Even more details have appeared concerning the recent Tetsuya Nomura interview with Famitsu Weekly, concerning Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. Firstly, krexia from Kingdom Hearts Insider has translated some of the actual interview, using various Japanese blogs as the source.
Nomura: I believe that if something's interesting enough people will accept it, so we didn't pay conscious attention to specific regions. But Disney did tell us it had a "Japanese feeling", which I guess you could call an "Oriental way of thinking" (laughs). Also, in terms of storyline, I was thinking of making it simpler and clearer, but Sakaguchi-san (Hironobu Sakaguchi) gave me a single piece of advice for the KH series. That was, "If you don't make it a little more complex, like FF, you won't be able to compete." I prefer to leave the players scope for imagination and guessing, so I decided to develop the game in that way.
--Will 3D also have an enigmatic storyline?
Nomura: It's quite difficult to understand. Right now we're putting the story into the Disney scenarios, and it seems like once through won't be enough to understand it. As for the individual mysteries, they'll explain some of the reasons and connections with the game's scenario. We also need approval from overseas, so we're putting in localisation along the way, which is hard work. But there are those on the Disney side who love KH too, and they have a detailed understanding of the scenario, and have been following closely.
--At the moment, how far along is development of 3D?
Nomura: About 40~50%. Soon we'll start recording voices. The theme this time is "bold action", but I also want to seriously consider the pacing of the story. From this survey I can see that the storyline is a highly anticipated part of the game, but I don't want it to be too drawn-out.
--So will you be reducing the number of game events?
Nomura: It's not like that. Just that when something happens, if you explain everything from square one you weaken the pacing. We're introducing a new system to avoid that. In FF Versus XIII we've removed the cutscenes, letting players continue playing through game events, and here we're going in a different direction again. Also, in 3D Sora fights alongside some strange companions. We're planning to put together a secret movie, so look forward to that.
Secondly, sqexgal from KH13.com has translated a play impression of the Dream Drop Distance demo, which we have thanks to Sokuho@Hokanko. The names of the two party members were edited out by the magazine, so hopefully they'll be revealed later. Enjoy!
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