Square Enix reveals two new Kingdom Hearts games - Here's how this announcement fares for the Nintendo Switch
Square Enix recently hosted their Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary event. To fans' surprise, the Japanese publisher also revealed the latest installment in the acclaimed series: Kingdom Hearts 4 (or KH4). For those unaware, it is a crossover game series between Square Enix's Final Fantasy and Disney's renowned fantasy worlds.
As expected, the end result is a wholly unique premise where a unique cast of Square Enix characters mingle with Disney characters. Their ultimate goal is to stop creatures called the Heartless and the antagonist Xehanort. As it is a mainline game, KH4 will follow the events of the previous 2019 numbered entry, which was released on PS4, XB1 and PC.
Cutting to the chase, the franchise is pretty popular on Nintendo platforms, though the series only saw spin-off entries on Nintendo platforms like the DS and 3DS. Kingdom Hearts 3 (or KH3) did not see a Switch entry due to obvious technical limitations. However, Square Enix opted not to bring over the remasters of the previous franchise, citing storage limitations (of all excuses) as the main cause.
Instead, they brought over a Cloud Version of the Kingdom Hearts Trilogy which was quickly met with backlash from the community. This was to be expected, as after all, these are PS3 remasters of PS2 games, so it does not make sense for it to be cloud-based. However, fans have started to wonder if recent events could mean anything for the Nintendo Switch. Considering the situation, there's bad news and good news.
Kingdom Hearts 4 will likely not be available for the Nintendo Switch. The in-engine footage revealed so far depicts a game that has improved upon KH3, which was already infeasible on the handheld console. The footage showed bigger and more vertical
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