Kingdom Hearts 3: A next gen title?

[The Black Wolf 4]

Okay, so KH:3D will be out in Japan early next year. So we can assume that North America will see it in the middle or late 2012, right?

 

Now, can we assume that KH:3D will be the last KH before KHIII?

 

It is 2011. Many people believe that Sony and Microsoft will reveal their next consoles in two to three years. Nintendo has already revealed their next console, the Wii U.

 

How long did it take for KHII to be made and released? It was released in 2006, 4 years after KHI. Chain of Memories was the in between game.

 

However, there have been three main games between KHII and KHIII. Those games are 358/2 Days, Birth by Sleep, and now 3D.

 

Could this mean that Kingdom Hearts III will be further off than we think? Especially with the KH team working on other titles?

 

How would you feel about Kingdom Hearts 3 being a next gen title, about Square Enix skipping a whole console generation?

[kingdomlanelover 494]

I think that when we get kh3, we will get kh3. By the time Dream Drop Distance comes out i'll be a senior in high school anyway. I had hoped that KH3 would have come out sooner than this, but I guess we have to wait until Final Fantasy 13 Versus is done. I don't know why they can't work on both titles at the same time? I mean, they sure are taking their sweet time with Versus.

[replika13 455]

its taking 2 or 3 years to develop the main game like kh3.

it should come out in 2015 or early 2016 and dont forget other square enix teams might produce "Birth by sleep volume2" at the time were waiting for kh3.

I think kh3s planning and early developments possibly begins somewhere around next year

[Grimmjow 839]

God it is obvious that KH3 will be a next gen title... The production will start after FFvsXIII is finished which will be around Spring 2012.

Combined with the pre-developement it will take AT LEAST 3-4 years until the game is finished and able to be released. And that will be around Winter 2015 in Japan and early 2016 in NA and EU. Until then the next gens will be already out for some time.

 

My opinion: I think it sucks.Obviously. I bougth my PS3 hoping for a KH a GOOD FF and DQ X... and nothing till now. Let's hope FFvsXIII will be excellent.

[CrownKeeper13 688]

Personally, I've been hoping KH3 will be on the Wii U. That's what I'm saving up for anyway.

[Grimmjow 839]

I don't think that it's going to happen.

[Oishii 3,987]

Well, I'll probably get the next gen Sony anyway, since I'm a Sony fan. This will just compel me to get it sooner which means paying an arm and a leg But the good news would be that KH3 will have much better graphics and can handle more content. So I'm for whatever console they want it on.

[hatok 6,413]

I don't think that it's going to happen.

 

And the reason for that is...?

God it is obvious that KH3 will be a next gen title... The production will start after FFvsXIII is finished which will be around Spring 2012.

Combined with the pre-developement it will take AT LEAST 3-4 years until the game is finished and able to be released. And that will be around Winter 2015 in Japan and early 2016 in NA and EU. Until then the next gens will be already out for some time.

 

My opinion: I think it sucks.Obviously. I bougth my PS3 hoping for a KH a GOOD FF and DQ X... and nothing till now. Let's hope FFvsXIII will be excellent.

 

Okay, first of all, I highly doubt Versus will be done this Spring. They only just recently entered full development for the game.

Second, why would it take at LEAST 3-4 years to make any game? Games take about 1-2 years to make on average, anything that goes over that tends to have development issues. Considering Nomura has started planning KH3 quite a while ago now, I don't foresee any problems happening. Finally, you assume there'll be a huge gap between the Japanese version and North American version, but recently Square has been pretty good about releasing their games around the same time.

its taking 2 or 3 years to develop the main game like kh3.

it should come out in 2015 or early 2016 and dont forget other square enix teams might produce "Birth by sleep volume2" at the time were waiting for kh3.

I think kh3s planning and early developments possibly begins somewhere around next year

 

Dream Drop Distance is a main game and it took, what, a year and a half?

Birth By Sleep Volume 2 and who knows how many other games.

[Grimmjow 839]

And the reason for that is...?

 

Okay, first of all, I highly doubt Versus will be done this Spring. They only just recently entered full development for the game.

Second, why would it take at LEAST 3-4 years to make any game? Games take about 1-2 years to make on average, anything that goes over that tends to have development issues. Considering Nomura has started planning KH3 quite a while ago now, I don't foresee any problems happening. Finally, you assume there'll be a huge gap between the Japanese version and North American version, but recently Square has been pretty good about releasing their games around the same time.

 

Dream Drop Distance is a main game and it took, what, a year and a half?

Birth By Sleep Volume 2 and who knows how many other games.

 

Because until now all main titles were on Sony consoles.

 

It will be finished around spring 2012... there are articles where I read about it. The full production was started quite some time ago.

A newer trailer showing much of the polished gameplay and story was released over 7 month ago.

 

The gap between KH1-2 was 4 years. Making a new main game in HD and optimizing it for a future console takes up even more time.

