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Nomura discusses KH3D and Kingdom Hearts III

Today's issue of Famitsu Weekly has included an article about the Kingdom Hearts series. This article contains an interview with the director of the series, Tetsuya Nomura. He discusses Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and Kingdom Hearts III. Although a full translation has not yet been found or posted, these details about the interview are known thanks to andriasang.com.
Kingdom Hearts 3D
In case you've forgotten in the six months of silence, the three Ds in the 3DS Kingdom Hearts name stand for Dream Drop Distance. Development is currently 40 to 50% complete, Nomura told Famitsu this week. He also confirmed the inclusion of a secret movie. Sora will be around in future Kingdom Hearts, so why does he look so cross?
Nomura dropped a bunch of vague hints about the game. Here's the vaguest: "XXX and XXX in Traverse Town!" This is apparently supposed to be surprising, so see if you can fill in the XXXs with surprising elements.
The game's story is enigmatic and quite puzzling, said Nomura The story will touch upon the hidden data in Sora.
Just one little gameplay bit: you'll apparently be able to work your way up to the rooftops.
Future of Kingdom Hearts
Regarding the future of the Kingdom Hearts series, Nomura said that those who are anticipating Kingdom Hearts III will find some answers in KH3D.
The Xehanort part of the Kingdom Hearts saga will end with KHIII, he said. He currently has a framework of some form in place for the continuation of the series after that, and Sora will remain as main character.
Regarding possible HD remakes of past titles, Nomura would only say that, separate from whether or not they will release remakes, they're looking into HD techology tests for past titles. (I'm not sure if this question and response is about Kingdom Hearts or just in general.)
Keep checking back for more!
DChiuch

Breaking news: Details about next Famitsu Weekly

As we announced earlier, the next issue of Famitsu Weekly magazine is said to contain an article concerning Kingdom Hearts. We already knew that results to a questionnaire will be featured, but now we know that the article will contain an interview with Tetsuya Nomura. Here is what has been said about the issue, which releases tomorrow.
Releasing July 14, a Special Feature - Square Enix Release. A questionnaire was conducted concerning the Kingdom Hearts series. many responses were received from abroad. Also, an interview with the series creator, Tetsuya Nomura. This issue releases July 14, so we should see this interview within the next day! Stay tuned, hopefully this will break the news drought.
DChiuch

KH13.com July 2011 Image Competition: Results

Earlier this month, our first image competition occurred in order to celebrate the reopening of our Member Images gallery-- a place where members can upload fan-art. We're happy to announce that the competition was a success; many signatures were submitted and we're impressed by the result. It was difficult to pick a winner, but, first place goes to -Ventus-.
For second and third place, please view the competition thread on our forum. Thanks everyone for participating! Please stay tuned as we will announce more competitions later. If you have any suggestions about these, please let us know.
DChiuch

Volume 3 of Birth by Sleep novel translated

Volume 3 of the Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep novel series, titled To the Future, has had some chapters appear translated online. A summary of these chapters has been posted by OmniaVanitas on FanFiction.Net, and can be read there, or read below. The chapters focus on the origin of Vanitas and Ventus, providing a lot of back story and further advancing their character. Enjoy.
DChiuch

Re:coded novel cover shown

More information has been revealed about the official game novel for Kingdom Hearts Re:coded. Most importantly, the cover of the novel has been revealed. This can be seen below, in our gallery. Also, we know that the novel will release on 28 July 2011 in Japan, and be available at a price of ¥800 (approximately US$9.84) Square Enix e-STORE.
Books → Re:coded

DChiuch

New Square Enix Title Announcement Next Week

The next issue of Famitsu Weekly will be doing a special on Square Enix titles. During this week's issue in an interview about Final Fantasy Type-0, Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura is quoted saying:
Could the new title be related to Kingdom Hearts? Let's hope so! This issue will also post the results from the Kingdom Hearts related fan poll.
Source: FF-Reunion.net
DChiuch

KH13.com July 2011 Image Competition

KH13.com will be running various monthly competitions each month, and this includes a member image competition. The theme of the July 2011 competition will be signatures. Winners will be announced next Sunday, on 10 July 2011, so please submit your entries before then.
How to enter
- Signatures may be Kingdom Hearts related or otherwise.
- You may upload multiple entries.
- Signatures must be your own work.
- To enter, simply upload the signature to "Signatures" in the Member Images.
DChiuch

Kingdom Hearts 3D video archive updated with past trailer

You've probably all seen this before, but, it came to my attention that the Nintendo World 2011 trailer was missing from our video archive of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance trailers. This video, which is an 8 second clip showing the game, can be seen below, or viewed and downloaded from our video archive. All past Dream Drop Distance trailers can be seen here. Enjoy.
DChiuch

Yoko Shimomura interview in Nintendo Power

The July 2011 issue of Nintendo Power magazine has included an interview with the composer for the Kingdom Hearts series, Yoko Shimomura. Shimomura is responsible for most of the music in the series, as the interview deals with her involvement in this. It can be read below, thanks to Ventus Air-Man from Kingdom Hearts Insider. Also, scans of the article can be seen below, in our gallery.
Musician Yoko Shimomura began her career at Capcom, submitting tracks for everything from Final Fight to a racy mahjong game. Her soundtracks for the company's Street Fighter series raised her profile considerably, but her heart was elsewhere; with few opportunities to write the classically flavored music that interested her most, she joined Squaresoft in the early '90s. There she defined the sound of such RPG franchises as Front Mission, Parasite Eve, and, most famously, Kingdom hearts. But the long hours and a desire to work with a wider variety of creators led her to go freelance in 2002. Contrary to the experience of many composers who take that leap into the unknown, Shimomura's career has only flourished; she continues to compose for major Square Enix franchises such as Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy, while also finding rewarding work with Nintendo's Mario and Luigi series and, most recently, Atlus's well-received DS RPG Radiant Historia. --How did you feel when you were approached to work on the Kingdom Hearts series?
Shimomura: I was like, "Whaaaaaat?! I get to compose music for a Disney project?! Really?! Me?!" Yes, as you can see, I don't really have much self-confidence. [Laughs] I was struck by a great sense of insecurity by this request. But I tried my best to create the score with the image of Disney's worlds in my mind.
--"Dearly Beloved" from Kingdom hearts has become quite an iconic tune. How did you come up with this particular piece of music?
Shimomura: Actually, this tune was originally written for a certain event in the game, and I created it instantly, intuitively...and there were no thoughts running through my mind while I was at it. But eventually, the tune was [cut from the game]. And when I was asked to compose something for the title music (they said it could be a temporary song; just give us anything), I proposed "Dearly Beloved." The next thing you know, this tune was chosen to be the title music! Quite a reversal of fortune! (laughs)
--Was it intimidating to work with Disney franchises that already had such recognizable music?
Shimomura: In the beginning I struggled a lot; all I could do was grope around. But one day, suddenly everything came together, like, "Oh! I see it now!" Luckily, I had never received any 'no-good' remarks from Disney. I was very happy.
Nintendo Power → July 2011

DChiuch

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