I see Noctis, Lightning, Bartz, and Zidane, I wonder what fans in Japan would like to see in KH

Can't wait for the translations, no rush.

Stoked for translations. I also would love to get my hands on a copy of one of these somehow. Anyone know anything about importing Famitsu magazines?

Can't wait for what Masahiro Sakurai has to say about the series! This entire thing has me stoked, maybe Nomura will actually have something to say other than a "please be patient for KHIII news" this time.

Lightning, Noctis, Bartz AND Zidane??? In MY KH3??? It's more likely than you think!

But forreal, that is a cocktease and since I cannot read it, I can only guess it's something unrelated but raising my hopes at these lovable assholes being in KH3.

Unsurprising that Noctis and Lighting are the most wanted FF characters.

The fan survey is pretty easy to figure out, at least.

Zidane and Bartz in KHIII would be a dream come true. It would also be cool to see Noctis and Lighting there too. I am looking forward to finding out what rest of the article says, it looks interesting. I guess most of them are polls about favorite characters.

The Japanese sure love 358/2 Days, Terra and Larxene. I'll be intrigued as to why that's the case...

I've added the results of the survey to the OP!

Thanks for the translation! They sure love Days huh... xD Interesting. I think a lot of those rankings would look different in the West, since for the longest time we didn't have the final mix versions here.

Apparently Nomura has said in this article that the timing for KHIII information is still undecided. I think at this point it really is now whenever Disney of the SE higher ups want it. Maybe the 'winter announcements' have at this point turned into something else which will unveil itself at E3....

*continues to stare at the 'More Info Coming Soon' on the KHIII website in angst*

I definitely want Noct and Lightning in there. I'm still not fully over the ending of FFXV. Gotta replay that amazing game again when I get the chance. Try and 100% it this time round.

Thanks for sharing!

Can't say I'm really surprised that Aqua won the female character popularity poll, considering that she's probably had the most screentime/development out of the handful of KH-original female characters next to Xion.

7. Training element/growth system (0.1%). Is this referring to level grinding or improving Dreams Eaters, I'm assuming the latter, but on the other hand, no one likes level grinding

Ahh yes Roxas mai boi slay both fav char and fav music and other related scenes and stuff. Same Japan, I love days :')

I hope to see these FF characters in KHIII.....particularly Chocobo. The best of the five in my opinion.

I wonder what new character designs and backgrounds each character would get?

Also want Gilgamesh, with how easy he would fit in the storyline without making him a new character.

what would a chocobo fit in?

Seeing Zidane on this list makes me really happy, and makes me think Square might now put him in KHIII now. It's something I've always wanted, and it would make me pleased as punch. Also throw Garnet in there, please!=)

Also excited for the idea of Noctis, of course. Because there's no way they can't not do that, right?

The fact that Kairi's third on the female character list (over even Namine and Ava) makes me pray that Square Enix will hopefully develop her now. Hopefully.

Really interesting survey overall... :)

Also, the questions about what mysteries people want solved intrigues me. Most of them is about the Master of Masters. Do we know if Square Enix gave them a list they could choose from, or did the survey takers have free reign to say anything there? Because if it's the former, I think that's for sure saying that Nomura's stretching the truth in saying the Master of Masters won't be in KHIII. LOL.

I'll definitely be interested in reading the rest of this:D Thanks a bunch for the translations, guys! You're the best!

I actually agree with all these FF characters although Light and Zidane would be my top picks.

Interesting poll results. No surprise that Aqua dominated that one poll, and it was also a nice to see that Xion was second. Japan really likes Days huh. Was a bit surprised that KH1 was so low on the favorite game list.

He was talking to Aqua's armor and referring to her as "friend". No mystery there

Er...did anyone by chance notice that they put the coded logo a second time where DDD's should have been? Hahah oops

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1. Story (50.9%)

2. Battle System (14.4%)"


we're screwed

I like how 15 ppl didn't answer Q1.

I wish that characters were ranked higher... Like, I'm a freak who likes the Kingdom Hearts story more than anything else about it (I just like putting this jigsaw puzzle together, okay?), but I, of course, see the many flaws in it. And I think a lot of that has to do with character. No matter how good your story might be, if you don't have good characters... no one will care. And likewise, you could have the worst story in the world... but if you have good characters, a lot of people won't care and will happily see themselves through it. And lately (at least for us not knowing more about a persons' past, other than the fact they're a Keyblade wielder and things like that), Nomura's gotten lazier and lazier with it. (But there have been some improvements, too, like Nomura actually adding three new girls into KH Chi, having more original characters finally, etc.)

So I really wish that was ranked higher, so he would maybe get the memo to work on them more--which will make the overall story better, too.

Also, I think I would've said I want to know what Namine is, for the "Mysteries I Want Answered" bit. LOL.

And for those wondering why Days is ranked so high, remember that most people (if they didn't come into the series with 1 or 2) started with Days;)

Now almost 2 weeks have passed.
Is the translation still in the works?
Dont get me wrong, I dont want to rush anybody.
I am just asking because i want to know what Nomura has to say about KH3

We posted some translations, Nomura doesn't say anything new about KH3. He asks for our patience

He keeps saying that word. I do not think it means what he thinks it means.