Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 Brings More Goofy Naming Conventions to PS4

Buying this day one! Hate the PS3 controller so I'm glad they're on PS4 now! Well, in March anyways.

Don't know if they confirmed a price or not but Amazon has pre-orders up for $50. That's an insane price for such a large collection.

I swear, they keep making KH3 on Xbox One even more pointless with every single re-release.

Seriously, who in their right mind would get KH3 on Xbox One when ALL of the games are on PS4?

YEHHH BOIII!

KH1 was fine on PS3, but changing drive forms in KH2 midst battle took an eternity. KH3 feels like a holiday 2017 title now. Is the wait finally over?

As someone who's been aware of the series for years but has no idea where to start, these names hurt my head. Guess this compilation would be a good starting point.

I actually wanted this, thanks Square!

Excellent to have this confirmed!

I just bought kingdom hearts II.5 on my ps3 😭
Well atleast it's worth the double dip.

@KingofSaiyanZ yes but it is the final mix versions which were never released on the west until the ps3

@Fight_Teza_Fight I actually liked the drive form slowdown I only managed to beat the lingering will by exploiting that slowdown

I am not really into KH but I know a lot of people that will be happy about this... It makes the ps3 entries look kinda pointless though tbh.

Yes

Edit: Wait, so pushsquare isn't kidding when they said the name is kingdom heart 1.5+2.5 remix??

God, the names are so hideous.

I did say I would give this series another shot if they re-released the PS3 remasters on PS4, though, so...

Guess I'll add it to the list.

OMG! First the pokémon trailer, and then this?! I might have a heart attack. Call Donald!

@DualWielding Good on you! Could not beat him for the life of me on critical and my PS3 died soon after. Now that I think about it he could be the only boss I have never beaten in a video game...
This re-remaster could not come out sooner.

I was hoping we'd get this, I never got around to playing the original releases before my PS3 bit the dust. 60FPS is a nice bonus too, hopefully 3 also runs at that.

Glad to see this get a bundled release on ps4 it gives people who have missed the first 2 games and side story's a chance to catch up before KH3

I picked them both up.on ps3 and loved playing through them again and fully recommend it any one who haven't

Eh, I'll wait for the inevitable Kingdom Hearts (1.5 + 2.5 Remix) + (2.8 + 3 Final Cut) + 4.1 Multiball on the PS5.5 Pro VR slim.

Is this coming to Xbox One as well or only PS4?

@Fight_Teza_Fight I beat him on normal

KH names have made my brain hurt for years. So is this release everything that is available up until now minus 2.8 or is this just the side releases?

Perfect release dates to be a launch game on Switch.

Might have to pick this up and play thru all of the games w/ the entire family. My wife and I played 1+2 originally but never any of the others. I'll have to see how my calendar looks before making up my ind. Anybody care to guess how many hours is in that box? 150 maybe?

@rjejr actually, KH is a perfect fit for Nintendo... Would love to see an episode with Nintendo characters /worlds!

This is why I can't even play a KH game, I don't even know where to start. This is just too complicated. It feels as if they've re-released the same game about ten times already.

I just visited the Kingdom Hearts page on Wikipedia, and god, it's even worse than I thought it would be. How can anyone make sense of those titles? If it's a joke I get it, this isn't even funny anymore though. It's an absolute disaster.

@rjejr I'm guessing these Ps4 games are the rumored 3rd party titles that will be heading to the Switch (I think). Though, I still don't mind. I'm still buying these games for my Ps4 regardless.

Tempting, as it would be the final nail in my ps3's backlog coffin. $40 on amazon prime is pretty decent.

O M G... this is why i love life... everyone should try this series! It's so so cool i've played kh1 so mannny times it hurts my head to count them 😂

@SoulsBourne128 I just thought about it some more and I think I'm going to start playing the series next week on my PS3, we just finished Ni No Kuni and my family has been trying to decide what to do next.

I should probably point out my family is very weird, after dinner and homework and all of that, we gather round the TV for an hour so so while I play video games and the rest of the family watches. That only works w/ very story intensive JRPG. We've done it w/ Arc Rise Fantasia and Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii, White Knight Chornciles 1+2 and Ni NO Kuni on PS3, and XCX on the Wi U. The KH series seems a nice fit.

