New Kingdom Hearts III Gameplay Trailer From D23 Expo Released: Looks Fantastic

During the D23 Expo in Tokyo Square Enix showcased a new gameplay trailer of the upcoming Kingdom Hearts III, that will be released for both PS4 and Xbox One at a yet unspecified future date.

[Crossbones]

Take my money now.

[LondonMediaOS]

:O

[Eonjay]

I'm ready.

[vishmarx]

aaaahhhhh...!!!!
still cant believe this game is real

[Rumor]

The game I've waited a whole two generations for. This is the best thing my eyes have laid eyes on in a while

[FamilyGuy]

Duel pistol keyblade tranformation....
That is all.

O.O

[minimur12]

dat fire spell fx o.0

[gaffyh]

Looks way further in development than I expected, but I don't see anything on it that couldn't be done on current gen. So they must be doing it for next gen because the game probably won't be out for a couple of years.

Looks really fun though, can't wait to play it.

[MWong]

@ FamilyGuy
They sold me with the dual pistol transformation. It looks like the boss fights will be even more epic than previous installments.

[Black-Helghast]

I don't know if my body can handle this...

[Enemy]

Yeah, it almost seems obvious that this was a PS3 game for longer than it was a PS4 game. The graphics aren't exactly mind-blowing. But this is Kingdom Hearts. I play for story and gameplay.

[miyamoto]

Now that is Real Next Gen PS4 game visuals!

And KH: 2.5 HD Remix is just around the corner for PS3!

[RyuCloudStrife]

Why does it say Xbox One at the end?!?!?!

[Sevir]

The scale of the Rock Titan Battle is larger than anything we've seen on current generation. KH has always been 60fps affair. There is no way theyd get the Rock titan in that detail running in 60 on PS3.

The graphics are already heads and shoulders above the 360 and PS3, there is a level of smoothness that isnt present on PS3 games. LR:FF13 doesnt even look or run this smooth. The Art direction has makes the game seem as if it can be done on previous generations but art direction is a design choice, not a limitation of hardware. KH3 wouldnt look this good or smooth if it were running on ps3.

Still wierd to see an Xbox One Logo at the end of The Trailer!

[CarlosX360]

That. Aladdin. Stage.

I. must. play. this. game.

[vishmarx]

what aladdin stage?
oh wait...WADIYA!!!

[LonDonE]

Nothing i have seen so far cant be done on wiiu, its so annoying that this game isn't going to be released on wiiu, a game like this would be perfect on a nintendo platform!! wtf is up with that?? regardless i will be getting it on the good old Playstation, but still i feel sad for wii u only gamers!! isn't this game supposed to be using direct x 11? and so this was why the developers said it wouldn't be on wiiu?

But wii u can run direct x 10, which pretty much has most of the features which direct x 11 has, so again WTF??? it can handle tessellation and all the other neat tricks, so why cant they make a wii u version? am getting so tired of all the negative crap nintendo is getting!!

Fair enough they have made some stupid cock ups, and i agree that most retarded Nintendrones don't even speak up or criticize Nintendo's mistakes, i for one do speak up, and their are allot of core gamers like me who game on ALL PLATFORMS, and so like to see all platforms treated fairly by publishers and developers! this is getting beyond a joke now!

[smashman98]

@londone do you even own a Wii u last I checked only me and 5 other people owned 1 and it can't even handle ps3 360 ports that well how would it do a ps4 Xbox one port. Not only that but this gameplay is clearly prealpha and it looks that good runs that well hell no I don't see a third party ever making a game look that good on Wii u ( or any games for that matter lol) only Nintendo first party stand a chance at looking that good

[Gasian]

Is it a bad thing that I suddenly can't breathe now because the amount of money being thrown at my screen right now?!

[Jaces]

Hope I'm not too lost after all the handheld story branches, can't wait to get my hands on this gem. Big time nostalgia coming from this trailer!

