Nomura discusses unlocking KINGDOM HEARTS 3's secret ending and future simultaneous releases
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- Published on January 24, 2019 @ 02:22 pm
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Famitsu has conducted an interview with Tetsuya Nomura ahead of KINGDOM HEARTS 3’s release in Japan. In this interview, he discusses how to unlock the secret ending, writing the scenario and his decision to reconsider future simultaneous worldwide releases of his games as a result of the leaks.
Update: Famitsu has corrected their interview where Nomura was referring to including the series' customary Proud Mode. Critical Mode is not offered in Kingdom Hearts 3. We have updated translations accordingly.
Translations by goldpanner.
KINGDOM HEARTS III for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One is releasing January 25 2019. Director Tetsuya Nomura gave us some of his precious time during the busy pre-release period for an interview.
--I actually did get to play a little of the game. There are so many different things to do! Even once you've cleared a world, you end up coming back just to explore and continue the minigames. The story itself hooks you in as all the pieces of the puzzle come together, it feels so good. It's too awesome for fans.
Nomura: Thank you. KH3 is, if I had to say, "the story of taking down Master Xehanort." As such, it is the conclusion of the Dark Seeker Chronicle, and serves as an emphatic piece of punctuation to the series. Many mysteries are resolved.
--I'd like you to please explain some things about Sora's goals this time, for those who are about to play. First, tell us about the "power of awakening" that Sora needs in order to face up to Master Xehanort.
Nomura: It has a few special qualities, but to put it simply it's the "power to return hearts in abnormal states to what they were originally." It can "open that which is closed, and recover hearts from within." In KH3D, they opened a portal… or type of entryway to the sleeping realm, and visited each world. That was partially training in order to gain the "power of awakening." However, thanks to Master Xehanort interfering, Sora wasn't able to properly acquire the "power of awakening." As such, his goal at the beginning of KH3 is to recover that power.
--So in order to gather the Guardians of Light, the people who will face against the darkness, he needs that "power of awakening." He has another goal: to bring Roxas back. But if Roxas has been absorbed into Sora, then how do you define "bringing him back?"
Nomura: It would be defined as resurrecting him as an independent individual with his own body. In KH2, it seemed as though Roxas returning inside Sora was the resolution to the whole thing. But after that, in KH3D, Sora came into contact with Roxas' heart and memories, and tells him that they are different and that Roxas deserves to be his own person. Sora thinks it is necessary to bring Roxas back because Roxas has his own heart, because there's someone waiting for him (Axel), and because now he wants his help as a Guardian of Light.
--If KH3 marks a turning point in the series, that means the KH series is to continue, right? Even though many mysteries will be solved in KH3, will even more questions come about...
Nomura: Of course it will continue. KH3 is the conclusion of the Dark Seeker Chronicle, but it is not the conclusion of the KH series - including KH Union Cross. As for future ideas, I think you will find your imaginations ignited if you watch the epilogue (releasing Jan 26) and secret movie (releasing Jan 31) which shall cast a fortune for the future.
--Will there be any conditions for watching the epilogue and secret movie?
Nomura: The epilogue will play after the ending. If you download it the day after release on the 26th, you'll be able to see it once you have cleared the game. The secret movie will be released on the 31st, and whether or not you will be able to unlock it will be related to how many "Lucky Marks" you've taken pictures of.
--That's a collectibles component where you go around taking pictures of marks that look like the silhouette of the King (Mickey) using Sora's Mobile Portal, right?
Nomura: How many you need to get depends on the degree of difficulty you select at the start of the game. On the easiest mode, Beginner, you need all the marks. On Standard and Proud mode you can miss a few. You can get by on Proud mode with relatively few, but it's not all that strict on Standard mode either in my opinion.
--Are there any other conditions?
Nomura: No, just the number of Lucky Marks you snap. This time I made it so people could see it without having to fulfil multiple conditions.
--It sounds a lot easier than in previous titles.
Nomura: Yeah. Players have different needs these days, and I wanted to make it so as many people as possible would be able to watch them from playing by themselves.
--Speaking of the difficulty levels, I found that on Standard mode I wasn't held up much in battle, and was able to progress quite smoothly. One reason was that the party AI is excellent, and they healed me a lot.
Nomura: We made the focal point of the battle gameplay the fun in the variety of things you can do, such as Keyblade transformations. Even though boss battles can be tough, we did our best to design levels that players wouldn't get stuck on. We did, however, include our customary "Proud" mode, as well as an ability that stops you gaining XP from the start, so I think people who like to do different kinds of runs will be satisfied. By the way, you can also change the settings of your party AI and stop them from healing you.
--The play style really can be changed depending on each player's choices.
Nomura: Battle itself is full of options: Keyblade attacks, magic, and even situation commands that keep on coming. We created the gameplay, including for battle, under the concept of the fun of selecting from a wide range of choices.
--Another large feature of KH3 is the many new worlds appearing. Which would you particularly like players to notice?
Nomura: Each world has things about it I'd like players to notice, but the one I'd most like everyone to take their time playing is the Caribbean (Pirates of the Caribbean), where you can enjoy battling by land, sea and air. I'd love for everyone to experience the exciting adventure of hopping aboard a ship and freely exploring the Caribbean Sea. The world with the most of my personal feelings in it is the Toy Box (Toy Story), I would say. You see, the premise of KH3 always included a Toy Story world in my mind. We began work on it in the very first stages of the project, and I wrote everything from the project to the scenario myself, with lots of consultations with Pixar. It left a deep impression on me.
--You're writing the scenario yourself?
Nomura: When it comes to the scenario, including the script, in the end I write everything myself. That's not just for Toy Box. I haven't made this public before, but after KH2 generally everything was written by me, especially KH 358/2 Days.
--I see. I had thought that you assemble the plot, and then the script and other small details were assigned to someone else.
Nomura: That is how it was in the beginning. However, ever since KH2, roughly speaking I will create the outline of the scenario myself, and then (Masaru) Oka will take that and create a springboard scenario, including dialogue, that takes into consideration requests from the level design team. Then after that, I write the final manuscript myself. That's the general flow. Other staff have worked on the scenario in the past, but the KH series lore is complicated, and when lots of people are involved it gets hard to keep everyone updated on it all. In the end, I'm the one with the best grasp on it, so that's why we ended up with the style we have today.
--But, you haven't been credited with "Scenario" in the end credits in any of the titles so far.
Nomura: I get credited with "Story," so I guess it doesn't need to be said. Plus, I've been in the industry for a long time. I worried that if people were to go into things with the preconceived notion that "Tetsuya Nomura wrote this," it get in the way of their play, so I didn't make it clear. But the series is 17 years old now, and the fact that "an old dude is writing it" is simply the truth (dry laugh). I wrote this game myself too. I wrote all the text: not just the scenario, I even decide the item names myself.
--Even the social media style loading screen?
Nomura: Oh, yes I did write that. There are a couple of patterns, including ones you see after clearing a world. There are some pretty casual hashtags and things, so I hope you look carefully while waiting for things to load.
--By the way, speaking of item names, the weird name of the Toy Box Keyblade "Fave Deputy" piqued my interest. Didn't it have a different name before?
Nomura: Infinity Badge, the name you've seen before, was an in-development name. "Fave Deputy" is a shortening of "Favorite Deputy," from one of Woody's recorded voice box phrases, "You are my favorite deputy" (laughs). There was a character limit so I couldn't fit the whole thing in.
--I wasn't expecting that! (Laughs). So, on top of keeping an eye on all the text, you and Mr. Oka are managing that complex scenario just the two of you?
Nomura: In a management sense, Oka has that spot. This time, I asked (Kazushige) Nojima as Supervisor to do the springboard for the flow from the last battle to the ending, and I also asked his advice whenever I was having trouble with something. We also had four coordinators who proof-read the scenario in the final stages of development to make sure our complicated scenario wasn't missing anything. Even so, that is a rather small number of people for the scale of this title.
--I see. Moving on, I am interested in whether there will be any extra story or battles available as DLC after release.
