Kingdom Hearts IV trailer, Coco world, and anime series announced

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Kingdom Hearts IV's extended D23 trailer confirmed Pixar's Land of the Dead from Coco as a playable world and announced a late 2027 release window, while Square Enix also revealed a Kingdom Hearts anime headed to Disney+ and Disney Channel. Posts focus on La Plaza de la Cruz and a tearful moment where Sora learns an emotional lesson, with many celebrating the presence of Día de los Muertos and Mexican representation. Other threads point to playable Mickey and Xehanort's return glimpsed in the footage, and Square Enix staff including Tai Yasue insisted the project is firmly on track for 2027, prompting a burst of quick sketches, outfit predictions, and joyful reactions to Coco's inclusion.

DisgustingFilm

@disgustingfilm.bsky.social

Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura has confirmed that Sora is Latino

150545d ago

Iron Joe139

I think you mean Latinχ

chacrawarrior6

I can see his parents are from Argentina 🤣🤣😂

Matt S3

... Ok... Good for Sora. I personally never looked at that character and thought, Spanish but cool. 🤷🏻

Catsup3

Finally some good fucking news

FanosSlapVt1

i didnt see the trailer cause i never even finished #2, but I'm hoping Star Wars world that'd be cool. Or Marvel. They got IPs dont fuck up worlds

replicat🧩zero.1

No idea what's going on in this screenshot but Coco was a cool movie.

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Wes 🔞 (Commissions Closed!)35

Oh yeah? What are his King of Fighters trio?

Ivan9

Fine. I'll play Kingdom Hearts again.

Eva Lees 😈👧🎼🍂6

I need to hear Donald Duck say “No mames” when Sora does the collab attacks

Eddie R Correa5

Sora and crew are the biggest chismosos of all time, this wouldnt be surprising at all lol

Mads 👽🔞 CMMS OPEN4

Sora is Mexican I DONT MAKE THE RULES

‎2

if this came out 20 years ago he would be wearing a sombrero and the mexicans would have loved it

Wario64

@wario64.bsky.social

Kingdom Hearts IV - "can confidently say and promise that it will launch in 2027. Schedule wise, development is very smooth. It's not like an 80% or 90% thing, it's a 100% thing." - Tai Yasue (Square Enix)

74644d ago

Mitchell Swingle18

Nomura just doubled down on that, too.

Bander4

Do people think KH3 was delayed like crazy? It was announced for the 2018 and then delayed a month

limp007.bsky.social4

Wonder how much Disney is in there this time.. i want you to remember Frozen..

AuraChannelerChris2

I'll believe it when I see it, Tai.

mongoosedave.bsky.social2

It better, I want that physical!

Brooke (joymounds and spoonbait)1

Feels a little weird to showcase Coco as a KH world so recently after Pixar had to lay off so many people...

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Janet Garcia52

I gotta get going on kingdom hearts 2 and 3 + some YouTube videos.

Lemon twist19

Yeah I believe them We went so long with nothing bc they had to undo using UE5.

Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality)15

You can count on this release date because the last decade of Nomura titles have at least one co-director aka “the game finisher”

VGAfanatic6

You know we're gonna hold you to that.

D. Brady4

The fact that KH4 is gunna probably be the last Playstation disc game I get is crazy

Mimi🌟🏳️‍⚧️4

I sure hope so with how long this been in development yasue and Nomura tend to be good about that sorta thing

Freddy3

Square Enix I owe u an apology

🌠🌸3

OMG I CAN'T WAIT!!! SO EXCITED FOR THIS GAME 🙏😭

Cloud Lockhart2

Good a real Phyiscal version please i beg you square

Spyounet2

Je veux ma boite PS5 tu n'as juste pas le choix Tetsuya

🗝Sorawolfkiba👑🎮

@sorawolfkiba.bsky.social

KINGDOM HEARTS 4 NEXT YEAR!!?? YESSS!! 😭 I HAD A FEELING!!! 🔥 NEXT YEAR IS SO STACKED!! 🤩🥳

19045d ago

Playtendo4

When I saw the news, I knew you would freak out and I was right! I can’t believe it’s really happening and bonus: Assuming it doesn’t get delayed, it’s on a disc!!

MagusUnion2

So thankful we get a PC port right off the rip! Praying my hardware can at least run the game on medium! 😂

Bergsche Andy2

And the trailer that came with this information...

Author Mike "ElectricDC" Current2

Dang I hope it might be spring 😭 but I think FF7 Rev spring and Fall KH4 makes more sense for Square and also helps my bank account lol

Daniel the Viceroy2

Oh, so you heard about a little series called Kingdom Hearts huh? Took ya time.

