For nylig udtalte instruktør Tetsuya Nomura, at selvom der fortsat bliver arbejdet på Final Fantasy VII: Remake, så er hans fulde fokus på Kingdom Hearts III, for spillet skulle meget ramme udgivelsesdatoen d. 29 januar. Dette har naturligvis gjort tålmodige fans vrede, der har klaget over at Square Enix valgte at spillet så tidligt. Nu svarer Nomura igen.
I et interview med Famitsu (via Siliconera) fortæller Nomura at hans kommentarer blev misforstået, og at udviklingen går "godt".
"As I said during E3, development is going favorably. I just wanted to say that the current PR priority is Kingdom Hearts III, as it was during the ARTNIA event the other day, but after that it'll be Final Fantasy VII Remake, so please don't worry. It has nothing to do with Dissidia Final Fantasy, but this is just about the only opportunity I can get to speak to you all directly, so I thought I'd take up a little bit of your time... I really pushed for it. [laughs]"
Dog kan hverken Nomura eller Square Enix fortælle hvornår vi hører mere fra spillet.