Kingdom Hearts 4 Announced At 20th Anniversary Event
Square Enix has confirmed that Kingdom Hearts 4 is in development.
The Kingdom Hearts 20th-anniversary event has just concluded in Tokyo, and audience members were shown a reveal trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4. That trailer has since been released to the public and it shows a very different direction for the series.
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The trailer shows Sora in a city that looks incredibly similar to Quadratum, the hometown of Yozora. Sora is seen with a completely new design, looking much more realistic than he did in other Kingdom Hearts games.
Sora is then shown running through the city after a large Heartless resembling Darkside suddenly appears out of nowhere. After summoning his Keyblade, Sora takes on the Darkside in what looks to be early gameplay footage, where Sora is shown using Keyblade Transformation-esque abilities (although notably only with the Kingdom Key) against the Darkside.
As Sora faces the Darkside, the camera pans up to reveal two hooded figures, which are presumably the Master of Masters and Xigbar, who was shown to be the Master's apprentice Luxu at the end of Kingdom Hearts 3.
The trailer ends by showing Donald and Goofy exploring a cave, presumably looking for a way to find Sora, who disappeared following the events of Kingdom Hearts 3. Donald and Goofy see a blue light that very likely belongs to Hades, before it turns red and the two scream.
There was no release window attached to the trailer. Instead, "Magic in the Making" was shown at the end. It beats "Now in Development" at least.
According to Twitter user aibo_ac7, Nomura chose to make Kingdom Hearts 4 instead of a Verum Rex game. During the event, Nomura said, " I was wondering whether to make KH4 or
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