, and Axel however the two are showing mixed feelings towards this new member. Her face is not revealed, and the demo ends there.

Release Date
It looks like Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days is set for release in Japan in SUMMER 2008. Developers say they are “aiming for� this timeframe, but a specific season is encouraging!

Kingdom Hearts: Coded (Trailer)

- In the trailer, Kairi is shown holding her hand up to the moon, before the scene fades to Riku.
- There is a new mode now announced for Coded known as “Crash Mode� Where Sora will have more agility for 30 seconds.
- Coded is set for the FOMA and DoCoMo model mobile phone.

Source: For The Reunion