Aqua, Terra
and Ventus from the Kingdom Hearts spin-off Birth by Sleep.
It's been
nine years since the release of Kingdom Hearts 2 for the PlayStation 2 and fans
have been awaiting a sequel since then. Square Enix has now announced that
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix will be released in December this year, with
Kingdom Hearts 3 also on the way.
The game's
co-director, Tai Yasue, said that they were developing both Kingdom Hearts 2.5
and Kingdom Hearts 3 at the same time. This may seem like the development for
KH 2.5 is impeding the progress of KH 3 but Yasue said that it was not the
case.
"We
were actually developing Kingdom Hearts III and 2.5 at the same time, and it's
very difficult. There was a point where we wanted to switch our resources to
Kingdom Hearts III and get that moving faster," Yasue told GameInformer.
"We've
been working full throttle. It's moving along. We structured out team in a way that
development of 2.5 doesn't impede Kingdom Hearts 3. I'm actually very excited
about Kingdom Hearts III," he added.
Fans were
anticipating a trailer for Kingdom Hearts III during the Electronic
Entertainment Expo a few months ago but they were left disappointed when none
was shown during the conference. Yasue explained that they wanted to get out
Kingdom Hearts 2.5 first so that players would get a better understanding of
the story before Kingdom Hearts 3 came out.
He added
that making trailers and teasers required a lot of work and that they really
wanted to get the development of Kingdom Hearts 2.5 and 3 moving.
It's been
nearly a decade since Kingdom Hearts 2 came out, so some fans doubted that a
sequel would come at all. Square Enix only announced last year that they are
working on a sequel and an HD remaster of Kingdom Hearts 2.
Square Enix
has not completely forgotten about the franchise, regularly releasing spin-offs
further explaining the story behind the Kingdom Hearts universe. The company
released a remastered version of the first game, Kingdom Hearts 1.5, for PS3 in
2013.
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