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Message from Tetsuya Nomura about Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue

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Published on September 13, 2016 @ 12:25 pm
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To accompany the KINGDOM HEARTS HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue trailer and box art that was released this evening, series creator and director Tetsuya Nomura took to Twitter to write a heartfelt message to fans. Thanks to Goldpanner, you can read what he had to say.

Usually when new information is released I speak about it in interviews with the media etc., but this time the opportunity didn't line up, so I'm going to speak to you directly through Twitter.

First, I must apologise. As was stated today, due to the adjustment of contiguous titles, our estimated release date for KINGDOM HEARTS 2.8 of December 2016 has become (for Japan) the 12th January 2017. To everyone who was looking forward to a release before the end of the year, I'm so sorry. Please rest assured that development itself is moving along as planned without a single issue and we are nearly finished.
 
 

There will again be two kinds of demo booths at TGS, 0.2 and DDD. The number of DDD booths in particular will be quite low, so if you have your heart set on experiencing KH at 60fps, please leave plenty of time to come to the booths. The smoothness and feel of the controls of DDD in actual motion is very fresh. Also, the 0.2 demo booths are the same style as the ones that were out at E3 this year. That means the style is already different compared to the style in the trailer we just released. The final commercial version is currently undergoing even more quality upping, but I think you can get a pretty good taste of the controls themselves from the demo. Please take this chance to get a feel of the first KH game produced for PS4.

In the trailer released at the same time as this message, I included some rather interesting scenes, as this won't be the last trailer, and it's designed to make you look forward to what's coming next. Best of all, the Hikaru Utada's Hikari -Ray of Hope Mix- included in the trailer was remixed ESPECIALLY FOR the opening of 0.2. Please look forward to getting to hear this new version of Hikari along with the opening movie. 
 
 

With the development deadline approaching we are currently busy with last-minute work on 2.8, but for the first time in history our box art was actually ready before the release date announcement. I think I'll let the awesomeness of this miraculous planning speak for how well things are going. By the way, it will of course be compatible with the PS4Pro, so be excited. Furthermore, the other game we are working on while doing this, KH3, is coming along steadily. There are new worlds in which you can run, jump, [spoilers], [spoilers]... I'm very excited about moving Sora around in the wider space with his higher range of maneuverability. Next year is the 15th year anniversary, and first there's the release of 2.8, then that same month Unchained χ gains multiplayer functionality, and in March the full orchestra world tour (reservations for which opened today) begins, and actually, there's something else being planned for around then that I can't announce yet… One way or another, I think next year will be full of chances for me to announce new information, and I will be blessed to have reached fifteen memory-filled years with all of you. 
 
 

Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura

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gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 12:43 pmOffline

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thank you goldplanner this make me so happy what being planned for the annervsity

catcake

September 13, 2016 @ 12:47 pmOffline

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It's a good time to be a KH fan for sure. Next year is going to be amazing with the concert, 2.8 and more KH3 news. All this stuff has really made my day, if not week! I'm glad everything is going well and Nomura is pleased with both 2.8 and KH3.

Grizzly

September 13, 2016 @ 12:49 pmOffline

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Very well said by Nomura. I'm not super happy with the release date, but the actual time the game was delayed isn't too long. That box art is stunning. It might be my favorite in the series.

Muke

September 13, 2016 @ 12:51 pmOffline

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Thanks for translating!

Aww, Nomura. I don't even care about the delay <3

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 12:51 pmOffline

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catcake
It's a good time to be a KH fan for sure. Next year is going to be amazing with the concert, 2.8 and more KH3 news. All this stuff has really made my day, if not week! I'm glad everything is going well and Nomura is pleased with both 2.8 and KH3.
rember we have the kh3 news this winter as well unless that was pushed so really the kh3 stuff will get a good start this decmebr then keep rolling on to next year

Nazo

September 13, 2016 @ 12:53 pmOffline

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So there's something else getting announced around March of next year huh? Interesting. Well, I look forward to whatever that may be. In the mean time, this was a great message and I appreciate how he just came out on Twitter and told us what's up directly. Thank you, Papa Nomura. Now if I could just get someone to locate a super high quality upload of the new box art without the logo, PS4 banner, or any overlaying text, that'd be perfect, but I'm assuming it'll take some time before that happens.

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 12:56 pmOffline

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Nazo
So there's something else getting announced around March of next year huh? Interesting. Well, I look forward to whatever that may be. In the mean time, this was a great message and I appreciate how he just came out on Twitter and told us what's up directly. Thank you, Papa Nomura. Now if I could just get someone to locate a super high quality upload of the new box art without the logo, PS4 banner, or any overlaying text, that'd be perfect, but I'm assuming it'll take some time before that happens.
if anything the march thing would be for japan since this message was for japan fans

Nicki6082

September 13, 2016 @ 12:56 pmOffline

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I'm so excited I can't wait to see what's to come!!! The box art is freaking spectacular!

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 01:06 pmOffline

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if i had to guess the fina ltrailer will be at jump festa along the kh3 news

reimeille

September 13, 2016 @ 01:14 pmOffline

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I don't want to feel excited about that "something else" because it might be Japan only and then my feelings will be hurt even worse :v

JR199913

September 13, 2016 @ 01:21 pmOffline

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Chaser
there's something else being planned for around then that I can't announce yet

Kingdom Hearts 2.9 confirmed.