[Name Last Name]

If you only played KH1 and 2 I'm afraid you will be terribly lost. Especially if you haven't played BBB and DDD

[-Foxtrot]

You will be lost, thats what I'm worried about

I would of said to someone a week back "Oh just wait for the Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD remix" so you can play Dream Drop Distance but the arseholes at Square haven't put it in

You know the game they said was essential to understand Kingdom Hearts 3 story

[Jaces]

Dammit. Why do they force these DS/PSP story arcs down my throat when all I EVER WANTED was the 3rd in the KH trilogy. Fu*k that, I'll just youtube the major plots and details.

[Magicite]

Same here, only played KH1 and 2.
Oh well, guess theres plenty of time to catch up!

[bigrob904]

do what i did and go to youtube, or i think it's on gametrailers as well are they go through the whole kingdom hearts story line. it brushes you up on the stuff you missed in the games you already played while giving you the story for the games you haven't.

[Sevir]

Gametrailers.com has a 1 hour Video called the Kingdom Hearts Timeline that does a Glorious explanation of the Entire Plot of KH. It explains the history and origins starting with Birth By Sleep Final Mix to KH Final Mix, Chain of Memories. 358/2 Days which run congruent with with final arc of KH1 all the way to the opening chapters of KH2. And of course KH2:Final Mix and Dream Drop Distance which sets the stage for The Xehanort Conclusion in KH3.

I really recommend watching it.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?...

[Magicite]

Make it happen 2014! Pleassssssse!

[ZHZ90]

@Square-Enix, shut up and take my money.

This is gonna be amazing.

:)

[bayonetta]

just awesome =D

[3-4-5]

The fighting looked really fun. The stuff at the end on that swing was making me dizzy.

[M-M]

Looks Like a Pixar movie O_O.

[Slade23]

How do you get a pixar movie from this?

[Kalebninja]

he means it looks that good graphically...so yea it does

[MidnytRain]

This was like SE's proof. "Yes, this game really does exist!" X)

[iamtehpwn]

Wow, The graphics are more beautiful than I would've even imagined them being.

[FamilyGuy]

They look good but the initial trailer with Sora running on the wave of Heartless looked better. The textures were different. They looked almost too human though so maybe it was changed to get back to the cartoony look.
That said the fire spell looked really good.

[shadowvisa]

The initial trailer was a rendered movie, Nomura told us after a while since they didn't have any gameplay ready. He also told us the real time and that 'initial trailer' would be very similar

[FamilyGuy]

Oh I never read that, okay.

[M-M]

That's because the gameplay is using the Kingdom shader so that Sora and other Final Fantasy characters blend in with Disney characters more.

[DigitalRaptor]

This looks like something the PS3 could pull off.

But i'm not complaining. looks stunning. Take my money Nomura-san.

[colonel179]

WOW! It looks amazing, and it's surely at pre-alpha stage. I can't wait to see how it's going to be!

[majiebeast]

Doesnt look next gen to me, i seriously hope they can improve this a lot.

[colonel179]

Come on! This is just test gameplay. 99% of it won't look like that when the game comes out and most likely 99% of what is in the trailer will be in the game as shown.

Did you follow Killzone 2? When it was announced at E3 it looked fantastic, by the time of release, it looked like 100x better!

[majiebeast]

Im just saying everything they showed could have been done on PS3. So i really hope this is just a tech demo and nothing else and that when the game is released it looks a 100 times better.

[LoneWolf019]

You mean the infamous killzone 2 trailer?!? idk if launch was better then that.

[chazjamie]

im sorry but that looks like a ps3 launch title. meaning its closer to looking like a ps2 game than a ps3 game

[Legacy212]

kingdom hearts was never graphical gem, not sure how great you can make cartoon/ cel shaded characters look. I dont care how "next-gen" the game looks im just freaking happy its finally in development

[SugarSoSweet]

You can make cartoon cel shaded characters look as good as u want according to the power of the system they're developed on. They still use polygons and textures do they not?

[Legacy212]

@sugar
game looked fine to me but w.e kingdom hearts to me was never about the graphics. Both kingdom hearts 1 and 2 werent the top of graphics at their time. As i said im just happy its finally in development not 100% what people were expecting its the same thing they showed when they unveiled it at e3
edit: graphic wise

[abzdine]

KH has always had mindblowing graphics, even on gameboy.
faces are so well defined, high texture detail and face expression.
and it's next gen KH we're talking about so when i see this video i feel sceptical suddenly.

