Kingdom Hearts 3 has scored a surprise victory over the Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
Express Online put the popularity of Kingdom Hearts 3 and Final Fantasy 7 Remake to the test in a recent poll.
More than 4.6k people took the poll, which asked readers to specify which Square Enix game they were most looking forward to.
Perhaps surprisingly, 51% of the votes went to Kingdom Hearts 3, compared to 49% for the Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
That’s at the time of writing, although it’s worth pointing out that the poll is still open.
The result contradicts a recent Famitsu poll, which suggests that the Final Fantasy 7 Remake is the more popular game.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake received 864 votes, while Kingdom Hearts 3 scored 543 votes.
While the release dates for both games remain a mystery, a new report suggests Kingdom Hearts 3’s launch date will be revealed at E3.
This is based on a Japanese Square Enix Twitter fan page that marks the Kingdom Hearts 3 release date for an E3 reveal.
A Gamespot report also sheds some light on the development of the game and how many people are working on it.
The report says that everybody in the company’s Osaka studio is working on the game, plus 100 people from the Tokyo studio.
The early phase worlds are said to be 90% complete, while the middle section is at 60%.
Director Tetsuya Nomura also said that the new game would contain a surprise new element that he’s always wanted to put in Kingdom Hearts.
The developer recently confirmed that the Monsters, Inc crew would appear in the game alongside the return of the Gummi Ship.
The biggest difference, however, is that Gummi Ship sections will be split into two phases for combat and exploration.