Rob

#1 & 2. Yes. Square did have the PS4 dev kits before 1.5 was announced. 1.5 was announced in late 2012. 1.5 was released in March 2013. PS4 was announced in February 2013. PS4 released in November 2013. KH3 was announced at E3 2013(in development since 2010). Had the KH3 team developed 1.5 for the PS4, it would not have been released in March 2013, but in 2014, possibly around the PS4 launch in Japan. Wouldn't that have pushed back 2.5(to 2015), 2.8(to 2017), and the almighty KH3(to 2018) unless it somehow evened out? I have never seen an HD collection release so close to a new consoles launch before(within the first few months). I doubt Square would have released the game overseas long before the PS4 launch in Japan. I highly doubt 1.5 would have been the first considering PS3 software in Japan(as shown in March 2013 to 2015) were vastly superior to any PS4 game or version of the same game. PS4 software actually improved over PS3 software with Metal Gear Solid V, and that was mostly thanks to the console bundles. The correct choice was made with 1.5(at the time) not just in Japan, but overseas as well. Do you think the game would have sold over 1.5 million(estimate) on PS4 compared to the PS3 version? As for 2.5, the game should have been on PS4 from the start. Let's not forget this is Square Enix, one of the master of masters(pun intended) of re-releases. They will both come to the PS4 in the future(after KH3, unless you want it to be delayed again). #3. Are you sure the collections aren't on Xbox due to an exclusive contract or maybe it's because Nomura himself planned that from the start? ---So what kick-started development from there? Nomura: One thing was that the Kingdom Hearts series had been released over several different consoles. I wanted to unite the scattered titles at once at the right time. Another thing was that, approaching the ten year anniversary, the series had become difficult for new players to enter. There are players who look at all the titles and worry over which ones to play, so I wanted to set them out in chronological order. Read more: http://kh13.com/news/33912-october-11-dengeki-screenshots-full-nomura-interview#ixzz3mvZ0KSrs -- "Will HD 2.5 ReMIX have a Theatre Mode?" Yasue: Yeah. That's something we really wanted to do. When we first wanted to create Kingdom Hearts III, we made a decision to make 1.5 and 2.5 as well, and the reason for doing that was we wanted the players to actually understand the story, http://kh13.com/news/46481-kingdom-hearts-hd-2-5-remix-interview-on-square-enix-presents-survey-questions-answered Sure, 1.5 and 2.5 are on PS3 while 2.8 is on PS4 and KH3 is on PS4 and Xbox One, but all the games are under one brand now: PlayStation. 2 consoles(right now) on Playstation are better than 7 from PS to Nintendo, right? Square(and Nomura) have known about the next gen consoles long before their announcements, so it's pretty clear what the message behind that was without looking at the box arts of 1.5, 2.5, and 2.8...You've seen it. Just imagine your beautiful big screen tv having that 1 visible dead pixel(KH3 on Xbox One) on it, and you don't know why it happened. Like I said before, I expect the games on PS4 in the future. When? Whenever they have time.

Nomura from 6 years ago: "Nomura: Since Birth by Sleep is the first part of the Kingdom Hearts storyline, I’d like if you considered it as Kingdom Hearts, “Episode 0”. This title isn’t placed as a side story, with its storyline and battle system, it is substantial like that of a numbered title. Also, there are Secret Movie-like contents in it. Since you could say that is the true ending, I want you to see it by all means! By seeing it, you can tell how much further the Kingdom Hearts story expands!" Nomura now: BBS is 0.1. Still KH 0, but with .1 at the end. *laughs* Aside from Sora being the MC for the game to have a number in the title, we now know why BBS wasn't exactly called "KH 0: Birth by Sleep" back then(X/Chi). Though, 0.2 in the title...well, you know. *laughs*

Here's the topic I made congratulating you: http://kh13.com/forum/topic/90760-congrats-to-kh13-user-pingutino/

http://kh13.com/news/nomura-talks-hd-25-remix-bbsv2-secret-movies-in-new-interview-fully-translated#ixzz3m2L7pnI8

