Former Disney Interactive concept artist Ken Christiansen revealed an interesting curiosity in an interview with Time Extension kingdom hearts and the company of mice.
It is said that The success of the first Kingdom Hearts Convince Disney to make a Super Smash Bros. style game.
Words from former Disney
Development of the first Kingdom Hearts It was obviously quite complicated, Christiansen recalls, “because Disney was very reluctant to do crossovers between the worlds of The Lion King and The Little Mermaid.”
It seems Disney “just can’t get over” the idea of its most popular characters meeting each other all the time, and the company’s hesitation has led to “some minor conflicts of opinion” During the production process, even though most developers “thought it was the coolest idea in the world. ”
“Kingdom Hearts 4” has a limited number of worlds, but they will be more detailed
However, the game’s success changed the minds of the skeptics. Producers reportedly came up with the idea of ”using the same ideas as in Toy Story, but having them fight.” [i giocattoli] Each other,” Christiansen recalled.
“Then we can have all the action figures of Disney characters from Tarzan, The Lion King and Treasure Planet, and It could be a Super Smash Bros. style thing.”, he added. Apparently, the game was never made, but similar projects have emerged, such as Disney Infinity, Disney Zoom, and most recently, Disney Dreams.
Finally, we’d like to point out that Disney has stated that it’s not ruling out a Kingdom Hearts movie at all.
