Destructoid interviews Nomura

Calxiyn · Jun 17, 2015

Destructoid did an interview with Kingdom Hearts director, Tetsuya Nomura, about Kingdom Hearts 3, Kingdom Hearts as a whole, as well Final Fantasy VII:

Mr. Nomura, I see that Sora is dressed in new duds. With your history of costume design, are we going to see changing outfits to go with form changes like in Kingdom Hearts II?

Yes. Form changes are being considered to bring back. I have enjoyed making different designs for different abilities in the past.

What is the process like when deciding which Disney levels are going to be in the game? Does Disney often intervene to make sure you're utilizing certain properties?

Disney sometimes does make suggestions, but the development staff has more sway over worlds and gameplay mechanics.

When KH began, Disney was a large pool to pool from, but now with the additions of the Star Wars and Marvel properties, it is goddamn huge. Has this made it difficult to parse between which franchises you would like to insert into the ever-expanding universe?

The fact that we have to pick, and the difficulty associated with that, is something we have faced with each installment since the beginning. We pick more IPs than necessary and consult the schedule and feasibility of actually getting our designs to work. It’s been a repeating process.

How much would I have to pay you to draw a small portrait of me in your signature aesthetic?

I do some work outside of my current projects. The tasks come and I do them without knowledge of how much money I will make. If I ever decide to leave Square Enix, I will determine a price! (I pull out my wallet and start taking out whole dollars. Tetsuya lets out an adorable giggle and shows a big, goofy [ha!] smile.)

With Final Fantasy VII being remade, are you more excited to finally remake this, or nervous because of the years of players' built-up expectations?

When I create anything, I feel no pressure for some reason. When the trailer was announced yesterday, I was texting Kazushige Nojima and Yoshinori Kitase, but I sensed that one of them was nervous and it was interesting to me. Seeing the reactions made everything worth it. Nojima said he is very determined to make this after seeing the reaction. I asked “you weren’t sure before that?” Haha. The news of the remake is impacting so many people. I couldn’t sleep last night because my phone was blowing up! So many people are congratulating me that I feel like “Oh wow, maybe I did do something profound here!
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Meilin Lee · Jun 18, 2015

Glad to hear the possibility of Drive forms returning. Wonder if they'll be entirely new or a mix of old (from KH2) and new.

Nobodyslight · Jun 18, 2015

I would prefer new forms b/c I'm slightly tired of the old ones

The Enigmatic Superior · Jun 18, 2015

Hmm... I wonder what the Final Form would be like. If it's an upgraded version of the KHII Final Form, instead of just using multiple keyblades at once, maybe it will instead let us use them in their (I'm assuming) Lvl 2 Transformed States.

CloakedThunder · Jun 18, 2015

Although I am quite interested to see what the other forms are like if they return. I'm curious to see if they keep anti-form since it seem to be a result of what happened in KH1 or if they make a new kind of anti form/dark form as a result of the events in DDD

Nobodyslight · Jun 18, 2015

CloakedThunder said: ↑

Although I am quite interested to see what the other forms are like if they return. I'm curious to see if they keep anti-form since it seem to be a result of what happened in KH1 or if they make a new kind of anti form/dark form as a result of the events in DDD
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Yes, i agree...a dream for, where maybe he gains control of some dream eaters (the level of the form can determine what types and there power) and like limit form he uses some of the link attacks as seen from kh 3d.
Personally, I'd like to see some forms that can summon some of the other seven wielders and do special attacks with them.... maybe a "freindship form"???

CloakedThunder · Jun 18, 2015

A form that summons one of the other seven wielders would be cool , personally if they do this I hope they use some sort of idea similar to D-links

exile0025 · Jun 22, 2015

please no marvel,please no star wars that's all i ask

. : tale_wind · Jun 23, 2015

exile0025 said: ↑

please no marvel,please no star wars that's all i ask
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I'm a little hesitant for worlds for Marvel or Star Wars, too, but I wouldn't mind secret bosses from them at the very least, like maybe Ultron or Darth Maul, for example.

exile0025 · Jun 23, 2015

. : tale : . said: ↑

I'm a little hesitant for worlds for Marvel or Star Wars, too, but I wouldn't mind secret bosses from them at the very least, like maybe Ultron or Darth Maul, for example.
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i'm actually ok with that

Meilin Lee · Jun 23, 2015

. : tale : . said: ↑

I'm a little hesitant for worlds for Marvel or Star Wars, too, but I wouldn't mind secret bosses from them at the very least, like maybe Ultron or Darth Maul, for example.
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That... is actually not a bad idea at all. Even summons from those properties would sound pretty cool.

Nobodyslight · Jun 23, 2015

well, it could work. that's the way to go so they don't offend anyone

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