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4e-man · Publicado: 18 Feb 2010 2:27 pm **Título del mensaje**: Entrevista Nomura

PARTE I

-- I’ve heard that what started the project was a proposal sent in by the SE Osaka team.

Nomura: Well, there was a time when we were unsure of where we would have Birth by Sleep developed. But then the Osaka team that had helped out with Musashiden II [I believe this is Brave Fencer Musashi in other territories?] said “We would like to work on it!” So we asked them to show us their work on the PSP, and they created a prototype. The prototype was quite good, so we decided to have them work on the game. During the first period of development on Birth by Sleep we had the Crisis Core team work on parts of it. But the Kingdom Hearts series is a Disney series, so they we have that hurdle we have to get passed, and we needed to have constant communication between the Tokyo and Osaka teams. There were a lot of things we needed them to become familiar with. So instead we had them start with working on Re: Chain of Memories.

-- Were there any problems that occurred during development?

Nomura: Not really. There were problems with development during the last leg of development, but that wasn’t only a problem with Birth by Sleep. But it was pretty terrible having to think of names for the Commands. I always think of names in Kingdom Hearts games myself, but since things can change during development I always choose names at the end. But since how many symbols can be used in names changes with each game, sometimes even Commands used in past games have to have their names changed.

-- There were quite a few Commands this time.

Nomura: It was hell (laugh.)

-- Which part of the battles was the part you were most interested in doing?

Nomura: The Deck Commands. Battles change depending on what Commands you are using, so there is an element of trial and error. It also takes into account the players own play-style and interests, so it’s interesting to see in the end how everyone’s Deck is different. Chain of Memories and The World Ends With You had a similar system where you could change around your Commands, and this is like a compilation of that. Because we have this Deck Command system we were also able to use a board game for strengthening your Commands.

-- What kind of Commands did you use?

Nomura: I used the stronger Attack Commands, as well as Detonate type Commands, with one Cure spell. When I played around in Mirage Arena I used Megaflare and Magna type Commands.

-- There are a lot of different gameplay systems at work in the game, but the PSP is able to control them all quite well.

Nomura: The controls in 358/2 Days were a little too complex, so shaved off a little bit here and there. For example, in 358/2 Days you could look up and down while moving, but you can’t in Birth by Sleep. We tried to simplify it.

-- At first Shoot Locks confused me, but I got used to them quickly.

Nomura: Shoot-locks were added pretty much just like they were originally planned, but the way you release the attack took some trial and error. At first we had made it so that the attack released after locking on and releasing the button, but in the end it ended up as it is now. There was quite a lot of things packed into this game, but the Osaka team really did their best for us.

-- It seems that some people requested more complex area maps.

Nomura: Personally, I think that the battles are the funniest part of the Kingdom Hearts series, and that’s what we were thinking about in KHII even more so than in the original game. But some people wanted more areas to explore, so we put more of that kind of thing in, but made sure it wouldn’t interfere with battles.

-- There were quite a few new songs, and it made the battles and events even more exciting.

Nomura: We asked for quite a few songs this time. Not only did we have Shimomura (Yoko) working on the soundtrack, but Ishimoto (Takeharu) and Kawamori (Keiji) helped as well, each giving about five songs. Ishimoto took care of the songs having to do with Vanitas.

-- In Last Episode you use Aqua, but since I had been paying so much attention to Terra and Ven I hadn’t thought she would end up being such an important character.

Nomura: Then it’s all according to plan (laugh.) You could even say she is the true main character.

-- There were things in the story that answered questions, but there were also things that made it even more confusing...

Nomura: Yes (laugh.)

-- First off, the young man with silver hair that stands on the beach saying “This world is too small.” is a young Master Xehanort, correct?

Nomura: That’s true.

-- Then, when Ven’s heart was fractured, someone completed his heart with their own. Was this Sora’s heart?

Nomura: Yes. That was when Sora was born into the world.

-- There was a new type of keyblade that appeared this time, changing the “key” in keyblade to “X” (The X of the Greek alphabet, pronounced “key”. It also has the meaning of “ultimate” or “death”.) It’s quite an excellent name.

Nomura: The name “X-Blade” was Watanabe (Daisuke), the scenario writer’s, idea. How the symbol X ‘crosses’ is symbolic of the crossing of dark and light. The members of Organization XIII get their names by adding an X to the name they had as humans comes from this. Also, the Nobody’s mark looks a lot like Eraqus’ symbol, but you can probably figure out that the reason this is has something to do with Xemnas.

