You can read Nomura's quotes below.
Are you excited about the final battle in Kingdom Hearts III? What kind of hardships are you expecting Sora to go through? Let us know your theories and expectations in the comments!
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You can read Nomura's quotes below.
Are you excited about the final battle in Kingdom Hearts III? What kind of hardships are you expecting Sora to go through? Let us know your theories and expectations in the comments!
series have been released!
KINGDOM HEARTS TIMELINE is an episodic look at the events of the Kingdom Hearts series, compiled chronologically. Featuring important scenes and gameplay from all games, Everglow works hard towards having a "perfect road to the final chapter of the Xehanort Saga".
The latest episodes move on from Birth By Sleep and move forward to the beginning of both the original Kingdom Hearts and the recent Kingdom Hearts 0.2 A Fragmentary Passage which are both in the same time period.
You can view the latest episodes of KINGDOM HEARTS TIMELINE here!
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Square Enix have announced that the Memorial leaflets will be redistributed to 50 winners of a Preliminary Lottery; the winners can collect them at the Square Enix Café (Tokyo and Osaka) and at ARTNIA. To apply to take part in this lottery, membership to the web service “Square Enix Members” is necessary. (Member registration is free).
50 sets of five ring notebooks (each with a chapter cover design from the Kingdom Hearts recap series) can also be won in the lottery.
For more information on how to participate, you can visit the official website for the campaign.
(Translations were provided by KH13 Staff Mio-chan.)
There are 15 Memorial leaflets altogether, 3 from each chapter from the Kingdom Hearts recap video series. There are five chapters, namely Departures, Memories, Twilight, Dawn, and Darkness; they were displayed at Shinjuku Station as "picture books"from which fans could pull out a page (in the form of a Memorial leaflet).
Below is a collection of all the pages.
Besides illustrations and quotes from prominent events in the Kingdom Hearts series, each leaflet also had a special quote on the back hinting towards the story of Kingdom Hearts III.
We have compiled an album of all the leaflets and the picture book they came from, which you can can view below. These include the front, content, and back of each leaflet. All leaflets are in order.
Goldpanner has translated the messages at the back of each leaflet; these are provided below with permission. Translations are in the order of how they appear.
It is interesting how each of these quotes somehow connect to the scenario depicted in the leaflet they came from? What do you make of these quotes? Who could be the characters saying them? What do you think they could mean to the story of the end of the Dark Seeker Saga? Let us know in the comments!
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Kingdom Hearts III releases on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 25, 2019 in Japan, and January 29, 2019 to the rest of the world. You can now watch the latest Frozen trailer, Square Enix E3 Showcase trailer, and Pirates of the Caribbean trailer!
What do you think about Nomura's statements on Final Fantasy characters into Kingdom Hearts III? Do you think they will be likely to appear or not? Let us know in the comments!
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Japan Expo Paris 2018 will take place from July 5 to 8 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center in Paris, France. Click here for more information about the event.
Thanks to Pop Bastion for the tip!
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What do you think of the new gameplay mechanics and strategy involved in Kingdom Hearts III's combat? Let us know in the comments below!
Kingdom Hearts III releases on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 25, 2019 in Japan, and January 29, 2019 to the rest of the world. You can now watch the latest Frozen trailer, Square Enix E3 Showcase trailer, and Pirates of the Caribbean trailer!
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One recurring topic was the importance of digital sales for the company. Matsuda said that the promotion of digital sales will lead to better earnings for the next year and beyond. In regards to difficulties establishing digital sales in Japan, Matsuda said that, in terms of numbers, quite a large number of customers have recently purchased games digitally. As digital brings convenience to the customer, they will be more likely to get the next purchase digitally as well, and so on.
“Our site is very convenient in terms of finding a game,” he remarked. “When you want to play old games, it is more convenient [to buy it digitally] than going to a second-hand shop, and you can find it from the list.”
He said proceeding with the renovation of sales websites is important for the company, including overseas. Square Enix will also be promoting an app development soon. In the Investor Relations conference that proceeded, he also said there are plans for specific services to increase user engagement to be offered to holders of Square Enix accounts, which they are trying to promote in many ways in Japan, Europe, and the United States as this is important towards increasing digital sales.
When asked about how to put incentives in multi-platform deployment, Matsuda said, “We are considering making the content suitable for each platform.”
The Investor Relations conference started at 11.30 am JST, where many titles from E3 2018, including Kingdom Hearts III, were featured in a 19-minute introductory video. Here, Matsuda talked about having plans to work positively towards smartphone MMOs, whose market is becoming increasingly popular, especially in China and Korea, with new users coming in.
Kingdom Hearts series executive producer Shinji Hashimoto also answered a question regarding Kingdom Hearts' presence in the Disney parks in light of their expansions. Hashimoto said that since he’s been in charge of Kingdom Hearts in 1997, it has been part of a Japanese dream to play something Japanese creators have created with Disney. However, even after having reached that milestone, and even though he would like to see Kingdom Hearts in Disneyland, its inclusion in Disney parks might prove to be unfavorable due to Disney’s stronger, bigger, and more popular IPs (such as Frozen and Star Wars) overshadowing it. “However, as [Kingdom Hearts’] ratings at Disney are increasing, I want to talk about that part,” he said, expressing his interest in connecting with and reaching out to Disney. He also observed that sales in Disneyland contribute to the expansion of their customer base, implying it could be beneficial to Kingdom Hearts if it were to be introduced to the parks.
