So basically Sora decided to be a cool ff character and Donald And Goofy unintentionally made a deal with a devil to bring Noctis back and "Save" Sora by beating the crap out of him and for trying to one up him for stealing his "design" and swagger. Versus within Versus XIII awaits you Nicob
Legit someone already determined that the apartment Sora was in at the beginning of the trailer is in the Aoyama district which is the richest and most expensive area of Tokyo to live in. So Sora really is living the high life. Also someone said this was how Nomura brought back FF Versus 13. Is anyone kinda hoping that now with the ‘real world’ being used we get to see the TWEWY cast make a return since this is technically an afterlife for Sora?
Feet? The purpose of shoes is to satisfy feet. Your vendor of shoes will have no problem satisfying even the stodgiest of customers, or the "Stodgestomer".
It must've had hella good cushioning (and I guess muscles) in his other big, cartoony shoes. Bc he's been easily pulling off those stunts, jumps & shizz.
Hades: Yea you know i take souls and put them in a pool to swim for eternity or something. Idk just some food for thought maybe Sora's Soul is in there. :)
I mean, we know from Hercules that worlds can have there own Afterlife’s and the final world is like the super afterlife or something so it’s likely that Sora found himself in a Traverse Town like world except instead of being a magnet for people lost from there worlds falling to darkness this world attracts basically dead people’s hearts I guess.
@@sammysalgado1475 i think if Winnie the Pooh died, he'd go to Hundred Acre Wood afterlife. I'm guessing Quadratum is like an afterlife for the space between worlds, or something fucky like that
That idea, the idea of this fiction being juuuust outside of our world so we can never confirm or deny it, that was my favorite part of TWEWY’s extended lore. The idea that the soft-magic system of Soul and Imagination in effect made human willpower and the capacity to change people through art and creativity into literal reality-warping superpowers was oddly powerful to me.
I feel like now that the Xehenort saga has been completed, a weight that has been bogging down Nomura is gone, so now he can go ham and get stuff out faster.
That weight was something called “working on a project called Verses 13 for nearly ten years only to slowly lose control of the project, watch it turn into something outside of your vision, and slowly get phased out to work on the other big series you put on hold, just to work on this project we wanted you for in the first place.”
He's not going to though. Only thing that's fast about it is that they did not announce a shit ton of spinoffs. Still some shitty mobile game stuff, and this game is not going to come out for another 4 years
True he has pretty much a fresh start now and not only that there's a ton of assets they did'nt have when they started 3. Including playable versions of Riku, Aqua, Roxas, and Kairi, the potential for what 4 can be is looking pretty good. So long as him and Osaka team keep pushing to improve I'm not going to worry, 3 was an awesome game considering the limitations they had and I look forward to seeing what they can do now that those problems are'nt there.
@@Zephhi Dude he specifically mentioned that he decided on doing 4 because he did'nt want fans to wait too long on that cliffhanger. So 4 is clearly his top priority, also this trailer is all gameplay footage granted yes it's short but that's a really good sign that things are going smoothely.
With this new direction Kingdom Hearts 4 is seemigly taking, I could totally see Marvel and Star Wars stuff showing up. God, imagining Spider-Man interacting with KH characters is such a crazy thought
I made a comment about it already but, the forest scene has what looks like an AT-ST foot on screen and it looks a lot like Endor. Hoping we'll finally get some star wars stuff :D
So, something I've heard from speculation. Look closely at the forest. In one shot, near the river, you see that weird looking rock over at the top right corner. Apparently, that looks like the foot of an AT-ST. You know what that means? Also, something else from speculation. Apparently, when making the next game, Nomura was torn between making Verum Rex of KH4. Ultimately, he ended up making KH4 first because of worries about Sora from the fans. This is all based on stuff I've heard from other people, however. I don't know the full story.
I think that Quadratum is going to be how they work Star Wars and Marvel stuff into the game. Quadratum is supposed to be the "other side of reality." And it looks like Quadratum is a place where Sora looks like a normal human being, which would make it much easier for him to feature alongside Star Wars and Marvel Characters without looking weird (like how it so often went in the PotC worlds).
Huh that actually makes sense since they were referring to Quadratum as the afterlife. And since Riku went to Quadratum then I could easily see Kairi joining Donald and Goofy. We could have like 3 different storylines and gameplay going on if they went in that direction. Hmm interesting. Am excited to see what they do.
4 in Japanese and other languages can also be pronounced the same or similarly to Death, I can already feel the KH4 number four symbolism getting wild lol
@@dannythekhexpert6468 Didn't even think of that! Especially with (possibly) Sora and Strelitzia being presumably dead, Donald and goofy going to (probably) the underworld... Gosh Nomura loves his number symbolism!
When I first saw the images from the trailer on Twitter I low key though they were fake 🤣. The idea of a KH4 trailer coming out so soon when we basically waited our entire lives for KH3 just seemed unrealistic to me. But this game is looking sick and I’m all here for it.
Same but I did start to think it could possibly be real, but when I saw Sora's feet thats when I REALLY thought it was fake cuz I was like no way lol Sora? without his clown shoes? and NORMAL feet? hell nah this gotta be fake lol.
I was really shocked by how Nico had no reaction to Strelitzia's appearance, only for me to be shaking my head and laughing when he watched it again and he realized he'd completely not understood who she was 🤣
Cool detail I noticed that may or may not be intentional, but still interesting Back in BBS & the flashbacks in KH1 we saw li’l baby Sora, his hair was spiky, but slightly flatter than how it would grow. Then during KH1 Sora’s hair is more pointy & upward, which while it gets shorter as time goes on, it still is pretty pointy for a while Now after Sora let Ventus out of his heart & back to his original body & he only has himself in his heart, his hair is flat again. Again I’m not sure if this was indeed intentional, but it seems the more people in his heart, the pointy Sora’s hair got, but now that Ventus, Roxas, & Xion are all free from his heart, it’s flattened back to how it was before anyone else became a part of him. Just something I thought you as cool😁
Sora: Wow I'm Shibuya! Maybe I can talk to Neku! Strelitzia: Sorry it's called Quadratum. Sora: Dammit! I wonder where Neku is anyways? Meanwhile in TWEWY Nagi: I'm so glad that a fellow companion of mine enjoys the delicacy that is Alligator. Neku: Yeah... *whispers to himself* come on Neku, you have died multiple times now, you can handle this vile food. Nagi: Pardon? Neku: I mean it's really great Nagi!
