Kingdom Hearts III Launch Event Opens at Tokyo Skytree; Trailer Released

Today, Square Enix opened a launch event for the upcoming JRPG Kingdom Hearts III in Tokyo, Japan.

The event is titled “Tower of Light and Darkness” and will be hosted at popular tourist trap Tokyo Skytree from today, Jan. 8, to March 3.

The event decorated the interior of the landmark as the titular Tower of Light and Darkness, using the worldview of the Kingdom Hearts series as a theme. There will be keyblades on display 451.2 meters above ground level, a giant “round theater” showcasing a special video 350 meters into the sky, and a shop selling plenty of dedicated goods.

Below you can check out a trailer for the event, published by Tokyo Skytree’s official YouTube channel. you can also enjoy a few pictures posted by Twitter users Chim and 南国のシロクマ.

If you’re interested in Kingdom Hearts III, you can enjoy the latest TV commercials, the “final battle” trailer released a few days ago, another recent video, the latest screenshots and the opening cutscene featuring Hikaru Utada’s song “Face my Fears.”

Kingdom Hearts III will finally be released on PS4 and Xbox first in Japan on Jan. 25. Western gamers in North America and Europe won’t have much longer to wait in order to play the game, as it will launch on this side of the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 29.

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Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.

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