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Famitsu Interviews series Director Tetsuya Nomura about Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, Discusses Progress on English Recording


Katie Armstrong

Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura recently sat down with Famitsu to give an interview on Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, focusing on specific details in each of the three portions of the collection. Though the interview covered many of the same topics as the earlier Dengeki interview, Famitsu's team managed to pose some interesting questions, and received equally interesting responses.

 

Here is a summary of each of Nomura's responses in the interview. A full translation will be added as soon as possible.

 

In regards to Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep 0.2 -A Fragmentary Passage-:

  • Nomura remarked on the ability for the product to be easily altered with Unreal Engine 4, especially in regards to lighting, as previously mentioned in Dengeki.
  • What is in the demo will be in the retail version of the game. He wanted to give the players something to explore in the demo, someplace where they would have to get up high to get a lay of the land before proceeding. Nomura says KH3 will have a similar feel, where free-running to a high place and scoping out the map will be necessary.
  • Nomura states that time has stopped in this place only, and that moving to different locations will result in different 'effects'.
  • As in the Dengeki article, Nomura explains the battle system, and also says that the concept of Command Styles has been transferred to Keyblade Transformations in Kingdom Hearts III.
  • Nomura calls the Heartless Swarm a 'Devils Wave', mentions they've been present since the first KH3 trailer, and that they're still not at full power.
  • Aqua will only gain strength through leveling up--there are no new Keyblades for her to obtain. (Famitsu's interviewer hypothesizes that this is why the Command Styles remain in 0.2, when they won't really be present in KH3, where you can change Keyblades. Nomura doesn't remark on this point one way or another.)
  • When discussing the length of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep 0.2 -A Fragmentary Passage-, Nomura says that it will feature a lot of cutscenes.
  • The intended play order is Dream Drop Distance, then -A Fragmentary Passage-, then Kingdom Hearts III.
  • Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep 0.2 -A Fragmentary Passage- is not exactly scrapped content from Kingdom Hearts III. It was something he felt the need to make, but Nomura didn't want to bog down the pace of storytelling in KH3 with backstory, so he separated it out and created a separate installment around it.
  • Kingdom Hearts III will have a short prelude before the game really starts to make sure everyone is caught up.

In regards to Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD:

  • Nomura mentions the Catanuki, explaining it was something the Osaka team really wanted to add to the game. He also discusses PS4 trophies, 60fps, and the difficulties in transitioning to a game without two screens to work with. He mentions the 'spirit' of developing for the unique properties of the 3DS continues, in now developing for the unique properties of the PS4.

In regards to Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover:

  • Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover is being made with the same tech as Kingdom Hearts III.
  • Famitsu asked directly if the Black Coat is the Foreteller's Master. Nomura says yes! He is a 'unique glue' between them, and he apparently has nicknames for each of the Foretellers.
  • Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ has recently hit 4 million downloads, and after the North American release, there was a very strong demand to release in the EU. He is happy for this chapter of Kingdom Hearts to be brought to fans all over the world.
  • Nomura also hints that the Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ story will soon branch from the Kingdom Hearts χ [chi] story. Kingdom Hearts χ [chi] is complete, but Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ can be considered 'Season 2'.
  • Nomura anticipates that Kingdom Hearts III may hit Japan slightly earlier than the rest of the world, but it will be nearly simultaneous.
  • Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue is in the final stages of production, with English recording currently being mastered and timed. He also told fans to please be patient and anticipate this winter for new Kingdom Hearts III information, and focus on Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue for now.
  • Next year is the 15th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts, and also the 30th anniversary of Final Fantasy; he told fans to anticipate a lot of features next year relating to those series.

 

Which of these answers has you most intrigued? Let us know in the comments!

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Im assuming the August release of information will be geared towards 2.8, so I'm not expecting any KH3 news. This is all great news though!

