Not to mention, the studio already has Final Fantasy 15 and the recently announced Final Fantasy 7 Remake to focus on, both of which are being directed by JPRG legend Tetsuya Nomura. Much like Blizzard or Bethesda, when it comes to their most beloved properties, Square Enix likes to take their time. Of course, even a presumed 2017 release for Kingdom Hearts 3 is a conservative estimate. Clearly, the Kingdom Hearts 3 reveal from two years ago was made at the very early stages of the game’s development. And with the average game taking between 2-4 years to develop, it’s entirely likely we won’t see Kingdom Hearts 3 on store shelves until 2017 at the earliest. Obviously, Square Enix is a developer that likes to take their time, but two years is potentially further along, or conversely not as far along, than we thought. During the presentation, another producer mentioned that Kingdom Hearts 3 has been in development for “about two years now,” which, to our knowledge, is the first we’ve truly heard about a timeline for the game. However, while the Big Hero 6 reveal was seemingly Square Enix’s big ticket item for D23, the producers did drop one piece of off-hand info that had us thinking. And, as it turns out, that adventure will now include a Big Hero 6 world, wherein Sora teams up with Baymax to fight a darkness-fueled version of the all-white super hero. So, when Shinji Hashimoto took the stage at D23, fans were chomping at the bit to discover what new surprises the team at Square Enix had in store for Sora’s next adventure.

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