[LightofDarkness]

Yes, the characters present fairly basic geometrical shapes. So they have much more muscle the use for things like particle FX, post processing and fluid/hair/cloth simulation (or more physics in general). They haven't done any of that, the particle FX look current gen or even last gen, and so does everything else. Maybe they're rushing to get this game out the door to cash in, SE are in pretty dire straits financially.

[abzdine]

exactly what i was thinking. i am playing KH 1,5 and it looks like this already.
i'm expecting much more, just like the way KH1 blew my mind when it came out on PS2

[LoneWolf019]

just be grateful its actually out sheesh

[abzdine]

@j-blaze:
you treat us of idiots, alright! And to answer you politely (which is sth you don't know), when you buy a next gen console you expect the game to be at least visually impressive, especially a Kingdom Hearts.

[MidnytRain]

j-blaze

That's about as unfair as claiming that if were up to people like you, our games would still look like this: http://static.giantbomb.com...

[Abriael]

That was the first impression I had as well. Then i pulled up the resolution and watched more carefully the lighting and the animation. I doubt it could be done like that in this gen.

[EXVirtual]

They've release a 1080p version and it looks great! Can't wait for this game.

[SugarSoSweet]

AGREED I was just saying this in the other screenshot thread it looks like a current gen game to me

[FamilyGuy]

It actually looks like a KH2 HD remake, aside from the really good looking fire spell. I'm guessing this was just to show gameplay though and it'll hopefully get better looking as development time goes on.

The initial trailer looked way more "next gen", this looks current gen if not lower. I'm still excited about the game itself though, the game play is key and KH looks just as fun as the originals.

[HiddenMission]

@majiebeast

You sir need glasses. Those particle effects could not have been done on the PS3, the shaders could not have been done on the PS3 and the polygon count couldn't have been done on the PS3.

I have two PS3's an original fatty from day one and the 1st slim. With over 200 AAA titles I can easily say the PS3 can't do KH3 unless it was down rez and missed a lot of graphical features that make the video really pop.

Just saying my friend.

[bigrob904]

does it look next-gen? not really but i don't think the fact that it's coming on next gen has anything to do with not being able to be made on ps3. on the other hand those visuals where actually fantastic considering i didn't see any jaggies or things that should be curved have corners in them. it just looked smooth and like a cartoon. this is exactly how the game should look. it probably doesn't need to look any much better than that.

[Kalebninja]

what the hell are your expectations?! they literally just started making the game this year this was just to show off how its gnna play it looks AMAZING right now and yea they will improve alot

[DrJones]

On current gen it would look somewhat flatter, lighting wise, and geometry wise on surfaces. Jaggies would be more apparent. And the clean image wouldn't be quite as clean. But the game based on this footage could certainly run on current gen with some downgrades.

[Pozzle]

It feels unreal to finally see some KH3 footage after waiting so many years. :O

Can't wait to play the game!

[4logpc]

Very smooth and clean looking. I like it.

[iWishTifaWasReal]

Kingdom Hearts on Xbox just feels............... wrong

[Irishguy95]

FF on playstation was equally 'wrong'. Yet, it doesn't really matter in the end/ Game is a game

[colonel179]

But why not release the HD remixes for Xbox then?

[Crossbones]

FF on PlayStation and Nintendo felt right but on Xbox well... we know how that turned out.

[yewles1]

Was the MSX2 for FF1 considered 'wrong' as well, or is that existence swept under the rug?...

[FlameHawk]

@Prodigy_X, we got shit like Final Fantasy XIII, bit atleast there is FF X, the best and probably last FF game.

[Elda]

First FF felt right on Nin hardware but FFVII felt right on PS hardware due to FMV at that time cartriges couldn't handle it.