Immagine them revealing a second video that shows Rindo just as Nico ends NEO twewy. On one hand, it sounds like impossibly good timing. On the other hand...it's Nico.
From a designer's perspective, Sora's outfit looks like something from the Gatto Nero X Roen (or Gatto Nero x Black Honey Chili Cookie) SS22 collection. The jacket itself is cut in a way that gives it a similar taper to Neku's jacket in NEO, while the pants are a less edgy and more "Shibuya chic" interpretation of the Roen pants Noctis wears. Seems fitting considering the close ties Nomura had with the late Hiromu Takahara who was the creative director of Roen back during the development of FF Versus XIII. Takahara left to establish Black Honey Chili Cookie where he and his brand BHCC then ended up in NEO TWEWY, as well as becoming the manufacturer of some official KHIII merch.
His clothes actually look pretty similar to the artwork Nomura did for the Supergroupies promo a while back. (It's also the artwork you see when you complete KH3 Critical Mode.)
Nomura: You joked all these years about Sora's feet, well, jokes on you, *you're* not a clown but the entire circus Also you're not wrong, I also thought the 4 was a 3 at first, lol
I have a strong feeling this game could easily be releasing in 2024 or 25. I know people joke about that it'll take a long time like KH3. But I think the SE teams have mastered Unreal Engine. Square also seems like they don't have to go through copyright hell to hopefully get some franchises (like Pixar in KH3). I have a good feeling this will be a smooth development.
@@oreotaku4017 Not exactly true. As he was working on NEO: The World Ends With You (the sequel to one of his other creations) most likely during KH4's pre production, Final Fantasy Remake 2, and now he's finishing up Kingdom Hearts Dark Road. Nomura still has a lot on his plate.
It is quite possible though that development will be smoother this time around give the Kingdom Hearts teams mastery of Unreal. Kingdom Hearts III a lot of people don't realize was in development hell for years. Also the shift away from Disney properties might actually help as Nomura famously said KH III took so long because of Pixar's refusal to cooperate for a long time. There will probably be very little Disney meddling this time as there was with KH III. Though I cannot promise anything on Square's end as they tend to rush their developers, Kingdom Hearts III being no different since Re:Mind was created because of that reason. It's funny, the only director they seem to not rush is Yoko Taro for whatever reason. They just kind of let him do what he wants.
@@chaoschaoforever I agree. Also think it probably eases Nomura's mind at the fact he can go in any direction he wants with KH4. Doesn't have to tie any outstanding loose ends like in KH3.
@@ericlegacy8834 Yeah. Plus the change from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5 is not a MASSIVE leap like from the Luminos Engine to UE4. It's actually a pretty seemless transition. I'd expect KH4 late 2023 to early to mid 2024.
Yes! I was hoping for Kingdom Hearts 4 news and they delivered! Your reaction was perfect and I’m so excited to see what they have in store for us! The end of the Xenanort saga means that the story can take a brand new direction and I hope they go all in! You got me into the Kingdom Heart series and this next game looks amazing so far! 🥰🥳❤️
Hades deals with the Underworld or afterlife, right? He canonically brought back a FF character from a whole other world back to life. So Donald and Goofy seeing him might not be a bad idea for at least some info.
It all makes sense now Marluxia’s sister being cut down by Ven, The Master of Masters saying he’ll disappear and Sora too. That place might be an afterlife for people who lost their lives.
@@mendlez2306 The power of waking has to be more than what it seems. What we’ve been taught is that overusing the Power of Waking can lead to your disappearance from your world
I would like to point out something that seems to confuse people here when they hear that statement guys when she said "similar" to an afterworld that doesn't mean that this is the afterworld. The reason why I'm saying this is because of this statement everyone thought Sora dead/died and came here but that's not what happened. What happened was because Sora constant misuse of the power of waking he was thinning his existence in his reality when he did it one last time to save Kairi he thinned his existence too much so he ended up fading/bleeding into the next reality that doesn't count as death/dying or being erased from existence since everyone still remembers him and that his heart his still connected to the people close to him just weaker as shown in melody of memory where the memory Xehanort said that he can still reach here but his voice can not reach very far. As for how Strelitzia showed up here I have no idea although I do have a few theory's on what's going except I need more information to be certain.
The scene with the forest in the trailer has what looks like the foot of an AT-ST, implying that the forest in Endor. If that's the case, Star Wars is in the game and that's so fucking hype. Maybe they'll bring in Marvel stuff as well!
Why would they show Star Wars in a teaser trailer like this? Pretty sure it's just a forest outside of Quadratum. Also, it's rocks. I don't know how people are seeing metal.
Yeah, I saw that logo as a III as well. I was like *"It's called **_Kingdom Hearts III_** again? Like a **_Kingdom Hearts III-2_** situation, like what **_Final Fantasy X_** did, and-- oh, it's a IV! holy shit!"*
Omg, I thought I'd be pushing 40 by the time KH4 was announced. So fucking hyped for this. I was a bit worried that because I wasn't as fond of KH3, that it'd kill my excitement for future installments, but nope! The brainwashing still holds strong Nomura!
You're reaction has been a favorite of the many I've seen today. Just pure excitement at what's to come and how they can handle the concept of Quadratum and the "real" or "unreal" world. I'm so excited to see more over the next few years. Here's to good development! I also like how Hades seems to be important!
Yeah, yeah Kingdom Hearts 4 is coming and that's cool. But I'm surprised nobody is commenting on the name of the new arc for the series. _The Lost Master Arc._ It seems like the main focus and possibly antagonist is gonna be the Master of Masters or that one master that the other ones talked about in the ending of KH3, considering the previous arc was the Xehanort Saga assuming the name of arcs will coincide with their overarching antagonist. Also other comments mention it but man... imagine if the TWEWY characters show up. Also I think the reason Donald and Goofy are potentially visiting Hades is due to him being god of the underworld. Maybe they think that Sora's there.
