Editing Kingdom Hearts III

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|romaji=Kingudamu Hātsu Surī

|publisher=[[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px|United States]]/[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]], [[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] Square Enix

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|platforms={{w|PlayStation 4}}<br>{{w|Xbox One}}<ref>[http://www.square-enix.co.jp/kingdom/kh3/ '''''Kingdom Hearts III official site''''']</ref>

'''''Kingdom Hearts III''''' is the upcoming eighth game in the ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|series}}'' series. It was officially announced at E3 2013, and will be the first ''Kingdom Hearts'' game available on multiple platforms at launch, releasing on both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

The game was first announced to be in development during the Ban me you dikHeads in June 2013. A trailer was released announcing the game's development. However, news regarding the game became scarce. A trailer was later released at the first D23 Exposition in Japan in October 2013, revealing the gameplay and graphics that had been developed to date. As part of E3 2014, Square Enix released a new thirty-second trailer as part of a trailer to ''[[Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX]]''. During the Square Enix Present segment at E3 2014, co-director Tai Yasue revealed that the sequence seen in the E3 2014 teaser would be relevant from the beginning of the game, and that the text seen and heard was going to "be a real integral part of the story"<ref>[http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/864/864150/ Tai Yasue interview with Dengeki]</ref>. On September 17th, 2014, Square Enix annouced that Tetsuya Nomura would be stepping down as director for ''Final Fantasy XV'' so that he can focus his efforts on other upcoming titles, namely ''Kingdom Hearts III''. Hajime Tabata, who was co-director of ''Final Fantasy XV'' would be taking over the directing position of ''Final Fantasy XV''.<ref>[http://www.siliconera.com/2014/09/17/tabata-takes-final-fantasy-xv-tetsuya-nomura-moves-kingdom-hearts-iii '''''Siliconera: Tabata Takes Over Final Fantasy XV; Tetsuya Nomura Moves On To Kingdom Hearts III''''']</ref>

{{Q|Believing light and darkness must remain in balance, Master Xehanort seeks to spark war against the ‘tyranny of light’ to restore equilibrium.<br><br>In an effort to undermine Xehanort’s plot, Sora, Donald and Goofy search for seven guardians of light and the “Key to Return Hearts,” while King Mickey and Riku search for previous Keyblade wielders.|''Kingdom Hearts III'' press release}}

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The trailer begins as scenes and images of past games and their scenes from the ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]'' intro fill the screen, starting with ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}'', followed by ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts Re:coded]]'', and ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance''. As the computer-generated [[Sora]] from the intro of ''Dream Drop Distance'' rises, he slowly changes in appearance to a newer, in-game model.

The beach of [[Destiny Islands]] is then shown, with the [[Master's Defender]] Keyblade lying on the sand. Sora, now in his ''Kingdom Hearts II'' attire, approaches it and lifts it, looking at it curiously before shifting his gaze to the horizon. The game logo then appears.  

A gameplay video follows, Sora begins running through [[Twilight Town]], wielding the [[Kingdom Key]]. He is chased by a swarm of [[Shadow]] Heartless and flees, dodging the swarm by jumping off the sides of buildings in a way similar to his [[Flowmotion]] abilities from ''Dream Drop Distance''. After riding the swarm in a manner similar to [[Vanitas]] riding the Keyblades in ''Birth by Sleep'', Sora turns around and leaps to confront the swarm head on. The screen then cuts to black and reveals that the game is in development.  

The trailer begins with Sora, Donald and Goofy running into a group of Heartless in Twilight Town's Tram Common, consisting of Shadows and [[Large Bodies]]. Sora casts Fire as Donald and Goofy begin to aid him. Sora then commences to enter "Two Shoot Blaster" mode, a new battle technique achieved through transforming the Keyblade<ref>[http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/tetsuya-nomuar-talks-keyblade-transformations-attraction-rides-in-kingdom-hearts-iii '''''EGMNOW: Kingdom Hearts III Director Touches Upon New Powers Seen in Gameplay Trailer''''']</ref> that allows Sora to turn his Keyblade into twin pistols. Afterwards, the video fades to Sora using a "Pirate Ship" and swinging dealing damage to the Heartless below, finally ending with a massive barrage of spinning the boat around.

Gameplay fades into another scene where Sora, Donald and Goofy are on a "Big Magic Mountain" train ride going around the [[Rock Titan]], the camera closes in on Sora then out as Sora attacks the Titan a couple of times before jumping on top of the Titan's hand and landing back onto his seat. The camera closes in on Donald now then back out as Sora attacks the Titan yet again. Sora leads the train upwards into the sky, high above the Titan, turns around facing the Titan and sends the train ride right into the Titan. As the group falls in the sky, the screen then fades to black and reveals that the game is in development.

On June 5, 2014, Square Enix released the E3 2014 trailer for ''Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX''. Towards the end of the E3 2014 trailer, there is a teaser for ''Kingdom Hearts III''. The 30-second teaser begins with several scenes from ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'' along with the line "The next act opens--" and then the line "KINGDOM HEARTS III" appears. The remainder of the teaser features two unidentified people who are talking to each other. The screen remains black, with sketches of their faces in white, though their faces are too zoomed-in to identify.  

{{Q|"Have you heard of the ancient Keyblade War? Many years ago, Keyblade wielders started a war over the ownership of light."<br/>"Yep, the Master loves telling that story."<br/>"Then I take it you also know of the 'lost masters'."<br/>"Nope, where'd you hear that?"<br/>"On that land shall darkness prevail and light expire,"|The two unidentified people}}

This is followed by a black screen and a flash of the Roman numeral III from the ''Kingdom Hearts III'' logo. The last line appears: "But you knew that, didn't you?" The roman numeral III from the logo flashes again, followed by the note that the game is "Now in Development".

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*[http://www.square-enix.co.jp/kingdom/kh3/ Official JP Site]

*[http://archive.na.square-enix.com/KHIII/ Official NA Site]

 

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