Dead replica editionReminder to report, hide and ignore shitposters.New to the series?Quick Start: https://i.imgur.com/oBqE2EB.pngMost Recent ReleasesKINGDOM HEARTS collections (I.5+II.5, II.8, III + Re Mind (DLC)) available on PC, PS4, XBOX, Switch (Cloud)2003 Lost Kingdom Hearts Pilot Animatic (archived copy): https://archive.org/details/kingdom-hearts-pilot-animaticNEWSThe Kingdom Hearts series are now available on Steam.KINGDOM HEARTS Union χ Dark Road has been delisted without any announcement. If you had redeemed the game previously you can still redownload itDevelopment of KINGDOM HEARTS Missing-Link has been cancelledNew Trailershttps://youtu.be/G5_3qdf19BUhttps://youtu.be/vxDKOjQtyTkhttps://youtu.be/gxOGWd6LoyYhttps://youtu.be/CpkKslM7tTwhttps://youtu.be/5isiZBQdufwhttps://youtu.be/j2DSEkYFRh8https://youtu.be/-b07ikpA8gkCatch up on KINGDOM HEARTS newshttps://www.khinsider.comhttps://twitter.com/KINGDOMHEARTSLore Resourceshttps://wayfinderprojectkh.com/https://pastebin.com/tKPLZLiEMobile gamesKINGDOM HEARTS Union χ Dark Road is now delisted but you can watch the story on Youtube or download the apk to experience the story yourselfUnion χ[Cross] scenes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPCJnwphQDQcJOkD9OsmxxMHX7YHE4WP2Uχ scene compilations: https://roboloid.github.io/khux/theaterDark Road playthrough: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhcSrKyqhfh6KtymEp7GpkwvLVK2Cu-VpKH Missing Link leaks:https://pastebin.com/6SkKsuPpPC Version Mods and Patch Managerhttps://github.com/AntonioDePau/KHPCPatchManagerhttps://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomheartsfinalmixhttps://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts2finalmixhttps://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts3Previous thread: >>567831668
>>567904703Speculating about star wars killed us
>>567904892More like gacha generals killed us. There are a lot more gacha generals in /vg/ than before and lots of them are in their anniversaries or getting a new version updates. On top of that there was a threadshitter in the gacha generals necrobumping and making lots of bait threads.
>no game news until next year>no merch news in months It's over
May your heart be your guiding key
Darkness
Does anyone know if there are any issues with the HD cutscenes in Melon Mix?I don't think Re:coded's are even implemented yet, but I remember seeing you couldn't actually pause them in Days
>>567916192Haven't touched Melon Mix in months but as far as cutscenes goes recoded still doesn't have the option to switch to the HD cutscenes. >I remember seeing you couldn't actually pause them in DaysThe HD cutscenes you can't but they're working
>>567919547EhGuess I'll continue waiting for the 1.0 release
Nothingness
>>567904892>Star Wars not only killed Destiny but also /khg/Grim
>The demos for all the Kingdom Hearts Nintendo Switch Cloud ports are missingReal ports soon?Switch 2 ports soon?
>>567937702it might indicate something since it looks like other SE cloud games didn't get their demos removed, but I also don't see why they'd remove the demos before announcing anything if they were planning on announcing anythingalternatively it means KH4 was cancelled, like when KHUX+DR was delisted from the app/google play store when missing link was probably delayed internally before it was cancelled
>>567937702>missingMISSING LINK REMAKE CONFIRMED
>>567937702It's happening Switch 2 ports announcement during summer fest
>>567937702Don't do this to me man
>>567937702Hopefully this means that they're going to get delisted. Even if nothing replaces them we don't need scam versions.
calling it rnwe are getting FF7R part 3 at State of Play and KH4 at Summer Games Fest. both releasing in 2027 with one in january and the other in novemberyou cannot possibly tell me both releases which would be 10 months apart could hurt eachothers sales
>>567950147>both releasing in 2027That's wishful thinking anon
>>567953026the game has been in development since kh3 ended its cycle with remind, so 2020-2021. there's no way disney or even square would let the next KH game take more than 7 continuous years of development. kh3 was only 6 and that was with the engine change
>>567905418>spoilermakes sense given the thread died suddenly, that's when the catalog is being spammed
>>567950147they might not do it cause they had rebirth and FFXVI the same year, like 6 months apart, and they both sold poorly. Context of both of them being exclusive to ps5 at the time might not matter to suits
>>567954390For all we know development was paused at some point.
Please gib news
>>567937702Nice
KH4 this year I can feel it.
Not a Kingdom Hearts fan, so maybe not the place to ask, but humor me.>Be me>Playing DBFZ last night>Run into someone with the name Xion and then some numbers, can't remember what>Literally cringe upon seeing it>Do my absolute best to kick his ass>Beat him 2-0>Celebrated that I beat a KH fag.I don't get it, I've never had interest in the series, so why did I get like this just from seeing his username had a KH reference?
>>567982680Seek help faggot
>>567982680I hope you kill yourself.
>>567982825>>567982953Why? Doesn't the main character of your favorite series promote friendship with even the villains or some shit? Ironicaly the only person I've met into the series is very Republican, which is very bizarre.
>>567982680you cared that much to look up the name of where it came from, go on 4chan, find the general for that game and spend time writing it with your chubby little fingers to gloat about an online fighting game match?>plays DBFZ checks out
>>567982680cause you touch yourself at night>>567983573>Doesn't the main character of your favorite series promote friendship with even the villains or some shit?no that's steven universe
>>567983602I knew the character Xion, she's from the DS one. I only know her, Riku, Sora, and Roxas cause of a former coworker who loved the series. See>>567983573
>>567983602I knew the general of this existed. I regularly post on /fgg/
>>567984258We accept black KH fans, but I'll never accept a nigga who plays fighting games.
>>567986532I'm not black, but I am gay
light
This is just me being autistic but in KH4 I hope projectiles are more explosive in their vfx. By which i mean, in KH3 a lot of projectiles just kinda fizzle out or poof into smoke on contact and it's really underwhelming. Worst offender is the shotlock for shooting star, you fire a fucking cluster missile and it just vanishes instead of making huge explosions.
>>567982680You're right, this isn't the place to ask.
sometimes i wonder if tweaking the numbers (stats, iframes, etc) would make party members in the games less prone to dying constantlylike i imagine a situation where Sora, or anyway the player controlled character, being the last one standing to be an exception, not the rule
>>568015745It's a byproduct of bosses needing to be rhythm game-like in parrying or dodging. Sora would die just as often as the party members if you couldn't dodge or block.
dorkness
I always wonder if people play these games with their eyes closed because I always see people say Sora could never bring himself to kill someone or that he would try to reach out to villains and redeem them like Darth Vader(seen on this very general) and i'm like, Sora has no problem murdering people he's fighting, he only ever freaked out when all his friends died and got pissed when one gets killed in front of him, and really never tries to redeem a villain except for Riku.