I have a crazy theory: - We know that the FF characters that are in KH aren’t exactly the same as they are in FF - The Vs13 characters where changed a bit when becoming FF15 just enough to say they are different characters - We know Yozora doesn’t really look like he appears to Sora - Yozora’s name means “Night Sky” the same as Noctis - Yozora is literally Vs13 Noctis being placed in KH as a counterpart to the FF15 version of him - Nomura is a God tier MADLAD
I just realised if Sora stays in this afterlife for the whole game this will be the first Numbered Kingdom Hearts game you’ll play without Donald and Goofy as you party members. If that’s so will we play as Sora solo or will different companions tag along Sora the whole game and who would they be. My money is on Strelitzia
@@hatboi124 Then he would have that formchange akin to that of Aqua's Wayfinder formchange/command style. I hope it's named "Starlight Kingdom", 'cause that would sound so cool.
Spoiler Alert for implied games... 2:03 Sora : Can I ask about Quadratum? Like the real world? Juro Kurabe and Iori Fuyusaka : Are you sure about that??? Rindo and Neku : Sort of, but we are in UG Shulk, Pyra, Mythra : That place is just history for us Joker : We are in real world, but the metaverse are consuming ours once Sora : Okay, is any of this real or not?? Simple and Clean start
Big random bingo card for movies in this: - Pocahontas - Atlantis: The Lost Empire - The Princess and the Frog - The Jungle Book - The Incredibles - Lilo & Stitch - Recess: School's Out - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - Coco - Encanto - Turning Red - Star Wars (seems to be hinted just before we see the chess piece) Also, let's not forget that Quadratum is considered "fictional". I mean, it's the setting of a video game in-universe, after all. ALSO also, I still have a nagging feeling that Ava might be involved here. If only because "zorra" (Spanish for "female fox") is kinda in Yozora's name (and Sora's, sort of).
I actually don’t like how Sora looks here and I HOPE it’s just for the Quadratum world. As much as we might love the Final Fantasy stuff in these games, I liked that Kingdom Hearts had its own style. I really wasn’t asking for “photorealistic” Sora with normal clothes, I kinda want the big goofy shoes and the eccentric outfit back.
My guess is that they will a day and night cycle. During the day you can run around, buy items, and look for chests. During the night is when you can fight heartless for experience.
Kingdom Hearts is 20. I'm personally very glad with the changes their making. It's almost as if the franchise is maturing with the audience. Plus if we got ff characters back, the games a 10
I have a feeling Quadratum might be our KH III Twilight Town/Hub World. Maybe (hopefully) for the prologue Sora will get thrown into a Reaper's Game and get new threads and learns some new tricks before he ends up in Quadratum.
Nomura did say a whle back that the next KH title would be a surprise. He wasn't wrong. We had to wait THIRTEEN YEARS for KHIII. And now we get a revealtrailer for KHIV just over 3 years after KHIII. Fucking madness.
Kingdom hearts 4 aka Nomuras not done with Versus 13 yet! Also Alittle fact: For those who don’t know, the number 4 in Japan represents death and the quad in quadradum is 4, so it almost makes sence that Quadradum would be an afterlife world for Sora and Strelitzia
I knew it, i knew this day would come... and this is coming from someone who has never played Kingdom Hearts. Also, considering Nico's "Previously" for Kingdom Hearts 3 was him being esctatic just PLAYING the game, i shudder to think what he'll do for Kingdom Hearts 4's Lets' play lol...
That forest part of the trailer, people saw the foot of what looks like an AT-ST or AT-AT which all but confirms that's the forest moon of Endor from Star Wars but others say it might be the forests of Harajuku since Quadratum is based on real life Japan.
You know. Call me crazy. I don't think that's the Sora we know, you know. I know that I'm probably going to be wrong in the end, but something doesn't seem right about him. He's silent, almost stoic, despite his situation, and his exaggerated nature in 3. His proportions are noticeably off, and I don't think that's just the 'Quadratum Filter'. Despite it being 7 days, according to Streletzia, Sora looks significantly different from his KH3 rendition, with an older looking face, frame, and new haircut. In the end of Remind, when Sora and Yozora are meeting in the Final World and talking, Sora recognizes him from Verum Rex as a guy called 'Yozora', but Yozora says 'This isn't what I really look like. How do you recognize me as Yozora?' What if there's some weird Nomura-like mechanic in Quadratum where for some reason people can look like others, and mimic their abilities, but not perfectly. Despite apparently not being Yozora, the boss we fight wields his weapons with ease, and can copy the keyblade into his sword if he catches you. Call me dumb, or a conspiracy theorist, but despite everything, I think there's a possibility of that not being Sora, and it's kinda fun, albeit kinda terrifying, to theorize on it and think on it.
This is a great theory. But just to tweak it a little, I think thatvwas Sora. However, as a plot twist, Sora may eventually become Yozora as a future self. Because at the end of KH3, Sora technically died. So that manifestation of himself for that timeline may be the one we see in this trailer (hence being older), but there is another "version" of Sora fought to survive like seen in Re:mind. In Marvel terms (Loki to be specific), Yozora is a "variant" of Sora who arrived and stayed in Quadratum longer before the Re:mind version eventually caught up with him after saving Kairi.
I bet Marluxia is gonna be pissed and Misunderstand Sora for trying to get it with his sister lol. Nomura bring back Demyx, Luxord, Marluxia, and Larxene. (Luxord probably being the most likely though tbh)
Now I'm wanting to ship Sora and Strelitxia together just to spite Marluxia lol. Imagine him walking in on them in a compromising position and just Blue Screening.
I initially was hoping that Sora would be absent the next game due to him being straight dead despite how much I love playing as him, because I really do feel like he should pay what he’s owed for how bad he’s broken the laws of nature in KH3 However, they’re making it sound a lot like Sora is here in Quadratum after death to pay with his life, as in his old life, the life he can no longer go back to. And if this means Sora can face the consequences fairly while he gets to remain the protagonist, then I have to admit that this is a very veeeeery genius move on Nomura’s part, I am absolutely down for this setup, well played man
I mean it to be expected Sora would be back he’s the main character. And Nomura has gone on record to say Sora would always be the Main Character. That doesn’t mean we won’t get games like Days, BBS, or MoM anymore where other characters take the spotlight but for any main title at least Sora’s here to stay.