In all seriousness though, it's very nice of him to sent us a message. But he said everything was going on schedule, so is the reason that it got delayed really because of the Last Guardian and FFXV?
Nazo
Now if I could just get someone to locate a super high quality upload of the new box art without the logo, PS4 banner, or any overlaying text, that'd be perfect, but I'm assuming it'll take some time before that happens.

Ditto that. I need it as my new laptop background.

Lnds500

September 13, 2016 @ 01:40 pmOffline

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March announcement (exactly 15 years after the original's release) of an Anniversary HD collection for the PS4

Release the kraken Nomura!!!

VoidGear.

September 13, 2016 @ 01:40 pmOffline

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It's not that long of a delay and it gives me the chance to buy some extra stuff this month instead of beginning to save money for FF XV and KH 2.8.
I wonder what other thing they're going to announce next year. Also: Will we still get KH3 news in december? Because I kinda think they'll wait until 2.8 is released.

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 01:42 pmOffline

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Lnds500
March announcement (exactly 15 years after the original's release) of an Anniversary HD collection for the PS4

Release the kraken Nomura!!!
maybe i still that will come after kingdom hearts 3

VoidGear.
I wonder what other thing they're going to announce next year. Also: Will we still get KH3 news in december? Because I kinda think they'll wait until 2.8 is released.
yeah it still coming probally at jump festa along with the final 2.8 trailer i mean that was planned orignally but it make no to push back the kh3 news to next year when you want to start next year on a high note

Bobjam

September 13, 2016 @ 01:42 pmOffline

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I think this winter KH3 info that we are going to be getting is pretty much Nomura telling us about what he has planned for next year in terms of the game and any specific events that it might show up at. At least, that is what I am feeling with minimum expectations seeing as the 2.8 delay might have also changed their plans a little bit for releasing new info. Hope I'm wrong though.

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 01:47 pmOffline

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Bobjam
I think this winter KH3 info that we are going to be getting is pretty much Nomura telling us about what he has planned for next year in terms of the game and any specific events that it might show up at. At least, that is what I am feeling with minimum expectations seeing as the 2.8 delay might have also changed their plans a little bit for releasing new info. Hope I'm wrong though.
the dely wont change the news why finsih this year on low note like that when oyu finish strong jump festa final 2,8 trailer along with the kh3 stuff

JR199913

September 13, 2016 @ 01:51 pmOffline

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Lnds500
March announcement (exactly 15 years after the original's release) of an Anniversary HD collection for the PS4

Release the kraken Nomura!!!

Woah, I didn't know that. I definitely wouldn't mind that. Always wanted to play the FMs.

VoidGear.

September 13, 2016 @ 01:52 pmOffline

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gosoxtim
the dely wont change the news why finsih this year on low note like that when oyu finish strong jump festa final 2,8 trailer along with the kh3 stuff


The problem is that they wanted to focus on 2.8 until it's release and not overshadow it with KH3, so releasing KH3 info in december wouldn't be a smart move anymore now.

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notnow123487

September 13, 2016 @ 01:53 pmOffline

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Idk, could March be another uncovered event?

VoidGear.

September 13, 2016 @ 01:56 pmOffline

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notnow123487
Idk, could March be another uncovered event?


I hope SE is through with that for a while after the FF XV disaster.
Besides, KH3 can't possibly be as far in development as FF XV was in march this year.

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 02:19 pmOffline

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VoidGear.
The problem is that they wanted to focus on 2.8 until it's release and not overshadow it with KH3, so releasing KH3 info in december wouldn't be a smart move anymore now.
how kh3 news going to overshadow we dont know what we going to get it could been a small trailer or even world annocment the only thing that overshaow 2.8 is kh3 reasle date and that not happing soon the new could also showing up kair and riku new outfits maybe more world annoucents

VoidGear.

September 13, 2016 @ 02:28 pmOffline

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gosoxtim
how kh3 news going to overshadow we dont know what we going to get it could been a small trailer or even world annocment the only thing that overshaow 2.8 is kh3 reasle date and that not happing soon the new could also showing up kair and riku new outfits maybe more world annoucents


The second people get KH3 news, that's basically all they'd care about for that time being. Doing that shortly before 2.8 releases instead of focusing on that so people want to buy it wouldn't be a clever move to me.

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 02:33 pmOffline

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VoidGear.
The second people get KH3 news, that's basically all they'd care about for that time being. Doing that shortly before 2.8 releases instead of focusing on that so people want to buy it wouldn't be a clever move to me.
dont you want to start a momuetum though going forward going to next year i mean we going to have plenty of time to see kh3 news next year so maybe like start out small like showing the new outfits with kairi and riku along 2.8 final trailer woont be a idea

VoidGear.

September 13, 2016 @ 02:35 pmOffline

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gosoxtim
dont you want to start a momuetum though going forward going to next year i mean we going to have plenty of time to see kh3 news next year so maybe like start out small like showing the new outfits with kairi and riku along 2.8 final trailer woont be a idea


I don't get what you're saying at all, sorry.
My point is: I don't think that if they wanted to wait with KH3 news until 2.8 releases, they should show KH3 news in december still.

JR199913

September 13, 2016 @ 02:35 pmOffline

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VoidGear.
I hope SE is through with that for a while after the FF XV disaster.
Besides, KH3 can't possibly be as far in development as FF XV was in march this year.

FF XV disaster? That sounds interesting. What happend?

