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Will a Kingdom Hearts game published by Disney be an issue?

Shouldn't be anything to worry about. 29 41.43%
 
This could be a little concerning. 8 11.43%
 
Who cares? The game isn'... 15 21.43%
 
$&*$&$ It's doom... 18 25.71%
 
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darkknightkryta on 24 September 2013

Disney doesn't care about games anymore so it's whatevs for them.



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KingdomHeartsFan on 24 September 2013

I don't think it will affect the quality of the game at all.



Naum on 24 September 2013

would probably been better if they also developed it, don't trust S-E anymore



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kupomogli on 24 September 2013
Wagram said:
Hilariously enough, the worst thing about Kingdom Hearts is often the Disney aspect of it.

Having only played the first game, I'll disagree.  I thought the Square Enix part of the storyline was embarassingly bad, while the Disney inspired storyline was actually good.  The darkness, emo Riku, power of the keyblade crap.  Just plain bad.



Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 24 September 2013

Moogles be the only redeeming Enix thing^



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Euphoria14 on 24 September 2013

Why would I worry now about a game that probably won't come out for at least another 4 years?



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Screamapillar on 24 September 2013
adriane23 said:

So, I just noticed the first KH was published by SONY, and the rest were published by SquareEnix themselves. To my shock and concern however, I see that Disney Interactive Studios is publishing KH III. Should this be cause for concern?

Disney has published decent games in the past (Epic Mickey 1 & 2), but it's mostly been shovelware used to milk a movie or tv show license. Will we end up seeing a Sweet Life With Zack & Cody themed world, or will they let SquareEnix handle the story? Why switch publishers anyway? Was it a money issue, or a control issue?

 

What say you KH fans?

You're confusing development and publishing.  Disney handled development and publishing of the Epic Mickey games through Junction Point which they funded and hand-picked staff for. 

KH III is being developed in Japan by the same team that made Birth By Sleep and KH DDD.  Disney is simply handling distribution.  I doubt their involvement in the direction of the game is any more involved than it was in the previous titles.



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RenCutypoison on 24 September 2013
SnowPrince said:
Why would we be worried ? Publisher == Developer
Publishing a game is just financing it and getting the income later !


Publishers has a lot of decision power on a game. They have the money and want to get more of it.



Salnax on 24 September 2013
Wagram said:
Hilariously enough, the worst thing about Kingdom Hearts is often the Disney aspect of it.


In general, I found that the Flashyness that took over the combat in KH2 was far worse, and the lack of Disney stories in entries lie 358/2 Days held certain games back. So I guess I have to disagree with you.



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V-r0cK on 24 September 2013

Can anybody clarify the ownership of this franchise? Is it Square or Disney?

I thought I read that Disney owns it. If so, and if Disney doesn't like Square's work, could Disney just tell Square to f*** off and let some other dev continue with the franchise? That's what I'm worried. Unless the deal they have was that Disney owns it but Square is the only one allowed to develop it..

I'm really going to dislike KH if they decide to bring in Marvel/Pixar/Star Wars characters into the KH games.