Time For Kingdom Hearts To Return To A Console, Says Tetsuya Nomura

Since its PlayStation 2 debut back in 2002 the Kingdom Hearts series has spanned six different platforms.

Despite its console origins over the past seven years the franchise has found a home mostly on handhelds since the PS2 release of the second installment back in 2005.

With the most recent title, Kingdom Hearts Drop Dream Distance for the 3DS, completed and shipping this Summer in the West, series creator Tetsuya Nomura sounds ready to bring the action rpg back to its console roots.

[Rainstorm81]

NO S#!T.....its only been about 7 years....

[Ranma1]

Excellent idea Square Enix...but just DONT add an auto battle feature.

K? is that to much to ask for?

In fact dont let Motomou Toriyama even get close to it...

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

uuuuhhh what??
did you even play kingdom hearts? its an ACTION rpg not turn based

[gintoki777]

Time to take on multiple projects and not release any of the good ones for several years.

[versusALL]

You should have brought it back four years ago. Oh and finish Versus XIII already!

[paybackprahl]

Who in the WORLD would disagree with that statement?

[r21]

yes, duh, KH started on a console and should end on console. so many have been waiting for a sequel, myself included, ever since playing KH2. honestly i miss fighting the heartless with a controller :C

[user7792788]

Finish Versus XIII first ffs

[AusRogo]

I only played the first one, but even then not much, but what I played of it was good! Id love to see a Kingdom Hearts HD collection so I can catch up on the whole story

[SoundGamer]

Unfortunately, now the whole story is thrown across multiple handheld games in addition to the PS2 titles,

KH Chain of Memories (at least Re: Chain of Memories made it to the PS2)
KH Re: Coded (DS)
KH 358/2 Days (DS)
KH Birth By Sleep (PSP)
KH 3D Dream Drop Distance (3DS)

A collection would be cool but I doubt they would recreate all of those games for a console. Maybe just KH, KH Re: Chain of Memories, and KH II.

But I would rather they get right to work on KH III for a console instead of making an HD collection.

[supraking951]

there stupid if they dont release a Kingdom Hearts HD collection before KH3. Most people who played the first two probably forgot the story unless they read KH wiki. Second of all if KH3 continues after the event of KH2 then there not gonna attract new gamers to the series because they maybe didnt play the first two and will be completely lost.
Release an HD collection since it takes you so freakin long to release one FF game thats already doomed to fail after the failed FF13 games.
Sorry all my hype for versus 13 has gone away.

[Wolfbiker]

FFXIII isn't a failure just because it wasn't the greatest game of all time...its a good game, nit as good as I had hoped but still 'good' and XIII-2 was even better .

Maybe you shouldn't expect the best FF game ever with every release....you are only setting yourself up for disappointment.

[Hicken]

Agreed, with all the hype PEOPLE built up for it, there was no way XIII would have been good enough, honestly. And it was a good game. I prefer it to its sequel, mostly for the characters and their depth.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!

That is NOT the freaking reason. The reason why FF13 is a failure is because it's a bad game. It is EXTREMELY LINEAR for christ sake! It has LINEARITY that is ONLY seen in Uncharted and First Person Shooters.

To say that it is GOOD based off that truth alone is a JOKE.

Not only that, the battle system is a THOUSAND steps backward from FF12. FF12 had a nice foundation for the battle system. Instead of IMPROVING on that, they went with an utter trashy system. Why that battle system was initial praised as being good is beyond me.

There was no HYPE when I played this game. People told me I wasn't going to like it, but I played it anyway because they said the same for FF12, which still ended up enjoying it. Unfortunately that wasn't the case for FF13.

I can NEVER comprehend how anyone can like a LINEAR JAPANESE RPG with a HORRIBLE story and HORRIBLE battle system.

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

Honestly if you read his interviews, KH collection is a possibility. He's said they've run tests for it and he always teases unannounced games.

[trenso1]

I would love an hd remake but since I own every game it's not really a hassle, but I do see how it could help newcomers because the only game they don't need to play is coded. Every thing else has some importance I really want to see an HD remake cause the wait for vs13 is killing me and I'm starting to lose hope.

[rulakir]

Make it a PS3 exclusive. Where it belongs.

[maniacmayhem]

It belongs on the WiiU, NxtBox and ps4!

[Omnislash]

This. A Million times this.

Well as long as it stays away from Xbox im cool.

[KaBaW]

"Well as long as it stays away from Xbox im cool." That's just sad.
You remind me of the dude who flipped when FF was announced as a multi ..

[Omnislash]

"You remind me of the dude"
>The dude

Yeah like nobody else flipped out when FF13 became one of the worst if not THEE worst Final Fantasy title thanks to the xbox 360.

[KaBaW]

Nawh, you know the dude. The dude who threatened to kill the developer?
Or, was it the dude who announced he was gonna kill himself? I forget.

There was a couple of em.. sad to say. But, you know.. that one dude.
And, though you're not that extreme (I hope), it's still childish. (:

[SilentNegotiator]

Well, if it comes to "A" console, the playstation console would be fair to fans.

[Kanzes]

*sigh* N4G is full of ps3 fanboys.. long time ago, Final Fantasy XIII said that they're exclusive for PS3... but you know what? It's coming on 360 too!

[Omnislash]

Not Versus.

