BODY: Every Keyblade, every Disney world, one box. Square Enix launched Kingdom Hearts Collection [I–III] on October 8 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S and the Microsoft Store on Windows, priced at ¥11,000 (roughly $70). It arrives as the series rolls toward its 25th anniversary in 2027 — and, more to the point, toward Kingdom Hearts IV.
The set folds three existing compilations into a single purchase: Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind (DLC). Between them that covers Sora's entire arc — Final Mix, Re:Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, Birth by Sleep, Dream Drop Distance HD, 0.2 Fragmentary Passage, and KH III with its epilogue DLC, plus the HD cinematic retellings of 358/2 Days, Re:coded and χ Back Cover.
Each piece is also selling individually from the same day: ¥5,280 for HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX, ¥4,180 for 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and ¥5,280 for KH III + Re Mind. Notably, HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX is the only one of the three that also supports the original Nintendo Switch.
Two caveats worth reading the fine print for. The physical edition of the Collection requires an internet connection to download additional data — the disc or card is not the whole game. And on Steam, the same bundle is sold under a different name, Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece, at a different price.
The insider take
For Japanese fans, the quiet headline here is the word "native." When Kingdom Hearts finally reached Switch in 2022, it did so as cloud-streaming versions, which landed badly with a domestic audience that plays a lot of its games on commuter trains with patchy signal — the titles became shorthand on Japanese gaming forums for a port done the wrong way. Running locally on Switch 2 corrects that, and the timing is deliberate: with KH IV still unreleased and a Kingdom Hearts animated series announced in August, Square Enix needs a frictionless on-ramp for newcomers who have heard the series is impenetrable. Bundling everything at ¥11,000 — cheaper than buying the three parts separately — is that on-ramp.
Originally reported by GAME Watch (Japanese).