Lol my typos. Wow, it'd be pretty cool if dream eaters became a KH regular thing! I wonder if Riku's new sleep powers will have anything to do with it.

"And, on the other side, Sora has gained powers befitting a 'Keyblade Master', hasn't he? Will he be able to transform his Keyblade?"

Nomura: In this stage of testing he can transform it.

I think I got excited about the wrong thing here.

I HAVE MANY FEELS
BECAUSE OF TEAM OSAKA
WHY MUST YOU MAKE ME LOVE MEOW WOW SO ;A;

and lol i completely forgot that Keyblades could be transformed into weapons and vehicles
please say it wasn't just me that skipped over that 8D

goldpanner you're the best ;A;

One step closer to my dreams of all four enemy types included in KH3 begin achieved~

Ehh, I was hoping we could not do the Dream Eater thing again...

Oh my god Famitsu shouldn't have shortened that last question in the Q&A. Thank god the full sentence is there now <3

Thanks GP <3 Time to reread this five times and absorb everything.

AH MEOW WOW YES PLZ <3

"You’ll be flying through the sky flowing through air battles without landing."

Dissidia popped in my head. I'd love for KH to evolve air combat.

so meow wow is making a return?

also, it would be cool if sora could transform his keyblade into a glider like TAV

I really don't want dream eaters in KH3. :/
They were goofy filler creatures and they detracted from the moment in pretty much every scene they featured in. They were, collectively, the Jar Jar Binx of Kingdom Hearts. Blegh.

A vehicle Sora can drive during battle. Three person party. Does that mean; Sora can have more than a Disney character at his back? :D This is interesting news and I'm hyped, now more than ever. I wouldn't mind if Meow Wow came back. I'd still like the option of Riku and maybe, Kairi in the party.

That's interesting, but I really want to find out what the EX gauge is for. Since it looks similar to the D-Link gauge, and Nomura said that summons would work much differently in KHIII, it may have to do with that. Then again, there's a "?" over that fourth slot... Urrrghh, I really want to know. >_<

If I'm not mistaken, I think what they mean is Sora + two more characters, just like in 1 and 2. So it's no different from what we're accustomed to, and the trend will probably follow Sora, Donald, Goofy, extra random Disney ally who you can either use or not use.

What I'm interested to see is what they'll do if we play as Kairi and Riku. Riku might have Mickey as a constant party member, but that still leaves two slots. Kairi doesn't have any friends, soooo

Nomura: ......What indeed (laughs). The last part of KH3D was meant to be tentative foreshadowing.*

Damn that laugh...I love it....
If this means the return of dream eaters I'm not sure how I feel about it... ;A;

I'm pretty sure Nomura's saying that those "extra random Disney allies" will work alongside your regular party at the same time. It's basically like having four party members.

I'm going to believe it is Meow Wow only and not all of the DEs, which I'd be perfectly fine with.

EX Gauge is a placeholder most likely. There was an "EX Arts" option in the Versus XIII gameplay shown in 2011 so you shouldn't expect it to be something that is staying around...

Well I wouldn't mind that at all, and I could be totally wrong. Nomura didn't really specify, so I guess we'll see in time. :3

[FONT=arial]Nomura: ......What indeed (laughs). The last part of KH3D was meant to be tentative foreshadowing.*[/FONT]

Eraqus and Ven are DE's, and acknowledgement from the ones they protect easens their torment. CALLING IT

It get the feeling that more will return, based on how many came to greet Sora.

EX Gauge is a placeholder most likely. There was an "EX Arts" option in the Versus XIII gameplay shown in 2011 so you shouldn't expect it to be something that is staying around...

Dissidia did have an EX gauge, though. Nomura may have decided that EX was better suited for KHIII than FFXV.

I swear to gods if Meow Wow wakes Ven from his slumber by bouncing into his dream and mewing annoyingly I will face desk so hard.

She brought up XV specifically as an example to say that EX Gauge may not be permanent, as we saw with the EX Arts option from the 2011 trailer no longer being available.

