Kingdom Hearts 3 will include a world themed after Monsters Inc. – the second Pixar franchise to be added to the upcoming RPG.
Announced alongside a raft of new details at today’s D23 Expo in Japan, the world features Sora, Goofy and Donald turned into monsters, and sees them meeting Sulley, Mike and Boo. Sulley and Mike
A new gameplay trailer also revealed the return of Marluxia and Vanitas, both of whom were antagonists in previous Kingdom Hearts titles. Marluxia also mentions that he is part of a “New” Organization XIII, the league of antagonists from previous games.
Many smaller elements were also shown or mentioned during the conference as a whole: Gummi Ship sections will now be split into “open-world style” exploration phases and battle phases. A new mini-game was also shown briefly, which looked to be aping Game & Watch games in style. Tangled’s Rapunzel was also shown as party character, exploring a city environment and using her hair to attack and traverse the world.