New Nomura Art Released to Celebrate Kingdom Hearts' 15th Anniversary
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- Published on March 28, 2017 @ 12:32 pm
- Written by Joey
A brand new piece of artwork drawn by Series Creator Tetsuya Nomura featuring Kingdom Hearts 3's Sora was released on the 28th of March to celebrate the series' anniversary. Kingdom Hearts, which turned 15 years old today, expanded with the recent release of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and the Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 ReMIX's in preparation for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3.
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this is so awesome.
Happy 15th anniversary, Kingdom Hearts.
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How long before that's a new profile picture? I would like it.
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Love Nomura's art like always, would be so nice to get the full pic with no text to use as wallpaper.
^this.
Hard to believe it's been 15 years already. I still remember booting up KH1 for the first time, totally blown away by what I saw. The artwork is really nice, I love it.
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Like got dang. This is a bit too epic for my heart.
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Really really nice. A fully colored version would look dope.
But I do like the 3.28 tag. That's what hits home for me :')
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I love that upside down keyblade on sora's crown. nice touch Nomura
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This is so Awesome! I knew Tetsuya Nomura would give us a special surprise today, but I did not expect this! I'm in dreamland! Such a wonderful artwork! And Sora 16 from KH III!!! Yes! Thank you, Nomura!!!!
I just wish there was a picture without the big black words and numbers covering it. So bad!
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those paitings are blurred out for some reason hmm?
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I can't handle this much awesome in the morning!
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those paitings are blurred out for some reason hmm?
It pisses me off that Nomura can't even release a drawing without having to blur out cryptic spoilers :/
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Cool. Simple. Cool. Nostalgic.
I want an exclusive Steelbook for KHIII. But maybe we have to wait other 15 years to play it...
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chaser i dont know if you see it but do you see a fox on sora lap?
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It pisses me off that Nomura can't even release a drawing without having to blur out cryptic spoilers :/
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chaser i dont know if you see it but do you see a fox on sora lap?
I do not see that.
The top left mystery painting is someone's face and it's driving me insane.
Looks like Aqua to me, but it could also be Invi.
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I do not see that. .
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I do not see that.
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I see it!!
thank you that intresing i wonder what does it mean?
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thank you that intresing i wonder what does it mean?
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Oh my god even pics like these have crucial plotrelevance
kinda dig it
But we definitely need a clear version.
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Oh my god even pics like these have crucial plotrelevance
kinda dig it
But we definitely need a clear version.
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I see it!!
What the fuck.
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there got to be a connetion with kh3 and union x we dont know yet to repsent the fox
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there got to be a connetion with kh3 and union x we dont know yet to repsent the fox
I dunno dude, what did you expect? xD
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Could this be the cover art of the game?.
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Could this be the cover art of the game?.
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So a fox, a music note and spike of hair and arm and maybe headphones (Neku) in the lower right corner by Sora's left hand, a person with a smile who is either Aqua or who knows who, and hair(?) or ruffles and a face in the top right?
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It means Disney's Robin Hood in KH3 confirmed! Spread the hype! lol
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Sora is taking on all the swag of Xehanort a la DDD here
also, cool pic, brah
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Oh there really is a fox. Wow, just like Nomura to put teasers even in a pic like this.
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A FOX, WHAT THE HELL?!
As much as I don't want this to happen, could Sora connect to Union X somehow? If there's a fox in his lap, it may allude to something. Hell, as much as we are all assuming by "it's a secret" he meant that he was just visiting the dream eaters, perhaps he was doing something else in a different sleeping world while everyone else was being lectured on why Mickey fucked up on not saving Aqua?
Again, I don't think this is the case, but it's just one of the conclusions I came to seeing the fox.
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Ok the art is great and all that,but GOD!,Nomura why EVERY art of yours have some sort of tease?!
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I see it!!
I have a good feeling that the Fortellers' can actually shapeshift into animals. Heck, it may give further credence to the theory that they're artificial Dream Eaters like Chirithy.
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Plot twist that fox is what was inside the box the entire time, it's a special one of a kind dream eater the master created and stored away in the box for just the occasion.
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I came here wondering if anyone else had noticed the fox in Sora's lap, but I should have realized you guys would be right on top of that. You're too good:D
And you even noticed things that I haven't, like the pictures and stuff in the background! ^_^
The girl in the picture looks more like Namine to me than Aqua, but I could just be blind: if you're all saying it's Aqua, I believe you.
