Kingdom Hearts Rebirth

Kingdom Hearts 4 was absent from Summer Game Fest 2026. Here's why Final Fantasy 7 Revelation may explain the lack of updates.

Yesterday's Nintendo Direct certainly got Kingdom Hearts players talking--but it's not the kind of discourse Square Enix was probably hoping for after unveiling a new Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer and announcing that native versions of the entire Kingdom Hearts trilogy are coming to Switch 2 on October 8. Instead, eagle-eyed players are focused on what appears to be AI-generated key art, which Square Enix shared on X shortly after the announcement of the Kingdom Hearts Collection [I-III] As pointed out by artist and Kingdom Hearts fan Vexmyx, the image appears to show Donald with four fingers on on

Many are accusing Square Enix of using ugly generative AI to create the box art for the new Kingdom Hearts Collection.

We are so back, keyblade warriors.

After announcing that three collections of Kingdom Hearts games are coming to Switch 2, the June 2026 Nintendo Direct revealed a fresh look at the elusive Kingdom Hearts 4--which will be available on Nintendo's console when it launches. Granted, we still don't have any idea when Kingdom Hearts 4 is out, as the new trailer lacked a release window of any sort. But the video, about a minute and a half long, contains glimpses of Sora, Strelitzia (yes, from the mobile game), and other faces new to Sora in the mysterious, Shibuya-like city of Quadratum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIpQz_9zQS0 Th