@@oreotaku4017 Yeah it’s to be expected, but its just not what I personally would have wanted especially after Sora’s blatant abuse of power in KH3 he absolutely should be penalized lol, But having Sora as the protagonist again but under these circumstances where he may never be allowed to live his old life again and has to spend the rest of his death as a wandering multi-universal ghost, that is probably one of the most interesting concepts I’ve ever heard in gaming lol
Listen, they can do whatever they want with this game. I only have one request. Make this a Destiny Trio centered game. Let Kairi help find Sora whether it's within or outside of Quadratum. Let there be more interactions between her and Riku, Sora, and the three of them together. Donald and Goofy can have their moments as well, but I just want more stuff with Destiny trio as a team.
7:20 - You were expecting maybe, Kingdom Hearts V? Nah, Nomura won't mess with us THAT much. I mean, he'll probably mess with us a bit, but not to that extent. Although to be fair, Nomura DID say the time between numbered releases is going to be shorter from now on. My guess is that mortality is a big factor in it, because the dude's not getting any younger. He probably knows he can't go on forever and likely wants to get to at least VI before he retires.
To all of those, yes, Sora is dead because in Japanese da girl (soz aint haven’t played mobile game yet and I can’t spell) said “the world after we die”
My only real gripe is Hades, just because I'm SO sick of Hercules in these games. (I am pretty sure they're seeking Hades thinking he could help bring Sora back from the "dead").
Nomura, you absolute mad lad.
So basically Sora decided to be a cool ff character and Donald And Goofy unintentionally made a deal with a devil to bring Noctis back and "Save" Sora by beating the crap out of him and for trying to one up him for stealing his "design" and swagger.
Versus within Versus XIII awaits you Nicob
I was honestly more interested in your reactions than anything else
Was waiting for this all day omg
The maddest lad
I was shocked when I saw this. I wonder which characters will Nomura show. I know disney characters will. Sora looks 17 in this.
Legit someone already determined that the apartment Sora was in at the beginning of the trailer is in the Aoyama district which is the richest and most expensive area of Tokyo to live in. So Sora really is living the high life.
Also someone said this was how Nomura brought back FF Versus 13.
Is anyone kinda hoping that now with the ‘real world’ being used we get to see the TWEWY cast make a return since this is technically an afterlife for Sora?
Well damn, Strelitzia has apparently been doing well for herself since getting murdered if she can afford to live in an apartment in Aoyama!
damn they doxxed sora 😢
I'd fucking love it if Neku came by and was just like, "So you died too huh? Let's fix that"
I've heard that potentially, sop also ties in to vs13 a bit, so Nomura is making a comeback with it, bits and pieces they are, lol
@@cah137-y4s I guess she should thank ventus
Finally the most convoluted lore of Kingdom Hearts has been answered…. what was in Sora’s shoes.
Feet? The purpose of shoes is to satisfy feet. Your vendor of shoes will have no problem satisfying even the stodgiest of customers, or the "Stodgestomer".
I thought it was gonna be tiny men holding him up, but feet was my second guess.
R.I.P Clown Shoes
It must've had hella good cushioning (and I guess muscles) in his other big, cartoony shoes. Bc he's been easily pulling off those stunts, jumps & shizz.
My god.
IT WAS A SECOND, SMALLER PAIR OF SHOES.
Nico: This new world is like the afterlife
Also Nico: Why are they going to see Hades
Hades: Uhhh, God of the underworld/afterlife
Hades: Yea you know i take souls and put them in a pool to swim for eternity or something. Idk just some food for thought maybe Sora's Soul is in there. :)
I mean, we know from Hercules that worlds can have there own Afterlife’s and the final world is like the super afterlife or something so it’s likely that Sora found himself in a Traverse Town like world except instead of being a magnet for people lost from there worlds falling to darkness this world attracts basically dead people’s hearts I guess.
@@linkfan6555 Herc*
Which confuses me,why would sora if dead end up in a random disney world hell? Like if winnie the pooh dies he goes to hades underworld?
@@sammysalgado1475 i think if Winnie the Pooh died, he'd go to Hundred Acre Wood afterlife. I'm guessing Quadratum is like an afterlife for the space between worlds, or something fucky like that
I saw this on Twitter: "What if we all came from Kingdom Hearts and all of this is just our afterlife?"
Because goddamn, that made me think-
I know I did
Sora has been sent from a fantasy world to a world ment to be our reality.
Sora has been reverse Isekai-ed.
Then…what if when we die, we go to the reality of Kingdom Hearts. (Our literal version of fiction).
@@elsawithginathedreamdragon3952 I'd be okay with that. lol
That idea, the idea of this fiction being juuuust outside of our world so we can never confirm or deny it, that was my favorite part of TWEWY’s extended lore. The idea that the soft-magic system of Soul and Imagination in effect made human willpower and the capacity to change people through art and creativity into literal reality-warping superpowers was oddly powerful to me.
"Strange man with giant key, running amok. People more baffled than afraid." ~ Nicob 2017
Once more Nico displays his true BS prediction powers.
When was that?!
@@valydendor4472 It was in his Real Keyblade Reveal video. Around the 2 min mark.
I feel like now that the Xehenort saga has been completed, a weight that has been bogging down Nomura is gone, so now he can go ham and get stuff out faster.
That weight was something called “working on a project called Verses 13 for nearly ten years only to slowly lose control of the project, watch it turn into something outside of your vision, and slowly get phased out to work on the other big series you put on hold, just to work on this project we wanted you for in the first place.”
He's not going to though. Only thing that's fast about it is that they did not announce a shit ton of spinoffs. Still some shitty mobile game stuff, and this game is not going to come out for another 4 years
@@Zephhi 2023-24 seems likely to me don't forget they won't have to switch engines and already have assets.
True he has pretty much a fresh start now and not only that there's a ton of assets they did'nt have when they started 3. Including playable versions of Riku, Aqua, Roxas, and Kairi, the potential for what 4 can be is looking pretty good. So long as him and Osaka team keep pushing to improve I'm not going to worry, 3 was an awesome game considering the limitations they had and I look forward to seeing what they can do now that those problems are'nt there.
@@Zephhi Dude he specifically mentioned that he decided on doing 4 because he did'nt want fans to wait too long on that cliffhanger. So 4 is clearly his top priority, also this trailer is all gameplay footage granted yes it's short but that's a really good sign that things are going smoothely.
So with The Twewy series and now KH4, I guess Shibuya is where Nomura characters go when they die?
