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Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance Mark Of Mastery Edition

3DS
Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance Mark Of Mastery Edition
Square Enix7/31/2012Americas

The Mark of Mastery exam just got physical. The Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance Mark of Mastery Edition on 3DS wraps Sora and Riku's handheld adventure in a package worthy of the Keyblade itself: a hard cover 3DS case, 12 art cards, 5 AR cards that unlock Dream Eaters, and a standard copy of the game bundled in a magnetic case. Kingdom Hearts on a Nintendo handheld was already an event.

Packaging it like this turned it into a collector's milestone. The 12 art cards span the series' sprawling mythology, giving you pocket-sized pieces of Tetsuya Nomura's distinctive character work to display, trade, or carefully sleeve and never touch again (we know which type you are). Those 5 AR cards add a layer of interactive collecting that was genuinely novel at the time, letting you summon Dream Eater companions into your real-world space.

The magnetic case gives the whole package a premium feel that most 3DS releases never aspired to. Kingdom Hearts collectors are a dedicated breed, and this Mark of Mastery Edition sits in that critical bridge period between the PS2 originals and the long-awaited Kingdom Hearts III. For shelf presence and series completionism alike, this is the definitive way to own Dream Drop Distance.

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