Nomura: Right now, staff are taking a break and I can't speak of the details. Nothing has been decided, but if we do have paid DLC, I am thinking about offering one piece with deep content rather than several fragments of things. Also, I am also considering some free downloadable content separate to that. Well, I'd rather prioritize the next game than work on DLC for a long period.
--The next game… of course! Now, the release date is nearly here. How are you feeling?
Nomura: I had expected to be able to relax, but I haven't been able to take a single break and I've been on my toes the entire time (dry laugh)? We even had some trouble when someone overseas obtained a ROM through dishonest means.
--Is there anything you are able to say about that incident?
Nomura: The situation has left our hands now, and I can't speak in much detail about it, but… false information was going around and people were thinking that a large number of copies were circulating from many leak sources. In fact, we confirmed that it was limited to four copies, and there was only one leak source who was scattering information to make it seem as though there were many. I say it was only one, but thanks to that one, many people who were looking forward to KH3 were caused distress. It is a humongous shame. This incident proved that worldwide simultaneous releases are highly risky, and I feel obligated to reconsider them for any titles I am involved with in the future, at least for physical editions.
--This incident was disappointing for fans, but I am sure everyone knows that it is nonsense to judge things based on rumours. The release date is upon us, and then all we will have to do is enjoy ourselves.
Nomura: I would like for everyone to play it and judge for themselves. Making this game fun was my number one priority when working on KH3. The staff have worked very hard in order to make every feature fun. I hope you explore and enjoy every inch of this game stuffed with fun things.
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Thanks for the translations, Goldpanner!
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Hmm, on one hand I feel for Nomura and I dare to believe that he seriously means what he says, yet the situation with the leaks sounds like it wasn't handled too well.
Question is if it is really Square's fault or if the main blame really lies with the distributor who carelessly allowed one or several copies to be stolen.
This hasn't anything to do with if it is a worldwide simultaneous release or not.
The information about how the scenario writing goes is very interesting to read about, as it may deliver an explanation for several things that were amiss when it comes to story pacing, scenarios and dialogue in the whole series since KH 2 FM.
The story being about "taking down Master Xehanort" and serving an emphatic punctuation to the series so far, like a season finale of a series of multiple seasons, sounds pretty solid on paper but it will all depend on the execution of it.
It's neat to see him go into detail about the power of awakening in general though and giving an overview of one of its uses by using Roxas as an example.
It's much less vague than what is usual for Nomura so it is a welcome change of pace.
And it is made clear that it is specifically a "power" and not some special Keyblade as the old nomenclature of "Key to Return Hearts" might've implied.
I wonder what exactly Nomura knows about the severity of the leaks as he makes it sound as if only disjointed snippets or certain parts of the game were leaked even when not counting the Epilogue and Secret ending which are "leak safe" because interestingly Square at least seems to have been partly expecting such an incident.
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Many thanks for the speedy translation again. ;D
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Well he said for physical editions. Nomura can follow the steps of the music industry and do Digital releases that are worldwide simultaneously and send out physicals maybe a week after I wouldn't mind that if it means the games get released world wide.
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If pretty much every major studio can release games simultaneously without issues, the simultaneous release is not the problem here.
Excited to read Sora’s tweets though.
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Well he said for physical editions. Nomura can follow the steps of the music industry and do Digital releases that are worldwide simultaneously and send out physicals maybe a week after I wouldn't mind that if it means the games get released world wide.
The problem is digital sales for games are not at a place where that is feasible. Physical sales still outnumber digital ones by a huge margin. It creates an unfair disadvantage to those who do not buy digital and it just means that people will get punished for waiting for a physical game by getting spoiled.
The problem was not the simultaneous physical release. Nintendo and other publishers have been able to accomplish this with no issues. This is just Nomura being extremely reactionary and misunderstanding the series of events that led to this leak.
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So, future KH games may not have a simultaneous global release because of the leaks?
That does not make any sense, it wouldn't prevent anything. Nomura saying that only makes clear he only cares about Japan and he doesn't want japanese fans to be spoiled by people in the west. If the games are released in Japan months before and we fans from the west are spoiled months before we can play, he doesn't care. As much as I love KH, I can't help but have a very negative opinion about Nomura right know. For me that sounds like he blames all the western KH fanbase or even all the gaming community for some idiot who got the game early and started leaking, and we all should pay for it having delayed releases on the future. What an idiotic way to manage things, Nomura. Give us the middle finger. Greeeaaaat.
Sorry about this rant.
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In regards to DLC he mentioned the possibility of "one piece with deep content". I'm hoping that means a whole DLC episode in the vein of something from XV. Maybe something set in Radiant Garden
Also it cracks me up thinking of what Sora would tweet.
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In regards to DLC he mentioned the possibility of "one piece with deep content". I'm hoping that means a whole DLC episode in the vein of something from XV. Maybe something set in Radiant Garden
Also it cracks me up thinking of what Sora would tweet.
Certainly possible.
It would be the equivalent to the Final Mixes in the past, possibly also including all the stuff they were forced to cut due to both time constraints for the release and the year of development they lost due to the engine switch.
Considering how Sora handles a computer in II and technology in general it is surprising he would even know how to properly use this stuff so quick.
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I'd be more concerned about not having simultaneous releases in the future if they didn't try to not have it release simultaneously (kinda) this time around. If I remember correctly, didn't they plan for KH3 to have much more time between JP and global releases? Maybe that's what threw everything off in the first place; meaning copies might of sent out on a different timeframe then they planned originally. Someone higher up then Nomura must have made the call to release them together from a business perspective, so his opinions on the subject might not matter.
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One bad apple ruins the bunch apparently.
I could not be more upset about these leaks. It's... terrible. And I knew this would rub Nomura and his team the wrong way. I don't like the idea of digital only releases because I can't download 30 something gigabytes worth of game. My internet is not fast enough, it would take me days and days. Maybe even a week.
And the leakers themselves, I don't get it. Why not just keep it to yourself? Why are you uploading them online? For attention? Must be. It really depresses me that I can't read theories or have fandom fun because I'm afraid I'll see something I don't want to see yet. I've never felt so distressed before the release of a KH game. I'm usually so excited, but it feels like an uphill battle. Leaks, the threat of no more global releases, the frustration that oozes from Nomura's words... urg
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An option to stop party members from healing you, for those who want the true Kingdom Hearts experience.
| " This incident proved that worldwide simultaneous releases are highly risky, and I feel obligated to reconsider them for any titles I am involved with in the future, at least for physical editions." |
PUT THOSE WORDS BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM, OR SO HELP ME!
That is complete bullshit and you seriously cannot honestly believe what you said, Nomura. Having a simultaneous release was NOT what caused this and you should be ashamed of yourself for saying such and wanting to punish fans for the actions of some losers.
I'm really fuming right now.
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And yet we're still waiting 4 days longer for no reason. RE2 is out tomorrow.
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It's so ridiculous to think of punishing the entire fanbase outside of Japan considering how significant the effort was on the part of the Western fans to avoid leaks and keep each other safe. I've never seen a fanbase so unified in an effort of that magnitude and to insinuate that effort was pointless, and we are all undeserving, because of under 10 assholes wanting their 15 minutes, is hurtful.
I can only imagine how Nomura feels, but the majority of the fans are right there with him. It's been a pretty painful effort to avoid any unwanted information and it's hugely disappointing this happened to THIS title. But that being said, it's still not right and I hope time changes his mind or Square doesn't agree.
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What a dumb comment from him tbh. He's acting like this is some common issue and that only people overseas are to blame. Someone in Japan could have stolen copies too. Also I highly doubt he has anything to say when it comes to releasedates. Simultaneous releases are almost a norm in this industry now. The only thing he could potentially do is delay the WW version by a week which is still annoying but honestly idc.
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Nomura right now.
Re: Nomura discusses unlocking KINGDOM HEARTS 3’s secret ending and future simultaneous releases
Nomura right now.
The children of young to middle aged adults lol
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It’s literally the worst decision that he could ever make. We aren’t those leakers, but I say diddly him if that’s what he really believes should happen. I’ve never seen such a blatant disregard for the western audience from Nomura and SE since the days of the FM games.
I take that back, UX Global has been an unmitigated disaster.
