The first look is out, and Kingdom Hearts IV Game Presents 4-Minute Trailer is already trending. Trailers and teasers have a way of setting the tone, and this one has fans counting down the days to the full release.

The Story So Far

The D23 event's "Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts" panel presented an extended four-minute preview for the Kingdom Hearts IV game on Saturday. This preview expands upon the 90-second version shown at D23 on Friday evening, and it highlights the Coco world, as well as familiar and fresh confronts: The preview introduces a fresh world in which a paper version of Mickey Mouse is playable.

universe creator Tetsuya Nomura made a surprise appearance at the panel, and he and co-filmmaker Tai Yasue pointed out that the staff is "100%" certain that they will meet the disclosed late 2027 arrival window. performer Benjamin Bratt verified on Friday that he will reprise his part as Ernesto de la Cruz in the game.

The game will launch simultaneously for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Microsoft Store, Steam, and Epic Games Store. D23 disclosed on Friday that the universe will have an "anime" series which will run on the Disney Channel and Disney Plus. Disney Games had stated on Thursday that the Kingdom Hearts game series is one of nine billion-dollar game franchises for the company.

Square Enix disclosed the Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link and Kingdom Hearts IV games in April 2022, but had not disclosed much information about Kingdom Hearts IV since then before releasing a fresh preview in June. Square Enix canceled development on Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link in May 2025. Square Enix had also disclosed in early June that it will arrival Kingdom Hearts box office haul [I~III] — a box office haul of Kingdom Hearts – HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind (DLC) — for Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Microsoft Store.

Square Enix dropped the Kingdom Hearts III game in January 2019 in Japan and the West for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game had shipped more than 5 million copies worldwide, including digital sales, as of February 2019, and is the fastest-selling title in the history of the universe. The "Re Mind" DLC launched in January 2020.

Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts Union χ [Cross] and Kingdom Hearts Dark Road smartphone games were both originally supposed to end service in May 2021, but Kingdom Hearts Union χ [Cross] dropped its final narrative in June 2021 instead and both games switched to offline mode in the same month. Both games are available in one app.

Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, the first rhythm action game in the universe, launched for the Switch, PS4, and Xbox One in the West and in Japan in November 2020, and was previously the only title in the series available for Switch. The universe also includes manga and light novel adaptations of the games. Yen Press dropped some of these in English.

Sources: D23 event's "Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts" panel, Kingdom Heart's YouTube channel

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