Awarded gamesGames of the Year Division

Award for excellenceKINGDOM HEARTS III

General Description

Title KINGDOM HEARTS III
Release 2019/1/25
Price 9,504yen(tax included)
Platform PlayStation®4 / Xbox One
Distributor SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Publisher SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Developer SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
URL https://www.jp.square-enix.com/kingdom/kh3/
Copyright © Disney. © Disney/Pixar. Developed by SQUARE ENIX

Reason

Characters from “Anna and the Snow Queen,” “Baymax,” and those from “Toy Story” and “Monsters, Inc.” are also newly introduced from the first Pixar works. Disney World is displayed in the highest quality. The stage direction is like attractions and exhilarating battle actions in a coordinated manner with characters. The game has made overwhelming progress with PS4, satisfied expectation of many fans including FF and Disney fans, and won supports.

Work Introdution

One day, Sora, a teenager boy, obtains a keyblade, a key shaped blade, goes on a trip with Donald Duck and Goofy, who receive an order from the king King Mickey to search for his best friends, Riku and Kairi, who have been separated. To save the world, both Light and Dark world must be keyed, and Riku, the best friend, decides to remain in the Dark World.
Organization XIII, which has been pulling the wires from behind in the world, stands the way of Sora, who has a keyblade that is indispensable for completing Kingdom, which is said to be the heart of the world,  the assembly of human hearts, over and over again, and starts battles.

Sora and others found out the past battles in “Kingdom Hearts” developed at the discretion of Master Xehanort, who aims at inciting another Kingblade War, and gather seven guardians of light.
King and Riku start to look for former keyblade users, and the three of Sora, Donald Duck, and Goofy race around various Disney Worlds to regain the “awakening power.”

Comment of the game producer

I would like to express my gratitude towards warm supports from “Kingdom Hearts” fans.

Already, 22 years have passed since I heard a proposal when the company was in Meguro in 1977. Since then, we have had our ups and downs, but even now, people all over the world still love “Kingdom Hearts,” and we really appreciate it.

Last year, we won the Future Division award and wanted to offer a better product and released this game this year. Receiving tremendous support from fans all over the world, we are very happy to win these Games of the Year Division Award for excellence this year. I would like to use this opportunity further to create a better game in the future.

Nomura, director of this game, and other staffs should be here, but they are engaged in next various projects. On behalf of Nomura, I would like to show our gratitude.

Again, thank you very much for your kind support to Kingdom Hearts III.

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