Game Informer Reveals More KH3 Info from Nomura

Meilin Lee · Jul 2, 2018

Although E3 has come and gone, and 'Kingdom Hearts' fans are still processing the information overload from the event, Game Informer has revealed some new tidbits from an interview with director Tetsuya Nomura on 'Kingdom Hearts III'.

In regards to the premiere event that allowed certain people to try out the long-awaited game for the first time, Nomura states:

The event wasn’t really to get feedback from anyone. It was to show it to everyone and hope everyone there would spread the word and the details about the game. That being said, I didn’t really go around asking for feedback, but the dev team, myself included, does look at all the comments that are online. It’s not that we will change things just because one person says this or that, but we’ve been constantly testing the game. We’ve been in QA for a while now, so we’re constantly adjusting the game based on that feedback and some of the comments online have been taken into consideration.
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On Sora and his positive spirit, Nomura says:

He is a very bright character in general, but there will be many serious themes with Sora that involve [him] in Kingdom Hearts III. There will be a few times where Sora will be on the edge of despair, but because he’s so bright and he has that personality, he quickly brings it back to a neutral state. I think that’s a strength he has, and another strength he has is this trust and believe in others. I think that’s always been what helped him through the storyline and I think that will be another driving factor for him in Kingdom Hearts III.
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How Nomura recommends playing the series:

I would recommend going in order of release date, especially because the story hints at things that will happen in future releases. I feel it’s more interesting that way. Of course, that’s not to say you can’t play in chronological order.
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Nomura on what goes into creating a Keyblade:

There has always been a designer of the keyblade in the development team and he has been designing keyblades for most of our Kingdom Hearts titles. I never told him to do this, but at some point he started bringing me three concept arts for one keyblade and I would select from there what I like. So sometimes I’d be like, ‘I like the tip of this keyblade. Can you keep this? Or I like this grip, can you bring this design to here?' There are some keyblades I just like at first glance and I’m like this is the one. It seems what he does is takes a lot of different images of the base world. He kind of has a mosaic on his screen and he just selects and chooses what theme or motif he wants to use. That’s the creative process he goes through and I just select from there.
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And finally, Nomura reveals what he personally is most excited for in 'Kingdom Hearts III':

There are so many great things to see that it’s really difficult to say [just one thing]. I think what we’ve done as an action game with the combat mechanics is just really great, and the story is a culmination of past decade and more. Of course, there are a lot of surprises that are even greater than the Aqua’s surprise [in the Frozen trailer]. But I think I just want to say that the last battle in the game is something I want everyone to see as well as this new original location that I’ve really wanted to create for a long time now. If I had to say just one though, it’d be the last battle.
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Source: Game Informer

Day~Dream · Jul 2, 2018

A little surprised to see him say the series is best played by release date as opposed to chronological order. x3

And I would like to think that original world would be something like End of the World.

Ability King KK · Jul 2, 2018

Day~Dream said: ↑

A little surprised to see him say the series is best played by release date as opposed to chronological order. x3
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Agreed. Playing in chronological order just makes more sense. The KH series is a lot like a book and one should always start with chapter one, which in this case would be Birth by Sleep. Union X is more like an unfinished prologue that can be skipped.

Lauriam · Jul 2, 2018

Okay so now I'm super excited about this new original world and last battle. XD Some of the best worlds have been original ones, I can't wait to see a new one!

Also that keyblade design process actually is really cool and makes a lot of sense. Next time I need to design a keyblade I'll totally do that, not that I find much need for keyblade design these days lol xD

Iskandar · Jul 2, 2018

I'm hoping this final fight is like a 10 phase fight with all the forms of Xehanort over the years. Okay, maybe not that much, but it better be longer, harder, and way more epic than the Xemnas fight, because so far we haven't reach that level a second time

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