-- Please tell us more about the Unversed mark and their design concept.

Nomura: That mark was an idea thought up by the development staff. It looks like an evil heart doesn’t it (laugh.) The concept was “feelings”. We wanted it to represent “anger” and “joy” among other things.

-- How the Unversed appeared is talked about in the story, but Master Xehanort was controlling Heartless. Were there already Heartless at this time?

Nomura: Heartless will always exist as long as their are hearts in the world. They have exist since long ago. Those who have fallen into darkness can control them.

-- Aqua lays a spell on Kairi’s pendant. Is it to protect her from the forces of darkness?

Nomura: Because of that pendant Kairi was sent to Destiny Island.

-- So Kairi going to Destiny Island wasn’t just an accident.

Nomura: What we wanted to show in the story this time was that “fate is inevitable”. Someday Kairi would go to a place where she would be protected by a hero of light.

PARTE II

AND THE BONDS AND THOUGHTS ARE CONNECTED TO SORA

The mysteries of the Secret Event

-- The way Castle Oblivion came to be, and the whole story about the Room of Awakening have been made clear. So when Sora and his friends visited during 'Chain of Memories', Ven was already sleeping in the Room of Awakening, right?

Nomura: That's right.

-- And some members of Organisation XIII were searching for it.

Nomura: Yeah. But only Aqua can solve the mysteries of that castle.

-- So without Aqua...

Nomura: Nobody will be able to reach Ven.

-- So then, why is Xemnas of Organisation XIII searching for Ven?

Nomura: Well, there's still some time between the ending of 'Birth by Sleep' and 'KHI', so...

-- So you're saying you can't tell us yet (laughs). Braig had a big role in the game, and he was a little ominous...?

Nomura: In the final scene where Braig appears, his eyes have changed to gold.

-- Did something happen between him and Master Xehanort?

Nomura: I think there was a line where Master Xehanort says that he has "scattered some seeds", and that's also referring to Braig.

-- "Also" referring to Braig!? You're holding something back there... And then there was the scene where Master Xehanort says to Terra, "It seems there is another heart already residing in your own. Well well, Eraqus."

Nomura: We've put in all kinds of foreshadowing (laughs).

-- You can't tell us you're not going to make the story between 'Birth by Sleep' and 'KHI' in some form!

Nomura: I think you can more or less predict what happens in between 'Birth by Sleep' and 'KHI' now. However, this time you could probably imagine what would happen to Terra in the end, but I think when you personally experience it in the game, it can still make you feel something. Even when you know about something, I think there's significance in depicting it, so that may also be made clear at some point.

Ansem the Wise and Aqua

-- At one point in 'KHII', Ansem the Wise escapes from the world of darkness. This time he has once again descended into the world of darkness. At what point in time does this happen?

Nomura: After 'KHII'. When he stopped the Organisation's plans in 'KHII', he was caught up in an explosion and blown into the world of darkness. The line where he says, "I first met him one year ago," is referring to before 'he' went to sleep - that is, it's referring to the time of 'Chain of Memories'. It doesn't mean this is one year after 'KHII'.

-- At that point, it seems like Aqua has been lost for a long time.

Nomura: Yes. From when she comes to the world of darkness to when she meets Ansem the Wise, over 10 years have passed in the outside world. The flow of time is different in the world of darkness and the outside world, so it doesn't feel like 10 years have passed. But there's no mistaking that she's been in the world of darkness for quite a long time.

-- During Aqua's conversation with Ansem the Wise, it's said that some data has been hidden in Sora?

Nomura: The truth is, that expression was an intentional link to 'coded'. I think people who have played the last chapter of 'coded' will know this, but that isn't foreshadowing for 'coded', it's foreshadowing for what will happen afterwards.

-- I see. In "Blank Points", you've used the theme music that played in the opening, 'Hikari', again.

Nomura: In 'Birth by Sleep', Blank Points is where 'Hikari' is used for the second time; this is the game's true ending. The timing of the credits was something I personally fussed over, and with Aqua's line right beforehand, I had Toyoguchi (Megumi) do about 50 takes. I wanted her to say it with a strong feeling of hope.

What's after coded?

-- The last chapter of 'coded' is also deeply interesting. I couldn't believe that character appeared...

Nomura: We went back and forth over that a lot. Originally a different character appeared, but in the end we went with the current form. We also put in the battle with that character at the last minute, so development was very hectic.

-- By the way, is there something like a secret report in 'coded'?

