SE director of technology: Kingdom Hearts III utilizes Crystal Tools

[SquareSora 133]

  On 7/17/2012 at 11:04 PM, 'Spectrum of Life' said:

Yes. Whether or not they're actually overhauling the graphics or simply using it so they don't have to port the engine from the first 2 games over is another matter.

 

oh ok i see. Thanks

[KingdomFan 6]

Great news! I want them to get to work pronto!

[TheApprenticeofKingMickey 3,689]

  On 7/17/2012 at 7:02 PM, 'Shana09' said:

Lmao

You forgot "King" in Genn's username xDDDDD

 

 

Great find DC and nice translation Genn~

 

 

 

Forgot to say:

 

YAY

THEY STARTED WORKING ON IT ;W;

 

Thank you. owo

[Zenithia 305]

tutti frutti. I just hope that it doesn't take half of the human lifespan to make KH3, unlike a certain Final Fantasy game we know. But that aside, that's pretty interesting that KH3 will be given the same engine as Versus. For the most part, that gives me a slightly higher expectations for KH3 with gameplay, graphics, etc.

[Shana09 5,769]

  On 7/18/2012 at 2:00 AM, 'TheApprenticeofKingMickey' said:

Thank you. owo

 

You welcome~

[TheKingdomkid 1,194]

I don't think it means anything he just said that they will be useing it on future Kingdom Hearts games it dosen't seem he said that they are using it on a Kingdom Hearts game right now, either way can't wait to hear more about this

[esumsoraroxas 48]

Crystal Tools...it's going to create some great things, whether it's paired with Luminous in some way or not during KH3 's development, in my opinion.

[Jonatas 0]

People DO realize this means that KH3 CAN be for Wii U right?

 

If by the time Versus is done,the PS4 is already launched,or anounced,Nomura will probably put the game on the Nintendo Console.

 

No "dead" console will get a game this great(and I mean in magnitude not in awesomeness),and Since DQ10 uses the same engine might as well,makes sense right?

 

If any sony fan get's butthurt,go....die I don't care,I am a KH fan,not a "insert console here" fan,and in my book,that makes me better then any console fanboy.

[kingdombladesventus 53]

What is a Crystal Tool?

 

What is a Crystal Tool?

[Sora96 17,256]

Final Fantasy XIII Versus is being developed by "The Kingdom Hearts Team" so it would make perfect sense for them to use the same engine.

 

Either way I'm sure Kingdom Hearts III will become the first Kingdom Hearts game worthy of a 9.0.

[CJ Smith 123]

Stop it FF and Dragon Quest can wait, i want KH3 now, i want to end Master Xeharnort

[Setrex 1,031]

  On 7/18/2012 at 7:49 AM, 'kingdombladesventus' said:

What is a Crystal Tool?

 

What is a Crystal Tool?

 

It's the engine that FF13, 13-2 and 14 were made on. Oh and of course Versus is being developed on it as well.

 

 

  On 7/18/2012 at 1:42 PM, 'CJ Smith' said:

Stop it FF and Dragon Quest can wait, i want KH3 now, i want to end Master Xeharnort

 

Dragon Quest X is being released soon in Japan so it's practically finished and you know..... Different teams work on different games so DQ and FF have nothing to do with KH3's development. Well besides Versus that is.

[theultimatesorafan 685]

COOL

[DG20 67]

I'm tired of the new Final Fantasy games, I just want KH.

[razuthor72 89]

This is fantastic. Possible graphical improvement of KH? Sounds good to me

[Sora96 17,256]

  On 7/18/2012 at 1:42 PM, 'CJ Smith' said:

Stop it FF and Dragon Quest can wait, i want KH3 now, i want to end Master Xeharnort

 

Final Fantasy is better and bigger than Kingdom Hearts. You can't expect them to stop a game when it's finally nearly completion. You can wait. It's just a video game.

[atheist123 583]

  On 7/18/2012 at 5:19 AM, 'Jonatas' said:

People DO realize this means that KH3 CAN be for Wii U right?

 

If by the time Versus is done,the PS4 is already launched,or anounced,Nomura will probably put the game on the Nintendo Console.

 

No "dead" console will get a game this great(and I mean in magnitude not in awesomeness),and Since DQ10 uses the same engine might as well,makes sense right?