>>567986842It's a KH thread, I'd expect at bare minimum people in here to have done some faggy experimenting in their youth.
>>568023819I think Sora would generally speaking, not judge a book by its cover, but the instant you threaten him or his friends he'll just kill you.
>>568023819Like the first reply says. Sora's your classic shonen protagonist just minus the harem. Everything is A okay 99% of the time, but threaten his friends and you are already dead.
>>568024553I agree. I think it's an interesting flaw to explore where if the first person he met was seemingly nice but evil then they could pobably easily convince him to do some evil shit. Like Yen Sid easily convinced him that all Nobodies must die and he went along with it because they attacked him once.
>>568025926>just minus the haremIf he ever awakens his memories that Namien sealed up in his heart would he have confusing feelings towards Namine because he feels for her similar things that he feels for Kairi. Snoballs chance in hell but I also kinda hope Strelitzia likes him like that cuz it would be funny.
>>568028496Naminé is too beta to do anything. She had the perfect opportunity to make him her sex slave and she threw it away.
>>568029175This makes her perfect for a cuckquean story
>>568029574She does have a cuck chair...
Sex with Namine
Sex with all other KH girls but Namine
i don't play this serieswhy does reflect count in combos instead of being its own finisher like magnet
>>568038927because based on the most recent official media featuring it (the missing link opening cinematic) it's purpose is to block an attack and give you a chance to counter attack while the enemy is knocked back from their attack being blocked
>>568043856Also because it was basically just a slightly better block it was counted in the combo so you didn't use it once then get fucked in the middle of a long enemy combo. And they "balanced it" by having it not auto reflect an entire combo but by being used multiple times like other magic. Magnet I guess it was just cuz it was pretty good at interrupting entire groups of enemies.
I think my favorite scene in KH2 is the scene where Sora imagines himself dancing with Kairi as he remembers her when he sees Jack and Sally dancing. Not only is it probably the most explicit showing of his romantic feelings towards Kairi, it's just really well animated and a has good cutscene direction. Kairi from Sora's pov and even the background changes to a pink shoujo ass background with sparkles. I really fucking wish they did that sort of stuff more. That's why I really hope Kh4 has lots of slice of life stuff.
>>568051453>That's why I really hope Kh4 has lots of slice of life stuff.sorry, you'll only get slice of death
>>568051453
I need KH4 to be an absolute asshole of a game. They should remove minimaps. They should make enemies have random encounters. They should make special enemies that are minibosses spawn randomly if you meet hte right conditions. Enemies should level scale. Items should increase in cost throughout the game and have a timer to prevent spam
Do you guys think sora should get a new main/default keyblade? Not a complete replacement for the kingdom key but another keyblade he mainly uses. I feel like sora is outgrowing the kingdom key. Im a bit apprehensive about it considering they did this with riku and it sucked.
>>568062169Nah, unlike Way to the Dawn, Kingdom Key is TOO iconic to replace at this point. They time for it has passed. I think they should at least "update" its size tho. It's very small compared to Sora now because it was proportional to his smaller size in KH1. Also Braveheart is awesome, it's the warrior of light's sword which shows Riku is a true guardian of light, and it's gonna look sick as fuck when he uses darkness bladecharge on it and you will be ashamed of your words and deeds
>>568062169i think there was an initial attempt back in kh3's development to do so with Shooting Star, but got scrapped in favor of just being an alternate keyblade. it was one of the first shown in trailers, the other 2 prominent keyblade wielders (Riku and Mickey) get new ones, and was shown off significantly in earlier trailers
>>568062169I would've accepted Master's Defender as his new default, but that was not to be.
>>568064427Master's Defender is really cool but it would have been weird for Sora to get Eraqus' sword all of a sudden when he has no real connection to him. Especially now that it's used as his gravestone
>>56806047513 days left
>>568073010Why are you doing this to yourself? Stop rolling the boulder, Sisyphus.
>>568073010Until what?
>>568082395The end........
>>568082395>he doesnt know
>>568082395News!
>>568082395funny number
>They just announced Unreal Engine 6GREAT i can't wait for them to decide to change to UE6 and start KH4 all over again. 2035 release here we come!
>>568105438i can't believe this, UE5 is not even 5 years old
I'll see what I can do to prevent the game being delayed any further.
>>568114910well how'd it go
>>568122682The Disney ninjas got him
>>568125393Xemnussy
>>568125393she looks like she has human mansex
>>568141479How many days since the last KH4 trailer?
>>5681484481505 days
>>568168246>1505 days
>>568168246Jesus Christ
i really do wish this series was more action and less RPG>get rid of AP boosts on accessories>make all active combat techniques free to equip when obtained, but still toggleable>scan, guard, aerial recovery, leaf bracer are also free and permanent when obtained>magic lock-on and combo master are now part of the default moveset>passive incremental abilities like draw, mp haste, combo plus and element boosts still cost AP or an accessory slot>more specific utilities such as second chance, once more, berserk charge, magic galvanizer, damage syphon and block replenisher are the same way>consumables are now limited per item in the inventory (e.g. you can only have 5 elixirs on you at once) but can be used limitlessly in battles>EXP gain and munny/item drop chances in battles increases with combo length and attack variety>some abilities, magic and attacks can now be bought from shops in addition to being received from levelupsyou better thank god i'm not in charge of this series cause if i was i'd turn it into fucking bayonetta
SIMPLE AND CLEAN
>>568179470Brainlet non-changes, don't get into gamedev
Disney Games Japan used a Kingdom Hearts image for their Goofy birthday tweet https://x.com/i/status/2058745205227229471
>>568179470some of the stuff you said is cool, like the better drops and stuff tied to how "well" you're playing", but i'm biased towards wanting the games to be more rpg instead (which doesn't mean less action though)
>>568191329Is this a win or a loss?
>>568191329It's happening. News soon
>>568198818Yes
>>567937702
>>567982680Okay /dbs/
>>568188789i don't give a shit, i'm taking this baithow the fuck are they non-changes? kingdom hearts is arbitrarily limiting in terms of how much you get to equip at once to an absurd degreethe challenge should come from the difficulty of the enemies you face, not from choosing WHICH strengths to have>>568193217>i'm biased towards wanting the games to be more rpg instead (which doesn't mean less action though)please explaini was intent on none my changes affecting the basic stat system outside of APlike, attack, defense, magic, HP and MP all still go by the same rules of the series
KH6
>>568221720What about it
>>568216627>please explainnothing much to explain, i just want the rpg side to be there more instead of lessi wasn't referring to your ideas specifically, just to your>>568179470>i really do wish this series was more action and less RPGcause again i want more RPG, not less. That's italso i generally don't care for combo counters, as i said i like your idea that better combos mean better bonuses, but i have no interest when they're just there for "yeah i got smokin sick style, i'm so cool and epic"tldr i think the action combat is cool but to me it's just a mean to an end, rather than the action combat itself being the reason i play the game. I very much like KH1 even with its slower gameplay, and i very much like straight up turn based games (either 4 niggas in a row jrpgs or stuff like baldur's gate 3) also for the same reason
darkness within darkness
>>568240337Soon
Thank Namine
news on DQ day
>>568179470Based.