With this new direction Kingdom Hearts 4 is seemigly taking, I could totally see Marvel and Star Wars stuff showing up. God, imagining Spider-Man interacting with KH characters is such a crazy thought
I'd love to see some Star Wars content myself!
I made a comment about it already but, the forest scene has what looks like an AT-ST foot on screen and it looks a lot like Endor. Hoping we'll finally get some star wars stuff :D
f no
@@simeonwashington9995 the forest area is 99% confirmed Endor. You saw the foot of an AT-ST for a small portion of time in the trailer
I'm hoping for an Encanto world
So, something I've heard from speculation.
Look closely at the forest. In one shot, near the river, you see that weird looking rock over at the top right corner. Apparently, that looks like the foot of an AT-ST.
You know what that means?
Also, something else from speculation.
Apparently, when making the next game, Nomura was torn between making Verum Rex of KH4. Ultimately, he ended up making KH4 first because of worries about Sora from the fans.
This is all based on stuff I've heard from other people, however. I don't know the full story.
Keyblade vs lightsaber battels? Hell yeah!
I think that Quadratum is going to be how they work Star Wars and Marvel stuff into the game. Quadratum is supposed to be the "other side of reality." And it looks like Quadratum is a place where Sora looks like a normal human being, which would make it much easier for him to feature alongside Star Wars and Marvel Characters without looking weird (like how it so often went in the PotC worlds).
@@reilie9115 no that's mistranslation. He actually was deciding which to makes first and he ultimately choose KH4
use the force sora.
sora: who the old blue man in corner?
@@thefaithtrio2106 i didnt see the correction until now. My mistake!
Many people think that Donald and Goofy are gonna go to worlds having to do with death, like the Underworld, Coco, and Soul.
Interesting so we might see what happened to Hades after he got defeated in the Hercules Movie.
Huh that actually makes sense since they were referring to Quadratum as the afterlife. And since Riku went to Quadratum then I could easily see Kairi joining Donald and Goofy. We could have like 3 different storylines and gameplay going on if they went in that direction. Hmm interesting. Am excited to see what they do.
Coco KH Coco KH Coco KH God I wish, I loved that movie, it made me cry
4 in Japanese and other languages can also be pronounced the same or similarly to Death, I can already feel the KH4 number four symbolism getting wild lol
@@dannythekhexpert6468 Didn't even think of that! Especially with (possibly) Sora and Strelitzia being presumably dead, Donald and goofy going to (probably) the underworld... Gosh Nomura loves his number symbolism!
When I first saw the images from the trailer on Twitter I low key though they were fake 🤣. The idea of a KH4 trailer coming out so soon when we basically waited our entire lives for KH3 just seemed unrealistic to me. But this game is looking sick and I’m all here for it.
Sameeee
This to a T
We waited 8 years for a KH3 announce and 7 more after that before it game out. Batty to think about.
Hopefully this one will come out before 2030
Same but I did start to think it could possibly be real, but when I saw Sora's feet thats when I REALLY thought it was fake cuz I was like no way lol Sora? without his clown shoes? and NORMAL feet? hell nah this gotta be fake lol.
I was really shocked by how Nico had no reaction to Strelitzia's appearance, only for me to be shaking my head and laughing when he watched it again and he realized he'd completely not understood who she was 🤣
As someone who actually played Union X, I can say that I was excited to see Streletzia here, but at the same time, I am also asking how she got here.
@@Shantae1188 Remember the extra pod that was used for the "True Dandelion"?
@@WD_Gaster66 Vaguely
@@Shantae1188 Well that makes two of us lol
Cool detail I noticed that may or may not be intentional, but still interesting
Back in BBS & the flashbacks in KH1 we saw li’l baby Sora, his hair was spiky, but slightly flatter than how it would grow. Then during KH1 Sora’s hair is more pointy & upward, which while it gets shorter as time goes on, it still is pretty pointy for a while
Now after Sora let Ventus out of his heart & back to his original body & he only has himself in his heart, his hair is flat again.
Again I’m not sure if this was indeed intentional, but it seems the more people in his heart, the pointy Sora’s hair got, but now that Ventus, Roxas, & Xion are all free from his heart, it’s flattened back to how it was before anyone else became a part of him.
Just something I thought you as cool😁
I don't think his friends are his power, it was all in the hair.
@@eekeey It was the hair all along!!! :O
Plot twist Sora is hanging out in Nomura's actual apartment in Japan.
Also Plot Twist: Nomura meeting Sora is how the idea for Kingdom Hearts REALLY happened.
plot twist Sora is Nomura
Sora: Wow I'm Shibuya! Maybe I can talk to Neku!
Strelitzia: Sorry it's called Quadratum.
Sora: Dammit! I wonder where Neku is anyways?
Meanwhile in TWEWY
Nagi: I'm so glad that a fellow companion of mine enjoys the delicacy that is Alligator.
Neku: Yeah... *whispers to himself* come on Neku, you have died multiple times now, you can handle this vile food.
Nagi: Pardon?
Neku: I mean it's really great Nagi!
Watch it be a different Neku since it's a different realm
Immagine them revealing a second video that shows Rindo just as Nico ends NEO twewy. On one hand, it sounds like impossibly good timing. On the other hand...it's Nico.
I just noticed that he turns his Keyblade around to use his keychain to grapple objects at 2:20 and I absolutely love it 😍
Terra's did the same. Does nobody remember Keyblade transformations??
@@Orion_TheyThem yes I was thinking the same
From a designer's perspective, Sora's outfit looks like something from the Gatto Nero X Roen (or Gatto Nero x Black Honey Chili Cookie) SS22 collection. The jacket itself is cut in a way that gives it a similar taper to Neku's jacket in NEO, while the pants are a less edgy and more "Shibuya chic" interpretation of the Roen pants Noctis wears.
Seems fitting considering the close ties Nomura had with the late Hiromu Takahara who was the creative director of Roen back during the development of FF Versus XIII. Takahara left to establish Black Honey Chili Cookie where he and his brand BHCC then ended up in NEO TWEWY, as well as becoming the manufacturer of some official KHIII merch.
His clothes actually look pretty similar to the artwork Nomura did for the Supergroupies promo a while back. (It's also the artwork you see when you complete KH3 Critical Mode.)
I love this comment!
