New Nomura Interview in Famitsu

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Published on June 19, 2008 @ 06:41 pm

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An interview with director Tetsuya Nomura was featured in the latest DKΣ3713 edition of Famitsu Magazine. He disusses the latest projects coming from Square Enix that will debut at the DKΣ3713 Event, including the Kingdom Hearts compilation games. The article also contains an image of KH: coded being played on a mobile phone, as well as an older screenshot of KH: Birth by Sleep.

Here is the excerpt from the article containing Nomura's discussion about Kingdom Hearts. Thanks to Tomogirl from KHN for the translation!

What about the other series which is Kingdom Hearts?

Nomura: Just like challenging something [new] every single time, I think "KH" is a work that succeeds the blood of "FF". Sakaguchi-san (Hakushin) use to say that "'FF' was to be put into a toy box" back in the old days. "KH" has succeeded it. It has used the spirit of action, RPG, shooting, and other elements combined. I think that part of that reason is because of the story of continuation of a person for a long time compared to the "FF" series. It is believed that such a feature can be succeeded in the future.

In respect to the game system?

Nomura: The point of "KH" is the exhilaration that one feels [about it]. Regardless of the hardware, it is easy to capture a refreshing action which gives off pleasant feelings to everyone. To think, a user is touched is like saying "Orete sugoi! I am cool!". It seems that has to happen in order for the production to stir up feelings. That is a characteristic of "KH".

Also worthy of noting, FF7AC reunion is reporting that Kindom Hearts coded will be the first of the three compilation games to be released. Looks like the rumors about its production being halted are false!

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