I'm starting to think I imagined a KH4 trailer.
You'll just hate KH4 anyway.
>>568179470actually i really don't think this series is for me at alli got interested not cause of the disney shit or any emotional story but cause of the mechanics like combo modifiers, magic and drive formsi also thought i could grind my way to getting everything within the first third of the game then coast the rest of my way throughbut if locking abilities and such behind later bosses and always juggling MP are elements that make this series unique, then i'm better off just not playing it
>>568269438I miss panties.
panties within panties
>>568269438What kinda panties would Kairi wear now under her shorts? T-backs?
>>568276520thong
>>568276520None
>>568289768That's lewd
Fortune Teller sips a soda, but this pigma micron pen is BROWN and not black making the lines look weird
nothingness within nothingness
heal!
>>568323745One day I'll figure out how to set up melon mix so I can play Days
Here to remind people that KH3 is a great game that didn't deserve the overblown hate it got by people who just wanted KH2-2.
>>568331012This but unironically. Even before ReMind it was great.
>>568331012>who just wanted KH2-2that's exactly what KH3 is though, the issue with those people is that they don't really remember how KH2 is. And/or are way too attached to it, so any slight deviation is unacceptable, just like those that were against KH2 itself cause it changed stuff from KH1 (which i mean, some of that i'm still miffed about myself, but that doesn't make KH2 a bad game. Not having dodge roll did, but we ignore the existence of vanilla KH2)
>>568331012Nah, KH3 just didn't feel good to play before the update, and the story was brought down by everything surrounding the game like having to recap everything and how rushed the game felt. It's no masterpiece.
>>568333131i for one find hilarious that>too easy, too floaty, press triangle to win, the story is all at the endwas said for both kh2 and kh3
i sometimes think about the SW episode 6 world in kh4 to the point i basically fully mapped it out in my head, and even thought of the big reveal trailer for it>it will never happenoh no, anyway
>>568331012Kairi is so cute
Does he secretly have a high IQ or is everyone in KH retarded?
>>568346893Goofy just operates on vibes
>>568346893hi wis low int
light within light
>>568346893yes
>>568333131>but we ignore the existence of vanilla KH2I deliberately and intentionally do not. Both because that's the version of the game I played as a kid, and because base KH2 serves as, well the base of KH2. If you ignore base KH2 but say KH2FM is the best thing ever then you either only give a damn about the Data Organization bonus bosses and don't care about the rest of the game or you're just trolling and/or riding a bandwagon.
>>568346893yes and he'll fuckin do it again.
>>568361661i played it as a kid too, i still remember getting it before christmas from a friend and playing it for 5 days, 5 hour a day, back to back (which as a 11 yo kid was a lot). But i won't pretend FM doesn't supersedes it, and i don't even care about the data org (if anything i also wish people didn't get attached to that shit af if the whole game should be a shitty boss rush), just like KH3+remind is superseded by KH3, or BBSFM does to BBS etc etcEven KH1 still works like that, even though the changes are minor all things considered (but still meaningful, like i bet trinities being missable in vanilla KH1 hurts the game a lot for some)
>>568361661I love base KH2. It was hard when I was younger DANCE WATER DANCE and easy after I got good but it was a pretty enjoyable romp, and I don't feel like 2FM significantly changed much in terms of how Sora plays. 2FM does completely supersede it, but that's because they upped the difficulty and stapled on more content rather than because it revamped a lot of stuff.KH1 is a bit of a weird one because all of the QoL stuff from later versions has turned it into a game where when you get far enough it becomes a press triangle to win game in a way that KH2 and KH3 aren't. Aside from that and Ultima Weapon KH1 Final Mix was an improvement.
>>568168246please tell me you're joking
>>568168246I blame the ingrates who hated that we got trailers before the game came out.
I feel like the series peaked with KH1 colosseum fights both gameplaywise and admit it the gameplay is the only reason to visit this series.
>>568387853
Embrace the darkness
>>568387853Anon...
dreams within dreams
nightmares within nightmares
>>568388212it's all my fault as i said "that's way too soon for KH4" when they showed that trailer
Simple and clean
KH4 info is coming this year bros, don't ask me how I know
>DQXII got rerevealed, by saying the one revealed 5 years ago got scrapped and they started over with a new idea (they even changed the subtitle from "flames of fate" to "beyond dreams")i imagine KH4 is going through something like this as well
>>568445246they can't really do that for kh4 though, it has to follow where kh3/mom ended since it's a continuous story unlike dq 12now if they had to essentially restart development because of the ue5 switch then that's basically confirmed (and it's possible disney made them do it again because they and epic want to push ue6) but they probably didn't reboot the story or change the basic concept for the game like what was done for dq12
>>568017423>bosses needing to be rhythm game-like in parrying or dodgingI feel like the people who say shit like this do not actually play rhythm gamesDoubly weird for a franchise that actually has a rhythm gameThere is no rhythm to fighting KH bosses, they usually aren't even pattern-based
>>568038927All magic in KHII works in combos while also being considered finishersThey have their own finishers as well where the animation changes and forces a wind-down animation to stop you from spamming
>>568125918Why did Shimomura name the track Xemnus
>>568326898There's virtually no set up. You just download Melon Mix, put your .nds files in the appropriate folders and bootIt even auto-configures your controllerThe only tinkering you'd have to do is if you want to do the music and cutscene replacement, which is just putting the files in the right folders
>>568451558Switching from UE4 to UE5 isn't not anywhere near the same kind of setback as switching from Luminous to UE4 was
UE6 was just announced, it has never been more over.........
>>568458316that's not what was being compared though
Knowing Square Enix track record i do believe they're retarded enough to scrap what the have in order to switch to UE6
>>568463615You don't need to scrap anything to update UE5 game to UE6
>>568463735SE probably don't know that
>>568463735too late, already scrapped everything
>>568179470Yeah that's incredibly gay. The RPG portion is part of the charm, I don't think you're a fan of the franchise.