Well, I guess I finally have a reason to give KH a chance.

@Alpha2797 You know you could use the Dualshock 4 on PS3 via usb cable

It sounds like you dislike the Kingdom Hearts series with all of the negativity I've seen now and the past. Why not have someone else write the article about it? Plenty of people are excited for it

@get2sammyb Sorry to ask sammy, but please can you explain to me, if I play this I'll play every KH that is important to the plot? Will I be able to "understand" the story to play KHIII?
And don't drag me to hell! May you rest in peace.

@get2sammyb Just to clarify these are re-releases of last gen remastered? If that is correct WTF Square.

@Frank90 in addition to this you'll also need to play the 2.8 collection that is coming out in January with this and the 2.8 collection you'll be ready

@coplanm I dont think Sammy dislikes KH, he's stating the obvious that the naming conventions are ridiculous. When someone mentioned wanting to play KH 2.8 after 365.2 in a comment once I thought it was a joke. But its not a joke, I like computer games and this is a game series designed to be fun to play and make money - how the hell is making the series impenetrable through crazy game titling beneficial to anybody? At least this article has pointed out roughly were all the titles line up chronologically.

@themcnoisy I love pushsquare but the way they treat Kingdom Hearts is insulting to fans...

Actually been waiting for this announcement !

@DualWielding Oh thanks a lot, now I may finally be able to understand why people love so much this franchise, and my wife loves Disney so it's a win win!

I have never played any game except the GBA one. So this compilation has everything in the whole story line except the 3DS game right?

We're never actually going to see Kingdom Hearts 3 are we?

Tempted to get this. Not played KH games since the PS2 days. Remember I decided to play KH1 on hard mode for some reason. Never did defeat that particular secret super boss, I won't spoil it to those looking forward to it for the first time.

Yes! I loved Chain of Memories on GBA!

I mean, as of now my 3DS is my Kingdom Hearts machine with Chain of Memories GBA as virtual console, 358/2 Days and Re:Coded DS and Dream Drop Distance 3DS. And that's great just been on a little handheld to play anywhere.

But being able to play that game in high definition remastered now? Oh this is such great news! I knew they'd bring these games, I knew they would.

Ok, this is pretty good summary of the kingdom heart story, it's easy to read, I got it from destructoid:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8cPyvE2GTjOMzE4MTVlZTctMjE5Yi00YzAzLWJjZTAtZTllODY2OTc2MTMx/edit?hl=en_US

@get2sammyb So let me see if I have this if you get 1.5 +2.5 and play that all the way through and then play 2.8 prologue that will have you up to date for KH3, correct?

Wow a lot of comments...a lot of people is really looking forward to KH3. I didn't believe it was this cherished since SE really went out of its way to water down the enthusiasm with unnecessary spin offs for years and years. Hope it will turn out good!

I think I'm going to give this one a miss. I have both compilations on the PS3 and honestly the only game I still found good, out of the whole bunch, was the first Kingdom Hearts.

What's Goofy got to do with it?

@vegeta11 Yep if you get this and 2.8 you will be completely up-to-date

@SKC_Diamond Thanks! I was pretty sure that was the formula for KH but at this point with all the weird names and remixes I had lost track. I knew that 2.8 was the prologue to KH3 but I just wanted to make sure that I had all my virtual ducks in a row.

Still a few games in 1
My problem with Kingdom hearts is combat reminded me of Beyond good and evil and Fable not impressed.

@vegeta11 Not exactly, you'd still be missing Dream Drop Distance.

@Rukiafan7 dream drop distance is in 2.8

@3Above Sorry for the late response.
The reason I don't want to use my PS4 controller on PS3 is because whenever I push the control stick towards the forward-right, Sora will either stop running or simply walk regardless of how much I tilt the control stick. It's annoying when that happens cause then I get attacked and on the harder difficulties, it can definitely screw me over.
I don't have this issue on any PS4 game, just on most PS3 games I own when using a PS4 controller.