Re: KINGDOM HEARTS 3 Ultimania to release on February 28th

I really hope this one gets released overseas

I assume this is hardly anything shocking for the pioneers who were always on the lookout, but hearing the release date for an Ultimania of a KH that isn't even out is nothing short of mindblowing for me.
To think these used to be forgotten wells of knowledge lost in the Internet's corner

Looking forward to whatever new content we get a month after release :D

Cover is nice though I do wish they kept the Fox in Sora's lap

Sora looks creepy, dare I say evil looking on the cover. Is this just a coincidence or something foretelling hmmm

This was inevitably going to happen but I honestly forgot all about it! I own all the Ultimanias so AHHHHHHHH I'm excited!

Seeing Sora smug and confident like he knows what's going on at any given moment is indeed an off-putting image.

Oooh this is exciting! Thanks for posting about it Sign :)

I only have the 10th anniversary Ultimania but I may just have to put in an order for this one :-)

Guess I need to start collecting the previous Ultimania too now

This is probably one of my favorite announcements. I can’t wait for those Nomura interviews!

Since Nomura gave the ages of TAV recently I wouldnt mind seeing the ages of some of the other OCs. Namely the Organization members.

Kinda wild that we know when to expect the next source of KH content after Kingdom Hearts 3’s release.

Awesome, this gets released on the same day as my birthday! Hopefully it gets an official translation. I don't see the reason why this should stay Japanese exclusive.

I wonder if we get a CE Prima Guide instead of this again. They haven't even announced it yet and the game comes out in a month. I highly doubt SE will release a english version. They need a english publisher who's willing to do it kinda like how Darkhorse is releasing the FF Ultimanias right now.

Ugh I really want a guide by the time the game comes out. It's useful at times.

For the love of all that is sacred, please Nomura, try to tell the entire story that needs to be told in the game, and do not relegate the rest of it to interviews.

"At the end of the confrontation, we see Sora looking at Xehanort as the latter fades away. Does that mean our troubles with the old man have ceased?"
"At that moment, Xehanort was transmitting the whole battle to Luxu using the yellow eyes. One of Xehanort's powers is that upon being defeated he can be reborn as a Kingdom Hearts and act as Luxu's source of power. Xehanort's final owrds, "It's all over", meant to signify that it was all over for Sora and that the Luxu saga can now begin."

I just figured the game would end with them opening the box and “pop” goes the Master and he’s like “congratulations, you won!” like a pop up ad.

This looks pretty interesting! And they did it for all the other games too? If theres important info in there I hope it gets translated

I'm excited. I love the Ultimanias. The interviews are of course exciting, but I'm also really looking forward to seeing all the concept art for the game. ahhh. I'm also really looking forward to the Main Interview in particular, the one that goes into the actual development of the game and the choices they made. That's sure to be really interesting this time. Can't wait.

Ah, it's a good thing I remembered this. I forgot it's coming so soon now. Maybe now we can get some lore answers, enemy stats, and other things.

Can't wait to get more questions than answers as per usual. Do the Ultimania's usually have an official translation?

Shoot, I just made a thread about this, didn't realize people were still talking about it here D:

... but here, this is where I stand on the Ultimania:

So KH3 Ultimania isn't even out yet, we've still got two weeks before the release. I'm as excited as the rest of you for translations, scans, all that good stuff... but I think I have an issue I want to address... and discuss, hopefully.

The first is pretty simple: As much as I love previous KH Ultimania, I really don't want this book to be full of explanations and corrections for KH3. As a few people on this forum and elsewhere have come to feel, KH3 had a lot of writing issues and numerous plot holes. I've seen a couple of people talking about how they hope the Ultimania clarifies/fixes/explains these issues, and I gotta be honest... that would really piss me off. Now before anything else, I just want to make it clear that if you want the Ultimania to be that way, I don't think you're stupid or anything, I just disagree with that. I'm a firm believer that a game should be able to stay within it's own media and hold on it's own. Since Kingdom Hearts is a video game, I don't see why Nomura couldn't just answer these questions in the game itself. If he purposefully didn't answer questions because he was saving it for the book, that's just scummy. When you look at some of the better companions to video games out there, like art books, or Zelda's Hyrule Historia, they always serve as an extension of the game. They serve as expansions to the world, that aren't necessarily canon but are fun and can help expand the world. They aren't a piece of duct tape you slap onto an unfinished game to fix the issues you were too lazy/rushed/past budget to solve before the release of a game. So as much as it would be comforting for Nomura to do this with the Ultimania and the many issues in KH3... I think it would feel like an insult to me and the fanbase more than the love letter to fans it's supposed to be.

Does anybody else feel this way? Or, conversely, do you hope the Ultimania gives you the answers KH3 wasn't able to? Or did you think Kh3 was fine as is? I mean, either way I'm still at least a little excited for what the book offers us, even if it's not what I would want

The Ultimanias being full of stuff not or poorly addressed in the games is by now a staple of the series that started already as far back as the very first Kingdom Hearts.

For example, the information that multiple Keyblade Wielders exist and thus debunking the widely spread fan interpretation that Sora is THE ONLY Keyblade bearer in the whole universe was something addressed only in the Ultimania.

Since that is the case I find it a little weird to only start and complain about it now.

Of course having all the necessary information and context covered by the games themselves would be the most convenient and logical way to go, but that goal has been never reached.
Considering that KH III falls in some of the same pitfalls the other titles did and has yet again the biggest problems when it comes to the presentation of the original plot stuff even if it has some improvements over older titles like KH II it is somewhat logical to expect the same way of doing things another time.

Personally I'd rather see some clarifications and better context explanations from the Ultimania than having nothing at all to go with.

hopefully Nomura will explain just how pissed off Mickey Mouse was when Riku wouldn't tell him about that one memory

It would be cool if we started to get this Ultimanias releases worldwide :frown:

This Ultimania is about to have more concept art than KH3 artbook. I really didn't like how most of it was CGI renders and screenshots.

Hey does anyone know a place to preorder this for NA? have been looking for a while and dont see any recommendations. And I'm sure the Japanese SE store wont ship it. Thanks for any recommendations, or the cold truth!

Good to see it's on the way but is there a reason why an official strategy guide didn't release at launch?

Can't stop thinking about this for the past days. I'm waiting for some interesting info and more Nomura's art.

Really hope this Ultimania gets an international release.

Is there any place where the info from the Ultimania is getting translated and analyzed? I know it's only been 2 days since release but I'm dying to know if it's got anything useful, story wise.

I believe some folks on Twitter and Reddit have been translating some of the interviews