At the Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX North American launch event at the Walt Disney Studio Lot in Burbank, California, Square Enix has shown new Kingdom Hearts III footage and revealed that they will release new information in 2015. The new footage showed concept art, new Heartless designs, a huge town titled Cable Town with Sora in a library/study room and new gun Keyblade attacks for Sora. Sora was shown in various Kingdom Hearts II outfits including Valor and Wisdom form. To expand on the gun Keyblade attacks, Sora's Keyblade transforms into dual guns and then transforms into a cannon. Chi was also written on a blackboard in the study room, this may be related to Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] but this is simply speculation. Thanks go to @churroz for the information.

 

Update: Siliconera has posted their impressions of the footage. They reveal that Yoko Shimomura, composer of the Kingdom Hearts series was also at the event and performed a couple of the series' most famous songs. They have also included what Heartless they believe were shown. You can read them below.

 

Spoiler

Square Enix held a Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix fan event in Los Angeles earlier today. The event began with Livan playing Kingdom Hearts songs like "Kairi" and "Hand in Hand" on a piano. Surprise guest, Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura joined him for duets of "The Other Promise" and "Dearly Beloved."

 

All the way at the end was a little teaser for Kingdom Hearts III. Tetsuya Nomura, Kingdom Hearts series director, said it was too early to show worlds, but wanted to show fans something new. We were not allowed to record any footage from the teaser, which opened with concept art for Heartless in the upcoming game. One enemy looked like a souped up Blue Rhapsody Heartless with flames around it. Another enemy looked like the Soldier Heartless type with angel wings. A new enemy, a large Heartless with a bull-horned helmet, looked like a knight. There was also a tiny Archer heartless holding a bow with a quiver on his back. Some of these were sketches, but others like the Knight Heartless were 3D models.

 

A clip of Sora wearing his Kingdom Hearts II costume was shown next. He had the Oathkeeper keyblade in his hand which could transform into a gigantic gun. When fired, Sora would rock back a little bit and a star-like projectile fired from the bazooka-like weapon.

 

The next scene showed a town with white houses stacked on top of each other and huge windmills. This town seemed grand and tranquil, not unlike Twilight Town, but instead of a sunset palette the buildings were primarily white. A plaque underneath said "Cable Town" and the camera zoomed into one of the buildings. Doors opened and the camera panned horizontally by chess pieces (one of the pieces had Mickey’s head on top) and a chess board. The scene switched to Sora entering the room and walking towards the chess pieces which were placed by a window. Sora picked up one of the pieces and the trailer ended with a message promising more Kingdom Hearts III news in 2015.

Update 2: Square Enix has told those who attended the event that the footage was only intended for those who attended the North American and European launch events and that more information will be revealed in 2015. This is likely due to the footage still being quite raw. Thanks go to @churroz for the tip.

 

Click here to view the article

Curses!

Be nice if the concept art is Sora's new outfit... But I doubt that they would reveal it soooooo early.-.

 It's been over a year after the announcement and far longer then that into the development cycle, I imagine now is about the right time for it.

Land of Departure, ay? Curious to see how that plays out, considering what that place is supposed to be currently...

I knew there will be KH3 news in 2015 this is turning into a great start for the new era.

I would say five (maybe even six) buuuut here goes the things that new footage shown at the event confirmed, or at least appeared to be:

 

• DRIVE FORMS ARE BACK!! This is so cool since I know there was speculation it wouldn't return but having Valor and Wisdom forms pop up in the footage puts those worries to rest.
• NEW HEARTLESS! This may have already been a no duh, but this was still pretty cool to have confirmed! We know a Gladitor heartless is also in the mix.
• Sora's Keyblade can turn into dual guns and a cannon, as you all probably have read by now. Maybe we can get a FPS mode with a single gun transformation?
• Land of Departure is in the game, presumably early on, which means they restore Castle Oblivion back to it's former glory.

Which isn't exactly as confirmed as the above are but this more than likely means...

