If the trailer does certainly embrace an AT-ST tease, then Square Enix has lastly come to an settlement with Lucasfilm and Disney. Needless to say, this could be an enormous win for Kingdom Hearts and Star Wars followers who additionally play video games. Fans have lengthy wished Sora to discover the galaxy far, distant since Disney purchased the property in 2012. Gamers attending to lastly reside out that want could be up there with seeing Sora in Super Smash Bros.
Of course, a possible Star Wars stage in Kingdom Hearts 4 opens up one more query. Does this additionally imply that the subsequent recreation may additionally see Sora go to the Marvel universe? Today, Marvel fever has arguably eclipsed even Star Wars-mania, because of a profitable run of field office-smashing movies and common TV collection. But Kingdom Hearts has but to the touch any MCU properies, regardless of Disney buying Marvel Entertainment all the best way again in 2009. If Square Enix labored out a contract to incorporate Star Wars in Kingdom Hearts, then certainly it should have executed the identical with Marvel, proper? Well, that’s a fairly large “if.”
Even although Square Enix printed a Marvel’s Avengers recreation, the sport flopped miserably. Square Enix had a second shot with Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, which was an unlimited enchancment critically however not financially. To put it bluntly, Marvel may not be so excited to let Square Enix create extra video video games with its properties.
But Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy additionally demonstrated {that a} Marvel recreation beneath Square Enix’s management can work, as long as it’s not making an attempt to shovel in an ill-fitting “games as a service” mannequin whereas sacrificing significant and partaking storytelling. And Marvel stage in Kingdom Hearts 4 could be an amazing alternative for Square Enix to exhibit that it may possibly deal with Marvel characters and worlds with care past titles strictly dedicated to them.
Assuming Square Enix does embrace Star Wars and Marvel worlds within the subsequent Kingdom Hearts title, some would possibly surprise if the degrees would rob the sport of its identification, that the title would change into a glorified business for Disney properties with none Final Fantasy. Well, first off, we’re well beyond that time: Kingdom Hearts 3 dropped all Final Fantasy characters till the DLC to concentrate on the primary story. Secondly, that was at all times the franchise’s objective.
Kingdom Hearts was envisioned to cater to Disney’s goal audiences, and Final Fantasy characters have been added later as a little bit of lip service. Moreover, Mickey Mouse was initially purported to be the primary hero, not Sora — Sora’s unique purple pants, black vest, and large yellow footwear are both a holdover from or a nod to that concept. At its core, Kingdom Hearts was at all times a glorified business for Disney properties, and together with Disney-owned properties corresponding to Star Wars and Marvel gained’t change that.
