Kingdom Hearts 4 Reveals Mickey, Donald and Goofy Gameplay

Kingdom Hearts 4 has received its most extensive showcase yet with an extended trailer and developer insights at a D23 panel on August 15, 2026.

The extended trailer expands on new worlds and combat. The four-minute version, shown during the panel, includes additional cutscenes from the Coco world, Sora's fight against a new Heartless in Quadratum, and gameplay footage. It also teases segments where players do not control Sora.

Dedicated gameplay arrives for Mickey Mouse, Donald and Goofy. Donald and Goofy visit Coco's world and fight enemies independently. Mickey explores his own world with puzzle-based game design, including platforming where players transform into large, small, and paper-thin versions of an origami Mickey, similar to exploratory segments in Paper Mario games.

Sora's gameplay receives new abilities and allies. Sora retains the series' action-RPG combat style but now fights alongside characters other than Donald and Goofy, including Hector and Miguel from Coco. The trailer demonstrates new traversal actions for Sora. Tetsuya Nomura teased that the game realizes an idea the team has held since Kingdom Hearts 3 development.

Voice actors reunite for a live performance. Haley Joel Osment, who voices Sora, and David Gallagher, who voices Riku, discussed their memories of the franchise and performed the final scene from Kingdom Hearts 2 together in person for the first time. Sora's Japanese voice actor Miyu Irino appeared via video with similar reflections. Tetsuya Nomura and co-director Tai Yasue opened the panel by addressing franchise history and Disney world selection.

Kingdom Hearts 4 targets a late 2027 release. The game arrives on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X in late 2027. Nomura and Yasue reaffirmed and committed to that window during the panel. A Kingdom Hearts anime for Disney Plus is also in development but lacks a release window.

Square Enix first teased Kingdom Hearts 4 in 2022. The project reemerged as the closer to a June 2026 Nintendo Direct and served as the gaming centerpiece of Disney's D23 showcase on August 15, 2026, where the 2027 window and Coco world were first detailed.