<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	I-Application
2.8	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Chapter	I-Application
Prologue	I-Application
is	O
a	O
compilation	O
of	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
series	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	I-Application
2.5	I-Application
Remix	I-Application
game	O
compilation	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
title	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
September	O
2015	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2017	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
on	O
February	O
18	O
,	O
2020	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
on	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2021	O
on	O
Windows	O
via	O
Epic	O
Games	O
Store	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
cloud	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	I-Application
2.8	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Chapter	I-Application
Prologue	I-Application
includes	O
a	O
high-definition	O
remaster	O
of	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
3D	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
collection	O
also	O
includes	O
two	O
new	O
pieces	O
of	O
content	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
,	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
χ	I-Application
Back	O
Cover	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
cinematic	O
"	O
film	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
χ	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
title	O
,	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
0.2	O
:	O
Birth	O
by	O
Sleep	O
–	O
A	O
Fragmentary	O
Passage	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
original	O
game	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Dream	B-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
avoid	O
having	O
too	O
much	O
backstory	O
in	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
series	O
director	O
Tetsuya	O
Nomura	O
chose	O
to	O
place	O
this	O
story	O
he	O
long	O
desired	O
to	O
tell	O
in	O
this	O
collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Back	O
Cover	O
and	O
A	O
Fragmentary	O
Passage	O
were	O
the	O
tenth	O
and	O
eleventh	O
installments	O
in	O
the	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
praised	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
utilizing	O
technology	O
then	O
being	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
collection	O
in	O
filling	O
story	O
gaps	O
in	O
the	O
very	O
complicated	O
storyline	O
of	O
the	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
criticized	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
compilation	O
as	O
merely	O
another	O
teaser	O
for	O
the	O
long-anticipated	O
game	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Re:coded	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dream	B-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
protagonists	O
 '	O
Sora	O
and	O
Riku	O
's	O
"	O
Mark	O
of	O
Mastery	O
"	O
exam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
collection	O
features	O
a	O
high	O
definition	O
remaster	O
of	O
Dream	B-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
,	O
which	O
Nomura	O
stated	O
was	O
a	O
full	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
since	O
the	O
original	O
utilized	O
the	O
two	O
screens	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
also	O
reworked	O
minigames	O
from	O
the	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
version	O
that	O
utilized	O
that	O
console	O
’s	O
dual	O
touch	O
screens	O
into	O
a	O
card-based	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
they	O
switched	O
the	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
's	O
touchscreen-based	O
controls	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
traditional	O
game-controller	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
few	O
additions	O
made	O
included	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
trophies	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
60	O
frames	O
a	O
second	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
much-requested	O
addition	O
by	O
the	O
Osaka	O
development	O
team	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
minor	O
enemy	O
,	O
the	O
Catanuki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
0.2	O
:	O
Birth	O
by	O
Sleep	O
–	O
A	O
Fragmentary	O
Passage	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
told	O
from	O
the	O
perspective	O
of	O
the	O
protagonist	O
Aqua	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
begins	O
after	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
when	O
King	B-Application
Mickey	I-Application
reveals	O
that	O
he	O
has	O
secrets	O
to	O
confess	O
relating	O
to	O
Aqua	O
and	O
her	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
Realm	O
of	O
Darkness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
then	O
picks	O
up	O
right	O
after	O
the	O
secret	O
ending	O
of	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
:	O
Birth	O
by	O
Sleep	O
Final	O
Mix	O
and	O
details	O
Aqua	O
's	O
journey	O
through	O
the	O
Realm	O
of	O
Darkness	O
during	O
the	O
following	O
ten	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nomura	O
felt	O
he	O
needed	O
to	O
create	O
this	O
story	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
to	O
slow	O
down	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
with	O
many	O
backstories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
designed	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
take	O
several	O
hours	O
to	O
play	O
,	O
or	O
approximately	O
one	O
game	O
world	O
in	O
a	O
regular	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Fragmentary	O
Passage	O
ties	O
into	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
In	O
terms	O
of	O
gameplay	O
,	O
the	O
“	O
Doubleflight	O
”	O
ability	O
returns	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
Aqua	O
to	O
leap	O
higher	O
and	O
do	O
a	O
mid-air	O
double	O
jump	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
gaining	O
a	O
burst	O
of	O
speed	O
mid-jump	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
χ	I-Application
Back	O
Cover	O
is	O
a	O
one-hour	O
long	O
cinematic	O
film	O
set	O
during	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
χ	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Birth	O
by	O
Sleep	O
Final	O
Mix	O
,	O
a	O
secret	O
ending	O
was	O
discovered	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
titled	O
Birth	O
by	O
Sleep	O
:	O
Volume	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
content	O
,	O
which	O
appeared	O
to	O
bridge	O
the	O
story	O
gap	O
between	O
Birth	O
by	O
Sleep	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
,	O
was	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
potential	O
future	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
when	O
asked	O
about	O
the	O
content	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