>>568468901>>568268921
>>568463735same with UE4 to UE5, but seemingly most people out there think KH4 already had to scrap everything to do exactly that (as they had said the trailer footage was still in UE4, as they were prepping to get to UE5)
>>568460298>if they had to essentially restart development because of the ue5 switch then that's basically confirmedThis is not how it works
>>568445246If they drop the photorealistic art style and make Sora actually look like Sora then I welcome it
>>568475053No, the whole point of Quadratum is that it looks real. It would make zero sense if it looked cartoonish and ruin the entire game
Just beat Yozora on crit. Took me a couple of days but the fight was really fun once you learned his attacks and how to evade/counter against them
>>568477002Was TWTNW truly that cartoony? It's not like it has to look like Disney Town.
>>568457339But I do play rhythm games. Blocking and evading to specific times is following a rhythm.
>>568492409Then you might as well call Mario a rhythm game because you have to jump at certain times
>>568493770There are some platforming challenges in certain Mario games that require specific rhythm in jumping, yes.
Struggling to motivate myself to finish 100%ing Birth by Sleep for the Steam achievements
>>568498304Yeah it's a real slog. Maybe try and watch something in the background to help the monotony of it.
>>568498469I already do that...I really don't want to fucking fight MF three (more) motherfucking times
>>568498635>I really don't want to fucking fight MF three (more) motherfucking times
>>568498635MF isn't that bad. Vanitas Remnant is worse. I've only beaten it through cheesing it with Strike Raid.
>>568498304Achievement hunting is for faggots, you deserve it.
>>568501569MF is worse because he doesn't have any cheeseGenuinely don't understand why they went in and fixed the one grapple attack that could OHKO you, and didn't touch anything else about the fight as if it's fine the way it is>>568501592Nobody asked
Good news guys, the game will
>>5685076859 days left
>>568502350Xion getting grounded is hilarious
That scene of Magia freezing a couple dozen Gigas with an ice spell doesn't ever leave my mind. I wish more KH magic got shown off in cutscenes like that. Which makes me wonder what the canonical scaling is like. Like we see donald and Sora use magic in cutscenes and it's pretty dinky, fireballs just kinda poof against heartless with barely any explosiveness, blizzard in KH3 froze a group of enmeies but was a pretty small amount. But Xehanort can create an entire labyrinth and Donald knows Zettaflare. So I wonder if the Quadratum side has much stronger magic or if it's just a sort of difference in portrayal with the advatnage of being a custom prerendered scene, After all the keyblade graveyard is full of giant craters. Hell in Kh3 you even stand in that one giant crater that you see in BBS, or at least a similar one.
In KH4 you will only earn money by selling things and through a salary like in FF8
>>568517976Or I could just make Strelitzia sell her things instead.
Aqua motivates me to work out!>>568481887Sick!
>>568518551*sell her body instead
>>568526693lewd
Demyx keyblade legacy forever missing in missing link
>>568501983With MF, the combo of Thunder Surge and Cure works pretty well. You just play keep away until you find his openings.
Demyx time
>>568547606I know, I've done it beforeBut doing it as Terra is so.......
>KH3 ends with Sora disappearing>KH disappears irlKino Normura does it again.
>>568517976>in the real world enemies don't burst into treats upon defeatsadge
>>568445246Missing Links cancellation has basically assured this.
>>568451558maybe not scrapping it in the "it's a completely different thing" like DQXII is going through, but i can see some stuff changing, like the "scrap and build" mechanic that they never went into details anywayi imagine what was otherwise shown in that trailer is there to stay, given those screenshots also kept that bit
I bet Olette is a huge anal slut
Despite restarting development, DQ12 will probably still come out first. Silence is usually a bad sign in game development once a title has been announced. DQ12 has shown gameplay, while KH4 just has some screenshots of questionable authenticity. We'll probably get a re-reveal next year, but I expect it to be accompanied by the same reset announcement .
>>568558952I know people always shit on Terra's gameplay, but I never got the hate. I'm not some pro player and I never had any difficulty with his movement. He was the first character I 100%ed in my plat play through, and that was after doing as much Terra content as possible and doing the same for Ventus and Aqua in their story playthroughs before the post secret episode clean up.
>>568591956Well, for MF specifically, Terra's dodge just sucks ass and puts him at a significant disadvantage compared to Ven or Aqua
Anal sex with Miss Xion!
I was in a thread on /v/ and there was a discussion about if the kingdom key is different compared to other keyblades and I want to know what the people here think because the argument there didn't end conclusively.
>>568608625Holy SEX
>>568612623Yeah of course it's different. Two Kingdom Keys comprise the X-blade, the precursor to all Keyblades. It's ostensibly the Keyblade of the worlds' hearts, found on Destiny Islands, which is why it and it alone has a counterpart in the Realm of Darkness. If it was just "Riku's Keyblade" that was forged in his heart then it shouldn't have a counterpart.All other known Keyblades are forged from the hearts of men.
>>568613629But Xehanort's report talks about how keyblades from the dark realm aren't special, how would he know about them if mickey's keyblade didn't exist until kh1? And isn't it forged from the heart of a man since Terra did the ceremony on Riku?
>>568613948>But Xehanort's report talks about how keyblades from the dark realm aren't special, how would he know about them if mickey's keyblade didn't exist until kh1?Probably just talking theory, Xehanort is a scientist after all. The Kingdom Key isn't mechanically any different than other Keyblades, they all have the same abilities. I understand it as an "emergency use" Keyblade, one created by the worlds as a weapon of last hope because they're in such danger.>And isn't it forged from the heart of a man since Terra did the ceremony on Riku?You'd think, but I think it was just entrusted to Riku, since he was worthy of wielding one after Terra performed the ceremony with him. Hence why it didn't immediately return to Riku's hand after Sora claimed it, Sora was relatively, independently worthy then too. We've seen Keyblade wielders since with far deeper darkness than Riku had in the beginning of KH1 who kept their Keyblades, so it doesn't make sense to me that Riku's would reject him, unless it wasn't his own personal one.
>>568614458Is Data-Sora's kingdom key also special? He didn't have a single inheritance ceremony performed on him.
>>568615262Kinda? He was given a replica Keyblade and proved himself worthy, where the replica Keyblade was used as a medium for his real Keyblade. Like Riku and Way to the Dawn.
>>568600481Autistic people have a fascination with media for children BUT with an edgy twist. KH is a combination of Disney properties for children but it's made by a 60 year old guy who is known for "cool"/"edgy" stuff
>>568608625*sniff*
what does darkness smell like?
