Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Ultimania is a pretty hefty guidebook to the Kingdom Hearts-series (trust me, it's needed), sadly only available in Japanese, that's released tomorrow. In it, there's an interview with director Tetsuya Nomura that's been translated by Heartstation.org, which includes some interesting information about the future of the series after Kingdom Hearts III.
Heartstation.org writes:
"About the next title, Kingdom Hearts 3 depends on Final Fantasy XIII Versus, but development of the next title is already underway. There are two titles other than Kingdom Hearts 3 in conception, and I think I'll release one within this year."
"As from next year, I want to put out a title with multiple main characters."
"The series won't end in Kingdom Hearts 3, more like the conclusion of the Xehanort saga."
"It's not the case that when Sora's story is over another hero's story will begin; Sora will be the hero until the end."
And on the overseas version: "We added the Critical degree of difficulty, more cutscenes, more songs to the Rhythmic Ice Cream mini game, more Keyblades, more types of enemies and altered battle balance. I still can't say we'll release a Final Mix, but we can't give it the generous treatment like with Re:Chain of Memories."
For Kingdom Hearts-fans (like me), this is great news; even if it seems like we'll have to wait for a long time yet for Kingdom Hearts III.
Pictures from FF-Reunion.