New Kingdom Hearts in the Works?

The Square Enix theater at the annual Jump Festa show in Tokyo is always home to a few surprises, but this year saw a particularly special announcement. Those who took the time to view the main presentation were treated to a hint about a possible new project in the Kingdom Hearts series.

The theater was home to a number of clips for everything from Crisis Core to the Final Fantasy XIII games (we'll have further details shortly). But the big announcement came at the very end. Following a lengthy trailer for Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, a Japanese release of the English version of Kingdom Hearts II, the message "New Project Starting in 2007" appeared briefly before the screen went blank and the theater came to a close.

The text was decorated with sparkles, and combined with its placement right after the Kingdom Hearts trailer, we took it to be a reference to the popular Disney crossover series. But, it may well refer to something else.

Kingdom Hearts III? Or perhaps a brand new series? We'll have to wait until next year to find out for sure.

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