Nomura: You joked all these years about Sora's feet, well, jokes on you, *you're* not a clown but the entire circus
Also you're not wrong, I also thought the 4 was a 3 at first, lol
Better than my "observation" that it was four strokes with one smudged in between all of them
I have a strong feeling this game could easily be releasing in 2024 or 25. I know people joke about that it'll take a long time like KH3. But I think the SE teams have mastered Unreal Engine. Square also seems like they don't have to go through copyright hell to hopefully get some franchises (like Pixar in KH3). I have a good feeling this will be a smooth development.
Plus Nomura isn’t working on a dozen projects at once like his been doing for years now
@@oreotaku4017 Not exactly true. As he was working on NEO: The World Ends With You (the sequel to one of his other creations) most likely during KH4's pre production, Final Fantasy Remake 2, and now he's finishing up Kingdom Hearts Dark Road. Nomura still has a lot on his plate.
It is quite possible though that development will be smoother this time around give the Kingdom Hearts teams mastery of Unreal. Kingdom Hearts III a lot of people don't realize was in development hell for years. Also the shift away from Disney properties might actually help as Nomura famously said KH III took so long because of Pixar's refusal to cooperate for a long time. There will probably be very little Disney meddling this time as there was with KH III. Though I cannot promise anything on Square's end as they tend to rush their developers, Kingdom Hearts III being no different since Re:Mind was created because of that reason.
It's funny, the only director they seem to not rush is Yoko Taro for whatever reason. They just kind of let him do what he wants.
@@chaoschaoforever I agree. Also think it probably eases Nomura's mind at the fact he can go in any direction he wants with KH4. Doesn't have to tie any outstanding loose ends like in KH3.
@@ericlegacy8834 Yeah. Plus the change from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5 is not a MASSIVE leap like from the Luminos Engine to UE4. It's actually a pretty seemless transition. I'd expect KH4 late 2023 to early to mid 2024.
Yes! I was hoping for Kingdom Hearts 4 news and they delivered! Your reaction was perfect and I’m so excited to see what they have in store for us! The end of the Xenanort saga means that the story can take a brand new direction and I hope they go all in! You got me into the Kingdom Heart series and this next game looks amazing so far! 🥰🥳❤️
Hades deals with the Underworld or afterlife, right? He canonically brought back a FF character from a whole other world back to life. So Donald and Goofy seeing him might not be a bad idea for at least some info.
It's weird that we're getting the announcement for Kingdom Hearts IV already, especially since there's only been three games since Kingdom Hearts III.
Nomura isn’t busy working on Verses 13 or any other big projects anymore. So he can finally work on KH titles.
@@oreotaku4017 Instead, he could be turning his Versus 13 ideas into a KH game. Judging by the Yozora stuff.
It all makes sense now Marluxia’s sister being cut down by Ven, The Master of Masters saying he’ll disappear and Sora too. That place might be an afterlife for people who lost their lives.
And the more I think about it, Maleficent was kinda the same but she went through time
Thats kind of dark(pun not intended), as it means MoM just... "unlive" himself.
@@mendlez2306 who’s mom?
@@mendlez2306 The power of waking has to be more than what it seems. What we’ve been taught is that overusing the Power of Waking can lead to your disappearance from your world
Exactly the reaction i was looking towards.
This is Sora’s ultimate form “Pretty Anime Boy Form”
This makes me glad I played through the whole series recently. Now I can be as excited for this as everyone else is now!
I would like to point out something that seems to confuse people here when they hear that statement guys when she said "similar" to an afterworld that doesn't mean that this is the afterworld. The reason why I'm saying this is because of this statement everyone thought Sora dead/died and came here but that's not what happened. What happened was because Sora constant misuse of the power of waking he was thinning his existence in his reality when he did it one last time to save Kairi he thinned his existence too much so he ended up fading/bleeding into the next reality that doesn't count as death/dying or being erased from existence since everyone still remembers him and that his heart his still connected to the people close to him just weaker as shown in melody of memory where the memory Xehanort said that he can still reach here but his voice can not reach very far. As for how Strelitzia showed up here I have no idea although I do have a few theory's on what's going except I need more information to be certain.
What I love is after this trailer dropped people figured out where Sora lives down to the exact apartment.
I hope nobody’s actually living there rn or someone’s going to get a lot of weird phone calls
Plot twist, that was Nomura's apartment 😂
@@zackfair711 Either his or whoever works with him lol. As wattpad writer, I'm using my own school for the plot settings 🤣🤣
Dude got doxxed
Leave it to the KH fanbase to either dox Sora or find out he's _ballin'_
The scene with the forest in the trailer has what looks like the foot of an AT-ST, implying that the forest in Endor. If that's the case, Star Wars is in the game and that's so fucking hype. Maybe they'll bring in Marvel stuff as well!
Why would they show Star Wars in a teaser trailer like this? Pretty sure it's just a forest outside of Quadratum.
Also, it's rocks. I don't know how people are seeing metal.
@@Orion_TheyThem The shape matches the AT-ST foot exactly
Yeah, I saw that logo as a III as well. I was like *"It's called **_Kingdom Hearts III_** again? Like a **_Kingdom Hearts III-2_** situation, like what **_Final Fantasy X_** did, and-- oh, it's a IV! holy shit!"*
Omg, I thought I'd be pushing 40 by the time KH4 was announced. So fucking hyped for this. I was a bit worried that because I wasn't as fond of KH3, that it'd kill my excitement for future installments, but nope! The brainwashing still holds strong Nomura!
So, Kingdom Hearts went full Disney before, now it's time to go full Final Fantasy!
I’ve been waiting to see your reaction all day
I swear if Donald and Goofy are in Olympus Colosseum and they somehow find Zack in the Underworld, I'm gonna flip my head.
I did not even think of that omg
Also hi ThatKaitoDan big fan
You're reaction has been a favorite of the many I've seen today. Just pure excitement at what's to come and how they can handle the concept of Quadratum and the "real" or "unreal" world. I'm so excited to see more over the next few years. Here's to good development!
I also like how Hades seems to be important!
Your*
This looks absolutely amazing! Loved your reaction Nico
I've been so excited all day hoping you would release a reaction video to this announcement!! So hype for KH 4 😍
Yeah, yeah Kingdom Hearts 4 is coming and that's cool. But I'm surprised nobody is commenting on the name of the new arc for the series.