Even so, the problem came from a person with malicious intent, not the fans. We shouldn’t be punished for something a few idiots decided to do. That Japan-centric mindset doesn’t work for a global market, anyways. Its 2019. The series historicaly sells better in the west! Why would you slap the hand that feeds you?
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Thank God, I'll likely be in Japan by KHIV.
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It's distressing to hear Nomura considering going back to the dark ages of early Japanese release just because of this incident. I myself can't fathom the idea of going back to having to be in this self-imposed blackout period for months just so Japan can have first crack. I'm disappointed in Nomura's attitude towards his Western fanbase (particularly since 60% of this franchise is based around Western animation), but I suppose I shouldn't be totally dumbfounded. Nomura, after all, is Japanese, and the Japanese have a very racist attitude towards foreigners, particularly Westerners. They see us as "other" and lesser than they are. So, it's not unrealistic that Nomura would bear stereotypical views about all Western people and paint us with broad strokes just because of the actions of a degenerate few.
All that being said, I am nonetheless elated to hear how much simpler it will be to unlock the secret ending in this game. I've always thought the secret endings were traditionally too difficult or cumbersome to unlock in the older KH games for people who just want to play on easier game modes. KH II was probably the worst offense—if you wanted the ending, and you were playing on Standard, you had to basically do EVERYthing, even beating all the Coliseum tournaments with high scores. It was a bit ridiculous. But I'm glad to see he's toned it down. The secret endings are, after all, some of the best stuff in any KH game, and most gamers should be afforded the opportunity to view it.
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You think this is bad? Try being a Western Dissidia player. Also, I wouldn't start throwing around accusations of racism. A bit much there.
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I think most of you are kinda jumping the gun here. Nomura is speaking off the cuff at a particularly stressful time, compounded by the leak fiasco. He is not going to be the unilateral decision-maker when it comes to future release schedules. I'd be pretty surprised if SE reverts back to a non-global release model. And until solid evidence surfaces that makes me believe they will, there's no reason getting upset about it. Let's see what they do with FFVIIR.
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I mean, I don't know what the whole incident has to do with simultaneous release but ok.
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I think most of you are kinda jumping the gun here. Nomura is speaking off the cuff at a particularly stressful time, compounded by the leak fiasco. He is not going to be the unilateral decision-maker when it comes to future release schedules. I'd be pretty surprised if SE reverts back to a non-global release model. And until solid evidence surfaces that makes me believe they will, there's no reason getting upset about it. Let's see what they do with FFVIIR.
If KH hadn’t already had a history of delayed western releases and Nomura’s propincity for reactionary actions, I think people wouldn’t be so worried. Since there is a long, long history of them snubbing the west, I think people’s reactions are in line. Not the line about Nomura being racist. That was out of line.
Rather, just the idea that Nomura could and would do something like this is worrying to fans in the west who are feeling just as stressed as Nomura. He shouldn’t make sweeping statements like that if he is in an upset state of mind. Instead it’s just undoing the goodwill that was built up over the last few months.
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Yeah, let's all blame Nomura... He's the scapegoat creator within Square Enix, after all.
Re: Nomura discusses unlocking KINGDOM HEARTS 3’s secret ending and future simultaneous releases
Yeah, let's all blame Nomura... He's the scapegoat creator within Square Enix, after all.
Mm, I mean we can also blame SE but the words came out of Nomura’s mouth. Who else are we to blame for his statements but the person who said the statement? Nobody told Nomura to publicly say that because of this leak, they are reconsidering simultaneous launches. He did that on his own. His interviews with Famitsu are usually pretty candid.
It goes without saying that people definitely blame the leakers, but when the director is making a pretty big statement that punishes an entire region based on the actions of a few people, where do you think people are people going to turn their frustrations?
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Yeah, let's all blame Nomura... He's the scapegoat creator within Square Enix, after all.
Everyone has the right to be angry with Nomura.
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I wonder how the Mouse and his people feel about that statement.
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I wonder how the Mouse feels about that statement.
They probably don’t care. They never cared before when we were all sitting for months waiting for these games to drop.
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It's a fresh wound stemming from a title culminating 17 years of devotion. Hopefully, time will change this rash stance.
That being said, I'm glad Goldpanner was able to share this interview with us. I really had no clue that down to the final script and mere item words Nomura tasked himself with all of that post-KH2 (which has some of my least favorite writing). I thought he might have been taking too much credit, but the team is really that small and tight-knit in that regard.
I'm sure I'll breeze through my obligatory standard difficulty playthrough, so it's nice to see it'll be relatively easy to meet the secret ending criteria.
And Fave Deputy > Infinity Badge for sure.
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I don't buy what he's saying. I'm not concerned at all, and if it goes Digital worldwide with us getting another release then I guess I'll buy two KH4's because I want to continue to support my favorite game series.
I think he's just speaking from a state of high emotion and stress and he didn't even say he was for sure doing it. Let's just see how FF7 Remake goes and also I imagine the future of KH title whether it's KH4 or something else will also be in development by a year or two from now.
Cause a core Kingdom Hearts title always releases almost tevery 3 years.
KH2 AND BBS - 2006/2009
BBS AND DDP - 2009/2012
DDP KH2.8- 2012/Jan 2018
KH3 did not go into development until 2013.
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I don't buy what he's saying. I'm not concerned at all, and if it goes Digital worldwide with us getting another release then I guess I'll buy two KH4's because I want to continue to support my favorite game series.
I think he's just speaking from a state of high emotion and stress and he didn't even say he was for sure doing it. Let's just see how FF7 Remake goes and also I imagine the future of KH title whether it's KH4 or something else will also be in development by a year or two from now.
Cause a Kingdom Hearts title always releases every 3 years.
A KH game released every year since 2006 until 2.5. That’s not every three years.
He’s stressed, rightfully so, but this series had never had a “simultaneous†release until KH3. It’s not hard for them to step back from that if Nomura and SE Japan feels that is the best course of action in their eyes. It would be easier than breathing to them because it’s no skin off of their backs. The only thing that would stop them is the fact that the west does indeed make them more money than Japan for console titles.
It’s fine if you aren’t concerned, but I think it is naive to believe that Nomura said this just out of stress alone. This series has always given the middle finger to western fans. It took years for us to finally get the Final Mix games, and years for us to start getting KH merchandise and it still is an upward battle for fans in the west to get certain things. People had to complain for half a year before we found out we were truly getting the Pro console, and that was the same day it went on sale. UX still treats Global fans like trash.
These feelings people have are not just reactions to Nomura being reactionary. This is from years of mistreatment by SE.
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So Nomura's solution to everyone having the potential to be spoiled early (if they had sought out leaked information) is to guarantee that everyone outside Japan gets spoiled early next time around? Yeah, okay......
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A KH game released every year since 2006 until 2.5. That’s not every three years.
He’s stressed, rightfully so, but this series had never had a “simultaneous†release until KH3. It’s not hard for them to step back from that if Nomura and SE Japan feels that is the best course of action in their eyes. It would be easier than breathing to them because it’s no skin off of their backs. The only thing that would stop them is the fact that the west does indeed make them more money than Japan for console titles.
It’s fine if you aren’t concerned, but I think it is naive to believe that Nomura said this just out of stress alone. This series has always given the middle finger to western fans. It took years for us to finally get the Final Mix games, and years for us to start getting KH merchandise and it still is an upward battle for fans in the west to get certain things. People had to complain for half a year before we found out we were truly getting the Pro console, and that was the same day it went on sale. UX still treats Global fans like trash.
These feelings people have are not just reactions to Nomura being reactionary. This is from years of mistreatment by SE.
While yes you are absolutely correct I highly highly doubt this means no more KH titles for the west. I mean Disney is literally a western created company and not to mention we make the majority of the profit for this franchise. I don't see this becoming a DQ situation or anything.
BTW this is not me suggesting you said something like that, but I just think we should wait for what happens with FF7 R.
As for the wait for the next one I imagine it will be in development in a year or two especially if it sells well which it will cause KH is the series right behind FF as most beloved creations from SE and Disney doesn't have any video game series of their own and they know now the passion and popularity behind KH.
