KH3D Ultimania Nomura Interview! - Future KH Announcement soon!

[Chaser]

God, I remember when Nomura was all like

You get *** and *** as partners in Traverse Town. You will be so surprised.

And we were all like "3 letter people... ISA??? LEA??? NOMURA WUTTTTTT"


He's a funny man.

 

[maggosh]

She was serious. Numerous people/sites have said the same thing.

Numerous sites also had Eraquxs a few years back. Just sayin'.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Numerous sites also had Eraquxs a few years back. Just sayin'.

And what does an interview saying Pixar have to do with people spelling Eraqus wrong when there was no official translation of the name at the time?

 

[maggosh]

And what does an interview saying Pixar have to do with people spelling Eraqus wrong when there was no official translation of the name at the time?

Nothing. I'm just saying, just because there's a majority, doesn't mean it's necessarily correct.

And that adding an X into a name that is obviously "square" spelt backwards is stupid.

 

[kupo1121]

I'm really bummed; I wanted to play as Aqua in the RoD so badly. I'm hoping Nomura has only put it on the back burner because of other projects that will keep the Osaka team busy right now and he hasn't decided against it completely.

But I wanted another game with Aqua as the main character. :<

This. Call me werid or odd, because usually I'm really about storyline and stuff, but I honestly only wanted to play BbSv2 for Aqua considering we didn't really have a whole grasp on the complete story.

Announcement soon = E3?

I wouldn't doubt something about it honestly. It sounds like whatever the game is, it is still relatively early on in production but has significantly picked up the pace as of late. They announced DDD at E3, so I wouldn't put it past them to announce something else this year as well.

i agree since its KH's 10th anniversary they should announce something special, but i just don't see people shelling out 40 bucks for just just improved graphics and trophies, so they should give us the FM's or at least new secret endings for KH1 and KH2.

I think an HD collection with FM content is exactly what the series needs right now dare I say it. Many casual fans have dropped or forgotten about the series since it has been ages since KH2 came out to them. Not to mention BbS is extremely important and many have not been able to play it. An HD collection would not only bring in new fans and prepare them for KH3, but show past casual fans why they loved the game, and give everyone who has been begging for FM a treat with the content. Not to mention that BbS was a great game and it would be great to see everyone's reaction to it.

I'm almost positive it's an HD collection. I really don't think there's any more stories left untouched (other than the dark realm BBS2 stuff) for them to touch on before 3. Honestly, I haven't minded getting all these games and following along in the slightest, but if they announce another game before 3 that isn't BBS2/dark realm related, it'll have gotten ridiculous and I'll have reached my limit.

Honestly, if you were going to get another game in the first place (BbSv2) what is the problem with getting whatever game takes its place (considering it is a new game and not an HD collection)? I'm not trying to tell you how to spend your money, just kind of curious.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Nothing. I'm just saying, just because there's a majority, doesn't mean it's necessarily correct.

And that adding an X into a name that is obviously "square" spelt backwards is stupid.

The X was to give it the sharp "k" sound at the end since "q" make a soft "cu" sound.

So you're doubting the validity of the information we've been given?

 

[maggosh]

The X was to give it the sharp "k" sound at the end since "q" make a soft "cu" sound.

So you're doubting the validity of the information we've been given?

You know what...forget it. I'm not getting my point across.

 

[rac7d]

So f an announcement was to be made on any new title where would the most lilky venue be. I was thinking E3 since that iis where we heard about kh3d' announcement. If so thats not too far away

 

[MinerKing]

I think an HD collection with FM content is exactly what the series needs right now dare I say it. Many casual fans have dropped or forgotten about the series since it has been ages since KH2 came out to them. Not to mention BbS is extremely important and many have not been able to play it. An HD collection would not only bring in new fans and prepare them for KH3, but show past casual fans why they loved the game, and give everyone who has been begging for FM a treat with the content. Not to mention that BbS was a great game and it would be great to see everyone's reaction to it.

I was thinking earlier about maybe an HD Collection called "KINGDOM HEARTS 0" which might include Kingdom Hearts I, Kingdom Hearts II, and an upscaled Birth By Sleep. For PS3 and Vita. That would be great for the series IMO.

 

[TerravsVentus]

Y u so secretive, Nomura? Just give us easier hints. Please?

 

[Taochan]

I think an HD collection with FM content is exactly what the series needs right now dare I say it. Many casual fans have dropped or forgotten about the series since it has been ages since KH2 came out to them. Not to mention BbS is extremely important and many have not been able to play it. An HD collection would not only bring in new fans and prepare them for KH3, but show past casual fans why they loved the game, and give everyone who has been begging for FM a treat with the content. Not to mention that BbS was a great game and it would be great to see everyone's reaction to it.

Yeah, I've always thought an HD release with the FM content was a fantastic idea. It would give old fans motivation to buy it, because of the FM content, and new fans motivation to play the series. It would be good marketing and I hope that's what they're planning on announcing.