The gap is not huge.... late 2015/early 2016 is a matter of a few month. The KH2 gap to NA was 4 month and to EU 9 month.

 

3D won't be a main (numbered) game. Nomura said it will be a bridge game that links the events of KH2 to KH3.

[hatok 6,413]

 

Because until now all main titles were on Sony consoles.

 

It will be finished around spring 2012... there are articles where I read about it. The full production was started quite some time ago.

A newer trailer showing much of the polished gameplay and story was released over 7 month ago.

 

The gap between KH1-2 was 4 years. Making a new main game in HD and optimizing it for a future console takes up even more time.

The gap is not huge.... late 2015/early 2016 is a matter of a few month. The KH2 gap to NA was 4 month and to EU 9 month.

 

3D won't be a main (numbered) game. Nomura said it will be a bridge game that links the events of KH2 to KH3.

 

Production and development are different. Nomura only announced that the game was truly getting underway this summer. In other words, as of this year, the game really got started.

KH2 wasn't being made from the moment KH1 was released to the moment KH2 was released. First of all, Chain of Memories happened between KH1 and 2.

And you're forgetting that KH3 will run on the Versus Engine, so they don't have to make the gameplay from scratch.

Numbered does NOT make it main. The fact that Nomura said it's as important as a numbered title does.

[Grimmjow 839]

Production and development are different. Nomura only announced that the game was truly getting underway this summer. In other words, as of this year, the game really got started.

KH2 wasn't being made from the moment KH1 was released to the moment KH2 was released. First of all, Chain of Memories happened between KH1 and 2.

And you're forgetting that KH3 will run on the Versus Engine, so they don't have to make the gameplay from scratch.

Numbered does NOT make it main. The fact that Nomura said it's as important as a numbered title does.

 

Still if vs13 will be released summer 12 it will be finished spring 12

CoM and KH2 weren't made by the same team. The time those games were developed overlapped for some time. So it is till a time of ca. 3 years.

It will but still the factors i mentioned will stretch the developement time and it will take no less of 3 years.

[Rob 5,571]

PS3 games will still be released even if there is a PS4 out.

[xxClouDxxmoon 901]

I just want KHIII u.u

[FlipMode 141]

I personally think it will be one of the final big exclusives for PS3 before Sony try to shift focus onto PS4. If I remember correctly, KH2 came out right next to the PS3 launch , but it didnt stop it from being any less of a game even though I had seen impressive videos of the PS3. So yeah, that is my take on it, it will be one of the last truly great games for this generation, but it will eventually arrive on PS3 at some point.

 

EDIT - To support this theory, I will also add that it would kind of make sense to end the Xehanort saga as one last PS3 swansong, and then when the new generation comes in they can start the reboot / new saga...

[hatok 6,413]

I personally think it will be one of the final big exclusives for PS3 before Sony try to shift focus onto PS4. If I remember correctly, KH2 came out right next to the PS3 launch , but it didnt stop it from being any less of a game even though I had seen impressive videos of the PS3. So yeah, that is my take on it, it will be one of the last truly great games for this generation, but it will eventually arrive on PS3 at some point.

 

EDIT - To support this theory, I will also add that it would kind of make sense to end the Xehanort saga as one last PS3 swansong, and then when the new generation comes in they can start the reboot / new saga...

 

In Japan KHII came out shortly after the PS3 was announced. KHII came out in North America about half a year before the PS3 came out. So yeah, pretty close together. Thought the game was being advertised for years before it came out.

But what you have to realize is that these games aren't built with the intention of being the 'last' game on a console.

[heartless101 83]

I think it'll take 3-4 years for KH III to be released. MY guess (and I'm hoping) that it'll be released for the PS3

[Kelvy 60]

I hope it'll just be on the PS3 x_x. If it's on the PS4 (or whatever the heck they end up releasing), it'll be another system I'll have to save up $$$ for D:.

[animemylove 439]

i think kh3 will be released on the ps3, the new gen system is like 3 yrs off and if they put as much effort into kh3 as they did in DDD the workers will be working their asses off, it'll probably be one of the last titles before the new console is released tho

[earth_angel 73]

I think the next Playstation is a long way off. The full range of possibilities of the PS3 hasn't even been explored/utilized yet.

[Justin 0]

Kingdom hearts 3 is going to be cool but is it the last because i heard it would be the last one with xeanort but not the last i also noticed alot of people are on at like 2 3 aclock in the morning whats up with that

[earth_angel 73]

Kingdom hearts 3 is going to be cool but is it the last because i heard it would be the last one with xeanort but not the last i also noticed alot of people are on at like 2 3 aclock in the morning whats up with that

 

3 will be the end of the Xehanort saga, not the end of the series. And the world has different time zones.

[Tairu 0]

Yes most likely the next gen consoles. I am not sure about Microsoft but for certain Sony will have it. As far as it ever not being on Wii was most likely because most 3rd Party Game Companies could not make controls around the system. I think the WiiU may work better for it. So Nintendo has a huge possibilty.