_The Lost Master Arc._ It seems like the main focus and possibly antagonist is gonna be the Master of Masters or that one master that the other ones talked about in the ending of KH3, considering the previous arc was the Xehanort Saga assuming the name of arcs will coincide with their overarching antagonist.
Also other comments mention it but man... imagine if the TWEWY characters show up. Also I think the reason Donald and Goofy are potentially visiting Hades is due to him being god of the underworld. Maybe they think that Sora's there.
So after the red flowers in the trailer, is that not a AT-AT Walker foot from Star Wars? Top right of the screen. If it is, holy crap!
Sorry, it is before the red flowers, not after. I re-watched it and noticed my mistake.
All the might of Square Enix wasn't enough to completely kill Versus XIII, everything Nomura wants Nomura gets.
I have a crazy theory:
- We know that the FF characters that are in
KH aren’t exactly the same as they are in FF
- The Vs13 characters where changed a bit when becoming FF15 just enough to say they are different characters
- We know Yozora doesn’t really look like he appears to Sora
- Yozora’s name means “Night Sky” the same as Noctis
- Yozora is literally Vs13 Noctis being placed in KH as a counterpart to the FF15 version of him
- Nomura is a God tier MADLAD
I can't wait for all the TWEWY references, because there's got to be a lot with them being in Shibuya 😀
Praying that this game will release to ALL platforms on launch day so everyone can enjoy playing it 🙏
I just realised if Sora stays in this afterlife for the whole game this will be the first Numbered Kingdom Hearts game you’ll play without Donald and Goofy as you party members. If that’s so will we play as Sora solo or will different companions tag along Sora the whole game and who would they be. My money is on Strelitzia
Strelitzia would be such a cool party member!
@@hatboi124 Then he would have that formchange akin to that of Aqua's Wayfinder formchange/command style. I hope it's named "Starlight Kingdom", 'cause that would sound so cool.
Spoiler Alert for implied games...
2:03
Sora : Can I ask about Quadratum? Like the real world?
Juro Kurabe and Iori Fuyusaka : Are you sure about that???
Rindo and Neku : Sort of, but we are in UG
Shulk, Pyra, Mythra : That place is just history for us
Joker : We are in real world, but the metaverse are consuming ours once
Sora : Okay, is any of this real or not??
Simple and Clean start
After watching so many reactions and doing some digging that narration is done by luxu this game is already hyped lol
Imagine if it said Kingdom Hearts 3.9 I would’ve flipped my table 🤣
Nico: That's my maid.
Also Nico, after realizing who the "maid" is: _Oh, fuck. Strelitzia's in this game._
Big random bingo card for movies in this:
- Pocahontas
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- The Princess and the Frog
- The Jungle Book
- The Incredibles
- Lilo & Stitch
- Recess: School's Out
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
- Coco
- Encanto
- Turning Red
- Star Wars (seems to be hinted just before we see the chess piece)
Also, let's not forget that Quadratum is considered "fictional". I mean, it's the setting of a video game in-universe, after all.
ALSO also, I still have a nagging feeling that Ava might be involved here. If only because "zorra" (Spanish for "female fox") is kinda in Yozora's name (and Sora's, sort of).
I think this is the most hype I’ve ever been watching a game trailer!!! LETS GOOOO BRING ON KH4
Sora: I’ve finally evolved into my ultimate form, a Bishonen!
That shot of Sora running and looking up, hand stretched out, I just REAL X EYES it's just like Aruto in Zero -One's opening.
I had that same idea!!!
Shit Nomura letting his Kamen Rider fanboy show
I’m just here for the gameplay and how much more realistic it seems to be
I was sure we would get KH4 next yet I was still really excited during the announcement
6 years ago I was having fun watching Nico play KH in the battle vs Sephiroth, Now I'm shouting like crazy alongside his reaction at KINGDOM HEARTS IV
Nomura's revengance has begun!
You ain't slick. I caught that reference.
@@Redxan600 I'm glad someone did. It was a good quote I just had to say it
I actually don’t like how Sora looks here and I HOPE it’s just for the Quadratum world. As much as we might love the Final Fantasy stuff in these games, I liked that Kingdom Hearts had its own style. I really wasn’t asking for “photorealistic” Sora with normal clothes, I kinda want the big goofy shoes and the eccentric outfit back.
Nomura just actually confirmed that Sora’s new design is only because of Quadratum to protect the world order.
POV: You subscribed to NicoB for his kindom heart play throughs
Life's good when the next KH game is a numbered title. See you guys in 2025 for another trailer.
"It`s like the After life"
Joschua: *lurks around the courner, giggeling doughy noices*
"Sora, we've been looking for you!"
"Where?"
"Hell."
Shibuya? Afterlife? Tetsuya Nomura? If the TWEWY gang isn’t here than we riot
My guess is that they will a day and night cycle. During the day you can run around, buy items, and look for chests. During the night is when you can fight heartless for experience.
I was waiting for your reaction to these trailers all day!
Watching the trailer for the millionth time I finally noticed how epic the music is. Going to listen to this soundtrack even more than this.
I think Donald & Goofy went is because of what Strelytzya said "this world is like a sort of underworld"
Kingdom Hearts is 20. I'm personally very glad with the changes their making. It's almost as if the franchise is maturing with the audience. Plus if we got ff characters back, the games a 10
Considering how real this Shibuya is, I don’t think there’s going to be TWEWY content in this game :(
Probably not, Would be really cool though.
Some references would be nice.
Maybe exploring and hearing the word Shibuya somewhere could make him go, “Wonder if I’ll run into Neku?”
I have a feeling Quadratum might be our KH III Twilight Town/Hub World.
Maybe (hopefully) for the prologue Sora will get thrown into a Reaper's Game and get new threads and learns some new tricks before he ends up in Quadratum.
I really, really hope Square didn't announce this too early and will make us wait six years
If Sora doesn't eat an aligator cooked by buff Col. Sanders then this saga it's not worth it
Knowing Sora he’d probably like it.
Neku and Beat throwing up in the corner though.
Nomura did say a whle back that the next KH title would be a surprise. He wasn't wrong. We had to wait THIRTEEN YEARS for KHIII. And now we get a revealtrailer for KHIV just over 3 years after KHIII. Fucking madness.
Damn, this is so hype. I really hope we get Strelizia as a party member, after all, she is a keyblade wielder.
Kingdom hearts 4 aka Nomuras not done with Versus 13 yet!
