Kingdom Hearts!

[Songbird]

Yesterday I got one of the most beautiful brown boxes ever; of course, that’s because the Mark of Mastery was inside it. After weeks of worrying if I would ever get one considering I waited too long to pre-order from GameStop I was able to snag one from Amazon; actually, I had pre-ordered one from Toysrus before hand, but it was backordered.

The contents inside the box are really nice; naturally the game is there, but not only did it come with SE points, but Club Nintendo points as well. Along with some AR cards it came with a series of art cards and a clear KH protector case. Originally, I thought it was silver, but I do like my red 3DS. Plus, if you take out the braces in the box there’s artwork done on the inside of it.

Now… you may or may not have noticed one thing which seems off in my description.

It goes like this… Along with some AR cards…some…not all…some…

COMENCE RAGE AWAKENED SONG

Yeah, I am missing two out of five AR cards: Frootz Cat and Kab Kannon. To only make matters worse this screw-up is apparently widespread be it people that are missing all of them or even getting duplicates. I know I could just get them off the computer, but I did buy the collectors edition for a reason.

[ansovald]

Got KH3D and how the heck Do you use the AR cards I tried the AR reader and in the game but both didn't work HELP!!.

[DancingFlameDragon]

Wow, you got the Mark of Mastery edition; too bad not all the cards were there, maybe you can get them from S-E or whatever. I just beat the game and I have to say, it's my favorite of the handhelds (I've never actually played BBS so I can't really judge that one though). There are even some things that I like better than KH2... even though I still think KH1 is my favorite game in the series, but this comes pretty close.
The whole "world of sleep" thing is still throwing me off, though, and I've done a pretty good job at keeping up with the KH plot. But I admit, there were some parts of this game that made me a bit teary-eyed . There are very few things that can be as cheesy and sappy as KH and still almost make me cry...

And ansovald, if you use the camera from the Spirits menu and point it at the cards, it should be able to work. The card with the dream eater symbol on it is just sort of a virtual viewing stand for your dream eater, but the other two cards give you one new dream eater each (I'm assuming the R&R Seal on one card, and the other card gives you one of 3 special dream eaters). Sometimes weird things happen with it, but keep trying and you should be able to get it to work eventually .

[Songbird]

Originally Posted by DancingFlameDragon

Wow, you got the Mark of Mastery edition; too bad not all the cards were there, maybe you can get them from S-E or whatever. I just beat the game and I have to say, it's my favorite of the handhelds (I've never actually played BBS so I can't really judge that one though). There are even some things that I like better than KH2... even though I still think KH1 is my favorite game in the series, but this comes pretty close.
The whole "world of sleep" thing is still throwing me off, though, and I've done a pretty good job at keeping up with the KH plot. But I admit, there were some parts of this game that made me a bit teary-eyed . There are very few things that can be as cheesy and sappy as KH and still almost make me cry...

I have no idea how long it’s going to take for me to get my cards considering I didn’t file a complaint until almost a week after release; that's when I go it. They have my ticket and I’ve given them the info they requested, but I’m still waiting for their response; that was a week ago. >_>’

Anyways, I’m really enjoying the game although I still a bit confused with the portal things; especially the special ones. I’m still in Traverse Town and I’ve done three for Sora and Riku, but I’ve yet to get more from the forecast; do I need to beat the level to get more special portals? I preferably like to get everything possibly done before going to the next world.

[DancingFlameDragon]

Originally Posted by Songbird

Anyways, I’m really enjoying the game although I still a bit confused with the portal things; especially the special ones. I’m still in Traverse Town and I’ve done three for Sora and Riku, but I’ve yet to get more from the forecast; do I need to beat the level to get more special portals? I preferably like to get everything possibly done before going to the next world.

I haven't really tried to get all the portals except the secret ones later in the game (usually I just get the ones I happen to run across whenever I'm in the level), but I think that you should be able to get them all just by dropping repeatedly... although I've never really tried, so maybe you can find a guide or something

[Songbird]

Dang… this game is so addicting. The Poke- I mean Dream Eaters is taking way too much out of my life, but I love it! I spend like almost 10 minutes to figure out what to call my Spirits. On top of that I’m grinding like mad; I shoot for at least 15 levels before going to each world. Oh, and in regards to the missing portals back in Traverse Town I’ve noticed in my guide that you go back there so that’s probably why they’re not there yet.

In speaking of the guide… it’s very disappointing to say the least compared to their previous entries. They list you the Dream Eater pieces, but they don’t tell you which Nightmare drops them. There’s a list of what makes a Spirit, but they don’t tell you what the rank will be; oh, they also forgot how many of each ingredient is required. It doesn’t tell you which Dream Eater unlocks what command/abilities. The description of the Forecast is very brief and doesn’t even mention the importance of Risky Winds. Hardly talks about Flick Rush. Probably out of embarrassment from the last guide’s complete inaccuracy of how to defeat the Mysterious Figure they didn’t even bother posting anything on how to beat this game's secret boss.

There is one rather funny thing in the book though. For each world they give a short description of it and this is a snippet I found that I thought was rather amusing; again, this is only part of it so I don’t potentially spoil anything.

… featuring high-rise buildings in the style of New Orleans, Louisiana…

So I’m assuming when I get there I’ll see characters from the movie, “The Princess and the Frog.”

[DancingFlameDragon]

So has anyone else here beaten Dream Drop Distance yet? If so, what are your thoughts on the game? Let's keep it kind of spoiler free I suppose... is there a spoiler tag/code thing on this forum? Ha, I suppose if we wanted we could always make another thread all about KH spoilers

[Songbird]

I beat the storyline on Sunday! Technically I could have beaten the game much sooner, but my personal goal was to unlock all of the Spirit’s commands before ending it; hours later I defeated the hidden boss and got all the gold medals from Flick Rush. Yesterday I finished all the Secret Portals so the last thing I need to do is get rank A for a few Dives.

[DancingFlameDragon]

Originally Posted by Songbird

I beat the storyline on Sunday! Technically I could have beaten the game much sooner, but my personal goal was to unlock all of the Spirit’s commands before ending it; hours later I defeated the hidden boss and got all the gold medals from Flick Rush. Yesterday I finished all the Secret Portals so the last thing I need to do is get rank A for a few Dives.

Congrats on beating the game ! I haven't done all the secret stuff since I kind of rushed through the storyline the first time, but hey it'll give me more to do as I play through proud and critical modes! Did you enjoy the storyline (well, at least the stuff that was somewhere in the realm of making sense...almost)? I really liked a lot of what they did in this game but I don't want to say too much for fear of spoiling everything!

[Songbird]

Here’s another coincidence I've seen in Fantasia; it comes from Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Jump to 7:35 to see what I see.

Oh, and during the downtime I did receive my missing AR cards from SE! What's rather funny is the game told me the Dream Eater I used most was in fact Frootz Cat despite not having the card at the beginning.