2009 was 358/2 Days
2010 was BBS
2011 was Recoded
2012 was DDD
2013 was KH3 being announced for development.
then each year we got re-releases of the series on tteh PS3 and PS4.
2018 was 2.8
2019 is KH3.
Now since this is the finale of the Xehanort I don't see there being a side title just KH4 I imagine which will be on next gen consoles I imagine. The secret movie and epilogue I hope will explain somethings and hopefully the set up for the future is great.
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| Sora thinks it is necessary to bring Roxas back because Roxas has his own heart, because there's someone waiting for him (Axel)... |
This should make me happy because I love their friendship, but all I feel is disgust because I know the delusional shippers will take it the wrong way. They've ruined all the wonderful friendships in KH.
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This should make me happy because I love their friendship, but all I feel is disgust because I know the delusional shippers will take it the wrong way. They've ruined all the wonderful friendships in KH.
Yeah, none of that in this thread.
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it's a bit insulting to think like that, considering how large the west fanbase for KH is, it's quite sad he blames us for nothing. It's dumb when KH games are months apart for release, it just makes me usually get the JP version of the game. A sad reality we have to face that we likely won't get a WW release anymore.
There's no way they wouldn't anticipate this happening, they should have had extra secured things in place for the game. The game was obtained from a walmart distribution center because the copies had the art card. That art card is a Walmart exclusive. Smh, I feel bad for nomura, but not even he got it all right.
There were leaks in the UK, they were the ones who did all the major leaks. It really is a kick in the teeth to the west, and I lost a bit of respect for him basically acting like the West is the only reason it got leaked. Japan has a ton of patriotism for their country, and I know these people worked so hard.
It's just this game is possibly the most anticipated game of the decade, and it's unrealistic for it to not leak.
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I don't recall the interview having anything to do with shipping stuff, not to mention it is an entirely separate can of worms to actual content from the game.
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After re-reading the interview I do think that in the last part about the leaks incident Nomura is overreacting and barking up the wrong tree.
The simultaneous world-wide release (which strictly spoken isn't even really one because Japan has it already while other regions need to wait 4 more days) isn't the issue.
The issue is why some western retailers do have the game in their stock this far before the release date and no security measures in place to prevent theft.
Why weren't the copies sealed and locked away until release day? If SE has bones to pick they should do it with those whose negligence made this disaster possible in the first place.
Or check up on why copies were delivered already this early.
This is clearly a case of understandable anger being directed at the wrong party and he should certainly be made aware of it.
I do get Nomura has been under much stress during the last few years, especially when resources originally assigned to him were often taken by upper echelons to play firefighters in failures of other parts of the company like i.e. the original FF XIV and the whole XIII trilogy but all sympathy for that cannot justify blaming innocents for bad things happening they had no part in.
Does he believe that such an incident is impossible to happen in Japan?
Nothing of all this has to do with a majority of the western fanbase which more often than not even does better damage control of incidents than the official western Square departments do.
Nonetheless I do appreciate Nomura being less vague on some of the story elements that are important in KH III which are asked about in this interview and also being clear on the requirements for the secret ending.
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1. Nomura, you frustrating man, there was the thief leaking content who stole copies, and then somebody who managed to get one of the copies and gave it to somebody who decided to leak it. THATS TWO PEOPLE. Why is the response to this “NO SIMULTANEOUS RELEASES EVER AGAIN� That ain’t it, chief.
2. Oh, so I can blame Nomura for everything I dislike about KH and definitely everything in KH3 I know I’ll dislike c:
3. #yeahk whatever
God, I’ll never not be salty. I’m mad right now so I’ll come back and say something positive when I’m not heated.
I just find it interesting that he says he’d reconsider doing a WW simultaneous release for future games likes that’s even his call.
And I honestly don’t understand how that even has to do with the game being leaked... it would’ve been possible for it to leak as well even if it released in Japan far ahead than the rest of the world.
And also, it didn’t help that they had the game go gold well over 2 months before the release date, so it was basically just sitting there for a long time
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I think nomura is just upset right now about it, I do think cooler heads will prevail in the end.
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When a thief steals something, you blame the thief. At worst, the store's lack of security in shipping & packaging can also be blameworthy. Punishing millions of customers on account of this is asinine. Thankfully handling release dates is more assigned to the producer than an project director, but it's an absurd statement nonetheless.
KH3 spoilers
I would say "give him a chance to cool down" but I already gave him 12 years for a non-shit tier implementation of Kairi so....
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Dumb move Nomura, dumb move...
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Honestly, what’s the difference between someone stealing a copy and leaking stuff and Japan getting the game months ahead of the rest of the world and the international fanbase being pontentially spoiled by that?
He’s gonna get SO much backlash from this and he will obviously backpeddle and say his words were misunderstood. Watch.
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I mean, Nomura has a right to be upset by this. Remember, this isn't their first leak by the western side - FFXV was leaked like six months in advance, Monster's Inc was leaked, the concert trailer was leaked, and there was also the leak with the behind the scenes of Tangled they show. Not to mention that one demo they didn't want leaked with the new area of Hercules that ended up cancelling the event.
Just about every leak and dishonesty they deal with comes from the western side so I can see why he's lost some good faith here.
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[FONT=Helvetica]Nomura being like - Those damn gaijins!
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Other thing I'm not liking is Nomura ignoring now the efforts the community did to keep the spoilers restrained from fans who didn't want to get spoiled.
Theft is not a right thing to do, but Square did some stupid stuff to make it happen. Other companies also do simultaneous releases. Nomura will have to find a more logical reasoning to screw up the western fanbase. KH3 doesn't even have a proper simultaneous release. The game is officially out in Japan and we still have to wait more days. What's the logic here?! They can spoil us, but we can't spoil them?!
I hope they act smarter when KH4 comes out in 2031. I mean 2032, because in the beginning of development they will lose one year of development changing engines and redo everything again.
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Where's Jill when you need her? She is the master of unlocking things!
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I mean, Nomura has a right to be upset by this. Remember, this isn't their first leak by the western side - FFXV was leaked like six months in advance, Monster's Inc was leaked, the concert trailer was leaked, and there was also the leak with the behind the scenes of Tangled they show. Not to mention that one demo they didn't want leaked with the new area of Hercules that ended up cancelling the event.
Just about every leak and dishonesty they deal with comes from the western side so I can see why he's lost some good faith here.
FFXV was not his concern so what happened to that should not influence his feelings now. XV was leaked by a disgruntled ex-staff member, not some random person on the internet.
Monsters Inc leaked because Square Enix was not smart enough to make their FTP password-locked so that is all on them. They know people would be scoping out their various domains and looking for holes to access. Who doesn’t lock down their FTP containing sensitive and confidential data with a password? I don’t care if it was being used for data sharing between firms. Share the access information. Don’t just open it up without a password.
The concert trailer was unfortunate and the person who did it apologized profusely and was on a temporary blacklist for it, so it wasn’t as though there weren’t consequences for it.
That demo was not leaked. It was a glitch and people could end up in the area by accident. That again is SE’s fault and they overreacted by ruining it for everybody else because they messed up.
Trust me when I say there have been far similar things done by Japanese fans back in the Closed Theater days. Games from the KH series have leaked in Japan before but you never heard Nomura deciding to screw them over on their release.
Nomura has the right to be upset, but he’s blaming the wrong people for this.
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Maybe he's talking about distribution. As in, rethinking when they send the game copies.
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Literally every second paragraph in this thread acknowledged that Nomura has a right to be upset or angry, that isn't the point.
The point is that he is venting his anger at the wrong address and that is not okay no matter how justified the anger itself is.
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Maybe he's talking about distribution. As in, rethinking when they send the game copies.
“This incident proved that worldwide simultaneous releases are highly risky, and I feel obligated to reconsider them for any titles I am involved with in the future, at least for physical editions.â€
That isn’t what he is saying at all.
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“This incident proved that worldwide simultaneous releases are highly risky, and I feel obligated to reconsider them for any titles I am involved with in the future, at least for physical editions.â€
That isn’t what he is saying at all.
never mind then.
