Back in 2002 when Kingdom Hearts first dropped, the marriage of Disney-themed worlds and Final Fantasy characters to make a Square Enix-style RPG was mind-blowing.
But Kingdom Hearts 4 finds itself in a very different media landscape, where just a few companies own a huge amount of the relevant pop-culture franchises, and everything is a crossover extended universe.
When so many properties are under one umbrella, the only limit to how deep the fan-service can go is how brave the licensing team are feeling that afternoon. And whether it’s Tina’s leaving party in the office that day, and whether the emergency bottle of schnapps has come out for the occasion.
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