KHI Rendition of Sora's Keyblade & Transformations from KH3 Footage
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- Published on January 11, 2015 @ 05:11 am
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Although the Inside the Kingdom, with Heart event in Burbank, California concluded well over a month ago, staff member Zephyr has been hard at work trying to recreate what was seen in the exclusive Kingdom Hearts 3 raw footage shown at the event. His first piece depicting the new environment that Sora walked through was so well received, and now we're excited to show you what else he has in store!
Below, you can see a recreation of the unique Keyblade Sora was shown using, as well as its dual gun and cannon transformations. Although the design of the Keyblade has not been seen before, we quickly noticed that it shared several attributes with existing Keyblades - the teeth of the blade with Brightcrest, the color scheme of Oathkeeper, and the shooting star design of Starlight.
In the footage, Sora was first shown firing with the dual guns before combining them into a cannon, which charged briefly and then quickly launched a powerful burst of light that emitted a multitude of colors as it dissipated.
What do you think of the design? Do you think it could transform even further, and if so, what would you like to see it become? Are there any specific Keyblade designs you'd like to see in Kingdom Hearts 3? Let us know!
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Don't know if that's how the finalized design will look, but thanks again guys for going through the effort and sharing it with us.
Looking at that, I kind of do want Keyblade upgrades to return like in BBS or maybe even Days. It just looks like a keyblade that could get even better.
Also, I just thought of something. What if keyblades have multiple transformation levels? Like, perhaps the gun transformation starts out that way, but as time goes on, maybe they get even bigger, stronger, or change shape completely. That keyblade in particular looks like it could have another form.
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| Also, I just thought of something. What if keyblades have multiple transformation levels? Like, perhaps the gun transformation starts out that way, but as time goes on, maybe they get even bigger, stronger, or change shape completely. That keyblade in particular looks like it could have another form. |
That's actually really interesting for you to note. Actually the Starlight image I linked in the article is it's 4th form (you can upgrade Keyblades in KH Chi). Here's an image of the original and its 3 upgrades from left to right:
Stalight v1
Stalight v2
Stalight v3
Stalight v4
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Beautiful work as always Zephy! <3
Keyblade evolution is pretty much what we've been working towards for some years now. Ugh, KH3 ;~; I need thee...
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I'm glad you guys are liking my drawings! Initially, I had planned to draw Sora while holding them but that proved to be too difficult for me because of dynamic poses so I just drew the weapons by themselves.
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Dang! Here I was thinking it was just gonna be a simple sketch, but this looks like official artwork (got that japanese text and everything lol). Thanks for going so far for us, Zephyr.
Also, I just thought of something. What if keyblades have multiple transformation levels? Like, perhaps the gun transformation starts out that way, but as time goes on, maybe they get even bigger, stronger, or change shape completely. That keyblade in particular looks like it could have another form.
That's what I was thinking. Pull a page from Ratchet and Clank's book, make each Keyblade different and get stronger the more you use it.
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Simply, gorgeous!
Like something out of the Ultimania tomes.
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It's really amazing,
Zephyr! :D
The Keyblade itself looks stunning. I really like it, and I wonder what it's Name will be.
Also, it really reminds me of Aqua. Not because it looks like, Brightcrest, but because of the colorscheme...
Maybe you'll get it, when you save Aqua? I mean, look at the Keyblade and then at Aqua's Clothes.
And the Stars remind me of Wayfinders! :D
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That blade looks awesome! Wonderful work Zephyr. And thank you for taking time, picking your memory to make these. =)
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Great work Zephyr, that looks fantastic. The resemblances to Starlight are uncanny but I think Brightcrest looks very different
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Looks like a Keyblade Sora would achieve by making a promise to Aqua about bringing Ven back. The white design symbolizing a "promise" like the Oathkeeper. The "Wave" like designs look similar to Aquas dress. On top of that the KeyChain looks like a shooting star or maybe even a fallen Wayfinder (Ven)... Maybe the gun transformation is to show that its time to get things done and begin saving people by force.
