<P> In June 2013, Nomura discussed the updated visuals, saying that the development team tried to return the character's texture to the original "paintbrush art from Disney productions". The resulting visuals were referred to as the Kingdom Shader . Nomura continued, "It may look like a pretty drastic change, but I see it as a rich evolution of everything we've shown you up to now ." Nomura also revealed that Sora is the same proportions as in previous games; however, they "muted the volume on his hair--it's not as wild ." Regarding updating Sora's look from his Kingdom Hearts II design, Nomura noted that outfit's popularity, but felt "the desire to change it" since the game is the first numbered sequel since II's release . He added that the basis for the resulting design is a mix between Sora's costumes for Kingdom Hearts II and Dream Drop Distance, one that is "a lot more sleek and sporty" since "Sora does a lot more...acrobatic (and)... action - oriented movements". Riku and King Mickey also receive updated outfits . Speaking on the designs of the worlds, Nomura said the updated graphical capabilities allowed the development team "to depict the world (s) of the original film (s) as close to (their) original form as possible" after previously creating worlds to be "a stylized Kingdom Hearts world". </P> <P> The game's soundtrack was written by longtime series composer Yoko Shimomura, and features additional contributions from Takeharu Ishimoto and Tsuyoshi Sekito . As with the first two main Kingdom Hearts games, it will have a theme song written and performed by Hikaru Utada, titled "Chikai" in Japanese and "Don't Think Twice" in English . </P> <P> English voice actors reprising their roles from previous games include Haley Joel Osment as Sora, Bill Farmer as Goofy, and Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck . They are joined by Carlos Alazraqui as Mike Wazowski, Christopher Swindle as Sulley, and Josh Gad as Olaf, reprising his role from the film . Kingdom Hearts III also has full voice acting in optional dialogue moments outside of cut scenes, which is a first for the series . </P> <P> Kingdom Hearts III is scheduled to be released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 25, 2019 in Japan and on January 29, 2019 elsewhere . In July 2017, at D23, it was announced that the game would release in 2018 . Almost a year later, at an additional performance of the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra World Tour in Los Angeles, the game's North American release date was revealed to be January 29, 2019 . Nomura spoke to moving the game's release date outside of 2018, stating the development team had been told the original release date they had considered was not "good timing in the year" to release the game, especially considering "differences in holiday lengths and how stores behave in different regions". In addition, Square Enix requested the game be released as simultaneously as possibly between Japan and the rest of the world, and not wanting to move up the release at the expense of development, resulted in the January 2019 date being chosen . </P>

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