Honestly, if you were going to get another game in the first place (BbSv2) what is the problem with getting whatever game takes its place (considering it is a new game and not an HD collection)? I'm not trying to tell you how to spend your money, just kind of curious.

I think he meant that a story set in the RoD/filling in the gaps in the story line would be a good concept for another KH game and anything else seems really random. But I could be wrong.

 

[billyzanesucks]

I was thinking earlier about maybe an HD Collection called "KINGDOM HEARTS 0" which might include Kingdom Hearts I, Kingdom Hearts II, and an upscaled Birth By Sleep. For PS3 and Vita. That would be great for the series IMO.

Since BBS alone is basically KH0, I think a better title would be "Reconnect".

 

[Ikkin]

This. Call me werid or odd, because usually I'm really about storyline and stuff, but I honestly only wanted to play BbSv2 for Aqua considering we didn't really have a whole grasp on the complete story.

To be fair, the very idea of playing as Aqua in the Realm of Darkness suggests interesting things about the story. For one, it'd almost have to be more psychological, given that there wouldn't be a lot of real people around for her to interact with. For another, it'd be focused on someone in an incredibly precarious position both physically (due to the constant threat of Heartless attack) and mentally (due to isolation added on top of everything Aqua's been through already), which would easily translate into the sort of tension KH doesn't normally do.

That's a good part of the reason why I'd absolutely love a BbSv2 but wouldn't be all too pleased with another game before KH3 -- there's just so much potential there that doing anything else would pale in comparison to what could have been (especially because there isn't much room for anything else without unnecessary retcons).

 

[Taochan]

To be fair, the very idea of playing as Aqua in the Realm of Darkness suggests interesting things about the story. For one, it'd almost have to be more psychological, given that there wouldn't be a lot of real people around for her to interact with. For another, it'd be focused on someone in an incredibly precarious position both physically (due to the constant threat of Heartless attack) and mentally (due to isolation added on top of everything Aqua's been through already), which would easily translate into the sort of tension KH doesn't normally do.

That's a good part of the reason why I'd absolutely love a BbSv2 but wouldn't be all too pleased with another game before KH3 -- there's just so much potential there that doing anything else would pale in comparison to what could have been (especially because there isn't much room for anything else without unnecessary retcons).

Can we please just beat up Nomura and make him create the game?


I don't know if I'm just in denial, but I feel like the game still has to be planned. It'll more than likely be called something else and I doubt it will be whatever he's planning on announcing, but has he ever scrapped a project before? The names change and concepts are tweaked, but if we got Coded there is no reason not to have BBSv2 which holds more weight as a story and game in theory than Coded does in reality.

 

[kupo1121]

So f an announcement was to be made on any new title where would the most lilky venue be. I was thinking E3 since that iis where we heard about kh3d' announcement. If so thats not too far away

I think E3 is doubtful. They are going to want to sell DDD to an international market at E3 this year, I'm not sure if it would be smart marketing to overshadow the game coming out by announcing a completely new game. I'm just using it as an example, but lets say the game was KH3, or whenever they do announce the game, I don't think any other game SE can make would overshadow KH3's announcement, making fans everywhere only think about KH3. When they do that, they'll have to make sure they won't be interfering with any other games that are releasing soon as they might not want to risk losing sales.

I think he meant that a story set in the RoD/filling in the gaps in the story line would be a good concept for another KH game and anything else seems really random. But I could be wrong.

That would make sense, but KH's story is always taking twists and turns, I'm pretty sure any addition would be incorporated somehow (I'm not saying it would make sense xP)

To be fair, the very idea of playing as Aqua in the Realm of Darkness suggests interesting things about the story. For one, it'd almost have to be more psychological, given that there wouldn't be a lot of real people around for her to interact with. For another, it'd be focused on someone in an incredibly precarious position both physically (due to the constant threat of Heartless attack) and mentally (due to isolation added on top of everything Aqua's been through already), which would easily translate into the sort of tension KH doesn't normally do.

Oh...that is a good reason Now you are making me even more depressed that BbSv2 wasn't a game. My original want to play it was more "primeval" I guess you could call it.

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jkjkjkjk I've always wanted to play as Aqua more because I love her as a character (her voice, not so much). I thought the direction the game seemed to be going was also cool as I really wanted to see what became of the worlds that fell to darkness. UGH! I'm honestly starting to question why Nomura would can the game? It doesn't make sense to me. I can't see him making a game like Re:Coded, but then cancelling this one. I'm not saying Re:Coded and Coded were bad, just that they weren't really important. I would have rather him made the only important cutscene in Re:Coded the secret ending to BbSv2 or something -__-

has he ever scrapped a project before?

Honestly, if he did, I'm not sure if he would openly announce it unless the game was given a lot of thought and consideration like BbSv2 was.

 

[Taochan]

Honestly, if he did, I'm not sure if he would openly announce it unless the game was given a lot of thought and consideration like BbSv2 was.