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 02:40 pmOffline

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VoidGear.
I don't get what you're saying at all, sorry.
My point is: I don't think that if they wanted to wait with KH3 news until 2.8 releases, they should show KH3 news in december still.
okay you confuse me as well thank for clear it up for me though i was trying this dealy should have no affect on kh 3 this winter

VoidGear.

September 13, 2016 @ 02:43 pmOffline

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JR199913
FF XV disaster? That sounds interesting. What happend?


They made a big fuss about the Uncovered event (where they told the players the release date: 9/30) and then the game was delayed a month ago to 11/29. It's kinda embarassing and I don't wish for any of this to happen to KH3.

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 02:45 pmOffline

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VoidGear.
They made a big fuss about the Uncovered event (where they told the players the release date: 9/30) and then the game was delayed a month ago to 11/29. It's kinda embarassing and I don't wish for any of this to happen to KH3.
it not disney are a smart company and nomura well is smart person a well

JR199913

September 13, 2016 @ 02:46 pmOffline

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VoidGear.
They made a big fuss about the Uncovered event (where they told the players the release date: 9/30) and then the game was delayed a month ago to 11/29. It's kinda embarassing and I don't wish for any of this to happen to KH3.

They delayed a video game a month before it's release by 2 months. Yeah, that's a disaster all right.

Muke

September 13, 2016 @ 02:52 pmOffline

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JR199913
They delayed a video game a month before it's release by 2 months. Yeah, that's a disaster all right.

hat's not the point. They didn't just 'delay it'.
It really was a disaster, because nearly the whole event was solely to announce the release date people have been waiting for 10 years. They screwed up.



it not disney are a smart company and nomura well is smart person a well

What are you even talking about?

VoidGear.

September 13, 2016 @ 02:52 pmOffline

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gosoxtim
it not disney are a smart company and nomura well is smart person a well


What does Disney have to do with delays?
It's not like they could say "hey, you guys aren't finished developing? Well, we don't care, release it already!"

They delayed a video game a month before it's release by 2 months. Yeah, that's a disaster all right.


I don't even care about that. Delays are a commong thing.
It's the fact that they made a fucking big event about the release date only to say "hah. nope. gon delay it. sorriiiii" that drives me mad.

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 02:55 pmOffline

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VoidGear.
What does Disney have to do with delays?
It's not like they could say "hey, you guys aren't finished developing? Well, we don't care, release it already!
i was talking about uncovered event not delay i mean disney is smart company to not have unovered event and normura is a smart man to know kh3 doest need an uncovered event

7th_heaven

September 13, 2016 @ 02:59 pmOffline

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[FONT=Helvetica Neue]First, I must apologise. As was stated today, [/FONT]due to the adjustment of contiguous titles, our estimated release date for KINGDOM HEARTS 2.8 of December 2016 has become (for Japan) the 12th January 2017.

Thanks FF15
:mad:

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Xagzan

September 13, 2016 @ 03:00 pmOffline

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Edit: Oops, posted in the wrong thread

VoidGear.

September 13, 2016 @ 03:03 pmOffline

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Xagzan
I'd be down for no drop bar, but then when would you switch between the two?


I think that's a rather small problem. You could have to switch after a world or a certain world segment has been completed by one character, and also freely at will.
"Force-switching" could be a possibility during regular gameplay and "dropping at will" after playing through it.

JR199913

September 13, 2016 @ 03:04 pmOffline

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Muke
hat's not the point. They didn't just 'delay it'.
It really was a disaster, because nearly the whole event was solely to announce the release date people have been waiting for 10 years. They screwed up.


VoidGear.
I don't even care about that. Delays are a commong thing.
It's the fact that they made a diddlying big event about the release date only to say "hah. nope. gon delay it. sorriiiii" that drives me mad.

Wait, they made a whole event around a release date? For a game people have been waiting 10 years, and then delayed that release? Man... how does one even...

Yeah... I'm not sure how common delays are. Kingdom Hearts 2.8 and KH 3 are the first games I'm actively following. But delays shouldn't be a common thing.
Xagzan
I'd be down for no drop bar, but then when would you switch between the two?

Wrong thread buddy. http://forums.khinsider.com/kingdom-hearts-hd-2-8-final-chapter-prologue/212088-speculation-drop-bar-missing-kingdom-hearts-hd-dream-drop-distance-footage.html

Lnds500

September 13, 2016 @ 03:07 pmOffline

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7th_heaven
[FONT=Helvetica Neue]First, I must apologise. As was stated today, [/FONT]due to the adjustment of contiguous titles, our estimated release date for KINGDOM HEARTS 2.8 of December 2016 has become (for Japan) the 12th January 2017.

Thanks FF15
:mad:


They delayed all of his projects for Versus, they delayed Versus for everything else, they gave him the boot and now XV is pushing his projects even further down the line. Must feel nice. :(

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 03:09 pmOffline

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Lnds500
They delayed all of his projects for Versus, the delayed Versus for everything else, they gave him the boot and now XV is pushing his projects even further down the line. Must feel nice. :(
to be fair they didnt know what nomura was doinf with verus or xv but it kind of low the way you put it that way

WastedPenguin

September 13, 2016 @ 03:36 pmOffline

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Really cool guy. Cant believe that its almost 15 years since KH 1 released...time flies so fast.
And btw, im so happy to see Darkside heartless returning! I really hope to have them in both 0.2 and KH3 as bossfights because i really missed those bosses in KH2.

