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Kingdom Hearts 3D in Europe: Summer 2012? (possibly 27/7)

Mr. Fix said:
With all those cameos, this seems like the MGS4 of Kingdom Hearts.
I love MGS4.
If there is an HD collection, its gotta be 1,2, and BBS!
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A HD collection, if there ever even is one, would probably have Kingdom Hearts I, Re: Chain of Memories and II (hopefully the Final Mix versions of I & II). Birth By Sleep would probably get a separate HD Remaster.
 
Famassu said:
But controlling the camera in, say, Kingdom Hearts II is so much better than it is in the first game and really makes a lot of situations more... stress-free. You're not using the face buttons all the time, sometimes you might just be running around and having more/better control over the camera is only a good thing. When you actually need the face buttons (in battles, mostly), you can use lock on. After you've gotten rid of all the enemies nearby, you can run around while adjusting the camera to see if there are more enemies somewhere in the room/environment. Not a huge improvement, but still one that at least I find nice.
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Yeah, I guess that's true, for traversing it'd be a fine addition. KH2 seriously reduced the platforming, and BbS followed on from that, making the need for a 'richer' camera control somewhat muted. I think the simplified camera in BbS along with the almost non-existent platforming was the ideal balance, personally. I never had any issues with it, and I did with 2, despite it's improvement over 1. I've not played it, but I suspect Coded would be nightmarish in that regard.
 
With all this talk of HD and how to present the series in HD, has anyone tried plugging KH1 and KH2 into an emulator and jacking all the settings up? I recall that people did that with FFX to show what the up-port might look like.
 
Ignis Fatuus said:
With all this talk of HD and how to present the series in HD, has anyone tried plugging KH1 and KH2 into an emulator and jacking all the settings up? I recall that people did that with FFX to show what the up-port might look like.
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ScreenSplitter said:
Holy shit, that would be one hell of a Summer. Three months localisation time would be a new record for KH games, considering the year and half wait we had for KHII (felt like a decade).

Would also heal my bitter dissapointment that Animal Crossing wasn't a Summer title.
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Are you sure animal crossing is not coming during the summer?

Also, I've never played any KH game, but im really interested in KH3D!
 
ScreenSplitter said:
Holy shit, that would be one hell of a Summer. Three months localisation time would be a new record for KH games, considering the year and half wait we had for KHII (felt like a decade).

Would also heal my bitter dissapointment that Animal Crossing wasn't a Summer title.
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Uh, it took nine months for KHII to come out to the UK after the Japanese release.

And three months to NA.
 
Considering English VA is already on its way and some of it already done already I can easily see a summer release happening.
 
I think it's just the screen size/resolution. You want things to be a little simpler to pop more on a smaller screen. The little details get lost at that size.
 
Demoncarnotaur said:
Man, some of those shots look nice. Is it me or does KH3D seem to retain a more simple art style like in BBS? Don't get me wrong, 3D looks good, but in my mind KH1-2 had a more complex look.
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It took about three and a half years to make KH2 with over 160 staff, excluding outside contractors and Visual Works staff.

It took over two and a half years to make BbS with a little over 100 staff, excluding outside contractors and Visual Works staff.

It took a little under 2 years to make KH3D, with presumably mostly the same staff who worked on BbS.
 
StuBurns said:
I think it's just the screen size/resolution. You want things to be a little simpler to pop more on a smaller screen. The little details get lost at that size.
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duckroll said:
It took about three and a half years to make KH2 with over 160 staff, excluding outside contractors and Visual Works staff.

It took over two and a half years to make BbS with a little over 100 staff, excluding outside contractors and Visual Works staff.

It took a little under 2 years to make KH3D, with presumably mostly the same staff who worked on BbS.
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Yeah, both points above are definitely valid, but I still feel some of the simplicity of BBS was because it was on the PSP which had limitations, and with KH3D it seems they took that style of design and beefed it up rather than taking KH2 as its basis. Im not necessarily complaining though, just merely observing.

That said, its still hard to judge completely by the material released so far, and I may be surprised when the game comes out. Im excited for it either way.
 
Is that the official boxart? The logo looks too small tbh. Whilst I prefer it you know they would prefer to catch your attention more by ruining the beautiful artwork.
 
They're doing new stuff for sure, look at the suit of the Tron guy, it has some nice reflective mapping on it of some sort. They're using the extra performance in areas. But really ornate design or detailed texturing are only going to be hurt by the resolution. Best to keep is very neat I think.
 
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