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hmmm... could it be the one kind of keyblades it can transform into anything? maybe Sora learned it from Aqua when they rescued her from Realm of Darkness and obtained that keyblade chain?
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Zephyr would actually be a really good name for this Keyblade. Maybe that's what we should call it until we find out it's official name.
Zephyr Memory, maybe. ;)
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An very well done picture indeed! Thank you for taking the time and effort for making these! :)
Keyblade transformation sounds very interesting, and I`m liking the idea, that they evolve into a more powerfull versions. The question that raise in my head is that how diverse the transformation of a singe Keyblade can be? If the first version is a firearm, are the next more powerful versions of some kind of firearms too? The No Heart super boss in BBS shows clearly, that the Keyblade can transform to all kinds different weapons(MX Keyblade transforms to wings, a firearm etc).
Maybe the could be used with puzzles, or maybe they are combat mechanic. Maybe the transformation will be integrated the same way, as BBS command styles?
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Preeeeeeeeeeeeety :D
Ok, Zephyr, admit it, you're really Nomura or someone that works in that department and all of this awesomeness is actually official
On another note, I wonder if the theory of Starlght being in Kingdom Hearts 3 is still true, it's just that this is the Keyblade's final and ultimate form. It certainly looks the part
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I hope that not all keyblade transformations are limited to Starlight, though that would be silly.
Maybe the transformations aren't attached to keyblades themselves, but every keyblade can transform into any of the transformations unlocked?
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Maybe the transformations aren't attached to keyblades themselves, but every keyblade can transform into any of the transformations unlocked?
Or each keyblade turns into something different. The keyblade shown in this trailer, which looks awesome, could be the only one that turns into a gun and cannon. However, the next keyblade could turn into a... I dont know... a bow and then whatever the bow upgrades to (just an example).
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Or each keyblade turns into something different. The keyblade shown in this trailer, which looks awesome, could be the only one that turns into a gun and cannon. However, the next keyblade could turn into a... I dont know... a bow and then whatever the bow upgrades to (just an example).
Thats what I thought, but I was almost certain that guns and cannons would be separate weapons.
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I hope if it's the case, we can have different kinds of keychains that transforms into anything else different and unique to each of their own.
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I hope that not all keyblade transformations are limited to Starlight, though that would be silly.
Maybe the transformations aren't attached to keyblades themselves, but every keyblade can transform into any of the transformations unlocked?
I hope if it's the case, we can have different kinds of keychains that transforms into anything else different and unique to each of their own.
Don't worry, It was already confirmed that all keyblades would have unique transformations
"In Kingdom Hearts 3, Sora learns three new abilities. Two of which are special abilities and one that changes the Keyblade. It has the motif of Disney attractions, the Keyblade changes differently depending which Keyblade is equipped, and the special abilities, evolved from KH3D's flowmotion, are activated depending which enemy it is."
@Sign, I'm also very happy to know that the "upgrade" feature from BBS was implemented in KHx. As MasterSpockanort noted, the series has seemingly been inching towards keyblade transformations for a while now. I think they'll be bigger and better in III.
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Don't worry, It was already confirmed that all keyblades would have unique transformations
@Sign, I'm also very happy to know that the "upgrade" feature from BBS was implemented in KHx. As MasterSpockanort noted, the series has seemingly been inching towards keyblade transformations for a while now. I think they'll be bigger and better in III.
How did I not notice something like that statement in Nomura's KH3-related interview?
Riku's way to dawn keyblade is hardly counted, It's still different from soul eater which is a ordinary sword, these are not the same thing, just using it's design as basis for his signature keyblade.
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How did I not notice something like that statement in Nomura's KH3-related interview?
Riku's way to dawn keyblade is hardly counted, It's still different from soul eater which is a ordinary sword, these are not the same thing, just using it's design as basis for his signature keyblade.
