After only a few years of waiting, Kingdom Hearts 4 has been announced. This news comes as part of the Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary celebration in Tokyo behind trailers for the final Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road update, and the announcement of a new mobile game called Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link. It feels like the franchise has wasted no time in embracing a new era after Kingdom Hearts 3, and this will hopefully result in a much shorter waiting period.
Roughly half of the compilation trailer is devoted to Kingdom Hearts 4. Even if it can’t reveal too much due to the game’s early state, Square Enix knows fans want to see as much of the upcoming Kingdom Hearts as possible. There are plenty of secrets and mysteries contained within this trailer, so fans will have something to tide them over as they wait for more substantial news.
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Right from the beginning of the trailer, viewers are greeted with the words “The Lost Master Arc,” which will serve as the new saga’s name. This arc succeeds the Dark Seeker Saga and will be marked by a different, more subdued title font for its logos. Throughout the trailer, narration challenges someone — presumably Sora — to leave for another world if they don’t like their ending. The statement that “Your options are endless” is likely about Kingdom Hearts’ typical multi-world structure, and possibly Sora’s ability to find other worlds with his heart. More text appears discussing the nature of the soul, which is a rare sight in Kingdom Hearts. It seems to refer to how hearts are drawn to Kingdom Hearts, or how Sora was destined to arrive in Quadratum.
The next part of the trailer is taken up by four nature shots. These seem
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