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Where's Jill when you need her? She is the master of unlocking things!
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Then we should take the Jill sandwich to Remy for his next recipe!
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She became a Jill sandwich.
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Literally every second paragraph in this thread acknowledged that Nomura has a right to be upset or angry, that isn't the point.
The point is that he is venting his anger at the wrong address and that is not okay no matter how justified the anger itself is.
His anger is only justifiable in terms of the leak itself. But seriously, it’s funny that he’s acting like someone in Japan couldn’t have stolen a copy and leaked it. Shit happens. But to blame it on the fact that the western and Japanese release is simultaneous is just ridiculous. He doesn’t have the right to imply he’s mad about the spoilers, because if Japan got the game months ahead of the rest of the world, people outside of Japan could be spoiled from that version....
So just to clarify, he does have the right to be mad over someone stealing a copy and leaking it, because that is a f**ked up thing. But he shouldn’t be mad about spoilers. That’s just making him sound like he only cares about the Japanese fans. And let’s be real, KH would not be on the level of success it is without the western fanbase.
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I really don't think Square or Disney will allow him to go back to the old days. It's just money lost since people in the west will now just watch the game on YouTube and then skip it completely. Not fans, of course, but enough people would that it could dig into sales.
Plus, I'm sure many of you are right and he's being emotional from feeling betrayed or maybe we're even reading his words with the wrong intent.
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Nomura’s really gonna put Sora through the ringer in KH4 to punish us for the leaks.
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This should make me happy because I love their friendship, but all I feel is disgust because I know the delusional shippers will take it the wrong way. They've ruined all the wonderful friendships in KH.
*me, reading this interview, immediately engaging the process of taking it the wrong way*
I'm grateful for the leaks, sounds like Nomura's just being salty about the fact that the distribution for this game was handled as poorly as the story was.
Anyhow, sounds like fans should really stop hedging their bets on a DLC rescue patch for this game, Nomura doesn't sound too eager about it which means he probably doesn't see or understand where and what the prominent faults in the game are. Not that I think DLC would be a great solution and there are things that can't be fixed, but I guess that boils down to Nomura being an "old man" or whatever.
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LMAO, all the japanese cutscenes up to Frozen are already on youtube.
If the uploader keeps up the pace, he/she may not even need another entire day.
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*me, reading this interview, immediately engaging the process of taking it the wrong way*
I'm grateful for the leaks, sounds like Nomura's just being salty about the fact that the distribution for this game was handled as poorly as the story was.
Anyhow, sounds like fans should really stop hedging their bets on a DLC rescue patch for this game, Nomura doesn't sound too eager about it which means he probably doesn't see or understand where and what the prominent faults in the game are. Not that I think DLC would be a great solution and there are things that can't be fixed, but I guess that boils down to Nomura being an "old man" or whatever.
Nomura's only 48 (soon to be 49), and that isn't old.
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Blah. I'd wager a World Wide release would be better all around. People get copies early of games all the time and at least that way everyone will be playing in the same ball park in avoiding spoilers and waiting for the game to come out. Going back to Japan getting a game even more early just makes it harder for the rest of the world to avoid spoilers. Mind you maybe he doesn't care about that.
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Popping in with a what might be unpopular thoughts but hear me out and crucify me later.
1. As for his comments on releases, I really don't see what the big deal is. Maybe it's the patience in me but we get em when we get em. I can see why he would be upset because this guy put a lot into the series. I mean it was his first big project, his first in the director's chair. One could say it was a bit of a passion project and a bold one at that. Can you really blame him for being hurt. He worked on it thinking of us after being taken off it after KH2 and being put on FFXV. I don't even think he has final say on distribution and release. That's more than likely higher on the food chain. But like I said I don't see the big deal. We get em when we get em. Maybe we'll get them earlier, maybe a week later, maybe a month. I can wait.
2. I think it was a distributor thing more than anything. I mean it is easier to ship something in a city than worldwide. It's out of your hands and anything can happen. This series is a gold mine, Money maker. People are hopping on Ebay paying buku bucks for it instead of waiting a few days. I can easily drink some NyQuil and or a few brews and Tuesday would come in the snap of a finger. I don't really care that it leaked, ish happens, but the part that bugs is that it becomes free work. Maybe I'm thinking of this weirdly but it's like commissioning an artist and paying them by exposure and then selling the piece for a lot of money. Granted they got paid they're employees but low profits means cuts and things snowball their. Yeah they are gonna make their money but I guess for me it's a principal thing. No matter how small or big. But yeah I'm not surprised on the amount of information he knows or doesn't because I don't know much nor do I care and I'm sure he doesn't know much more than what he is told and is just acting through principal.
3. Final mixes releases, oh boy. Well I don't care. We get treated nicely when it comes to those too. Now this is 2 different companies and a different time period but I'm sure it still stands up. When Pokemon Red & Green came out=Japan only. A "final mix" came out, was released globally as Pokemon Red & Blue. Better designs and all that. See it yet? We had the good end of the releases before as well as bad ends when it came to Japanese games. It's not like we purposely get shafted, it's a business after it gets created and come to releases. Yeah KH 1 came out world wide it still was a gamble because while it had Disney backing it just seemed so far fetched a concept. I remember the quarter handful of game friends I had laughed at me when I was excited about it. But hey it became a hit. And even then our version was a more complete version of the Japan release. I mean they didn't even have A Night on the Bare Mountain (arrangement of A Night on Bald Mountain) as Chernabog battle theme. It was Squirming Evil, that's like a no-no, like a you don't wash your hands after you use the bathroom no-no. Just no. Granted Final Mix offered a little more on top of what we got but this is pre-DLC possibility. So I wouldn't call it so huge. I can see this is an unpopular train of thought of I'm sticking by it. Plus times are changing constantly so I'm not too worried on how this would work going forward in terms of video gaming as a whole.
*Note: KHUX is a whole other story. I think it's more on it's just being taken serious as it should be. I feel most fault lies with BitGroove as they seem to handle the game mostly. Sure SE is there but all focus is on the main console rather than the small mobile game. That being said, I do give fault to SE for choosing BitGroove because well you pick someone to do a job, you expect them to be able to do it without needing you to look over their shoulder. That's just bad management. I'll wait and see how it is after KH3 release for I say they didn't care because looking back things slowly started coming to a halt when KH3 started getting full gear into momentum. Especially after the engine change.
4. I don't care who itted on which character. Kairai, Sora, Namine, Roxas, Riku, whatever. It's not my story to tell. It's his story. That's like getting livid on J.K Rowling on the Harry Potter series over how some events turned out in book 4 and calling it bad. Like at least finish the series, give it a reread if you liked it but it confused you in some aspects, then give it a final say. This is just like a chapter in a big book. I'll wait till I'm old and in diapers playing (well making my grand kids play) the final game before I decide how did they do.
5. I like what I've read so far, The secret ending download was a smart move that I discussed 2 years back with a friend on keeping overall stories in game series spoiler free and it's cool that it's being used. I realized this is just me reading and responding to comments. I can't wait for the game and I'm impressed on what has been made and I look forward to whatever change come what may.
I do hope Nomura finds the time to take the break he needs. Iwata has passed away and that still hurts. Sakurai pushed through health problems to complete smash. Making these things aren't easy. The last thing I want to do is rush and put pressure, shade, salt and mood on someone who influenced me so well when I was young. Someone who is still moving that one kid right there whose just like at that age. Sitting in awe and wonder. Because the world isn't a happy place right now, but I'm glad we can try and make it so.
If this is too much feel free to delete. I just needed to take a breath I guess
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Popping in with a what might be unpopular thoughts but hear me out and crucify me later.
1. As for his comments on releases, I really don't see what the big deal is. Maybe it's the patience in me but we get em when we get em. I can see why he would be upset because this guy put a lot into the series. I mean it was his first big project, his first in the director's chair. One could say it was a bit of a passion project and a bold one at that. Can you really blame him for being hurt. He worked on it thinking of us after being taken off it after KH2 and being put on FFXV. I don't even think he has final say on distribution and release. That's more than likely higher on the food chain. But like I said I don't see the big deal. We get em when we get em. Maybe we'll get them earlier, maybe a week later, maybe a month. I can wait.