>>568635164darkness
>>568635164salty coins and milk
>>568635352Ew
Wizards secret tool she keeps in her hat
>>5686465108 days left
>>568650694>Summer Game Fest is actually going to take place on day 69 kek
Guys it's been awhile I have a bad feeling about Missing Link getting released...
white hot takei wish KH1 had fewer unique enemiesi want enemies whose designs are built off a single foundation, and whose strengths and functions are determined solely by the items they wieldthe exceptions being one or two enemies with parameters that explicitly fall outside the norm and wouldn't function otherwise>waiter my steak is too juicyyes. i find it more satisfying when things are bland and uniform. makes them look organized
>>568612623I don't think it's necessarily different, but in canon the first keyblades were forged based on the X blade so it's probably that the Kingdom Key was the first keyblade forged and this would have been done back in MoM's time.
>>568665471soldiers and whatnot should be this way
>>568666095The Kingdom Key being one of the oldest Keyblades in existence would be cool. I know the age of the blade doesn't seem to matter but maybe it would factor into the whole child of destiny plot thread at some point.
I love Xion so much I think about her every single day...
>>568665471Very cold take
>>568704596Sora here got the same stuff DQXII's protag got
I'm going to be re-playing the series again... on Xbox SEX.
Happy 358/2 days anniversary
>>568723174I feel old
olympia next weekthen darkness until disney decides to actually show off the next set
Do you think reaction commands will still be a green triangle above the enemy in KH4?
Parasol Beauty finds an exhilarating new drink called rip it!Now she's just like the US Marines
>>568754171funny day number soon
honest questionwhy do combo modifiers cost AP to equip but spells don'ti.e., why is the game structured as it is as opposed to having each spell element be like combo plus or drawn in which the more copies of a spell element are equipped, that many levels of the spell are usablee.g. equipping 2 reflect elements in the ability menu gives sora access to reflect and refleranot saying i want this but i'm wondering why the asymmetry exists
Summer game fest soon
2026... I am forgotten.
>yoko shimomura whent to disney after the square enix concert ended ITS HAPPENINGKINGDOM HEARTS NEWS SOON???
news within news
>>568763636cause they took most of their systems from final fantasy (of the time) duh
>>568779931WE WON
>>568779931How desperate we are.
>>568791848which FF system uses AP in the same way as KH?
>>568792862FFIX iirc is very similar, though in that one you also have to learn abilities from equipment, in addition to having to manage AP to enable them
Replaying KH3 and I'm still amazed by how absolutely gorgeous the game still looks 7 years later.
What other games are even remotely like Kingdom Hearts??
>>568814075It do be beautiful
>>568814075it is and I love the OST, especially in Scala and the Final World
>>568814075I don't like the models, also hilarious you mod because the horrible HUD of vanilla.The rest of the games is gorgeous, outside Frozen world that seems sorta bland
>>5688141607 Remake and Rebirth are the only games I can think of desu.
>>568815418Miss Xion is really cute.
Roxas has schizophrenia?
>>568817049Aren't we all anon
>>568814160Dissidia is a KH fighterFF7Remake trilogy is basically KH2 evolutionVision of Mana has some KH1 feeling Twewy is CoM2 and Neotwewy has some things similar to KH combat wise.There are some indie games in development like Twilight Requiem,Luminous Nights, Blood crisis(and some devs recently released Geno Kids)
Considering how Square hid his real name and Xehanort's surprised reaction, he has to be someone that was already introduced.
>>568826450Or his name is so stupid Xehanort was taken aback by how stupid it was
>>568826450What if MoM is Player?
>>568826450All it really means is Xehanort has heard the name before. Solid chance it isn't anyone we've heard of. MoM could also be lying, which would check out.
I feel like the game should have a twist where one of the side characters has a weapon or tool or something they use constantly and then later on basically looks the camera dead in the eye and says "btw this is a keyblade."
>>568832678But Sora is Player
Development reset announcement at SoP or SGF?
>>568665471>bland and uniformI mean for robots that makes sense butthe heartless come from "the darkness of a persons heart" right? so of course they're all gonna be shadowy freaks with no organization (minus all the variants/evolutions etc)I headcanon that people turn into a specific heartless type depending on what that person's general disposition was when they were alivethough I think they also evolve with their environment so idk
>>568840586Player can be both Sora and MoM.
>>568841163>DQ12 announced many years ago>DQ12 just had a development reset after years of no updates>KH4 is exactly the sameOh no.
>SE announces bankruptcyWhat happens?
>>568846576
>>568846695So heartless Sora (Kingdom Hearts IP) will be saved by Kairi (New Company buying up the IP)?
>>568848861No, just the real life version of stabbing myself with an oversized large object.
>>568849247Oh. Well, that's not good.
>>568848861But Disney owns the Kingdom Hearts IP, not SE.I do wonder if SE really did go bankrupt if Disney would try to buy out their IPs (or just Final Fantasy/TWEWY/Einhander/any other SE IP in KH games I'm forgetting) to keep things simple for any future re-releases of the series.
>>568846484Expecting anything else would be delusional. Games with smooth dev cycles have shown gameplay by this point. Instead all we've gotten are empty words.
>>568852686I doubt it. They work with another dev/publisher on a reboot, or just cancel it. Best case scenario is whoever gets the rights to FF would take up working on KH too.
>>568852686Disney doesn't give a shit about KH. They'll just throw it into the vault and forget about it.
I feel like Kingdom Hearts would be better if it had more options in its gameplay. Every game was won basically the same way for 99% of players on any difficulty.
>>568855146It's not really that kind of series. And people already get unreasonably angry at the """spinoffs""" gameplay being different to KH1/2/3.
>English Vanitas: Edgelord>Japanese Vanitas: Sexy Bad Boy in a Shoujo AnimeI prefer the latter.
>>568763636Because it's already limited by MP.
>>568856085So does Aqua.
>>568852686>But Disney owns the Kingdom Hearts IP, not SEDisney is also open on selling back IPs they own too, see Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
>>568861734smelly darqua
KH3 was the first game in the series to use electric guitar, I hope they experiment around a little more in KH4. I especially hope Ishimoto does something different in KH4, seriously he's supposed to be the music guy for TWEWY and Neo TWEWY but made some midi shit for KH3, like come on bro.
>>568866192technically "Sanctuary" from KH2 and some dream drop tracks too but I know what you mean hope they do more for like battle themes and stuff
>>568866487True I forgot DDD. But yeah i'd rather Ishimoto do literally anything else. Something contemporary, some pop, edm, vocals, anything but what he did in KH3. Seriously what the fuck did he do.
We got newsSupergroupies merch drop and the last one is shipping
>>568866673>170$+ for a singular, mass-produced article of clothing made of mostly, if not entirely, plastic>a bag with one strap that'll mess up your spine over long periods of time>a watch that you'll have to explain to people is from a video gamekingdom hearts is responsible purchases!
