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Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

• By Martyn Williams
• August 04, 2008 14:01 PM PST
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The next Kingdom Hearts game ventures onto the PSP as an action-RPG prequel to the series.

There was plenty to satisfy Square Enix fans at the company's "DKS3713" event over the weekend in Tokyo. Among the titles we got a chance to see and try was Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, the latest in the Square/Disney joint series that is due out on the PlayStation Portable in Japan in 2009.

The fast-paced action-RPG game sees characters building up their strength through successive encounters to enter new battle modes that inevitably enable them to do even more damage to the opposition.

Kicking off with Terra and as he slashed opponents, a power bar slowly builds up from zero. When it maxes out, the attack mode switches and his blade becomes more dangerous for the bad guys. Initially I started on fatal mode but soon stepped up to rock breaker mode, which dealt even more damage. The attack modes continue through at least four levels -- fire blazer was next followed by star burst. During these modes you can engage shoot-lock, a new battle system that locks onto all of the opponents on-screen.

Another character, Ventus, has his own attack modes: speed rave, thunder bolt and cyclone; and the innovative ability to render aggressive and dangerous opponents weightless so they float above the battlefield and are easier to attack without getting killed yourself. The same shoot lock mode exists throughout the game.

Check out Dissidia: Final Fantasy, also revealed at Square Enix's "DKS3713"

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