Speaking to Italian magazine Multiplayer, Tetsuya Nomura said their team has always found it difficult to pin down the right timing for announcing Kingdom Hearts III due to a number of factors. This includes constant pressure from fans asking what project they are working on, wariness on game information leaks that spoil big surprises, and risking having gamers believe in fake rumors. If and when these happen, Nomura dreads having to deny or respond to these information.
“The same thing happened with the remake of Final Fantasy 7,” said Nomura as translated by Kingdom Hearts Insider. “I am well aware of the fact that we announced it too early, but even in the industry, word was beginning to spread that we were working on the game, so we just decided not to keep it more secret and officially reveal it.”
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Hideo Kojima and PlayStation go together like hobbits and breakfasts. That is to say, they're meant to be together, but they're also happy to serve up a PC port or afternoon tea if the time is right. Kojima's long-time collaboration with Sony means it always feels odd to see his name next to an Xbox logo, like Master Chief appearing on your PS5 or glimpsing your teacher in the big Tesco doing her weekly shop.
yawn. ^ All of this opinion piece sounds like someone’s recount when they get out of the norm and go on a hiking vacation and boast about their “life changing moments” over things extremely common and accessible to everyone. Get a rocket ship and take some selfies already. jezzus .
If you missed out on old games it’s nothing to apologize for. Just the way life goes sometimes. We can’t access everything in our short lives.
Kingdom Hearts 3 was announced in 2013 to promote the future of the franchise after Dream Drop Distance released the year prior and KH1.5 was going to release later in the year for the western market
Final Fantasy VII Remake on the other hand looks to be steering people’s attention away from the eventual Final Fantasy XVI. This is the longest we’ve gone without having any news on the next numbered FF game.
You don't say?!
Tetsuya, a lot of gamers have been waiting most of their lives - with some not even being born yet - for a title like either one of these to come along and you're actually defending the idea that announcing it early was necessary?
It's okay to defend Square Enix's decision, I suppose (after all, they are your employer) but the excitement was there, trust me. It wasn't going anywhere. Two decades, or a little less, of fan hounding on just Final Fantasy 7 can attribute to that. As for leaks and rumors, deny them or stay silent. Everyone else does.
In direct comparison Dragon Quest XI got announced in 2015 and got released only 2 years later
Hes been on a roll with honestly lately he even fired shots at final fantasy 15 too
And this after finding out the sky is blue? What a day...