 

Im especially excited to hear that KH3 will basically be a worldwide release. I was worried when he said Japan would get it earlier

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no the information in august is the kingdom hearts 15 anvieersty and final fantasy 7 30 anvesity but  he has  more plans kh though 

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Lol, bit of a typo, it's going to be Final Fantasy's 30th anniversary next year. It's not that young. X)"

 

Anyway I can't wait to get my hands on this thing! And it's good to know that he's addressing that one staggering issue people were pointing out with DDD HD, and I'm sure that they'll also tighten up any other little details that need attention, such as frame rate issues and any other little Bugs (hehe...). This is going to make an AWESOME Christmas present! I just hope it doesn't release too early in December, it would be so agonizing to own the game for weeks without actually playing it till Dec 25th. Then again, I guess that's what Final Exams are for. :P

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But one question- will BbS0.2 have trophies? And if so, Platinum or no Platinum?

If Re:Coded and 358/2 Days cutscene movies got trophies, then of course 0.2 will have them. A platinum is unlikely for a game of its size, though.

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Im assuming the August release of information will be geared towards 2.8, so I'm not expecting any KH3 news. This is all great news though!

 

Im especially excited to hear that KH3 will basically be a worldwide release. I was worried when he said Japan would get it earlier

Probably the exact release date.

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If Re:Coded and 358/2 Days cutscene movies got trophies, then of course 0.2 will have them. A platinum is unlikely for a game of its size, though.

Yea, the Plat is what I'm most concerned about.

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Good God, this overload of information is just insanely awesome, and it makes me feel oh so happy! :D

 

Guys, 0.2 is even bigger than we thought it'd be!  Nomura himself was surprised when he played through it himself to make sure how long the game would be! Gahhh, this makes me so excited!  Also, I really hope we got some slight KHIII news, if at all, in August!  Even if August just brings us the release day of 2.8, I'll still be happy! And it also seems that we will be getting more news regarding Kingdom Hearts III at around the time 2.8 releases...so possibly a week before or week after?  Or perhaps even Jump Festa? :O

 

And Nomura also stated he has big things planned for the 15th Anniversary of Kingdom Hearts....good God, please let it be that we get Kingdom Hearts III next year as our 15th Anniversary gift!!! X_X

 

Also, the fact that Nomura himself said that Kingdom Hearts III is overwhelmingly big makes me all the more happy!  The bigger the game, the more hours I get to pour into it!  I'm loving all of this information!

 

Thank you Katie for this article, and thank you Shinobi, for enlightening us with the juicy bits of Nomura's interview! :D

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So Kingdom Hearts 3 is going to be overwhelmingly big? I'm hoping for somewhere between 30-50 worlds.

 

You can't be serious, Kingdom Hearts III is a video game for the PlayStation 4 not a factory hosting servers. There's no way that there'll be that many worlds in the game.

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So Kingdom Hearts 3 is going to be overwhelmingly big? I'm hoping for somewhere between 30-50 worlds.

 

So Kingdom Hearts 3 is going to be overwhelmingly big? I'm hoping for somewhere between 30-50 worlds.

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You can't be serious, Kingdom Hearts III is a video game for the PlayStation 4 not a factory hosting servers. There's no way that there'll be that many worlds in the game.

Then why did Nomura call Kingdom Hearts 3 overwhelmingly big?

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Then why did Nomura call Kingdom Hearts 3 overwhelmingly big?

 

He said that in regards to the lore of the series. That has got absolutely nothing to do with the number of worlds. I know the sky's the limit with theorising but even the sky has a limit before it becomes space.

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He said that in regards to the lore of the series. That has got absolutely nothing to do with the number of worlds. I know the sky's the limit with theorising but even the sky has a limit before it becomes space.

 

I don't think he meant just the lore, he actually did mean that the game is big it-self (the gameplay). That's why 0.2 is here, because 0.2 was originally meant to be in KH3, but KH3 was so big that it had to be cut. 

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