Some statements by Tetsuya Nomura alerted thousands of fans of the Square Enix saga
In a month it will be an exact year since the celebration of the event for the 20th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts. Hundreds of fans of the saga had the pleasure of attending a special presentation in Tokyo during which several important announcements were made, among which it is worth highlighting the reveal of Missing Link and of course that of Kingdom Hearts 4 .
Since that day, fans have been eagerly waiting for Square Enix to share more information about the two projects. Missing Link should announce a closed beta very soon for mobile phones, while news about the fourth installment is going to be long. However Something Happened Yesterday That Alerted All Kingdom Hearts Lovers. And not in a good way exactly.
Farewell to Kingdom Hearts as we know it?
- This weekend was the concert Kingdom Hearts: Second Wind in Japan, and Tetsuya Nomura (creator of the series) took the opportunity to say a few words
- According to user aibo_ac7 (translation by aitaïkimochi), the Japanese designer commented that last year, after the 20th anniversary event, “something” happened that determined the direction of the Kingdom Hearts saga
- Yoko Shimomura (KH songwriter who was also on stage) she was very surprised at this news, and when Nomura realized that she was unaware of what had happened, he stated that I’ll tell her later backstage
- Depending on the tone of the other’s words and their facial expressions, aibo_ac7who was present at the said concert, remarked that it seemed to him that this “something” that determined the course of the franchise must have been something very crazy, but he thinks now it could be solved
- older aitaïkimochi said that based on tweets from other Japanese fans who attended the concert, It doesn’t seem like a bad thing
Are there real reasons to worry?
I’m also a huge fan of Kingdom Hearts games, so these statements from Nomura catch me a little off guard. I would like to believe that this “something” that determined the future of the saga was a very positive factor, however the latest moves of Square Enix make me doubt.
Recall that the company has sold several of its most famous IPs (Tomb Raider, Deus Ex), it continues to bet very heavily on NFTs and blockchain technology, it has just hit hard with Forspoken and its CEO will leave the position after many years at the helm. At this point, all that remains is to wait and remain optimistic.