I was referring to Terra and Aqua, and I meant to say Re:Coded, even though in Days when you upgraded, a + was added to the end(Ominous Blight----Ominous Blight+-----Ominous Blight++).
BBS:
Rainfell---Stormafall/Rainstorm
Earthshaker----Ends of the Earth
Re:Coded
Kingdom Key---Kingdom Key1.5----Kingdom Key2.0----Kingdom Key2.5----Kingdom Key3.0
Oblivion----Oblivion:Wind----Oblivion:Earth----Oblivion:Sea----Oblivion:Sky
Oathkeeper----Oathkeeper:Mind----Oathkeeper:Love----Oathkeeper:Light----Oathkeeper:Heart
And so on,
Sign also noted that something similar takes place in Xchi, so I do think it will return in 3 and better than ever before. I also think there will be a visual difference like with BBS and Xchi.
Way to Dawn and Souleater are indeed different, and wasn't what I was trying to imply lol. Speaking of similarities though, I wonder if Kingdom Key D (Mickey's keyblade) will have a brother/sister transformation effect with the Kingdom Key Light Sora wields. I think it'd be cool if Nomura implemented this, as keybade transformation seems to be a basic skill to all those who earn the title, Master. And of course, Mickey is one of the few left with this title; so if he appears in battle, I imagine he'd be able to as well.
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no creen que seria bueno que adactaran las llaves espadas que ya estan en los demas juegos y que sora tenga la capasidad de tranformalas en veiculos cono unatabl o un deslezador o incluso un par de alas o armadura como ventus ,terra y agua
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I think it'd be cool if Nomura implemented this, as keybade transformation seems to be a basic skill to all those who earn the title, Master. And of course, Mickey is one of the few left with this title; so if he appears in battle, I imagine he'd be able to as well.
Sora is not a Master though...
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Sora is not a Master though...
Well, I never said he was lol. I said Mickey was one of the few remaining, not Sora. Terra isn't a master either, and he's transformed his keyblade the most out of any wielder by a great deal (Including Lingering Will). In my opinion, Sora and Terra are obviously master level. I'd say they would more than qualify too as far as actual skills go. I think the reason they're not is more of a mental thing as opposed to a skill based one (the whole darkness thing with Terra, Immaturity with Sora and Ven).
But since Sora can, I think it makes sense for a confirmed master to be able too as well, as it seems to be a trait of experienced wielders in general. Whatever the Kingdom Key turns into, I thought it would be interesting to see a variant of that transformation with the Kingdom Key D, as they are the same keyblade, just from different realms. That's all I was trying to say. As I'm sure if he's not playable (in story mode anyway), he'll at least fight alongside you a time or two, and since the AI are supposed to be a lot smarter in this game as Nomura said, I'd like to see Mickey's keyblade transform in battle too.
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Excellent illustrations. I'm glad that they're doing Keyblade designs that aren't way over the top, like a stack of ice cream, or a whale shooting a boat out of it's blowhole through a stream of water.
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That's one gorgeous keyblade. (And one awesome drawing, damn.)
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Zephyr, it's so pretty!
I wonder how Sora receives this Keyblade. We've known the gun form since the demo trailer in 2013 so I'm presuming we get it fairly early, but where? CT maybe?
...And the longer I look at it's gun form the more I think of a horse. It does seem to share the Unicornis Foreteller's color scheme.
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Although the Inside the Kingdom, with Heart event in Burbank, California concluded well over a month ago, staff member Zephyr has been hard at work trying to recreate what was seen in the exclusive Kingdom Hearts 3 raw footage shown at the event. His first piece depicting the new environment that Sora walked through was so well received, and now we're excited to show you what else he has in store!
Below, you can see a recreation of the unique Keyblade Sora was shown using, as well as its dual gun and cannon transformations. Although the design of the Keyblade has not been seen before, we quickly noticed that it shared several attributes with existing Keyblades - the teeth of the blade with Brightcrest, the color scheme of Oathkeeper, and the shooting star design of Starlight.
