Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX is an HD remaster compilation of the early games in the Kingdom Hearts series, made in celebration of the series's tenth anniversary for the Sony PlayStation 3. It includes full HD remasters of Kingdom Hearts Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories with added Playstation 3 Trophy support. It also includes Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days as a CG Animated Film using the HD in-game graphics.

New Features
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX not only renders the first Kingdom Hearts games in HD, but also updates them to better fit in with the more later installments in the series. For example, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Ansem, and various other character's models have been updated with those from Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. The scripts of the early games have also been revised to be more consistent with the overall plot of the later games.

In terms of mechanics, the controls in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix are more similar to those of Kingdom Hearts II and the "?" command is replaced with a Reaction Command feature. In its place, the fourth command slot will be used for Summons. Cutscenes exclusive to Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, which were either unvoiced or use English voice acting, are dubbed in Japanese, and every cutscene from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, whether it was originally a prerendered scene or used in-game graphics, will be remade for Theater Mode as a 2 hour long film.

KH Days Film
Originally they had planned to make Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days playable, like the other two games, but that would have caused the production to take much longer than the developers would have liked. They would have had to re-make the game from scratch, both graphically as well as come up with new programing needed for actual game-play due to its transition from the Nintendo DS hardware to the Sony PlayStation 3 hardware. Doing so would have delayed the game greatly, having its release date possibly skip over its intended Ten Year Anniversary release date.

Unofficial Western Announcement
On January 24th Jesse McCartney would upload images onto his Instagram, showing that he was recording for his lines as Roxas in the Days segment of HD 1.5 ReMIX. Later he would also post a video onto his Keek, so fans could watch and listen in on some of his recordings. Both actions confirming that the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX will indeed be ported to the west, though official release dates are currently unknown.