Nomura: There isn't. But when Riku appears in the Destiny Islands room, there's a hidden movie you can watch. You need to destroy the blocks to make Riku appear, so please search for him.

-- The end of 'coded' is linked to the end of 'Birth by Sleep', and makes us think we want to see what Sora's up to soon.

Nomura: If that's how you feel, then I'm grateful. The ending of 'coded' was based on the contents of the the King's letter, as well as that ending, so we made it with that in mind.

-- And so now we're interested in the next game in the series.

Nomura: First we have to do the foreign version of 'Birth by Sleep' (laughs). We've more or less decided on the details. We're thinking of putting in a Critical Mode for battles. Also, we'll make some of the bosses that felt weak stronger. Mega Flare was too powerful, so we plan to adjust that. As for events, the direction of some scenes was changed for various reasons so we'll put them back into the form that was originally planned, we'll adjust the events to make the story a little easier to understand, and add in some extra parts.

-- So there'll be several changes. Does this mean we can expect a 'Final Mix'...?

Nomura: That will depend on how much it differs from the Japanese version. But we do basically want to bring out one game in the 'Kingdom Hearts' series every year; we don't intend you to go for years without a single piece of news.

-- In about two years we'll hit the 10 year anniversary. So how about KH3?

Nomura: No no, that's still a secret (laughs). The title with a connection to the mystery series that I mentioned before will come out first.

-- So will the series be complete with the third part? Are you looking at the whole picture?

Nomura: 'Kingdom Hearts' is Sora's story, but the series we're working on at the moment is the story of one other person. That is to say, it's a series where that person is the focus.

-- The series you're currently working on!?

Nomura: I can't say any more than that (laughs).

Eddieursa · Publicado: 24 Feb 2010 11:54 am

Tambien he traducido esta entrevista para poder enterarme de más cosas del juego. Pero me he saltado la mitad de la primera parte porque solo habla del desarrollo de los nuevos Comandos de "Birth by Sleep" y no es una parte que me atraiga demasiado. Mi traducción empieza donde empiezan a hablar de la historia del juego. Os aviso que hay unos spoilers bastante gordos. Siento que no este completa, pero solo me interesaba esta parte. Espero que aun asi os guste:

-- En el último Episodio controlas a Aqua, pero como yo habia estado prestando tanta atención a Terra y Ven, no habia pensado que terminaria siendo un personaje tan importante.
-- Nomura: Entonces todo ha salido conforme al plan (*Risas*) Podrias incluso decir que ella es la autentica protagonista de esta historia.

-- Hubo cosas en la historia que respondieron a preguntas y aclararon misterios, pero tambien hubo cosas que la hicieron incluso más confusa.
-- Nomura: Si (*risas*)

-- Lo primero, el joven de cabello plateado que aparece al principio del juego, de pie en la playa de las Islas del Destino, diciendo "Este mundo es demasiado pequeño". Ese es el joven Maestro Xehanort, ¿correcto?.
-- Nomura: Asi es.

-- Despues, cuando el corazón de Ven fue fracturado, alguien completo su corazón con el suyo propio. ¿Ese fue el corazón de Sora?
--Nomura: Si. Fue cuando Sora nacio en el mundo.

-- Hubo un nuevo tipo de Llave-Espada que aparecio esta vez, cambiando el "key" de "Keyblade" por "X". (*Resultado en español: "X-blade" es "LlaveXpada"). (La X en el alfabeto griego, pronunciado "key", tambien significa "final" o "muerte"). Es realmente un nombre excelente.
--Nomura: El nombre "LlaveXpada" fue idea de Watanabe Daisuke, el escritor del guion de las escenas. Como el simbolo X se cruza es simbolico del cruze entre la luz y la oscuridad. El hecho de que los miembros de la Organización XIII consiguen su nombre añadiendo una X al nombre que tuvieron como humanos proviene de aqui. Ademas, la marca de los Incorporeos se parece mucho al simbolo de Eraqus, pero probablemente podeis imaginaros que la razon de esto es porque tiene algo que ver con Xenmas.

-- Por favor, dinos más acerca de la marca de los Unversed y la idea de su diseño.
-- Nomura: Esa marca fue una idea inventada por el personal de desarrollo. Parece un corazon malvado, ¿verdad?. (*Risas*). El concepto era "sentimientos". Queriamos que representase "ira" y "alegria" entre otras cosas.

