Square-Enix has just officially announced the release date for Kingdom Hearts to be March 28th, 2006.
The following is an excerpt from the official press release delivered by Square-Enix:
Square Enix, Inc. (Square Enix), the publisher of Square Enix interactive entertainment products in North America, and Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG), the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company announced today the all-star voice cast and North American release date for KINGDOM HEARTS II, the highly-anticipated action role-playing game (RPG) exclusively for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. KINGDOM HEARTS II is the sequel to KINGDOM HEARTS, one of the top 10 best-selling PlayStation 2 titles of all time in North America.
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KINGDOM HEARTS II will ship to North American retailers on March 28, 2006. Since its release in September 2002, the original KINGDOM HEARTS for the PlayStation 2 has shipped more than 2.6 million units in North America. Bridging the gap between the original and the sequel, KINGDOM HEARTS: CHAIN OF MEMORIES followed in December 2004 for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance system. With the release of the Japanese version of KINGDOM HEARTS II in December 2005 (1 million units shipped during only three days after the release date), the series has shipped in excess of 7.5 million units worldwide.
Haley Joel Osment: Sora
David Gallagher: Riku
Hayden Panettiere: Kairi
Jesse McCartney: Roxas
Christopher Lee: Diz
Steve Burton: Cloud
Rachael Leigh Cook: Tifa
Mena Suvari: Aerith
Hedy Buress: Yuna
Tara Strong: Rikku.
Gwendoline Yeo: Paine
Ming-Na: Mulan.
James Woods: Hades.
Zach Braff: Chicken Little