Lonbilly

September 13, 2016 @ 03:46 pmOffline

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Lnds500
They delayed all of his projects for Versus, they delayed Versus for everything else, they gave him the boot and now XV is pushing his projects even further down the line. Must feel nice. :(


I knew if I waited enough hours after all the glorious 2.8 news, I'd find a post that made me sad. Poor Nomura-senpai

pennyjpie

September 13, 2016 @ 06:34 pmOffline

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The footage already looks way better than the last trailer, so I'm fine with it being a couple weeks late. I just want it to be complete, and it looks like that's what they're doing!

But, does this mean we're not going to get that special KH informational until January now? Either way,2017 is gonna be such a good year, oh my gosh I'm so ready!

gosoxtim

September 13, 2016 @ 06:50 pmOffline

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pennyjpie


But, does this mean we're not going to get that special KH informational until January now? Either way,2017 is gonna be such a good year, oh my gosh I'm so ready!
no a delay cna stop a peron about the next game i mean we dont even what the news going be in december anyway it could they going to reveal kairi and riku supose outfits

Luxu

September 13, 2016 @ 06:52 pmOffline

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gosoxtim
no a delay cna stop a peron about the next game i mean we dont even what the new going in decmber anyway it oculd they going to revel kair and riku supose outfits


Yeah, they should do that. As well as reveal the Foretellers without their masks! Seriously, are we ever going to see them without hoods or masks?

hemmoheikkinen

September 13, 2016 @ 09:04 pmOffline

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It was pretty nice from Nomura that he choose this method of directly talking to the fans.



With the development deadline approaching we are currently busy with last-minute work on 2.8, but for the first time in history our box art was actually ready before the release date announcement. I think I'll let the awesomeness of this miraculous planning speak for how well things are going.



Good to know things are going this smoothly!

Taochan

September 13, 2016 @ 09:16 pmOffline

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Poor Nomura. He was all ready for a Christmas release for KH too. I really appreciate this kind of message from him, and his initiative to speak about the delay without an interview. The transparency is really positive imo. <3

Luxu
Yeah, they should do that. As well as reveal the Foretellers without their masks! Seriously, are we ever going to see them without hoods or masks?

Invi has her scarf away from her mouth in the shorter trailer so it's possible we could see them in Back Cover.

Chuuya

September 13, 2016 @ 09:48 pmOffline

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Darn, sad enough Nomura had to go on Twitter to tell everyone the delay. :(

Luxu

September 13, 2016 @ 10:01 pmOffline

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Taochan
Invi has her scarf away from her mouth in the shorter trailer so it's possible we could see them in Back Cover.


Invi better not look like a Aqua replica!

Lonbilly

September 13, 2016 @ 10:26 pmOffline

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Luxu
Invi better not look like a Aqua replica!




If Invi, as well as any of the other Foretellers, don't look like familiar characters then I am gonna be hella surprised/slightly underwhelmed.

Ballad of Caius

September 13, 2016 @ 10:28 pmOffline

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As Xehanort would put it, guess II.8 was fated to be delayed, since the series' anniversary is on March, and January is the closest.

Haha, but in all seriousness, I appreciate when video game directors take their time to personally address a matter.

faemarch

September 13, 2016 @ 10:33 pmOffline

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Luxu
Invi better not look like a Aqua replica!

I have to agree with this, it gets old seeing the same face spread across multiple characters. I'd rather that all of the Foretellers be completely original characters, it makes no sense that they should be forcibly tied to pre-existing characters.

Ixza Reprisae

September 13, 2016 @ 10:41 pmOffline

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Seeing as how March will be the 15th anniversary month in Japan, a Kingdom Hearts III release date reveal to coincide with the concert seems very likely.

Also, I don't know about anyone else, but I think people are too cautious with their predictions of how far they think the game is into development. Osaka has proven their efficiency and competence time and again and I think it is time we give them more credit in regards to Kingdom Hearts III's development.

Lest we ignore the fact that Nomura has wanted to share information about it for months on end now; pretty much his sentiment every time we've heard from him in the last year, so the idea that "it's not far along in development" is highly illogical at this point considering how excited and anxious he has been to actually tell or show us what has been done in regards to the title.

If he's that excited about it, then clearly there's something to be said about how well things are progressing.

I get that people are miffed by Versus XIII— now Final Fantasy XV —taking as long as it has, but the Osaka team had nothing to do with that, and projecting XV's situation andcircumstances onto Kingdom Hearts III and other SE titles is simply unfair to Square Enix as a whole, let alone Nomura and the Kingdom Hearts team.

Just my thoughts on the matter, take it or leave it, but I think anyone who is convinced that Kingdom Hearts III is a couple years out is going to wind up being completely wrong come the mid of next year.

Ballad of Caius

September 13, 2016 @ 10:50 pmOffline

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Ixza Reprisae
Seeing as how March will be the 15th anniversary month in Japan, a Kingdom Hearts III release date reveal to coincide with the concert seems very likely.

I concur, though I disagree on the very likely part. I'd say likely, haha.

Ixza Reprisae
Also, I don't know about anyone else, but I think people are too cautious with their predictions of how far they think the game is into development. Osaka has proven their efficiency and competence time and again and I think it is time we give them more credit in regards to Kingdom Hearts III's development.

Lest we ignore the fact that Nomura has wanted to share information about it for months on end now; pretty much his sentiment every time we've heard from him in the last year, so the idea that "it's not far along in development" is highly illogical at this point considering how excited and anxious he has been to actually tell or show us what has been done in regards to the title.

