Kingdom Hearts 4 Could Bring Back Older Disney Worlds

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Although they have been criticized for their irrelevance to the overarching plot, Disney worlds have always been an important part of the Kingdom Hearts series. Part of the franchise’s appeal is the entertainment value of seeing semi-serious RPG foes like the Heartless invade the universes of the often optimistic and colorful Disney animated canon. While more recent entries in the series have focused on other Disney properties and more modern titles, the studio’s classic output dominated earlier Kingdom Hearts games, and still make up most of the represented movies in the franchise.

Aside from Hercules, Kingdom Hearts 3 was filled with non-traditional Disney fare, such as Pixar films and Pirates of the Caribbean, or modern “classics” animated in CGI such as Tangled, Frozen, and Big Hero 6. No new worlds were based on a traditionally animated feature, a far cry from the direction taken by the first few Kingdom Hearts games. This hints at a certain future for the franchise, especially because Disney owns both Marvel and Star Wars — two franchises that will likely get some kind of representation. The Disney classics might not be in vogue, but Kingdom Hearts 4 should not just let them be.

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Despite the fact that plenty of franchises have been represented in Kingdom Hearts, the series is far from out of options. If it wants to keep being fresh with Kingdom Hearts 4, the series might have to rely on properties bought by Disney or supplementary media to introduce new worlds. A majority of the most popular Disney classics, from the Disney princess flicks to Winnie the Pooh and The Lion King, have made an appearance in the franchise at least once.

If one’s definition of “keeping things