With Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix + Re: Chain of Memories at last out in Japan, Tetsuya Nomura and crew can now devote all their energy to their next project. And that appears to be another Kingdom Hearts game, or at least another tie-up with Disney. But is it Kingdom Hearts III?
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VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "This is a collection of short Late Looks picking up on some of the games I meant to write a full article for but was too busy to do at the time. This time the games in question are the original Diablo, Balatro, and Kingdom Hearts III - a perfectly natural combination of games that you definitely expected to see grouped together. Not quite review and not quite rant, it’s more a casual assessment of what I – the gamer of the future – consider to be each game’s strengths and weaknesses in retrospect."
i get the “weird combo” angle, but i’m curious what you think holds up best: diablo’s atmosphere, balatro’s loop, or kh3’s combat. i bounced off kh3 hard after seeing casino junk shoved into a fan discord, including https://monopolybigballerli... and it soured my mood for anything with flashy “chance” mechanics. balatro still feels clever to me since the randomness is the point and you’re making real decisions around it. also had a similar spam wave on a retro forum with https://red-baron.org/ and https://dream-catcher-game.... and it’s annoying how it derails game talk.
The Wonderful World of Disney has brought along many great characters in the Kingdom Hearts series.
Footage from an early Kingdom Hearts 3 prototype has confirmed Square Enix's original plans to include assets from Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
well so this is a new series in the kingdom hearts universe well this is awesome, a break away from the normal, this one seems more gritty and much more dark than the past 2. which means that the goofy enemies i hope wont be such an occurance, maybe something new and fresh, So it's a Game that's in The KH universe but is it's own series. well this means that Kingdom hearts 3 the true sequel to kingdom hearts 2 wont be till after this title comes out. i wonder what system this new series of kingdom hearts will be for.
This will probably play the same roll Chain of Memories did for KH2. It's the "in between" game. I have a feeling this will be a Wii title. That or a DS, but im gonna go with Wii for the time being.
Sorry guys (actually, not really) , I don't see Xbox anywhere near Kingdom Hearts in the future.
Nomura has said that the Kingdom Hearts Team will be the one to develop Final Fantasy Versus XIII for the PS3, which means that they probably won't be working on a new project besides Versus in the near future. Either way, Nomura also said that the next Kingdom Hearts won't be numbered and that will probably not be a direct sequel (mainly because Sora and Riku may not appear on it).
This could also mean that the team behind it won't be the KH team, so he won't continue the main story just yet.