Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue is the final game before Kingdom Hearts III; Nomura explains why KH 2.8 will not come to PS3

[Toominator 916]

Famitsu Weekly had the opportunity to interview Tetsuya Nomura, director of the Kingdom Hearts series, about the recently announced Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue. In the interview, Nomura jokes that the mysterious Kingdom Hearts 2.9 is not going to be released, at least not until "after Kingdom Hearts III".

 

-So is there still a potential for “[/font]KH2.9[/font]” to be released?[/font]

 

Nomura: Following “KHIII[/font]” (laughs). The subtitle of “[/font]KH2.8[/font]” is “Final Chapter Prologue” and “[/font]KHIII[/font]” is the last chapter in the “Dark Seeker” series and the intention is for the prologue to be a taste of what the final chapter will hold. The meaning of the “0.1” left over will be seen within “[/font]KHIII[/font]”.[/font][/font]

Additionally, fans have been wondering why Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue will not be released on the PlayStation 3, and Nomura explains that it is because Birth By Sleep 0.2 -A Fragmentary Passage- uses Kingdom Hearts III technology, and creating titles for both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 would make a difficult situation for the studio to handle.

 

-Why the different hardware than the releases of “[/font]KH1.5[/font]” and [/font]“KH2.5”[/font]?[/font]

 

Nomura: Because the gameplay of “[/font]KH0.2 BBS”[/font] is made with the same technique as [/font]“KHIII[/font]”, it needed to be moved to PS4. Because our current environment utilizes PS4, new production on a PS3 title would create a difficult situation. I think everyone will see how it’s a small quantity of “[/font]KHIII”[/font]’s atmosphere. After all, “[/font]KH0.2 BBS[/font]” is made in the same system as “[/font]KHIII”[/font].[/font]

The full Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue interview with Tetsuya Nomura can be read here, thanks to News Team member soraspromise.

 

With the news that Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue is the final title to be released before Kingdom Hearts III, when do you think Kingdom Hearts III will be released? Let us know in the comments!

 

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[Kevin_Keyblade 203]

Well, we just have to wait two more years... yay..... At least we are going to have a taste of the real cake in 2017!

[Hero of Light XIV 2,381]

Well if a KH2.9 wouldn't be until after KH3, what would it even be then? Some kind of post-preKH3 tease at the next saga after Xehanort? May as well just release a demo of KH3 about 3 months before it's release and title that 2.9, because at this point anything after KH3 should take place AFTER KH3. Well, hopefully Nomura's crypticism will  make more sense in the months to come. Until then I hope he will eventually answer when we can expect an English release of KH Unchained X.

[TheKingdomkid 1,194]

And the reason why it isn't on the PS3 is the exact reason that I thought it was going to be, and again I knew this would be the last Kingdom Hearts game before Kingdom Hearts 3 so we know what will come next.  Man I just wish you guys would release the whole interview when it is fully translated reading it in these little parts like this make me what the whole thing even more I want it all now! lol

[Toominator 916]

And the reason why it isn't on the PS3 is the exact reason that I thought it was going to be, and again I knew this would be the last Kingdom Hearts game before Kingdom Hearts 3 so we know what will come next.  Man I just wish you guys would release the whole interview when it is fully translated reading it in these little parts like this make me what the whole thing even more I want it all now! lol

Patience, young grasshopper. It's still being translated as we speak.

[Fenrissychros 167]

2.9 not existing doesn't mean that a ''Reconnect Compilation'' of 1.5, 2.5 and 2.8 couldn't be released for the PS4 shortly before KH3, without any aditional content, just the 3 Hd Remixes

[Hero of Light XIV 2,381]

2.9 not existing doesn't mean that a ''Reconnect Compilation'' of 1.5, 2.5 and 2.8 couldn't be released for the PS4 shortly before KH3, without any aditional content, just the 3 Hd Remixes

I'd still want to add a legit KH3 demo to that, because really that's going to be the only thing that will shut everyone up for the remaining months before KH3.

[itsDON 66]

I cant handle all the excitement. 

[Sorarocks93 678]

Maybe 2.9 is a flashback in KH3. Or maybe it's the very prologue like Destiny Islands and Twilight Town in both KH1 and 2.

[Knuxpyro56 33]

So looks like Zootopia and Moana cant be worlds . Oh well, time to ask them as summons instead

[Kingdomhe 1,362]

 

 

*sips tea* yeah surrre, just like how X isn't canon.......ooooooohhhhhhhh wait!!!

Edited September 21, 2015 by Keyblade master26

[Salve-SiS 125]

Didn't he say the same thing about 3D...three years ago? 

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

2.8 is going to be the final game before Kingdom Hearts III...so much hype!!!  This means that Kingdom Hearts III will probably be getting the 15th Anniversary treatment in 2017!  I couldn't imagine a more fitting time to release the game!  Oh God, this is going to be awesome! With Unchained X this year and 2.8 next year, the final steps on our ultimate, hype-ful journey shall be complete!  KINGDOM HEARTS III, I CAN FEEL IT, SO CLOSE, AND YET SO FAR!!!!

 

November 3rd can't come any sooner! X_X

[Kevin_Keyblade 203]

So, are they going to make a 2.9 after Kingdom Hearts 3 or not?

[Ninkoro 123]

7 years to make kh3...what the firetruck...

[ExperienceTheDivine 21]

If the world ends before KH3 is released I'm going to be one extremely pissed off ghost.

[Kotone 42]

Didn't he say the same thing about 3D...three years ago? 

Yes he did. It annoys me too.

[Pokemoncuzzie 271]

7 years to make kh3...what the firetruck...

The new generation of consoles didn't exactly help that either

[IwasBornAsVentus 396]

I know Nomura's been trolling us before but this time I hope he keep his word, Im ok with a 2017 release for KH3 as long as it's a worldwide release, we have waited just as long as Japan for KH3, but if I see a new announcement for a collection of 1.5 and 2.5 to PS4 before KH3 I will be really pissed off. Waiting 3 more years for KH3 would be way more worse than 2 years. 

[AZV_4th 2]

There's a simple solution to this. Remove 0.2. Just release UX's cutscenes, and 3DHD. Or include a cutscene version of 0.2.I'd still buy it without 0.2 simply for 3D, so long as they lower the price a bit to be fair.

[Django Moore 62]

I need it

like, now.

Gimme. 

 

Also - I'm getting impatient about the new FF as well. Anyone else, or just me?

[King_Graham 135]

Didn't he say the same thing about 3D...three years ago?

 

Yes he did. It annoys me too.

Not exactly. After all, DDD had a big hint at the HD collections coming, and those could be counted as titles. It was chronologically the last title to lead up to KH3, and even with 0.2 and X that still holds up as the main series revolves around Sora and Riku.