With E3 2014 on the horizon and Nomura saying both FF and KH should be excited, I wish not to be the 'Debby downer' but to warn us all. We all know KH3 is a ways away, no matter on what fence you are on; either you cheer 'get it out soon' or 'its worth the wait, work on it.' We all like to point out details in development trailers or beta/alpha game play videos leading up to the release date. And I am pretty sure most people on the internet have beaten a dead horse over the first shown trailer on KH III, but not getting into that.

 

Some of us really don't remember the first development trailers and advertisements for KH 1 and KH 2, but since the internet now has an abundant amount of information and is easier to share, we can take a look back at what they used to be and compare the before and after. Yes of course there are spoliers, sorry don't know how to make the spoiler button yet.

 

First KH1 beta trailer:

 

 

Ouch right? Despite the scary faces of all the character models and 'Square Soft' (haven't seen that in a while), there a lot of things different from this trailer compared to the final game. Things such as, scenes that were removed, potential differences in plot "We must save Sora", and worlds removed (Disney Castle at 1:05). And sure, this can be said for many franchises with their first game in the series, it'll look completely different. This video was released at E3 in 2001 almost a full year before its release in 2002. Some more proof to my point as we move onto the KH 2 days.

 

First KH2 trailer (from 2003):

 

 

Pretty spot on, except for three details; one major and tow not so major. If you played the game you'll notice some Twilight Town scenes shown were different in the final game (chasing the Nobody) and the scene where Sora & gang meet Org. 13 for the first time is WAY different. Also you can see more heartless in the awesome 1000 heartless Hallow Bastion fight scene that were left out, and potentially Sora was going to fight along side Goofy and Donald.

 

"Come on, those were the glory PS2 days. SE was still early on making content for the franchise, can't blame them back then. The trailers for the newer games were not that bad." OH REALLY? I would argue the newer trailers were just as bad, if not worse at showing anything close to a final product. Feast your eyes on these baby's

 

BBS Beta Trailer (teased 2008, game released 2010) - 

 

KH3D (teased 2011, game releasedd 2012) -

 

You could say these last two trailers (and the last two new games released by SE) were way off from the final products, by both plot and major visual details. BBS: What seems to be Terra and Ventus talking about their future and Ven asking what seems to be Aqua to end him, at the beach of Destiny Island??? KH3D: Heartless, wait, there were zero heartless in 3D and multiple sora's dropping down in district 2 of Traverse Town? Which Traverse Town is completely insignificant and is not at all where Sora and Riku meet Xemnas or Ansem SOD. Plus the drop meter looks way under developed. Plus the flowmotion looked faster, and honestly better in my opinion.

 

So what does this all mean? Well, what I believe truly is that no matter what SE releases in the next year or so leading up to KH3, don't think for a second it will make the final cut of the game or what you see could still potentially be in progress and made better by the time the game is out. If you see something happening in a certain location, it can change, if you see someone in a certain outfit, it can change, if you see a certain location, it can change. Maybe Sora won't be able to leap or jump on top of heartless in KH III, maybe Sora won't pick up Master Eraqus' keyblade at Destiny Island or at all for that matter.It is all fun and games to speculate, but based on SE history, they are a bunch of 'cock' teases when it comes to trailers. (Sorry for the language)

Still very early in development. Wouldn't surprise me if we don't even get a trailer.

Either way, it's still a KH trailer. Why wouldn't we freak out? I mean, KH3 had a teaser and with just that, people freaked. 

Yeah, I had remembered those beta trailers as well. That gives me a bit of comfort for KH3 (not that the trailers even looked bad to begin with).

 

 

Still very early in development. Wouldn't surprise me if we don't even get a trailer.

I dunno, by the time e3 comes around, the game will have been probably around a year/year and a half in development. I wouldn't be surprised if we get one. Not getting my hopes up, but I'm just saying 

Yeah, I had remembered those beta trailers as well. That gives me a bit of comfort for KH3 (not that the trailers even looked bad to begin with).

 

 

I dunno, by the time e3 comes around, the game will have been probably around a year/year and a half in development. I wouldn't be surprised if we get one. Not getting my hopes up, but I'm just saying 

 

FINAL FANTASY XV would argue otherwise sadly.

FINAL FANTASY XV would argue otherwise sadly.

That's true, but I think FFXV was a special case. (or still is, for that matter)

I guess all we can do is hope that Kingdom Hearts III isn't a similar case

We already know Sora isn't going to get the Master keeper. that was just put there to remind people about what has happened and where it's going.I say speculation is the only thing that makes waiting for a KH game exciting.

Sigh... these trailers just make me realize how early on Olympus Coliseum was put into each of the games that it was put in. lolYou're right in that we shouldn't expect anything in a trailer to be in the final product, but there are things we CAN get from the trailers:-Odds are good that they're going to keep in Attraction Flow. It has been talked about too much to be taken out at this point.-Same goes for the Keyblade transformations.-And as usual, its always a safe bet to say that Hercules will be in a KH game.I think E3 is going to belong to FFXV this year, with SE mainly focusing on that. KH will probably get demos for 2.5, and MAYBE a new clip of KH3. Nothing like a trailer, but something to show off the mechanics like at D23. Maybe even just a clip showing off the Kingdom Shader?

I just love seeing the disappointment on people's faces when they like a trailer and none of it is included.

It excites me.

That is one of the greatest joys of Square Enix!  They tease us with so many possibilities regarding the KH games!  I'm so excited to see what comes next!  Whatever happens, whatever changes are made, rest assured, I'll love the final product to death.

Three words : "Still in development" .

I never believed Sora would be able to jump on top of heartless...he probably won't...

I didn't know DDD looked that bad,

Beta trailers where so much awsomer

To be fair, a lot of the stuff in the beta trailers does in fact make it into the game. It's in a completely different context like Terra and Ven's convo or the raining Soras but they're there.