[mt]

best FF games were on PS1 and PS2 how it felt "wrong"

as for KH I feel enemy A.I is so bad they just standing I hope it is a graphical demo only

[Irishguy95]

Ok, first things first, alot of Ps2's userbase moved over to Xbox 360(80 mill sales for both of them). There are no games on Ps3 or PS4 yet, not everyone sticks to one brand, in all likely hood most X360 owners owned a PS2 before it. KH3 is a whole ****ing 2 gens after Ps2.

About the HD collection, good point. I don't question SE, however the above point still stands. Anyone wwho played KH on PS2 and got a 360 or Ps3 are the same, neither of them got it.

Now, all the best FF games were on Ps1 and Ps2 is debateable, I happen to agree, however it's EXACTLY the same case for KH here. It doesn't 'feel' right? What doesn't feel right about it? Did ME2 not feel right on Ps3? No it did feel right, don't be rediculous with this ****ty 'right' thing. FF was on Nintendo for 6 games, then moved to Ps for FF7. You know what the end result was? No one gives a ****, what console it's on doesn't make a difference.

[yewles1]

"There are no games on Ps3 or PS4 yet,"

Okay, whatever sense you were trying to make, you just threw it out the window...

[colonel179]

Not just wrong but weird. They had a great opportunity to introduce Xbox gamers KH with KH 1.5 and 2.5, but they made them exclusive to PS3. That doesn't make sense at all when you have the 3rd game (and 6th in the series) to the Xbox One.

Either they will announce the HD Remixes for Xbox One closer to KH3 launch, or Microsoft just paid Square Enix to brag about taking another exclusive from Sony, because this really is nonsense. Also, is there really many Xbox gamers that would like KH, to make SE decide to put it on Xbox? Most of Xbox owners I know like Sports games and Shooter games. Let's see how this goes.

Another thing is that maybe SE will see how the Xbox One sells worldwide? Maybe they could cancel it if they see that it doesn't sell well? Who know, after all, SE haven't been able to pull their heads out of their a$$es.

[Legacy212]

well i beat every kingdom hearts game thats been released including the hand held ones it wouldve been a shame to not be able to play it because i bought an xbox one. Glad to see x 1 is getting it

[GiggMan]

Yeah it's going to sell like crap on X1 for sure. I don't care what anyone says, but when these games go multiplat they seem to loose their charm trying to compensate for both demographics (notice I said charm not quality). I hope it doesn't suffer.

[LoneWolf019]

you may have beat it, but did you understand it :ooo

[Blaze929]

playstation fans mixing their feelings into gaming again. smh

[XabiDaChosenOne]

Playstation gamers are passionate about their hobby, problem?

[DigitalRaptor]

Haha. Just because you don't care about the industry or the state of gaming or your fellow consumers, as referenced by your continued loyalist support of an anti-consumer corporation, who actually wants to transform gaming and the culture that goes along with that into something unrecognisable.

Sony fans are the ones to display their passion for gaming more than any other, and somehow this is a problem?

[riceking]

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[lxBlack_Venomxl]

Looks like sora got taller!

[Double_O_Revan]

Well, when its taken damn near 10 years, I'm sure hes gone through puberty by now and hit his growth spurts.

[MidnytRain]

Maybe some baby mamas to boot.

[diepdiep]

Waiting for this game is going to be so painful...

[no_more_heroes]

*squeal*

[cl1983]

I wonder how long it'll be before star wars and marvel characters are added since Disney now own those properties.

[PickAShoe]

Those weren't made by Disney directly.

[showtimefolks]

it looks good but because original KH games on PS2 looked great and now look even better with HD collections its really hard to see the difference in this very small trailer

now saying KH3 won't look fantastic, its just that KH series HD collection looks so great that its hard to see a difference in this video. but i am sure the final game which will be way more polished will look better than fantastic

[wishingW3L]

I thought the same thing. At first I was like, is this a trailer for KH 2.5? 0_O

[arronax-1]

No you moron.

[Double_Oh_Snap]

The feels

[CERN]

This has made my day.
THANK YOU FROM UK!

[LightSamus]

God damn that was good. Only thing that really bothers me with next-gen stuff is that YouTube just isn't good enough to show it off! It's 2013, YouTube, offer the choice of an uncompressed upload, even if it's only to select big YouTubers.

