Tetsuya Nomura Expects New Kingdom Hearts Announcement Soon

The Kingdom Hearts 3D Ultimania guide book is out today, and it has the expected interview with series mastermind Tetsuya Nomura.

A brief summary at FF Reunion reveals that the interview contains a teaser for the next entry (or entries) in the KH series. Nomura says that they've started making a variety of movements for the new title(s) in the series. He believes they'll be able to make an announcement pretty soon.

The interview also contains some of those obnoxious "censored" comments, where little bits are blocked out. If you can read Japanese, here's what FF Reunion wrote:

• 〇ー〇〇○〇解放には〇〇○〇を仕込んだ
• 〇ー〇〇○〇メッセージについては想像にまかせる
• 〇の〇〇〇のはそのままあの〇人かについてはお楽しみに

Nomura also said that there are no plans at present for a "Final Mix" version of KH3D. Square Enix previously released updated "Final Mix" versions of Birth By Sleep and Kingdom Hearts II.

This is the summary (google translated) of the guide, by a reliable (or not) person who read it.

まとめ：謎のKH→企画は再開していない。　BbS vol.2→現在は作る予定がない。　大阪チーム→現在複数のタイトルを制作中。　KH新作→近いうちに発表できる。

"Summary: KH → planning of the mystery has not been resumed. Currently there are no plans to make BbS vol.2 →. Multiple titles currently in production → Osaka team. Able to announce in the near future new → KH."

Don't bother answering on this guy, he probably still think that the Wii exists only white. (the guy is NintendoPie)

I'm agree, not enough Casual Games on 3DS Now. Sure, Nintendo will make it and show it during E3 2012...

About the Purple 3DS, is someone have informations about a "special pack" ? I think it will be avalaible the same day with Mario Tennis Open. Perhaps a bundle 3DS+Tennis Open is on the way ?

Here, the american packaging of the Purple 3DS : http://www.lightningamer.com/?p=12382

Hope Europe will be focus soon...

From the article:

"We are currently preparing a program for third parties but have nothing specific to announce at this time"

Hmm, suspicious. It could mean that, given that Nintendo's online will be open, it will be up to the 3rd parties to decide if and when they want to offer their games for download and for how much.

Or that Nintendo games and 3rd party games will have a different treatment.

Tales of the Abyss 3D may be on clearance sale, but you'll be lucky if you can find a copy...

Also, COD: BO2 on WiiU?

If they release the purple in Europe before the remodel is announced... I'll replace mine, definitely.

I'm really drooling over it, not even the DS had such a classic Nintendo color! Do it NOE - pretty please!

Sure, why not?

Wii had plenty of sport games, Fifa/Pro, NBA2K, Tiger Woods, etc. And given that WiiU has a more conventional control scheme, developers have no real reason to not develop for it because of that (graphics excuses are another story) .

And the screen just gives you other options, like a field map with the position of all the players in a football (soccer) game, with the option to pause and change the position of the players moving the "dots" on the screen (to move forward the whole defense, for example), or the use we saw during last E3 with a golf game.

They were replaced by shooters this generation!

Seems like downloadable retail games on the eShop will be the same price as the retail copy. However, retailers can sell download codes at a discounted price if they choose to do so. So different retailers may offer discounted prices for the download code.