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:::The KHdecoded article appears to be a reader-submitted article, without factchecking oversight, and even the title casts doubt on the claims -- also, the art is pretty simple, and nothing about it sounds official. If there's no statement from a reliable source, someone not doing laughable "internet sleuthing", then this is an absolute no -- even the IGN article seems to be operating on hearsay. As a basic requirement, any ''reputable'' news source would be able to easily get an answer from Disney, GFL, or Square Enix instead of relying on a bullshit reddit post.{{User:KrytenKoro/Sig}} 19:57, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
:::The KHdecoded article appears to be a reader-submitted article, without factchecking oversight, and even the title casts doubt on the claims -- also, the art is pretty simple, and nothing about it sounds official. If there's no statement from a reliable source, someone not doing laughable "internet sleuthing", then this is an absolute no -- even the IGN article seems to be operating on hearsay. As a basic requirement, any ''reputable'' news source would be able to easily get an answer from Disney, GFL, or Square Enix instead of relying on a bullshit reddit post.{{User:KrytenKoro/Sig}} 19:57, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
:::Hell, have any of the Kingdom Hearts fansites throwing away their reputation on this done a basic trademark patent search? Producers register tons of optional names before they put this much work into a thing, it is ludicrous to believe that they got to the concept art and story planning stage without staking claims on possible names.{{User:KrytenKoro/Sig}} 20:04, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
:::Hell, have any of the Kingdom Hearts fansites throwing away their reputation on this done a basic trademark patent search? Producers register tons of optional names before they put this much work into a thing, it is ludicrous to believe that they got to the concept art and story planning stage without staking claims on possible names.{{User:KrytenKoro/Sig}} 20:04, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
::::Interesting, today's the first time I see this has actually gotten any attention. My understanding is different to the one expressed in KHInsider, though I remain equally skeptical. Based solely on what is expressed/written in the KH13 articles, from what I know, the entire concept of the game is based on the leaking of information by a "former developer" of the game, who posted this information on his personal LinkedIn profile. Then come all the blog links that supposedly were linked on his profile that housed the concept art. I became skeptical when I saw the concept art. Then there's the issue of ''Frozen'' being involved in the game, a game in planning nine months before ''Frozen'' had actually premiered. Not to mention, as KHInsider has noted, the concept art is really badly made. My explanation can be found on the KH13 article comments, to which [http://kh13.com/forum/topic/85201-concept-art-for-disneys-cancelled-iosandroid-kingdom-hearts-game-revealed-including-wreck-it-ralph-frozen-tangled-star-wars-worlds/?p=1621313 DChiuch strongly believed he there was a perfect explanation for it]. There does appear that a game (different from this one) was in development at about the same time, but I think that while that one is more probable to have existed, this one...not so much. It is my belief that the game never existed, and KH13 is the sad victim of a scam levied against the ''Kingdom Hearts'' community, probably for the purpose of upping up the scammers own resumes (Kinda wish that the this kinda publication had been given to [[KHWiki:Kingdom Hearts -3D HD ReMIX-|our "scam"/prank]]). {{KeybladeSpyMaster/Sig}} 00:46, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
::::Interesting, today's the first time I see this has actually gotten any attention. My understanding is different to the one expressed in KHInsider, though I remain equally skeptical. Based solely on what is expressed/written in the KH13 articles, from what I know, the entire concept of the game is based on the leaking of information by a "former developer" of the game, who posted this information on his personal LinkedIn profile. Then come all the blog links that supposedly were linked on his profile that housed the concept art. I became skeptical when I saw the concept art. Then there's the issue of ''Frozen'' being involved in the game, a game in planning nine months before ''Frozen'' had actually premiered. Not to mention, as KHInsider has noted, the concept art is really badly made. My explanation can be found on the KH13 article comments, to which [http://kh13.com/forum/topic/85201-concept-art-for-disneys-cancelled-iosandroid-kingdom-hearts-game-revealed-including-wreck-it-ralph-frozen-tangled-star-wars-worlds/?p=1621313 DChiuch strongly believed he there was a perfect explanation for it]. There does appear that a game (different from this one) was in development at about the same time, but I think that while that one is more probable to have existed, this one...not so much. It is my belief that the game never existed, and KH13 is the sad victim of a scam levied against the ''Kingdom Hearts'' community, probably for the purpose of upping up the scammers own resumes (Kinda wish that the this kinda publication had been given to [[Kingdom Hearts Wiki:Kingdom Hearts -3D HD ReMIX-|our "scam"/prank]]). {{KeybladeSpyMaster/Sig}} 00:46, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
{{TNE|time=10:46, 18 May 2015 (UTC)|text=What would really help, right about now, is if Disney or SE actually issued an official statement either supporting or refuting this, so we know once and for all. That might happen, I don't know, several months from now... but it would really be appreciated. Not for our sake, of course, because we're not buying it -- but for the sake of the hundreds who have gone gaga for it, not knowing if it is a scam or not.}}
{{TNE|time=10:46, 18 May 2015 (UTC)|text=What would really help, right about now, is if Disney or SE actually issued an official statement either supporting or refuting this, so we know once and for all. That might happen, I don't know, several months from now... but it would really be appreciated. Not for our sake, of course, because we're not buying it -- but for the sake of the hundreds who have gone gaga for it, not knowing if it is a scam or not.}}