2. I think it was a distributor thing more than anything. I mean it is easier to ship something in a city than worldwide. It's out of your hands and anything can happen. This series is a gold mine, Money maker. People are hopping on Ebay paying buku bucks for it instead of waiting a few days. I can easily drink some NyQuil and or a few brews and Tuesday would come in the snap of a finger. I don't really care that it leaked, ish happens, but the part that bugs is that it becomes free work. Maybe I'm thinking of this weirdly but it's like commissioning an artist and paying them by exposure and then selling the piece for a lot of money. Granted they got paid they're employees but low profits means cuts and things snowball their. Yeah they are gonna make their money but I guess for me it's a principal thing. No matter how small or big. But yeah I'm not surprised on the amount of information he knows or doesn't because I don't know much nor do I care and I'm sure he doesn't know much more than what he is told and is just acting through principal.
3. Final mixes releases, oh boy. Well I don't care. We get treated nicely when it comes to those too. Now this is 2 different companies and a different time period but I'm sure it still stands up. When Pokemon Red & Green came out=Japan only. A "final mix" came out, was released globally as Pokemon Red & Blue. Better designs and all that. See it yet? We had the good end of the releases before as well as bad ends when it came to Japanese games. It's not like we purposely get shafted, it's a business after it gets created and come to releases. Yeah KH 1 came out world wide it still was a gamble because while it had Disney backing it just seemed so far fetched a concept. I remember the quarter handful of game friends I had laughed at me when I was excited about it. But hey it became a hit. And even then our version was a more complete version of the Japan release. I mean they didn't even have A Night on the Bare Mountain (arrangement of A Night on Bald Mountain) as Chernabog battle theme. It was Squirming Evil, that's like a no-no, like a you don't wash your hands after you use the bathroom no-no. Just no. Granted Final Mix offered a little more on top of what we got but this is pre-DLC possibility. So I wouldn't call it so huge. I can see this is an unpopular train of thought of I'm sticking by it. Plus times are changing constantly so I'm not too worried on how this would work going forward in terms of video gaming as a whole.
*Note: KHUX is a whole other story. I think it's more on it's just being taken serious as it should be. I feel most fault lies with BitGroove as they seem to handle the game mostly. Sure SE is there but all focus is on the main console rather than the small mobile game. That being said, I do give fault to SE for choosing BitGroove because well you pick someone to do a job, you expect them to be able to do it without needing you to look over their shoulder. That's just bad management. I'll wait and see how it is after KH3 release for I say they didn't care because looking back things slowly started coming to a halt when KH3 started getting full gear into momentum. Especially after the engine change.
4. I don't care who itted on which character. Kairai, Sora, Namine, Roxas, Riku, whatever. It's not my story to tell. It's his story. That's like getting livid on J.K Rowling on the Harry Potter series over how some events turned out in book 4 and calling it bad. Like at least finish the series, give it a reread if you liked it but it confused you in some aspects, then give it a final say. This is just like a chapter in a big book. I'll wait till I'm old and in diapers playing (well making my grand kids play) the final game before I decide how did they do.
5. I like what I've read so far, The secret ending download was a smart move that I discussed 2 years back with a friend on keeping overall stories in game series spoiler free and it's cool that it's being used. I realized this is just me reading and responding to comments. I can't wait for the game and I'm impressed on what has been made and I look forward to whatever change come what may.
I do hope Nomura finds the time to take the break he needs. Iwata has passed away and that still hurts. Sakurai pushed through health problems to complete smash. Making these things aren't easy. The last thing I want to do is rush and put pressure, shade, salt and mood on someone who influenced me so well when I was young. Someone who is still moving that one kid right there whose just like at that age. Sitting in awe and wonder. Because the world isn't a happy place right now, but I'm glad we can try and make it so.
If this is too much feel free to delete. I just needed to take a breath I guess
That was nicely said there.
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Nomura's only 48 (soon to be 49), and that isn't old.
They mean that there is a divide between his tastes in storytelling and our tastes in storytelling as young adults to people in our 30s. His sensibilities and views are much different, which color his approach to storytelling.
It’ll make more sense what they mean when the game releases. I agree with them 100%, though.
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It's distressing to hear Nomura considering going back to the dark ages of early Japanese release just because of this incident. I myself can't fathom the idea of going back to having to be in this self-imposed blackout period for months just so Japan can have first crack. I'm disappointed in Nomura's attitude towards his Western fanbase (particularly since 60% of this franchise is based around Western animation), but I suppose I shouldn't be totally dumbfounded. Nomura, after all, is Japanese, and the Japanese have a very racist attitude towards foreigners, particularly Westerners. They see us as "other" and lesser than they are. So, it's not unrealistic that Nomura would bear stereotypical views about all Western people and paint us with broad strokes just because of the actions of a degenerate few.
All that being said, I am nonetheless elated to hear how much simpler it will be to unlock the secret ending in this game. I've always thought the secret endings were traditionally too difficult or cumbersome to unlock in the older KH games for people who just want to play on easier game modes. KH II was probably the worst offense—if you wanted the ending, and you were playing on Standard, you had to basically do EVERYthing, even beating all the Coliseum tournaments with high scores. It was a bit ridiculous. But I'm glad to see he's toned it down. The secret endings are, after all, some of the best stuff in any KH game, and most gamers should be afforded the opportunity to view it.
That's not right to say. I lived in Japan for 6 and a half months and I got nothing but respect from Japanese people, they loved the fact that I was learning their language and becoming custom to the culture there. Tons of people I met even said amazing things about Canada (my home country) and how they really wanted to visit Canada one day.
Nomura is just being very old fashioned and it's something he needs to fix or Square Enix will have to fix it.
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Oh dude I got the same love too. Sure they can be harsh but overall they are very loving nature people. I miss living there. great 2 an half years of my life.
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Thank you and thank you for reading it :)
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*me, reading this interview, immediately engaging the process of taking it the wrong way*
I'm grateful for the leaks, sounds like Nomura's just being salty about the fact that the distribution for this game was handled as poorly as the story was.
Anyhow, sounds like fans should really stop hedging their bets on a DLC rescue patch for this game, Nomura doesn't sound too eager about it which means he probably doesn't see or understand where and what the prominent faults in the game are. Not that I think DLC would be a great solution and there are things that can't be fixed, but I guess that boils down to Nomura being an "old man" or whatever.
Faults to whom? You whom has not played it? Yup that makes total sense.
Meanwhile the game has gotten critical acclaim from literally every review outlet aside from one that only played 1 and 2 so her opinion is irrelevant.
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there are better ways to deal with leaks, just give enemies infinite HP which will make progressing through the game impossible, and the only way to disable the infinite health is downloading and installing the day 1 patch.
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Faults to whom? You whom has not played it? Meanwhile the game has gotten critical acclaim from literally every review outlet aside from one that only played 1 and 2 so her opinion is null.
Her opinion is as valid as the rest. I don’t agree with her sentiments and would never agree with her but it isn’t an invalid review just because she didn’t play the other games. It’s the same for a lot of players so her views aren’t the views of a minority. It’s a reality that needs to be accepted rather than quickly invalidated.
Alexis has been very negative about KH3 and I don’t agree with them on like most of what they said about the game, but I don’t think their opinion is invalid, either.
Perhaps I am also jaded at this point (and it’s a great thing I’m not the one who is reviewing KH3 for that fact alone), but it is perfectly okay if people don’t think KH3 is perfect or good based on their own views and ideals. This game is going to be very divisive for the fandom and we all knew this since 2013.
Also, reviews don’t matter to most fans. Fans have a different relationship with the franchise compared to a lot of reviewers. They are free to have different views than reviewers, regardless if they are positive or negative views.
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Bet the secret boss is DLC, too.
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Her opinion is as valid as the rest. I don’t agree with her sentiments and would never agree with her but it isn’t an invalid review just because she didn’t play the other games. It’s the same for a lot of players so her views aren’t the views of a minority. It’s a reality that needs to be accepted rather than quickly invalidated.