Congrats to predicting the games in KH 2.8: Here's where you made history:

Hello fellow KH13 users. Long time no see. :biggrin: As you read from the title of the topic, Rob is congratulating Pingutino. Why? Because Rob was on the site just now looking through past interviews related to the 2.5, he decided to read the comments. In that comment section was a comment predicting: "Remaster 3D, create a whole new game with Aqua's plot and add Scenes from KHx. Voila! A new remix :D" That was by our very own Pingutino. Almost a full year later, and that prediction came true. So once again, congrats. Here's some sea salt ice cream for being awesome: Apparently, I keep getting this community image error thing, and since I've been off the forums for so long, I don't know what to do, so just click the link. lol http://img01.deviantart.net/8cee/i/2012/110/5/d/sea_salt_ice_cream_recipe_by_unknown_artwork-d4x0g81.jpg You're a winner: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/kingdomhearts/images/0/0c/The_winner_stick.png/revision/latest?cb=20100423023825 Here's the article where I saw it: http://kh13.com/news/nomura-talks-hd-25-remix-bbsv2-secret-movies-in-new-interview-fully-translated#ixzz3m2L7pnI8 If anyone else predicted it, congrats as well. Take some ice cream.

I knew if 2.9(now 2.8) was announced, it would include KH3D, X was iffy, but there it is, and last but not least BBS V2(0.2). Guess Nomura finally got the time to finally do it now. lol People can't ignore that BBS(KH0) is indeed an numbered title game now since BBS was on PSP. Always said Nomura should have called BBS "Kingdom Hearts 0" in the title instead of just an interview. AQUA!!!!!!! *foams out the mouth*

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! *rips shirt off*

Rob called it X(the letter after W) because he felt like it.

I own PS 1, 2, P, 3, and 4. V is questionable, but hopefully in the future.

We would have gotten Aqua on the big screen sooner instead of waiting till the end of 2014.

Of course the video would end at "Selphie."

*gasp* Baymax is the 13th darkness. lol

Long time no see Lea. Great E3 we're having, huh? lol

As the great Rick Flair would say...WOOOOOOOOOOOO

HOLY SHIP! I LOST MY MIND! I NEARLY HAD A HEART ATTACK!

Really sad day. When he was hospitalized with chest pains, the first thing I thought caused it was chronic obstructive pulmoney disease. Now I find out that was the cause. In February 2014, he was diagonosed with it(http://kh13.com/forum/topic/69978-leonard-nimoy-has-been-diagnosed-with-copd/?hl=copd), and now he's gone. I hope you young people take the necessary step to avoid this. Smoking has taken away another person earlier than planned. Don't let that be you. Leonard Nimoy was an amazing person who made people, young and old, feel joy and laughter. He prospered and has now lived long. Time to take a long rest now. You deserve it. R.I.P

First Chikao Otsuka last month, now Leonard Nimoy. R.I.P You were an amazing person who made people feel joy and laughter. You prospered and you have now lived long. Time to take a long rest now. You deserve it. R.I.P

Unfortunate that Mr. Nimoy is hospitalized. We just went through the loss of Mr. Otsuka. We don't need anymore painful losses. With that said, no, everything will be right on schedule, especially in Japan, where voice actors are everywhere for games and anime, etc.

@Kyo I would be surprised if the Blu-ray version did not fix that.lol @Narrator It's Clamp-esque. The artist designed the characters based on Clamp's artwork. lol

Rob finishes ALL OF HIS GAMES!

And on the 6th day, Rob rose from the dead.

This is it my NA 2.5 buyers. 1 more sleep. 1 more Birth by Sleep.

Rob pre-ordered KH 2.5 today. Due to Square's history of re-releases, he now has buyers remorse....again.

Sora's eye doesn't look blue. Riku puts a piece of his heart inside Sora in KH3 confirmed.