Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD

Overview

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is a 2012 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the Nintendo 3DS. The seventh installment in Disney's Kingdom Hearts series, it was released in Japan on March 29, 2012, Europe on July 20, 2012, Australasia on July 26, 2012, and in North America on July 31, 2012.

The game takes place after the events of Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, and focuses on Sora and Riku's Mark of Mastery exam, in which they have to protect parallel worlds in preparation for the return of Master Xehanort. Besides controlling the two playable characters across a single scenario, the player is able to recruit creatures known as Dream Eaters to assist them in fights.

The Square Enix staff decided to develop Dream Drop Distance after being impressed by the quality of the Nintendo 3DS. Taking advantage of the console's functions, they increased the action elements from the series based on the system previously seen in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. Additionally, both the gameplay and the plot are meant to give a glimpse of what the following title in the series, Kingdom Hearts III, would be like. The game has been well received in Japan and in the US, selling over 250,000, and 180,000 units on its debuts respectively. Critics generally praised the gameplay, and graphics, while criticizing aspects of the plot.

Official trailer

Announcement Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD - English Walkthrough Part 1 - Prologue (PS4 PRO) KH 2.8, Shirrako. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Developer

Square Enix Business Division 3

Publisher

Square Enix

Series

Kingdom Hearts

Platforms

Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB E10+

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

PEGI

12

ESRB

E10+

Release dates

Editions

Check out the store

Trophies

Trophies55

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

5

Bronze

47

Total

55

Points

1335

Platinum time

50 hours

100% time

50 hours

Difficulty

4 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

DLC has trophies

No

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

No

DLC comes in

Does not exist

Missable trophies

0

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Region note

One list. Voices in English.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

PS4 only on PlayStation; Kingdom Hearts 0.2 in the same collection has its own list

Players with the platinum

8.82%

Missable trophies

• Nothing is missable.

Grind

• Spirit training and Ability Links
• Every command, recipe and Dream Piece
• Flick Rush to Rush Level 20

