Tetsuya Nomura on Sora and Kingdom Hearts III [2/5]

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Kingdom Hearts' main character Sora is the subject of the fifth installment of Famitsu's continuing tribute to its readers' favorite characters. This, of course, means an interview with the character's creator, Tetsuya Nomura. Nomura previously made some notable comments in an interview about the Cloud character a couple of issues back.

Here, Nomura shared a surprising secret about Sora's birth. The character's original design was more beast-like -- somewhat like a mix of a lion and human. He had a tail and beast-like ears. Instead of his keyblade weapon, he used a chainsaw. These beast-like features were implemented in order to make the character match the Disney characters.

In the end, the tail was removed because Final Fantasy IX's Zidane character already had a tail. After consulting with Disney's staff, the character was further modified. One example of the changes is the "overly straight" part of the character's designs being given more curvature. The shoes and pants are the most notable examples of this, says Nomura. The final form of Sora was made after a night's work.

Sora will be appearing in future titles, Nomura confirmed to the magazine. However, he said that he could not say just what those titles will be.
He provided a hint that the character's next appearance could come from either the Kingdom Hearts Tokyo team, which he noted is currently hard at work on Final Fantasy Versus XIII, or from the Osaka team, which made Birth By Sleep. The Osaka team has shown that it has the capability to handle the series, said Nomura.

Finally, a comment on Kingdom Hearts III. "Regarding III, fans and partners alike are pressing us for it, so we'll work to realize it as soon as possible."

Source: Andriasang
 
.Swift said:
Here, Nomura shared a surprising secret about Sora's birth. The character's original design was more beast-like -- somewhat like a mix of a lion and human. He had a tail and beast-like ears. Instead of his keyblade weapon, he used a chainsaw. These beast-like features were implemented in order to make the character match the Disney characters.
In the end, the tail was removed because Final Fantasy IX's Zidane character already had a tail. After consulting with Disney's staff, the character was further modified. One example of the changes is the "overly straight" part of the character's designs being given more curvature. The shoes and pants are the most notable examples of this, says Nomura. The final form of Sora was made after a night's work.
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A... chainsaw? XD

You don't know how glad I am that they didn't end up giving him a tail. That's something that drives me up the wall when I look at Zidane's design.

Hope they start work on KHIII as soon as possible, that's something that I'd greatly look forward to.
 
Apparently, this was Sora's original design:

Lion-Sora-Chainsaw.jpg


I'm kinda liking that chainsaw sword. :p
 
A chainsaw weapon for Sora does sound a little ridiculous considering how symbolic and important the Keyblade turns out to be in the game. I suppose they tried to think of radical swords at the time. Squall already has a Gunblade, so a chainsaw blade for Sora perhaps?

I'm glad they changed that design (thanks Adamant for the image! ^_^) to the current one. Sora would have looked absolutely odd.

Do I see SE listening to their fans and seriously getting together for KHIII? I do hope so, because a new, proper numbered KH game is exactly what the PS3 needs.
 
I think I'm liking the original design, the chainsaw is a bit ehhhh, but this Sora really looks awesome.

Glad they used a Keyblade though, couldn't imagine a Kingdom Hearts with a chainsaw...just not very Disney OR Final Fantasy-y xD
 
The original conception of Sora seems interesting, though I don't think a chainsaw would've cut it and just count the fact it's a Disney game as well. So there may yet be a third game. Interesting.
 
The original design doesn't look that bad at all, except the chainsaw. It doesn't fit >_<

Good news on Sora, though. Any mentioning of KH3 is great news to me. Hope they work on it as soon as possible, whomever works on it.
 
Can't say I like the original design, personally I think it looks dreadful and thank God they changed it :wacky: It just looks...odd. His hair and arms look out of proportion D:
 
Having become used to the current Sora I adore, it's a little hard to fathom he could've been something...beastly xD

Honestly, I much prefer the current design to the original concept. Thank you for changing it, Nomura xD

Honestly, beast-Sora does remind me vaguely of some Disney animals, just can't put my finger on it...

And maybe they were trying to take in account that the target audience was suppose to younger than 13 (fellow 20 and older KH fans, lemme hear you roar! xD) and thought a chainsaw might've been too extreme..?

But yeah, for series about keys, it's funny to see that wasn't planned from the beginning xD
 
Sora does like better the way he is IMO o_O
Beastly sora eh? xD Not feeling it XD. The chainsaw in the original was a tad off IMO. He is much better suited the way he is now. I'm glad Sora didn't have a lion/ animal for one of his parents Kingdom Hearts just wouldn't be the same xD. Hope to here more about KHIII
 
Personally, we love the Chainsaw sword. :mokken:

They should incorporate that into Nier or something. That would be fanfuckingtastic. :jess:
 
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'Nomura believes that the re-appearance of Sora, in the BbS Secret Movie, is highly anticipated. He says that, from now on, we should look forward to Sora's activities in the future.

'Nomura wants all the fans, and everyone else to know, who are still demanding for a "III", that it'll be implemented as soon as possible. '

Yes! It's confirmed! *war dances*

As for the tail o_O Why would he have a tail anyway? And why a chainsaw? It wouldn't 'suit' the game well. IMO that concept is really strange.
 
^ Sora in the Birth By Sleep secret ending is anticipated? I wonder if they're on about an older Sora or the young Sora. :hmmm:

I won't say it's fully confirmed yet that there will be KHIII - but it's a very strong hint! And I can't wait! :awesome:

And Ali, you should be a SE news reporter as well! ^_^
 
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^ Sora in the Birth By Sleep secret ending is anticipated? I wonder if they're on about an older Sora or the young Sora.
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I would think it's the older Sora since we do see kiddy Sora in the game. That and one of those long trailers from a while back shows the back of KH2 Sora in in-game graphics :hmmm:
 
Adamant said:
Apparently, this was Sora's original design:

Lion-Sora-Chainsaw.jpg


I'm kinda liking that chainsaw sword. :p
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There's something about this original Sora design that makes me wanna punch-in my computer screen.
I do like the turf of hair sticking out of his head. I detest the way the rest of his hair way made.
Chainsaw sword = win. Come on, imagine the way Sora would be hacking up enemys with that thing. Damn you Disney, and your child friendly bs.
 
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