Kingdom Hearts 4 announced with new trailer at 20th anniversary event

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Kingdom Hearts 4 has been officially announced at an event celebrating the series' 20th anniversary.

Initially premiered to the attendees of the Kingdom Hearts 20th anniversary celebration event in Japan, Square Enix has now publicly released the first trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4. 

In a seven minute long video, fans outside of the event can see what was shown during the presentation including news on Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road, a new mobile game, and our first look at Kingdom Hearts 4. 

Here's a look at the future of the Kingdom Hearts series, just revealed at the 20th Anniversary Event held in Tokyo. #KH20th pic.twitter.com/WkmknaMcqOApril 10, 2022

The trailer has a darker and more serious tone than previous instalments in the series, showing what appears to be a much older Sora teaming up with Strelitzia from Kingdom Hearts Union X to take down a large Shadow Heartless in a modern day Japanese city. 

From this first Kingdom Hearts 4 footage, it would appear that the series is taking a big leap forward over 2019's Kingdom Hearts 3, with Square Enix pushing for a more photo-realistic visual aesthetic versus the more stylised look we're used to from previous games.  

Don't worry though, it looks like Donald and Goofy are still tagging along for the adventure as they do make a brief appearance towards the end of the Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer, where they seem to be looking for someone before getting spooked by somebody off camera.

The rest of the video from the 20th anniversary event announced that the mobile game Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road has been delayed until August 2022. Not only this but we also got our first glimpse at a brand new mobile game called Kingdom Hearts – Missing Link which will apparently receive a closed