Also Alittle fact: For those who don’t know, the number 4 in Japan represents death and the quad in quadradum is 4, so it almost makes sence that Quadradum would be an afterlife world for Sora and Strelitzia
Makes sense
I knew it, i knew this day would come... and this is coming from someone who has never played Kingdom Hearts.
Also, considering Nico's "Previously" for Kingdom Hearts 3 was him being esctatic just PLAYING the game, i shudder to think what he'll do for Kingdom Hearts 4's Lets' play lol...
It looks very early in development which is good, Take their time and do it right. KH3 was very 50/50
That forest part of the trailer, people saw the foot of what looks like an AT-ST or AT-AT which all but confirms that's the forest moon of Endor from Star Wars but others say it might be the forests of Harajuku since Quadratum is based on real life Japan.
9:38 Don't forget, while it been 7 days there, it been an whole year during 3-Limitcut, maybe just the real world look but gotta remember every detail
Nicob: welcome to real world, sora
Ansem the wise. Well, this is the unreal world...
I just hope Lauriam/Marluxia comes back and we see him reunite with his sis. 👍
Awesome KH4 reaction video NicoB. Keep up the awesome content 😎👍🏼
Kingdom Hearts 4: Light is unbreakable
Sora: This sure is a crazy, noisy, bizarre town…
You know. Call me crazy. I don't think that's the Sora we know, you know. I know that I'm probably going to be wrong in the end, but something doesn't seem right about him. He's silent, almost stoic, despite his situation, and his exaggerated nature in 3. His proportions are noticeably off, and I don't think that's just the 'Quadratum Filter'. Despite it being 7 days, according to Streletzia, Sora looks significantly different from his KH3 rendition, with an older looking face, frame, and new haircut.
In the end of Remind, when Sora and Yozora are meeting in the Final World and talking, Sora recognizes him from Verum Rex as a guy called 'Yozora', but Yozora says 'This isn't what I really look like. How do you recognize me as Yozora?'
What if there's some weird Nomura-like mechanic in Quadratum where for some reason people can look like others, and mimic their abilities, but not perfectly. Despite apparently not being Yozora, the boss we fight wields his weapons with ease, and can copy the keyblade into his sword if he catches you.
Call me dumb, or a conspiracy theorist, but despite everything, I think there's a possibility of that not being Sora, and it's kinda fun, albeit kinda terrifying, to theorize on it and think on it.
It would be cool to have a similar bait and switch as kh2 where we think we play as sora but in this case its actually yozora
This is a great theory. But just to tweak it a little, I think thatvwas Sora. However, as a plot twist, Sora may eventually become Yozora as a future self.
Because at the end of KH3, Sora technically died. So that manifestation of himself for that timeline may be the one we see in this trailer (hence being older), but there is another "version" of Sora fought to survive like seen in Re:mind. In Marvel terms (Loki to be specific), Yozora is a "variant" of Sora who arrived and stayed in Quadratum longer before the Re:mind version eventually caught up with him after saving Kairi.
If Peter Griffin isn’t a summon, I’m out
the direction that KH4 is going to be at, seems like it will be incredibly different! the hype is so real!! the new era of KH has only begun
I bet Marluxia is gonna be pissed and Misunderstand Sora for trying to get it with his sister lol.
Nomura bring back Demyx, Luxord, Marluxia, and Larxene. (Luxord probably being the most likely though tbh)
Now I'm wanting to ship Sora and Strelitxia together just to spite Marluxia lol.
Imagine him walking in on them in a compromising position and just Blue Screening.
Yo just imagine if Sora dies again and now he is stuck in the UG playing the reapers game, that be kind of funny.
I initially was hoping that Sora would be absent the next game due to him being straight dead despite how much I love playing as him, because I really do feel like he should pay what he’s owed for how bad he’s broken the laws of nature in KH3
However, they’re making it sound a lot like Sora is here in Quadratum after death to pay with his life, as in his old life, the life he can no longer go back to. And if this means Sora can face the consequences fairly while he gets to remain the protagonist, then I have to admit that this is a very veeeeery genius move on Nomura’s part, I am absolutely down for this setup, well played man
I mean it to be expected Sora would be back he’s the main character. And Nomura has gone on record to say Sora would always be the Main Character. That doesn’t mean we won’t get games like Days, BBS, or MoM anymore where other characters take the spotlight but for any main title at least Sora’s here to stay.
@@oreotaku4017 Yeah it’s to be expected, but its just not what I personally would have wanted especially after Sora’s blatant abuse of power in KH3 he absolutely should be penalized lol,
But having Sora as the protagonist again but under these circumstances where he may never be allowed to live his old life again and has to spend the rest of his death as a wandering multi-universal ghost, that is probably one of the most interesting concepts I’ve ever heard in gaming lol
I love how the older Sora gets his shoes become smaller and smaller.
Has it really been *2 years* since they revealed KH4?
Yes 😢
The realistic part is likely going to be only this world I mean look at Donald and Goofy at the end.
I hope Quadratum plays a big part in this game I dig the realistic stuff so much its like my childhood became real
Listen, they can do whatever they want with this game. I only have one request.
Make this a Destiny Trio centered game. Let Kairi help find Sora whether it's within or outside of Quadratum.
Let there be more interactions between her and Riku, Sora, and the three of them together. Donald and Goofy can have their moments as well, but I just want more stuff with Destiny trio as a team.
Yay! Now the kingdom hearts characters look like the more recent final fantasy game characters.
Been waiting for this!!!!
7:20 - You were expecting maybe, Kingdom Hearts V? Nah, Nomura won't mess with us THAT much. I mean, he'll probably mess with us a bit, but not to that extent. Although to be fair, Nomura DID say the time between numbered releases is going to be shorter from now on. My guess is that mortality is a big factor in it, because the dude's not getting any younger. He probably knows he can't go on forever and likely wants to get to at least VI before he retires.
To all of those, yes, Sora is dead because in Japanese da girl (soz aint haven’t played mobile game yet and I can’t spell) said “the world after we die”
My only real gripe is Hades, just because I'm SO sick of Hercules in these games. (I am pretty sure they're seeking Hades thinking he could help bring Sora back from the "dead").
Here's the reaction I was waiting for 🔥
What a coincidence, I'm in the middle of watching your Kingdom Hearts playthroughs.