- Joined
- Dec 29, 2018
- Messages
- 239
- Awards
- 2
I was about to say I have no idea how the thread went from predicting criticisms given for potential backlash to discussing potential release years for KH4, but given more thought I see where it's relevance lies. Rather than banking for the game to be fixed/improved after launch (if incomplete,defective, etc.), a lot of fans would likely prefer to just place all their wishes on the next game. Especially if you were thouroughly dissapointed with the story (which is not likely to get improved through patches).
In my own opinion, I'd personally prefer the next game get made within 5-6 years at most if we're going straight into KH4. Mainly due to the fear that we'll very quickly lose our main voice cast if the next saga takes as long to complete as this one. Especially if KH4 alone takes over 6 years to make. I get the feeling that this thought was probably planted in Nomura's head too, and is likely at least one of the reasons he's now considering ending Sora's story here, despite what he said about keeping Sora earlier in KH3 's development (which was literal years ago now; perfectly demonstrating the problem). He's knows how important the image of his characters are to us, and it'd be a pretty big gamble to disturb that. Ultimately, the reason I don't want another installment taking so much time to develop boils down to me being completely disinterested in the series' future if we're to abandon our original cast. This also leads to why I'm deathly afraid of Sora getting far too much focus in this game, since there's a very real chance we might not properly see this cast of characters the way we know them after this finale. Naturally the thought of their last hoorah being spent having the spotlight snatched from them is gonna feel really underwhelming, and easily avoidable if the story is properly written tbh.
Pardon me with the bolded but what? As recent as TGS which I believe was the last time Nomura was interviewed he said this is only the end of the Xehanort saga and Sora will still be the main character going onward. Is that no longer accurate, I've heard no interview where Nomura said he's not going to continue on with Sora for the future of the franchise.