2014-12-02, 04:32 AM
Went to the Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX launch event at Disney Studios in Glendale! Barely made it on time because of hella lot of traffic.
The event itself was just plain awesome! Kingdom Hearts' producer from Square-Enix Shinji Hashimoto was there and talked a bit, welcoming everyone, then pianist Livan came out and played some songs from the games. After a few songs, we watched a video showcasing some of inspiration for Yoko Shimomura, who produces the music for the Kingdom Hearts' series, then after a few more songs from Livan, Yoko herself came out and the two of them played two duet songs together. After the music, they did a guest panel with Shinji Hashimoto, and Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura came out and answered a bunch of questions about inspirations for the games and HD releases and such. Finally after a raffle where they gave away soundtracks and Figma figures, they played a few videos they created with fans talking about why they love Kingdom Hearts. But, to top it all off, they played some clips from Kingdom Hearts III!!! Showing off some battle animations, some Heartless, as well as one location that looks absolutely beautiful!! In the end, I walked out with a really nice art print (I didn't buy the game there because I already preordered it from Amazon).
(tl;dr - Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts).
The event itself was just plain awesome! Kingdom Hearts' producer from Square-Enix Shinji Hashimoto was there and talked a bit, welcoming everyone, then pianist Livan came out and played some songs from the games. After a few songs, we watched a video showcasing some of inspiration for Yoko Shimomura, who produces the music for the Kingdom Hearts' series, then after a few more songs from Livan, Yoko herself came out and the two of them played two duet songs together. After the music, they did a guest panel with Shinji Hashimoto, and Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura came out and answered a bunch of questions about inspirations for the games and HD releases and such. Finally after a raffle where they gave away soundtracks and Figma figures, they played a few videos they created with fans talking about why they love Kingdom Hearts. But, to top it all off, they played some clips from Kingdom Hearts III!!! Showing off some battle animations, some Heartless, as well as one location that looks absolutely beautiful!! In the end, I walked out with a really nice art print (I didn't buy the game there because I already preordered it from Amazon).
(tl;dr - Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts).