Bill Farmer interviewed about Kingdom Hearts and confirms he recorded for Kingdom Hearts III in 2015

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

Hmm, this is a very interesting tidbit of news!  Thanks for this, Toom!

 

So it seems that the game Bill Farmer was referencing last year in his tweet was indeed Kingdom Hearts III!  And when he said that he's been recording his Kingdom Hearts III lines for Goofy for a few years gives me the hope that maybe Leonard Nimoy was able to record his lines as Xehanort before passing away!  If so, good lord, that'd be so surreal! X_X  But yeah, I really don't know what to make of this!  It seems as though English voice acting is being done as Nomura goes with the game's production, and if that's the case, then maybe the voice acting and game development are going at an equal level, ya know?  And to the best of my knowledge, I don't think Square's gone and said anything about Jim Cummings' recent comments on him having voiced all his lines for Kingdom Hearts III!  If we're to take what these voice actors say as true, then this could mean that voice acting is coming at a steady pace alongside game development!  Gahhh, the hype is killing me! X_X

 

But hey, even if it turns out that Bill and Jim are wrong, I won't be mad at them.  At least we know they're working on Kingdom Hearts III!

 

Again, thanks for the news, Toom!

[logonin 3]

We know that Square Enix stays very tight-lipped on its proceedings, even when dealing with the voice actors (see Ben Diskin's comments on the last E3 trailer, when the KH team wouldn't tell him what he was recording for or even that he was supposed to be doing a "younger" young Xehanort; they only told him to copy the Japanese VA's voice. They didn't let any details slip.).

 

Chances are very high that they haven't confirmed or denied what Mr. Farmer was recording for at the time; if he's positive that it wasn't for any of the "side" games, it could have been just for any KH3 trailers that are due out this year. Also gonna mention that within the last year, Nomura made the remark that he’s still not sure how he’s going to do the ending for KH3; I find it unlikely that since then he’s come up with the idea, had the team do the storyboard, the script, had both cleaned up to the final stages, and brought in the VAs to do the recordings, least of all the English VAs.

 

LONG STORY SHORT, I sincerely doubt Bill Farmer's really done recording. No offense to him, but VA opinions have not been the most reliable things in history.

I personally think they did start recording for KH3 since we have had two voice actors say that so far, but there is no way they are anywhere near finished yet. They probably recorded a few of the finished worlds, or maybe just some side stuff like battle dialog and of course trailer audio.

[CrystalRaine 77]

I remember a few years back, when Dream Drop Distance was in development, someone asked Bill Farmer on Twitter if he had been doing any voice work for Kingdom Hearts, and he said they were working on 'Kingdom Hearts 10' or something. He obviously knows which game he's working on - he's been very specific when he says he's been recording for KH3, so I don't think he's confusing which games he's been working on.

Edited March 6, 2016 by CrystalRaine

[Elfdemon_ 695]

Voice actors are definitely not a trustworthy source. As we've seen time and time again, not just with Kingdom Hearts, with other games as well, voice actors are not very knowledgeable on the things they do work for and misinterpret information constantly.

[King_Graham 135]

He may just be finished afahk. Meaning they may not have scheduled more sessions for the time being.

Voice actors are definitely not a trustworthy source. As we've seen time and time again, not just with Kingdom Hearts, with other games as well, voice actors are not very knowledgeable on the things they do work for and misinterpret information constantly.

That seems like a weird practice, at least for the ones with major roles.

[Elfdemon_ 695]

He may just be finished afahk. Meaning they may not have scheduled more sessions for the time being.That seems like a weird practice, at least for the ones with major roles.

 

Yeah, it's pretty strange how little they're told about the things they do work for.