Disney, Square Enix preview 'Kingdom Hearts 4' video game at fan convention

"Kingdom Hearts 4" follows Sora after the events of the third game as he becomes trapped in Quadratum, a fictional version of Shibuya, a real-life business hub in Tokyo, Japan.

"Kingdom Hearts 4" will debut in 2027, and a panel at Disney's D23 entertainment showcase on Saturday displayed a four-minute trailer featuring a new world based on Pixar's "Coco," expanding on the 90 seconds of footage shown on Friday.

The extended footage reunited fans with familiar characters including Donald, Goofy, King Mickey and Hades, along with original "Kingdom Hearts" characters and glimpses of other worlds.

The panel included surprise guest Tetsuya Nomura, creator of the franchise, who said he aimed to include Disney titles that created strong gameplay synergies.

"We felt that 'Coco' would be the best world that would really help to achieve that," he said of the film about a boy who enters the "Land of the Dead" to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.