Of all the little figurines I’ve seen online, one brand always stood out to me as being the cutest: Nendoroids.
Nendoroids are always absolutely adorable, like the N Nendoroid I praised in my Pokémon Black and White review, and whenever Kingdom Hearts figurines have been announced, I’ve always hoped for Kingdom Hearts Nendoroids.
Like all Nendoroids, it is ridiculously cute. It will be released in December and can be pre-ordered now from Good Smile and places like Crunchyroll.
Now, Sora wouldn’t be my first choice – personally, I want a Nendoroid Xemnas. But the most important thing is that Kingdom Hearts Nendoroids are finally happening, and maybe Sora will just be the start.
Kingdom Hearts III has been featured in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, and thanks to translations from KH13 and Gematsu, we’ve learned lots of new things.
One part that stood out to me the most was that Nomura is concerned that Kingdom Hearts III’s high volume might cause capacity problems.
I’ve been hoping it will be a long game, so that sounds promising.
He also confirmed a “secret movie,” which most likely refers to the sort of secret endings past Kingdom Hearts games have had.
There are a lot of new gameplay details discussing mini-games, Keyblade techniques, and more.
The most confusing part is a discussion of the former Organization XIII members. One translation made it sound as though they were all back as humans, but a later translation sounds like the members of the new Organization (Xigbar, Marluxia, etc.) came back as humans but then became Nobodies again, possibly in a different way than usual.
Hopefully that will be clearer in the game itself.
Finally, Nomura touched on the topic of DLC and said that he’d like to expand the gameplay through DLC, with standalone DLC after they complete the main game. That sounds like they’ll focus on making the main game complete before they do anything else, so I’m not opposed to DLC in that context.
I can’t wait to play Kingdom Hearts III. The delay to January was disappointing, but it’s still not far off. Remember, if you want to catch up on the story before Kingdom Hearts III, I’ve detailed the best order to play the Kingdom Hearts games. Every game is important!
Are you looking forward to Kingdom Hearts III? What do you think is up with the former Nobodies?
Today was a huge day for Kingdom Hearts fans thanks to the Kingdom Hearts 3 Premiere Event, where many people got to try a demo build of Kingdom Hearts III for the first time.
With the embargo lifted, we now have plenty of gameplay details, videos, and screenshots. Here’s a compilation of comments about the premiere at KH Insider, with impressions from various publications.
The premiere event featured the Hercules and Toy Story worlds. Take a look at these new gameplay videos from each.
I’m pretty excited for the Toy Story world especially.
The overall consensus is that Kingdom Hearts III feels great, but let’s take a look at some of the specific details revealed.
As shown in the Toy Story gameplay video, Ralph from Wreck-It Ralph is a new summon. This is the second summon confirmed alongside Ariel. You’ll also be able to skip the summon intro.
You can have multiple Keyblades equipped and switch between them. Different Keyblades have their own Shotlock attacks. There are also different team commands in different worlds.
Somehow, Young Xehanort has split the Toy Story world in two in order to better understand hearts. (He can do that?) There is a possessed doll that the team must fight, too.
The official Kingdom Hearts Twitter account shared a bunch of new Kingdom Hearts III screenshots, too, and they look great!
There’s also a new interview with Nomura from Famitsu, translated at KH Insider. According to Nomura, the big themes in Kingdom Hearts III are “What is a heart?” and “resolution.”
The worlds in Kingdom Hearts III will be “vertically expansive,” with features such as wall-climbing. Each world will have new gameplay elements, such as the Gigas robots in the Toy Story world. The areas do look like they’re pretty big.
There will be other mini-games aside from the Classic Kingdom mini-games. As for the Classic Kingdom games, they won’t be all unlocked from the start. Instead, you’ll have to collect them. They’ll be played through a device called the “Mobile Portal,” which has other features as well.
Finally, everyone was hoping we might get a release date announcement today… but we didn’t. However, Nomura said the release date should be announced “early next month.”
Did I miss anything? Probably. There’s a ton of Kingdom Hearts III information out there now. What do you think about how Kingdom Hearts III is shaping up? As for me, I’m excited!
