Tetsuya Nomura elaborates on Kingdom Hearts 3

Kingdom Hearts 3 had it’s first trailer during E3 at Sony’s press conference. According to Polygon Famitsu magazine attempted to extract answers about the title’s development from the dierctor Tetsuya Nomura.

As suspected the Kingdom Hearts III will take place after the events of Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance. “Nomura said “We’re proceeding along with which worlds we’ll be selecting for the game. It’s the final episode in the ‘Dark Seeker’ saga that began with the original KH, and it’ll depict the final battle with Xehanort.†Nomura went on to say “We spent a while figuring out what direction to take KH’s visuals in the next generation. Should we go for a more realistic look like in recent projects, or try something else? Along the way, we remembered that these KH characters were originally paintbrush art from Disney productions, a texture that was one of our original aims, and that it was time to return to that. So [chief creative director Takeshi] Nozue went through a series of tests, and the results are the visuals that we refer to in the team as the Kingdom Shader. It may look like a pretty drastic change, but I see it as a rich evolution of everything we've shown you up to now."

Nomura was asked how Kingdom Hearts was evolving: "We have a demo version running on the actual hardware, but the action's pretty frantic. The really bold action we've always had is getting even crazier. KH3 has three-person parties, but NPCs and other characters join the fight in each individual world, and the resulting action is really flashy and exciting. The enemy AI is a lot more intricate, too, and I think the gameplay will reflect that new dynamic balance. For example, there's a foe that's shaped like a vehicle, and Sora may jump on it and fly around; that's already implemented."

Nomura promised that Kingdom Hearts 3 will be back in the public spotlight soon, either at the Tokyo Game Show this fall, the Disney-oriented D23 Expo Japan event in October, or both. "The FF15 and KH3 teams are aware of each other. They're constantly honing their work at this point in development. Even though KH3 is still pretty early in development, it's already producing some great scenes in Square Enix's internal conferences. We're discussing new developments never seen in any KH before, so keep an eye on further updates." It may be a while before we see the return of Sora but for now it's delightful to know that the game is in development.

Adam Siddiqui, NoobFeed 
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