For those who are confused about NPC's fighting with you, here's how it'll probably look like:
- You'll play as Sora and you'll have your 2 party members
- An NPC will be fighting as an extra with you and your party members, but you can not perform any limit comands with that NPC
- Sort of like the Hades fight in KH2, with Hercules being an NPC:
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To those who didn't like the DE's...there were some pretty tough and vicious DE's...the worst DE was the T-Rex, that thing was annoying as hell

Wow, not to be rude but hate much? Some might fine it funny. I said some and might

Dream Eaters making an return..? Thanks but no thanks! They were cute and all in KH:3D, but I would rather have them as an "one game enemy", like the Unversed. They wouldn't just fit in KH3 with their bright and richful colors.

We don't need to start on that. The Dream Eaters were extremely controversial within the community. Whether someone likes or dislikes them for whatever reason they may have, just accept that they do and respect their decisions for it instead of judging them.

I'm glad meow wow maybe returning.

Even better, Ven wakes up and bounces everywhere, having the mentality of a DE.

Unversed probably weren't a one-off, though. If Vanitas makes his return in KH3, and he will for sure do so, he will be using his Unversed.

Also, he only mentioned Meow Wow, not the rest. And we don't know if they will appear as enemies. It is more likely that we'll see Meow Wow as a summon over anything.

Re: Kingdom Hearts III Famitsu Interview Updated - The Return of Meow Wow?of tththe

I didn't want to start anything, just even if they stay or not people may accept them as part of the series or not their choice. We thought Nobodies (at least human ones) would only be relevant to 2, but now they are a part of series and Days and DDD expanded on what we did not know. So sorry.

The only thing that annoyed me about the Dream Eaters in KH3D was that you HAD to take care of them in order to gain commands. The Command Melding system worked much, much better.

But because we obviously have the 3-party system back with Donald, Goofy, and , I really think the Dream Eaters will be downplayed here.

Awesome interview! We finally have confirmation that the models they've shown are not using the KH shader and the Shader is not related to cel-shading.

I'm aware of that. My point is that Nomura may have realized partway through development that the EX gauge would be better suited to KHIII, and kept it out of XV to keep the two games' battle systems distinct from each other.


The interviewer only mentioned Meow Wow, but Nomura didn't specify it.

That...would actually be pretty hilarious and worthwhile.


I hope so. The Unversed were my favorite enemies since the Heartless. Then again everything relating to Vanitas is just <3


This could actually be totally alright. It's a nice way to include the Dream Eater concept for those who liked them, and people who don't could just avoid using that summon~. I also wouldn't mind the fusion ability they designed for Riku making a return; like you call on the power of whatever Dream Eater and get special abilities/different combat forms, etc. The less actual presence they have in the game, the more I'm OK with them being a part of it, since I know they will be regardless. xP

It'll be interesting to see this NPC concept unfold. The Disney characters party-members haven't really been too fleshed out, as you're not able to transfer them from different worlds, or grow much inside of their own respective ones, which is unfortunate to some degree. They're practically a novelty at this point, but I like seeing them fight alongside me. Maybe they're the NPCs like the random party members we had in BBS, and like Hercules in the Hades fight above?

It'd be really great to see just how dynamic they plan to make the AI. The Dream Eater's AI was pretty sophisticated but clearly limited between the four dispositions and the abilities attached to them. Having the party members actively react to your play-style would be really great...Like if you tend to dive head in to battle, your party AI could react by becoming support, or if you hang off the side of battle casting magic from a distance they would react by fighting the enemy head on all without having to change their "objective" in a menu.

I'd like to see NPCs not in your party travel along with you and jump into battle like for example in a Tangled world: Rapunzel is your party member, and along with SDG, Flynn/Eugene and Maximus are following along with you, sometimes running up ahead of you or hanging behind, going off and finding things, etc. When battle starts, if they are still around Flynn might jump into battle and attack or heal depending on the needs of the party, if Rapunzel or Sora is about to take a critical hit maybe Flynn's AI will let him jump in front of the attack and take the brunt of the damage or you can do some kind of special attack. Of course because he isn't a party member you wouldn't be able to heal him or directly control his abilities.

Another could be that Maximus will let you ride him and do a special attack, like how Nomura was talking about how we will be able to use enemy Heartless as vehicles in battle xD



Their entire concept was really great and I'd love to see Unversed appear without the necessity of Vanitas' existence in the next saga...if possible. It isn't hard to imagine negativity mixing with Darkness to create a physical entity, and it'd be great if Vanitas was the catalyst of sorts for these new beings to emerge...

