his vision for Versus XIII with the game and the "Verum Rex side of the franchise", and called the inclusion of Donald and Goofy at the end of the trailer a way to reassure players that the Disney elements of the franchise would continue. Nomura had also originally planned to create the Verum Rex game in its entirety, but noted the difficulty of creating two console games simultaneously. Kingdom Hearts IVs theme was described by Nomura as the contrast between the inhabitants of Sora's original world believing the inhabitants of Quadratum are fictional and vice versa. In June 2022, Nomura revealed that the mobile game Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link would be connected to Kingdom Hearts IV explaining that there were "some figures that appear" in Missing-Link that were tied to the story of IV. Design Sora receives an updated look for the game, having a more realistic art style. Quadratum and the non-playable characters also have a realistic design. The design team was challenged to make the world as realistic as possible; previously in the series, the most "realistic" world was the one based on the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Conversely, characters in the original world of the series, such as Donald and Goofy, continue to use the shaders and designs introduced in Kingdom Hearts III, with Nomura stating if Sora were to return to his world, his look would revert. Notes References External links Japanese website Action role-playing video games Crossover role-playing video games Disney video games Donald Duck video games Goofy (Disney) video games Kingdom Hearts Single-player video games Square Enix games Upcoming video games Video game sequels Video games developed in Japan Video games directed by Tetsuya Nomura Video games set in a fictional location