Kingdom Hearts 3 Director Tetsuya Nomura has a pretty vague update for fans about the game’s development process.
During an interview with Famitsu (via KH Insider ), Nomura explained the development team works on one world at a time before moving on to the next. This means things don’t work as quickly as fans would like, but Nomura assured there are no “delays” in making Kingdom Hearts 3 .
“[ Kingdom Hearts 3 ] requires a different work process than other titles so far, so I can't strictly say,” Nomura told Famitsu . “On one hand there are worlds that are pretty much finished, on the other hand there are worlds we still haven't even touched. Worlds we haven't announced yet tend to be further along in development, so we're at a stage where what we could show is what we can't show. Maybe hearing there's parts we 'still haven't touched' is going to make people worry, but it's business as usual.
Nomura continued, “We never start by working on all the worlds at the same time. In order to avoid having to redo things once we've started it's necessary to let things take shape only after all the elements have received approval, and there are currently some worlds that are still being audited. As I said a while ago, we also have to remake all the character models and such for current-gen consoles, so there's still a lot of development work to do. But, you don't have to worry about the quality, so please wait until the next opportunity I have to show you something. Preparations are underway.”
Kingdom Hearts 3 was announced at E3 2013 as “currently in development.” So far Square Enix has confirmed we’ll see worlds inspired by Big Hero 6 and Tangled . No word if we’ll see any Marvel crossovers or if Elsa and Anna from Frozen will make it into the game. Sadly, it looks like we won’t see a Kingdom Hearts 3 release date any time soon. Remember, it took Square Enix about 10 years to release Final Fantasy XV . They’re also working on the Final Fantasy VII Remake .
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