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And alongside Kingdom Hearts IV, the announcement of another mobile spin-off. But then came the DLC and the new story beats that followed.

I love a heroic sacrifice, and I can live with Sora being tragically taken from his loved ones (even if the ending’s execution left something to be desired).

#Kingdom hearts chain of memories trailer series#

Disney Movies are Outgrowing Kingdom Hearts’ View of Good and Evilīut still, I wonder: is this a ride I want to get back on? Despite knowing Kingdom Hearts III isn’t the end of the series and was simply a conclusion to a nearly two-decade-long story arc, I was content with it.

Help, Kingdom Hearts Is Getting a Tamagotchi.

Kingdom Hearts IV Should Take the Opportunities III Squandered.

And that gives me hope that whatever Kingdom Hearts IV is starting, the series will continue in a way that makes it more accessible to a larger group of people. Those collections alone feel like an acknowledgment from Square Enix that it has not handled the rollout of these games in an easily digestible way for a layperson. That said, releasing the series on multiple platforms across console families was more egregious, and was thankfully rectified by the collections Square Enix put out that released most of these games (or at least their cutscenes) on any platform. I’ve always found criticisms of stories that require a holistic knowledge of previous works as being “too reliant on other entries” dismissive, as these are ongoing stories being written as such. The second game wasn’t a numbered entry, but it set the foundation Kingdom Hearts II would build on when it launched two years later on the PlayStation 2. Each game is a crucial piece to the series’ puzzle, which was established as far back as Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories on the Game Boy Advance in 2004. Absurd naming conventions aside, I don’t have much of a problem with the franchise - even its major narrative reveals in games that aren’t the three numbered RPGs. I’ve rebuffed a lot of criticism the Kingdom Hearts’ series has received over the years. But after Kingdom Hearts III concluded the story of protagonist Sora and antagonist Xehanort, watching the series expand into something even larger than its already complex crossover of Disney and Final Fantasy doesn’t evoke the same excitement I felt seeing Kingdom Hearts III’s announcement trailer back in 2013. As a person who once held the Kingdom Hearts series close to his heart, it was a bummer to watch the announcement trailer for Kingdom Hearts IV and be filled with indifference, and maybe even a bit of dread.