secret	O
ending	O
,	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
series	O
director	O
Tetsuya	O
Nomura	O
stated	O
,	O
“	O
It	O
shows	O
the	O
existence	O
of	O
Aqua	O
’s	O
story	O
in	O
the	O
Realm	O
of	O
Darkness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
credits	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
compilation	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	I-Application
2.5	I-Application
Remix	I-Application
include	O
clips	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
3D	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
and	O
a	O
secret	O
ending	O
related	O
to	O
Dream	B-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
,	O
hinting	O
at	O
a	O
possible	O
new	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
game	O
compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
Square	O
Enix	O
announced	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	I-Application
2.8	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Chapter	I-Application
Prologue	I-Application
,	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
2016	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nomura	O
stated	O
that	O
Square	O
Enix	O
developed	O
the	O
collection	O
alongside	O
the	O
game	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
made	O
the	O
collection	O
so	O
players	O
could	O
experience	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
being	O
developed	O
for	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
"	O
sooner	O
than	O
later	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nomura	O
explained	O
the	O
game	O
compilations	O
title	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
is	O
considered	O
number	O
2.6	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
since	O
it	O
follows	O
the	O
events	O
in	O
HD	O
2.5	B-Application
Remix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
χ	I-Application
games	O
are	O
considered	O
0	O
in	O
Nomuras	O
counting	O
system	O
because	O
the	O
series	O
protagonist	O
Sora	O
does	O
not	O
appear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Square	O
Enix	O
developers	O
utilized	O
the	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
4	O
used	O
to	O
make	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
in	O
all	O
three	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
trailer	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2016	O
at	O
the	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
featured	O
a	O
new	O
remix	O
of	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
theme	O
song	O
"	O
Simple	O
and	O
Clean	O
"	O
,	O
produced	O
specifically	O
for	O
2.8	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
games’	O
opening	O
cinematics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Nomura	O
spoke	O
on	O
bringing	O
the	O
collection	O
to	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
console	O
,	O
saying	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
believe	O
there	O
was	O
much	O
demand	O
for	O
it	O
outside	O
of	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
also	O
said	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
a	O
possibility	O
after	O
Square	O
Enix	O
completed	O
development	O
of	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
X019	O
gamer	O
event	O
in	O
November	O
2019	O
,	O
Shinji	O
Hashimoto	O
and	O
Ichiro	O
Hazama	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
2.8	O
collection	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
1.5	B-Application
and	O
2.5	B-Application
,	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
cloud	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	I-Application
2.8	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Chapter	I-Application
Prologue	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
worldwide	O
on	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Square	O
Enix	O
later	O
bundled	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	I-Application
2.8	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Chapter	I-Application
Prologue	I-Application
with	O
the	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	O
1.5	B-Application
+	O
2.5	B-Application
Remix	O
collections	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
compilation	O
,	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Story	O
So	O
Far	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Pass	I-Application
versions	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
18	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	I-Application
2.8	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Chapter	I-Application
Prologue	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
universally	O
praised	O
the	O
graphical	O
re-creation	O
of	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
from	O
its	O
origins	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
USgamer	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
title	O
A	O
Fragmentary	O
Passage	O
for	O
being	O
a	O
sort	O
of	O
tech	O
demo	O
of	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamesRadars	O
Anthony	O
John	O
Agnello	O
concurred	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	O
2.8	O
:	O
Final	O
Chapter	O
Prologue	O
is	O
essential	O
for	O
the	O
faithful	O
,	O
flummoxing	O
for	O
newcomers	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
promising	O
start	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
life	O
on	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
reviewers	O
such	O
as	O
Push	O
Square	O
did	O
find	O
things	O
to	O
praise	O
about	O
the	O
collection	O
such	O
as	O
getting	O
the	O
chance	O
to	O
explore	O
resolutions	O
to	O
the	O
many	O
cliffhangers	O
left	O
by	O
the	O
previous	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPGamer	O
stated	O
that	O
if	O
anyone	O
wished	O
to	O
understand	O
what	O
happened	O
plot-wise	O
between	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
II	O
and	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
collection	O
was	O
essential	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
reviewers	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
found	O
the	O
stories	O
confusing	O
and	O
felt	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
merely	O
a	O
teaser	O
for	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
cited	O
their	O
confusion	O
with	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Dream	B-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
hard-to-follow	O
gibberish	O
with	O
flashbacks	O
,	O
flashbacks	O
within	O
flashbacks	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
USgamer	O
called	O
the	O
compilation	O
"	O
one	O
big	O
teaser	O
"	O
for	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informer	O
also	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
yet	O
another	O
game	O
meant	O
to	O
kill	O
time	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
unreleased	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
