wraggster
December 26th, 2013, 22:18
It's a good time to be a fan of the Disney-Enix crossover gloop that is Kingdom Hearts: HD 1.5 Remix (http://www.joystiq.com/game/kingdom-hearts-15-hd-remix/) is out, HD 2.5 Remix (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/10/14/kingdom-hearts-2-5-remix-unveiled-hits-ps3-worldwide-next-year/) comes to PS3 next year, and then there's the small matter of Kingdom Hearts 3 (http://www.joystiq.com/game/kingdom-hearts-3) for Xbox One and PS4.
Yet there's one piece missing from the series' HD puzzle. The second compilation features Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix, Birth by Sleep Final Mix, and remastered cinematics from DS entry Re:coded, and HD 1.5 Remix coversKingdom Hearts Final Mix, Re:Chain of Memories and 358/2 Days, but that still leaves one major entry unaccounted for: last year's 3DS game, Dream Drop Distance (http://www.joystiq.com/game/kingdom-hearts-3d-dream-drop-distance).
The matter hasn't escaped the mind of series director Tetsuya Nomura, who told Famitsu (http://www.famitsu.com/news/201312/26045637.html) (via Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/kingdom-hearts-director-addresses-the-remaining-hd-rema-1489754437)) it's something he feels Square Enix needs to consider.
"The HD remastered games are a summary leading up to Kingdom Hearts 3,"Nomura said. "It'd be sad for one chapter not to be in HD in remaking the series, plus Kingdom Hearts 3D is a necessary piece for telling the story ofKingdom Hearts 3, so I've been telling myself that we need to start considering it."
Of course, its HD-ified inclusion could be anything; it could be reduced to remastered cinematics, or get its own fully-fledged console port. It's hard to predict the future for a series that's prepared to name a game 358/2 Days - orHD 2.5 Remix for that matter.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/12/26/kingdom-hearts-hd-2-5-remix-spins-a-new-trailer/
Yet there's one piece missing from the series' HD puzzle. The second compilation features Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix, Birth by Sleep Final Mix, and remastered cinematics from DS entry Re:coded, and HD 1.5 Remix coversKingdom Hearts Final Mix, Re:Chain of Memories and 358/2 Days, but that still leaves one major entry unaccounted for: last year's 3DS game, Dream Drop Distance (http://www.joystiq.com/game/kingdom-hearts-3d-dream-drop-distance).
The matter hasn't escaped the mind of series director Tetsuya Nomura, who told Famitsu (http://www.famitsu.com/news/201312/26045637.html) (via Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/kingdom-hearts-director-addresses-the-remaining-hd-rema-1489754437)) it's something he feels Square Enix needs to consider.
"The HD remastered games are a summary leading up to Kingdom Hearts 3,"Nomura said. "It'd be sad for one chapter not to be in HD in remaking the series, plus Kingdom Hearts 3D is a necessary piece for telling the story ofKingdom Hearts 3, so I've been telling myself that we need to start considering it."
Of course, its HD-ified inclusion could be anything; it could be reduced to remastered cinematics, or get its own fully-fledged console port. It's hard to predict the future for a series that's prepared to name a game 358/2 Days - orHD 2.5 Remix for that matter.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/12/26/kingdom-hearts-hd-2-5-remix-spins-a-new-trailer/