Tetsuya Nomura says the next Kingdom Hearts title is going to be "easier for new people to get into it" than past games in the series have been.
The action RPG was officially announced in 2022, and, as per leaks, is currently targeting a 2025 release.
Producer and host Geoff Keighley says you shouldn't get your hopes up about a Kingdom Hearts 4 showing at the upcoming event.
Next year will see the launch of the next mainline instalment in Square Enix's action RPG franchise, a known leaker has claimed.
Square Enix is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts with a video that recaps the event held to celebrate the franchise in Japan.
Along with director Tetsuya Nomura, series veteran Masaru Oka and Akiko Ishibashi (NEO: The World Ends with You) will write the scenario.
Tetsuya Nomura also confirms that while Sora will have a realistic look in Quadratum, that won't be the case when he's in other worlds.
Director Tetsuya Nomura says the development team brought back the mechanic after "a lot of requests" for its return.
It's also been confirmed that though the game is using Unreal Engine 5, its announcement trailer was rendered in-engine using UE4.
Fans seem to think they have found evidence of Kingdom Hearts 4 featuring a world based on Star Wars, which is also owned by Disney.
Kingdom Hearts 4 will kick off the new Lost Master Arc, taking Sora, Donald, and Goofy to new worlds, including a city called Quadratum.
The 20th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts will be celebrated through an event in Tokyo, and will entail a mini-concert, a developer Q&A and chat session, and more.
The game is on track for 2022 and the series' 20th anniversary.
The series has now entered its second phase.
