Summary
It’s now been exactly 1,000 days sinceKingdom Hearts 4was first announced with a reveal trailer during the 20th anniversary event on June 06, 2025. Ouch.
Over the past few months, I’ve written alotabout how longGrand Theft Autofans have been waiting for news sinceGTA 6 was revealed at the end of 2023. While it’s true that a game with a set release window isbound to have more people worried about how long it’s been since we’ve heard anything about it, the 397 days it’s been since the first trailer is rookie numbers compared to other long-lost games.
One great and particularly painful example of this isKingdom Hearts4,which was announced nearly three years ago at the series' 20th anniversary celebrations. Aside from a fewlittle tidbits from Nomura since that first trailer, Square Enix has beencompletely silent about Sora’s next adventure, and that silence has now reached a new milestone - triple-digits, baby.
Kingdom Hearts 4’s First Trailer Was 1,000 Days Ago
The depressing milestone was pointed out by Kingdom Hearts YouTuber TheGamersJoint, who shared a video reminding us all that it’s now been 1,000 days since Kingdom Hearts 4 was revealed. That’s painful enough, but it gets worse when you remember that thereveal trailer is theonlybit of footage we’ve had for Kingdom Hearts 4, which means it’s also been 1,000 days since we’ve seen anything from it.
It’s also been a long time since we’ve heard anything concrete about Missing Link,but at least Square Enix had the decency to officially announce a delay for it a few months ago.
Kingdom Hearts fans are already well aware ofhow long we’ve gone without a new trailer or update for the next mainline game, but it’s even more painful now that we’re officially in triple-digit territory. For comparison,there were 735 days between Kingdom Hearts 3’s announcement at E3 2013andits more concrete re-reveal at E3 2015. Again, ouch.
As painful as the wait for Kingdom Hearts 4 has been and looks to continue to be, it’s not like we’ve learntnothingnew about the game in those 1,000 days. Series creator Tetsuya Nomura has shared a few details during interviews,such as how it’s going to act as a story resetand might even beleading up to Kingdom Hearts as a whole concluding.
