Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance details
– One screenshot from Famitsu shows Sora standing in a faceoff with Xehanort
– Another screenshot shows Riku in a face off against Ansem
– Sora and Riku appear to encounter different bosses
– Another shot: Sora running through a bell tower (new world)
– Another shot: Sora falling down into a crowded plaza (new world)
– Sora swings from poles
– Riku kicks off walls
– Sora slides down ropes at high speeds
– The image associated with the name is “the distance you fall in your dreams”
– The three words have a number of meanings
– “Drop” is related to the gameplay
– According to Tesuya Nomura, if you take Kingdom Hearts as a base and evolve it like Final Fantasy, you get Final Fantasy Versus XIII; evolve the Kingdom Hearts qualities further to get Kingdom Hearts 3D
– Versus XIII forms a pair with Kingdom Hearts 3D in and the future Kingdom Hearts series in terms of gameplay
– Moves in KH3D provide a glimpse at the image of the future of the series, and Kingdom Hearts III
– Game’s concept is “bold actions”
– Nomura thinks numbered Kingdom Hearts games should have proper and orthodox evolutions
– Team wants to try bold elements for non-numbered games, including KH3D
– KH3D to be bolder than Birth by Sleep
– Nomura: “By playing this, you will probably understand how Kingdom Hearts III will evolve”
– The Mark of Mastery test will only be in some parts of the game
– Character switches will have nothing to do with where you are in the story
– Numerous secrets to the Drop Gauge
– Nomura says you should think of the character switches as something like a countdown event always taking place
– Riku/Sora stories are different
– The two stories don’t have the same goal
– Different actions and controls for the characters (relates to a new system which hasn’t been shown)
– Nomura wouldn’t acknowledge that the bell tower world looked like it was from Hunchback of Notre Dame
– New worlds in the game have been often requested by fans
– No number given for the amount of new worlds
– Nomura: “Also, there are still titles that were not announced this time”