But if it is Namine, you could then--of course--say that the girl in the picture looks like Kairi or maybe is Kairi:
And then we get to Rebirth theory topics, then. I do feel like Ava and Kairi are connected in some way. One of the last official art works for III we saw, had Kairi suddenly sporting fox ears (maybe)--in a very Ava-esque design.
And now there's this: Sora holding a fox in his lap, with a picture of a girl who maybe looks like Kairi in the background.
I don't think it's a coincidence, but we'll see what ends up happening.
Gah! This is so exciting:) What a great way to spend the anniversary!
Either that, or maybe Sora does become the new leader for the Vulpes Union in Unchained Key. And Maleficent's going to be so very wrong, in thinking that he can't interfere with her there. LOL.
I have absolutely no idea what the other stuff could mean, though. Like the headphones and music note, I mean. Huh...
[strike]If it's a sign we're going to The Little Mermaid 2, I'll actually be happy about that. Though I know it won't happen, and that everyone else would be upset about that.[/strike]
Edit: That one photo on the right seems to be saying "The Jungle Book" to me, I'm seeing now... But I'm probably way wrong about that. ^_^'
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I have absolutely no idea what the other stuff could mean, though. Like the headphones and music note, I mean. Huh...
Yeah, we've never seen music notes and headphones before
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I have absolutely no idea what the other stuff could mean, though. Like the headphones and music note, I mean. Huh...
My first thought after seeing that was this particular image of Neku, since it looks like there are hands hovering around someone's head:
but it could just be me projecting my desire to return to Shibuya xD
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Yeah, we've never seen music notes and headphones before
I oddly can't see the headphones? Someone may have to point them out to me... But that's the reason I didn't jump on the TWEWY bandwagon. Because I don't want to get my hopes up for that, if I can't see the evidence of it with my own eyes?
But at the same time... I really should have just taken you guys' word on it, if you're all seeing it and I'm not.
I really would like to see it, though. So where is it?:)
Come to think of it... could someone point out both the music note and headphones? Because now that I think about it, I'm also having a hard time spotting the music note. Sorry for the trouble. ^_^'
Edit: I also wonder if "A Sound Idea" might have something to do with all this... Probably not.
Edit 2: It's going to be interesting if we do end up going to Shibuya. I want it more than anything, and I know that DDD all but confirmed it, but it's so interesting that Square Enix is so adamant about Final Fantasy stuff staying cameos only... and yet the might let us go to a World Ends With You world. XD
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A fox? I think you mean:
FFXV confirmed.
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Ooh, Sora's got some edge in this picture. I wonder if this could be a reflection of his personality in KHIII?
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Ooh, Sora's got some edge in this picture. I wonder if this could be a reflection of his personality in KHIII?
I like that jawline, it's almost sort of Xehanort-y, haha. He does look a bit more edgy, as long as Sora isn't so ridiculously peppy I think it'd be an improvement :D
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There's a part of me that thinks Sora feels Vanitas-y in this picture. Could be because I at first thought that was a Flood on his lap. LOL. And maybe that explains his edge.
@Grizzly Glad I'm not the only one, who thought about Pryna and Umbra (and even the demon dog from the Omen trailer) for a moment there...
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I think it's the smirk. That's the smirkiest smirk we've seen on him imo
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There's a part of me that thinks Sora feels Vanitas-y in this picture. Could be because I at first thought that was a Flood on his lap. LOL. And maybe that explains his edge.
Why when Vanitas is his own character? Literally the Orchestra OST is proof lol
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Plot twist that fox is what was inside the box the entire time, it's a special one of a kind dream eater the master created and stored away in the box for just the occasion.
I dunno. A revelation like that can get Disney and Square Enix into trouble for projecting animal cruelty. Though I agree with you that it's definitely a Dream Eater. I have a good feeling that it's Master Ava shape-shifting into a Fox.
Yeah, we've never seen music notes and headphones before
Actually, I was more inclined to believe that the portrait is representative of this "somebody"...