[Legacy212]

to me its like define "next-gen" because to me next gen is more then just some pretty graphics. the game could be released exactly how that trailer showed and i would still pick it up and enjoy the heck out of it

[Varzoth]

Oh god, yes please.

[AceBlazer13]

O_O I want it, finished or not i want it by 2014 .

[Chaos_Raiden]

Considered this game is sold to me once I bought PS4.

[cactusjack]

looks like knack. its good KH diehards will have a next gen game to look forward to.

[SugarSoSweet]

No Knack looks MUCH better.....

[silkrevolver]

I legitimately can't believe this is really happening.

Not only is KH3 ACTUALLY being developed... but it looks good.
Really good.

A with this and FFXV, do I sense a Square renaissance?

[Legacy212]

final fantasy 15 looks incredible!!!

[KingKelloggTheWH]

Those ride things look pretty lame....Other then that it looks pretty great, even if early.

[VsAssassin]

The game ran smooth on my LG Smart HDTV with Trumotion on! How much more goodness can we get if we have this running natively on our PS4s!!!

[DJrantz]

Im not liking the carnival ride gameplay or whatever that was. I like to move and dodge on my own. It looks like those might just be temporary power moves though

[KingKelloggTheWH]

Agreed 100%,I hate them.

[_QQ_]

that was from the parade of lights from Disney's California Adventure.Seems like it will just be a summon.

[Kalebninja]

its a command like in kh2

[Shinox]

Square Enix , You should have released this game Only for PS3 / PS4 / Wii U

Not on that damn FPS system called "Xbone" , This system is full of shit and has terrible communities and too stupid people to have Kingdom Hearts game

[PS4isKing_82]

I fully agree. KH on Xbox consoles just feels weird. It's like seeing halo on Nintendo if it happened. It just doesn't feel right. Xbox is for immature, racist, homophobes who play cod all day and shout USA!! PlayStation is for true gamers and always has been.

PS4 FTW

[EdFry]

I don't think attacking an entire console user base is fair, there are plenty of bigots on EVERY platform. But who knows, there was a certain Microsoft franchise that once looked pretty awesome on a different platform.
http://youtu.be/zX9FO2p7qWw...

[MoB21]

Listen, I'm just as big as a PS fan as anybody. But people like you are ridiculous. Calling out an entire community of people just bc their game doesn't feel right on xbox. Making PS fans look like a bunch of pretentious assholes

[goldwyncq]

You need to calm down. Releasing KH3 on Xbox one won't affect the PS4 version at all. And calling the collective Xbox community stupid is going a bit too far.

[mohuzas]

it won't affect the PS4 versions sales but it will affect SE's pockets :P

[arronax-1]

PS3? No. They have more powerful hardware anyway.

[infinitewords]

Someone hold me <(^.^<)

[PositiveEmotions]

http://i147.photobucket.com...

Proof that this guy was not first to submit the trailer

[Abriael]

Oh goodness. When you took that screenshot this one was already approved. *facepalms*

This story = 1373761
That story = 1373767

Lower number = Earlier. That one was submitted several minutes after, in fact there were five others in between.

It's not rocket science.

[wishingW3L]

too late to complain now.

[TrevorPhillips]

it's not funny anymore! I am throwing my money at the screen and is not taking it! Game looks fuckin sweet :D

[Inception]

Looking good. With this, FF XV, and Bravely Default, maybe i can put my hope again for SE just like the old time aka Squaresoft...

[fghtrer3fb5erg]

Theres always a small group of people who dont like anything thats shown, those are called bitter people that dont matter, this game sure looks amazing, graphicaly i a step above what it was made on the ps3, you can tell by the textures and lightning!

[LAWSON72]

That resolution got to be pretty high to have such a small HUD and those animations look amazing can't wait 2+ years

[SoulSercher620]

Day one

[Taislin]

The people who are saying this looks hardly different from the HD remixes......you need to get your eyes checked......really. Anyone can look at this ( in HD of course) and see that everything looks much better than any of those, and it´s only alpha or pre alpha, so obviously it´ll look real nice when it comes out. Anyway, graphics don´t matter, I just want some closure and some nice combat.

