Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Ultimania, the official companion book for Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, released last week. The book contains many interviews concerning Re:coded and the future of the Kingdom Hearts series, and in particular, a six page interview with the director of the series, Tetsuya Nomura, is featured. Nomura reveals details concerning Kingdom Hearts 3D and the tenth anniversary of the Kingdom Hearts series. Thanks to HEARTSTATION.ORG, the interview can be read below.
First off, please tell us what inspired you to remake the mobile phone game Kingdom Hearts Coded for the Nintendo DS?
Nomura: The biggest reason was because there were many people who were unable to play the game due to the limited platform it was released on. There are many fans of the Kingdom Hearts series overseas as well, and the original platform Coded was released for is completely unavailable for them. Therefore, I figured if it was released for the Nintendo DS, then more people would be able to play it.
358/2 Days, Birth by Sleep, and Coded were all made for handheld gaming devices and seemed to be three side stories. How is Coded placed among them?
Nomura: Since it had communication components, I wanted to make it a title that was fluid on its own. It was linked with the Kingdom Hearts mobile service called Avatar Kingdom as well, so there were various developments in its design to include those elements. If the mobile phone
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Ultimania, the official companion book for Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, released last week. The book contains many interviews concerning Re:coded and the future of the Kingdom Hearts series, and in particular, a six page interview with the director of the series, Tetsuya Nomura, is featured. Nomura reveals details concerning Kingdom Hearts 3D and the tenth anniversary of the Kingdom Hearts series. Thanks to HEARTSTATION.ORG, the interview can be read below.
Nomura: The biggest reason was because there were many people who were unable to play the game due to the limited platform it was released on. There are many fans of the Kingdom Hearts series overseas as well, and the original platform Coded was released for is completely unavailable for them. Therefore, I figured if it was released for the Nintendo DS, then more people would be able to play it.
358/2 Days, Birth by Sleep, and Coded were all made for handheld gaming devices and seemed to be three side stories. How is Coded placed among them?
Nomura: Since it had communication components, I wanted to make it a title that was fluid on its own. It was linked with the Kingdom Hearts mobile service called Avatar Kingdom as well, so there were various developments in its design to include those elements. If the mobile phone