 

If any sony fan get's butthurt,go....die I don't care,I am a KH fan,not a "insert console here" fan,and in my book,that makes me better then any console fanboy.

 

As a Kingdom Hearts fan I want KH to be on a popular console. Like 2 games were produced on an outdated (and frankly pathetically weak) handheld (the DS) it is entirely possible Nomura will make the game for the current gen. For evidence, see God of War 2 which was released on PS2 even though the PS3 was out. Nomura wants money, so he would port it back to PS3 even IF he chooses the Wii U as the primary console. Really, this is just awesome to suggest. The Wii U is getting ports from PS3/X360 games so why can't the same thing happen in reverse? And, yes, I'm butthurt.

[KingdomFan 6]

  On 7/18/2012 at 5:19 AM, 'Jonatas' said:

People DO realize this means that KH3 CAN be for Wii U right?

 

If by the time Versus is done,the PS4 is already launched,or anounced,Nomura will probably put the game on the Nintendo Console.

 

No "dead" console will get a game this great(and I mean in magnitude not in awesomeness),and Since DQ10 uses the same engine might as well,makes sense right?

 

If any sony fan get's butthurt,go....die I don't care,I am a KH fan,not a "insert console here" fan,and in my book,that makes me better then any console fanboy.

 

 

They would NEVER make it for a different console. They will develop it for the relevant PS console.

[Noby Raghavan 168]

OMO OHMYLLAMA!!

=celebrates=

[Noby Raghavan 168]

STOP ARGUING AND PARTY PEOPLE! =D

[Blader 7]

Not to blow everyone expectations or anything, but I don't think Mr. Merceron is referring to Kingdom Hearts III. I have suspicions as well as sources that say that he could be talking about Kingdom Hearts game in general, that a fan might have given Square a entire KH game, down to the voice actors and the game engine, which was the Crystal Tools engine.

 

Plus, the Kingdom Hearts Team is working on FFVersusXIII. Why would they stop all of the sudden and start working on KH3?

 

Oh, and I'm that fan that sent the game idea to Square. I have the letter to prove it.

 

Not to blow everyone expectations or anything, but I don't think Mr. Merceron is referring to Kingdom Hearts III. I have suspicions as well as sources that say that he could be talking about Kingdom Hearts game in general, that a fan might have given Square a entire KH game, down to the voice actors and the game engine, which was the Crystal Tools engine.

 

Plus, the Kingdom Hearts Team is working on FFVersusXIII. Why would they stop all of the sudden and start working on KH3?

 

Oh, and I'm that fan that sent the game idea to Square. I have the letter to prove it.

 

Cool.

[PrinceNoctis 1,011]

  On 7/19/2012 at 9:46 PM, 'Blader' said:

 

What game Idea? Can I see it? How did you contact them?

[Jonatas 0]

  On 7/19/2012 at 5:57 PM, 'KingdomFan' said:

They would NEVER make it for a different console. They will develop it for the relevant PS console.

 

And maki it on a console that can't sell it's own exclusives? Yeah,I do think the PS3 will be the one,but it CAN go to the Wii U,and don't worry,you can NOT play,since only a Fanboy would call a Nintendo console irrelevant.

[Rob 5,571]

what

[DarknessOrLight 32]

It might be made on technology more advanced crystal tool because I guarantee that the game will come on the generation of PS4/Xbox 720.

 

  On 7/19/2012 at 5:57 PM, 'KingdomFan' said:

They would NEVER make it for a different console. They will develop it for the relevant PS console.

 

Disagree.

 

  On 7/18/2012 at 5:19 AM, 'Jonatas' said:

People DO realize this means that KH3 CAN be for Wii U right?

 

If by the time Versus is done,the PS4 is already launched,or anounced,Nomura will probably put the game on the Nintendo Console.

 

No "dead" console will get a game this great(and I mean in magnitude not in awesomeness),and Since DQ10 uses the same engine might as well,makes sense right?

 

If any sony fan get's butthurt,go....die I don't care,I am a KH fan,not a "insert console here" fan,and in my book,that makes me better then any console fanboy.

 

Agreed. Edited July 28, 2012 by DarknessOrLight