If KH3 isn't announced by this time next year, I will finally give up all hope this gen for it

Got to agree with darth.

Wii really isn't the way to go with KH3. I highly doubt the Wii will even be on the market in 3/4 years time really. PS3 and 360 will both be reaching the end of there respective life cycles too, probably.

The game will more than likely be released on next-gen consoles anyway.

IF it's released this generation though. The Wii is in no way, shape or form the right way to go. How well have RPG's sold on it this gen, exactly? Where is the SE fanbase?

And if it's made for a handheld I'm going to facepalm.

The SE fanbase is on DS/PSP, not Wii/PS3/360.  If KH3 releases this gen, it should probably be on a handheld.  Hell, it should probably just be on 3DS.

As far as RPGs on Wii, it's been pretty hit or miss, but Action RPGs have done generally well on Wii (Zelda TP, Super Paper Mario, MH3, Okami, Muramasa, DQ Swords, etc).  A Wii KH3 would likely sell in-line with the PS2 games worldwide imo, it has the best (read: most diverse) console userbase for the game really.  

Who are you trying to fool here?

S-E's top selling game of the generation is on PS360. 

Crystal Tools?

And it also sold less than the series debut last gen (as have Star Ocean, Front Mission, etc).  The fanbase didn't transition to PS360 exactly, and the only platform where any SE games have actually outsold what their series managed last gen is DS.  All hail DS. :D

PS: reported for your anti-DS bias!

Did the SE fan base not transition to PS2? Because the FF debut on PS2 was lower than the PS1 FF debut......yeah, no Jarrod, your argument makes no sense.

Facts are facts which show S-E's top selling game of the gen is on PS360 and its outsold its previous iteration within 7 months of being launched.

With KH the West is key, in the west The SE fan base IS unarguably on PS360.

This topic kind of reminds of the topics in which people where discussing the future of the "Tales of" series and the home console version of Ni no Kuni.  We all know what happened after that.

muwhahahaha!

You make a great point!

FFVII was first party outside Japan.  And as we all know, 1st party "doesn't count". ;P

Besides, KH sells more than FF in the west, and that's because it reaches beyond the western SE fanbase.  When looking at KH3, you shouldn't be asking yourself "where is the SE fanbase", you should be asking "where is the Disney fanbase".  And, where are they?

If not for Versus, I'd say KH3 should definitely be a Wii game based on the market alone.  And it should probably be proceeded by KH1-2 ports (which would've also sold a boatload).  Versus though has tied the team's hands and eaten all their time, and that game might not even release in 2011 last we heard... it seems pretty obvious to me KH3 just isn't going to make it this gen, there's not enough time left post-Versus to get it done before the next gen launches (2011/2012), and really who knows what the market will be like by the time it's ready in 2013/2014 (PS4 resurgence?  Wii 2 domination?  XB3 takeover?).  If Versus were finished already, I could see it hurried on PS3/360 using the same engine, but even that would still probably mean a release after (at least) Wii 2 launch.