If he's that excited about it, then clearly there's something to be said about how well things are progressing.

I get that people are miffed by Versus XIII— now Final Fantasy XV —taking as long as it has, but the Osaka team had nothing to do with that, and projecting XV's situation andcircumstances onto Kingdom Hearts III and other SE titles is simply unfair to Square Enix as a whole, let alone Nomura and the Kingdom Hearts team.

Just my thoughts on the matter, take it or leave it, but I think anyone who is convinced that Kingdom Hearts III is a couple years out is going to wind up being completely wrong come the mid of next year.

FINAL FANTASY VERSUS XIII/XV and KINGDOM HEARTS III are two veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery different projects. One suffered through Development Hell because its development team was constantly being shifted back and forth from FFvXIII to FINAL FANTASY XIII and its Trilogy.

KHIII, meanwhile, has somewhat had a consistent work put on it.

Ixza Reprisae

September 13, 2016 @ 10:57 pmOffline

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Ballad of Caius
I concur, though I disagree on the very likely part. I'd say likely, haha.

Fair enough, I'd say. The addition of very was a little superfluous, I'll admit.

Ballad of Caius
FINAL FANTASY VERSUS XIII/XV and KINGDOM HEARTS III are two veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery different projects. One suffered through Development Hell because its development team was constantly being shifted back and forth from FFvXIII to FINAL FANTASY XIII and its Trilogy.

KHIII, meanwhile, has somewhat had a consistent work put on it.

This is exactly my point. I've spoken to many who are convinced that XV is the standard for development times for Square Enix's projects, when it most certainly isn't. I just don't understand that line of thought, personally.

Ballad of Caius

September 13, 2016 @ 11:00 pmOffline

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Ixza Reprisae
Fair enough, I'd say. The addition of very was a little superfluous, I'll admit.


This is exactly my point. I've spoken to many who are convinced that XV is the standard for development times for Square Enix's projects, when it most certainly isn't. I just don't understand that line of thought, personally.


xP

Ehh, I think it has more to do with the fact that many of us practically grew alongside FFvXIII's development and shift into XV. The project has been in work for a decade now.

Ixza Reprisae

September 13, 2016 @ 11:13 pmOffline

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Ballad of Caius
xP

Ehh, I think it has more to do with the fact that many of us practically grew alongside FFvXIII's development and shift into XV. The project has been in work for a decade now.

See, I was one of those who didn't care for the project until it became a main series title, now that it's XV I have actually been following it. So for me, I see it and have seen it as a completely separate project from what it was before... That may be why I am more optimistic in regards to KHIII's development, heh.

Ballad of Caius

September 13, 2016 @ 11:30 pmOffline

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Ixza Reprisae
See, I was one of those who didn't care for the project until it became a main series title, now that it's XV I have actually been following it. So for me, I see it and have seen it as a completely separate project from what it was before... That may be why I am more optimistic in regards to KHIII's development, heh.


Pretty much, yeah. The series has seen a stable development phase for its games (minus KHII which suffered from rush).

Ixza Reprisae

September 13, 2016 @ 11:36 pmOffline

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Ballad of Caius
Pretty much, yeah. The series has seen a stable development phase for its games (minus KHII which suffered from rush).

I'd argue that 3D was a bit of a rush job as well, but that's likely just my general disdain toward 3DS titles speaking. I honestly dislike Dream Drop Distance an unfair measure, so I'm extremely biased against it.

Though there's something to be said there, that development for this series has almost always been stable; save for the switch from Luminous to Unreal for KHIII but we don't have details on that other than it was rocky as first so...

BufferAqua

September 13, 2016 @ 11:37 pmOffline

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Whoops, wrong thread. Too many 2.8 threads to keep count.

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Polowar

September 14, 2016 @ 12:32 amOffline

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Can we Please have a demo for the home console.

Recon

September 14, 2016 @ 06:32 amOffline

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Um, is there any context to the [spoiler] tags in the message? Maybe soar/fly or drive/dive?

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40lky

September 14, 2016 @ 10:58 amOffline

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Please let the thing he can't mention right now be a complete HD collection for ps4.

Lnds500

September 14, 2016 @ 11:57 amOffline

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40lky
Please let the thing he can't mention right now be a complete HD collection for ps4.


Kingdom Hearts HD 2.9 Anniversary ReMix

VoidGear.

September 14, 2016 @ 01:56 pmOffline

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Lnds500
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.9 Anniversary ReMix


I wouldn't even be mad, no matter how stupid the name sounds.

Muke

September 14, 2016 @ 02:03 pmOffline

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I would welcome "Kingdom Hearts: Dark Seeker Collection" or whatever the saga is called. But I wouldn't be mad at "2.9" or something either.

XIII RoXaS XIII

September 14, 2016 @ 02:24 pmOffline

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Muke
I would welcome "Kingdom Hearts: Dark Seeker Collection" or whatever the saga is called. But I wouldn't be mad at "2.9" or something either.

I think the fanbase would riot. Personally i would love it. Everyone else tends to see no merit in titles that aren't titled to a whole number.

Oracle Spockanort

September 14, 2016 @ 02:25 pmOffline

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Recon
Um, is there any context to the [spoiler] tags in the message? Maybe soar/fly or drive/dive?


