The latest details for "Kingdom Hearts 3" will likely have a possible episodic launch and a new game feature based on "Wreck-it Ralph".
It seems that "Kingdom Hearts 3" will likely have an episodic style launch as game director Hajime Tabata told Famitsu (via Gamepur) that there are plans for for it due to the fact that the scale of the sequel's story will be huge and he and the game developers are overwhelmed about it.
Although Nomura admitted that he is afraid of an episodic release style as it might ruin the tempo of "Kingdom Hearts 3's" storyline. Nomura added that an online multiplayer feature for the sequel soon and he has been hinting clues from past interviews, though nothing concrete is being confirmed to date.
The plot of "Kingdom Hearts 3" will have Sora and his friends gathering the seven guardians of light in order to defeat Master Xehanort and his new Organization XIII from spreading darkness across the universe, culminating into another Keyblade War. Sora along with Goofy and Donald Duck will be travelling to new and exciting Disney worlds that they and the gamers have not seen before, while his best friend Riku and King Mickey will seek out a battle-scarred Keyblade wielder. It unknown as to who is the Keyblade wielder that Riku and King Mickey are searching for, but it seems that this person will play an important role in the coming Keyblade War.
Meanwhile, a new rumored gameplay feature has been teased in "Kingdom Hearts 3" as Reddit username DChinBlaster claimed that Sora will have a kart move based on the Disney animated film, "Wreck-It Ralph".
The Reddit user added that the kart move could be similar to Pete's D-Link in "Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep". "Wreck-It Ralph" is one of the many rumored Disney worlds that could appear in "Kingdom Hearts 3" along with "Frozen", "Brave", "The Jungle Book", "Zootopia" and "Toy Story".
Square Enix already revealed two of Sora's new weapons in the sequel such as the Guard Form and an unnamed hammer form.
So far, the Disney worlds that will appear in "Kingdom Hearts 3" are "Tangled", "Hercules" and "Big Hero 6". Previous reports teased that an evil Baymax will appear in the game and Final Fantasy characters Noctis, Snow Villiers, Fran, Balthier, Vincent Valentine and Warrior of Light and being teased as well.
"Kingdom Hearts 3" is speculated to be release on 2017 for the PS4 and Xbox One.