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Kingdom Hearts 4: Everything we know so far
Feature There's no Kingdom Hearts 4 release in sight, but there is plenty of news and details to dive into ahead of Sora's next adventure
Kingdom Hearts 4 has been radio silent for 1,005 days, but don’t worry - Tetsuya Nomura teases he has the story planned out
News Via a commemorative message for Birth By Sleep's 15th anniversary
The original Kingdom Hearts was initially "more hardcore" until Square Enix toned it down: "We had some puzzles in there that would make you go, 'what is this, Takeshi's Challenge?'"
News "It's a bit of a wolf in sheep's clothing."
When making Kingdom Hearts, the "one thing" RPG icon Tetsuya Nomura "wasn't willing to budge on" was a non-Disney protagonist
News "I wanted Sora's design to be a kind of 'grand compilation' of all the characters I'd drawn up till then."
Kingdom Hearts 2 streamer spends 2 hours grinding a 9999-hit combo, gets enough cash for 1.2 healing potions: "This is possibly the most stressful thing I've ever done"
Two hours for 50 munny is one of the less efficient ways to grind in an RPG
Kingdom Hearts forced Naughty Dog to go "oh sh*t" while making Jak 2, because Square Enix's character models were so much more detailed that the platformer devs had to change course
News The rework just "made sense"
After voicing Sora in 12 RPGs, Kingdom Hearts actor says maybe "the best thing to do" is let the long-running series end: "Even if you have something that you love"
News Haley Joel Osment thinks it's nice to not let a series "drag out beyond where the creator wants it to go."
Tetsuya Nomura acknowledges that Kingdom Hearts 4 is more like Kingdom Hearts 13, but the story's gotten a "reset" to keep new players from getting confused
News The next round of Kingdom Hearts games are "being made with a stronger focus on being new titles rather than sequels"