Nomura's message in that spot said "*******", "********". Since that tends to imply lewd or explicit language in English whereas in Japan that is just a way to censor spoilers, Goldpanner changed it to "[spoiler]".

There is nothing there. Nomura wants us to be surprised.

Muke

September 14, 2016 @ 02:26 pmOffline

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I don't really care about the names. If anything has "Kingdom Hearts" in it's name, I'll like it (exception: days)

XIII RoXaS XIII

September 14, 2016 @ 02:32 pmOffline

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Muke
I don't really care about the names. If anything has "Kingdom Hearts" in it's name, I'll like it (exception: days)


Ha, the people on this forum tend to be more informed about the the importance each title holds. I love most of the titles too, I was referring to more casual players, ya'know the kind players that post on the 'Kingdom hearts' Facebook page *shivers* I don't want to think about it.

7th_heaven

September 14, 2016 @ 02:51 pmOffline

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Nomura burning anger LMAO
[video=youtube;wmY6Y2jVMXY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmY6Y2jVMXY&index=1&list=FLsU2k2nO92qDx8uovy-oIDw[/video]

Ballad of Caius

September 14, 2016 @ 08:08 pmOffline

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Muke
I would welcome "Kingdom Hearts: Dark Seeker Collection" or whatever the saga is called. But I wouldn't be mad at "2.9" or something either.


I think it's the Xehanort Saga, or the Seekers of Darkness Saga. Can't remember, but 2.9 sounds on point, LOL.

Xickin

September 15, 2016 @ 04:38 amOffline

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I wonder, will the movement of release date for 2.8 affect the KH3 news we were supposed to receive in Winter?

Chaser

September 15, 2016 @ 05:53 amOffline

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I'm of the hope a PS4 collection is just titled "Reconnect: Kingdom Hearts".

It'll confuse those who are already confused by 1.5 / 2.5 but they gotta use Reconnect for something more than offhand secret ending cutscenes.

Saken

September 15, 2016 @ 06:05 amOffline

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Bring me Reconnect: Kingdom Hearts The Movie

Chaser

September 15, 2016 @ 07:01 amOffline

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I should ban you for using the "M" word in relation to KH

Saken

September 15, 2016 @ 07:47 amOffline

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Chaser
I should ban you for using the "M" word in relation to KH


Not your cup of tea?
I wouldn't mind seeing some CGI Pluto's Adventures: A New Darkness Chapter - Reborn 0.01/365 years

Chaser

September 15, 2016 @ 08:21 amOffline

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Australian Riku
Not your cup of tea?
I wouldn't mind seeing some CGI Pluto's Adventures: A New Darkness Chapter - Reborn 0.01/365 years

I don't get the appeal about it, and I don't see it ever working as a mainstream movie.

Saken

September 15, 2016 @ 08:33 amOffline

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Chaser
I don't get the appeal about it, and I don't see it ever working as a mainstream movie.


Naw I wouldn't want a mainstream movie, but something in full CGI that's over 30 minutes would be pretty cool. Something like advent children. I guess Back Cover will be a bit like that though, so I'm actually really looking forward to that :p

Ballad of Caius

September 15, 2016 @ 09:38 amOffline

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Xickin
I wonder, will the movement of release date for 2.8 affect the KH3 news we were supposed to receive in Winter?

It was already confirmed to have been moved. I think the news will hit us on March, the month of the KINGDOM HEARTS franchise's anniversary.

Chaser
I'm of the hope a PS4 collection is just titled "Reconnect: Kingdom Hearts".

It'll confuse those who are already confused by 1.5 / 2.5 but they gotta use Reconnect for something more than offhand secret ending cutscenes.

No, no. You're doing it wrong: Reconnect: KINGDOM HEARTS I.5 + II.5 + II.8 = III

xD

skyfoxx

September 15, 2016 @ 09:51 amOffline

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Chaser
I don't get the appeal about it, and I don't see it ever working as a mainstream movie.

Who said anything about mainstream? Everyone knows that video game movies, even when they are good, don't go mainstream :P
I wouldn't really mind a KH-related movie ala something like Kingsglaive that tells its own story that connects to future games in some way. I don't know what the story would be, but hey, Nomura did say that KH3 would start in a place that might make players question, "What the heck is Sora doing here?" so who knows.

gosoxtim

September 16, 2016 @ 04:01 pmOffline

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If 2017 really kh3 hype news I expect Disney will be more involved in promoting the upcoming games

Nazo

September 16, 2016 @ 06:02 pmOffline

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gosoxtim
If 2017 really kh3 hype news I expect Disney will be more involved in promoting the upcoming games


They damn well better. I can't believe Disney still hasn't taken notice after all these years of the immense following that KH has. They're finally starting to realize it nowadays ever since the Internet exploded from the KH3 reveal, but from KH1 - DDD, Disney was always just kind of "there" with KH. KH2 was probably the most involvement I saw from them in terms of marketing, cause they had spots for the game on Disney Channel and whatnot.

Antifa Lockhart

September 16, 2016 @ 06:46 pmOffline

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Nazo
KH2 was probably the most involvement I saw from them in terms of marketing, cause they had spots for the game on Disney Channel and whatnot.