-- El como los Unversed aparecieron es explicado en la historia, pero hay una escena en la que el Maestro Xehanort estaba controlando a varios Sincorazon. ¿Ya habia Sincorazón en este tiempo?
-- Nomura: Los Sincorazón siempre existiran mientras haya corazones en el mundo. Han existido desde hace mucho tiempo. Aquellos que han caido en la oscuridad pueden controlarlos.

-- Aqua dejo un hechizo en colgante de Kairi. ¿Ese hechizo era para protegerla de las fuerzas de la oscuridad?.
--Nomura: Por ese colgante Kairi fue enviada a las Islas del Destino.

-- Entonces, el que Kairi fuera a las Islas del Destino no fue solo un accidente.

-- Nomura: Lo que esta vez queriamos demostrar en esta historia es que "el destino es inevitable". Algun dia Kairi iria a un lugar donde sería protegida por un heroe de la luz. (Sora).

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Y LOS LAZOS Y PENSAMIENTOS ESTAN CONECTADOS A SORA

"Los misterios del Evento Secreto"

-- La forma en que Castillo del Olvido fue creado y toda la historia acerca de la "Habitación del Despertar" ha sido aclarada. Entonces cuando Sora y sus amigos visitaron el castillo en "Chains of Memories", Ven ya estaba durmiendo en la "Habitacion del Despertar", ¿no?.
-- Nomura: Correcto.
-- Y algunos miembros de la Organización XIII estaban buscando esa habitación.
-- Nomura: Si. Pero solo Aqua puede resolver los misterios de ese castillo.
-- O sea que sin Aqua...
-- Nomura: Nadie sera capaz de llegar hasta Ven.

-- Entonces, ¿por qué Xenmas de la Organización XIII estaba buscando a Ven?
-- Nomura: Bueno, aun hay algo de tiempo entre el final de "Birth by Sleep" y "Kingdom Hearts I", asi que...
-- Entonces nos estas diciendo que no puedes decirnoslo todavia (*risas*).

-- Braig tuvo un gran papel en el juego, y ¿no resultaba un poco presegioso?
-- Nomura: En la escena final donde Braig aparece, sus ojos se han vuelto dorados.
-- ¿Pasó algo entre él y el Maestro Xehanort?
-- Nomura: creo que habia una escena donde el Maestro Xehanort dice que ha "esparcido algunas semillas", y en eso tambien se esta refiriendo a Braig.
-- ¡¿"Tambien" se esta refiriendo a Braig?!. Estas ocultando algo aqui...

-- Y tambien estaba esa escena donde el Maestro Xehanort le dice a Terra: "Parece que ya hay otro corazón residiendo dentro del tuyo. Vaya, vaya, Eraqus".
-- Nomura: Hemos puesto todo tipo de "prefiguraciones". (*Risas*)

-- ¡No puedes decirnos que no vas a hacer la historia entre "Birth by Sleep" y el primer "Kingdom Hearts" en alguna forma!
-- Nomura: Creo que ahora podeis predecir mas o menos lo que sucede entre "Birth by Sleep" y el primer "Kingdom Hearts". Sin embargo, esta vez probablemente podriais imaginar que le pasaria a Terra al final, pero creo que cuando lo experimentais personalmente en el juego, aun os puede hacer sentir algo. Incluso cuando sabeis acerca de algo, creo que hay un significado en representarlo, asi que eso tambien podria ser aclarado en algun momento.

"Ansem el Sabio y Aqua"

-- En algun momento de "KHII", Ansem el Sabio escapa del mundo de la oscuridad. Esta vez ha sido enviado al mundo de la oscuridad, una vez más. ¿En qué momento del tiempo sucede esto?
-- Nomura: Despues de "KHII". Cuando detuvo los planes de la Organización en "Khii", fue alcanzado por una explosion y lanzado al mundo de la oscuridad. La escena en la que dice "La primera vez que le conoci fue hace un año", se esta refiriendo a antes de que él (Sora) cayese en un profundo sueño. Con eso, se refiere al momento en que ocurrio "Chain of Memories". No significa que haya pasado un año despues de "KHII".

-- En ese momento, parece que Aqua ha estado perdida por el mundo de la oscuridad durante mucho tiempo.
-- Nomura: Si. Desde que ella llega al mundo de la oscuridad hasta que conoce a Ansem el Sabio, han pasado más de 10 años en el mundo exterior. El flujo del tiempo es diferente en el mundo de la oscuridad y en el mundo exterior, asi que no parece que hayan pasado 10 años. Pero no hay equivocación en que ha estado en el mundo de la oscuridad durante un tiempo bastante largo.

