The highly anticipated game Kingdom Hearts III is officially released in the West yesterday, January 29.
The official YouTube channel of PlayStation uploaded a launch commercial for the game’s release on Tuesday. This new commercial features the ending song “Don’t Think Twice” (“Chikai” or “Oath” in Japanese) performed by the talented Japanese singer Utada Hikaru.
The following confirmed worlds in the game are Toy Story, Big Hero 6, Monsters Inc., Tangled, Frozen, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Square Enix also confirmed the return of the Olympus Coliseum world.
The opening theme song titled “Face my Fears” is a collaboration of music producer Skrillex, Japanese singer icon Utada Hikaru, and record producer Poo Bear.
During Tokyo Game Show in September last year, game director Tetsuya Nomura said the upcoming game is “most definitely not the end of Kingdom Hearts.” He is also expressed that he wishes to continue Sora’s story and confirms that the final game will have a Xehanort as the main enemy. Kingdom Hearts III will also have a secret movie and the game staff is still deciding on where to where to implement it into the highly-anticipated game.
The franchise also had a Kingdom Hearts VR Experience game which was launched during the holiday season for free in English. Sony also released a VR experience of two songs performed by Utada Hikaru last Winter which is from her last concert tour that happened last year.
Source: Anime News Network