Wooo, finally some new ZOE tidbits! You may have been hearing about the recent Japan-exclusive ZOE promotional event, "ZOE HD (Haidara) NIGHT", a small Kojima Productions conference featuring essentially everything you want to know about ZOE HD Edition and then some. That event was held last night, so let's look at some of the highlights and new information:

#1 ~ ZOE HD Release Date, SKUs, and Official ZOE HD Site

As previously reported, Zone of the Enders HD Edition will be hitting stores this fall. More specifically, the collection goes on sale in Japan on October 25th of this year.

Like the MGS HD Edition, the game will come in three SKUs for each the PS3 and Xbox 360 -- the regular version (3980 yen), the premium package (8980 yen) including a "ReBOOT Edition" soundtrack, a "Chronicle Book", and a "ReBOOT Book", and the KonamiStyle premium package (9980 yen) with all of that plus the HD remastered ZOE OVA, 2167 Idolo.

Blu-ray box sets of the 26-episode TV series ZOE Dolores,i and the 2167 Idolo OVA will go on sale on October 24th, for 26250 yen and 5040 yen, respectively.

An official site has been launched in preparation for the upcoming release of Zone of the Enders HD Edition.

#2 ~ Promotional Items

On sale at the HD NIGHT event were various ZOE goods such as an official ANUBIS tumbler, cell phone strap, protective cases for an iPhone 4 (a Jehuty version and an Anubis version), among other items. Online orders for some of the items begin June 1st.

#3 ~ The ENDERS Project

Kojima Productions has announced what appears to be an entirely new ZOE title using the FOX Engine, dubbed the ENDERS Project. Attendants of the HD Night event were treated to early concept art (both 2D Yoji Shinkawa art and 3D CG models) for the title as well as an amazing looking sculpture of Jehuty.


ZOE:TUS will keep you updated on any new developments.

Some new photos:













Also, check out the 17 new official ZOE HD screenshots in the gallery!!

Link - ZOE HD Official Site
Link - ZOE HD Promotional Items
Link - ZOE HD @ Dengeki
Link - ZOE HD @ 4Gamer
Link - ZOE HD @ GPara
Link - ZOE HD thread @ NeoGAF

Uh, weird. Was sure I had replied to this post. Guess I'll just have to rewrite what I had written.

Guys. It's fan theory time.
Given the new designs and that Kojima still remembers the concept of Metatron (by which I mean a possibly sentient ore)...
So, maybe Metatron has corrupted Jehuty/OFs? Or maybe it's now manifesting its own will or something like that? Guys, what if the end of ZoE2 was just a precursor for what's to come? With all that talk about the will of Metatron and such?

I'm still kind of iffy about them changing the visuals (which are looking awesome, from the 4 images we got. But those differences... is it safe to change something so suddenly and so much?), but I'll trust Kojima.

I do wonder, though. Given the prototype figure of, I suppose, Jehuty, then where the heck is the cockpit? Are they just changing its place? Or are Frames now going to function without any pilot? Maybe this could interweave with the will of Metatron idea.

This news was awesome for me for about five minutes. Because my second PlayStation 3 broke today, and it was sadly my fault this time.

The "Enders" Project seems pretty interesting, I'm looking forward to witnessing how that unfolds.

Wow it's great to see some different people around here! Not that I dislike any of the regulars (I love you all!), but I am happy to see more people come back around!

Anyways, my PlayStation 3 might be possibly savable!