-- Durante la conversación de Aqua con Ansem el Sabio, ¿se dice que algunos datos habian sido escondidos dentro de Sora?
-- Nomura: La verdad es que esa expresion era un lazo intencional con "Coded". Creo que la gente que ha jugado el último capitulo de "Coded" sabra esto, pero eso no es prefigurando hacia "Coded", sino a lo que pasara despues.

-- Ya veo. En "Blank Points", has usado el tema musical que sonaba en la apertura, "Hikari", otra vez.
-- Nomura: En "Birth by Sleep", "Blank Points" es donde "Hikari" es usado por segunda vez. La duración de los creditos era algo en lo que que yo personalmente fui exigente, y con la frase de Aqua que hay justo antes, tuve que hacer unas 50 tomas con Megumi Toyoguchi. Queria que lo dijese con un fuerte sentimiento de esperanza.

"¿Que hay despues de "Coded"?

-- El último capitulo de "Coded" es tambien profundamente interesante. No puedo creer que es personaje apareciese...
-- Nomura: Tuvimos que repasar esa parte muchas veces. Originalmente aparecia un personaje diferente, pero al final lo dejamos como esta ahora. Tambien añadimos la batalla con ese personaje en el último minuto, asi que los de desarrollo estaban muy agitados.

-- Por cierto, ¿hay algo como un Informe Secreto en "Coded"?.
-- Nomura: No, no lo hay. Pero cuando Riku aparece en la habitación de las Islas del Destino, hay una escena oculta que podeis ver. Necesitais destruir los bloques para hacer que Riku aparezca, asi que, por favor, buscadle.

-- El final de "Coded" esta conectado con el final de "Birth by Sleep", y nos hace pensar que queremos ver pronto lo que pasara con Sora.
-- Nomura: Si asi es como os sentis, entonces estoy agradecido. El final de "Coded" estaba basado en los contenidos de la carta del Rey Mickey, asi como ese final, asi que lo hicimos con lo que teniamos en mente.

-- Y entonces ahora estamos interesados en el siguiente juego de la serie.
-- Nomura: Primero tenemos que hacer la version extranjera de "Birth by Sleep" (*Risas*). Hemos decidido más o menos sobre los detalles. Estamos pensando en poner un "Critical Mode" para las batallas. Ademas, haremos más fuertes a algunos de los jefes que nos parecian debiles. "Mega Flare" era demasiado poderoso, asi que planeamos ajustar eso. En cuanto a los sucesos, la direccion de algunas escenas fue cambiada por varias razones, asi que las pondremos de nuevo en la forma que estaba originalmente planeada, ajustaremos los eventos para hacer la historia un poco más facil de entender y añadiremos algunas partes extra.

-- Asi que habra vaios cambios. ¿Significa esto que podemos esperar un "Final Mix"?.
-- Nomura: Eso dependera de como difiera de la version japonesa. Pero basicamente queremos sacar un juego de la serie "Kingdom Hearts" cada año; no pretendemos que os paseis años sin una solo pedazo de noticia sobre la serie.

-- Dentro de unos dos años estaremos en el 10º aniversario de la saga. ¿Qué tal "KH3" para entonces?.
-- Nomura: No, no, eso es aun un secreto (*Risas*). El titulo con una conexion con la misteriosa serie que mencione antes vendra primero.

-- Entonces ¿la serie estara completa con la tercera parte? ¿Estas viendolo en toda su perspectiva?.
-- Nomura: "Kingdom Hearts" es la historia de Sora, per la serie en la que estamos trabajando en este momento es la historia de otra persona. Dicho de otra forma, es una serie donde esa persona es el centro de ella.

-- ¡¿La serie en la que estas trabajando actualmente?!
-- Nomura: No puedo decir nada más que eso. (*Risas*).

ZZidane_072 · Publicado: 25 Feb 2010 12:39 am

Diego_KH · Publicado: 26 Feb 2010 1:34 am

No le creo nada a Nomura, siempre dice algo en sus entrevistas y después no pasa ná.

Aunque no de Ven y Xemnas ha sido interesante.
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[BGM] · Publicado: 09 Dec 2010 10:14 am

ahi van otros cinco años mas de espera ¬...¬
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yo estaba cuando Shokie llego, cuando SuN hacia las primeras teorias, cuando todos flipamos con KH:Com y cuando Caith traia noticias frescas.

yo leia en este foro cosas sobre kh1.
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