Jesse McCartney confirms Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep localization
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Dec 1st 2009 at 7:00AM } 
Birth by Sleep would be McCartney's third foray into the Kingdom Hearts universe, having previously voiced Roxas in Kingdom Hearts II and 358/2 Days. Kingdom Hearts Union suggests that McCartney may be voicing Birth By Sleep's "new" character, Ventus (pictured, right) -- y'know, the one that looks exactly like Roxas (pictured, left).
Gallery: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Xero @ Dec 1st 2009 7:20AM
As long as they keep away from the card based battle system, I will probably buy it for my wife.
Sabi @ Dec 1st 2009 7:37AM
I was expecting you to say "...probably buy it." instead of for your wife lol..
mykel @ Dec 1st 2009 8:09AM
i wasn't
Elranzer @ Dec 1st 2009 1:58PM
Birth by Sleep DOES have a Chain of Memories-esque battle system. Look closer at the videos out there.
Zoidberg! @ Dec 1st 2009 6:23PM
The card battling system was the greatest.
Erik Stroud @ Dec 2nd 2009 9:53PM
@Elranzer: Are you sure? It looks like the original with an added chain command or something.
Tunguska @ Dec 1st 2009 7:31AM
If EA made toilet paper, they'd make you pay per wipe.
Nobledevil @ Dec 1st 2009 9:27AM
Brilliance can feel free to be off-topic.
xtremeholymuffin @ Dec 1st 2009 9:44AM
You're waaay behind dude.
It's Activision that does that now.
eNrique @ Dec 1st 2009 12:14PM
I think it would be more that microsoft, and they have been that way since microsoft 95.
Tunguska @ Dec 1st 2009 7:33AM
...plz downvote that asap.
posted totally wrong spot.
ZayCube (Steam ID: ZayCube) @ Dec 1st 2009 7:57AM
I upvoted it
Kubota @ Dec 1st 2009 8:13AM
yeah i can't downvote that in good conscience because it's the truth
Sabi @ Dec 1st 2009 7:38AM
I think Jesse McCarntey does a great job voicing mainly because its an awkward thing to voice. Everyone is all friendly and goody and happy and extremely corny. I would get annoyed after a while voicing stuff for this game especially Sora/Roxas/Ventus
stevan @ Dec 1st 2009 11:31AM
THIS.
I feel the same way. I actually didn't know he voiced Roxas until a couple of years ago. I was pretty impressed with how his VA flowed so well considering he probably never even met his co-stars.
MechaGamerX @ Dec 1st 2009 8:13AM
"Square Enix hasn't announced a US release for the PSP prequel, but considering the franchise's penchant for making money, it certainly was never in doubt."
Final Mix 1 and 2.
Where the hell were those, Squeenix?
martyfarty389 @ Dec 1st 2009 8:24AM
They were in Japan, ready to be imported.
Filthy Assistant @ Dec 1st 2009 8:22AM
Yeah, of course the new character's gonna be Roxas in some form. It's like when "Iroqouis Plisken" appears in MGS2. If you didn't know immediately that was Snake, you're straight-up retarded.
Temidien @ Dec 1st 2009 8:45AM
"MGS2 was my first MG game and I still knew it was Snake."
Mayne @ Dec 1st 2009 9:42AM
Except that Pliskin really WAS Snake, just using a pseudonym.
The thing with Ventus is that, while obviously connected to Roxas (and thereby Sora), he is at least his own separate character... That's just Tetsuya Nomura for ya... I really like certain aspects of his style, but more often than not he just comes off as bizarrely lazy in the design-diversity department.
Filthy Assistant @ Dec 1st 2009 10:29AM
That's why I said "In some form", he might be some alternate-universe bullshit or something.
ScottG13 @ Dec 1st 2009 8:49AM
I demand to know which Joystiq editor follows Jesse McCartney's Twitter account.
Hinkle... I'm looking in your general direction.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith [ATDF Co-Founder] @ Dec 1st 2009 9:12AM
At least he's becoming a productive member of society. Unlike that Hannah Montana slut.
HighFiveJesus @ Dec 1st 2009 9:38AM
woah, slut? really?
Filthy Assistant @ Dec 1st 2009 10:53AM
Don't you know? All famous women (or in fact all women who are not interested in him) are sluts. So sayeth the Bradwart.
Ryan @ Dec 1st 2009 9:15AM
You know, Im getting really fucking fed up with all this Twitter bullshit.
John Z @ Dec 1st 2009 9:32AM
Despite your antipathy, Twitter is rapidly becoming a tool that people are finding value in. Brevity is a virtue I feel is long since lost i
PedoJokerBear [Planeteer | Power of Gall Bladder] @ Dec 1st 2009 10:09AM
you used up all of your characters
Traceur_Ryuk [Founder of The Anti-EMCB(tm) and co-leader of ATDF] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Dec 1st 2009 11:19AM
You guys may hate it, but it's really useful for many things.
Uncontrol @ Dec 1st 2009 9:33AM
I can't get back into KH since KH2. Loved the first one, hated the second, and it's all starting to take itself way too seriously now.
Joeysan24 @ Dec 1st 2009 9:41AM
So the "new" characters name is Ventus. Isn't that latin for wind?
Asmerom (PSN: neon6plz) (XBL: reo6) (Waiting for NMH2) @ Dec 1st 2009 10:19AM
Yep, and Terra for Earth and Aqua for water. Obviously trying to tie into the 3 main characters of the story.
captainprotonx @ Dec 1st 2009 10:28AM
Is there a competition at SE to create the most idiotic sub-name for this franchise?
'Kingdom Hearts: Allegory of Night's Fall into Resonance'
*copyright as of RIGHT NOW!"
stevan @ Dec 1st 2009 11:36AM
It's only idiotic if you don't understand that the sub-names have everything to do with the games themselves.
Chain of Memories: had to do with Sora's memory "chains" being broken and rearranged.
358/2 Days: 358 days shared by two people
Birth by Sleep will become evident when the game comes out...unless it doesn't, in which case I apologize for my matter-of-fact commenting.
Besides, BBS kinda rolls off the tongue pretty well. Although, tbh, 358/2 Days was a pretty dumb name.
Ipsum @ Dec 1st 2009 10:59AM
Any chance of Roxas actually being Ventus's Nobody, and not Sora's?
stevan @ Dec 1st 2009 11:32AM
None.
False [A Trusted BF Source] @ Dec 1st 2009 12:04PM
Man, with how long these games are taking to come out, they'd better get to KH3 quick. Haley Joel Osment isn't getting any younger.
dargondarkfire @ Dec 1st 2009 1:47PM
wait the kid in the picture on the right with the shoulder armor isn't roxas?
I thought this one was suposted to be about roxas before he joined the organization.
U2brunnin @ Dec 15th 2009 11:32AM
Nope, no card bassed system from what i have seen on youtube. so there is nothing to worry about.