Re: Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue announced
So once more game to stall for time.... KH3 2017
Gotta love such an unqualified statement.
No one is stalling for time as it was never ever stated anywhere that KH 3 is slated to come out before 2017.
In fact there was never stated anything regarding a release date at all. They only have an
internal release
window for the project and Nomura
did state that he felt unveiling KH III already at E3 2013 was way too early.
In contrast to that, it was stated that it would feel odd to leave DDD out of the "catching up" package that was started with the HD Remixes and thus that
something would be done with it was to be expected.
The way they actually choose right now is pretty clever too, as by including material from x[chi] they prevent continuity lookout for those who can't or don't want to play the browser/smartphone game and on top they will probably give the audience something of a feel for the actual KH III gameplay system as the episode with Aqua seems to be made with the same engine as KH III.
Could it be a full game or at least 8-12 hours like when you only play as one character in BBS, for all we know can it include other characters such as Axel or Riku in KHII, the first V.2 trailer was showing some shit like that.
On this I'm actually expecting it to be like in DDD, as that the player controls only Aqua, but several episodes/chapters and each one takes place during a different time during the KH series between BBS and DDD.
Once you finish an episode, you'll get a cutscene featuring other characters which shows a) which time period we are and b) what those are up to like in DDD when you finished a world you get a scene from a different location.
I.e. when you finish the first episode as Aqua, you'll unlock a scene (or several) showing Xehanort and the Apprentices with their experiments, proving that the time period is between BBS and KH I. After the second episode, you get some scenes taking place during KH I and so forth.
With this way, nearly all of the scenes from the original Fragmentary passage can be included.