And Vanitas was always intriguing since they first showed him in the secret ending of KH2FM.

This could actually be totally alright. It's a nice way to include the Dream Eater concept for those who liked them, and people who don't could just avoid using that summon~. I also wouldn't mind the fusion ability they designed for Riku making a return; like you call on the power of whatever Dream Eater and get special abilities/different combat forms, etc. The less actual presence they have in the game, the more I'm OK with them being a part of it, since I know they will be regardless. xP

Exactly! It doesn't hurt to add them as long as they aren't required. People did like them, and depending on how they are used they might be really handy.

Kind of like the D-Link in BBS mixed with the Dream Link in KH3D? That'd be really great to see, and it wouldn't be so overt.



That is true. For now just treat the HUD we saw as a concept.

The interviewer only mentioned Meow Wow, but Nomura didn't specify it.

Not going to argue semantics, but since the interviewer was talking about Meow Wow specifically and Nomura didn't specify "Dream Eaters", then he was most likely referring to just Meow Wow.

If by "Can Sora transform his keyblade?" they're referring to the BBS method of turning it into a vehicle and having Keyblade armor and Nomura's answer was yes...

CAN YOU IMAGE SORA, RIKU, AND KAIRI IN KEYBLADE ARMOR!?!?!? OH MY GOD.

Please. This must happen.

I'm really liking all of these things. The 4 party system is something I've always wanted, I /hated/ taking Donald/Goofy out of my team. ;_;
Regarding Meow Wow, I oogled over it when I first saw it, so I'm really happy that he has a good chance of coming back! ^_^. The only thing is that I would prefer dream eaters to have as little presence as possible. Carrying it around as summon and/or for story purposes is what I'd prefer.
I was a bit surprised by keyblades transforming, then I remembered BBS. I want SRK in armor SO BAD!

The one subject Nomura specified was the last scene, and there's not much that sets Meow Wow apart from the other Spirits in that scene.

Well, it was the first one to greet him. :3

I also don't think that Dream Eaters will become regular party members in KHIII, summoning sounds very likely (and better than Chicken Little) but there could also be a Sleeping World in KHIII, were at least some DE return to fight for (and against) you.

Thanks guys :3

I am personally really happy about the visual direction. I think one of my favourite things about KH is how it interprets Disney worlds, and the fact that the developers themselves are remembering to focus on that is really great!

Yeah. At first I was slightly disappointed by the art direction, but then it grew on me as I realized how well it fit in with the Disney themes. It's interesting to think about how they'll change the shading in different worlds. I wouldn't want it any other way.

There was a thread around here that included some images of the trio in Armor.

There's another one that includes all three.

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/134/8/e/keyblade_masters__the_next_generation_by_procerdecrepusculum-d4zqzrx.jpg

Kairi looks kinda weird though. But they look good for fanart nonetheless.

I wouldn't mind if just meow wow returned but id rather just have heartless and nobodies. I wanna see how Riku and Kairi look. I wonder whats sora's keyblade looks like transformed?

They only mentioned Keyblade transformation so far so let's just proceed with that alone for now.

Thank you for the translations goldpanner! I think your word choice of "transform" was much clearer than mines. So that's what they meant by their Keyblades "changing".

lol I could see Kairi working with Lea since it seems like the 2 of them have nothing to do in this whole mess.



I wouldn't face desk, but I'd be irked. Don't me wrong, I don't mind Meow Wow (not really a fan) but if he was the key to waking up Ven after 10 years...IDK, just seems kind of dumb haha



But...but...what about Gummi Ships? It'd be awfully lonely if it were just DG, Chip, and Dale in the gummi ship from now on :(



I agree, I like the idea of having DE's being summons (also lesser known Disney characters as well) since they kind of functioned like that in DDD with their linking. It's not that I don't like them, they are okay, but I was on the side of the fanbase who weren't among their biggest fans :)

Drew this for you guys lol.

[spoiler=Meow Wow Returns][/spoiler]

Still not sure if I want them back but damn if this isnt adorable. x'D

what if only meow wow and riku's dream eater (cant remember the name) come back in kh3 and let the rest remain in the ROS?

Komory Bat!

Komory Bat.

Also did you read the interview? I'm asking because the way you phrased the sentence makes it sound like there hasn't been four pages of this discussion.

