Can you imagine Sora carving up enemies with a chainsaw while Donald and Goofy tote shotguns and throw Minnie Mouse on the floor before giving her the taste of a real man? Okay, well things wouldn't have gone that far, but the chainsaw part was almost real, as confirmed by series creator Tetsuya Nomura in Famitsu.
"The first weapon I showed Disney was a chainsaw," he explains. "It was this chainsaw-like weapon that I had a rough sketch of when I first showed my concepts to Disney. Everyone got this scrunched-up look on their face and nobody said a word in the entire room. Dead silence. And I thought 'No, I guess this wouldn't work, huh?'"
Another interesting revelation is the fact that Noura didn't even want to make Kingdom Hearts at first: "Square wanted to make a game starring Mickey Mouse, and Disney wanted a Donald Duck title. Meanwhile, I wanted neither."
The end result of Nomura's apathy was Kingdom Hearts, a game designed to focus on no one particular character. Considering Kingdom Hearts is one of my most fondly remembered games of the last generation, I think this is one situation where everything turned out nicely.
Now pleeeeease let's hear news on Kingdom Hearts 3!
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10:20 AM on 07.09.2009
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Would certainly explain the success story of Hollywood. *shot*
The in-depth gameplay of KH, "X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X," would translate to the Wii Remote pretty well.
I really hope that it comes out for the 360, i mean, FFXIII is awesome, but i NEED some Disney action.
And I found some early Sora character art with what looks a bit like a chainsaw. And yes, this is an official authentic production sketch. It's not a fake.
Sora was a furry!
As far as Kingdom Hearts goes, I thought both were excellent, but II was a bit better in terms of the locales, and you always have to appreciate supa-numba-one Squaresoft anime worked into the story, more-so than KH I.
I get it... It's opposites day!
Am I the only one who is a little turned on?
Does this website (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/dolphin_punch) make Chad cry?
Now as Jim said: Where the hell is my Kingdom hearts 3 news?
Also, WHAR IS MAH KH3?!