Nomura on Sora’s design, Kingdom Hearts 3, more
Posted on February 5, 2010 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News
Tetsuya Nomura, the creator of Kingdom Hearts, was interviewed in the latest edition of Famitsu. We’ve posted details from the interview below.
– The first design of Sora was of him being a lion with a tail, Nomura wanted him to be like a Disney character
– Idea of having the chainsaw as a weapon came before the keyblade idea
– Sora’s tail was drop during the development of FFVIII, a character in FFIX had a tail and therefore Sora lost his tail
– Sora’s shoes and pants were added when Nomura was discussing the character with Disney
– Sora will be in future games
– Nomura isn’t sure what the future work will be
– Nomura believes Birth By Sleep shows that the Kingdom Hearts Osaka dev team has similar ability to create a quality KH title
– Kingdom Hearts 3 will be implemented as soon as possible
Thanks to Chase for the news tip!
