Tetsuya Nomura opened up about the challenges of developing Kingdom Hearts 4

sportskeeda.com:

Tetsuya Nomura recently opened up about Kingdom Hearts 4, discussing the inclusion of Final Fantasy characters and the challenges of newer, better graphics. As the graphics improve, the director of Kingdom Hearts feels it can limit what sort of Disney areas future games can travel to.

Is Kingdom Hearts 4 going to bring back the Final Fantasy characters? Tetsuya Nomura discussed this during an interview with Game Informer. He said that many fans consider the point of Kingdom Hearts to be a meeting between Final Fantasy and Disney, but that’s not really the purpose.

The Final Fantasy characters were used because the Kingdom Hearts cast was unknown, so the cameos were used to put familiar faces in the games. That way, fans will likely find themselves playing Kingdom Hearts.

Nomura said:

The Kingdom Hearts 4 cast has plenty of memorable characters, and it’s not quite as necessary to have those non-Kingdom Hearts cameo appearances. Nomura said he’s trying to find some manner of balance between guest characters. The director also said the game might feel different from previous titles in the series.

Does that mean there will be no Disney cameos either? That’s not the case at all, according to Nomura. While it’s going to “feel different,” there will be some Disney worlds sprinkled into Kingdom Hearts 4. It was an interesting talking point from the director.

Each Kingdom Hearts game gets prettier and prettier with each bit of graphical improvement. While fans love to see the games look better, it can also limit what Disney titles they can accurately portray. The game looks more realistic than previous games, so it’s less likely to show off the more cartoony Disney areas that fans may be familiar with.

Tetsuya Nomura did specify that