Alexis has been very negative about KH3 and I don’t agree with them on like most of what they said about the game, but I don’t think their opinion is invalid, either.
Perhaps I am also jaded at this point (and it’s a great thing I’m not the one who is reviewing KH3 for that fact alone), but it is perfectly okay if people don’t think KH3 is perfect or good based on their own views and ideals. This game is going to be very divisive for the fandom and we all knew this since 2013.
Also, reviews don’t matter to most fans. Fans have a different relationship with the franchise compared to a lot of reviewers. They are free to have different views than reviewers, regardless if they are positive or negative views.
This. I don’t see people saying that CNET review is invalid despite the reviewer being a total newcomer... And I’m sure that’s because they gave the game a positive review. It sucks to see anyone not enjoying the game, but they aren’t invalid for expressing their displeasure regardless of how many people disagree. I’m sure there are some people who will agree with her sentiments.
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Faults to whom? You whom has not played it? Yup that makes total sense.
Meanwhile the game has gotten critical acclaim from literally every review outlet aside from one that only played 1 and 2 so her opinion is irrelevant.
Wait who was that 1 review?
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Y'know, back when Nomura was throwing shade at FINAL FANTASY XV, I thought it was funny.
Now I just think he's bitter that someone else got a hold of his project, and had to chop it up and rebrand it.
Now I find his FFXV remarks unprofessional, but on point.
And his anti-west comments are not as bad as they seem. They're worse. It was Nomura's natural response. It's in his nature to think that.
It's a shame, though. He's a brilliant man, but he seems to be too much into himself. Too much Nomura is what basically derailed KH's writing during the KH and CoM's days, to... Convulation.
But in all seriousness, I'm eager for KH3. Hopefully the people that understand business in SE and KH's dev team don't write business decisions as the director writes his convulated mess.
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Wait who was that 1 review?
Polygon. If there is any other outlet that dislikes KH more than everybody at IGN except Dornbush, it’s Polygon.
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Polygon. If there is any other outlet that dislikes KH more than everybody at IGN except Dornbush, it’s Polygon.
TBH I wouldn't have given them a review code and given it to another person. They're review was laughable on the verge of just being controversial for a click.
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Polygon. If there is any other outlet that dislikes KH more than everybody at IGN except Dornbush, it’s Polygon.
Oh Ok I'm going to give it read then. I don't think I ever heard anything about KH there. I been coming here since forever for my KH news
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Interesting interview Nomura-san
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Coming soon Kingdom Hearts Coded 2: Let's have Sora kill leakers, hackers, and common thieves in place of Heartless.
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You're writing the scenario yourself?
Nomura: When it comes to the scenario, including the script, in the end I write everything myself. That's not just for Toy Box. I haven't made this public before, but after KH2 generally everything was written by me, especially KH 358/2 Days.
Ah I see... It was bound to happen. George Lucas, JK Rowling, Akira Toriyama, Kishimoto and countless others. They all come from different mediums, genres and backgrounds but fell into themselves.
I'm forever grateful for his work in 358/2 Days but I don't think he's that good of a writer anymore. An idea man no doubt.
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Nomura’s really gonna put Sora through the ringer in KH4 to punish us for the leaks.
Thank you Zip for the laughs
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Te reason this bothers me so much is if the game is released early in japan the odds of western audiences being spoiled on something increases as it has months to happen. From my perspective it makes it seem to me his only concern is the Japanese version.
We we live in 2019! The last full new kingdom hearts game came out in 2012. Since then the world has become even more connected and it is even easier to fall into spoilers. If he does different release dates more people are likely to be spoiled, but the extra people would all be western audiences.
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Te reason this bothers me so much is if the game is released early in japan the odds of western audiences being spoiled on something increases as it has months to happen. From my perspective it makes it seem to me his only concern is the Japanese version.
We we live in 2019! The last full new kingdom hearts game came out in 2012. Since then the world has become even more connected and it is even easier to fall into spoilers. If he does different release dates more people are likely to be spoiled, but the extra people would all be western audiences.
Mmm 2018 was BBS 0.2 FP and BC.
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Interesting! The secret ending seems to be quite a deal easier to obtain this time around. Also REALLY interested to see what they come up with for DLC.. FOUR DAYS EVERYONE!
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That’s why I said full new game in italics. It was new, but it wasn’t a full kingdom hearts game.
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Mmm 2018 was BBS 0.2 FP and BC.
That’s why I said full new game in italics. It was new, but it wasn’t a full kingdom hearts game.
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I feel confused about this discussion of hashtags, does that mean Sora sends out fake social media messages at time or something? Its the first I have heard of this lol.
Also now I am curious if any of the other Keyblades have had their names changed.
Her opinion is as valid as the rest. I don’t agree with her sentiments and would never agree with her but it isn’t an invalid review just because she didn’t play the other games. It’s the same for a lot of players so her views aren’t the views of a minority. It’s a reality that needs to be accepted rather than quickly invalidated.
Alexis has been very negative about KH3 and I don’t agree with them on like most of what they said about the game, but I don’t think their opinion is invalid, either.
Perhaps I am also jaded at this point (and it’s a great thing I’m not the one who is reviewing KH3 for that fact alone), but it is perfectly okay if people don’t think KH3 is perfect or good based on their own views and ideals. This game is going to be very divisive for the fandom and we all knew this since 2013.
Also, reviews don’t matter to most fans. Fans have a different relationship with the franchise compared to a lot of reviewers. They are free to have different views than reviewers, regardless if they are positive or negative views.
Oh boy lol, you're scaring me Spock. I am trying to not have crazy expectations except that I will have a good time. I could see some things jading me though :/
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Interesting! The secret ending seems to be quite a deal easier to obtain this time around. Also REALLY interested to see what they come up with for DLC.. FOUR DAYS EVERYONE!
Those hidden mickeys look like they will be a big challenge to find. Have to pay attention to the entire environment. Thank God for youtube guides on finding all of them.
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I can feel the salt from Nomura in the article. I mean, I'm not gunna lie, I've spoiled myself, but I would be more understanding if he actually wrote grade A quality scenarios with elements that, you know, actually make sense.
But to say he's reconsidering simultaneous release (when it's really not) is kinda just someone who is super butt hurt. And my dude, leaks happen to EVERYONE in the industry. I was playing Smash Bros. Ultimate 2 weeks prior to its release, but do you see Sakurai crying about it? Sure we get it, you worked super hard, but technically everyone who works does too. It's a very selfish statement.
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In regards to DLC he mentioned the possibility of "one piece with deep content". I'm hoping that means a whole DLC episode in the vein of something from XV. Maybe something set in Radiant Garden
Also it cracks me up thinking of what Sora would tweet.
I would compare it to a Final Mix than FFXV's DLCs, which were a series of smaller pieces released over a long period, which seems to be exactly the thing Nomura doesn't want to do.
I'm glad he did say that he'd rather prioritize the next game than DLC, at any rate.
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Those hidden mickeys look like they will be a big challenge to find. Have to pay attention to the entire environment. Thank God for youtube guides on finding all of them.
Doesn't seem too hard when Donald or Goofy scream at you "Hey, there might be a lucky emblem nearby"
Plus I love that you have to look at the environment to find these things. Great mechanic imo. It gets you to see the detail in the world's.
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It gets you to see the detail in the world's.
I've always loved locating treasure chests, stickers and other things of that nature, because of this. Plus, they're naturally incentivised, so what's to lose except all the gorgeous detail the devs toiled over? I'm.. looking forward to it.
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The updated article has removed all mentions of critical to proud.
Uh oh.
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When Nomura said the next game I'm assuming that means KH4? Also is it subtle shade at FFXV having year long DLC to basically give out the "complete" game.
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When Nomura said the next game I'm assuming that means KH4? Also is it subtle shade at FFXV having year long DLC to basically give out the "complete" game.
The shade to FFXV in this game is anything but subtle. Lmao
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The shade to FFXV in this game is anything but subtle. Lmao
IDK any spoilers so please don't tell me anything.
Nomura gave more shade because he said he'd rather focus on the next game aka KH4 or whatever is coming post KH3 for Sora and crew then do year long DLC ala FFXV.
