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'Kingdom Hearts 4' Just Gave Us A Small, But Life-Sustaining Teaser

The creator of Kingdom Hearts, Tetsuya Nomura, celebrated the 15th anniversary of 'Birth By Sleep' by giving fans a tantalizing tease of what's next.

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Kingdom Hearts 4 has been radio silent for 1,005 days, but don’t worry - Tetsuya Nomura teases he has the story planned out

Via a commemorative message for Birth By Sleep's 15th anniversary

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The original Kingdom Hearts was initially "more hardcore" until Square Enix toned it down: "We had some puzzles in there that would make you go, 'what is this, Takeshi's Challenge?'"

"It's a bit of a wolf in sheep's clothing."

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Metal Gear Solid's former art director once said he spends "a lot of time fussing over the details of the characters' backside since that's the side the player sees most in-game"

"Especially the butts."

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During the original Final Fantasy 7's development, the devs considered Tetsuya Nomura "the Demon King of retakes" - "He was always making the designers re-do things"

"Yeah, I stuck my nose into everyone's work there."

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When making Kingdom Hearts, the "one thing" RPG icon Tetsuya Nomura "wasn't willing to budge on" was a non-Disney protagonist

"I wanted Sora's design to be a kind of 'grand compilation' of all the characters I'd drawn up till then."

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After voicing Sora in 12 RPGs, Kingdom Hearts actor says maybe "the best thing to do" is let the long-running series end: "Even if you have something that you love"

Haley Joel Osment thinks it's nice to not let a series "drag out beyond where the creator wants it to go."

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Not to be outdone by the PS5 Pro's price tag, Hideo Kojima stuns in $1700 Death Stranding 2 jackets that are already sold out

The Death Stranding 2: On the Beach jackets have enough zips to make Tetsuya Nomura jealous

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'Kingdom Hearts 4' Will Finally Break the RPG Franchise’s Worst Habit

Co-writer and lead artist Tetsuya Nomura spoke about what the fourth mainline game means for the series.

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Tetsuya Nomura acknowledges that Kingdom Hearts 4 is more like Kingdom Hearts 13, but the story's gotten a "reset" to keep new players from getting confused

The next round of Kingdom Hearts games are "being made with a stronger focus on being new titles rather than sequels"

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Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy veteran says he started making hot characters after a friend said he didn't want to be "ugly" in games, and then never stopped

Tetsuya Nomura thinks back on a crucial high school memory

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JRPG icon Hironobu Sakaguchi reckons Final Fantasy 6 is the "most complete" game in the series, "especially because it was the last Final Fantasy to use pixel art"

That puts him at odds with fellow FF veteran Tetsuya Nomura, who thought the classic game could've been better

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Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy maestro Tetsuya Nomura has a "huge number of game proposals" and probably countless zipper-infested protags "lying dormant"

Nomura still has plenty of new ideas that have yet to see the light of day

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Final Fantasy 6 is one of the few games RPG icon Tetsuya Nomura feels he "could have done a better job on" – "I don't really feel that way about many other games"

Nomura "tried to do everything I could" during the JRPG's development

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Louder for the shareholders in the back: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth producer says Part 3 may be finished within just 3 years because the dev team hasn't been split up

Here's hoping we don't have too long to wait

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 development has officially begun and the director is ready to be "done with this absolute marathon of projects"

Square Enix has officially begun development on the third and final part of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is "off to the races already," according to its director, who also wants to be "done with this absolute marathon of projects"

Nomura says he and Nojima are already "hard at work" on Part 3

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's animators "really didn't think" Tetsuya Nomura would approve Red XIII's ridiculous chocobo-riding pose, but "he said that's the one"

"It was a must for him to hold the reins in his hands"

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Get Some Behind the Scenes Look at Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with Four-Part Documentary Series

Square Enix has released a new documentary series that gives us a closer look at home the game was created.

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Japanese solo dev behind surprise Steam mega-hit weighs in on the term JRPG: "This is a term I heard for the first time since it's not used in Japan"

A useful chat with Astlibra Revision creator Keizo

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake's final scene gets a script change 2 days before its sequel drops, and it's going down about as well as you'd expect

The cloud-based strife.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director wants series vets and newbies alike to be surprised by its twist and turns, seeing the remake as more than 'just a callback'

Don't call it a comeback.

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Final Fantasy 7 veteran Tetsuya Nomura is "even more nervous" about fans' reactions to Rebirth's ending than its predecessor's

"I would like you to play it as soon as possible before I end up giving away spoilers!"

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Tetsuya Nomura says he can't claim full responsibility for Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts' wildest twists, but he's "happy if people enjoy the game"

"Sometimes even lines in the scenario that I didn't write are called Nomura-isms"

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth producer thinks Sephiroth is now a ‘more charismatic and appealing antagonist than before’

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth producer Yoshinori Kitase has spoken more about Sephiroth's depiction in the upcoming RPG.

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