Finally, the moment we've all been waiting for for so long: Kingdom Hearts 3. After five years, the series director Tetsuya Nomura has finally opened up about the long-awaited sequel to the hits Kingdom Hearts and its successor Kingdom Hearts II. You may read this heart-stopping news on our forums or by clicking [Read More].

I think we can all agree that the last part of that is particularly moving, that Nomura would sacrifice in particular his valuable, limited time with his wife and family to give us, his loyal fans, what we've been waiting so patiently for five years.

This news comes from PlayStation LifeStyle and was brought to us by forum administrator Shamdeo. I'm sure many kudos go to him from you guys.

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On an equally-exciting note, the Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix site is finally up and running and has the Tokyo Game Show 2010 (TGS2010) to boot! Unfortunately at the moment I can't provide the trailer in YouTube format since there have been some technical issues with our account, but I can direct you to the site where you may watch the trailer. Please keep your eyes peeled on our front page and this update to see the trailer in pristine, high quality. As promised, the site is here.

Once you've seen it, come to our forums, with thanks going to forum member Xaracsis!

(Additional credit goes to LiveJournal member princessbloomy whose Maleficent and Maleficent Dragon avatars I've used.)

Prequels and Side with its stories, has kept the Followers of the Kingdom Hearts Franchise for Years Engaged Series. Fans Have Anticipated the next title in the Big Franchise for some time: Kingdom Hearts III (KH III). In a Recent Interview, Tetsuya Nomura discusses life, his full schedule of projects, and notably what his plans are for KH III.

Nomura-san commented on the current challenges he faces developing KH III:

"For any sequel of the mainstream storyline of the Kingdom Hearts series, that would be Kingdom Hearts III"

He added:

"But the problem is that the opportunity of developing the sequel is not currently [possible]. The team is busy, I am busy."

Even with his busy schedule, KH III is still something he wants to do and is preparing for. Nomura-san had this to say about his thoughts on the next chapter in the storyline:

I'm thinking about what's going to be next after Kingdom Hearts II, the future that is Kingdom Hearts III. Time has nearly come to [work on] that concept.

With the game's concept phase being in sight, it leads to the question: When can we expect it? When asked if we would see it on the current generation of consoles, he gave this revelation:

Yes it might be possible. It is my desire to develop the next Kingdom Hearts on the existing platform, but the problem with a new console is that it has new technical requirements ... So, yes, I'm willing to create something on the existing console because when we aim for another non-existing future console, the release of the title will be far in the future. That's my concern.

Nomura-san is a busy man, even stating he had to "sacrifice my private time, my marriage, my family time" to stay on top of all his current projects. At least KH III is one of those projects. No matter how long it takes, it will be worth the wait.