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IDK any spoilers so please don't tell me anything.
Nomura gave more shade because he said he'd rather focus on the next game aka KH4 or whatever is coming post KH3 for Sora and crew then do year long DLC ala FFXV.
My comment is based on stuff we’ve seen in official promotional material such as Verum Rex and Yozora, as well as previous comments from Nomura. Lol
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KH3 is just Nomura’s diss track to Tabata, pass it on.
Anyways, we have updated our article to reflect Famitsu’s edit of their article. After a bit of sleuthing by us (just watching a bunch of streams lol), it has been found that Critical is not in KH3 after you beat the game. It’s weird.
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KH3 is just Nomura’s diss track to Tabata, pass it on.
Anyways, we have updated our article to reflect Famitsu’s edit of their article. After a bit of sleuthing by us (just watching a bunch of streams lol), it has been found that Critical is not in KH3 after you beat the game. It’s weird.
That is both strange and unfortunate. Maybe they think there’s enough ways to customize your playthroughs that it isn’t necessary? But I personally prefer more difficulty without giving up abilities and such like Critical offers.
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Maybe Proud is actually difficult this time?
Or maybe Critical will be part of the "free downloadable content" he mentioned.
Actually, a lot of games recently have been patching in harder difficulties. Odd trend.
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Not having critical is really weird, kinda sad...
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Not having critical is really weird, kinda sad...
It's certainly out of the ordinary for a KH game but like Echo said, it's actually pretty common these days. God of War and Spider-Man both got difficulty patches after release.
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I still think they will have a Final Mix release for the game later this year or early next year.
New bosses and secret bosses, Critical, 0.2. attatched to the game... etc etc etc
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I still think they will have a Final Mix release for the game later this year or early next year.
New bosses and secret bosses, Critical, 0.2. attatched to the game... etc etc etc
Please yes at the 0.2 part.
i need it
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Please yes at the 0.2 part.
i need it
yeah... I mean they should've done it already IMO. but that's just me lol
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I hope KH3 DLC is not behind a paywall to play through crit.
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I still think they will have a Final Mix release for the game later this year or early next year.
New bosses and secret bosses, Critical, 0.2. attatched to the game... etc etc etc
I believe Nomura mentioned that the only reason they had FM releases was because back then there were not ways to add in new content aside from putting the game out again entirely. Back then DLC was not a thing and it surely was not the thing it is today. I'm not sure a FM would work.
I could see the entire series be updated once again for next gen and hopefully it's just the entire series on one collection although hopefully PS5 is backwards compatible with PS4 games so it would not be necessary.
I agree with what he's saying, I'd rather him focus on the next part of the KH saga then waste a year adding DLC ala FFXV.
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The whole situation regarding the leaks, albeit unfortunate, was put on a much higher scale than it should have been. Some people who are hardcore KH fans or YouTubers (not saying its any of you guys; I’m sure you’re sensible), thought that the leak was the end of the world and that who ever did this should’ve gone to jail (although he did, but for other unrelated reasons). Like, seriously? It’s a VIDEO GAME. KH3 is a is like any other video game or product. There’s no need to get so vindictive about a video game. Am I saying that I would’ve wanted the game to be leaked? Absolutely not! But people really need to get their priorities in check.
With regards to DLC, I would prefer if they just made one big package and called it “KH3: Final Mix†with a whole bunch of new content and price at like $30 as opposed to like individual release because I’d rather play a whole new experience then do everything in short bursts. But that’s just me :/
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I believe Nomura mentioned that the only reason they had FM releases was because back then there were not ways to add in new content aside from putting the game out again entirely. Back then DLC was not a thing and it surely was not the thing it is today. I'm not sure a FM would work.
GOTY and “complete†editions of individual installments are a thing that get released with extreme frequency these days so I’m not sure what you are talking about. SE just released World of Final Fantasy Maxima this year, a project that Nomura serves as a producer on.
I’m not sure if you were around during the years between KH2 and KH3, but Nomura often said they wouldn’t do something and then would turn around and do it. coded was never coming to the west and they never had plans for it, then they went ahead and made Re:coded. Nomura frequently stated they weren’t making any project or story about Aqua, and we even interviewed Nomura on the prospect of that during the 2.5 launch event and he reiterated that it wasn’t in the cards. 2.8 happened not too many years after that. He’s said no to there being potential remasters, ports, FM updates, and they almost always happen. I think the only time he was consistent was when he said they had no intentions of making a FM for KH3D on the 3DS.
Nomura’s talking out of his ass like usual and if there isn’t an FM physical release next year, I’ll eat crow.
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I could see a FM coming in the form of the entire collection on the PS5 if PS5 doesn't do backwards compatibility but he did say in this interview he would rather focus on the next title aka KH4 or wherever Sora and co go post KH3 then give year long DLC.
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GOTY and “complete†editions of individual installments are a thing that get released with extreme frequency these days so I’m not sure what you are talking about. SE just released World of Final Fantasy Maxima this year, a project that Nomura serves as a producer on.
I’m not sure if you were around during the years between KH2 and KH3, but Nomura often said they wouldn’t do something and then would turn around and do it. coded was never coming to the west and they never had plans for it, then they went ahead and made Re:coded. Nomura frequently stated they weren’t making any project or story about Aqua, and we even interviewed Nomura on the prospect of that during the 2.5 launch event and he reiterated that it wasn’t in the cards. 2.8 happened not too many years after that. He’s said no to there being potential remasters, ports, FM updates, and they almost always happen. I think the only time he was consistent was when he said they had no intentions of making a FM for KH3D on the 3DS.
Nomura’s talking out of his ass like usual and if there isn’t an FM physical release next year, I’ll eat crow.
Oh there definitely will be some type of FM release. It will probably be treated like FFXV Royal Edition. With a DLC pack and a physical release including the entire game and DLC. I’m sure that would also be the version released for Switch.
And also, when coded was originally announced, didnt he say it was being made with western fans in mind? When he said coded wasn’t going to be released in the west, I think that’s because they already had plans for Re:coded. He said later on they considered WiiWare, but felt that a full remake was a better idea.
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I really don't understand how not doing a simultaneous worldwide release would fix anything; if nothing else, won't this encourage leakers since there'll be a much longer gap between releases?
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I really don't understand how not doing a simultaneous worldwide release would fix anything; if nothing else, won't this encourage leakers since there'll be a much longer gap between releases?
Thing is: Nomura only cares about Japan. Or at least he doesn't care about the rest of the world that much. Japan got spoiled because of the "almost" worldwide release (that's how he sees it) so he thinksthat a delayed worldwide release could be the solution, ignoring the fact that leaks also happen in Japan, but whatever.
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Hope you guys are right, I'm expecting some kind of FM as well, I doubt nomura will not put the next villain as a boss in this game if he is so excited about kh4.
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Oh there definitely will be some type of FM release. It will probably be treated like FFXV Royal Edition. With a DLC pack and a physical release including the entire game and DLC. I’m sure that would also be the version released for Switch.
And also, when coded was originally announced, didnt he say it was being made with western fans in mind? When he said coded wasn’t going to be released in the west, I think that’s because they already had plans for Re:coded. He said later on they considered WiiWare, but felt that a full remake was a better idea.
No, coded was specifically made for Japan. It was only available on a very pricy at the time DoCoMo phone. DoCoMo phones aren’t even a thing in the west. They never really planned on anything to remedy the reach for it even in Japan.
https://www.khinsider.com/news/Re-Riplai-Interviews-Translated-795
I’d say it wasn’t too long after that interview that they began to consider a port because later in 2010 before Re:coded’s announcement, Jun Kato mentioned how he wished they could get the game to more people (which was him teasing about the DS port)
http://www.khinsider.com/content/view/1342/339/
When Re:coded came into existence, it was made with all audiences in mind because of how inaccessible that phone was.
https://www.khinsider.com/news/3D-Interview-Re-coded-Ultimania-Sales-Figures-Site-Revamp-1785
Nomura probably wasn’t thinking about the west when this decision was made to port it lol but it sounded better to say that.
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