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Tai Yasue discusses Kingdom Hearts with Kotaku

Posted by Meilin Lee : Jun 11, 2014 at 4:28 PM ( 4 , 1,805 )

As E3 continues, Kotaku was able to catch up with Kingdom Hearts co-director, Tai Yasue, who provided some words on Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMix and Kingdom Hearts 3, which can be read below:

Last week, when Square Enix published their E3 trailer for Kingdom Hearts 2.5, they added a little teaser for Kingdom Hearts III. We knew that already.

What we didn't know is that according to Kingdom Hearts III co-director Tai Yasue, who spoke to me this morning in an E3 interview, this is actually the first thing you'll see when you open up the game.

"That's the starting scene for Kingdom Hearts III, actually," Yasue told me. "Nomura has a real clear picture of the starting sequence. He wrote that up actually, the drawings, and we voice-recorded that. That's gonna be a real integral part of the story of Kingdom Hearts III. It's gonna be the starting point of Kingdom Hearts III."

Yasue is here in Los Angeles to talk about the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 2.5, a remake of KH2 for PS3 that also includes Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep and some other features. He's co-directing that one, too. It's out in December.

And though I was warned before the interview that Yasue couldn't talk much about the third Kingdom Hearts, which was announced for PS4 and Xbox One at E3 2013, I couldn't help myself. I had to ask for something, anything.

"Is there anything you can hint at or tease to fans who might be desperate for any information on Kingdom Hearts III?" I asked.

"As a developer I'm really excited, the technology is totally different, and creatively it's moving at leaps and bounds," Yasue said.

He pointed to the gameplay that they showed off at D23 in Japan a few months ago, where Sora and crew rode around a giant boss on a rollercoaster-like train. We'll see a lot of big setpieces like that, he said.

"We'll have, I think, a lot of that," Yasue told me. "You could I guess imagine a theme park sort of ride-based action. I think that might be an important part of the game, and so I think people can really look forward to that. It will be moving in leaps and bounds, I think. It's very exciting."

I told Yasue, who is bi-lingual and speaks both Japanese and English, that the first thing everyone thought when Disney bought Lucasfilm was that now Kingdom Hearts could have Star Wars. He laughed and said he couldn't comment.

But now that Kingdom Hearts 2.5 is almost done, Yasue and crew are focusing all their energy on Kingdom Hearts III, which still has no release date, or even a release year.

"Kingdom Hearts 2.5 is gorgeous, I think," Yasue said. "But Kingdom Hearts III is pure magic."
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No New KH3 Info at E3

Posted by libregkd : Jun 6, 2014 at 6:33 AM ( 19 , 3,426 )

Despite Square releasing a teaser for Kingdom Hearts III in the newest trailer for the Kingdom Hearts 2.5 collection, do not expect any more new information regarding the game at this year's E3. In an interview, Shinji Hasimoto had this to share about Kingdom Hearts III and it's presence at the expo:

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Kingdom Hearts 3 Teaser Analyzed

Posted by Misty : Jun 6, 2014 at 4:23 AM ( 18 , 4,779 )

If you all missed it, Square released a pre-E3 Kingdom Hearts II.5 HD Remix trailer a few hours ago. The nostalgia and emotion no doubt gripped us all as we saw some of our favorite scenes in their full HD glory, and I'm sure many of us would have been happy just with the December 2nd (NA) and December 5th (EU) release dates confirmed.

Square Enix decided to take an extra step and tease some information about the in-development Kingdom Hearts 3. Announced at E3 last year, we've had precious few updates on it since. Unsurprisingly, the teaser was short and rather cryptic, fitting for the Kingdom Hearts series. Let's take a look, shall we?

General warning: spoilers up to and including Dream Drop Distance are fair game for this post! We can of course only speculate on Kingdom Hearts 3, but if you're not quite up to date on the series & don't want to be, don't read ahead!

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Square debunks Kingdom Hearts 3 release date rumors

Posted by Misty : Feb 1, 2014 at 3:14 AM ( 29 , 3,562 )

Recently, an internal Square-Enix Europe document (pictured below) has been circulating on the internet, containing information about their soon-to-be-released titles (like Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII) and titles still in development (notably Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III).

No doubt in impatience for said titles, The Game Inquirer took the change from a TBC release date to 2014 as confirmation that the game may out sooner than anticipated. Square replied to these rumors shortly after:

Suffice to say, Kingdom Hearts 3 won't be hitting the shelves anytime soon. From interviews and appearances, it's safe to say that the final chapter of the Xehanort Saga is still in very early development -- it's far too early to consider a release date, but that won't stop us from speculating! Anyone have predictions for a more realistic time frame?

Sources: The Game Inquirer, Siliconera

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Nomura's thoughts on Kingdom Hearts III and the Playstation 4

Posted by Krowley : Jan 24, 2014 at 4:33 AM ( 11 , 2,959 )

The most recent Famitsu weekly holds opinions for the Sony console by notable game developers Goichi Suda, Tetsuya Nomura and Yoshinori Ono. Kotaku has translated and posted each developers opinions on developing games for the Playstation 4, and Nomura's portion can be read below.

Looking at the PS4, I thought "they've gone too far." I wish they would just let us off the hook. For the player, having a game that's "thoroughly made" makes them excited with anticipation, but for a developer, it's a hurdle we have to overcome.

The number of things we have to do keeps increasing and if we keep trying to expand as far as it will go, we'll never be finished. I think we're going to end up being faced with the choice of what to keep and what to give up on [for Kingdom Hearts III].

I really felt the immense response to the Kingdom Hearts III announcement and so it's now my task to figure out how to satisfy all those people who are looking forward to it.

There have been a lot of different consoles in the past, but I feel that this one is the biggest mountain we've had to climb yet, in a good way.
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