>>568864473i doubt they'd sell it or anyone would be interested in buying it if they did, it's a disney crossover franchise and isn't worth much with that removed
I hope that in KH4 Sora gets the same scars on his face as Xigbar and Eraqus
>>568869352>After decades realize the clocktower in the world that never was is a foil to the clocktower in twilight town after seeing this imageGoddamn I'm slow.
>>568870563>clocktower in the world that neverWhat clocktower bro
>>568871024Schizo moment.
You now remember that Melody of Memory's English localization censored Kingdom of Corona's name
>>568872301>>568871024I meant the skyscraper I guess. Was sort of visually the foil. Maybe. Probably not. Whatever.
>>568612623It is not different at all and there is no evidence to suggest that it is.The Kingdom Key was originally Riku's Keyblade, and its counterpart Kingdom Key D appears as the Keyblade tied to Destiny Islands's heart.Unless Riku and/or Destiny Islands are revealed to have some significance, particularly in relation to the χ-blade, it's only coincidence.Keyblades are manmade weapons forged in the image of the χ-blade, so it stands to reason that some of them will resemble the χ-blade directly (the various Ultimas also take cues from the χ-blade's blade).>>568613629>which is why it and it alone has a counterpart in the Realm of Darkness.We don't know that.Mickey finds the KKD where Destiny Islands's heart used to be, behind the Keyhole.That Keyblade is the Keyblade tied to Destiny Islands's heart. It's likely that all the worlds which survive to some degree in the Realm of Darkness have a Keyblade, as that's a part of their heart crystalized into a weapon that wards off the corroding power of darkness.
I probably won't live to see KH4. I guess thanks for all the cope over the years. Bye guys.
>>568867507I boughted
I find it funny that while around KH2 the series started to go with Light and Darkness as a sort of yin-yang, in a very eastern type of ideology, as the series progressed it went western, specifically catholic, as Darkness being sin and guilt. Meanwhile it's mentioned that Karma exists in Quadratum, so maybe they're gonna pick up that eastern way of thinking in regards to light and darkness in KH4 again. Shinto-buddhism vs Catholicism.
LEAD ME INTO EVERLASTING DARKNESS
>>568880937I think darkness has become a very complex concept after UX, with it coming from a completely separate kind of lifeformDarkness is broadly a force of chaos and impulse. Naturally, this manifests commonly in destructive ways, and through the worldview of light life this looks like a bad thing.KH has toyed with the idea of light and darkness being a matter of perspective, and I think the new Darkness lore from UX is that idea taking its final shape. It's not a conflict of good versus evil, but of two equally natural existences which are irreconcilably different.
KINGDOM HEARTS ISLIGHT
days within days
Open the door
the marvel world is spider-noir, wdyd
>>568908189i'd rather we get this Nic Cage
>>567904703replica within replica
I don't know why I never looked this up before, but you know how over the years there's been a lot of discussion about the "mind" in Kingdom Hearts?Terra-Xehanort's line>Your body submits, your heart succumbs—so why does your mind resist?is pretty much the only source for the idea of the "mind" as a separate part of the self.It turns out... well, that line is bullshit.In Japanese, he says>思念となって、なお逆らい>留まろうというのか!or>You've become [just] thoughts, yet you [still] defy me, and mean to stay?!In broad strokes they mean the same thing, but because of the existing worldbuilding in KH, the English line suggests to the audience that the "mind" exists in an independent way similar to the heart and body, causing confusion.
I'm playing BBS. Should I play ReCoded or just watch it? User reviews on GameFAQs say it's a shit game, but nowadays I see a lot of people saying it's alright
>>568934490Play it yourself and form your own opinion
>>568934490yes, play the melon mix version
Melon mix these nuts
Ok for real, which one is the best superboss?
>>568951624Kurt Zisa
>>568951624Yozora and it's not even close.
>Talk about superbosses>Spammy bot goes insane
>>568934490It has better gameplay than Days, but the story is pretty bad.
melon within melon
darkness
i don't play this seriesnot having a second left thumb to navigate the menu while moving around at the same time seems like bad design
>>568986428rape vibes
I believe in the Dorito pope
>>568988152skill issue
>>568999348coulda done something like this and had magic on a dedicated button
Dating Aqua
>Roxas chose black haired Kairi instead of qt Olette
>>568993104Okay npc
Is there a character who could replace Sephiroth as the super boss. Obviously it would be cool if Jack was the super boss but he's from 18+ game so it won't happen sadly
>>569013398Gilgamesh. Either the "real" Gilgamesh or his heartless from KHUX
>playing chain of memories for the first timeLooking forward to finishing it and never playing this again. Goddamn portable spinoffs that are part of the story, it's pissing me off.
>>569013398How about an analogue that's more magic-focused than Sephiroth's melee-focus: Seymour Guado. During the battle he can summon Anima for attacks too.
>>569015171Sorry but no one knows who the fuck "Seymour Guado", obviously the Super Boss is supposed to be famous
>>569015492I can't think of anyone more famous than Sephiroth, but we already have extensive FFX content in the series, so why not add the main human antagonist?
>>569015004stop trying to mash the attack button and actually use sleights insteadwhen in doubt, you can cheese the whole game with a fire cards only deck, except for enemies that are resistant/absorb fire of course but there's like only one boss that does this (and for him you just use a blizzard card only deck)
>>569013398>>569015492it's culex time
>>568932849I still don't think I understand what Lingering Will is. This translation makes me think it's literally just that, his thoughts were so strong they created a will that acts independently. Which is a crazy cool concept to me. >>568934490Re: Coded is slept on, play it, you won't regret it.
>>569013398
>>569028769>I still don't think I understand what Lingering Will is.Speaking of which I've seen some say that when Lingering Will tells Terranort, "As long as Master Xehanort is within you, you're a threat to Aqua and Ven" that it's speaking to Terra
https://x.com/BriskApollo/status/2060837680913485971
>>569029645>She-on not XionCausal
>>569013398I'd be surprised if he's not a super boss is Shibuya (unless he's part of the plot there, which seems unlikely)
>>569019246That's not my problem, I mean it was kinda annoying at first but I figured it out quick. I just don't goddamn like it, you know, in general. I'm replaying the entire series now, that's not entirely correct as most of it will be for the first time as I grew up with the original and II so I thought it's about time I do it properly. As a kid I was confused as hell going to II because there was another bloody game in the middle which I didn't even know existed at the time, certainly didn't see the only version released here (GBA) in any of the shops. It's been 20 years and yes I'm still buttblasted.
>>569032685desu that's fair, you don't have to like every kh game but just trying them is enough.
>>569028769It's his Keyblade.Keyblades are an extension of the heart, possibly a literal part of it reconfigured into a weapon.BbS alone showcases multiple occasions of a Keyblade acting on behalf of its wielder. How? Because in a way, they're one and the same.It's the same relationship the χ-blade has to Kingdom Hearts.
