Kingdom Hearts III: The Next Act

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E3 is getting closer and closer with every passing day, which means right now there is one thing on many video gamers minds:

Kingdom Hearts III.

So far we have received brief clips of the future game that is supposed to end the classic series of a boy who wields a keyblade saving Disney movie worlds. While we don’t know the release date (hopefully which will be revealed at E3), we do know a few things about it:

• The graphics will be far different from the last games, giving us a more clean and crisp look of the characters. The scenery will also look brighter, but with more depth.
  
• It will be available for the PS4.

• One of the worlds we will be returning to is Twilight Town.  There may be a return to Hercules’ world, based on the notion that one of the gameplay demos reveal Sora, Donald, and Goofy fighting the rock titan.
  
• From what it appears, the Disney character summons (Ex.:Genie, Stitch, Dumbo, Tinkerbell) have been replaced with Disney rides. In this clip we see Sora using classic Disney rides (Big Thunder Mountain (Big Magic Mountain) and Pirates of the Caribbean or Peter Pan’s Flight (Pirate Ship) to fight heartless and the rock titan. We also see him using a pair of guns to fight off the heartless; those guns could symbolize Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Toy Story Midway Mania, or another Disney shoot ‘em up ride.

• Kairi and Axel now wield keyblades. I highly doubt those two will be left out, especially being keyblade wielders.

• In one of the earlier clips, we saw Sora pick up Master Eraqus’ keyblade on the shores of Destiny Island. In the most recent clip, we see two people talking to each other. These two characters are theorized to be Xehanort and Eraqus as teenagers, based on their silhouettes. However, the one silhouette could be Zexion because he also wore his hair to the side.

• Kingdom Hearts III is supposedly the game to end the franchise. But is it really the final game? In the recent clip we see the words ‘the next act opens’ appear. If this is supposedly the last game, wouldn’t it say ‘the final act’? However, it’s been rumored that this game will tie everything together. We even see Sora from Dream Drop Distance staring at Vanitas and Xehanort. Or is that a dream sequence from that game?

However, we will have to wait for Kingdom Hearts III. It has just been announced that Shinji Hashimoto, the execute producer of Square Enix, claimed that Kingdom Hearts III will not be featured at E3. Until more news about Kingdom Hearts III emerges, we will have to wait with excited hearts, and tons of fan theories.

What would you like to see in Kingdom Hearts III?