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Via Kotaku Japanese sales charts, we learn that Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days has sold very well in Japan in it’s first week of availability for the Nintendo DS.  The Roxas side-story title sold 295,000 copies to secure it the top spot for all video games sales in Japan.

The game covers Roxas’ existence between the events of Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II and answers a few questions about the mysterious Organization III.  Nintendo announces at their E3 press conference this week that the title is due for North American release on September 29, 2009.

While we’re drooling over the marvels of FFXIII and FFXIV, let’s not forget that there are actually other Square Enix games on display at E3. And we have trailers for two of them: Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (now confirmed for US release September 29) and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. With English voicework, no less.

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Just a quite blurb that Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days is now released in Japan.  It’s only a matter of months now before the localization effort gives us a Europe/North America release.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days follows the story of the Kingdom Hearts II mysterious blonde haired kid Roxas from his creation in Kingdom Hearts to his merging with Sora in Kingdom Hearts II.  I hope you have played Kingdom Hearts II already and I didn’t just give that away.

Nomura + Dengeki developer interview = Kingdom Hearts Scoop

Courtesy of Heartstation (super well-designed site, I might add) - comes word that the most recent issue of Dengeki Wii/DS contains a mega Kingdom Hearts blowout that also includes a developer interview with Tetsuya Nomura

So the big news?

“Once all three currently announced Kingdom Hearts titles are complete, maybe Sora’s turn will come.”

Heartstation has a ton of scans too, so it’s worth clicking the link and checking them out.