Tetsuya Nomura Teases Kingdom Hearts 4 Villain, Reveals How Sora Came to Smash Bros.
As part of yesterday’s Game Informer interview with series director Tetsuya Nomura, details about the villains of the upcoming and Sora’s inclusion in were revealed.
Nomura spoke about how the new villain of will have “a lot to do with the masked characters that appear at the end of .” The mentioned characters are the Foretellers, who first appeared in the mobile game as prominent characters in the narrative. Though the mobile game has since been discontinued, it can still be downloaded as a “theater mode” in order to experience the important story scenes.
He then went on to say that fans should try , the forthcoming mobile game, when it comes out, as it will contain information and characters that will pertain to both and the series as a whole. is set to have a closed beta test later this year.
Nomura also clarified that the many fans speculating that it was Disney that made Sora’s addition to challenging are incorrect. It was Nomura himself who was picky about how Sora would be included and how that might clash with the established lore of the series, while Disney was allegedly completely on-board with Sora being a DLC fighter.
sees Sora awaken in the world of Quadratum following the events of , as his friends continue to search for him. It will be the first entry of the “Lost Master” arc — a follow-up to the “Dark Seeker” saga of previous games. There is currently no release date for the game.
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