With the release of
Kingdom Hearts 3 just days away, game director
Tetsuya Nomura took to
Famitsu to express his feeling on game releases, since the recent leak of his upcoming game. As a quick recap, it was recently announced that
Kingdom Hearts 3 was leaked weeks before its release, causing the franchise to potentially be spoiled before release, a game that was over a dcade in the making. ightfuly so, this caused concern for both the creators and the fanbase alike. Because of this situation,
Nomura began to reconsider the release strategies of his future games. According to
Famitsu,
Nomura stated:
"After this incident I can't help but reconsider things like simultaneous worldwide releases, at least for physical editions, of games I work on from here on out,....The risk of simultaneous worldwide releases is high."
While the leak of the game was by no means massive, as only four copies only got out and all from the same place, it was enough to affect Nomura deeply not for financial reasons but because it would make those excited for the game, sad. If that isn't a sign of a passionate artist then it will be hard to find another. Still excited for the upcoming game? Kingdom Hearts 3 releases in Japan on Friday and Worldwide on the 29th.