Game news Kingdom Hearts: Even its own creator has trouble remembering the story of the saga, he confesses in an interview
Published on 09/23/2024 at 7:35 p.m.
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In the world of video games, there are sometimes stories that tie our brains in knots. Often criticized and mocked, the storyline of Kingdom Hearts can quickly seem absurd, or even totally crazy. However, it is much more interesting than it seems and Tetsuya Nomura, supported by Kazushige Nojima, put his heart and soul into it. However, twenty years later, it is not necessarily easy to find your way around: it is to maintain maximum coherence that Nomura… scours the many YouTube videos in order to have everything in mind!
A new beginning with Kingdom Hearts 4, but big revelations are coming
For fans of the community Kingdom Heartstime seems very long since the date of April 10, 2022. It was on this day, marking the twentieth anniversary of the Square Enix saga, that they discovered the first images of Kingdom Hearts 4. Since that date, the Dark Portal of communication has somehow closed, leaving the community facing a deafening silence. However, in this darkness, a light: Tetsuya Nomura himself, the game’s director! Recently, the Japanese creator spoke to Young Jump magazine to deliver (finally!) a handful of details on the next adventures of Sora and the Keyblade wielders.
There isn’t necessarily a ton of information to sink your teeth into, but the most ardent players of the saga as well as the most curious have notably been able to learn that This fourth part was going to lay new foundations for the series, like a sort of reset.. It must be said that the release of Kingdom Hearts 3in January 2019, marked the end of the Dark Seeker saga, the one that made Xehanort the main antagonist. Therefore, newcomers will have an easier time immersing themselves in this game series, but it is not a given that they will understand everything that is happening there…
A story so complex that Nomura watches YouTube videos to make sure he has it straight.
In March 2002, gamers around the world did not expect the Kingdom Hearts saga to become so sprawling and, above all, so complex to understand.. As the episodes of the main branch and the side games that came to complete the story through multiple media (Gameboy Advance, Nintendo DS, PSP, Nintendo 3DS, etc.) progressed, the saga imagined by Tetsuya Nomura quickly became indigestible and a source of much mockery for a section of video game players. Yet, Kingdom Hearts is a much deeper game series than it seems : the greatest enthusiasts will repeat it to you constantly, in addition to recontextualizing each element of the story, which is not necessarily the case for Tetsuya Nomura.
Often singled out for his incredible ideas within the saga Kingdom Hearts, Tetsuya Nomura has admitted that he used to watch a lot of video content on the YouTube platform. in order to keep in mind the essential elements of his plot and the many details he previously introduced to maintain the coherence of everything he has created since the beginning of the saga. For example, we learned that Nomura already suggested the idea of the world of Quadratum during the development of the first installments. In the same idea, Kingdom Hearts 4 should finally answer one of the major questions that Sora has been asking himself since the beginning: ” is all this real or not? »
