[Updated] Famitsu to feature Kingdom Hearts III: Nomura comments on secret movie, capacity shortage, Final Mix, and more

According to Aibo from Twitter, Nomura is treating the DLC in an interesting way, he said it would be a 'single delivery of content, in a flipboard style.:

 

https://t.co/9tcAHwp3JO

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgHLd6eU8AAPVcy.jpg

the other members of the Organization return to humans once again

 

I'm a bit confused by this (regarding the new Org.'s Norted members); so they reverted to human form after the end of KH2 (as expected) and stayed as humans (as opposed to reverting back to Nobody form) when they joined the new Org., am I reading this right? [in which case using their Nobody names would indicate subservience to the new Org., as it did in the original.]

 

(That doesn't fully explain the discrepancy with Braig in coded 2.5's secret ending, though...)

 

I hope a proper translation of the full thing clears this up.

Edited June 20, 2018 by Ultima Spark

I'm a bit confused by this (regarding the new Org.'s Norted members); so they reverted to human form after the end of KH2 (as expected) and stayed as humans (as opposed to reverting back to Nobody form) when they joined the new Org., am I reading this right? [in which case using their Nobody names would indicate subservience to the new Org., as it did in the original.]

 

(That doesn't fully explain the discrepancy with Braig in coded 2.5's secret ending, though...)

 

I hope a proper translation of the full thing clears this up.

The members of the New Organization were brought back through time travel (everyone’s favorite plot point…), so the people who are helping Sora are Even, Ienzo, Dilan, and Aeleus.

So now no one can wonder if ther will be a final mix. But wow, they have made this title so big that they are limited on space. #GOAT

So now no one can wonder if ther will be a final mix. But wow, they have made this title so big that they are limited on space. #GOAT

 

That's how it usually is, take a look at SE games, they're some of the biggest games (for instance, TWEWY Solo Remix on mobile and FFXIII-2 on 360. And we're not even talking about FFXV on Windows).

the story is gonna be huge!

 

 

am happy !

that is awesome big story coming !

The members of the New Organization were brought back through time travel (everyone’s favorite plot point…), so the people who are helping Sora are Even, Ienzo, Dilan, and Aeleus.

 

We know that some of them are utilising time travel, but not all (I was talking about the new Org. members, the apprentices were irrelevant to my question).

 

Also, derp, looks like my question was partly answered after I left for a bit. Now I'm left looking a bit silly.

I hope a proper translation of the full thing clears this up.

 

the translations are now up! and... it's still confusing... basically what we (translators) have understood is that the "true" organization members (i.e. the xehanorts) had turned back to human (after of course their heartless and nobody were defeated), but they turned BACK into Nobodies, but in a different way than usual. This was a difficult statement to translate as it was very confusing... but maybe that's just Nomura and his shenanigans again.

 

My own explanation follows, doesn't mean it's canon:

That's why Larxene, Marluxia, Saix and Xigbar look the same as before but with yellow eyes. ALSO, Xigbar is still called Xigbar I believe - because Young Xehanort called him that in DDD. So that supports this statement that he has indeed become a Nobody again - but via another route/system.

 

Notice Lea and Ienzo look the way they looked before, along with Even, Aeleus, and Dilan when they were shown in DDD. They look different from their Nobody forms (eg. Lea without the tattoos).

its not really a secret movie if you tell everyone about it

its not really a secret movie if you tell everyone about it

 

It's still secret if you can't obtain it just by playing through but have to meet certain conditions and/or if the criteria for receiving it aren't revealed.

 

Though I guess the term secret is used rather liberately with KH, which is okay for me. I rememember many people calling 0.2's ending a secret ending although everyone got it by simply playing through the game and waiting for the credits to run through.

 

That interview part about the True Organization is indeed rather confusing and doesn't answer anything and only serves to create more questions. It could be uwed to answer why Xigbar changed this drastically from his BBS appearance to his current one, though time travel is also a possibility.

 

Though I would still question why it would be a necessity to turn them into Nobodies again. Might have something to do with this darkness against light thing since I don't believe most members of either faction fit the initial description of how the X-Blade was split.

Eh. I don't really want to put too much effort into theories somehow because the game is this close to release and things might get retconned anyway.

 

But thanks for translating it! It's always great to read these types of things, althought it might make things more confusing. But that seems to be what Nomura likes to do anyway.

Side Question: why does Kairi address Lea as Axel in one of the e3 trailers? Is he Axel or Lea?? In DDD we see him return to his human form and his eye markings are gone, the same as in the trailer. He should be a complete human,no?

Side Question: why does Kairi address Lea as Axel in one of the e3 trailers? Is he Axel or Lea?? In DDD we see him return to his human form and his eye markings are gone, the same as in the trailer. He should be a complete human,no?

 

Just a habit, I guess? Or maybe he just identifies with that name more now?

• In the Pirates of the Carribean world, the box in the second movie, Dead Man's Chest, is linked to the black box that Maleficent and the "true" Organization XIII seek. (Note: By the box in the second Pirates movie, they are most likely referring to the Dead Man's Chest itself.)

So they are including Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest in this game. I like that they're making Davy Jones chest link to the Black Box that Maleficent and the Organization XIII are looking for. Very smart and creative thinking Nomura!

 

 

• Vanitas resurrects, and the other Organization members, after turning back into humans, once again turn into nobodies and resurrect in a different way. The ones that collaborated with Sora resurrect the way they are.

So does that mean I can kill Larxene again and free her from that old fart Master Xehanort? Man I hope so and I hope that means I might see her human form Arlene.

Side Question: why does Kairi address Lea as Axel in one of the e3 trailers? Is he Axel or Lea?? In DDD we see him return to his human form and his eye markings are gone, the same as in the trailer. He should be a complete human,no?

That's Lea and he's human again. The reason why everyone calls him Axel was because everyone keeps calling that in Dream Drop Distance even though Lea keeps telling people that he's Lea. Plus, Lea even said that they were people again in DDD after he woke up. However, after Lea save Sora he pretty much gave up and said "No! I told you my name is...whatever Axel fine. Now let's get out of here." He's still Lea but everyone is just used to calling him Axel.

Edited June 21, 2018 by Movies798

Honestly it's for the best that there's no final mix, especially if it means that any DLC added would be available to ALL countries. Because at this point, after giving everybody the Final Mixes once in the ReMIXes, there's no way they would be able to get away with Japan-only exclusive game content today.

The cover is amazing. I can't wait to see the artwork Nomura will do for the cover of the game. 

The Famitsu article also confirms Aqua is possessed by Xehanort specifically. Shown here.

 

According to Aibo from Twitter, Nomura is treating the DLC in an interesting way, he said it would be a 'single delivery of content, in a flipboard style.:

 

https://t.co/9tcAHwp3JO

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgHLd6eU8AAPVcy.jpg

 

The Japanese says nothing about flipboard anything. Don't use machine translation as a source, please. It does nothing but confuse everyone.

7 hours ago, balamb_fish said:

When will they show the FF characters though?

What FF characters?