Three New Kingdom Hearts Games Announced.... OMGWTFWIN!

Editors note: Paul's opinion regarding the Kingdom Hearts series of games is not necessarily shared among the rest of the staff. He's just a silly, silly goose.

My day was made when I saw this news. Tetsuya Nomura has mentioned the existence of three new kingdom Hearts games! I had to get a new pair of pants after reading that.

I can't wait to see where Sora, Donald and Goofy will end up next!

Of course, one of the new KH titles is no surprise. Kingdom Hearts 3 was mentioned by Nomura, but the game will likely not begin development until Final Fantasy Versus XIII is completed, because Nomura is currently directing FFvXIII. Of the other two games though, one is slated to be released this year in Japan. The other game is to be released next year, and will have more than one main character, reminiscent of the too be released Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Of these titles, at least one has already begun development.

Nomura has also made comments on the english release of KH:BBS, talking of the many enhancements the english version has recieved that the Japanese version did not have. These include new keyblades, additional enemies, improvements to the balance of battles, changes to event cut scenes and additional songs for the rhythm mini-game.

Music feeds the soul right Ven?

One thing that was surprising though was that Nomura said that there would be no new remakes along the lines of the Kingdom Hearts RE: Chain of Memories. This means that there is little chance for a home console version of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. I find this a little upsetting, because I believe the game could benefit from analog support, but the game was awesome as it was. Nomura didn't rule out a re-release for Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep for Japan though, which i believe have a very high possibility of happening, though it would be nice to have a KH version that the Japanese didn't have (Why do we never get the Final Mix versions!?).

Why are you so mean to me Nomura!? Why do you not take note of my need to play these games!?

No matter what these two unknown games are, I know I'll be picking up a copy of them. I have no idea how the games will tie in with the story, but if Squenix keeps it up, then we will have a full 3 more games of AWESOME right around the corner.