A game where you defeat KH's most ruthless villains with cuteness.

All of the SoD's: "It's...SO ADORABLE"
Vanitas: "...Are you guys kidding me?"

Gorgeous drawing, by the way.

lol, sorry. i meant have those two come back as opposed to have all of the dream eaters return

Aww his faithful steed, i hope they dont replace summons

Okay xD I was confused for a minute xD

I'd love to see Komory Bat appear again, maybe with Riku using his link ability with the wings xD

Actually, I can imagine DE's being both beneficial and detrimental to the RoL, possibly even as a main conflict in the future. If DE's start finding ways into the RoL (almost like how Heartless did...Parallels?), wouldn't that mean that Nightmares could find ways in themselves? What happens to the supposed "wall" between the RoL and the RoS? If it's destroyed, would the universe forever be stuck in-between sleep and waking?

THE POSSIBILITIES

Nifty idea. Maybe that would be a repercussion of awakening Ven; they bring all of his Nightmares into the real world.

Kingdom Hearts IV: The Nightmare Saga game one. That's unlikely but it is a awesome possibility for the next saga.

Iwouldn't mind this at all. I know I'm probably the only one feeling like this, but I think heartless need either a much LARGER focus in the next saga or give them a rest. I feared them in KH1, but as the series went on, they began to feel like fodder and really got over shadowed by Nobodies.

Kind of throwing this out there, but what about Lea? Both Kairi and Lea ARE just learning how to wield a Keyblade, so I wouldn't see why they couldn't team up.

What if Nomura was referring to the scene wher Riku hears the Meow Wow? After all it was temporarily existing as its own entity in the real world.

Of course there was also the bat.

the "

[FONT=Arial]It goes even beyond ‘bold action’." [/FONT]

kinda scares me. I really, really don't want the battle to be as confusing and all over the place as in 3D. Mainly because they need to make the enemies so damn strong to compensate for me being all over the place so everything kill me in one hit.
At least that's how it was in 3D.

And of course, they meant "transform" like TAV can, I can't believe I didn't realize that but then again, no one did

---We apologise for what might be an overly-specific question, but, what happened to Meow Wow....... Nomura: ......What indeed (laughs). The last part of KH3D was meant to be tentative foreshadowing.

So I might have been right all along and Sora is still in the RoS with his little Dream Eater pets when KHIII starts and Donald and Goofy go into the Realm of Sleep (as hinted by them saying Sora still isn't back yet, commenting on them not doing anything lately) where they walk worriedly around Traverse Town.

I wouldn't mind a tutorial in the Realm of Sleep, with Meow Wow leading you to the next objective.

I'm not so keen on the idea of the DE returning, but I think they were quite popular so it makes sense. I just hope that like many have suggested they're just summons you can mostly avoid.

I think/hope he only meant the keyblade taking on the form of diffrent weapons like Terra's cannon. I personally prefer the Armor thing staying a BBS wielder thing. Also I just don't get what's so awesome about armor...



Like always I'd love that. It's really a relationship I'd like to explore. Also both Kairi and Lea know Roxas so there is a possiblity. Heck maybe Lea would want to make it up to Kairi that he kidnapped her.



I really thing this would be an interesting plotline which if they bring back the DE I'd really like to explore.

This sounds really adorable. I can imagine Meow Wow running around and you have to follow him in the tutorial.

Please no Dream eaters :/, and btw Sora is not a keyblade Master! only Riku is

Sora is like Terra in that he possesses all the qualities of a Keyblade Master save for the official title, which is what the interviewer is referring to.

And it was stated flat out that he was asking specifically about Meow Wow. It's easier to proceed with the assumption that only Meow Wow will be returning rather than jumping to conclusions.

Meow Wow is a dream eater though, in my opinion it would be a little childish to have them in the conclusion to the Xeanort Saga

It's a Disney game, y'know.

Not sure how it is childish? KH3D, where Dream Eaters appeared, was probably one of the darkest games in the series, only second to BBS. You forget Kingdom Hearts is a series built on Disney properties, commonly associated with children. While the series is no longer one for children, it is still built around that appeal.

I don't find Meow Wow childish, though. It's adorable and cute, but when did "cute" and "adorable" suddenly become synonymous with "childish"?

