Neku's Kingdom Hearts Speculation Corner (KH3, HD Remix, and more)

I have so many theories, that I'm just gonna put them all in one thread. I will also post any news. I promise to use logic and only logic. Note: Dream Drop Distance and Birth by Sleep Spoilers!

Kingdom Hearts: HD 1.5 Remix

News: Some characters will be remodeled (Including Sora and Ansem), 70% of 358/2 Days has been remade, KH1 gameplay now more KH2-like (as in the interface), screen ratio and gauge changed. Now let's speculate!

Kingdom Hearts: HD 2.5 Remix

Why there WILL be a 2.5 Remix. You see, I find the title a bit odd. Why go the extra mile and call it Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix? Why the 1.5? I also see that HD is placed before the 1.5. If it was Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix, then you could've thought that this was just an HD remaster of 1 and Chain of Memories and be on your merry way. One more thing: the KH3D secret message says this: "The past will be reawakened as a new number in never-before-seen detail. Prepare yourself for the awakening of the next number." I don't think the past would be just KH1-CoM. UPDATE: In a recent Famitsu interview, he said that it'd be weird if Kingdom Hearts 2 wasn't remade. Hmmmmm...... If you have any arguments on why there SHOULDN'T be a 2.5, tell me.

Now, the 2.5 Remix will 100% guaranteed contain KH2 Final Mix. Birth by Sleep Final Mix might be playable, though not sure since it was on PSP. PS3-PS Vita support, perhaps? Update: Someone has told me that PS3 and PSP ports aren't that uncommon, so maybe they will do it. I kinda thought that too, but now my doubt is extinguished. Re:Coded and KH3D will most likely be in Theater Mode, but on one hand you have a game that's not too important to the story (Coded), and on the other you have a game that was just released (KH3D). Although the latter can change by 2014, you still can't be too sure.

Note: For people who want Kingdom Hearts 0.5, I just don't think SE will release that. My gut says no. Besides, by the time 2.5 is out, the next year will have either a new game/Kingdom Hearts III.

Release: Early 2013 (1.5) and Late 2013/Early 2014 (2.5) in Japan. I'm REALLY not sure on US/PAL, though if I had to guess, I think they WILL come in Mid 2013 and Mid/Late 2014, unless Disney is trolling us on "a big title" (Though Square Enix has done that in the past... DAMN YOU TWEWY iOS!)

Kingdom Hearts III
Now, let's talk about the most speculated topic: Kingdom Hearts III. I'll start with the release date. If you didn't know, the reason why it's taking so long is because of a little game called Final Fantasy Versus XIII. The Kingdom Hearts Tokyo team (The one who works on the main games) is currently developing that title since 2006/2007. That's why there's been so many side games, made by the Kingdom Hearts Osaka team. They're not delaying KH3, they're just trying to fill in the gap between KH2-3. It looks like the deadline goal for FFVXIII is Mid/Late 2013. It's not official, but it just looks like it will be this. A good game usually takes 2-3 years to finish, so expect a 2015/2016 release for both Japan and worldwide. Sorry guys, but it's the proof.

But what if the Tokyo team wants a different game out? I don't think so, and I can give proof. Now, let's look at the Kingdom Hearts 3D ending credits. Try to spell out the blue letters:

It says, "This 1 leads to Kingdom Hearts". Then, they show this:



That looks like a III to me. So, that means it spells out: "This 1 leads to Kingdom Hearts III" HOLY YES!!! FINALLY! THE ENDING TO THE TRILOGY IS COMING!

But hold your horses, there's still more things to discuss, and there might even be yet another game coming out before KH3 other than the Remixes. Thanks to KH13, here's some things we already now about KH3:

• Kingdom Hearts III will focus on Sora.
• Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded and Kingdom Hearts 3D have been leading up to this title.
• Nomura plans to release the game on the "current generation of hardware", or most likely, the PlayStation 3. (Note from Neku: Though this might not happen due to how late the game will come out)
• Kingdom Hearts III will most likely deal with the effort to save everyone, and with the effort to finally defeat Xehanort.
• Kingdom Hearts III is said to be the end of the "Xehanort saga" in the Kingdom Hearts series, and after this, a new saga should begin.