DecodeVen2

WE ARE WINNING NEXT YEAR, I CAN'T WAIT! also we're matching pfps again 😁

Ryan🦈

@sillysharkk.bsky.social

had to draw this as fast as I could #kingdomhearts #kh4

10045d ago

Lady Emily ☄️

@ladyemily.nebula.tv

That extended KH4 trailer… the playable Mickey………….. Xehanort back…….. goddamn….

14344d ago

Lady Emily ☄️35

@bendiskin.bsky.social hey uhhhh you good?

Ducky Winks2

Playing as Donald and Goofy, holy shit.

Stealth40k

@stealth40k.bsky.social

Tetsuya Nomura said he already saw people saying online that Kingdom Hearts IV would be delayed. He wanted to set the record straight that it's absolutely not happening. Kingdom Hearts IV is releasing in 2027.

9644d ago

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Mike Minotti55

hell yeah temp that fate

Zac2

It's wild that there aren't three side games on various exclusive systems, all with different mechanics but ultra important to LORE that will release over five years before KH4 is out.

Nova Crystallis

@novacrystallis.com

An extended trailer for Kingdom Hearts IV was shown at today's D23 panel, which you can catch here: novacrystallis.com/2026/08/coco...

6344d ago

erin

@dracula3d.bsky.social

2027 got Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold, Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Kingdom Hearts IV, Persona 4 Revival, Pokemon Winds & Waves, Xenoblade Genesis, Spyro, Resident Evil Veronica, Virtua Fighter, Mega Man, Deltarune Chapter 6, and maybe even Sonic and Persona 6

7245d ago

KH13 · for Kingdom Hearts

@kh13.com

UPDATE: An extended version of the new Kingdom Hearts IV trailer has been shared at the Deep Dive Into Kingdom Hearts panel at D23! www.kh13.com/news/new-kin...

5844d ago

sarah zedig 🐐

@hmsnofun.bsky.social

enough with the disney crap, i need kingdom hearts to start crossing over with classic 20th century literature

7645d ago

sarah zedig 🐐30

nick carroway: it eluded us then, but no matter. tomorrow we'll run faster, stretch further... boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past... sora: the green light... that must be where the heartless are keeping riku! donald duck: [unintelligible screeching] goofy: ahyuck!

Dreamsquare3

Sora fighting against the existential dread in Kafka's The Trial would be a wild DLC. Imagine Heartless as abstract bureaucracy.

Ailish Maura2

Sora defends the house from Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rain" from heartless

Kevin Ruprecht2

Not 20th century, but I’d love to see Sora destroy everyone in Great Expectations and wipe that book from my memory

birds1

an if on a winter's night a traveler world would be sick

Joey Smith 🇵🇸1

Sora fights Cathy from East of Eden

Daniel Alba

@daniel.gvg.io

So happy to hear the song of my people with Coco. La Plaza de la Cruz is such a good and natural addition to the Disney worlds. Screenshot of Sarah Key’s reaction that embodies the joy I feel from this too~ Also! It’s just crazy to see Mexican representation and Día de los Muertos in Kingdom Hearts

6945d ago

Lady Noriko ⚔️🖤 | Charity Fashion Show Aug 15th5

Mexicans are canon to KH now

Regulus1

¿Mexicano y te gustan los RPGs? Basado.

Boofdaddy Werethrope 💪🏼🐺💖

@werethrope.bsky.social

Just waking up and I'm immediately blasted by kingdom hearts news from being pinged and DM'd everywhere AAA SO MUCH HYPE FOR IT YESSS THE NEW SERIES TOO??

7245d ago

Kat 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇷🌴☀️✨2

We’re gonna get more news today possibly!!

Gritou TheOrca🇫🇷🇮🇹1

And we might still have more stuff tomorrow!!

Sami(4 days til 🎂)

@samitron.bsky.social

We’re getting ff7 revelation AND kingdom hearts 4 in the same year???

5345d ago

Knoebel 🛬 Gamescom

@knoebel.bsky.social

'Kingdom Hearts 4' revealed its first World which is based on Pixar's Coco! Launches late 2027 on Xbox Series, PS5, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC! youtu.be/RU1KJaEDITw

6545d ago

Zwiebelprinz

@zwiebelprinz.bsky.social

Predicting Sora in Moana in the right outfit please!!! #kingdomhearts #d23 #sora

4545d ago

💜Allison Punk💜1

I love that you woke up at the crack of day to some KH news and IMMEDIATELY got to work lmao

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