This is a good time for a Walt Disney quote:

"Childishness? I think it’s the equivalent of never losing your sense of humor. I mean, there’s a certain something that you retain. It’s the equivalent of not getting so stuffy that you can’t laugh at others."

Not saying it isn't. My point is that when they very clearly specify "one", we can't make the jump to assume they're referring to "all".

That's not bold; That's just hard and confusing.


I guess when people started worrying about being perceived as a little kid and not being taken seriously that anything cute became childish.

If you ask me, "childish" shouldn't always have to be a bad thing.

I don't think they'd replace summons, they would just BE summons. If you think about what they did with linking in DDD, they essentially would just be the summons of KH3. I mean, the Stitch Summon and Neko Cat were pretty much one in the same in KH2 and DDD so they'd be very similar no doubt.



I think the heartless will stay. I mean, there really isn't a way to put heartless to rest since heartless are born of hearts who succumb to darkness. Light and dark will always be one of the major themes of KH so they'll definitely stay. I do think that every game has their own unique enemy type, but fear not, since I've always viewed heartless as the MAIN enemy type, even if Nobodies were showcased in KH2, Unversed in BbS, and DE's in DDD. Heartless were the main enemies in all the other games :)



Sorry to interject but DAAAAYUMMMMMMM!!!! I honestly never thought I'd read that quote in such an appropriate way...nice...nice.

I think even awesomer would be sora transforming his keyblade in battle like terra could.

'I

n KHIII you will have a three person party, but depending on the world NPCs will also join in fighting'
I think that's what he meant

That is what he is referring to in the interview.

I really doubt it would be exactly the same. In KHII it was too simplistic and didn't have much depth to it. In FFXV it seems party members can fight together in a more complicated manner. Since Nomura is directing both I think he will be doing the same in KHIII. If he does however do as you said I'd be really disappointed because after so many years of 'experimentation' with the KH spin off games he really should be able to deliver something new, innovative and amazing with KHIII.

Rather than the fusion ability for Riku I found the command styles in BbS to be way more fun. Not only the actual command styles themselves, but how you have to adjust you're battle plan to achieve them.


Genius idea! That would make for some awesome character interactions and I bet they'd develop eachother really nice! Imagining Kairi and Lea as apprentice colleagues or even travelling the worlds together is priceless! I really do hope they do this.


Nomura already said he did alot of experimenting with the KH spin offs. So I think it's safe to assume he will only be borrowing what has worked from DDD and other games alike or have it done in a more practical and fun manner that doesn't make you too overpowered. I think KHIII will have gameplay elements from KHII, BbS and 3D the most. However I do wish they return some of that RPG feel KH1 had. Not sure how to explain it but ever since the first game I feel KH has forgotten it is partially RPG.


Might have also been referring to TAV turning their keyblades into keyblade gliders or armor. I doubt the glider thing though coz sora and the gang have the gummi ship :D

What do you mean with it's forgotten it's a RPG. I hadn't noticed such a change, but then again my experience with RPGs are very limited.

Might have also been referring to TAV turning their keyblades into keyblade gliders or armor. I doubt the glider thing though coz sora and the gang have the gummi ship :D

Well the keyblade themselves never became armor, they only became gliders. The armor came from something they wore.

Like I said I'm not sure how to explain it...I just tried to think of a way to do so but I can't really put it into words. I hope someone else though understands what I mean and I am not alone with this thought o.o


Ya my bad I just remembered now it had nothing to do with the keyblade itself and that they had to hit part of the armor they had on at all times to bring out the complete armor.

I think it's just a matter of opinion. I'm on the side that doesn't believe there has been much of a change. RPG is a broad term that really only means "a game where you play as a fictional character." There really aren't standard for what an RPG has to "feel" like since it can feel like whatever it wants to feel like (look at how different all the FF games play and feel like and they are all JRPGs).

Perhaps Kalernor just kind of meant that the new games are too flashy and easy as opposed to the original KH1 which was very do it yourself kind of thing with decent platforming.

That is exactly the thing. Although each FF game plays differently, they all have this particular 'feel' in common. Like I said I can't explain it :(

Still kind of confused lol but that's fine, I hope they please as many people as possible with KH3 so I hope they revert back to whatever it was in KH1 that you enjoyed ^_^