The KH 358/2 Days Thread

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For those who don't already know, three portable Kingdom Hearts games are coming out soon, with one on cell phones, one on PSP, and one on DS.  This thread will deal with all things related to the DS game, Kingdom Hearts:  358/2 Days, which is pronounced "Kingdom Hearts:  Three Five Eight Days Over Two."

Official Site (Japanese only)
Kingdom Hearts Ultimania
IGN page
Trailer

Here's what's known so far:
The story takes place after Chain of Memories, while Sora, Donald, and Goofy are asleep and Mickey and Riku are with DiZ.  The game starts with Roxas joining Organization XIII, and it follows his adventures in the Organization up to the point where he quits and gets captured as seen in KH2.  Also, there's a new female Organization member named Xion, whom the IGN team said looks like Kairi.  In terms of gameplay, it's pretty similar to past KH games:  the control pad is used to move around, "A" is to attack, "B" is jump, "Y" is dodge, and "X" is to control the Command menu for things like Magic and specials.  You play as Roxas and can have other Organization members as your partners, and while no major story has been unveiled yet (although it will obviously involve Xion and the rise and fall of Roxas), you apparently do the job Sora was doing for the Organization in KH2:  travel across different worlds killing Heartless to expand Kingdom Hearts.  The worlds shown so far include Twilight Town, The World That Never Was, Wonderland, Olympus Colisseum, Agrabah, and Beast's Castle.  Of course, one of the best parts of the game is that it will have a multiplayer mode, in which up to four players can go on missions as Organization members to kill Heartless on different worlds.  IGN said they had 7 characters to pick from, which, if you don't count the boss Xemnas or the newcomer Xion, would include all members who weren't killed in Chain of Memories:  Roxas, Axel, Demyx, Xigbar, Xaldin, Luxord, and Saix.  I personally am hoping that, since the co-op missions don't actually affect the story, you'll be able to unlock all 14 members to play as, but it is unknown if this will be possible.