https://d23.com/all-day-programming-lineup-announced-for-d23-the-ultimate-disney-fan-event-2026/>DEEP DIVE into KINGDOM HEARTSJoin us for a journey through light and darkness as we commemorate 25 years of KINGDOM HEARTS. Discover how this saga united Disney, Pixar, and Square Enix, with insights from the creative minds, character voices, and more behind the magic.https://www.khinsider.com/news/Kingdom-Hearts-Deep-Dive-Panel-announced-for-D23-Expo-2026-19526
>>743251472I don't think I've ever seen a series fall off as hard as Kingdom Hearts. Even the biggest KHfags I knew grewing up don't even care about KH4.
Part of KHs fall is on Disney desu. Disney fucked their brand up so hard over the last 15 or so years that no one gives a shit about that element anymore.
>>743251527they should have rebooted the series after 3. 4 is picking up with a story that was started with a dead mobile game and I don't give a fuck.
>>743251527That just goes to show what a monumental wet fart of a finale KH3 was. Most normalfags didn’t even play the four hundred spinoffs that set the stage for the conclusion, so they didn’t know what a trainwreck the series was becoming until it was too late.
>>743251862>4 is picking up with a story that was started with a dead mobile gameIm still baffled that they really tried doing that shit. People dealt with KH going through various console systems but I dont think anyone was willing to deal with Mobile shit to continue following it
7/13This has happened way to many fucking times.
>>743251472>Disney Fan Event>presented by Visakek these Disney adults going deep into debt for their Mickey Mouse bullshit
They should get HJO on stage. Before he leaves the stage, he calls out The JEWS!
>>743253472God fucking dammit, NomuraHow does he keep getting away with it?
>disney has events to announce movies and tv shows i wont watch and products I wont buy Cool.
To keep this thread about videogames, let's talk about how Nintendo can grab the Disney and Pixar audiences with the next 3D Mario, by hopping onto the cinematic experience trend, while also retaining lengthy gameplay.
KH3 shat the bed so hard this franchise 100% dies next decade. They did everything that could've possibly been wrong or worse down to realismslop, save Pixar actually giving a shit.
>>743253472>creates a new month just so that it fits with his overall narrativeBravo Nomura
>>743251472Wonder what Square Enix is going to do when Kingdom Hearts 4 sells badly despite being on all consoles. The story is a fucking mess its not even about the series being inaccessible anymore its that the damage is done. The characters and plot are such badly written trash that it makes Sonic stories look good. And once you rot a story enough you can never salvage it again a more recent example is the story of the FF7 Remake which is a separate can of worms.Kingdom Hearts always sold worse than Final Fantasy so there is no way Kingdom Hearts 4 is going to sell good especially after KH3 burned a lot of bridges with the fans.
Kingdom hearts is shit
This is the last time James Woods will be voicing Hades, assuming they don't do an emergency redub.
>>743256772KH 4 should have focused on a new generation of keyblade masters. Sora has been the face of this franchise for a quarter century. There’s nothing left to do with him.
>>743256772The gameplay is still on point, it's that worlds are fucking shit now and don't even have fun diversions anymore. KH3's most important objectives in story, level design or content were a nosedive.
>>743252023>That just goes to show what a monumental wet fart of a finale KH3 was. Most normalfags didn’t even play the four hundred spinoffs that set the stage for the conclusion, so they didn’t know what a trainwreck the series was becoming until it was too late.It’s because Kingdom Hearts is actually 2 trilogies.>KH1>CoM>KH2And >BBS>DDD>KH3Practically everything is actually resolved by the end of KH2. 3 had the unenviable task of unresolving 2 just so it could reresolve it in the context of everything else that came out after it. I liken it to MGS4, which had to do the same thing to Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, and 3 and suffers narratively as a result. (yes I know 358/2 Days and Coded matter to that second trilogy too it’s not a perfect framing)
Why is the "Presented by Visa" so funny
>>743257978>Who even cares about RoxasRoxas is like the in the top 10 of most popular characters. That's the worst example you could have used.Also Xehanort isn't alive. Strelitzia already said Quadratum is like an afterlife for herself and Sora.
>>743253472fucking kek
KH4>Replaced the villain from KH1-3 with comic relief Marvel quipping mobile gacha character who appeared in 2 cutscenes in the actual games for 6 minutes and 36 seconds>Organization XIII is replaced with mobile gacha characters who have cardboard one dimensional personalities and appeared in 1 cutscene for 2 minutes and 55 seconds in the actual games>In order to understand backstory you need to play mobile gacha (WHICH IS OFFLINE NOW)>Another mobile gacha that was supposed to contain crucial backstory got cancelled>Strong woman representation>Unreal Engine 5IT'S OVER
>>743257710Except they’re not. Several of their most recent movies have been flops, with Toy Story 5 being the only exception.
>>743256772I think a factor that people always fail to mention is that Disney animated movies have been shit for 2 decades now and all the new worlds they put into KH3 excited literally nobody.
>>743258659There was also another problem where Disney was actively screwing over Nomura's team when came to making the worlds giving them a bunch of restrictions they didn't have to deal with when making the other games.
>>743257710Disney's stock has been languishing for years.
>>743258659>>743258752https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/02/11/kingdom-hearts-3-the-challenges-and-rewards-of-working-with-disney
Is that Wayne Brady?
>>743257071Sora is the heart of kingdom hearts
>>743251472>DisneyconImagine the smell...
>>743251527you're joking. KH4 is as interesting as it gets, and KH3 was solid. Those remind superbosses are one of the best things to come out of vidya.
>>743257710>Disney is still laughing all the way to the bankLol, wut? Their stock is literally half of what it was in 2021.
>>743261946This bosses were shit compared to kh2fm+
>>743251472Why aren't they making a Kingdom Hearts Pixar Movie with a toned down Nomura autism? This could be their Pixar AvengersDonald could be back as the new face of Disney.
>>743262734Wrong, the moveset is shit compared to KH2.The bosses are great but the game is missing a Reflect equivalent (preferably nerfed, let's be honest) which would elevate the bosses even further.
>>743262734nope
>>743262928Because nobody would watch it. Kingdom Hearts is long past its prime.
>>743263291That's not the issue, the thing that would hurt a Kingdom Hearts movie is simply that its inherently not good enough. You can tone down the Nomura flaws and it would still be too flawed to gel with normies.And that's not even mentioning how Disney would hire a shitty Leftist Liberal activist bitch to take control of making a Kingdom Hearts movie which would further guarantee that said movie is trash making it a failure.
>it's been 25 years