[theXtReMe1]

I cannot wait to play this game. I've always wanted to play Kingdom Hearts game, but for one reason or another never had a Sony system to do so. This looks incredible. Like Zelda mixed with Mario.

My wife and I are huge Disney fans. So much so, we got married at Magic Kingdom. We go back every year for two or three weeks, on Thanksgiving, when we were married, to celebrate our anniversary.

[NBT91]

Haha was that the rock titan climbing Mount Olympus from Hercules at the end? Reminded me of God of War 3 :D
Also noticed the keyblade transformed into a gun and the summons seem to be Disney theme park attractions rather than specific characters.

[no_more_heroes]

It saddens me to think that I somehow share an interest in something with people like Shinox and PS4isKing_82.

*OT*
I feel like licking my screen right now...

[feraldrgn]

Looks great :]

I wonder what finishers will look like, or if there'll be Valor/Wisdom/Master/Final drives?

Magic looks very neat, though I'm not fond of those Disney theme park bits (boat & rollercoaster).

Also wonder if we'll see any more of Roxas/Ven.
I hope we get a story split as well (similar to CoM) play through as Sora & play through as Riku/Kairi in the parts Sora doesn't play.

Edit: Just noticed, the character pics in the bottom right are animated, cool.

[despair]

Stunning, love it. Damn problably will have to wait until 2015 for it though :(

[listenkids]

Shut up and take my munny

[TheOrion]

Glad to see they are sticking with the style, looks good and set for a must buy for me.

[josephayal]

Xbox One Version Day One

[heliumhead2030]

Never played a kingdom hearts game but once I saw Donald I was convinced!

[-Gespenst-]

I wonder if you can use the Big Magic Mountain train anytime you want? Or is just for that boss? The animation for the pirate ship seems a little bit lazy.

I like the little detail of the tree growing through the wall which seems to be blocking the way to the forest and the mansion.

Also I wonder what happens after Sora sends the train hurtling towards the Rock Titan? Does that defeat it or do you return to the ground to fight it. It'd be cool if you fought it like a Colossus from SotC; climbing all over it.

[TwilightSparkle]

man remote play on vita awwwwsssooooommmmmeeee!!!!!! : D

[Blacklash93]

Looks good graphically, but that gameplay is barely running. You can tell they haven't even implemented many animation assets yet.

Still, the gameplay is not meant to be the focal point here. The game does look stunning.

[noctis_lumia]

my PS4 will be ready for this

[Hazmat13]

me and my brother have been waiting for this game for too damn long! im ready!!!!

[XabiDaChosenOne]

Im a HUGE KH fan but this was kinda lame... I want to see new locations and animations not Traverse town in HD..

[listenkids]

I think it's more of a showcase of visual prowess, the animations were somewhat jilted and no facial animations were present, plus the clothes won't be the same.

As for wanting new locations and such, it'll come, the game is at least 2 years away.

[Monkeycan8]

I'm wondering if the PS4 version will have some kind of Exclusive content since 1.5/2.5 are both only on PS3.

Which makes me wonder if their is going to be a Dream Drop Distance HD remake at some point. hmm.

[ifritAlkhemyst]

This is next gen? I lulzed at the boring static animation of Daffy.

[Monkeycan8]

Daffy....

[ifritAlkhemyst]

Shows I;m not the target audience to begin with, eh..

[arbitor365]

im looking forward to it. in my top 5 most anticipated games.

but this gameplay (which im sure is far from final) didnt really impress me.

the whole disney ride thing is a bit odd, the combat controls look a bit floaty compared to KH2, and we are seeing a level, boss and a bunch of heartless that we already have seen before.

[drizzom]

All aboard the dope ass Disney train to play the fun part of the game.

[sagesurge]

yes please and thank you

[super_luigi16]

While the game's graphics are undoubtedly good--even this early in development--I really don't want this game to rely on gimmicks (like those in the trailer). The pirate ship mechanics looked... awful, for lack of a better word.

[clarkbariowa]

Next Gen = shiny lights and particle physics. I kid you not, there is not going to be this graphical leap we had all hoped for.