Thanks to KH13 Staff Mio-chan for the translations, and thanks to the original reporter, Suzuki, for the reports and for clarifications regarding Hashimoto’s statements!
Do you think there is a possibility of seeing Kingdom Hearts attractions in the Disney Parks? Let us know in the comments!
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It can be pre-ordered from Milestone for 1,380 yen, as well as from AitaiKuji for $12.00.
You can check below for further images:
UPDATE [June 30, 2018]: The ice tray is now available for pre-order on the Square Enix North America Store. The tray will cost $13.99 but has a pre-order price of $12.59 and will release in September 2018.
Thanks to @churroz for the tip!
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Below is the full summary as peovided by the blog. Translations are thanks to @Keytotruth.
Frozen was planned to be a world pretty early in development.
It follows the movie pretty closely, and Sora's story proceeds as Elsa's and Anna's move on.
The Keyblade from the world of Frozen transforms you so you have shoes for skating.
Elsa and everyone else don't join your team, but Marshmallow will offer your his help.
For Pirates of the Caribbean, Nomura wanted to experiment with different graphics.
Sora in a pirate suit is something Nomura really wanted to do.
This world made it in because he wanted at least one live action film to be in the game.
While the story does take place during the third movie, there are also elements from the second one.
There are a lot of gimmicks since you can move through land, sea and air. The Keyblade becomes a lance and a flag.
Nomura thinks they'll be able to show the world of Big Hero 6 next time.
Sugar Rush will be a Link Command as they announced. Also, there's the minigame called "Remy's Delicious Restaurant".
The reason why they showed the worlds of Hercules and Toy Story in the media/E3 demo was because they are the ones closest to completion.
Some impressions that theythey rece about the trial were about the camera. They are going to work on that until the last day.
This time [for this game], making everything from scratch was really tough.
The difficulty for the demodwas slightly easier than "Standard mode", but a little bit harder than "Beginner mode".
The powering up of each character is something similar to how they powered up from KH1 to KH2.
The director and staff from Einhänder are the ones working on the Gummi Ship portion. Nomura really liked their work, so he's looking forward to the finished product.
There is a Combat specialized mode and an exploration mode. You could say it's an open world Gummi Ship.
They will talk about Gummi Ship customization the next time.
The order you visit worlds in is decided up to a certain degree.
This time, there is no such thing as skippable worlds. This is because most people didn't see all of them in the previous games.
Right now there are no online capabilities, but they're thinking of adding something.
At this moment they're not looking into making any demo.
Information related to the New Organization XIII will be revealed as we move towards the release.
After some incident Aqua... (Note: This part is ambiguous, but it might mean that we see Aqua as she is in the trailers after a certain incident.)
If you play both KHIII and Union Cross, Nomura thinks you'll end up understanding Marluxia.
Since this will be the time for "everyone to settle things up", many characters from the series will make appearance.
They got the new song from Utada Hikaru really early on.
After giving her an explanation about the series and its contents, she made the song herself.
The special edition PS4 Pro was decided very early on. In order to find the ideal color, it was redone many times.
It will be covered with leather.
The controller will also be a new type with flashing lights on top of the touchpad with a custom design.
Nomura would like you to play the previous KH games and KHUx as you wait.
There's also the problem where we might be running out of space, so Nomura would like you to get connected to the internet in case they distribute online content.
KHIII's release is being prioritised over the promotion of FFVII Remake.
Stay up to date with KH13.com as we will be covering Dengeki PlayStation’s Kingdom Hearts III feature tomorrow!
UPDATE [Jun 27, 2018]: Dengeki PlayStation Vol. 665 has released and includes an 8-pages Kingdom Hearts III feature! You can take a look at the scans below.
UPDATE [Jul 2, 2018]: Full translation of the Nomura interview is
now available here! Please note that the original translations might differ from the ones above that have been reported by Hokanko(Alt).
We will be translating the full interview with Nomura found in this issue, so keep an eye on our website and follow us on Twitter for updates!
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The figure was previously leaked by @poncho_pete_ last December.
What do you think of the figure? Will you be able to buy one at the San Diego Comic Con? Let us know in the comments below!
The fourth track of this album is "Chikai" ("Oath"), the theme song for Kingdom Hearts III. (Note that this cannot be purchased on iTunes independently; it comes with the full album.)
Find more information about the album and where to purchase it from here.
While the song is not yet on a streaming service outside of Japan, we have found a video on Youtube from user @yuuna_kisaragi who has recorded the full version of Chikai as played at the Kingdom Hearts III promotional campaign at Shinjuku Station. You can watch it below.
UPDATE [Jun 26, 2018]: User Viet Tran has uploaded the full version of Chikai on YouTube, and has pinned it's lyrics in romaji and English. You can listen to it below.
UPDATE [Jun 26, 2018]: Utada Hikaru talks about Kingdom Hearts in this interview. Thanks to @Mio-chan for the translations.
UPDATE [Jun. 27, 2018]: Hikaru Utada’s new album is out now! It features the Japanese version of the Kingdom Hearts III theme song "Chikai" (named "Don’t Think Twice" in English). You can buy the album on iTunes here!
UPDATE [Jun. 27, 2018]: New tweets on @UTADABLOG about Chris Dave, which gave some insights on the production of Chikai/Don't Think Twice and the help he gave Utada to make the song succeed:
Tell us what you think of the song so far while we wait for Don't Think Twice!
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You can view the transcript of the interview below.
Kingdom Hearts III will release on January 25th, 2019 in Japan and January 29th worldwide.
What do you think of the interview? Let us know in the comments below!
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