Game News Kingdom Hearts 4: Tetsuya Nomura (FF7 Remake) reveals the reason for Sora’s realistic appearance
Published on 04/16/2022 at 09:53
It was the good surprise of the past week. On the occasion of the twenty years of the series, Square Enix unveiled the new opus of Kingdom Hearts. With the first images seen, Sora ended up landing in a world visibly very close to ours. It was during a recent interview that the creator of the saga explained the origins of this new world, as well as the look so realistic of our protagonist.
Quadratum, Sora’s Tokyo Beyond
Square Enix has unveiled the first images of Kingdom Hearts IV on the occasion of the twenty years of the video game series mixing the style of the studio with that of the Disney licenses. The trailer, as intriguing as it is enticing, gave us a glimpse of the beginnings of a particularly familiar new world. Quadratum will be one of Sora’s new destinations, a world visually very close to the Japanese capital, Tokyo. In a recent interview with Famitsu translated by VGCTetsuya Nomura, known for his work on the Final Fantasy saga and creator of the Kingdom Hearts license, spoke regarding this particular relationship. For him, Quadratum is not the “real world”, but a kind of “beyond”.
From Sora’s point of view, Quadratum is not the real world but on the contrary resembles a parallel world, a world different from reality. On the other hand, for the inhabitants of Quadratum, their world corresponds to reality, and the world from which Sora and the others come, the fictional world.
Still according to Tetsuya Nomura, this question of point of view should be at the heart of this new opus. A recurring theme in the series.
The perception changes for each point of view. The Master of Masters said something along these lines already in Kingdom Hearts Union X (…). I think the theme of this new project will be the contrast between those who are in such different positions.
New look for a new life
If Quadratum looks so much like our world, at first glance it is also Sora who received a good facelift. His more realistic appearance compared to that of his friends Donald and Goofy is striking. A new feature but far from trivial according to Tetsuya Nomura, who explains that this new look would be the result of our hero’s excursion in this fictional Tokyo.
Donald and Goofy go in search of Sora in the original world. All the real worlds that appear before the title (in the trailer) correspond to fragments of Quadratum and Sora will look realistic, but if he can return to the original world, Sora will look like Donald and Goofy.
A brand new appearance for the Keyblade wielder, but one that should remain temporary. In parallel with these statements, Square Enix took the opportunity to talk regarding its title and in particular Quadratum. The studio describes this world as “a huge city set in a beautiful, realistic world unlike anything seen before in the Kingdom Hearts saga.”
It will be necessary to wait a while longer before being able to browse Quadratum while no release date has yet been communicated. Still regarding this fourth opus, it should be noted that the first images are subject to change. A recent report by Famitsu states that if the trailer presented by Square Enix runs on Unreal Engine 4, the game should take advantage of the power of Unreal Engine 5.
Par SengsunnWriting jeuxvideo.com
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