Kingdom Hearts 3 revealed. (EGM April Fools?)

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-03-09 09:23pm

I didn't believe it either. I kept searching for something that said it was a joke.

Scanned from the issue of EGM that arrived today:

It's Wii exclusive.

Mario meets Disney meets Final Fantasy.

EDIT: Seems to be some question because this is coming from the April issue. April Fools joke?

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2007-03-09 09:29pm

Is that an April issue or something?

SilverWingedSeraph · Post by **SilverWingedSeraph** » 2007-03-09 09:30pm

That's just... so, so wrong, on so many levels. Yughhh... I thought the original Kingdom Hearts idea was too much anyway, but this? I shudder.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-03-09 09:30pm

Yup.
Oh, good point.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2007-03-09 09:32pm

Praxis wrote:Yup.
Oh, good point.

I assume you're answering my post there, right. ^^;;
Yeah, if that's an April issue...somehow, this is just too insane to be true. It's not outside the realms of possibility, but getting permission to combine the Nintendo and Disney characters in one game (and remember here, TRON might have been in KH2, but Disney owns the rights to that anyway)...that's not easy.

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2007-03-09 09:35pm

Oh. My. God.

They really did this, huh? Wow ... that'll be ... interesting? Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-03-09 09:36pm

Oh man. Kingdom Hearts was bad enoguh for turning Mickey Mouse into a Sephiroth-level badass. But tihs? Oh wow.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-03-09 09:42pm

Archaic` wrote:
Praxis wrote:Yup.
Oh, good point.
I assume you're answering my post there, right. ^^;;
Yeah, if that's an April issue...somehow, this is just too insane to be true. It's not outside the realms of possibility, but getting permission to combine the Nintendo and Disney characters in one game (and remember here, TRON might have been in KH2, but Disney owns the rights to that anyway)...that's not easy.

I dunno. Some things about it make sense. There was speculation about KH going to Nintendo because of Sony's not doing so well with PS3...and I think Nintendo would be fine with the crossover if the game was exclusive (see Mario DDR and Soul Calibur with Link).

Also, Nintendo is going through a large stock deal and isn't allowed to make any forward-looking statements or significant new announcements, which would explain why they didn't announce it themselves (plus it's a SE developed game).

EGM is claiming it as an exclusive. That sorta risks the magazine's name. And it's not quite April yet, though it's the April magazine.

I'm not sure.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2007-03-09 09:43pm

April Fools, you dork.

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2007-03-09 09:51pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:April Fools, you dork.

But ... but it's March 9th. It's still most of the month away!

Oh, wait ... April issue. Never mind.

LMSx · Post by **LMSx** » 2007-03-09 11:16pm

Praxis wrote:
Archaic` wrote:
Praxis wrote:Yup.
Oh, good point.
I assume you're answering my post there, right. ^^;;
Yeah, if that's an April issue...somehow, this is just too insane to be true. It's not outside the realms of possibility, but getting permission to combine the Nintendo and Disney characters in one game (and remember here, TRON might have been in KH2, but Disney owns the rights to that anyway)...that's not easy.
I dunno. Some things about it make sense. There was speculation about KH going to Nintendo because of Sony's not doing so well with PS3...and I think Nintendo would be fine with the crossover if the game was exclusive (see Mario DDR and Soul Calibur with Link).

Also, Nintendo is going through a large stock deal and isn't allowed to make any forward-looking statements or significant new announcements, which would explain why they didn't announce it themselves (plus it's a SE developed game).

EGM is claiming it as an exclusive. That sorta risks the magazine's name. And it's not quite April yet, though it's the April magazine.

I'm not sure.

It's the April Magazine, so I can virtually guarantee that it's 100% fake. I think part of the reason EGM is successful in pulling these off every year is because their damn April issues come out in March (and very recently in late February!).

Titling the article "The ultimate fanboy pipe dream" is a little cheeky, too.

Shinn Langley Soryu · Post by **Shinn Langley Soryu** » 2007-03-09 11:43pm

Regarding the subject of Kingdom Hearts, I'll just tell you what I've been telling all the other fanpeople:

Needs more StarCraft. Needs more Half-Life. Needs more Halo. Needs more Resident Evil. Needs more Metal Gear Solid. Needs more Command & Conquer.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2007-03-10 12:13am

Shinn Langley Soryu wrote:Regarding the subject of Kingdom Hearts, I'll just tell you what I've been telling all the other fanpeople:

Needs more StarCraft. Needs more Half-Life. Needs more Halo. Needs more Resident Evil. Needs more Metal Gear Solid. Needs more Command & Conquer.

Best. Game. Ever.

Seriously though, I like crossover games. Soul Calibur 2, Smash Bros. I'm only ambivilent toward KH because I don't like Disney. If the new one (which I seriously doubt is real) is more of a Square-Enix/Nintendo crossover, that would be awesome.

What would be more awesome is if SE just went home to Nintendo altogether.

DarkSilver · Post by **DarkSilver** » 2007-03-10 12:33am

Man...I could only hope. As a Nintendo Exclusive, made by Square Enix, I could see it working.

Nintendo would of course, give rights to utilize their characters since it would only appear on their system, Disney already signed the agreements to liscence their characters to Square for the games, so why not?

I mean, the PS3 isn't getting any real sales, despite what we've seen to come for the system in the year, I doubt it'll drive sales much further up (PSHome and BigLittlePlanet....seems gimicky to me). Moving KH to the Wii could be a good move on Square's part.

I know it's probably a April Fools...but a man can dream.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2007-03-10 12:59am

Look, DarkSilver, even if the KH franchise moved to the Wii, that doesn't magically mean that Nintendo characters are going to show up in the game.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-03-10 01:00am

April Issue EGM, lol.

FAKE

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2007-03-10 01:00am

"41 Nintendo Characters"
4 - 1
April 1

Yeah, it's an April Fools joke.

DarkSilver · Post by **DarkSilver** » 2007-03-10 01:32am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Look, DarkSilver, even if the KH franchise moved to the Wii, that doesn't magically mean that Nintendo characters are going to show up in the game.

I know that just because it would move to the Wii, doesn't mean nintendo characters would appear in a game. I'm not that nieve DP.

I'm just saying, I could SEE it happening, especially if the game would be exclusive to the Nintendo platform. Thus the "man can dream" portion.

Geeze, lighten the hell up, would you?

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2007-03-10 02:05am

I wasn't being particularly harsh to begin with.

Asshole.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2007-03-10 02:49am

I hate to admit it, the concept would work.

People love Disney.
People love Nintendo.
Square Enix has a solid reputation for making games.

(Disney + Nintendo) * Square Enix = $$$$

I can see Nintendo getting a large boost in sales for the Wii from Kingdom Hearts/Playstation players as well as from the holdouts, the people who haven't yet decided between the Wii or PS3.

Oh... this is why I hate April Fools day...

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-03-10 03:00am

Shinn Langley Soryu wrote:Regarding the subject of Kingdom Hearts, I'll just tell you what I've been telling all the other fanpeople:

Needs more StarCraft. Needs more Half-Life. Needs more Halo. Needs more Resident Evil. Needs more Metal Gear Solid. Needs more Command & Conquer.

Sir, I do believe I want your fine product.