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 The title was only available in Japan. However, a remake, released in Japan, North America and Europe, was developed for the Nintendo DS,<ref>''[http://release.square-enix.com/na/2010/06/09_01.html SQUARE ENIX BRINGS AN UNRIVALED LINEUP OF FRANCHISES TO E3 2010]'': "For handheld platforms are The 3rd Birthday™ and KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, a prequel that will unlock the secrets to the beloved franchise, as well as KINGDOM HEARTS Re:coded and FINAL FANTASY: THE 4 HEROES OF LIGHT™ for Nintendo DS™, a charming new adventure by the creators of the FINAL FANTASY III and IV remakes."</ref> under the title of ''[[Kingdom Hearts Re:coded]]''.
+==Development==
+Tetsuya Nomura mentioned a desire to develop a ''Kingdom Hearts'' spin-off title in mid-2007. He specifically wanted to create a title for mobile devices with slightly different gameplay to the mainline entries. Nomura was initially met with resistance, with Hajime Tabata considering the idea "terrible," but acknowledged the concept had poetential and greenlit the project anyway. Nomura wanted the game to be like a playground for fans. While initially intended to be a non-canon entry with a floating storyline, the game being developed concurrently with ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'' caused the game to eventually be canonized with a definite place on the timeline. Gameplay was a mixture of 2D and 3D to work better on mobile devices.
+The game was very ambitious for a mobile game at the time, being designed for speculative devices that did not exist yet. It did not push boundaries as hard as other [[Square Enix]] developed mobile games like ''Final Fantasy Agito'', as the company wanted to publish this game internationally where the mobile market was not as sophisticated as the market in Japan. Examples include the ability for players to wirelessly communicate between each other and the canceled wide screen support.
+This game was officially released alongside ''Birt by Sleep'' and ''358/2 Days'' on September 20, 2007 at the Tokyo Game Show behind closed doors. New trailers debuted at  Jump Festa in December 2007 and the DKΣ3713 Private party in August 2008, as well as demos and more new trailers debuted at Playable demonstrations, as well as new trailers, were available at the next Tokyo Game Show in October 2008 and the next Jump Festa in December 2008.
+The first episode released on November 8, 2008 in Japan on the Docomo PRIME Series "P-01A" mobile phone with seven more episodes released until January 28, 2010. The international release was quietly canceled due to mobile technology not improving at the rate it needed to for international players to feasibly play the game at the time. This game was an experiment into the free-to-play business model, as all episodes were included in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Mobile]]''. All episodes were taken down on April 30, 2013 and are currently unavailable, though the game lives on with ''[[Kingdom Hearts Re:coded]]''.
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