Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura has declared that he is but to resolve whether or not he’ll end the long-running sequence previous to his retirement, so it is totally doable future Kingdom Hearts video games might be launched with out Nomura’s involvement.
In an interview with YoungJump (for which we’re utilizing machine translation), Nomura says he “solely [has] a couple of years left till [he retires]”, and so he has to “resolve whether or not to retire first or end the sequence first”.
He goes on to say that Kingdom Hearts 4, which was introduced all the way in which again in April 2022, will likely be “a narrative that will likely be accomplished”. It is not totally clear whether or not Nomura signifies that Kingdom Hearts 4 will not finish on a cliffhanger or that it’ll conclude the sequence as an entire.
Almost about Kingdom Hearts 4, Nomura says that he intends the upcoming recreation, in addition to smartphone title Kingdom Hearts Lacking-Hyperlink, to be a “reset”.
Nomura says he needed a reset after Kingdom Hearts 3, so he “appointed new writers and even made a brand new emblem” in order that new gamers who weren’t aware of the sequence would discover it simpler to play Kingdom Hearts 4.
He additionally provides some perception into his artistic course of close to the sequence as an entire, saying that though he is “had the concept of going on this course” (i.e. the general sequence course) since the unique Kingdom Hearts, however that if “one thing does not match, I will improvise on the spot”.
Based on Nomura, he additionally has paperwork pertaining to components of the Kingdom Hearts sequence that have not been explored or defined, and he “retains {that a} secret”. That will actually clarify lots.
It is properly price studying the total YoungJump interview should you’re a Tetsuya Nomura fan, because it goes into element not solely about Kingdom Hearts, but in addition about a few of Nomura’s different tasks, together with the Remaining Fantasy 7 remake trilogy.
Kingdom Hearts 4 nonetheless does not have a launch date but, sadly. Keep tuned for more information on this and all different issues Kingdom Hearts-related.