Expectations
IGN's Ryan Clements, as a result of his Kingdom Hearts fandom, created a concept of how he wanted such a game to be; in particular, he wanted it to show a more romantic relationship between Sora and Kairi, darker antagonists, and a deeper combat system. Due to The Walt Disney Company's buyout of Marvel Entertainment and Lucasfilm, it was speculated whether Marvel or Lucasfilm characters and themes would appear in a future Kingdom Hearts game. Metro criticized Kingdom Hearts Re:coded along with the other side-games following Kingdom Hearts II, wanting Square Enix to "hurry up and get on with" Kingdom Hearts III, feeling that it would provide an opportunity for the series to be revamped. G4TV's review of Re:coded gave similar criticism, calling it "no Kingdom Hearts III." The Escapist's John Funk joked that we would see Kingdom Hearts III released alongside Diablo III and Half-Life 2: Episode 3 "just after the world ends in 2012". These games are also notorious for how long it is taking to release them, though Diablo III was released in May 2012, eleven years after development began.
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