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Famitsu: Kingdom Hearts III Interview with Nomura
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Having more human like characters did seem a bit odd when they had Pirates of the Caribbean in Kingdom Hearts II. It didn't really gel well with the rest of the KH artstyle.
Although Star Wars lore is an open goal for tying in the KH premise of darkness and light.
Also if they go with Marvel, hopefully they have the liberty to make them a bit more cartoony.
Although Star Wars lore is an open goal for tying in the KH premise of darkness and light.
Also if they go with Marvel, hopefully they have the liberty to make them a bit more cartoony.
People that have only played KH and KHII are going to be so fucking lost when they start KHIII.
Error404SwagNotFound
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I'm kind of over the HD Remixes and re-releases. I mean, fair game, they tide us over until KH3, but I have absolutely no desire to pick up HD Remix 2.5, and I'm a big fan of the series. =/
IAmRandom31
Banned
Can I say something crazy?
Since they changed Final Fantasy to an action RPG they should change Kingdom Hearts to a turn based / ATB system JRPG
Wouldn't that be hilarious
Since they changed Final Fantasy to an action RPG they should change Kingdom Hearts to a turn based / ATB system JRPG
Wouldn't that be hilarious
CountBlack
Member
Can't wait until Tabata gets his hands on this one
I still want BBS Vol 2
The Last One
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rrvv
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It easy to associate those 3 with Disney since it Disney in house creation. but not so with Marvel and Star Wars since they are outside property first.
Too many buttons required for gameplay, it'd only frighten and confuse him.
Did you import the Final Mix versions of KHII and BbS? If not there is a ton of new content in the HD Remix. KHII Final Mix adds 15 new boss fights.
Flow motion wasn't even that useful in battle, especially on hard where you should almost never use it.『Inaba Resident』;131442017 said:
I think most complained about it because it ''broke'' the level design; precision platforming was no longer required and you didn't need any upgrades (high jump, glide) to get the chests.
I personally loved because quickly traversing the huge rooms in DDD felt great.
Just the thought makes me angry
If you don't want it but happen to buy it anyway, i'll take it off your hands and get a refund for mine
15 is no longer Versus, its 15, and thus no longer an action RPG as we know them.
Seven Force
Banned
Yeah, they're definitely going to do KH3D HD at this point. Probably going to go the Type-0 HD route and bundle it with a KHIII demo to move units.
Uh oh. Last time I remember reading something similar, it was during KH3D development in reference to Flowmotion, and that ended up completely fucking over game balance because Nomura insisted on keeping it as is despite the Osaka team's protests that it needed to be toned down (or at least have a higher skill barrier) to preserve game balance. I really hope that doesn't happen a second time.
Uh oh. Last time I remember reading something similar, it was during KH3D development in reference to Flowmotion, and that ended up completely fucking over game balance because Nomura insisted on keeping it as is despite the Osaka team's protests that it needed to be toned down (or at least have a higher skill barrier) to preserve game balance. I really hope that doesn't happen a second time.
But flow motion isn't OP, at least not on proud or higher.
All of which were fucking amazing and hard as balls.
FM+ on critical is a great experience and can't wait to try it again in HD.
Because they apparently all played on easy where flowmotion just kills the enemies, so being locked in the animation FOREVER doesn't matter since there's no one who can actually hurt you.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Wait, first Nomura interview since the FFXV director change and there's no question about it?
The Last Wizard
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Or Halloweentown...
rockman zx
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Siliconera.
KH Insider
Who is right?.
KH Insider
Who is right?.
At least this seems to be developing smoothly at least ; it coming along well so soon after it started development (I think?) last year is great news .
Still surprised that they can decide what worlds to use yet though :l. I mean, I would like to think at this point, they would have that stuff nailed down (as they are going to have to start MAKING worlds for the game soon).
I guess they are getting held up by licensing issues with Disney on Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar IP (as that is the only reason I would think they can't pick new worlds; if it was just Disney, then it is painfully simple: Treasure Planet, Island world based of Leo and Stitch, Alantis: The Lost Empire, Princes and the Frog, Tangled, Frozen, Wreck it Ralph, Duckberg (with it being a blend of Darkwing Duck and Ducktails....please have this be a world!), and Jungle Book).
I think that a Marvel or Star Wars would would be the 'big' thing for KH3 like how Port Roal, Tron and Steam Boat Willy worlds were huge (the former two for them being based on live action movies and the latter world due to it being more or less lifted right out of 1920's-1930's Mickey Mouse cartoons). If that goes well (or at the very least, have Darth Vader be a Sepharoph level secret boss), then that would be really cool.
The combat system seems to be very interesting; a blend of KH2 and Birth By Sleep? I think that is what I'm getting from his comments (I guess you stack your Keyblades into a deck ala Chan of Memories and you can decide what order you want to use them using the face buttons ala Birth by Sleep.
Either way I can't wait for this game, so it coming out at all is awesome.
Also, KH3D coming to consoles? I thought that was expected at this point :l. I can see Square make that for PS4/X1 early next year and close the year off with a PS4/X1 version of KH1.5 and KH2.5 (that way people can catch up with everything before KH3 comes out). The game looks to be right at home on consoles anyway (the visuals of the game are some of the 3DS's best ).
; it coming along well so soon after it started development (I think?) last year is great news .Still surprised that they can decide what worlds to use yet though :l. I mean, I would like to think at this point, they would have that stuff nailed down (as they are going to have to start MAKING worlds for the game soon).