New leak just dropped
>>569048526>Bloodborne sequelHow I know it's fake.
>>569013398Part of what makes Sephiroth cool in KH for people is that it's Sephiroth. It's why wanting a Darth Vader superboss isn't that uncommon, it needs to be someone well known for being a badass. Is there anyone across SE or Disney that would fit that niche aside from Darth Vader?
>>569048526lol
>>569048526i believe it
>>569048526where's the lee carvallo's putting challenge world
>>569048526Definitely fake.
>>569048526I can confirm that this is real. Here's some leaked printed material.
>>569048526not blurry enough
>>569056551Larry-kun....
Ava should be the next superboss.
>>569057242He's the key to all this.
When has kh ever done a combat overview trailer? It's all random gameplay, story scenes, and disney characters.
>>569060586idk probably BBS or DDD to showcase the deck command and flowmotion
>>569060586https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh6Pr2gSJfY
KH4 Combat Deep Dive today oh my gawwd
>>569067208Where did they show this? Don't remember it at all. Game show stuff pretty much always focused on worlds and story with no real explanation of the game mechanics.
Which game do you play the most often?
>>569073057It was released five days before KH3's launch. From what I can tell, the video was also hosted on the now defunct Disney video, so it might have just been made for online promo.
>>569078524Over the years I've definitely played 1 and 2 the most with an edge being given to base KH2. Of course now I just play the PS4 versions but it's been a few years since I've played any of the games.
>>569078524Well I guess KH1 since I replay all KH games when we get a release date for a new game
>>569078524Probably KH1, then DDD maybe. I replay every single game in release order every other year or so.
>>569078524Union Cross
Which Kingdom Hearts characters are LGBTQ? None, right?
>>569083880None.
>>569084261Because of Disney? What about the chipmunks? Not gay?
>>569083880The series doesn't even have time for straight romance. The closest we have is Strelitzia.
I love Kairi
enemies shouldn't have a damage ceilingif i can oneshot something, i should. fuck the rules.
In “real” space, you have meteors, gas clouds, and even outright doomsday scenarios like rogue planets, stars, black holes, and other cosmic hazards just drifting around. Would anything like that exist in the space between Kingdom Hearts’ bubble worlds?For example, could a world like Agrabah conceivably collide with Arendelle? Or are there meteors, cosmic storms, or other large-scale phenomena traveling through the lanes between worlds? The little gummi blocks drifted around but that’s not dangerous like the scenarios I’m talking about.
if we can be genuine for the slightest moment on this threadi genuinely feel it. i think there's something in the air. it's copium but i think we're actually seeing KH4 this week
>>569085698Closest to what? Gay? Not strelitzia, player is canon male. Fuck off
Says I'm, me he
Suppose you had to explain KH lore to someoneThey've played all the games, they just don't get itWhere do you start? How would you organize it all?
>>569100407Have you played KH3 or KH2? Or even KH1? There's all kinds of bits and pieces of stuff roaming about interspace. In KH2 you even have what looks like remnants of old civilizations like the space near Agrabaha, and in KH3 there's a giant space storm near where Schwarzgeist dwells. Not even accounting for the fact that normal outer space exists in Kingdom Hearts as seen in BBS where you can briefly go on the hull of the spaceship and look at another planet which looks like a normal planet and not worlds from the outside.
Why the fuck did they even decide to make KHX a browser based multiplayer online flash game anyways. I literally can't understand why. They coulda made another DS or PSP game.
>>569112036Investors said that we need a browser game because everyone is doing a browser game so shut up and make a browser game NOW
Kingdom Hearts is the first light and the heart of the world. All worlds were one world. People fought over the light of kingdom hearts and darkness grew in their own hearts, there was a war that broke the one world into all the different worlds and kingdom hearts with it. The xblade controlled kingdom hearts, the xblade broke into pieces when the world did.The keyblade wielders all scattered among the worlds and died off.Sora gets chosen by the keyblade when his world falls to darkness and gets separated from his friends, then he ends up in traverse town. Traverse town is in a realm between the realm of light and the realm of darkness, same as twilight town.To stop more worlds in the realm of light falling to the realm of darkness Sora seals the keyholes so darkness can't get through and take them over.Xehanort wants to rebuild the xblade to gain control of kingdom hearts and unite all worlds. He spends all the games he's in learning about the history of the world and putting together a means to do that.
>>569013398Omega Weaponfukkit, all the actual FF summons, Bahamut et almaybe SinWedge and Biggs, for a laughSome Marvel/Star Wars heavyweight, like Vader or Thanosthe firebird from Fantasia
>>569104972>player is canon maleWe know that this isn't true because Dark Road altered all scenes that showed Player as a man to keep it ambiguous. This means that they want the specifics of Player to be vague.
>>569124747Still not gay, never will be. KH isn't for fags and niggersNeck yourself
>>569125287If Player's gender is ambiguous and Strelitzia is Playersexual no matter if Player is a man or woman, it means that she's bi.
>>569125287for a fan of a game about friendship and being kind you don't really represent any of its morals or qualities.
>>569013398Any of the villains picked for the Dissidia games would be perfect optional super boss material. A Heartless version of Kefka appeared in the gacha and that was cool. But what I want is more inline with FF6. Having to climb up the mountain of monsters and then fight angelic Kefka at the top would be so cool.
>>569126364I'm not kind to predators and degenerates, KH isn't about being nice to them either.
>>569125828Nah. That doesn't enter into it, leave your mental illness at the door.
lite
>>569108806What does he not get
>>569135357I wanna have sex with Xemnas' voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6fHi2hmG1Q
>>569112036Nobody remembers because it was 13 years ago and most of the Western fanbase was not paying attention to a Japan-only browser gameBut originally, χ[chi] wasn't even canon.For a while, we were told that the only part which mattered was the message in the "Foreteller's Script" which related to KHIII.
>>569152503Everything.It's just a hypothetical.A ground-up explanation, but you don't have to worry about spoilers or summarizing the games.
Summer Game Fest time Place your bets where we'll see KH news
>>569162376>Those eventslmao modern gaming is a fucking disaster
>>569162376I'M SO FUCKING READY>Physical releases of both Kingdom Hearts HD Collections for Nintendo Switch 2>Physical Switch 2 cartridge of KH3 + ReMind included>Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory Final Mix>Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories 2>Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Remake>Kingdom Hearts Re:Union Cross + Dark Road>Release dates for Kingdom Hearts 4 and Missing Link>Kingdom Hearts Missing Link rebranded to Kingdom Hearts Discovered Link>New KH game exclusive to the Gabe Cube>Fortnite, Genshin Impact, PUBG and Cookie Run collaborations
>>569161985i think the best way would be to go in release order with the explanation too, so you start with Sora getting the keyblade and darkness and shit, adding more layers on top for each gamei mean the story is pretty simple anyway, good guys get powers of light to defeat bad guys that have powers of darkness - the end, people "don't get it" simply cause they skip cutscenes or don't pay attention when they're happening. And/or cause they played the games once when they released and never again, which i mean makes sense
>>569162376Lmao im sure we're going to get KH new at the black voices in gaming showcase
better PS2 action platformer than KH1
news:
From Zero to Hero.6/6 collected. Today was a fuckin' nightmare.
