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RUMOR: PlayStation Official Magazine UK claims Kingdom Hearts III is "split" between Sora and Riku's perspectives and will feature a Fantasia world

In the January 2018 issue of PlayStation Official Magazine UK published back in December, and the February issue of PlayStation Official Magazine - Australia published recently, Kingdom Hearts III was featured in the Previews section. In its short blurb, it is claimed that the game is split between the perspectives of both Sora and Riku, and that a world based upon the Disney movie "Fantasia" will be present in the game. Other bits of information that we already knew about it were also stated, such as needing to stop Xehanort from starting another Keyblade War, a Toy Story world and a Tangled world being present, Drive Forms returning, wall-running, and more.

 

You can view the Kingdom Hearts III section from the magazine in the album below:

 

 

Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura has hinted at a second playable character in Kingdom Hearts III before, and has more recently confirmed a second playable character in the game, but it is currently unknown as to what character this is.

 

The alleged claim of the game being split between the perspectives of Sora and Riku seems to hint at the fact that Riku could be the second playable character in Kingdom Hearts III. But, as this is only stated in PlayStation Official Magazine UK and PlayStation Official Magazine - Austrailia, and not stated by Square Enix or Tetsuya Nomura, or accompanied by any interview or direct statement, it is difficult to judge the validity of these statements.

 

As for the comment about the Fantasia world, a Fantasia-themed world titled "Symphony of Sorcery" has been featured in the series before in the title "Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance." These statements overall sound very similar to Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, as the game included both a Fantasia-themed world, as well as it being from the perspectives of both Sora and Riku. It's possible that they are confusing some elements of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance with Kingdom Hearts III. It's also possible that they are simply referring to The Mysterious Tower when they say that a Fantasia world will be in the game.

 

We have contacted PlayStation Official Magazine UK for clarification.

 

What are your thoughts on this Kingdom Hearts III excerpt from the January 2018 issue of PlayStation Official Magazine UK and the February 2018 issue of PlayStation Official Magazine - Australia? Do you think these statements hold any weight? Could they have had a misunderstanding or be mistaken? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Master Keeper

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It's either that they have mixed things with Dream Drop Distance or they have seen a playable Riku footage in Mysterious Tower (which is logical) and thought that it's Symphony of Sorcery.
​To be honest, I would love to play as master Riku in KHIII but if it would take the opportunity to play as other characters, then I would rather have another character instead. Master Riku has already taken his spotlights in different occasions and KHIII is no exception even if we didn't play as him, which makes me want to have another character instead especially since we have plenty of others now after all the titles that we had between KHII and KHIII. 

​Logical characters to play as--> Kairi, Ventus, young Eraqus, young Xehanort, Terra, King Mickey, Ephemera, Skuld, Blaine and Lauriam 
​Characters that had enough spotlights --> Master Riku, Master Aqua and Roxas

Awesome Sauce

Member

Maybe they're getting confused with DDD. If it is, then that's a shame, I expected someone more knowledgeable that could write an article on KH3.

Maybe they will be putting in parts of Fantasia 2000 this time as they have used parts of Fantasia 1940 in DDD.

Raynaninja

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I hope there isn't another Fantasia type world. Symphony of Sorcery was awful!

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