[MWH]

Tetsuya Nomura you spineless wimp.. no shit.

[-Gespenst-]

Well that's confirmation of KH3 if I ever heard it

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

Yeah this and every other interview where he's talked about it.

[Ken22]

First finish FF VS XIII and then confirm you will start working on KH3 right away.

[supraking951]

better yet just cancel versus 13 and start on KH3 right away. Vs 13 has become more of a joke with so much hype but delays everytime we hear progress. If you cant finish a game within 5 years, just give up. Might as well start from scratch and work on it for next consoles PS3 and 720.

BTW I think it will be pretty lame of them if they announce a 360 version with still no announced release date.

[specialguest]

Yes, return to consoles right on time for the WiiU era. Nintendo fans have been enjoying KH for a while now, and the franchise seems suitable for a Nintendo system, just as it would on a Sony system.

[DarkZane]

A the world end with you sequel and now this? Stop taking on so many projects and finish Final Fantasy versus XIII already. It's no wonder you can't finish it if you take on a billion projects at once.

I wonder if the guy actually has a personal life and why fatigue didn't kill him.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

It's not exactly his call where his mind is put to work. Besides that, from what it sounds like, only the technical aspects of Versus need to be done at this point, all he can do in that regard is oversee it and wait for the dev teams for Versus to do their thing.

[arbitor365]

insinuating there ever was a time that the franchise's focus shouldnt have been on consoles.....

Do you know when the right time to start working on the next console KH game was, Nomura? 2005.... prick

[Omar91]

before releasing KH3 we need a HD collection and not jus the ps2 games, Im talking about every single damn hand held game that was made that follows the story to KH and make a HD collection of it. I completely forgot what happens in KH 1 and 2 and I never bought the handhelds versions except chains of memories.

[TheLyonKing]

Wow thanks for speaking the obvious, all you do is speak and speak I would like you to deliver soon please.

[DEATHxTHExKIDx]

KH Hd final mix collection for PS3 or 360 I don't give a damn as long as the put it on a console I can play.

[gtxgamer2]

It doesnt deserve to be on xbox. Playstation is where it was born, playstation is where it deserves to stay.

[Rainstorm81]

I agree 100% but unfortunately quite a few PlayStation born games have gone the way of the multiplat

[vikingland1]

Same thing could be said about Mass Effect. I like multiplat games myself. Because it gives me a choice of which system to play on.

[NBT91]

As an open minded PS3 gamer, I will say that I wouldnt mind this going multi plat. 1) Its been about 937379847 years since KH2 came out, and during that time... Before that time even, the series had already gone to Nintendo.

I mean no one cried that 358 was bad just because it was on the DS and the latest one is also on the 3DS and some are saying that, at least in plot, its the best of the series so far.

I think that a game this good should go multi plat, 360 gamers should be able to play it too, no reason why not really, is there? At least get the HD collection on 360 too, not that they will actually get out of their master chief pajamas and play it mind you...

[no_more_heroes]

Please hurry up and get to it. I'm dying over here! Ok, maybe it's not that bad, but it is pretty damn ridiculous that it's taking this long.

[RurouniKaze]

I was a Kid when I played KH 1&2.
Im almost a fully blown adult now.
I guess this game will be the seal to my childhood as with many of us.

A very fitting end , a mix of some of my fav childhood chars with some of the mature chars ive come to like.

I really hope when they do decide to make it, its as good as the first 2 at least in Storyline ~

[indigoignited]

No FUCKING shit Nomura.

[Dark_Overlord]

“If it is possible, I would like to do something about the series being spread over so many different consoles, too. I am thinking a lot about the future,“

Hopefully all of the games in HD collections for consoles :)

[adamant715]

I agree :)

[Spenok]

HA! I have that poster on my wall that's next to him lol.

Oh and on topic. I'm very glad Nomura himself agrees with just about everyone else. Lets hope that actually happens sometime soon.

[AWBrawler]

LOL I think I sense a big ass troll move coming on at E3.

Imagine the outcry if he does what I think he's going to do with Kingdom Hearts.

I doubt he'd bring it to Wii U, but i have a feeling i know just what console he's bringing it to.

[paybackprahl]

Tetsuya Nomura's vague hints and broken promises have made him the ultimate troll.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Sounds like before KH3, Nomura wants to make some sort of collection so that fans who never bothered with the Ds, 3Ds and PSP games can play those as well on a console before moving onto the 3rd instalment.

[stragomccloud]

I'm calling it!!!
It'll be the swan song of the Wii U or the PS4.
Expect a holiday 2019 release.
Geez... looking at those dates... I remember when I felt like 2000 was this far off unreachable future.

[fourthpersonview]

Shouldnt it be...

Time for Kingdom Hearts to return to the Playstation?

[listenkids]

Stop "thinking about the future" and fucking DO something.

As a side note, HD collection of 1,2 and Birth by Sleep, thanks.

[Bagogames]

Great, now I know what I'll be buying my unborn child for their 16th birthday now...

[Run_bare]

I hope Tetsuya finish FF Versus XIII before starting on KH.

[noxeven]

All i hear is our stock took a beating and our shareholders said hey i think its time you all step it up with maybe a kh console release we let you have ffxiv free for all that time and that didnt improve time to make our money back and then some