Do you think KH3 will release first in Japan before everywhere else?

[AwesomeKHfan 1,250]

 

I believe there was a interview where Nomura stated that KH3 will release first in Japan before everyone else will get it but because I am to lazy to go through 400 interviews but if true how many days or weeks do you think KH3 will release first in Japan (IF THIS IS STILL THE CASE) before everywhere else?

IF this is still the case what do you guys believe? how many days would there be between the releases?

If this is the case I do personally believe 5 days or 1 week... But Final Fantasy 15 Was released world wide on the same day so I have hopes for that NO big hopes that everyone will get it on day one (please) except the spoilers... I already advice people to go offline 1 month before launch just to be sure.

Edited June 4, 2018 by AwesomeKHfan

[SoraDaxjer28 263]

As Goofy would say, "'Your guess is as good as mine.'"

 

[KeybladeMasterBalo 504]

I think Japan as well as Foreign countries are waiting the game with LOTS of anticipation since it's announcement, making a move as such for the game to be released first in Japan and later in USA and such would be a BAD MOVE. Also imagine you announce the release date in a foreign event such as E3 then you say in the upcoming interview that this is for Japan only and that foreigners will get it later, what you think it will be people's reaction? So I guess if they decided to announce the release date on a non-Japan event is because this game will be released worldwide. So I don't think it will.

[KingdomHearts3 2,591]

The fact we had a worldwide same day release for HD2.8 after it came out in Japan points to the trend that KH3 will be released worldwide in Japan and beyond on the same day.

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

The fact we had a worldwide same day release for HD2.8 after it came out in Japan points to the trend that KH3 will be released worldwide in Japan and beyond on the same day.

 

Like my good friend here has stated, 2.8 began the trend of having Kingdom Hearts games release worldwide almost simultaneously, so I don't think Kingdom Hearts III will revert to having the Japanese version release first and then have the English version come out later! I am hoping and praying the release for the game is indeed worldwide simultaneously!

 

Nomura himself said, though, that if there were to be any gap at all between version releases, it'd only be a small gap, like a few days or a week, at most! So it wouldn't be all that bad, so long as one stays off of social media to remain unspoiled when it comes to the game!

Edited June 5, 2018 by The Transcendent Key

[Merilly 438]

I think Japan as well as Foreign countries are waiting the game with LOTS of anticipation since it's announcement, making a move as such for the game to be released first in Japan and later in USA and such would be a BAD MOVE. Also imagine you announce the release date in a foreign event such as E3 then you say in the upcoming interview that this is for Japan only and that foreigners will get it later, what you think it will be people's reaction? So I guess if they decided to announce the release date on a non-Japan event is because this game will be released worldwide. So I don't think it will.

It would be a bad move, but there's nothing stopping them from showing 3-4 release dates on the same screen like some games did back in the day were simultaneous worldwide release were but a dream. It would be a bad move and Nintendo certainly didn't make friends when they released some of the Pokemon games 1-2 weeks later in Europe because of things such as spoilers (though the connectivity also played a huge role there. People were angry that other people were already way ahead in building their teams for competions while they had to wait.)

 

Still, I agree it would be a bad idea in times like these. Not only because of the initial reactions of fans but because it is not necessary. If there's only a week or two between the releases, they can't legitimately justify it with any real issue preventing them from a worldwide release other than favoritism or wanting to see if everything works accordingly, which seriously should be done ahead of time. And the stores had 2.8 way earlier too.

Over one and a half decades ago, things were different and games could easily release 3-6 months later without any issues.

 

One of the main reasons I don't want the same thing as with 2.8, which I played a whole week earlier than announced, I still had tons of streams on my Youtube feed the day it came out in Japan and I'm not really inclined to avoid everything because of a game coming out. I'm reliant on the Youtube and the internet for my studies as well.

 

To answer your question though, we cannot know for sure. Considering what happened with 2.8, I can't imagine it releasing later than two weeks after Japan at the most. Then again, Nomura is rather fickle in his statements. What held true a year or two ago doesn't necessarily need to be their plans now. They seem to change them often enough. For example, in a really old intervies,I remember Nomura saying that it would be strange if KH3 had fewer worlds than KH2. Now we can't say for sure that's the case since they admitted to choosing larger worlds over quantity.

But I guess we'll know soon If they have different release dates, it should be made obvious though.

[KH4Real 749]

I think it will just release worldwide on November 13. Japan could have it a few days earlier.

[Dustin Lübbers 933]

Like my good friend here has stated, 2.8 began the trend of having Kingdom Hearts games release worldwide almost simultaneously, so I don't think Kingdom Hearts III will revert to having the Japanese version release first and then have the English version come out later! I am hoping and praying the release for the game is indeed worldwide simultaneously!

 

Nomura himself said, though, that if there were to be any gap at all between version releases, it'd only be a small gap, like a few days or a week, at most! So it wouldn't be all that bad, so long as one stays off of social media to remain unspoiled when it comes to the game!

I hope you are right we westerners have been loyal fans now for so long. Plus what is this whole globalidation thing good for if stuff like this still happens

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

I hope you are right we westerners have been loyal fans now for so long. Plus what is this whole globalidation thing good for if stuff like this still happens

 

Yep, that's the whole point of simultaneous global releases, so I hope KHIII still stands with that! It'd be torture if there were a gap of months of wait between version releases! Then avoiding spoilers would be the utmost top priority, as I'd have to avoid this site and Youtube like the plague!