OK, so now we know. Plus, with the KH3D secret ending showing Kairi's going to be trained, we'll most likely see Kairi, Sora, and Axel become Keyblade Masters (Maybe just Part 1, like Roxas's part in KH2) in order to stop Xehanort. Though prepare for the classic Nomura twist!

New Game/Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Vol.2

It will be hard speculating about these titles, as I said I would use logic and only logic. But here we go: in case you didn't know, there is a secret ending in Birth by Sleep: Final Mix. It shows a series of scenes in from previous KH games and then shows the text "Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Vol. 2". People are now expecting a BbS sequel. But I don't think it's going to happen. At E3 2011, Nomura said he cancelled all Birth by Sleep Volume 2 plans at the moment. Besides, what could they possibly expand on in Birth by Sleep? Maybe if it was a NEW GAME, they could still expand on KH's past. Which reminds me, Noruma also said around Re:Coded's release that he plans to have three games between Re:Coded and the end of the Xehanort saga. Was Birth by Sleep Vol. 2 that game at that time? Or is there still one more new game?

If you have any suggestions that I approve of, or if there's more news I'll add it. Thanks for reading!

 

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Yeah, the HD Remixes are not just going to be blown-up to a higher resolution and be left at that, thank goodness.

As for the next HD remix that would contain KH2, I have to agree that it'll probably just contain BBS (maybe Final Mix?) and KH2FM.

Re:Coded will probably get the HD cutscenes treatment as you said. 3D could go either way, but I'm thinking it'll just be added through cutscenes too.

 

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Just curious but what are you referring to here? They're remastering Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, meaning that 1.5 isn't necessarily new content (especially not to the Japanese market). Just wondering if you're referring to the fight with Xemnas & the color changes that were already present in Final Mix.

Otherwise, well thought out theories.

 

I meant that the Reaction Command makes me suspicious of new content, though not as much as a Final MIx, but greater than just a port. In case you haven't played it, Reaction Commands did not appear in Kingdom Hearts nor Kingdom Hearts Final Mix.

Oh, and thanks!

 

Oh I know! But the fourth menu slot (as you mentioned) is also missing, so it's possible that they've simply moved all that (open treasure chests & abilities like Strike Raid, mainly) to the triangle button. I can't see them going so in-depth as to add reaction commands (though it would be nice!).

I am curious though, the triangle button did have a use in Kingdom Hearts, to call Donald & Goofy. I mean it wasn't a widely used feature, I don't think, but it could be useful.

 

Ugh, we need a Japanese translator to be sure, LOL.

 

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I think It's pretty obvious that they'll launch a KH 2.5 HD remix (the only reason to not do it, would be if 1.5 do a creepy selling, but I guess is safe to assume that it will be a good seller). Yet, I don't think Bbs will be included in 2.5, If you notice 1.5 is because you got KH1, and the "post game" that would be chain and 358/2 days. When 2.5 is out, it'll probably cover the games post KHII like Re:coded, and 3D (I didn't play it, but the Ps3 system do have a 3d capacity, so there shouldn't have much problems converting... or they could improve the game play like they did on Chain remake).

I also think there's no problem to make a PSP game into a PS3 game, they already did it ( ****** job) on GOW series, sure they just put the game as it were in the psp, you even "enlarge" the picture to adapt to your screen size. Psp and Ps3 always had a symbiotic nature and if you have both you could play a game in one or another (like the WiiU does now) , however not many people did it.

I think that Bbs should be launched in another pack, maybe Kingdom Hearts 0,5 HD , and thus containg Birth By Sleep one and two (not lauched yet). As Bbs should be alongside with 1.5 and is not, the best option is to Launch another pack previous to this one (Kingdom Hearts zero would be cool also), they could have separated the games by the "intro song" the games closest to 1 have the first opening (bbs included) and the ones closest to the second got Sanctuary, but I guess is a far fetch as Days got Sanctuary opening also.

 

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If it makes you feel better, things like Ars Arcanum only appear when enemies are nearby... so perhaps we could call it a reaction command. :]

 

Sorry, is just there's not enough content for me to speculate on with logic. Except for one thing: Maybe keyblades will appear. MAYBE.

 

LOL, I was being sarcastic. :P

 

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