They've had commercials for almost every game in the series, in fact the first Kingdom Hearts's marketing is what drew a large amount of the fanbase in. Disney Channel did a behind the scenes thing in Disney's secret lab, and had several spots not just on its own channel but on most channels that kids and tweens were watching. KH2's marketing was interesting in that it was the only one where anyone did interviews of the cast (MTV)

JR199913

September 16, 2016 @ 06:59 pmOffline

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Tinny
They've had commercials for almost every game in the series, in fact the first Kingdom Hearts's marketing is what drew a large amount of the fanbase in. Disney Channel did a behind the scenes thing in Disney's secret lab, and had several spots not just on its own channel but on most channels that kids and tweens were watching. KH2's marketing was interesting in that it was the only one where anyone did interviews of the cast (MTV)

I'm quite interested in seeing those commercials actually. Do the forums store them too?

gosoxtim

September 16, 2016 @ 07:04 pmOffline

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JR199913
I'm quite interested in seeing those commercials actually. Do the forums store them too?
herethe secret lab

[video=youtube;xmlSbVjpams]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmlSbVjpams[/video]


here one of the kh 2 intview
[video=youtube;O8Nd3_mmyOU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Nd3_mmyOU[/video]

OathkeeperRoxas XIII

September 16, 2016 @ 07:05 pmOffline

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JR199913
I'm quite interested in seeing those commercials actually. Do the forums store them too?


Type in Disney 411 with Kingdom Hearts 2 and Secret Lab for Chain of Memories

The only games without commercials are DDD And the Remixes

Edit: well not in the USA, that I know of

gosoxtim

September 16, 2016 @ 07:10 pmOffline

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i'm curosus what disney going to for kh3 i think they need to go all out with advertsing this game not just for commeircals but also adverstse at the theme parks

JR199913

September 16, 2016 @ 07:11 pmOffline

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gosoxtim
herethe secret lab

[video=youtube;xmlSbVjpams]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmlSbVjpams[/video]


here one of the kh 2 intview
[video=youtube;O8Nd3_mmyOU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Nd3_mmyOU[/video]

Cool, thanks. Secret Lab was pretty funny.
OathkeeperRoxas XIII
Type in Disney 411 with Kingdom Hearts 2 and Secret Lab for Chain of Memories

The only games without commercials are DDD And the Remixes

Edit: well not in the USA, that I know of

O there we go, found them. Thanks.

Antifa Lockhart

September 16, 2016 @ 07:18 pmOffline

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OathkeeperRoxas XIII
Type in Disney 411 with Kingdom Hearts 2 and Secret Lab for Chain of Memories

The only games without commercials are DDD And the Remixes

Edit: well not in the USA, that I know of


DDD had commercials:

[video=youtube;kCphBAoQKcU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCphBAoQKcU[/video]

The remixes had featurettes but I don't know if they were ever on TV. I don't think so.

catcake

September 16, 2016 @ 07:34 pmOffline

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Would be so cool to see a KH commercial on TV...! I doubt that's ever going to happen here, but who knows, KH3 is kind of a big thing.

VoidGear.

September 16, 2016 @ 07:35 pmOffline

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It's not like I watch or even own a TV but I'm pretty certain there are no german KH ads on TV and I want that to change simply because!

Muke

September 16, 2016 @ 07:37 pmOffline

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catcake
Would be so cool to see a KH commercial on TV...! I doubt that's ever going to happen here, but who knows, KH3 is kind of a big thing.

Wait, that's not happening over there? We got plenty of DDD commercials on TV over here and in Germany.
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VoidGear.
It's not like I watch or even own a TV but I'm pretty certain there are no german KH ads on TV and I want that to change simply because!
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Wait, you never saw a german KH commercial?? I recall Days and DDD getting some. Hell, DDD was still being advertized in 2015 here

VoidGear.

September 16, 2016 @ 07:38 pmOffline

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Muke
Wait, that's not happening over there? We got plenty of DDD commercials on TV over here and in Germany.


Can't speak for Austria but I owned a TV when 3D was about to release and never saw a single commercial.
Did see one for BBS though, I think.

Muke

September 16, 2016 @ 07:41 pmOffline

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTtqv1PYITQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9WfZ1VQOtE

I'm trying to find more

VoidGear.

September 16, 2016 @ 07:45 pmOffline

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I can't handle the guy saying that "this show is being presented by Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance" wow it's so hilarious wtf xD
But nah, never seen one of those.

catcake

September 16, 2016 @ 07:55 pmOffline

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I don't watch TV all that much, but I'm pretty sure we've never had any KH commercials. There doesn't seem to be many fans here anyway, of course many gamers know it and some have even played the first one, but I've never met anyone irl who has played anything else from the series :l Wish they had aired some commercials, maybe things would be different.

JR199913

September 16, 2016 @ 07:58 pmOffline

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I've never seen a KH commercial in the Netherlands. That's close to Germany. That's why I'm so curious about the TV commercials, I never knew KH had them.

VoidGear.

September 16, 2016 @ 08:08 pmOffline

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JR199913
I've never seen a KH commercial in the Netherlands. That's close to Germany. That's why I'm so curious about the TV commercials, I never knew KH had them.


You may not have KH commercials, but you live in the holy land of wonderful frikandels, so that's a plus, right?

JR199913

September 16, 2016 @ 08:41 pmOffline

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VoidGear.
You may not have KH commercials, but you live in the holy land of wonderful frikandels, so that's a plus, right?

Eh... would trade those right in for the KH commercials. And uhh... they are not very healthy. It's better you don't eat them, aside from the obvious calories, they also contain meat from the animal you rather not eat/touch. Also, know the horse stuff that happend a few years ago? Yeah...

