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Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] celebrates it's second anniversary with new artwork from Nomura and new events
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Now that Kingdom Hearts III is confirmed for D23 Expo in America, have your thoughts regarding Kingdom Hearts III's development changed? What, if anything, do you hope will be revealed at the event? Let us know in the comments below!
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His response clarifies that he was indeed involved in the recording process for the new Kingdom Hearts III trailer. It also seems as though he was given little to no information regarding the plot before he started recording his lines for Young Master Xehanort in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and Kingdom Hearts III, but according to a previous question, he played Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II before recording the lines.
Ben mentions that he enjoyed the new Kingdom Hearts III trailer and was "relieved" to see his character's appearance in the game. He also reveals that the inspiration came from Japanese voice actor for Young Master Xehanort, Takanori Okuda. Then, Ben makes a point to remind us of how secretive Square Enix and Disney are with this property, as if we were not already aware!
Update: Ben Diskin has taken the time to answer more fan questions about the Kingdom Hearts series. Check out the rest of his Kingdom Hearts-related answers here.
We believe he gave a stellar performance in the trailer and has no reason to be embarrassed by his work, but what do you think? How do you feel about Ben Diskin's work in the series, and what do you take from his responses to the questions regarding Kingdom Hearts? Let us know in the comments below!
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Additionally, there is a picture of what looks like a Toy Story world and how it would look on the world selection map. It includes Andy's house on top of a Pizza Planet rocket. Also note that each character from the design document had a written bio describing each character and their roles in Kingdom Hearts.
The designs found in the document were never released to the public before. You can view all hidden designs and each character's written bio below with credit going to Nathan McMahon on photobucket for originally finding these images and KHInsider for the tip.
Do you prefer the title Kingdom Hearts or Kingdom of Hearts? Let us know in the comments below!
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Are you going to import this? Let us know in the comments below.
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As we noted before, the classic command menu makes a return from Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. While it doesn't look as artful as Kingdom Hearts II's default style, Kingdom Hearts III is still in development and nothing is truly finalized until it ships.
While the command menu is interesting, the magic and health meters have much to say.
To note, the character profiles show a much more serious Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Could this show us that Kingdom Hearts III is much more serious in tone than the previous numbered titles? It is also fun to note that, when hit, the characters still wince in pain. When Donald and Goofy are hit, their respective meters bobble up and down with a flashing red light accompanying it.
Next, if you'll note the 'EX' gauge, it is still unclear what it pertains to, as it at least doesn't deplete when Sora is shown changing his Keyblade into dual guns, or summoning the attraction flows. However, recent images show the gauge's name was changed from 'EX' to 'Focus'.
The reason for the name change, or what that meter reflects, has yet to be discussed by Tetsuya Nomura or anyone working on Kingdom Hearts III.
Nothing is written in stone for the HUD, and anything could change between now and Kingdom Hearts III's release. Still, it is fun to speculate. What do you think the Focus gauge triggers in the game? Do you think the more serious profile pictures of Sora, Donald, and Goofy, hint at a more serious game? Please sound off in the comments below!
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With this news, we would like to congratulate her on the new born child and take a look back at the amazing work she has done in the Kingdom Hearts series. Congratulations!
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The first batch of new heartless seen in the trailer are heartless that pop out of a river.
They seem to have a shield of water around them when they first appear, and as you attack them, the shield goes away. It is also interesting to note that Sora uses what looks like Fire magic to attack these heartless, so there may be a bit of elemental strategy involved with these heartless in particular. Additionally, much like the elemental heartless from KH1, it does not appear that these heartless are specific to any world. They could very well spawn near any body of water, and not just this river in the Olympus world.
The next wave of new heartless is a bit different in that it does seem like a heartless specific to the Olympus world.
You'll notice that these heartless are wearing what look like Spartan helmets. Seeing as Hercules is set in Greece, this makes total sense. It looks as though these heartless may be specific to the Olympus world. Other than this, they have wings to help them fly, and they attack much like the Air Soldiers in KH1.
The next new heartless in the trailer resemble Minotaurs, which are prominent in Greek mythology. They have humanoid features on their upper halves, but their feet have hooves, and when they gather together for a group attack, they lower their heads to reveal their helmets which don bull faces/horns.
The new Tangled world also introduces a new brand of heartless. They represent dandelion plants. These heartless actually have two forms: A dandelion puff, and a more basic flower-like form. There was a segment in the trailer that showed the puff form releasing the puffs from itself to sprout new heartless. It is unclear whether or not this heartless is specific to the Tangled world, but it very well may be.
One heartless in particular has has taken our notice. In Twilight Town, a Heartless has a bow & arrow, a quiver on its back and a red squiggly hat that resembles Merida's thick ginger hair from the 2012 Disney film, Brave. We have some screenshots of this you can check out below thanks to TheGamersJoint, and to KH13 member SoraFanatic for the tip.
Could a Brave world be next revealed for Kingdom Hearts III? Would you like to see a Brave world in Kingdom Hearts III? Let us know in the comments below.
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