KH Recoded Ultimania Now Released & More!

Kingdom Hearts Recoded

Hey folks!!

Like with every release of a Kingdom Hearts game follows an Ultimania. This time the Kingdom Hearts Recoded Ultimania has now been released in Japan! For those of you who don’t know what Ultimania’s are, they’re like a giant sized encyclopedia containing every bit of information of the game!

Here’s a summarized list of what you’ll find in this Ultimania provided by Heartstation.org:

• Complete walkthroughs of every boss, which are fought in a variety of styles from side-scroll action and 3D shooting to turn style RPG battles!

• Extensive data on every detail appearing in the game!

• Complete guide to the over 800 Avatar Kingdom side game parts!

• Debug Reports in complete detail and more!

• Series director Tetsuya Nomura interview!

You can purchase the Ultimania book from Amazon Japan for 1,680 yen ($20)

In more Kingdom Hearts Recoded news, Famitsu conducted an interview with Recoded co-producers Kato and Ito. Thanks go to Rebirth Wings for posting the interview and Heartstation.org for translating it!

Fam. About when and how did the Re:Coded project begin?

Kato. We were considering the fact that there were a lot of people that who wanted to try out Coded outside of the mobile phone version, so from about October of last year we started development together with H.a.n.d. on the DS version.

Fam: Tell us the reason for including the new elements in the system areas.

Ito: A greater volume was being updated to the growth system from the mobile phone version, so to keep up with the stronger Sora it was necessary to update the system areas. So in place of the “Debug Mode” which was a strong puzzle element in the mobile version, we opted for a random dungeon style system area instead.

Kato: The attributes like side-scroll action and 3D shooting stages that existed in the mobile version added a variety of ways to play so we made the best of them, so by using the system areas as the places of adventure we increased the play volume.

Fam: Concerning the status matrix, do the status points finally have a maximum value? Also, what is the highest level you can achieve?

Ito: When the status effects reach their maximum points, the colors of the numbers change and they can’t increase. There is a maximum number of level-up chips that can be obtained, however if they are used smartly, the maximum level you can reach is 99.

Fam: The Avatar Kingdom feature of this title utilizes the DS Wifi feature that activates when players pass by one another. Even if players don’t pass by, do built-in avatars appear?

Ito: Since the device can pick up various radio waves, it’s easy to encounter other avatars while out in the real world. There are various kinds of built-in avatars with messages included too, so please enjoy them.

Fam: If you have any particular memories or episodes from during development of this title, please tell us about it.

Ito: This time development was handled with H.a.n.d. Thanks to everyone working on it tackling the project positively, the finished product is really good.

Kato: For a moment we considered giving up the Scratch Card idea, but thanks to the Osaka staff’s efforts we were able to make it happen.

Fam: Finally, any messages for the players of Re:Coded?

Ito: You can change your avatar’s outfits using the touch pen, so you can get quite detailed. You can use the pen to add tiny parts like “Cid’s toothpick” and other things make sure to check it out.

Kato: Collecting trophies can earn you cheat panels which are useful, by all means make use of them!

And finally youtube user TheDogonfire has uploaded a clear audio and quality trailer of the English Kingdom Hearts Recoded E3 trailer! You can hear the new VA for Jiminy Cricket in this version!

Source: Heartstation.org, Rebirth Wings, & TheDogonfire