SORA619

September 18, 2016 @ 05:30 pmOffline

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If the game will be complete until January why the 2 weeks difference? That I don't understand.

Muke

September 18, 2016 @ 05:33 pmOffline

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SORA619
If the game will be complete until January why the 2 weeks difference? That I don't understand.

Whaetever. 12 days is nothing, we had much worse gaps

VoidGear.

September 18, 2016 @ 05:42 pmOffline

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Muke
Whaetever. 12 days is nothing, we had much worse gaps


We've had worse, but damn, we've also had better. I know the game was only scheduled for "Worldwide Release: December" which could also have meant December 10 (JP) and December 22 (Overseas) (although I don't believe that) but why the difference at all? How am I gonna walk around on the internet during that gap ;_;

SORA619

September 18, 2016 @ 05:44 pmOffline

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I mean it's almost two weeks and they could do a simulate release like FFXV. Hope I don't jump into any big spoilers.

Antifa Lockhart

September 18, 2016 @ 05:48 pmOffline

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VoidGear.
We've had worse, but damn, we've also had better. I know the game was only scheduled for "Worldwide Release: December" which could also have meant December 10 (JP) and December 22 (Overseas) (although I don't believe that) but why the difference at all? How am I gonna walk around on the internet during that gap ;_;


When has Kingdom Hearts had a shorter gap between releases. Nomura even said months ago that when it was December there was still going to be a gap between Japan and the rest of the world.

Muke

September 18, 2016 @ 05:55 pmOffline

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I just hope there won't be cowards on this forum going creating Threads like
"OMG TERRA BOSS FIGHT IN .2 :OOOO"

catcake

September 18, 2016 @ 05:55 pmOffline

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I'm sure they have their reasons, and it could definitely be worse than 12 days but... it does still kind of suck. I'm not too upset because everything looks so amazing that I'm just glad we're getting the game, but it is going to be tough waiting and avoiding spoilers when the time is actually here. More than anything else though this makes me worried about KH3. If there's going to be a gap between releases then too, that's when the spoiler danger for major plot points is going to be very real.

maryadavies

September 18, 2016 @ 06:01 pmOffline

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No kidding catcake. If there is going to be a gap, I'm going to be avoiding the KH3 sections of the forum from just before the JP release up until I get my copy off Amazon.

That may be the only way to avoid spoilers. ^^

VoidGear.

September 18, 2016 @ 06:19 pmOffline

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Tinny
When has Kingdom Hearts had a shorter gap between releases. Nomura even said months ago that when it was December there was still going to be a gap between Japan and the rest of the world.


I was talking about releases overall, not explicitely Kingdom Hearts or Square Enix. Just saying that it should've been possible.

JR199913

September 18, 2016 @ 07:40 pmOffline

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Well the reason they scheduled the release in January instead of December could be so that they have a year extra for Kingdom Hearts 3. Because of that 1 thing a game year thing Nomura wants to uphold. Had they released it this December he would have to release KH3 by December 2017. Now he has time until December 2018 without breaking his goal. Atleast, that's why I think, there is also the FFXV everyone is talking about.

VoidGear.

September 18, 2016 @ 07:58 pmOffline

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JR199913
Well the reason they scheduled the release in January instead of December could be so that they have a year extra for Kingdom Hearts 3. Because of that 1 thing a game year thing Nomura wants to uphold. Had they released it this December he would have to release KH3 by December 2017. Now he has time until December 2018 without breaking his goal. Atleast, that's why I think, there is also the FFXV everyone is talking about.


But uh...that only makes sense if you take Unchained X into account and even then, nothing "released" in Japan regarding the KH series in 2016 then, right?

JR199913

September 18, 2016 @ 08:06 pmOffline

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VoidGear.
But uh...that only makes sense if you take Unchained X into account and even then, nothing "released" in Japan regarding the KH series in 2016 then, right?

I actually took Unchained X into account. Saw some other older discussions about it. Some people do it worldwide, some only from Japan. And if I remember correctly he only missed 1 year with the worldwide count. For the rest he really tried to keep it up. And that's why I called it a goal instead of a record, since he already failed it, but he still tries really hard to uphold it.

VoidGear.

September 18, 2016 @ 08:09 pmOffline

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JR199913
I actually took Unchained X into account. Saw some other older discussions about it. Some people do it worldwide, some only from Japan. And if I remember correctly he only missed 1 year with the worldwide count. For the rest he really tried to keep it up. And that's why I called it a goal instead of a record, since he already failed it, but he still tries really hard to uphold it.


He tries, but I don't see that as a reason at all as to why they'd delay 2.8 and get the players mad. Besides, if the "secret" thing he's still keeping from us is 1.5 and 2.5 for PS4, then he'd still have a 2017 release even if 2.8 released this year.

JR199913

September 18, 2016 @ 08:18 pmOffline

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VoidGear.
He tries, but I don't see that as a reason at all as to why they'd delay 2.8 and get the players mad. Besides, if the "secret" thing he's still keeping from us is 1.5 and 2.5 for PS4, then he'd still have a 2017 release even if 2.8 released this year.

Well following the logic I just gave, it would give him a whole year extra. That seems like a pretty good reason. And it's only 12 days.
True, but we don't know if that is his secret thing (not that I would mind). So for now this looks like the most logical explanation to me. But yeah, if it turns out to be a whole recollection, then I have no idea either. Probably that FFXV thing then.

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