Legendary Square Enix developer and producer Tetsuya Nomura has said in a new interview with Japanese site Young Jump that he plans to retire in a few years time. Mr. Nomura says that he wants to have the long-awaited Kingdom Hearts 4 wrapped up by then and that his intention with Kingdom Hearts 4 is to conclude the story. Nomura also talked about the upcoming mobile game Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link and said that the Square Enix employees behind the game’s story haven’t worked on the Kingdom Hearts franchise before. This was intentional to help bring something new to the table. Here’s some of the details:
- KH4 being made with the intention of new comers to easily jump in
- KH4 story considered a story reset (New Saga) – Quadratum isn’t a 1:1 of real life Tokyo, described as “feels like a dream, an Unreality in Reality” (Basically Versus XIII/XVs idea of a fantasy based in reality)
- Missing Links story is being worked on by SE staff members who haven’t previously worked on KH before to give a fresh take on KHs writing
- Nomura sometimes watches KH YouTube videos to stay refreshed about KHs extensive story details
- There is a meaning behind Sora’s famous line that he says at the beginning of KH1 “Is any of this for real or not”. It will eventually be explained.
People can retire anytime they want. Anyone in any age can retire.
so im confused is he ending his run with 4 or the series will end with 4? also with the way the series went it should have all ended in 3…… not really excited for another saga to me its like watching star wars 7-9. will it be any good or just fan fiction stuff.
Yes but the series itself is not ending yet.
OH no…..
SO anyways..
Nomura should have retired a long time ago.