Kingdom Hearts 4 announced in Nintendo Direct

gamingJun 9, 20261362,137

Kingdom Hearts 4 was announced during the Nintendo Direct with a trailer that teases Sora's return and new locations. Artists and cosplayers are producing illustrations, short animatics, comics, cosplay, and edits centered on Sora's updated design and the silhouetted black-cloaked figures that suggest an Organization presence. Creators are also pitching Final Fantasy XIV characters as crossover allies and reimagining classic Kingdom Hearts scenes in modern key-art. Parallel threads focus on Square Enix's promotional choices, with many reworking the Collection's AI-generated cover art and noting an odd digital file size listing.

shan 🐈🌊 @ ARR NG+!

@lightblooms.bsky.social

honestly emet in kingdom hearts would be so fucking funny because I guarantee every kh player, upon installing xiv and seeing an organization of black cloak wearing guys who teleport into darkness and whose numbers total thirteen, went “ah, shit. here we go again”

26244d ago

sass @ merry selchmas31

"oh and there's a secret 14th member that everyone has forgotten" kh fans, collectively sniffling: "yeah of course there is"

roddy🦇dyke of discontent7

i was a completely blind sprout playing through ARR going “getting a lot of organization xiii vibes from this shadowy cloaked organization in this square enix game” and lo and behold there’s even 14 of them

🗝Sorawolfkiba☕️🎮

@sorawolfkiba.bsky.social

Seriously still feels like a Dream that we finally saw more Kingdom Hearts 4 today! 🥹

12844d ago

- FF/Cypher - 🎮 FFVIII2

At Nintendo's showcase of all places

Daniel2

I wonder how many platforms you will end up buying it on. Answer? Yes. 🤣

Selphie 🪽🤍2

More teasers and gameplay is nice for sure! ☺️ Just wish they would give us some kind of release date already! I need Kingdom Hearts back in my life again! 🥺

SmallBu Animation

@smallbu.bsky.social

Werner Herzog's Kingdom Hearts is all we deserve in 2026 on this bitch of an earth

14245d ago

Lime - @ Animate! Columbus2

And yet we will get Deltarune chapter 5 nonetheless.

Nintendo of America

@nintendooamerica.bsky.social

Oh okay that's the Kingdom Hearts Collection or whatever that was just announced using wack ass AI on it's cover. I'm so fucking tired man just blow up the eShop I don't even care anymore.

11444d ago

Anga9

I thought I would only ever say this as a joke, but I hope someone's getting fired for this.

harryacks.bsky.social2

Why? They already have perfectly good cover art. They just generated new art that is worse. Why is any of this necessary?

Josiah Smallwood2

Wait…it’s AI? Time to take it off my wish list…

Knoebel

@knoebel.bsky.social

In the last 2 weeks we saw: Dragon Quest XII, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Kingdom Hearts 4, Persona 6, Persona 4R, Deltarune Chapter 5, Fable, Xenoblade Genesis and Resident Evil Code Veronica. That’s a lot of big big video game.

8044d ago

Roguepilot64

@roguepilot64.bsky.social

Dude theres already tons of views on the touhou 6 remaster trailer. Its like top 5 highest viewed individual trailer from the Nintendo direct. Only behind Oot remake, Deltarune CH5, and neck and neck with KH4. #touhou

6144d ago

Nintendeal

@nintendeal.com

the KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- eShop page currently claims the game file size is 542 GB

6344d ago

GrumbleField

@grumblefield.bsky.social

The Kingdom Hearts Collection AI generated cover art has ruined my entire day. Is nothing sacred?

6844d ago

General Snivy6

Apparently, this whole AI thing with Kingdom Hearts falls entirely on Square Enix’s USA division rather than Square Enix Japan or Tetsuya Namora (or however his name is spelled.) More info on this situation can be read here: bsky.app/profile/prim...

Oxnard Owlnard4

The recent one-two with Sega doing it and Square doing it days later is extremely disappointing.

Garrett Weinzierl

@garrettart.bsky.social

Chat said I’m not allowed to be excited about FF7R. But no one can stop me from enjoying a morsel of Kingdom Hearts 4!!!

6244d ago

Chickinu 👋🐔 Vgen Comms Open!!!

@chickinu.bsky.social

I DREW THIS SO QUICK BUT WE'RE BACK BABYYYYYYYY!!!!! #kingdomhearts4 #sora

2444d ago

𝔞𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔶

@amaryllis.no

And just like that, they've tainted Kingdom Hearts standards forever

3844d ago

Ehud Kurzweil

@ehudkurzweil.bsky.social

BREAKING: Kingdom Hearts 4 makes $19 on its global release. Series creator Tetsuya Nomura quoted saying "Fuuuuckkkk I fucked uppppp. I fucked up so bad"

3944d ago

Mattmamatt🎮FF7 Rebirth (SW2)

@matt301apx.bsky.social

My top 10 games of the 2026 Showcase season 1. FF7 Revelation 2. Ocarina Remake 3. Kingdom Hearts 4 4. Gen Atlas 5. FF Resonance 6. RE Veronica 7. Xenoblade Genesis 8. God of War Laufey 9. Magicians Devils Deal 10. Stellar Blade Blood Rain

3544d ago

Mattmamatt🎮FF7 Rebirth (SW2)7

This year was fucking insane

Jojo & Charlie Artz

@jojoandcharlieartz.bsky.social

Ooo the Kingdom Hearts genai bullshit is making me a petty bitch 2day. I'm breaking my rule against showing off WIP stuff again, check out my 3D model of this character. All made by my own two gd hands >:v

A fullbody drawing of Beet, a punk secretary bird with a Nomura-inspired design ethos

2644d ago

Veishi336

@veishi336.bsky.social

A NEW KINGDOM HEARTS 4 TRAILER DROPPED! There is so much to discuss! Lets talk about the lore and even play some of the games today!! LETS GO!!!!!!! twitch.tv/veishi336

3444d ago

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