Re: Rumor Returns: Kingdom Hearts 3 for Wii in Next Month's Nintendo Power? Think aga
Mother 3 is an actual game by the way...
Although I have no idea what they're doing with the 'just kidding', besides wouldn't one wonder why NINTENDO would be announcing a SQUARE-ENIX title. I think it only makes sense that they'd be announcing a title that's first party.
Nintendo Power gets exclusive stories on third-party titles quite often, the magazine is about anything coming to a Nintendo console. In the very issue with the cryptic message, Nintendo Power broke the story on Capcom's Megaman 9 being for the Wii, and a new Castlevania from Konami for the Wii.
Lately Nintendo Power has been getting info on huge third-party titles for the DS and Wii almost monthly, and yes, they always hide the hints in some kind of crpytic message. In May they had a "hidden in the moon" message (
Cryptic Nintendo Moon Riddle Hides Secrets?) that they were hinting about before they revealed "Order of Ecclesia" for the DS.
I don't quite see how it's "too early" for there to be an announcement regarding that a Kingdom Hearts 3 is in development. KH2 was announced in 2004, 2 years after Kh1 came out, and it's now almost 2.5 years since KH2 was released. With 358/2 Days and KH: Coded to be released this year, announcing the continuation just as they release makes perfect sense: give the fans something to play, and at the same time announce what they have to look forward to.
Regardless, what this most likely is, if at all related to Kingdom Hearts, is that Nintendo Power is going to be the first publication to reveal details on the North American release of 358/2 Days, probably showing off some screenshots of how the English translation is going, general story/gameplay details, some impressions if they've got ahold of a playable version, and possibly a ballpark estimate of the release date for NA.