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Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX- SD -> HD Comparison Trailer!

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Published on July 2, 2014 @ 12:57 pm
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There's less than 6 months until the release of Kingdom Hearts -HD 2.5 ReMIX- which means fans can take an interactive journey through the fully remastered world of KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.5 ReMIX, as SQUARE ENIX Inc. has released a new trailer today that compares and contrasts the visuals between the original games and the HD Compilation.

The trailers show key scenes from KINGDOM HEARTS II and KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep with new improvements, including the remastered visuals, enhanced color palettes and new costumes. Viewers can interact with the new HD / SD / Compare buttons to directly see the improvements as well.

KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.5 ReMIX will be available for North America on December 2, 2014 for the PlayStation®3 system, and will be priced at $39.99. The game is now available for preorder on Amazon.

 

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Launchpad

July 2, 2014 @ 01:07 pmOffline

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Square worked harder on the timing for these annotations than the entirety of the Days movie in 1.5

Heartkeeper

July 2, 2014 @ 01:14 pmOffline

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Looks amazing but why the costume changes?, is that something from the final mix version?.

Chaser

July 2, 2014 @ 01:17 pmOffline

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Birth by Sleep looks so beautiful.

Heartkeeper
Looks amazing but why the costume changes?, is that something from the final mix version?.

Yeah. To make it more aesthetically appealing, they got new costumes for Christmas Town in the Final Mix.

Gexus

July 2, 2014 @ 01:22 pmOffline

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All those added colours too ... So pretty!

OathkeeperRoxas XIII

July 2, 2014 @ 01:25 pmOffline

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It does look pretty, even Christmas Town looks nicer, Halloween Town too.

Chaser

July 2, 2014 @ 02:03 pmOffline

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OathkeeperRoxas XIII

July 2, 2014 @ 02:24 pmOffline

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the BBS srceenshots look so much smoother.

Chaser

July 2, 2014 @ 02:30 pmOffline

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I just noticed Sora's elbows :/

LedxirnSimon

July 2, 2014 @ 03:19 pmOffline

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Chaser
I just noticed Sora's elbows :/



and Halloween Sora's elbows does look like that, too.
It's probably just a flaw in his animations.

EDIT: I love how they just simply make the Vanilla version cloned kairi disappear with HD version of BBS FM in each slide shot. X3

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bilko90

July 2, 2014 @ 03:26 pmOffline

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As I had expected, the change in BBS to HD works really well and looks very nice indeed.

EDIT: First time poster on this forum :)

Nazo

July 2, 2014 @ 03:46 pmOffline

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I know these "comparison" things have a tendency to over exaggerate the pixelation of the standard def versions, however I played KH2 for well over 200 hours and I can safely say that that standard def footage is pretty accurate. So, to see just how good KH2FM looks on PS3 is pretty amazing.

LedxirnSimon

July 2, 2014 @ 03:54 pmOffline

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Off-Topic: What if they managed to make it look more simpler and better if they were ported over PS4 or will it remain the same regardless?

Oracle Spockanort

July 2, 2014 @ 05:06 pmOffline

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LedxirnSimon
and Halloween Sora's elbows does look like that, too.
It's probably just a flaw in his animations.

EDIT: I love how they just simply make the Vanilla version cloned kairi disappear with HD version of BBS FM in each slide shot. X3


It isn't a flaw. That is how elbows look when you are just skin and bone.

SoraForeverKH

July 2, 2014 @ 08:55 pmOffline

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I can't believe there is already a new trailer! That was fast!
The compared screens are definitely noticeable. I can't wait to see this game on the ps3. It's so exciting!

Oracle Spockanort

July 2, 2014 @ 09:04 pmOffline

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SoraForeverKH
I can't believe there is already a new trailer! That was fast!
The compared screens are definitely noticeable. I can't wait to see this game on the ps3. It's so exciting!


At E3 they said they wanted to get a HD vs SD trailer out soon, so they did lol.

Sign

July 2, 2014 @ 09:10 pmOffline

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The differences are so impressive when you can compare them!

In all honesty, I am so done with Christmas Town and Aqua's RG scenario that I'm starting to dread going to these places in the game after seeing them so many times.

Oracle Spockanort

July 2, 2014 @ 09:22 pmOffline

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Yeah, they need to show something new or maybe a little tease of Re:coded because KH2 and BBS are nice and all, but it's old news xD

At least show us a 30 sec clip of Re:coded from one of the scenes we've already seen in trailers? Like Alice in Wonderland...*craving new*

Lnds500

July 2, 2014 @ 09:53 pmOffline

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LedxirnSimon
Off-Topic: What if they managed to make it look more simpler and better if they were ported over PS4 or will it remain the same regardless?


In what sense? It would be better from a technical point but I don't think they'd change anything else

WILDMUSTANGX

July 3, 2014 @ 03:42 amOffline

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They didn't need to show us the whole thing three times over! We get the idea from the initial comparison!

Dandelion

July 3, 2014 @ 03:53 amOffline

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WILDMUSTANGX
They didn't need to show us the whole thing three times over! We get the idea from the initial comparison!


It's designed to be interactive so you can flip back and forth at your discretion.

FangirlfromHell

July 3, 2014 @ 04:18 amOffline

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I am looking forward to II.5 so much, primarily for the ability to play Birth by Sleep again. December 2nd is too far away. I wish they had shown Xemnas and Terra though. My concern is actually Xemnas. It would be nice if they replaced the render with the one used in Dream Drop Distance where his face is much smoother than it is in the original release of II.

