KH3 Release Month/Date Prediction

[Silver_Soul]

Based on this reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/KingdomHea...he_price_of_the_julia_dolls_is_2018_which_is/

Julia dolls at a 20.18 price are posted on a flyer for Galaxy Toys. How plausible would it be that this is a hint for a July 2018 release. Even better with a July 13th release to keep with the 7 lights and 13 darknesses. 7/13.

Probably means nothing, but would be a neat tidbit if true.

When do you guys want KH3 to release? What are y'alls predictions?

 

[Zettaflare]

I predict KH3 will come out either winter 2018 or fall. Presumably December for winter and September for fall at the earliest.

 

[notnow123487]

March 2019.

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[alexis.anagram]

The big question for me is how/if it will be planned to coincide with a release of the theme song. Like is it going to be on the new album? Or is Utada just going to pull a COLORS/Sakura Nagashi and release this as a single the month the game drops and put it on an album three years down the road. Will she sing it on her tour? Will her album release/planned tour dates give us any clues or will we already know the game's release date by then? These questions haunt me.

 

[horto12485]

Not expecting a Release date/Window till Q4 since they need more time to develop the game.

 

[DarkGrey Heroine]

I hope it'll be either in summer vacation or close to winter vacation. A June release, a July release, a November release... something like that

 

[notnow123487]

I hope it'll be either in summer vacation or close to winter vacation. A June release, a July release, a November release... something like that

Its not going to be summer. We would have had to have heard way more about this game by this point. Nobody’s even played it yet and we really don’t know anything about it other than some worlds and a little bit about the combat. The earliest this game can come out is September and I don’t even really see that. We know this is Squares major title this year so it’s going to be a holiday release if it makes this year. That really only leaves 3-4 months the game could come out this year. Otherwise we’re guessing months next year too.

 

[Elysium]

March 2019. ..................

This is what I expect, too. Late 2018 at the best, but more likely Spring 2019.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

When is the last time a KH game was delayed significantly (not counting 2.8 because it was delayed because of XV being pushed back)? Days back in 2009?

I’m not sure what has people thinking they won’t hit their 2018 mark beyond a general disbelief KH3 will ever release. I’d get if this series had a history of massive delays but they seem pretty confident in 2018. They’ve intentionally avoided showing a lot of this game, and when they do it looks fantastic and it is always a build that is already outdated.

So I’m going with Fall 2018. I’d love to say Summer 2018 like KH3D was, but I think they’d time it just before the holiday season for sales reasons.

 

[notnow123487]

When is the last time a KH game was delayed significantly (not counting 2.8 because it was delayed because of XV being pushed back)? Days back in 2009?

I’m not sure what has people thinking they won’t hit their 2018 mark beyond a general disbelief KH3 will ever release. I’d get if this series had a history of massive delays but they seem pretty confident in 2018. They’ve intentionally avoided showing a lot of this game, and when they do it looks fantastic and it is always a build that is already outdated.

So I’m going with Fall 2018. I’d love to say Summer 2018 like KH3D was, but I think they’d time it just before the holiday season for sales reasons.

I hate this argument that just because other KH games have not been delayed significantly that that is evidence this game won’t be. This isn’t like any other kh games so I don’t see how it’s comparable. It’s obviously much easier to use recycled assets and to develop for handheld devices. The first game since kh2 that wasn’t using recycled assets was delayed although only a month. We know the game has had development problems in the past from a steep learning curve and switch to unreal engine 4 although that was a long time ago. I think barely hearing anything about the game is half intentional and half the game isn’t there yet. If I were to compare this game to any other game, it would be FFXV, which was delayed close to three months for polish.

 

[edtheiii]

Anyone else remember this image from the 2015 E3 Trailer?:

Spoiler Show

There's only one month this year that starts on a Thursday and ends on a Saturday... March 2018 release date confirmed!


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Lol, JK. Probably December.

 

[Alja]

I hate this argument that just because other KH games have not been delayed significantly that that is evidence this game won’t be.

We hardly know anything about KH3's development and if there were major setbacks. You said it yourself, the switch to Unreal Engine was a long time ago and co-developing the same stuff for A fragmentary passage as well as KH3 also helps save time as well as giving them a test run they can learn even more from than from internal testing.

Also, Final Fantasy XV having been delayed is no evidence KH3 will be delayed, either. First it's been a full year now and second I'm not even sure if the same development teams work on both games (I can't be bothered to remember lol sorry) so apart from the Unreal Engine switch and general schedules (like not releasing too many games at once), they might be quite independent from each other.