Which is what is making me incredibly suspicious of how he just shrugged off the mystery game he's harped on about for at least a year, and that he clearly cared enough about to create a whole video of scenes for it in BBS:FM.

 

[Ikkin]

Can we please just beat up Nomura and make him create the game?


I don't know if I'm just in denial, but I feel like the game still has to be planned. It'll more than likely be called something else and I doubt it will be whatever he's planning on announcing, but has he ever scrapped a project before? The names change and concepts are tweaked, but if we got Coded there is no reason not to have BBSv2 which holds more weight as a story and game in theory than Coded does in reality.

I wouldn't be entirely surprised if he was basically trolling, and ended up releasing something with that concept storywise that couldn't be called "Birth by Sleep volume 2" for other reasons (like, say, only one playable character). But that's just because he's proven himself to be tricky about saying that things aren't happening (and it's unlikely to be the case anyway). xD;

The concept for BbSv2 is far more compelling than Coded, though, to the point that I'm wondering if something is getting in the way of Nomura making the games he wants to make. =/ It would depress me to no end if he was forced into making a less-interesting game for commercial reasons or something. (Just about the only reasonable excuse is "It's hard enough working on KH HD collection and Versus at the same time" >_>; )

 

[Goldpanner]

God, I remember when Nomura was all like
And we were all like "3 letter people... ISA??? LEA??? NOMURA WUTTTTTT"

Gotta remember that those usually follow Japanese characters, so for example in English 'Sora' is 4 letters but in Japanese it's only two! Sometimes a translator might just leave it as is, especially if it's not obvious. I thought the Japanese words were obvious in this interview, so I chose the number of stars to match the number of letters in the English words

For example: I was pretty sure 「*の***のはそのままあの*人」 is 「７のひかりのはそのままあの７人」 because I thought the second single * had to be a number (of people), which meant the first one was a number too, which meant the 〇〇〇 was either 'darkness' or 'light'. And because 'hi-ka-ri' is 3 letters and 'ya-mi' is only two, I decided it was 'light' and so in my English version, I gave it five stars for the five letters!

Which is what is making me incredibly suspicious of how he just shrugged off the mystery game he's harped on about for at least a year, and that he clearly cared enough about to create a whole video of scenes for it in BBS:FM.

The summary I translated was using very clipped and informal language that I'm not really very good with, and someone who is can correct me if I'm wrong, but it might have implied that he used his ideas for the mystery game in KH3D. I can't wait to see the entire interview :3

 

[Taochan]

I wouldn't be entirely surprised if he was basically trolling, and ended up releasing something with that concept storywise that couldn't be called "Birth by Sleep volume 2" for other reasons (like, say, only one playable character). But that's just because he's proven himself to be tricky about saying that things aren't happening (and it's unlikely to be the case anyway). xD;

The concept for BbSv2 is far more compelling than Coded, though, to the point that I'm wondering if something is getting in the way of Nomura making the games he wants to make. =/ It would depress me to no end if he was forced into making a less-interesting game for commercial reasons or something. (Just about the only reasonable excuse is "It's hard enough working on KH HD collection and Versus at the same time" >_>; )

That's just sort of what I was thinking. There are things keeping him from doing it right now and it wouldn't be exactly what was advertised but it would still have the same basic outline. *hopeful forever*

I can't imagine how BBSv2 wouldn't be allowed when the mindkupoery that is DDD is allowed. But I recall that Nomura mentioned he was unable to do the ending he actually wanted for DDD. D: So it could be someone in Disney who told him no.

He did mention that Osaka was working on more than one game, right? That would definitely keep them from doing a BBSv2 right now, if these other titles took priority.

The summary I translated was using very clipped and informal language that I'm not really very good with, and someone who is can correct me if I'm wrong, but it might have implied that he used his ideas for the mystery game in KH3D. I can't wait to see the entire interview :3

I totally trust your translations. <3 And I saw that implication, but I also heard that with how DDD went a BBSv2 would have been good for certain scenarios. Though since I haven't played it myself, my information is limited. ;~;

 

[Chaser]

Gotta remember that those usually follow Japanese characters, so for example in English 'Sora' is 4 letters but in Japanese it's only two! Sometimes a translator might just leave it as is, especially if it's not obvious. I thought the Japanese words were obvious in this interview, so I chose the number of stars to match the number of letters in the English words

For example: I was pretty sure 「*の***のはそのままあの*人」 is 「７のひかりのはそのままあの７人」 because I thought the second single * had to be a number (of people), which meant the first one was a number too, which meant the 〇〇〇 was either 'darkness' or 'light'. And because 'hi-ka-ri' is 3 letters and 'ya-mi' is only two, I decided it was 'light' and so in my English version, I gave it five stars for the five letters!

I didn't mean it like that D:I was reminiscing about how everyone took the *** from yonks ago to be literal. D: