Hades in Kingdom Hearts 4 Reveal Trailer?! What This Could Mean for the Story



It seems Hades is lurking in Kingdom Heart 4″s reveal trailer…but what does it mean? We explore and speculate on the plot for Sora, Goofy, Donald, and more!
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41 thoughts on “Hades in Kingdom Hearts 4 Reveal Trailer?! What This Could Mean for the Story”

  1. Considering Tartarus has multiple territories one being the realm of heroes and Elysian fields. it's likely either hades has access to the over worlds/omm iverse/god spheres seeing has how approached or Auron and Zak despite them being dead in the final fantasy afterlife.

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  2. Since Goofy and Donald question the helpfulness of the person they're after, it's clearly not Sora or Riku they're looking for but someone who might help them in their search/travel

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  3. It's starting to feel like the reason Quadradum is considered an "afterworld" is the actual real-world form of the original characters in KH when they "die". Think of it as if they've been playing a game in a fantasy world between Disney and FF. But once they "die" in the fiction world, they return to the real world so to speak. Which would make sense of why Sora's whole look is different and why Yozora truly didn't notice him (I mean yeah we all assumed this…but to see it is amazing). I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a real-world Xehanort and Equraris here as well. I'm still curious about the MoM's role though. His observation in this trailer makes it feel like he's been waiting for a long time to get Sora here in this particular place.

    As for Donald and Goofy, It does feel obvious they're looking for someone in the underworld…but for some reason, I just don't think they expected to run into Hades (or at least they were hoping to avoid him). I was thinking either:

    1. They were searching either Zack, or Cloud, but most likely Auron (considering Auron is officially known to be dead in KH, it would make more sense). Unrelated, but part of me would love to see it be another OG FF character that died.

    2. They pulled a classic KH move and landed in the wrong area and were supposed to ask Herc and Zeus first. Considering their one pint short of a full hero, it would only make sense to bring a "true hero" to the underworld! (okay stopping the KH puns now lol).

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  4. My thought was that maybe we get split gameplay with Sora on one hand and Donald & Goofy exploring Disney worlds with death themes (Coco, Hades underworld, maybe Soul) looking for Sora

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  5. Actually square enix did this like a week ago during a Japanese exclusive where have you guys been. Anyways just a friendly reminder that kingdom hearts 3 was announced in June 2013 and didn’t release until January 2019. 6 years at least this is a good sign it won’t be that long but our ever changing world might beg to differ

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  6. Here are some Disney franchises I hope to get the Kingdom Hearts treatment:

    -Robin Hood
    -Finding Nemo
    -The Muppets
    -Darkwing Duck
    -The Simpsons
    -Roger Rabbit
    -Spider-Man
    -Kim Possible
    -Phineas & Ferb
    -Dinosaurs (1991)
    -Brave Little Toaster

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  7. I mean I don't care, I never played the series though might be interested after I got into Final Fantasy couple years ago, but don't they usually have like 10 games between the actual numbered ones?

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  8. There another very important detail in the trailer. In the trailer the shadow specifically attacked a red car, it could have been any car but the specifically emphasize the red car which could mean only one thing… Lighting McQueen confirmed for KH4 let's go!!!

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  9. Fun Fact: James Woods (The English/movie voice actor for Hades) loved playing the character so much that he not only said it was his favorite role, but he kept coming back to voice him in things like the TV series and the english versions of Kingdom Hearts. 🙂

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  10. Not only is it very obvious it's Hades thanks to the visual queues, it's confirmed it's his Japanese VA and the info on the scene flatout confirms they're in the Underworld "looking for Sora's clues".

    I don't think it needed an analysis like it was something hard to grasp near-immediately.

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  11. Nomura really likes him. But, I'm surprised that gaming channels aren't talking about the forest in the trailer being Endor. You can see the foot of an AT-ST AKA a "chicken legs" walker for a split second in the forest shot.

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  12. I'm pretty sure it's Hades and Donald and Goofy will probably make their way to Quadratum. Now if they will return to the normal KH realm… that's a question we'll have to wait and see.

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