Dream Drop Distance: History of the 'Drop' System

Misty · May 15, 2012

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In a recent issue of Famitsu, they outlined whose idea it was to implement various new elements of Dream Drop Distance's gameplay (three guesses who!), and how these changes were received and implemented by the development team. Nothing really groundbreaking, but still worth a read! Gives you an idea of what we'll see when the game releases (July 20th for EU, 26th for AU, and the 31st for NA). Take a look of a summary below.

In an interview with the May 10 issue of Weekly Famitsu (released on April 26), which was posted in part today at Famitsu.com, co-director Tai Yasue revealed that Tetsuya Nomura made the request for a system which forces the playable character to change.

Yasue joked that his reaction to the request was a feeling of fear. He was concerned that this would change the tempo we've seen from the KH series thus far.

Players might have noticed the KH3D keeps track of your drop count -- that is, the number of times you switch between Sora and Riku. This, explained Yasue, is just for show, similar to how the game displays your play time. The count does not have any other effect on the game.

Another major feature of KH3D's gameplay is its "free flow action" system, where you make use of walls and poles as you dart through the stages. This also came about following discussions with Nomura.

Originally, the staff began working on the free flow gameplay by using Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep data. They planned for two or three days, developed for one or two weeks, and ended up with the basic shape that we're seeing in KH3D. Once this gameplay direction was in place, they did not stray from it, although they did add new elements.

Elsewhere in the interview, Yasue discussed the game's Dream Eater collectible creatures component. Dream Eaters are used in mini games, including a card-themed game called "Flick Rush" (details on Flick Rush here). Flick Rush, which supports wireless multiplayer play, was originally planned to make use of the systems' camera. You'd be able to take a picture of your friend and use that in the mini game. Nomura did not approve of this idea, so they went back to the drawing board and came up with the final trump-based system.
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Sources: Famitsu, Andriasang

Shikou · May 16, 2012

Dat CGI.... so beautiful I hope they make it as a official wall scroll ;_;

Krowley · May 16, 2012

Would have loved to see this in Chain of Memories.
Instead of beating Sora's Story to get to Riku's.
Since they were doing things somewhat near the same time frame.

Stardust · May 18, 2012

Am I the only one who finds the hot pink text kind of hilarious? Haha xD.

Interesting article though, it's surprising that the drop count thing has no effect on gameplay (could have made for something interesting idk) but I guess it works more or less like some stats at the end of other games (i.e. did the Anti-Sora switch count in KH2 serve any purpose?). Thanks for the news~.

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