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I have been freaking out about this diddlying fox since this morning, and now y'all are talking about Neku and Shibuya being hinted at in this picture?? Like I can't handle all the curiosity hahaha. But yeah. I have no idea what's going on, I want off Nomura's wild ride :P ​not really
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Why when Vanitas is his own character? Literally the Orchestra OST is proof lol
I know Vanitas is his own person:) But there's always a chance that the "Vanitas is somewhere in Sora's heart" theory is correct. In which case, maybe something could happen in KHIII--where Sora gets possessed by him (though I guess that could even happen if Vanitas isn't in his heart), or something (temporarily) goes wrong when he tries to release Ven's heart and he ends up with some Vanitas traits, etc.
I mean... I always felt like Xemnas' "You'd better make sure the label matches the content" spiel in DDD never really went anywhere, and something like that could be a good way to make it a thing again.
Though tbh, I really don't think any of that's happening here, or will happen. I was just thinking out loud.
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I like that jawline, it's almost sort of Xehanort-y, haha. He does look a bit more edgy, as long as Sora isn't so ridiculously peppy I think it'd be an improvement :D
It's not just his face, his whole pose looks almost exactly like Geezernort's when he was lounging on that throne at the end of DDD and in the 0.2 intro. I mean, it could just be a callback to the various artworks of Sora on a throne, but still...
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@BlackOsprey Now you have me convinced that Lea didn't block Xehnort's heart at the end of DDD--and it secretly went inside Sora, and he's going to be a Nort now. Thanks. <_<
Kidding, friend! Kidding!
But in all seriousness... I do kind of think Sora's going to end up being a Darkness, one way or another. We all know how Nomura loves his plot twists...
And with the people making up the Seven versus Thirteen rosters being a secret until the final clash, I could see this being a thing.
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That artwork, wow. <3
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The main thing I notice about the pic.....is that Sora's shoes are still huge.
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@BlackOsprey Now you have me convinced that Lea didn't block Xehnort's heart at the end of DDD--and it secretly went inside Sora, and he's going to be a Nort now. Thanks. <_<
Kidding, friend! Kidding!
But in all seriousness... I do kind of think Sora's going to end up being a Darkness, one way or another. We all know how Nomura loves his plot twists...
And with the people making up the Seven versus Thirteen rosters being a secret until the final clash, I could see this being a thing.
Honestly I'm more convinced that if the similarities were intentional, it was just meant to contrast the two characters. They are the opposing "king" pieces in Eraqus and Xehanort's chess match, after all. You know, counterparts.
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The main thing I notice about the pic is.......that Sora's shoes are still huge.
HUGE plot point there guys,HUGE plot point there!
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All hail King Sora. Leader of all lights.
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Man, I read through the entire thread and everyone is pointing out all these little things - meanwhile, I just went "oooh, pretty picture."
This art is fucking gorgeous though, and I really hope it's the boxart. Thrown!Sora is best Sora.
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sora's elbow bothers the hell out of me. besides that, this is some great art.
i mean the arm he's petting the fox with
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sora's elbow bothers the hell out of me. besides that, this is some great art.
i mean the arm he's petting the fox with
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yeah i would like to see the full version with no words and blurry paitings with no cutoff
thats not going to fix his clearly broken arm
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thats not going to fix his clearly broken arm
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Meh. I barely feel anything for this picture. The creature in Sora's lap? Might actually be a cat or lion since Nomura likes those... meh, I hardly care about anything anymore.
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Great artwork. I love his jacket to be honest. I get that leather jacket 80's feel. Oh so suave Sora.
Happy anniversary Kingdom Hearts.
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thats not going to fix his clearly broken arm
[strike]at least he has both of his hands[/strike]
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Could the picture in the top right corner be of Cable Town? I actually have no idea, because I didn't go to the II.5 launch event, but the way you guys described it... It looks like it might be Cable Town to me. But what do I know?
I'm also becoming more and more convinced that this is hinting Shibuya in KHIII, since this is also the year of TWEWY's tenth anniversary. But someone stop me from getting my hopes up about that.
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Could the picture in the top right corner be of Cable Town? I actually have no idea, because I didn't go to the II.5 launch event, but the way you guys described it... It looks like it might be Cable Town to me. But what do I know?
I'm also becoming more and more convinced that this is hinting Shibuya in KHIII, since this is also the year of TWEWY's tenth anniversary. But someone stop me from getting my hopes up about that.
