Rumor: Incoming Kingdom Hearts announcement next week

Whoring them out? I have to disagree there. I am generally anti-spinoff. I've not seen it done well too many times. Even from Squeenix, I've seen some missteps (coughDoCcough). But I trust Squeenix, and Nomura specifically, because of their track record. Plus, Crisis Core was a hell of a lot of fun (IMO more fun than the original) and I was incredibly surprised to find myself liking FFX-2 as much as I did.

A lot of KH fans want KH3, myself included. But the way I see it, if Nomura spends time working on the back-story and gameplay mechanics by working on these prequels (and sequels? unsure about Coded), that time spent will carry over into KH3, and the game will, although coming a bit later than one would hope, have a richer storyline and more refined gameplay because of it. Plus, I'm looking forward to having some KH to play that doesn't require the television.

oh I'm definitely looking forward to KH3 but just looking at that list of spinoffs and tie ins with ridiculous names is so off putting.
with the FFVII franchise I feel that by piling on all these games they're undermining the original story instead of adding to it. Now it feels like a a type of incestual soap opera where everyone knows everyone, everyone slept with everyone and no one ever dies and even if they DO die, they somehow come back.

Never

Why was my comment voted down? I dont understand. I said nothing that should upset people unless you're someone who would be genuinely upset about a Kingdom Hearts game coming to the xbox...

I liked KH1 and 2 and I dont own a PS3 so obviously I hope it comes to the 360. Just like I'm sure Star Ocean fans who own a PS3 and not a 360 hope that TLH comes to the PS3.

I think the Wii's more likely than either PS3 or 360.

I'm with you... I enjoyed KH but I don't have a PS3 (nor do I plan to buy one anytime soon) so a multi-platform release would be great!

That would be so awesome, but so unlikely. The PS3 needs a killer RPG and I doubt it'll get ported. Although you never know ...

Me wants 360 KH3!!

I'm really split on that one. I've got an inkling that Nomura really doesn't like the Wii, but KH would fit Wii like a glove, and Square Enix themselves could really go either way on it.

I hope its not

@nutman: I, too, find it ridiculous and sad that people prize their pet consoles so dearly that they don't want other people to enjoy good games.

I'm a 360 owner and I was happy that Bioshock was coming to PS3, just because it meant that many more people would get to enjoy such an awesome game.

Console exclusives help companies make money, not gamers.

@ Saria the Cat

(The Last Remnant and star ocean:The Last Hope pinch saria in the arm)

Because Nomura is a Sony and Nintendo fanboy. One of the reason why FFXIII Vs. is still a PS3 exclusive.
I hope KH3 will be a PS3 exclusive, I want KH3 to take advantage of the sixaxis.

exclusives are bad for the developer, and bad for the consumer. only the console makers (nintendo, sony, microsoft) benefit from having exclusive games.
also, kh3 can be a ps3 game, and a 360 easily if you follow squares pattern.
step 1: make a good game.
step 2: create multiple games all on different systems, but all important to the story.
step 3: ????
step 4: profit.

@ Henry

Didn't Sony ditch the sixaxis ages ago? Or did I just imagine that? I am honestly not sure.

@Rhamsey
Exclusive are not bad for developers and definitely not bad for consumer. It's bad for fanboy.
If you haven't realize this by now, then you're a fanboy. Each console is different and offer different possibilities. Also, exclusives allow developers too pool in more resources and time into the game hence more likely to be optimized. If you're a gamer, you will buy a console for the games you want. It's not bad for developers at all, look at MGS4. It did pretty good as an exclusive and offer unmatched experience from anything this gen. I hate multiplatform games mainly because they never take advantage of any system and in the end, usually a water down experience.

@rudolphe
Nope, sixaxis is alive and well. Games like Killzone 2, Wipeout HD, MGS4 and Flower have sixaxis control. If the developers are good, the sixaxis is extremely accurate and does require a steady hand at times. My brother and some of my friends are able to make better maneuvers with the sixaxis than I can. I personally love the sixaxis since it's not force upon like the Wii. Many of the time is used like an extra button.

And how many times have you tried this?

never play past the first hour?? what holds you back? the disney characters? the noruma character design? or is it just blind hate?

because I can't figure it out. the game's great from whatever way you look at it.

on topic: if its a ps3 announcement, it doesn't affect since i dont (and probably wont ever own one) i doubt it to be a 360 announcement, that'd be seriously coming out of left field.
more ds/psp love? bring it! i have both!

Twice. Once with each version. Lol