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UNBELIEVABLE: Tetsuya nomura - The Untold Story

Kingdom Hearts 4 script "almost twice as big" as KH3's, Tetsuya Nomura says: "There were more parts that I wanted to include, but I was already pushing it"

More dialogue doesn't mean a bigger game though

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Kingdom Hearts 4 "will be ready well before the release date," Tetsuya Nomura says, as the JRPG's development is going smoother than it has "in the history" of the series

"The release window won't be delayed," confirms Nomura quite confidently

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Kingdom Hearts IV Finally Has a Release Window — But Can It Win Back Fans After Such a Long Wait?

Kingdom Hearts IV finally has a 2027 release window, a Coco world and a Disney+ anime. We look at whether Square Enix and Disney are relaunching the whole franchise.

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Disney+ 'Kingdom Hearts': Franchise Creator Teases Major Detail Hidden in the Anime Adaptation's Key Art

Kingdom Hearts' creator Tetsuya Nomura teases major detail hidden in the anime adaptation's key art poster.

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Kingdom Hearts 4 lead Tetsuya Nomura plays 4D chess, potentially drops hints his canceled Final Fantasy game could somehow connect to the next RPG

Alongside the fan favorite The World Ends With You series

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Kingdom Hearts 4 features Pixar's Coco because Tetsuya Nomura thought it "would be the best world" for Sora's story

Sora is clearly Un Poco Loco

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Kingdom Hearts 4 references a bit of OG lore so obscure I wouldn't have blamed Tetsuya Nomura for forgetting it

The Heartless would be pretty bored in Coco, after all

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Disney animation boss says "nothing is impossible" when it comes to making a Kingdom Hearts movie

Jared Bush addresses the possibility of Kingdom Hearts: The Movie

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Everything we know about Kingdom Hearts 4 and the new TV series

Sora returns alongside a new animated series.

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Here’s 6Kingdom Hearts 4 worlds I think we’ll see following Coco’s official D23 reveal — including the one Tetsuya Nomura has ‘always’ wanted to include

I don’t just want these six Kingdom Hearts 4 worlds to be in the game; I know they will be.

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'Kingdom Hearts 4' Director Addresses Potential Delays Speculated For the Upcoming Sequel Game

Kingdom Hearts 4 is now at the center of delay speculations based on previous games, and its director has responded.

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After 8 years, Kingdom Hearts 4 will realize "an idea that we had since Kingdom Hearts 3," Tetsuya Nomura says

I've already convinced myself this is confirmation of a Star Wars world

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Kingdom Hearts 4 delay "is not happening," Tetsuya Nomura says after fans immediately doubt the RPG's late 2027 launch window: "I want to set the record straight"

Co-director Tai Yasue says Kingdom Hearts 4's 2027 launch is "a 100% thing"

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Kingdom Hearts anime is going all-in on the mystery, and I wouldn't have it any other way

"Please let your imaginations run wild"

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"Please let your imaginations run wild" - The Kingdom Hearts 4 team and Tetsuya Nomura are involved in the new Disney Plus anime

The series creator is in close discussions with the show's writers

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss has been thinking about ways to make a mysterious boss suitable for the upcoming crossover raid with Final Fantasy 14

"Nobody wants to go in there and just see Cloud looking like Cloud, but massive."

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Kingdom Hearts made assembling Final Fantasy 10's dev team "difficult" after Tetsuya Nomura and other JRPG veterans were assigned to the Disney crossover, lead says

"Tetsuya Nomura and I worked on FF7 and FF8 together, but then he was assigned to Kingdom Hearts," says Yoshinori Kitase

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Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy maestro Tetsuya Nomura says Super Mario 64 "truly shaped my current guiding principle" when moving to 3D JRPGs

Especially during Final Fantasy 7's 3D transition

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Despite playing a key role in Final Fantasy 7, JRPG icon Tetsuya Nomura says "Kingdom Hearts has become my life's work"

"I never imagined it would become such a long journey"

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Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer teases Hercules and Elemental worlds, but I wish it had included a release date

The trailer also confirmed KH4 is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PC and the Nintendo Switch 2.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says fans will "see for themselves" if the JRPG remake trilogy links to Advent Children, though other Square Enix veterans may have spoiled that already

Nomura and Kitase have already let it slip

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Starving Kingdom Hearts 4 hopefuls lap up tiny breadcrumbs from actor James Woods: "I can't comment, but I wish I could!"

It's been almost a year since there was a meaningful update on Kingdom Hearts 4

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As Kingdom Hearts 4 fans eagerly await an update, director Tetsuya Nomura celebrates the classic JRPG's 24th anniversary by telling everyone to check in next year

Square Enix serves up gourmet crumbs

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I regret to inform you that FF7 Rebirth features an exclusive MTG card by JRPG legend Tetsuya Nomura, so you're gonna have to buy it again

Zack Fair gets an exclusive new card in this limited Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth release

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Final Fantasy 7's Tetsuya Nomura reveals concept art made in the JRPG's "very earliest" stages that "envisioned combat" not fully realized until FF7 Remake

For the classic game's 29th anniversary

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