Pretty sure that Cable Town is either Daybreak Town in its conceptual stages, or The Land of Departure. And as far as Shibuya being a world goes, I really don't think that'll happen because San Fransokyo's a thing.
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Could the picture in the top right corner be of Cable Town? I actually have no idea, because I didn't go to the II.5 launch event, but the way you guys described it... It looks like it might be Cable Town to me. But what do I know?
I'm also becoming more and more convinced that this is hinting Shibuya in KHIII, since this is also the year of TWEWY's tenth anniversary. But someone stop me from getting my hopes up about that.
Not Cable Town. It looks like hair and clothes.
Pretty sure that Cable Town is either Daybreak Town in its conceptual stages, or The Land of Departure. And as far as Shibuya being a world goes, I really don't think that'll happen because San Fransokyo's a thing.
I'm not sure how San Fransokyo cancels out Shibuya. Different mythos, different plot lines, different styles, different populations. Sure, both are urban but that is about where the similarities end. San Fransokyo is a futuristic city that focuses less on the city itself and more in factories and secret military bases, business buildings, a manor, a cafe, and a college. The sky I guess...and the harbor.
Shibuya is back alleys, stores galore, trains, underground rivers, "bars", restaurants, and iconic Shibuya landmarks.
San Fransokyo in the film didn't even look majorly populated despite being based on San Francisco. I would imagine it'd be like that in the game. Shibuya is definitely a location driven by the sheer amount of people in it.
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All hail King Sora, hail Revan!
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does anybody got theiries why sora has a dog or fox on his lap?
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sora's elbow bothers the hell out of me. besides that, this is some great art.
i mean the arm he's petting the fox with
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Yeah if anything Sora's wrist is broken.
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@Master Spockanort It's funny... Right after I made that comment, I watched a video talking about this picture. And now I can finally see how that one photo does resemble a person and not a place. Man, am I blind.
But now I'm even more curious about this all... Could the two people in the portraits be our other Dandelion leaders? Because Sora's harboring one of them's heart atm, so because of that--if that is who the other two are--then all three of our new Union leaders are technically here:
It could even explain why Sora's holding a fox--if Ven's the one who ended up being in charge of the new Vulpes Union, I mean.
And man, am I hoping you're right about San Fransokyo not cancelling out Shibuya. But I'm thinking you are... or so we pray:)
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Whatever's being covered by the one doesn't look to be in a frame. Could someone else be there?
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I'm not sure how San Fransokyo cancels out Shibuya. Different mythos, different plot lines, different styles, different populations. Sure, both are urban but that is about where the similarities end. San Fransokyo is a futuristic city that focuses less on the city itself and more in factories and secret military bases, business buildings, a manor, a cafe, and a college. The sky I guess...and the harbor.
Shibuya is back alleys, stores galore, trains, underground rivers, "bars", restaurants, and iconic Shibuya landmarks.
San Fransokyo in the film didn't even look majorly populated despite being based on San Francisco. I would imagine it'd be like that in the game. Shibuya is definitely a location driven by the sheer amount of people in it.
Trust me, they're far more similar than you give them credit for. They're both Japanese themed urban cities, specifically Tokyo. Plus, there are scenes in which San Fransokyo looks densely populated (when Baymax is chasing the Microbot through San Fransokyo).
But on a more general note, Shibuya from TWEWY isn't even a Disney world. Every world that isn't a Disney world is usually an original world. Outside of an exchange by Neku and Sora, I really don't see the point of shoe-horning in Shibuya when there's plenty of Disney properties to choose from instead.
Yeah, you can make the argument that Dwarf Woodlands and Enchanted Dominion are both primarily forest worlds, but the difference with them was that they are stylistically distinguishable. Shibuya and San Fransokyo... not so much. But hey, that's just my opinion.
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Whatever's being covered by the one doesn't look to be in a frame. Could someone else be there?
That's a good point! Who would be in there with Sora, though, and why?
The Master of Masters (because I don't buy Nomura's "he won't be in Kingdom Hearts III" at all)? Luxu? Ray Chase may or may not have let it slip that Luxu's going to be in KHIII (though I think Ray might have just been guessing, or confused. So no one get too excited here, guys. And even if Luxu is in KHIII... it was always pretty obvious that was going to happen, tbh, so it's not like Ray really spilled the beans on that--if it ends up being a thing.)
