Since it's reveal at E3 this year, Kingdom Hearts 3D hasn't had much publicity until reports had come in that Famitsu would be interviewing Tetsuya Nomura, Kingdom Heart's Director, on the very subject. This news is even more notable simply because it has been suggested that exciting news would be revealed.
Tetsuya Nomura had also recently spoken to FF-Reunion about the new game being specifically designed for the Nintendo 3DS. Check out the snippet below:
"Nintendo came to us in regards to making a Kingdom Hearts game for the 3DS... One thing I will say about Kingdom Hearts 3D is that it takes place in the same time as the current games."
Kingdom Hearts 3D was also mentioned in the UK Official Nintendo magazine with only a brief statement describing the game, a member of KHInsider spotted the news and uploaded the scan seen on the left.
It is good to hear news on the idea behind Kingdom Hearts 3D but is this game being made just because of the new Nintendo hardware? Or will there actually be a full in-depth story to rival that of Birth by Sleep? In any case, it looks like Kingdom Hearts fans will have to buy yet another console if they wish to enjoy more of the series.
While Square Enix lacked any big surprises for Kingdom Hearts fans at E3 2010, they did at least bring a fully translated version of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep with them to the show floor. We checked up on the Square Enix booth to get some more hands-on time with Birth by Sleep, as the last time we had played it was Tokyo Game Show 2009, shortly before the game's Japanese release.
While gameplay feels exactly the same, we were however presented with a choice to play through new segments of Ventus' story, Aqua's story, or Terra's story, and of course, it was all voiced in English. Kicking things off with Ventus' story segment, Ventus is in the middle of chasing down a huge squid-like Unverse (the "new heartless" for Birth by Sleep) through some sort of space worm hole. Ventus is clad head to toe in his knight suit, atop a space surf board of sorts, assumed on a mission to take down the Unverse.
The cutscene becomes gameplay as Ventus attacks the Unverse, allowing the player to dash around on the board as Ventus, slicing and slamming into it. With lock-on it's fairly easy to beat the Unverse, but to little surprise when the screen turns white, the Unverse gets away. Ventus, still chasing the Unverse, winds up in a giant space ship in the Deep Space world, home to Disney's Stitch, of Lilo & Stitch. Stitch is there, but has been captured at gun point, and is being held when Ventus arrives on the ship; when the Alien who captured Stitch leaves the holding area to check up on the new arrival (Ventus), Stitch breaks outs.
Nintendo has just announced at their E3 2010 press conference that Square Enix will be supporting the Nintendo 3DS with a brand-new Kingdom Hearts title.
Details are scarce, as Nintendo only revealed the game during a list of publishers who would be supporting the title. This could possibly be related to the Kingdom Hearts "surprises" that Nomura was mentioning earlier this month.
Kingdom Hearts Union will trying to find out more information about the game on the show floor, and we'll update you if we find anything.
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Tetsuya Nomura, Director of the Kingdom Hearts series, has been confirmed via Twitter to be appearing at E3 this year.
Kingdom Hearts producer Shinji Hashimoto has been twittering about Nomura recently in a few curious tweets. Hashimoto revealed that he had been to Osaka to discuss a new title with Nomura, he described this project as "incredible." Following the discussion, Hashimoto said that "the direction of the new project has been set."
Hashimoto then returned to Tokyo while Nomura stayed to meet with his team in Osaka, the very same team that worked on Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. This may mean that development of another Kingdom Hearts game may still be in it's early stages.
Hashimoto later tweeted that he would be travelling to E3 later this month with the man himself, could this mean a Kingdom Hearts related announcement from Nomura? Or possibly something completely different?
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Kingdom Hearts 3D was also mentioned in the UK Official Nintendo magazine with only a brief statement describing the game, a member of KHInsider spotted the news and uploaded the scan seen on the left.
