Kingdom Hearts

[NateDog]

NateDog your thoughts? I was excited to see it actually show some Disney stuff but I only watched Coco once and so was a little disappointed by it being the first world shown, feels a little bit box tick-y. That being said though the world environment does look very nice so I guess there's that. I'm very surprised that Sora hasn't returned to his usual proportions..I really thought that look was going to be for the Unreality worlds only, like Quadratum. I do think in this trailer Quadratum was what I liked the look of most by a long shot-I do wish we got that Verum Rex game. The Mickey, Donald, Goofy stuff all feels a little bit much to me. Like playing as them briefly in KH3 felt like a sort of anime victory lap reward to cap off the Seekers of Darkness storyline or whatever it was called.

I think Coco fits thematically very well and it is very colourful so I'm happy with it. Early days on whether the Disney worlds are sort of chucked in there or actually feel like they add to the story and universe though, as it has been a while since that has been the case. Seems to be a clear connection here between what we've seen so far though (Coco, Donald and Goofy in the Underworld). I do want to see Star Wars but really Nomura has a habit of showing off too much sometimes and given we've been kept waiting so long I imagine it'll be the same case here so the later the better on that. Sora looks fine to me here, I know people complained about the Quadratum realistic style but I'd say there's a chance he'll be this way in most worlds while he's still, well, you know. The Donald and Goofy bits look fun to me, I imagine it's all to tie things back in together as we could see Sora fighting alone a bit in this. But it isn't fun that I can actually heal myself with Donald, very unrealistic.

On sadder news...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/arts/...-dead.html

Unbelievably sad news. She seems like she really had a lot of struggles to deal with. I've seen what post-partum depression can do to a person firsthand with my partner, there were many stages where I worried she was very close to going to end up going one step too far and she could do nothing to control any of it. Kairi's theme always held a certain sadness for me and it's going to feel even more sorrowful now and going back to KH and KH2. RIP.