One of the Foretellers?
I'm totally changing my tune on who the mysterious people in this drawing are, it would seem...
But man, do I want to know who they are so badly! Nomura, why do you do this to me? And why do I love you for it?
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Maybe we'll get III for the 30th anniversary? XD
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What's...what's that in his lap? Is there something in his lap? Am I crazy?
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What's...what's that in his lap? Is there something in his lap? Am I crazy?
Yeah, literally everyone is talking about it :P
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Hello, I've been reading this forum for a long time but that's the first time I com to post.
I just wanted to ask if anyone else thinks that the bottom right painting may be of Larxene. The music note makes me think about Demyx or Neku but under it there is some kind of hair "antenna" similar to hers.
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I got bored, so I made crappy outlines of the paintings.
I still believe the last one is Neku, but now it looks like a bird. XD
So it may or may not be Ava or have something to do with her.
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its clear that sora is petting a reincarnated eraqus. to quote master xehanorr, "you sly fox"
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its clear that sora is petting a reincarnated eraqus. to quote master xehanorr, "you sly fox"
you know what, that's probably what it is
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Hello, I've been reading this forum for a long time but that's the first time I com to post.
I just wanted to ask if anyone else thinks that the bottom right painting may be of Larxene. The music note makes me think about Demyx or Neku but under it there is some kind of hair "antenna" similar to hers.
This series has so many characters with gravity-defying spiky hair, a spike of hair really doesn't narrow the possibilities down.
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Hello, I've been reading this forum for a long time but that's the first time I com to post.
I just wanted to ask if anyone else thinks that the bottom right painting may be of Larxene. The music note makes me think about Demyx or Neku but under it there is some kind of hair "antenna" similar to hers.
Interesting observation. I don't see any signs she'd possibly return to the series, but it's interesting to think about nevertheless :D
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Interesting observation. I don't see any signs she'd possibly return to the series, but it's interesting to think about nevertheless :D
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I quite like the new art. By having Sora sit on the throne and wear a crown, it reminds the watcher of the image that was drawn at the time of KH1. By having him wear his KH3 clothes there is a link to the future. So this artwork combines the past and the future into a single image, which is pretty nice.
I at first thought that paintings/pictures on the walls would be something like past memories, but as others have pointed out they are blurred so they probably have some kind of cryptic message/hint buried in them. Sneaky Nomura continues to be sneaky.
The animal in Sora`s lap indeed looks like a fox.
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Thank you so much, FudgeMint! You're seriously the best! ^_^ That third picture definitely looks like a person to me now, and I do think that it's Neku.
I swear, if the TWEWY stuff ends up being somehow plot relevant to KHIII.... after I just made a post on Tumblr saying that it won't be...
Also, KH13 had this to say about the animal in Sora's lap: "
[FONT="]Finally, we can see Sora is holding an animal on his lap, one that resembles a canid. As an interesting note, next year is the Year of the Dog in the Chinese calendar."
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Thank you so much, FudgeMint! You're seriously the best! ^_^ That third picture definitely looks like a person to me now, and I do think that it's Neku.
I swear, if the TWEWY stuff ends up being somehow plot relevant to KHIII.... after I just made a post on Tumblr saying that it won't be...
Also, KH13 had this to say about the animal in Sora's lap: "
[FONT='inherit']Finally, we can see Sora is holding an animal on his lap, one that resembles a canid. As an interesting note, next year is the Year of the Dog in the Chinese calendar."
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I live to serve, LightUpTheSky~
And...wait....
What's that thing between the 2 and 8? It looks like.......
OH MY GOD! GUYS THE PERSON IN THE FIRST PAINTING IS CLOUD!!
That thingy is one of the screws on his pauldron! That's Cloud! Ahhhhhh!
Wait...FFVII Remake is happening, so... could the paintings be of games NOMURA IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON?!?!?!?
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I live to serve, LightUpTheSky~
And...wait....
What's that thing between the 2 and 8? It looks like.......
OH MY GOD! GUYS THE PERSON IN THE FIRST PAINTING IS CLOUD!!
That thingy is one of the screws on his pauldron! That's Cloud! Ahhhhhh!
Wait...FFVII Remake is happening, so... could the paintings be of games NOMURA IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON?!?!?!?
