It also matches with October 2016, March 2018, and August 2019. Really doesn't mean anything, other than they're in a month that begins on a Thursday and has 31 days in it. I wouldn't put much stock into it.
I was mostly responding to @DualBladeRoxas and @KeybearerofSea . My bad, should have quoted them. I think 2017 is a realistic time frame for release. FFXV definitely isn't coming this year -- probably 2016 -- and KH3 will definitely not be before that.
In a whirlwind of announcements for Kingdom Hearts fans, series director Tetsuya Nomura took to the Square-Enix blog to address fans directly. You can read the full text below. Be sure to check out and share your thoughts on the new Kingdom Hearts III and Unchained χ trailers.
Not to dash anyone's hopes, but Kingdom Hearts III is not releasing October of this year.
To complement their E3 conference earlier today, Square Enix presented a special Spotlight on Kingdom Hearts event just now with series director Tetsuya Nomura and co-director Tai Yasue. The pair began by answering questions on Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ. When asked about the differences between Unchained χ and the original browser game, Nomura confirmed that the storyline will be basically the same, with a bit of differentiation. Unchained χ takes place in the "earliest part" of Kingdom Hearts history, right before the Keyblade War erupts. Unchained χ will feature characters not yet seen in the main Kingdom Hearts storyline and will play a "key part" in the major plot. View attachment 42407 When asked about the art style in Unchained χ, Nomura described how the basis of the setting began in the story Kairi's Grandmother told about the Keyblade War in the original Kingdom Hearts. Unchained χ's art was inspired by storybooks and fairy tales, as players listen in on the lead-up to the Keyblade War. Nomura hopes Disney fans will enjoy the characters that appear in Unchained χ, as familiar characters from past Disney worlds are more than likely to show up. The new trailer for Unchained χ will "peak your interest" in the story and fans should pay attention to the dialogue and text bubbles. View attachment 42408 After another showing of the trailer for Unchained χ, the group moved on to discussing Kingdom Hearts III, beginning with the new Tangled world revealed in today's trailer. The development team behind Kingdom Hearts III really wanted to feature Tangled, inspired by Rapunzel's strong personality and hair. A short video with Roy Conli and Greg Coleman was shown; the former feels that Tangled's theme of finding oneself fits in well with Kingdom Hearts and was pleased that the development team was spending so much time on the graphics of Kingdom Hearts III, particularly Rapunzel's hair. Nomura and Yasue were not prepared to reveal any more Disney worlds (though a new one may be announced "very, very soon"), but confirmed that the ones slated to appear in Kingdom Hearts III will primarily be "newer areas" that have not been experienced before. New gameplay elements were also discussed and, naturally, new enemies. The Heartless of Kingdom Hearts III will cooperate with one another, adding "variety and range" to the battles in the game. The dandelion Heartless shown in the trailer, for example, will spawn more Heartless as they are hit. View attachment 42409 The hosts of the event asked Nomura about Sora's new costume, which was also revealed today. Nomura noticed the Kingdom Hearts II costume was popular and considered keeping it, but as a proper numbered title (and with pressure from the development team), Nomura designed the new outfit. Sora's new costume mixes the aesthetics from Kingdom Hearts II and Dream Drop Distance, and features a more "sleek" and "sporty" look to support Sora's more dramatic and action-oriented movements. Sora remains the same size and proportion from Kingdom Hearts II, though his hair is less wild and his outfit less decorated. Following the costume chat, the panel returned to Kingdom Hearts III's gameplay. The double bow gun and magic blaster attacks are some of the many Keyblade Transformations that will appear in the title. The Attraction Flow attacks bring the excitement and thrill from their Disney Parks counterparts to the game. The Mad Tea Party attack, for example, originally placed the player in Sora's perspective, but the wild movement of the camera proved too sickening and had to be changed. In creating the trailer, the team prepared many different materials but were limited by the length of the video, and chose to feature flashy, eye-catching moments. While Nomura joked that they could have shown more Kingdom Hearts III assets during the spotlight, rather than host the interview, they promised to share more Kingdom Hearts III material through the year, particularly at D23 Expo Japan this coming November. To sign off the presentation, Yasue says that fan encouragement and support keeps the team motivated and makes late nights and exhaustion worthwhile. Nomura seemed overwhelmed by the amount of preparation that went into E3 2015, for Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy VII, but he was happy that so many turned up to see their work.
Yeah, she voiced Aerith in only the first Kingdom Hearts game.
What was bothering me was the Sora model in his new outfit, but now that I've rewatched I think the outfit may be an extremely new development. For much of the trailer he's in his Kingdom Hearts II outfit, which might just mean he spends some of the game in it (like he did for his original outfit in Kingdom Hearts II), but the new outfit model altogether doesn't seem as polished as some of the others. Great catch! I think Olympus Coliseum is a series staple and I'm happy we'll have a broader area to explore in Kingdom Hearts III. Seriously, it looks huge.
I'm excited for the HD trailer to be released rather than a stream rip. In-engine footage looks a little rougher than I had expected, but that might just be the stream quality affecting it. Still, great stuff shown functionally.
With major announcements already made at Sony's press conference last night, including a new Hitman title, World of Final Fantasy, and the mythical Final Fantasy VII Remake, Square has already built hype for their own conference. Given these three titles and their considerable lineup of in-development western titles, one has to wonder about the presence of the Kingdom Hearts series if it appears at all. As committed fans, we'll have to hold onto hope and wait and see! The event will be streamed to various sources; you can check out Square's official streams from the links above, or watch through IGN's live coverage below (Nintendo Direct will show before Square).
So far this is only a rumor. Seems weird to announce so close to the PS4 port, but I guess we'll know for sure come tomorrow morning.
I have not noticed any RNG issues. I guess if you're farming it'll crop up but it doesn't affect regular play of the game. The bigger problem is that the BGM restarts after encounters. I'm hoping Square will patch both eventually, especially because they just patched the motion blur issue in Type-0.
Say whatever you want about her, She never cut me out.
i would happily accept a (paid) position as someone's personal blogger
i'm too cool for you anyway
Get the FFX remaster
Gratefully it seems to have a completely separate design from regular YouTube, which I find very difficult to navigate. Obviously we won't know until we use it but so far it looks good. Twitch's entire interface is awful, one improvement I hope they make now that they have a competitor.
i take it as one
I'm listening to this again because I'm human garbage & obsessed with Cloud Nothings right now (and forever)
how dare you step out on me @Plums
The old KH themed page was thrown together rather quickly, I've wanted to redo it for a while -- I'll definitely do it in the future, but the current page was intentionally left. Despite it being default, it's still functional. :)