>>569179329was it because more people show up or was it because today weather is fucking hot
>>569181159More people. There were like twice, if not three times as many people there today. And despite being near the front, hotel guests and possible general people let in early made me queue up further back than I had before, which left me worried they'd run out before I could get it.But now, since I stayed up all night and was on my feet for about 7 hours straight to get them, I am going to bed. Good luck with the (absolute) state of play.
>>569181561Goodnight anon
>>569177636>toy story 2, 3 and racerholy kino
>>569132558If she lusts for a woman, she's gay.
>>569177636Cool. I'd get it, but it's probably best to wait for a sale. If this is a collection by the Disney Afternoon Collection guys they'll probably end up adding new games anyway.
STATE OF PLAY NOW LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
IT'S FINALLY HERE
Lmao it's fucking nothing like this game is never coming out
>psplusIt's ogre
>>569176720Please don't use one of my favourite series for shitposting.
>>569198910don't worry, dorito pope will save ushe'll say>now it's finally time, for KINGDOMHEARTS in fortnite!
>>569199424Might almost be enough to make me drop the series entirely.
news next year, as they already fucking said
>>569202010Where
We were explicitly told no news this year. FF7 will finish up soonish. Then we'll get a re-reveal next March to tide us over, and after that Square will shift their focus to DQ12 for a few years.
>>569202604Where were we told that
>no KH news
>>569202909A tweet from Nomura on the series 24th anniversary. Basically said they were aiming towards the 25th anniversary- so next year.
>>569202094>>569202909did you miss the only news we actually got this year?https://x.com/_KINGDOMHEARTS/status/2038173498020143283
>two years in a row we've been told there won't be any newsGrim.
>>569199238who's shitposting?in terms of platformer series in which the main character with an unorthodox melee weapon and their companion(s) travel to other worlds in search of an important hero figure while collecting and upgrading fantastical and otherworldly tools, weapons and abilities, ratchet is the clear victor, with jak and rayman 3 being strong seconds
>>569207405it's cause ML was supposed to be filling in for the lack of news, especially since KH4 was shown specifically to stave off leaks, not because it was in any way close to be released. That one trailer was just a "yes it exists", as if somehow leakers saying the same thing makes any difference if we still don't get the fucking game
>>569213723Leakers wouldn't say shit about KH4 if it wasn't already announced. Not that they've actually said anything we haven't already heard. It's all "No there won't be news." or "The game is progressing well.".
News on the Xbox conference
>>568183807recommend me what sleights to use when i start Re:cum
>>569193745What new gamesHow many Toy Story games are there
>>569227079L E T H A LF R A M E
>>569048526Lol
i still say roxas' signature keyblade is two become one, not oathkeeper and oblivionmeanwhile, aubade is xion's
>>569228982In terms of console games you're just missing Toy Story Mania but if you delve into the history of Toy Story games there's smaller games.
toys within toys
>>569243939two become one formchanges to dual form with oathkeeper and oblivion, ezthough i'd rather a whole new keyblade instead, same for xion
you now remember Magia and Aegis
>>569179329There is weirdly not a whole lot of attention on this pin this month. There's usually some buzz about them, but to go from how packed the park was to like total radio silence is bizarre.
>>569162376Only thing I'm expecting is maybe Switch 2 ports being announced during the Nintendo Direct next week. (If there's one.) I'll be shocked if there's anything else officially announced. (I won't be surprised if anything leaks though, I know there's plenty of interesting stuff that could be leaked but everyone who has it isn't leaking it to avoid having Square shut down other stuff they're doing.)
In all seriousness at this release pace Nomura will unironically be retired before KH5 has any chance to be relased. This is not fair to him or us the fans. I hate this decade long modern release cycle so much.
>>569279931>This is not fair to himMaybe he should work faster.
>>569279965Clearly the issue is SE bosses beaing PEAK retards and only wanting to release one title at a time, so they have put everything else on the shelf while they push out FF7 SLOP.
>>569280370Or maybe Kingdom Hearts doesn't need high production values. You don't need to wait in line if you're not in line in the first place. Smaller companies are able to release games on a budget. Do we really need to insert SDG into Let It Go? Do we need worlds that are large in scale when most worlds in KH1 and KH2 were only like seven small to medium rooms stapled together?
>>569288590You're right but the entire AAA industry is now taking way longer to release anything because games take forever to get made now. It's eventually going to become untenable, I hope.
Nothingness is eternal!
>>569269742I don't think we'll be getting ports either. SE just released both remake parts for FF7 on Switch 2, and they won't want to divert attention away from those with Part 3 on the way soon.
>>569293692It's already proven largely untenable. Only a few IPs are actually able to do it. KH isn't one of those IPs, and meeting Disney's standards for visuals, animations, etc. is going to cost it.
You might not even live to see KH4
We are all gonna die
Rosy Dancer asks for a little assistance.If Nobody's bled, considering they are still human bodies, what color do you think it'd be? Just normal? Desaturated and metallic?
>>569280370It makes even less sense when SE has multiple teams operating, it's not like they have the one dev team and that's it. Capcom is similar to them and they manage to shit out a game or two every other year. It's probably another case of they took the teams making other games and had them halt their developments to go work on another dev teams game.
>>569199424we might be safe from that for the time being, as he-man is the collab they're doing now
We saw a lot of dinosaurs in State of Play. That got me thinking, would a Dinosaur World be fun for Kingdom Hearts? Would anyone here want a world based on Disney’s Dinosaur, The Good Dinosaur, the Fantasia parts with dinosaurs, Marvel's Savage Land, stuff like that?
>>569312434I doubt they'll say anything after FFXVI, but I'm not going to be surprised if we hear the KH team was absorbed into the FF7 team.
>>569314393I don't think it'll be absorbed, but rather they'll have absolutely no say in having to put their tools down and go help out others whenever the higher ups say so.
>>569314273I'm not against dinosaurs, but none of those locations sound particularly great so maybe it shouldn't have it.
>>569314537I didn't mean absorbed in any sort of permanent sense, but if they aren't working on KH4 then that team effectively doesn't exist yet. I do think we'll be waiting until 2029/30, and that KH4 is intended for next gen machines.