I think barely hearing anything about the game is half intentional and half the game isn’t there yet.

It's pretty much the same kind of argument you hated just a second ago. "The other games didn't experience this so will probably be on time" "I don't hear anything so it probably will be delayed". Also -

If I were to compare this game to any other game, it would be FFXV, which was delayed close to three months for polish.

Giving us a release date later makes it more likely for them to actually meet that date. If they had given us a release date say at D23 in Anaheim and they would find out that they will have to delay the game by three months, everyone would be whining. If they take more time and have been able to calculate possible delays before they announce the release date, it's better for them and for us (as long as they still meet the 2018 criterion).

 

[drew0512]

I hate this argument that just because other KH games have not been delayed significantly that that is evidence this game won’t be. This isn’t like any other kh games so I don’t see how it’s comparable. It’s obviously much easier to use recycled assets and to develop for handheld devices. The first game since kh2 that wasn’t using recycled assets was delayed although only a month. We know the game has had development problems in the past from a steep learning curve and switch to unreal engine 4 although that was a long time ago. I think barely hearing anything about the game is half intentional and half the game isn’t there yet. If I were to compare this game to any other game, it would be FFXV, which was delayed close to three months for polish.

It's not that KH3 won't be delayed because a delay has been hardly a thing in this franchise. It's a nonsense to assume that it will be delayed because there are no reasons to think it will. Any game could be possibly delayed and KH3 is not a special case. There is just no objective reason to believe it will, whereas FXV had many.

 

[gosoxtim]

i say we looking at november and december month and shame on the people who has no confidence on the 2018 i get it square but it not a xv sitation plus there were barley any sittaion with kh games being delayed the only reason 2.8 was delay was xv was in the way

 

[luuizhenriquem]

Either November 2018 or March 2019

 

[VoidGear.]

Hoping for September or October here.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

I hate this argument that just because other KH games have not been delayed significantly that that is evidence this game won’t be. This isn’t like any other kh games so I don’t see how it’s comparable.

The reason it is a solid argument is because it shows that they have a good grasp on development schedules. If there was a repeat history of delays in their development history, it would mean that they are bad at setting development goals and meeting them in timely manners. That kind of stuff carries over into future developments. They have an internal date that has been set by SE and Disney, which they have constantly stated they are on schedule with in past interviews.

It’s obviously much easier to use recycled assets and to develop for handheld devices.

I’ll give you that. It is easier.

The first game since kh2 that wasn’t using recycled assets was delayed although only a month.

If we are talking about 2.8, that delay wasn’t even because 2.8 wasn’t finished. It was done. They were ready to release the game, but XV was delayed so it forced them to change their release schedule to accommodate XV.

We know the game has had development problems in the past from a steep learning curve and switch to unreal engine 4 although that was a long time ago.

Then they had Epic Games come and help them figure things out, and they’ve said it’s been a much easier process since. Every game has development hiccups, and most AAA games hardly come together until the last few months because there are so many different working parts.

If I were to compare this game to any other game, it would be FFXV, which was delayed close to three months for polish.

XV is not comparable to KH3. XV is on a completely different engine, said engine being a behemoth of a beast to develop on whereas UE4 is well-documented engine with a lot of tech support readily available.

Neither of us can really say if it will or won’t be delayed, but I don’t think there are any solid, objective reasons as to why anybody should think it will be delayed to 2019.

I don’t think it is impossible for it to get a date then be delayed that way, but rolling it into 2019? No way. Disney can’t afford that and neither can SE.

Also, Final Fantasy XV having been delayed is no evidence KH3 will be delayed, either. First it's been a full year now and second I'm not even sure if the same development teams work on both games (I can't be bothered to remember lol sorry) so apart from the Unreal Engine switch and general schedules (like not releasing too many games at once), they might be quite independent from each other.

XV is developed by Business Division 2 based in Tokyo with Tabata as the division lead. KH3 is developed by Business Division 3 in Osaka with Hashimoto as the division lead.

It's not that KH3 won't be delayed because a delay has been hardly a thing in this franchise. It's a nonsense to assume that it will be delayed because there are no reasons to think it will. Any game could be possibly delayed and KH3 is not a special case. There is just no objective reason to believe it will, whereas FXV had many.

Agreed.

 

[Ballad of Caius]

I think it'll release on Fall. BbS was released on fall.

 

[Rii]

I’m hopeful for September. But I’m placing my money on mid-November, either the 13th or the 20th.

 

[ImVentus]

Autumn seems very likely.
Late or early is still uncertain.