Is it that time of the year again for some awkward cartoon boy love? Well, as much as many Kingdom Hearts fans hoped to see the return of Sora and Riku together with that other chick on the side – Terri? Fairy? Oh right, it’s Kairi – in Kingdom Hearts III, those dreams were shot down before you could put your cosplay on.
It’s already public knowledge that Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for the PSP was going to be presented at this year’s E3. In fact, the game has a release date for September 7th in North America and September 10th in Europe. Yet despite its interesting premise and as great as the game looks with the footage already out from Japan who’s had it since January (it’s not fair that just because they made the game they get it first! Lucky bastards), it was still not the Kingdom Hearts a lot of the fans wanted.
But excitement started to rise when it was announced that Kingdom Hearts creator and Final Fantasy Versus XIII director Tetsuya Nomura was making an appearance at E3 2010. That promise of free egg rolls and sushi must have sealed the deal… because that’s what the Japanese like right?
No one knew if his appearance at E3 would mean anything epic besides a probable re-reveal of Versus XIII, but thanks to an interview in the latest issue of Game Informer, it seems we may be getting something just as good.
Q: Translations of your interview in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Ultimania seem to confirm that Kingdom Hearts III is coming along with two other games.
A: Kingdom Hearts III is not a confirmed title. I actually phrased my answer for the Ultimania “two titles other than III” to avoid speculation that we were working on Kingdom Hearts III.Q: Are there any hints you can provide about these new games?
A: Hints would give away too much, and for Kingdom Hearts we’re contractually obligated to keep any information that has not been official released under wraps. However, I can say one of the two projects mentioned above came into existence because we wanted to do something for the North American fans, so we’ll be announcing it at E3.Q: Any chance these new games will spread to consoles that Kingdom Hearts hasn’t been on yet like Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, or iPhone?
A: We have no plans at the moment, but have been discussion opportunities with various parties, so once we’ve completed the two new projects we’ll begin thinking about the next steps.
Although it’s not what I was hoping for (it’s been 5 years since Kingdom Hearts II was released so I was being optimistic), it’s still great news to hear Square Enix is doing “something for the North American fans.” Knowing that detail and scratching off Kingdom Hearts III, this new title could as well be Kingdom Hearts: Recoded, a console remake of Coded for the DS or PSP. This project has already been confirmed on the webpage of Jiminy Cricket’s new voice actor Phil Snyder.
Coded is an eight episode game only for Japanese mobile phones that takes place after the events of Kingdom Hearts II. It centers on a cryptic message left in Jiminy Cricket’s journal, which King Mickey digitizes to enter the data world and investigate. It’s not much of a continuation to the series as it is an explanation to the final cutscene of Kingdom Hearts II.
Well, in the words of Organization XIII’s member Demyx, “Dance Water! Dance!” This is completely irrelevant and random, but it just reminds me of David Bowie in the Labyrinth. That always makes me happy.
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