Kingdom Hearts co-creator Tetsuya Nomura has lately acknowledged the opportunity of retirement alongside whether or not or to not convey the action-RPG franchise’s story to a conclusion.
This comes through an interview from YoungJump (thanks, VGC), throughout which he was requested about future plans for Kingdom Hearts. Nomura (53) responded by stating that he solely has ” a couple of years left” till he doubtlessly retires, and might want to resolve whether or not he brings Kingdom Hearts to a conclusion earlier than this occurs.
“I solely have a couple of years left till I retire, I’ve to resolve whether or not to retire first or end the sequence first. Nonetheless, I’m making Kingdom Hearts IV now with the intention of it being a narrative that I’ll full.”
We will solely guess at what Nomura is implying with the remark relating to Kingdom Hearts IV, however our assumption is that he merely means that it’s going to serve the overarching Kingdom Hearts narrative and result in a hypothetical ending.
Nomura has served as director on each Kingdom Hearts entry for the reason that franchise’s inception in 2002. It might appear considerably odd, then, for the sequence to proceed with out his involvement. Nonetheless, it is potential that Nomura could proceed engaged on Kingdom hearts nicely past his retirement age if he feels that there’s a potential story price telling.
For now, Kingdom Hearts IV shouldn’t be formally deliberate for launch on Nintendo platforms, however we might be very stunned if it did not present up on the upcoming ‘Change 2’. A earlier reveal from the now-ousted leaker often called ‘Midori’ acknowledged that the sport “would possibly” present up on Nintendo’s subsequent main {hardware}.
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[source youngjump.jp, via videogameschronicle.com]