Kingdom Hearts 4 Trailer Reveals a Coco World, Late 2027
Kingdom Hearts IV's D23 showcase trailer reveals a full Coco-based world, a late 2027 release, and a Kingdom Hearts anime for Disney+.
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Sora Visits the Land of the Dead
Square Enix and Disney used D23 2026’s “Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts” panel to debut a full showcase trailer for Kingdom Hearts IV, confirming a late 2027 release window and revealing an entire world built around Pixar’s Coco. Co-director Tai Yasue and the voices of Sora and Riku appeared on the panel alongside a livestream also carried by The Game Awards.
Why It Matters for Dads
The Coco world is the smartest choice Square Enix could have made for a Disney-Pixar crossover this deep into the series — it’s an emotionally rich, visually distinct property that hasn’t been strip-mined by other games yet, and pairing Sora’s Keyblade with the Land of the Dead’s music-and-memory themes gives the sequence real thematic weight rather than being a checkbox cameo. King Mickey, Donald and Goofy returning alongside Sora keeps the core trio intact, which matters if you’re introducing a kid to the series for the first time through this entry.
The confirmed cross-platform release — including Nintendo Switch 2 — is the practical family win here. Kingdom Hearts has historically been scattered across a confusing web of prior-console exclusives and spin-offs; a same-day, all-platform release on the console your household actually owns removes a real barrier that kept a lot of families from ever starting the series.
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Kingdom Hearts IV is confirmed cross-platform, but PS5 remains the series' home turf — the console to have ready for late 2027.
What’s Next
No specific month yet within “late 2027,” and no details on the separate Kingdom Hearts Disney+ anime beyond its existence. We’ll cover both as Square Enix and Disney firm up dates.
The Dadnology Take
A Coco world is a genuinely inspired pick, and confirming Switch 2 alongside PS5, Xbox and PC removes the platform-fragmentation headache that has dogged this series for two decades. Late 2027 is still a long wait, but this is the most substantial, most confidence-inspiring look at Kingdom Hearts IV yet.
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