Quote Originally Posted by SeeDRankLou
Quote Originally Posted by Ouch!
If I'm not mistaken, Nomura explicitly stated that he wanted to deviate from the current Kingdom Hearts plotline. To me, that would imply a plot that doesn't include Sora, Riku, Kairi, etc. Besides, I don't think just (SPOILER)receiving a letter in a bottle means that there has to be another sequel. I'm not ruling it out. Certainly we could see something with Sora, Riku, and Kairi later on, but I'm not holding my breath.
You are not mistaken. But I don't think that that means the next one will not include Sora, Riku and Kairi. I think he just wants to deviate from the whole Sora in search of his friends and the king aspect of the story, which he kind of has to now. The next one just probably won't be related to anything like that.
Well said. I agree completely.

And with the info we've been given in KHII, and the special ending video, there is already a very interesting plot that is starting to set itself up...