Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura is enthusiastic about the possibility of bringing Star Wars and Marvel content to the franchise, but he has stated that bringing the two franchises into the game would be a challenge. “Of course it would be great if we could add those licenses as well,” Nomura told Finaland in an interview conducted at Japan Expo in Paris.
“But there are lots of rules and restrictions by Disney so we can’t actually put in everything people want. So it’s a quite difficult decision but we’re gonna prepare some surprises for you so, just wait for the information.”
Fellow Square Enix produce Yoshinori Kitase is said to be a huge Star Wars fan, and Nomura acknowledged he himself likes the brand as well.
“We’ve been talking about Star Wars itself since it became Disney’s content recently. When I heard the news I was like wow, wow’. Obviously it’s gonna be great if we could add it,” he said.
When asked whether the next Kingdom Hearts would allow players to control characters other than Sora, Nomura seemed a bit reluctant.
“We want to make the most of Sora, playable Sora of course. But again, Kingdom Hearts 3 is going to be the last chapter of the Kingdom Hearts main numbering title series, so lots of fans actually want to play as their favorite characters in Kingdom Hearts 3 so we will consider that, we will listen to what fans wants but hopefully we could give you some surprises in the future announcements,” he said.
