![]() Shinji Hashimoto, and a Disney executive rode the elevator together.” “It just so happened that our executive producer, Mr. As explained by Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura: As reported by The Guardian, the D23 2017 convention for Disney fans is where we learned about the game’s early beginnings. Mashing these two worlds together probably never would have happened if it wasn’t for the fact that Disney and Square occupied the same building in Tokyo back in the 90s and early 2000s. Square Enix’s characters tend to be far grittier with a more realistic design while Disney is… well Disney family-friendly and cartoony. ![]() The Kingdom Hearts games are pretty whacky when you think about it. However, Square and Enix merged in 2003 and so every Kingdom Hearts game since then has been by Square Enix. Square’s North American subsidiary that worked on Kingdom Hearts was still going by Squaresoft when the first game released in 2002. Kingdom Hearts was the last Squaresoft game Just imagine him breaking out with “Bye Bye Bye” and some sweet dance moves each time he killed you. But really, I’m just sad that Sephiroth never broke into song at some point. A strange casting choice considering that boy bands don’t give off anywhere near the same vibe as the evil villain determined to destroy the world. Unknown to many of us at the time, Lance Bass of NSYNC fame actually voiced this silver-haired demon. As such, one of the bonus boss players you could fight in the first Kingdom Hearts game was Cloud’s nemesis, Sephiroth. Kingdom Hearts is the marriage between Disney and Square Enix characters in an RPG. See if you knew these already or if they’re new to you. ![]() With the news that the entire series will be coming to Nintendo Switch Cloud Streaming, I couldn’t help but think back on some of the more obscure facts surrounding the franchise. Kingdom Hearts has been around for two decades now, giving us plenty of interesting anecdotes and history surrounding its creation and characters. Did you already know these Kingdom Hearts facts? ![]()
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