Two New Kingdom Hearts Games in Development

In an interview featured in Japan's just-released Birth by Sleep "Ultimania" guide book, summarized at Square Enix fan site FF Renion, Nomura made mention of not one, but three new Kingdom Hearts games.

The first, and clearly foremost, is Kingdom Hearts III. Nomura said that development on this title is dependent on Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Nomura is directing Versus XIII.

As for the other two titles, one will be released this year. The other will be released next year or beyond and will feature multiple main characters, presumably akin to Birth by Sleep's tio of heroes. At least one of these titles has gone into production already.

Nomura also made some comments about the English version of Birth by Sleep. Mostly, he reiterated some of the improvements he's mentioned in the past, including battle balance adjustments, additional Keyblades and enemies, additional songs for the game's rhythm mini game, and changes to event scenes.

But the biggest news is what Nomura said wouldn't happen. Following Kingdom Hearts 2's English release, Square Enix produced a 3D remake of Game Boy Advance's Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, bundled it with the international version of KH2, and released the package to Japan as Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix +. While not ruling out a Birth by Sleep re-release for Japan, Nomura said that there'd be no major production along the lines of the Chain of Memories remake. If you were hoping for a high spec version of DS's 358/2 Days, you can probably stop hoping.

DeadFish wrote:Maybe one of PS3 exclusives they were talking about yesterday.

suzzopher wrote:

DeadFish wrote:Maybe one of PS3 exclusives they were talking about yesterday.

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DeadFish wrote:

suzzopher wrote:

DeadFish wrote:Maybe one of PS3 exclusives they were talking about yesterday.

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http://www.grcade.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17591

Oh I thought you were talking about Square were saying that

Dual wrote:Never played a KH game before but if it's a PS3 exclusive I'll get it.

BID0 wrote:I didn't get much further than the opening beach section from the first one. Once I got bored of all the final fantasy characters gimmick it felt pretty boring to me.

In other words I'm trolling in a topic I have zero interest in

Wedgie wrote:

BID0 wrote:I didn't get much further than the opening beach section from the first one. Once I got bored of all the final fantasy characters gimmick it felt pretty boring to me.

In other words I'm trolling in a topic I have zero interest in

What? There's only three Final Fantasy characters up to that point so hardly an overkill. Seems like a too negative comment to make as well.

You're wrong. [/hsh]

BID0 wrote:

Wedgie wrote:

BID0 wrote:I didn't get much further than the opening beach section from the first one. Once I got bored of all the final fantasy characters gimmick it felt pretty boring to me.

In other words I'm trolling in a topic I have zero interest in

What? There's only three Final Fantasy characters up to that point so hardly an overkill. Seems like a too negative comment to make as well.

You're wrong. [/hsh]

Was there a town section during the beach bit too? I did that bit and I'm sure there were some more (FF7 & 8?) along with Pluto I think it was

Bene Version 3 wrote:I played the first and absolutely loved it to bits. Never finished it as it wasn't mine and had to give it back. Think I got pretty far, up to the Beauty and The Beast level. A colllection ala God Of War for PS3 wouldn't go a miss.