Tetsuya Nomura, the creator of the Kingdom Heart series, rejected the description of Kingdom Hearts as a “trilogy”, and explained that the series will continue on beyond the release of Kingdom Hearts III.

“There was never a plan,” he said. “As a core game, this is finally the third, and 10 years have passed. I couldn’t call this a trilogy. There have been so many spin-offs. In ‘Kingdom Hearts 3,’ the battles that the characters have been fighting for the past 10 years will come to a conclusion. That is the plan. But the series will continue. Only the particular enemy they have been fighting the past 10 years will come to an end.” He continues, “Fan expectation for ‘Kingdom Hearts 3′ is extremely high. To respond to those expectations, I have to provide something really good. Technology is really important, as is the [Disney] world.”