Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue is yet another remastered collection that we did not know we needed. On the bright side, however, this game will lay the Xehanort saga to rest, and will be the final piece thatย stands between gamersย and the eleven-year wait forย Kingdom Hearts 3.ย On Tuesday, aย new trailer for the Final Chapter Prologue wasย revealedย at Tokyo Game Show. Itย showedย off all three games included in the collection, as well as a fresh, upbeat remix of Utada Hikaruโs classic โSimple and Cleanโ which can be heardย inย Kingdom Heartsย andย Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.ย
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Final Chapter Prologue (say that five times fast) is a hefty package. Fans of the seriesย will recognize the first game in the collection as Kingdom Heartsย 3D Dream Drop Distance, a title that had been exclusively released for Nintendo 3DS back in 2012 and introducedย several newย Disney-based worlds. The game follows protagonists and series favorites, Sora and Riku (sorry Kairi), as they prepare for the Mark of Mastery exam and to defendย new, parallel worlds from Xehanort.
The last two games in the collection are completely new additions to the expansiveย Kingdom Hearts universe:ย Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage andย Kingdom Hearts X Back Cover. Theย former is a playable episode that is set after the events of Birth by Sleep and will somehowย intertwine its storyline with that ofย KH 3.ย This episodeย will beย played from Aqua’s point of view as she makes her way through the Realm of Darkness,.

The final piece of the collection, X Back Cover, isย actually a newย HD movieย that takes place prior to the famous Keyblade War. It will explain the history of the Foretellers (Keyblade Masters), and we will finally learn about this age-long conflict from their points of view.
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue was originally slatedย to release this December, but now the game has been pushed back to January 24, 2017.ย Stay tuned to The Nerd Stash for more updates.