Sora's New Outfit

My only quarrel with Sora's new design is his face... there is something wrong with the face and I can't quite put my finger on it.

 

Ah, I see it now. I guess it makes him look older...? It just feels weird to me. Other than that I have no problems with his design. Just let me see what the others will look like in this game!

 

Personally, I'm all for it.


For one, it does make Sora look older, which honestly needs to happen. So far as I can tell, Sora's journey has been going on for more than a year now story wise, and in the past 12 years or so since Kingdom Heart's First release we have all grown up as well, Sora might as well mature and grow up. Sora would be 16-17 at this point, and he deffinately looks that age here.

Secondly, the color pallete is a lot more focused. I do love the old colors, but again, Sora is growing up so we don't need to have brighter colors, as far as I can tell not a lot of teenage boys going into their senior year where bright clothes, they start to become more dark and less pastel. Sora's outfit, from what I can tell, is loosely based off of Mickey Mouse, so it makes sense to focus on the reds and blacks, rather than adding more white, blue and yellow. I think the main reason why Sora looks so different is because we are now focusing on a more condensed and smaller color pallete, we are so used to see the more detailed colored outfit from the past 10 years. This one looks more cleaned up and focused, and honestly more pleasing to the eye.

I will admit his hair isn't the best change but I'll grow used to it, I personally prefer he keep his old hair, but a bit shorter instead of the direction they took here. Also anyone else notice if you remove the two big spikes on the sides of his head his hair would looke more like Ventus/Roxas?

 

Meh. I do not see the "SORA IS WEARING VALOR FORM" complaint. There's no "It is awesome" or "It is terrible!" to me. Nothing surprising or attractive and I see it as decent.

 

I love this outfit. It's so beautiful! Sora is supposed to be older and look different! Hooray for postitive change!

 

Sora's new outfit is alright and his hair isn't that spike.

 

Chill, it's just an outfit upgrade and shorter hair. That generally happens when someone has matured. I mean you can have spikey anime hair in high school, but that doesn't work in an actual job. That's how I think of it anyways.

Its obvious that this sleek look has something to do with his maturity and SPOILER self exileness. I like the look it especially because it's going to add a lot more acrobatic movement and Sora really needs that. Especially if he wants to hang with good ol' Riku doing all those flips.

Plus you're blaming Nomura? The guy who left FF15 for FF7. It wasn't fully his fault others wanted a change as well as fans. Just like the ff7 remake the pressure was felt.
Interview:


What was the inspiration behind Sora’s new costume design?



Nomura: “In terms of the costume, I noticed that the Kingdom Hearts II costume was very popular among fans, so I was actually torn until the very last minute about whether or not I should keep the Kingdom Hearts II outfit. But of course, this is Kingdom Hearts III, the first proper numbered title that we’ve put out in a while, so I did have the desire to change it. And staff members were pushing me, ‘no, you have to change it!’ So I was driven to redesign a new outfit for Sora. The basis is a mix between Kingdom Hearts II and the one iteration before Kingdom Hearts III was Dream Drop Distance, so we’ve taken a mid-point between the two titles. The previous new outfit was a red-and-black color palette, so we took the designs from Kingdom Hearts IIand the Dream Drop Distance outfit. You may have also noticed that it’s a lot more sleek and sporty, so to speak. Because, as you may have seen in the trailer, Sora does a lot more movements, more acrobatic movements, more action-oriented movements, so we wanted to make sure that it is a sporty fit and that he can move comfortably.”

Sora seems to be getting more mature. Is the new costume tied to Sora’s growth as a person?

Nomura: “At first glance, you may feel that Sora’s proportions have changed. But actually, when you’re looking at the trailer where he’s in Hercules’ world, he’s actually in the Kingdom Hearts II costume. So the skeletal structure is basically the same—Sora is the same size and proportion. It might seem, at first glance, that he may look a little taller, or his hair is less wild. We kind of muted the volume on his hair—it’s not as wild. Or, as we mentioned earlier, it’s more sporty, kind of like an athletic look, very sleek and slim, and less change in decorations. Maybe that might give the impression that he’s a little bit slimmer.”

 

Chill.

Ok so you're telling me it's fine to go into a corporate job looking like super sayian goku right now with a legend of Zelda shirt and cut jeans and people would take you seriously?

Besides the point. I'm saying I believe his new clothes are symbolizing a more mature sora after he failed the make of mastery test. That was the case in KHII so why not this game? Why can't this game give a different feel? Because you don't like it? Then you create the game.

Nomura said they were.

Sora does a lot more movements, more acrobatic movements, more action-oriented movements, so we wanted to make sure that it is a sporty fit and that he can move comforta

Nah because it wasn't just his choice so blame everyone who pushed the idea as well. Plus I doubt I could make the game any better. Plus the fact I've been waiting on it for a Long while I'm not going to flame over clothes and hair

Or because this dude has been working hard on some of the most anticipated games of all time (ff15, kh2, and now a remake of ff7) and people are going to cry (especially ff7) about every little detail they don't like. So no I don't blame this guy for making a choice with his team instead of going out and doing it on his own without any other ideas

 

Not sure what the limit is but I see no reason to make a new thread soooooo more Sora clothes:


And yes those are small crowns on the bottoms of his shoes.