Sdog

July 3, 2014 @ 04:20 amOffline

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Ugh so pretty, they did a marvelous job bringing up BBS for the console.

Oracle Spockanort

July 3, 2014 @ 05:27 amOffline

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Is it just me or was that Disney logo really big and noticeable? Usually it is just SE's logo at the start and Disney Interactive somewhere at the end. O:

Gray Aria

July 3, 2014 @ 05:48 amOffline

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This is easily the most noticeable difference in an HD remaster I've seen. I hope they show at least a little tease of one of the new battle scenes in Re:Coded.

KHRULER

July 3, 2014 @ 06:28 amOffline

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Oh I actually see the comparison and the difference in 2.5.....Sora and the gang are wearing different costumes in HT. : O SE went through all the trouble for those small details.They must really care. <3

WanPisu

July 3, 2014 @ 01:12 pmOffline

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I need a timeskip, dammit.

Oracle Spockanort

July 3, 2014 @ 04:23 pmOffline

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KHRULER
Oh I actually see the comparison and the difference in 2.5.....Sora and the gang are wearing different costumes in HT. : O SE went through all the trouble for those small details.They must really care. <3


These outfits were added in 2007 for Kingdom Hearts 2 FM.

WanPisu
I need a timeskip, dammit.


Time skip for what?

Gray Aria

July 3, 2014 @ 05:04 pmOffline

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I think he means he needs to time-travel to December so he can play II.5 now.

Launchpad

July 3, 2014 @ 05:15 pmOffline

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It looks pretty good. 'Gorgeous' would be a stretch. I didn't expect it to look any better than it does. Hopefully the Coded film is displayed at 60 FPS.

KHRULER

July 3, 2014 @ 05:53 pmOffline

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Master Spockanort
These outfits were added in 2007 for Kingdom Hearts 2 FM.

*sigh*No one ever gets my jokes.

Oracle Spockanort

July 3, 2014 @ 07:42 pmOffline

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KHRULER
*sigh*No one ever gets my jokes.


Jokes are not easily discernible on the internet.

Antar

July 4, 2014 @ 01:49 amOffline

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They did a great job with the annotations! The game looks so good! I forgot if we were ever been told, but is KH2.5 going to run at 60 fps? I doubt it but I just want to be sure.

Hero

July 4, 2014 @ 05:55 amOffline

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I don't see a huge difference between SD and HD KH II. Aside from smoothening out pixels, the game looks pretty much the same in HD. I guess that speaks wonders to how well developed the graphics were the game back in '06.

BBS is the where the real improvement is. I can't believe it looked so bad. The keyblades make that really apparent.

Jadentheman

July 5, 2014 @ 01:07 amOffline

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Antar
They did a great job with the annotations! The game looks so good! I forgot if we were ever been told, but is KH2.5 going to run at 60 fps? I doubt it but I just want to be sure.


Nope. I believe Nomura likes the look of 30fps that and the game's physics are tied to it's framerate -.-

kupo1121

July 5, 2014 @ 06:32 amOffline

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Hero
I don't see a huge difference between SD and HD KH II. Aside from smoothening out pixels, the game looks pretty much the same in HD. I guess that speaks wonders to how well developed the graphics were the game back in '06.

BBS is the where the real improvement is. I can't believe it looked so bad. The keyblades make that really apparent.


lol I'm not a graphic junkie so I didn't really see a difference either, but BbS is understandable given the largest it was supposed to played at was still really small (if you hooked it up to your TV it's supposed to play really tiny still, but some TV's auto-stretch the image...mine did and it was bad...real bad).

Sign

July 5, 2014 @ 06:58 amOffline

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I'm sort of confused by why some folks believe these are screenshots of a PS4 version?

I mean, this series has always gotten some pretty dinky screens before but this is what we should have been getting all along for a PS3 remaster. They've released some like this for X|X-2 as well.

Lnds500

July 5, 2014 @ 10:57 amOffline

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Sign
I'm sort of confused by why some folks believe these are screenshots of a PS4 version?

I mean, this series has always gotten some pretty dinky screens before but this is what we should have been getting all along for a PS3 remaster. They've released some like this for X|X-2 as well.


That's not the PS3 remaster of 2.5. It's the PS3 remaster rendered in a much higher resolution and then down-sampled to 1080p or using another crazy AA technique.

Much like this isn't how 1.5 looks like

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The FFX-2 screenshot looks more realistic to me - I haven't played the game though.

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damn

July 7, 2014 @ 04:41 amOffline

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No Santa outfit for Jack Skellington? That SUCKS
Anyone who's watched "The Nightmare Before Christmas" knows that Jack dresses as a Santa and tries to do Santa's job cuz it's dream to be Santa Claus

A huge missed opportunity imo

Chaser

July 7, 2014 @ 06:38 amOffline

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damn
No Santa outfit for Jack Skellington? That SUCKS
Anyone who's watched "The Nightmare Before Christmas" knows that Jack dresses as a Santa and tries to do Santa's job cuz it's dream to be Santa Claus

A huge missed opportunity imo

Dandelion

July 7, 2014 @ 03:04 pmOffline

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damn
No Santa outfit for Jack Skellington? That SUCKS
Anyone who's watched "The Nightmare Before Christmas" knows that Jack dresses as a Santa and tries to do Santa's job cuz it's dream to be Santa Claus

A huge missed opportunity imo


I don't know if you've ever played KH2 but Jack gets the santa outfit at the end of the first visit to Halloween Town.

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