Glitches and fixes

• Record Keeper can fail to unlock

• Dream Drop Distance Master Obtain all trophies. Platinum 8.82% of players
• Record Keeper Achieve 100% completion in Combat, Story, Items, and Game Records. Gold 9.01% of players
• Star Combatant Achieve 100% completion in Combat. Silver 9.37% of players
• Storyteller Achieve 100% completion in Story. Silver 9.57% of players
• Item Collector Achieve 100% completion in Items. Silver 9.11% of players
• Level Masters Achieve a cumulative level of 100. Silver 15.53% of players
• Droplet Magnet Rack up 300 or more Drop Points in a single turn. Bronze 31.69% of players
• Dream Dropper Drop 100 or more times. Bronze 11.65% of players
• Deft Diver Complete a dive without taking damage. Bronze 57.49% of players
• Ace Diver Perform an A-Rank dive. Bronze 78.6% of players
• Loyal Customer Make a purchase at every Moogle Shop. Bronze 12.04% of players
• Command Collector Obtain all commands. Bronze 9.19% of players
• Recipe Collector Obtain all recipes. Bronze 9.42% of players
• Dream Piece Collector Obtain all Dream Pieces. Bronze 12.12% of players
• Mark of Mastery Defeat the phantom Ursula and begin the Mark of Mastery exam. Bronze 94% of players
• A Divided World Complete Traverse Town as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 66.4% of players
• Dark Intervention Complete La Cité des Cloches as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 56.39% of players
• Memory and Heart Complete The Grid as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 51.42% of players
• Inhabitants of the Sleeping Worlds Complete Prankster's Paradise as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 50.07% of players
• Distinct Worlds Revisit and complete Traverse Town as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 48.91% of players
• All for One, and One for All Complete Country of the Musketeers as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 47.13% of players
• A Sound Idea Complete Symphony of Sorcery as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 46.24% of players
• The Depths of Darkness Complete The World That Never Was as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 41.31% of players
• Nostalgic View all flashbacks. Bronze 46.83% of players
• Flick Rush Fever Achieve a Rush Level of 20. Silver 10.14% of players
• Medal Master Obtain 3,000 or more medals in Flick Rush. Bronze 13.01% of players
• Lucky Seven Win a Flick Rush duel by lining up three 7s. Bronze 35.63% of players
• Super Cyclist Earn a score of 1,000 or higher on the Light Cycle. Bronze 19.74% of players
• Balloon Master Earn a score of 200 or higher in the Balloon mini-game. Bronze 30.76% of players
• Water Barrel Master Earn a score of 400 or higher in the Water Barrel mini-game. Bronze 21.85% of players
• Candy Goggles Master Earn a score of 800 or higher in the Candy Goggles mini-game. Bronze 18.83% of players
• Easy as 1-2-3 Create a party with 3 Spirits. Bronze 63.87% of players
• True Trainer Use every Training Toy. Bronze 37.59% of players
• Happy Campers Create a party with 3 Spirits and make them all very happy. Bronze 35.7% of players
• Kindred Spirits Max out a Spirit's Affinity Level. Bronze 11.02% of players
• Golden Egg Breed a ★ Rank Spirit. Bronze 20.81% of players
• Strongest Link Unlock all nodes on any Spirit's Ability Link board. Bronze 27.59% of players
• Lifesaver Rescue Spirits 3 times in battle. Bronze 32.3% of players
• Ability Ace Max out and install all Support and Spirits abilities. Bronze 9.1% of players
• Bull's-Eye Defeat 5 or more enemies with a single hit in Slingshot. Bronze 22.69% of players
• Sliding By Connect 6 or more points with a single Faithline. Bronze 55.21% of players
• Super Hacker Activate all Code Break commands. Bronze 27.83% of players
• Bubble Burster Trap 6 or more enemies in Bubble Burst. Bronze 27.22% of players
• Comic King Activate all of Wonder Comic's effects at least once. Bronze 34.56% of players
• Maestro Defeat 4 or more enemies in one turn of Melody Catcher. Bronze 15.61% of players
• Chain Reaction Sever all chains with a single slash 3 times in a row using Nightmare's End or Mirage Split. Bronze 25.86% of players
• Champions of All Districts Complete all Special Portals in Traverse Town as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 10.68% of players
• Champions of the Cathedral Complete all Special Portals in La Cité des Cloches as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 10.68% of players
• Champions of the Digital World Complete all Special Portals in The Grid as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 10.52% of players
• Champions of the Endless Ocean Complete all Special Portals in Prankster's Paradise as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 10.54% of players
• Champions of the Opéra House Complete all Special Portals in Country of the Musketeers as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 10.48% of players
• Champions of the Harmonic Score Complete all Special Portals in Symphony of Sorcery as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 10.48% of players
• Champions of the Dark City Complete all Special Portals in The World That Never Was as both Sora and Riku. Bronze 10.74% of players
• Brave Challengers Complete all 7 Link Portal bonus objectives. Bronze 21.2% of players
• Seekers of Secrets Complete all Secret Portals as both Sora and Riku. Gold 11.37% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 29.6 GB, the whole HD 2.8 collection

Update patch01.05

The updates on record for this game.

DLC

Dream Drop Distance HD had no DLC.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD is single-player only and has no online play.

Services

Service	Status
Online play	Does not exist

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Tetsuya Nomura
Director	Tai Yasue
Producer	Rie Nishi
Designer	Tomokazu Shibata
Designer	Tai Yasue
Designer	Michio Matsuura
Programmer	Tamotsu Goto
Programmer	Masashi Nakamichi
Programmer	Kengo Naka
Artist	Tetsuya Nomura
Writer	Masaru Oka
Composer	Yoko Shimomura
Composer	Takeharu Ishimoto
Composer	Tsuyoshi Sekito

Credits

Publisher

Square Enix

Developer

Square Enix Business Division 3

Director

Tetsuya Nomura, Tai Yasue

Released

2017-01-24

Age rating

ESRB E10+

Disc ID

CUSA05795

Region

US

Time to beat

about 20 hours