Some new tidbits regarding the trio of Kingdom Hearts games announced at Tokyo Game Show last week have appeared in Japanese magazines. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for DS will let players assume control over Roxas and tell his story until his split from Organization XIII. The multi-player mode supporting up to four characters will not be related to the game's main story mode.

The cellphone-based Kingdom Hearts Coded will be an RPG. Its story will take place after the events of Kingdom Hearts II and apparently center around deleting a bug inside a computer system.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep for PlayStation Portable will be a prequel to the original Kingdom Hearts. This action RPG will feature three protagonists including Tera and Wen. Square Enix promises to make use of PlayStation Portable's ad-hoc WiFi capabilities. Sadly however, PlayStation Portable users probably will have to wait quite some time until they get their hands on Birth by Sleep. Square Enix has mentioned that it will be the last of the three titles to get released.

Kingdom Hearts Coded, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep have yet to receive official release dates in Japan.

• Syobo Online