A few little tidbits of Kingdom Hearts III have been 'revealed' via an ex-designer and some details on the rumored Kingdom Hearts 2.9
Depending on how you like to look at your LinkedIn "leaks" we may have a few new bits for Kingdom Hearts III as well as the rumored Kingdom Hearts 2.9 that was once seen and then vanished from existence. Yes, it looks like someone over at Square Enix has updated their LinkedIn profile and let slip what they happened to have worked on for Kingdom Hearts III and mentioned they worked on Kingdom Hearts 2.9. Of course this is if you believe the user account is not fabricated and 100% accurate; although this would show why said person could be looking for a new job now.
This was all spied and "researched" by a site named KH13.com who says they can pretty much confirm that this account isn't fabricated and we can take all of these Kingdom Hearts III tidbits a little serious but I'll still hold my reservations until Square Enix or Disney give us the true lowdown on it all. That includes the fact that there is a prequel-like title hitting the last gen systems when Kingdom Hearts III is next gen only. Maybe it's just me that this would point the wrong direction to me. Then again it could be a nice "transition" title for those PS3 gamers who want to make the jump to PS4 with Kingdom Hearts III.
You can see the full posting below but some of the features brought up for Kingdom Hearts III in the post is that the Gummi ship is coming back again and that there may be some form of multiplayer. The Gummi ship makes complete sense given the Kingdom Hearts history to use it but the multiplayer seems a little odd and interesting if this is true. Would this mean that other players could join the team in Kingdom Hearts III instead of all AI controlled from before? I'm not sure if that would play out well or not. I guess we'll all see if this does turn out to be all fact and not fiction.
Game Designer
Square Enix
August 2014 - June 2015(11 months) | Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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"Kingdom Hearts 2.9" (PS3, PS4) Development (10 Months)
-Game idea planning and documentation
-Game Check and balance
-Boss planning
-Attraction Flow planning and documentation
"Kingdom Hearts III" (PS4, Xbox One) Development (10 Months )
Original-level planning, documentation and execution for 2 Worlds
INCLUDING enemy, Item, secrets and event Management
-Mockup Creation of 3 Worlds INCLUDING temporary Asset Creation
-Game idea planning and documentation
-Game Check and balance
-Enemy planning and documentation
-Gummi Ship system planning and documentation
-Multiplayer planning and documentation
-Attraction Flow planning and documentation
-Main Scenario planning for 2 Worlds
-Various in-Game dialogue writing
-Translation and Interpretation of Contact Between Involved English and Japanese parties INCLUDING Disney and Pixar
-Publicity video Recording and editing
-Communication with Outsourced companies
-Holding Meetings with Disney and Pixar
-Team Management, Meeting Management and Proceeding Recordings
Do you think that there is merit to all of these Kingdom Hearts III and Kingdom Hearts 2.9 notations? How do you think that multiplayer would work in Kingdom Hearts III? Are you really surprised that the Gummi ship is coming back here? Let us know and start the discussion down in the comments. Hopefully Square Enix will give us a better update on all of this and Kingdom Hearts 2.9 here soon. When the do you better bet that we will have all of those updates right here so be sure to check back for all of your Kingdom Hearts III news and updates right here.
