Nomura Discusses Kingdom Hearts III!

[darthdevidem01]

Soriku said:

darthdevidem01 said:

This game won't be on Wii. A big percentage of KH fanbase is FF fanbase.

The west is very important for KH.....considering the strong FF13 sales in west we can see where the fan base for KH is and it will be further built up with versus XIII.

Now Japan IS a problem because both Wii and PS3 JRPG's haven't done that well there, FF13 is worst selling mainline FF in 4 (still sold well though), Tales and so on on the Wii haven't done well......but KH is much much bigger in the West than in Japan.

A PS360 release would be wise....it doesn't matter if its right at the end of the gen GOW2/FF12 released on Ps2 after PS3/Wii had released

darth, we've been over this in other threads. A big percentage of the KH fanbase really isn't the FF fanbase, otherwise why do you think FF characters are slowly being taken out of the game? In 358/2 Days there's no FF characters besides a moogle, and in BBS which is a "major" KH game the only FF character is Zack. Even in commercials you barely see FF characters. Oh yeah, catering to the FF fanbase alright...

In the West at least, the game's fanbase is mostly Disney fans...obviously the Wii is the best choice, that's why Epic Mickey is Wii exclusive. In Japan, I wouldn't doubt at this point people buy KH because it's KH, not because of FF because like I said FF characterrs are having less and less presence. KH is a major series, it'd sell fine on the Wii.

Not that I entirely believe the game still coming out this gen...

Where is this coming from Soriku? You and I know thats not why Epic Mickey is on Wii only.

Epic Mickey was Wii exclusive because Warren Specter thought its control scheme was best suited to Epic Mickey.......now as the PS360 have motion we actually have talks of it going multiplat despite the game being a few weeks from release......I mean they didn't even wait for it to release before talking about "perhaps" making it multiplat.

Next there is no proof Disney fans are mostly on the Wii, currently Epic Mickey pre-orders are abysmal too. 

Its not a matter of catering to the FF fanbase anymore because a sizeable % of the KH fan base are also FF fans.....you loose out on a fair few if you make it Wii exclusive. And many KH fans (not FF) are interested in versus XIII due to it being made by the same team.

Would you say the DS has more disney fans on it than PSP? you probably would yet KH:BBS is selling better on PSP in Japan and EU than 385/2 days did on DS, despite terrible PSP software sales trends....now don't pull the "BBS is more improtantz" card.....because this does go to show "Disney fans" don't just get the casual platform.

It would be a poor decision to have the game on wii....you have 2 consoles increasing in momentum.....while one decreasing. And KH3 is a game people buy consoles for anyway....when PS3 is at $199 is probably when KH3 will be released. With Kinect and so on these "casual Disney" fans may even jump to xbox 360.

So yeah Ps360 is the way to go!