...It's a possibility I suppose. But then again, I really don't think that it'd be in Square Enix's best interest to use Kingdom Hearts III promotion as promotion for all their other games, that'd feel far too shoe-horned in for my tastes.
I really have a gut feeling that it's the original Forteller's. After all, they've been recorded in history as the "Lost Keyblade Masters". Maybe the portraits are censored because their identities have been revealed through these portraits.
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Oh god, if it's literally a piece featuring all the games Nomura is doing right now, I may die. That sounds too good to be true.
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I live to serve, LightUpTheSky~
And...wait....
What's that thing between the 2 and 8? It looks like.......
OH MY GOD! GUYS THE PERSON IN THE FIRST PAINTING IS CLOUD!!
That thingy is one of the screws on his pauldron! That's Cloud! Ahhhhhh!
Wait...FFVII Remake is happening, so... could the paintings be of games NOMURA IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON?!?!?!?
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Just like Frozen being in KH3, I think we can all assume Cloud will be in KH3. They still have the final act of the Sephiroth subplot to finish, and it'll be good advertising for FFVIIR.
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Just like Frozen being in KH3, I think we can all assume Cloud will be in KH3. They still have the final act of the Sephiroth subplot to finish, and it'll be good advertising for FFVIIR.
Sephiroth fight in KH3: Two Forms. Human, and Safer-Sephiroth. Full version of One Winged Angel. Cloud is a party member. IMAGINE IT~
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This artwork throws me to be back where I started KH.. I really like dual reference of first KH and Noctis there.
Ooh, Sora's got some edge in this picture. I wonder if this could be a reflection of his personality in KHIII?
Yeah. I like those edgy smile, make me feels like wanting to meet Vanitas again at this point.
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I think you're right, FudgeMint. I think it IS supposed to be Cloud--which would kind of go hand-in-hand with how they honored FFVII's anniversary with a KHIII screenshot this year.
And if that one picture really is supposed to be Neku, and I think it is, then I think the theory about this being all the games that Nomura's working on makes a lot of sense:)
Especially since all three of those games all have anniversaries this year: It's FFVII's twentieth (as well as FF in general's thirtieth), KH's fifteenth, and TWEWY's tenth.
IIRC, it's also some sort of anniversary for Final Fantasy Tactics this year. Do you think that's what the one portrait could be of? I don't know enough about Tactics to say for sure, but maybe it could be a Nomura-esque Ovelia we're seeing there? Or something like that?
But do you guys think that they could be working on a Tactics thing, that Nomura might be assisting on?
Or what about FFI? Does the portrait look like anyone from that first Final Fantasy game, that Nomura might be paying homage to here? A Nomura-esque Sarah, maybe?
And if we're talking about all of Nomura's games (or, at least, games that started out as Nomura's), maybe that girl is Stella (or Luna, if we're talking XV)... Hinting at Versus XIII/FFXV type things to be in KHIII? [strike]Or maybe even hinting at the Versus XV rumor, that we all know isn't happening?[/strike]
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wait if one them is cloud there got to be reyne or lann from world of final fantasy since he work on that game as well and since we got medals from woff already in unchained/union x i reckon theat reynn and lann will be in kh3
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wait if one them is cloud there got to be reyne or lann from world of final fantasy since he work on that game as well and since we got medals from woff already in unchained/union x i reckon theat reynn and lann will be in kh3
That's a good thought, actually! And coincidentally, weren't Square Enix North America talking about wanting Lann and Reynn in KHIII in their stream?
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That's a good thought, actually! And coincidentally, weren't Square Enix North America talking about wanting Lann and Reynn in KHIII in their stream?
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This series has so many characters with gravity-defying spiky hair, a spike of hair really doesn't narrow the possibilities down.
It's the fact that the rest of the hair looks flat that made me thinks of her.
Interesting observation. I don't see any signs she'd possibly return to the series, but it's interesting to think about nevertheless :D
Apparently, Marluxia will be back. I think it would be interesting to see her return too.
Anyway, It is probably not her. There is no apparent reason for Nomura to put her there but I learned to not exclude anything with him. Just wanted to share the thought to see if anyone else saw it.