• Ventus gets his heart restored and rescued early on in the game
• Sora doesn't have his new attire (though this may have been a simple model swap for trailers sake) which means we either have a long prologue/tutorial or Sora gets his new clothes in the middle of the game (or at least before we head off into Disney world territory)

 

I hope Square puts up the footage soon, but there are quite a few events coming up so we could also see them then. Just glad we have a good idea on both gameplay and story than we did even a mere hour ago! I'm PUMPED and look forward to see what other things they have in store for us.

*fangirl scream* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAAAAATTTTTT DUDE NO WAY

Can't wait to see it!

Edited December 2, 201410 yr by RikuFangirl2008

Yeah...you know something?  I was about to die when I logged in.  Seeing that glorious bit of news pop up the first minute I'd logged in here was a nerdgasm for me. Nomura's gonna pull all the big guns next year, this is a good time to be a Kingdom Hearts fan my friend.  God, I need to see the new footage, pronto!

Edited December 2, 201410 yr by Shigehiko

MAH DICK GURLLL!!! I need it!! But I need a PS4 first!

The hype is freaking real man

Yeah...you know something? I was about to die when I logged in. Seeing that glorious bit of news pop up the first minute I'd logged in here was a nerdgasm for me. Nomura's gonna pull all the big guns next year, this is a good time to be a Kingdom Hearts fan my friend. God, I need to see the new footage, pronto!

When I saw kh13 post it on their Facebook page, I fanboyed

;_; This is such a great start to December. Now all we gotta do it wait for the footage to go public. 

AHHHHHHH I CANT WITH MY HYPE, THE NEWS IS SO SMALL BUT SO AWESOMEEEEEEEEEE. ahem, i cant wait to see with my own eyes

And since that moment on, many people died....of fanboying...

My body does not know what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

It is too much I can't maintain homeostasis

OOOOOMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGG

 

MY BODY IS REEEEEAAADDDYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111

 

The hype is freaking real man xDWhen I saw kh13 post it on their Facebook page, I fanboyed

GOD MAN, THE HYPE HAS INCREASED BY OVER 9000!!!!

 

;_; This is such a great start to December. Now all we gotta do it wait for the footage to go public. 

This will be a December to remember!  It'll be a Kingdom Hearts Christmas!

 

AHHHHHHH I CANT WITH MY HYPE, THE NEWS IS SO SMALL BUT SO AWESOMEEEEEEEEEE. ahem, i cant wait to see with my own eyes

I CAN'T WAIT EITHER.  THE WAIT IS NOW KILLING ME SLOWLY!!!! D:

I'm slowly falling into a joy induced coma

Woo! Excited!

 

If this is the Land of Departure, wouldn't that mean Aqua is saved? I thought only she had the ability to change it(or something along those lines)?

 

Which isn't exactly as confirmed as the above are but this more than likely means...

• Ventus gets his heart restored and rescued early on in the game.

Hey if that's the case then that also means that Sora also save Aqua. Remember Aqua is the only keyblade master who can find Ventus body because Aqua created Castle Oblivion in the first place.

firetruckING FINALLY

I am ready to see that concept art because I love concept art!

Kingdom Hearts 3 INTENSIFIES 

 

I don't know why I'm screaming over images I can't even see, but the mere fact that Land of Departure was mentioned brings up a lot of questions that the fans can finally discuss over and forget about speculating about release dates for awhile. 

I think I just came a little.

 

HE WAS SHOWN IN HIS DRIVE CLOTHES???? DOUBLE WIELD CONFIRMED!

 

HE WAS IN THE LAND OF DEPARTURES LIBRARY? MASTER SORA CONFIRMED!

 

HE WAS MAKING CANONS FROM HIS KEYBLADE? TERRA'S HEART IS IN SORA, TOGETHER WITH VEN, MAKING ENDLESS OR... *cough*

 

I can't fangirl enough to let the feelz out, imma burst.

I KNEW IT!!! some one get the archives, I said that the video was going to be KHIII related!!!

Well I think it may be not a video just some pictures. I'm happy with that and info ofcourse .

Riku, Kairi and Mickey must be shown.