I guess they are getting held up by licensing issues with Disney on Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar IP (as that is the only reason I would think they can't pick new worlds; if it was just Disney, then it is painfully simple: Treasure Planet, Island world based of Leo and Stitch, Alantis: The Lost Empire, Princes and the Frog, Tangled, Frozen, Wreck it Ralph, Duckberg (with it being a blend of Darkwing Duck and Ducktails
....please have this be a world!), and Jungle Book). I think that a Marvel or Star Wars would would be the 'big' thing for KH3 like how Port Roal, Tron and Steam Boat Willy worlds were huge (the former two for them being based on live action movies and the latter world due to it being more or less lifted right out of 1920's-1930's Mickey Mouse cartoons). If that goes well (or at the very least, have Darth Vader be a Sepharoph level secret boss), then that would be really cool
.The combat system seems to be very interesting; a blend of KH2 and Birth By Sleep? I think that is what I'm getting from his comments (I guess you stack your Keyblades into a deck ala Chan of Memories and you can decide what order you want to use them using the face buttons ala Birth by Sleep.
Either way I can't wait for this game, so it coming out at all is awesome
.Also, KH3D coming to consoles? I thought that was expected at this point :l. I can see Square make that for PS4/X1 early next year and close the year off with a PS4/X1 version of KH1.5 and KH2.5 (that way people can catch up with everything before KH3 comes out). The game looks to be right at home on consoles anyway
(the visuals of the game are some of the 3DS's best ).Nightengale
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2016 E3 will very likely be the "rereveal" of KH3.
2017 earliest. A full scale KH games takes 4 years,and we know they only started last year or sometime then.
Seven Force
Banned
It's definitely overpowered during the first 1-2 worlds even on Critical, then quickly becomes pretty useless. If you have a mechanic that can't find a balance between "completely overpowered" and "laughably useless", then you've got a busted mechanic.
Moreover though, having that amount of mobility available from the very beginning of the game along with making it really easy to execute really wasn't a good design decision. It really should have scaled with your normal leveling or something. It's the equivalent of giving Sora stuff like Superglide and High Jump right off the bat in KH1, it completely trivializes enemy encounters and platforming. (Granted, the platforming elements in the series were never really good, but still.)
Benzychenz
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This is the extent of what I'd be ok with.
A full on Star Wars or Marvel world would be a bad idea though.
Nomura is a company slave, he goes where he's told with no questions himself. The interviewer probably had the tact not to ask about such things.
I didn't like the Frozen movie all that much but it would be cool to have a snow covered world to explore in KH. Or they'd ruin/make it everyone's favorite by making it like the little mermaid in KH2 and have a quick time Let It Go song. I'm kind of surprised given the popularity, that frozen won't be in there, especially after they say they're having a hard time coming up with worlds to go to. Seems like an obvious choice.
It's Famitsu. They're not doing journalism but promotion. If SE says it's an NG subject then it will not be touched on.
DragonSworne
Banned
Then take out Tron.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
The fact that Unknown uses force lightning in his boss battle is proof enough that Star Wars should make an appearance. Xemnas ethereal blades can be explained as him visiting a star wars world and mimicking the light sabers. Meeting Yoda and learning new mobility techniques? Hell yeah
.....That was horendous X(.... I even skipped over that would on my second playthough of KH2; who thought that would be a good idea? I mean, it was a full-on world in KH1, couldn't it still be a normal world? ....At least we could skip the world
.Interviews where your questions need to be approved first aren't exclusive to video games journalism and certainly not to kotaku...
.....That was horendous X(.... I even skipped over that would on my second playthough of KH2; who thought that would be a good idea? I mean, it was a full-on world in KH1, couldn't it still be a normal world? ....At least we could skip the world
My guess is that they didn't have the time/will to redo all the Atlantica engine again. It didn't work out very well for the first game and they had to make a new set of animations just for Pride lands too, I would think they didn't want to do a third set of new animations/collisions, etc.
KH2 has a lot of flaws, but the game had a tremendous amount of work done.
Siliconera
Ideally one after the other. Beat Superboss Darth Vader to get the Lightsaber Keyblade. Probably fashioned after Luke's blade.
The Last One
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Probably both. They are considering but no plans yet. I just wonder what will be the Kingdom Hearts for next year.
BabyFaceKillah
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Why? Tron is an original Disney creation. Marvel and Star Wars are acquisitions. They also already have many licensed games without needing to muscle in on KH3 as well.
funkystudent
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If that isn't some super endgame unlockable they messed up.
WooHooAlex
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What are we thinkin' on this one? Mid 2018? Best case scenario 2017?
God damn, not gonna lie, the wait on this one is gonna hurt.
God damn, not gonna lie, the wait on this one is gonna hurt.
Nightengale
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DDD was March 2012.
BBS vol.2 was presumably the next game in development, which got cancelled in favor of III, so development probably wasted a year or so.
So assuming development started in 2013, it should take 4 years at least.
2017 should be a fair assumption.
If they give it the type-0 treatment I'm buying a PS4.
SliceSabre
Banned
I'm also glad to hear Sora being near invincible at the end was seen as a problem. I've always been pretty happy with KH's diffculty level at all stages of the game. I love how at the end of KHII I had so many skills and transformations available for me yet even encounters with standard and advanced foot soliders were still sticky.
DDD HD would be nice to have, though I can't see myself paying more than $20 for it. It never looked that enticing to me aside from the TWEWY characters.
Very pleased to hear about Birth By Sleep style Keyblade transformations, but that seemed like a sure thing already.
Why would they when neither Kingdom Hearts III or the HD Collections are on Wii U either?
Very pleased to hear about Birth By Sleep style Keyblade transformations, but that seemed like a sure thing already.
Why would they when neither Kingdom Hearts III or the HD Collections are on Wii U either?