In the footage, Sora was first shown firing with the dual guns before combining them into a cannon, which charged briefly and then quickly launched a powerful burst of light that emitted a multitude of colors as it dissipated.
What do you think of the design? Do you think it could transform even further, and if so, what would you like to see it become? Are there any specific Keyblade designs you'd like to see in Kingdom Hearts 3? Let us know!
my mouth dropped when i saw that pic. this makes want to see that in action even more!
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Hey there is something that i always wondered is Ven's Wingblade a Form of Keyblade Transformation, i mean Ven's Keyblade Disappears when he enters it and um they never said that a Keyblade Transformation has to be in "Physical" Form since afterall Keyblade is clearly made from an Energy...
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I say nay.
The ethereal beam is most likely coming from the person(like magic), not the keyblade, and Ven probably just puts his keyblade away (as they have the power to do that) in order to wield his ethereal beams of awesome.
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I actually don't feel too confident about attempting to draw Cable Town and the New Heartless lol. The trailer showed them for a couple of seconds and all the details are sort of fleeting from my memories because they were massive and detailed. I hope I captured the Keyblades as close to the actual representation; at least in shape and form.
I'm very glad the first drawing had a great reception as well.
Scene from private Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer recreated by an artist : KingdomHearts
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I actually don't feel too confident about attempting to draw Cable Town and the New Heartless lol. The trailer showed them for a couple of seconds and all the details are sort of fleeting from my memories because they were massive and detailed. I hope I captured the Keyblades as close to the actual representation; at least in shape and form.
I'm very glad the first drawing had a great reception as well.
Scene from private Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer recreated by an artist : KingdomHearts
We're more than thankful for all you've given us lol When you say massive, just how massive are we talking? If you can compare it to another heartless like say, a Large Body, I'd be interested in hearing how big the enemies that you guys saw were.
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We're more than thankful for all you've given us lol When you say massive, just how massive are we talking? If you can compare it to another heartless like say, a Large Body, I'd be interested in hearing how big the enemies that you guys saw were.
From what I remember there were a number of new Heartless sketches and models.
- A demon wearing Greek armor similar to Hercules. It had a face similar to a Behemoth. I think it could be as tall as an Invisible Heartless?
- A soldier Heartless that looks smaller than the Greek armor Heartless
- An archer Heartless with a big floppy hat
- A fireball Heartless
- This Heartless looked like it had the same structure/model as a Gargoyle and Air Glider Heartless except it was Green and Yellow.
Cable Town shares a lot of similarities to Land of Departure and Daybreak Town. It makes sense why many people who went to the event made this connection. However, the color scheme seems to be switched around a bit. There were wires connecting floating buildings and there were buildings on top of a hill.
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Although the Inside the Kingdom, with Heart event in Burbank, California concluded well over a month ago, staff member Zephyr has been hard at work trying to recreate what was seen in the exclusive Kingdom Hearts 3 raw footage shown at the event. His first piece depicting the new environment that Sora walked through was so well received, and now we're excited to show you what else he has in store!
Below, you can see a recreation of the unique Keyblade Sora was shown using, as well as its dual gun and cannon transformations. Although the design of the Keyblade has not been seen before, we quickly noticed that it shared several attributes with existing Keyblades - the teeth of the blade with Brightcrest, the color scheme of Oathkeeper, and the shooting star design of Starlight.
In the footage, Sora was first shown firing with the dual guns before combining them into a cannon, which charged briefly and then quickly launched a powerful burst of light that emitted a multitude of colors as it dissipated.
What do you think of the design? Do you think it could transform even further, and if so, what would you like to see it become? Are there any specific Keyblade designs you'd like to see in Kingdom Hearts 3? Let us know!
That new Keyblade has a really interesting design, the similarities to Oathkeeper and Aqua being the most obvious.