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I agree with Webber on this point. I don't see the value in talking about "rumours", ie. things that could be made up. I think that's too close to cataloging fan-made stuff, which is outside of the scope of this wiki. I think we should consider the evidence on each rumour individually and only write about the ones that are solid. Also on the point of "What website counts as a source? Does a KH fansite? Does IGN?", I think again we should ignore the reputation of the reporting website and instead look at the specific evidence, and just consider the legitimacy of the actual source of the evidence. --[[User:DChiuch|DChiuch]] ([[User talk:DChiuch|talk]]) 04:06, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
I agree with Webber on this point. I don't see the value in talking about "rumours", ie. things that could be made up. I think that's too close to cataloging fan-made stuff, which is outside of the scope of this wiki. I think we should consider the evidence on each rumour individually and only write about the ones that are solid. Also on the point of "What website counts as a source? Does a KH fansite? Does IGN?", I think again we should ignore the reputation of the reporting website and instead look at the specific evidence, and just consider the legitimacy of the actual source of the evidence. --[[User:DChiuch|DChiuch]] ([[User talk:DChiuch|talk]]) 04:06, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:But....the whole point - practically the ''definition'' - to rumors is that they ''aren't'' solid.  The....uhm, solidity, is what separates rumors from facts.  --[[User:Webber22|Webber22]] ([[User talk:Webber22|talk]]) 19:52, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
:But....the whole point - practically the ''definition'' - to rumors is that they ''aren't'' solid.  The....uhm, solidity, is what separates rumors from facts.  --[[User:Webber22|Webber22]] ([[User talk:Webber22|talk]]) 19:52, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
Pardon for extending an already extended conversation, but I found the background artist's website, which I'm not sure has been brought up before. Owen Rohu is an Irish matte painter who's worked at Disney, and currently freelances.
http://www.owenrohu.com/digital-paintings.html
This page from his website features the WIR, L&S, Agrabah, Neverland, Grid and SW backgrounds, all labelled as "Disney Gaming Environment", slightly mixed with his Angry Birds backgrounds.
The kicker is that I found it through googling Traverse Town images. There was actually a Traverse Town background, of the same flattened style (though seemingly incomplete), up on the website that for whatever reason has since been removed. The preview should still be brought up in Google if you search "owenrohu traverse town", though the original image can't be recovered. On top of that, http://www.filmmayo.ie/directory/owen-rohu lists him as working on "Kingdom Hearts", which would support the Traverse Town image's existence.
I'm pondering if this has any value whatsoever towards proving or disproving the rumour, since he does have some legitimate Disney credits.
[[Special:Contributions/195.171.114.174|195.171.114.174]] 11:17, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
:Does he list contact information?{{User:KrytenKoro/Sig}} 12:50, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
::Pardon for the computer switch. His contact button's at the right side of the site header. There's also a button to his LinkedIn, which says he was working at Trilabyrinth between 2012 and 2014 as a freelancer doing "gaming environments for Disney and Lucas Arts". Going to the Trilabyrinth page brings up their 2014 company reel which includes the Star Wars backgrounds shared by both Rohu and GFL Productions in the "PREvis" section of the video. [[Special:Contributions/82.36.144.164|82.36.144.164]] 17:32, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
:::Okay, someone should contact him.{{User:KrytenKoro/Sig}} 22:49, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
See, now ''this'' is a bit more of that solidity I was talking about.  Though, I have to note that the Traverse Town matte image search is a no-go.  His work page has also been web archived, and nothing.  --[[User:Webber22|Webber22]] ([[User talk:Webber22|talk]]) 23:56, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
:It doesn't come up as a regular search result, is the thing. I found it by coincidence via Google's 'related images' when looking at the First District picture from the wikia, which was what led me to his page in the first place. If I hadn't recognised the SW and L&S backgrounds that were still up, I never would've made the connection.
:I offer a screencap of the search result here, which matches one of the sketches from the 'Game Hubs' section of KH13's upload:<br />
:[http://s640.photobucket.com/user/UMIYURI/media/Screen%20Shot%202016-05-10%20at%2008.31.42.png.html http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu121/UMIYURI/th_Screen%20Shot%202016-05-10%20at%2008.31.42.png] [http://kh13.com/forum/uploads/gallery/album_1224/med_gallery_1_1224_136867.jpg http://kh13.com/forum/uploads/gallery/album_1224/tn_gallery_1_1224_136867.jpg]
[[Special:Contributions/82.36.144.164|82.36.144.164]] 07:44, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
::That...seems to the point.  Who's going to be contacting him? --[[User:Webber22|Webber22]] ([[User talk:Webber22|talk]]) 14:02, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
:::Looking for Trilabyrinth, incidentally, their website also has concepts for New Town here: http://www.trilabyrinth.com/portfolio/2d-3d-props-assets/
:::Three-dimensional Disney sets from the world list we have are here: http://www.trilabyrinth.com/portfolio/3dsets/
:::And all these Disney sketches, including again that part of the Death Star: http://www.trilabyrinth.com/portfolio/design-work/
:::Most of this was not part of the GFL leak.
:::It's worth a note that a few of these concepts are for separate Star Wars projects and a few others are for Epic Mickey, but the difference between them is particularly stark. [[Special:Contributions/82.36.144.164|82.36.144.164]] 06:40, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
::::Update: Rohu has '''password-protected his front page and digital paintings gallery''' as of today. [[Special:Contributions/82.36.144.164|82.36.144.164]] 21:29, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

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