A YouTube video revealing previously unknown secrets regarding the originalKingdom Heartsby exploring environments and areas of cutscenes previously inaccessible or unshown was recently published. Game developers across all genres often use camera tricks and map borders to hide things they don’t want the player to see, andKingdom Heartsis no different. It’s taken some time, but this video shares some interesting details regarding what Square hid inKingdom Heartswhere players couldn’t see.
What makes the discovery of these secrets particularly exciting is that Square has already packedKingdom Heartsfull of hidden details and Easter eggs for players to find. There’s a secret hole in a wall that can be opened in the Destiny Islands, asecret Gummi Shipfrom talking to Geppetto in Traverse Town, treasure chests in Olympus Coliseum for casting Blizzaga in a special location, and many, many other secrets to find inKingdom Hearts. It begs the question what else Square might be hiding.
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YouTuber Shesez is doing a series of videos in which they break outside video games' boundaries andKingdom Heartsis their latest target. In the video, they explorebeyond the range of whatKingdom Hearts' camerasshow in various environments and cutscenes. Most of the clips in the video show developer tricks for moving characters around during cutscenes.
There is one especially interesting sequence showing Sora’s bedroom in more detail. Sora’s bedroom is only featured in a cutscene sequence and isn’t ever used in the game otherwise. As such, much of the scene isn’t viewable outside breaking the game like this. The video shows various toys in the room, paintings ofSora’s friends, and a variety of other curiosities. For fans of Sora, the extra detail may provide additional insight into his character.
What’s especially exciting about the video, though, is how it showcases the magic of game development.Kingdom Hearts' developers will bend character models in weird ways, take objects that are no longer on-camera and drop them into space, and even copy entire rooms with one small change just to avoid animating something just to make a cutscene easier to make. It’s fun to imagine developers collaborating on the simplest and fastest ways to accomplish their goals.
Overall, theKingdom Heartsvideo doesn’t necessarily reveal anything too crazy or surprising.Kingdom Heartshas been available for over twenty years now, after all. Most of its secrets have been detained or hacked well before now. Most ofKingdom Hearts' Easter eggshave been discovered. Still, it’s great to revisit the game and see it in a new way. The work Square put intoKingdom Heartsis easy to appreciate even now.
Kingdom Heartsis available now via theHD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIXcollection on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