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Ya know, even if the top right painting wasn't blurred, I'd still have no idea what it is. XD
If we go by the theory that it's Nomura games having a major anniversary, it could be Parasite Eve since next year would be its 20th. But I don't know squat about that series so the painting still looks like nothing to me.
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The buildings inside Daybreak Town has portraits, and considering the fact that Sora has a fox on his lap, this image may indeed provide the spoilers for the Forteller's identities.
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Ya know, even if the top right painting wasn't blurred, I'd still have no idea what it is. XD
Some sort of landscape. The blurred image in the forefront is a lily.
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The buildings inside Daybreak Town has portraits, and considering the fact that Sora has a fox on his lap, this image may indeed provide the spoilers for the Forteller's identities.
I do honestly think some of the photos are of the Foretellers, Luxu, and/or The Master of Masters. But I'm trying not to get my hopes up about that, because I don't want to get burned. Haha. But I honestly do think that's what it is: that's just the most logical conclusion.
I'm also starting to think that this is the KHIII cover. But why would Sora be sitting down again? Is this hinting that Sora will get Kingdom Hearts' power in the end, and become a "king" for that reason and remake the world in his image?
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I do honestly think some of the photos are of the Foretellers, Luxu, and/or The Master of Masters. But I'm trying not to get my hopes up about that, because I don't want to get burned. Haha. But I honestly do think that's what it is: that's just the most logical conclusion.
I'm also starting to think that this is the KHIII cover. But why would Sora be sitting down again? Is this hinting that Sora will get Kingdom Hearts' power in the end, and become a "king" for that reason and remake the world in his image?
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A brand new piece of artwork drawn by Series Creator Tetsuya Nomura featuring Kingdom Hearts 3's Sora was released on the 28th of March to celebrate the series' anniversary. Kingdom Hearts, which turned 15 years old today, expanded with the recent release of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and the Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 ReMIX's in preparation for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3.
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Love it! At least we got something for the 15th anniversary. I guess E3 is our best chance for a new trailer for KH3.
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the image might kh3 promtinal art but i think we get somthing different for the box art
I think that would be cool having Sora holding a fox as a box art. It wouldn't spoil anything but give you ideas for the story.
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Tbh I wouldn't like this as a boxart at all. I want something different for KH3. Something epic but simple as well. Like KH2's or KH1's, for example. A fox isn't epic
However, I do think they would be able to do something epic with all the pictures floating aroumd -- maybe they should show some of the game's worlds. Or it could be a representation of past events!
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Tbh I wouldn't like this as a boxart at all. I want something different for KH3. Something epic but simple as well. Like KH2's or KH1's, for example. A fox isn't epic
However, I do think they would be able to do something epic with all the pictures floating aroumd -- maybe they should show some of the game's worlds. Or it could be a representation of past events!
I get what you mean.
Personally, I think I'm hoping for something ala the original Chain of Memories' cover. KH1's and KH2FM's will always be my favorites... But I just don't know if Nomura can do something as cool as them anymore.
That sounds like I'm insulting him, and I swear I'm not! But I just mean that those two were so epic, I guess it makes sense that he can just barely reach their quality in trying to come up with new, different covers now... if that makes any sense at all.
But CoM's probably my third favorite cover (and something Nomura could probably emulate, without flat-out copying it). And it'd probably go hand-in-hand with what you're looking for with the pictures, too.
Or who knows? Maybe he'll surprise us all, and come up with something we never could've expected that is the best cover over.
But going along with the 1.5, 2.5, and 2.8 images, I imagine it'll be the gang running or fighting, huh?
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But going along with the 1.5, 2.5, and 2.8 images, I imagine it'll be the gang running or fighting, huh?
Almost everyone sitting, a standing character on top looking upwards, some sky, and a heart.
...I've only just now noticed that KH2's cover has the ocean on the bottom. lol
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Possibly not. I'd imagine III's cover will follow suit to KH1 and 2's.
Almost everyone sitting, a standing character on top looking upwards, some sky, and a heart.
...I've only just now noticed that KH2's cover has the ocean on the bottom. lol
That is a good point. I can see Nomura wanting to do something similar to these, to finish out the trilogy that way. Probably with the Seven Guardians of Light and MDG?
And I never noticed the ocean in that picture, either. o_0 Seeing it right next to the KH1 art is also making me like it a lot more:)
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Hope we get to see the full picture at D23.
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