Although I might be mistaken, from the image itself it looks also like it could be one of the shorter Keyblades as well as having some more subtle similarities to Wayward Wind in both the form (the longer, bigger part of the handguard and the teeth are on the same side of the blade) and the additional curved "wing" which holds the teeth and goes over the entire length of the blade, which bears some resemblance to the curved feathers on the keychain token of WW.
The primary white colors and the "cloth"-like extension of the handguard could also be connected to Castle Oblivion (where nearly everything is white) and the white curtains in Naminé's room in the old mansion.
I say nay.
The ethereal beam is most likely coming from the person(like magic), not the keyblade, and Ven probably just puts his keyblade away (as they have the power to do that) in order to wield his ethereal beams of awesome.
It can go both ways actually.
It can come from a magic aura that harnesses Ven's own innate powers, but it can also come from a transformation of the Keyblade as during Wingblade Ventus never uses his Keyblade, not even for regular attacks.
Unlike i.e. Blade Charge, where the Keyblade is just covered in an energy aura that enlarges the blade itself, in Wingblade the Keyblade itself completely disappears without actually having the usual dismissing animation when someone puts his/her Keyblade away.
Just like Sora's keyblade can transform into two guns, Terra's into a cannon (which is actually a shotlock) etc, it is not entirely wrong to believe that Ven's can transform into six light swords (they're not ethereal blades like Xemnas or Young Xehanort use) that hover behind him like wings.
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There was a member named tophatting who tried drawing two of the New Heartless and Cable Town in the earlier threads. The overall shapes sort of resemble this. The Greek Armor Heartless definitely had horns on its head that looked like the way a behemoth's head is shaped.
http://forums.khinsider.com/kingdom-hearts-iii/202637-khi-rendition-kh3-footage-3.html#post6238426
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That Cable Town rendition looks like it will be a lot of fun with the new Flowmotion in KH3!
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That Cable Town rendition looks like it will be a lot of fun with the new Flowmotion in KH3!
Lots of rail grinding to maneuver around the city as opposed to the skateboard? Rail grinding seems to be the rage with the kids these days with their Dream drops and Sunset Overdrives.
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Lots of rail grinding to maneuver around the city as opposed to the skateboard? Rail grinding seems to be the rage with the kids these days with their Dream drops and Sunset Overdrives.
hehe, looks like it, but maybe you'll just run along the chains. What I never understood in KH DDD is how you could rail grind with just your shoes xD
Hopefully that's one part of Flowmotion they'll remove.
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hehe, looks like it, but maybe you'll just run along the chains. What I never understood in KH DDD is how you could rail grind with just your shoes xD
Hopefully that's one part of Flowmotion they'll remove.
They learned that rail trick after playing SANIC TEH HEDGEHOG games. lol
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It's really funny looking back at these drawings. At least I got the general idea and shape of the Keyblade sort of correct.
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Zephyr, how does it make you feel when youtubers put your interpretations on youtube and report on it like it's news?
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Zephyr, how does it make you feel when youtubers put your interpretations on youtube and report on it like it's news?
I guess a celebrity? I don't know haha. It's really surprising it got kind of viral.
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does kh13 have their own dedicated artists that draw similar to zephyr, because if not they totally just ripped khi for the keyblade illustrations.
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Youtubers report everything like it's hot news for views. ...Did not intent for that to rhyme.
I mean, did you look at the shit for GTA V/Online? It's an absolute mess, and every single one of them is just stealing stuff from someone else, or from each other. And every single one of their vids has an obnoxious dubstep intro with a seizue-inducing flashy animation. And the very first thing they say in every single vid? "Hit that like and subscribe button!"
Also, dude, you just totally necroposted your own thread. XD
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admins can necro their own threads its common knowledge.
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Mod perks. No necro-bumps apply to us~~
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Mod perks. No necro-bumps apply to us~~
tl;dr "we're already dead"
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Zephyr is neither lol. :/
In any case, keep those artistic talents sharp! They'll be needed soon. ;)
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