Kingdom Hearts III's Opening Movie Is More Or Less Exactly What You'd Expect

Face your fears

by Sammy Barker Mon 10th Dec 2018

Crikey! Square Enix has released the opening movie for Kingdom Hearts III, and it’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect it to be. In this 90-second clip, slick CGI is paired with The Chainsmokers-esque electropop – this game knows its audience almost too well. The song is actually a collaboration between long time series contributor Hikaru Utada and Skrillex, and we reckon it fits the visuals well.

Hype enough for you, Kingdom Hearts fans? The title’s so close now we can almost taste it, so feel free to freak out in the comments section below.

[source youtube.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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Octane
Mon 10th Dec 2018

Kingdom Hearts is one of those games.. well, let's put it this way, I can die peacefully knowing that I don't understand any of it, and not having played it either. I'm fine with it at this point, I've given up

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Areus
Mon 10th Dec 2018

this is a pretty good song it isn't as catchy as the ones for the previous games but still good none the less

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RenanKJ
Mon 10th Dec 2018

They do know their audience. I'm really excited to play this game! =)

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RBMango
Mon 10th Dec 2018

As lame as it sounds to say a video game release is one of the most anticipated moments of your life, Kingdom Hearts III is one of the most anticipated moments of my life. Simply processing that I'll be playing it in less than two months is daunting.

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Athrum
Mon 10th Dec 2018

That song is just....bad

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RBMango
Mon 10th Dec 2018

As far as the music video goes, I love the CGI but merely like the song. It's very nice until the Skrillex moment jarringly pops up at the end. I hope the rest of the song isn't like that. I kinda wish they had just used an alternate version of Don't Think Twice, like the last two console entries.

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wiiware
Mon 10th Dec 2018

Already watch it more than 10 times, this is good stuff, I really can't wait for the game

@RBMango I like skrillex moment, it perfectly match the fight. Unlike that horrible mortal kombat 11 music/rap..

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RBMango
Mon 10th Dec 2018

@wiiware Granted, It's nowhere near as off-putting as the MK11 trailer music, which was just a really bad idea.

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MistressTonberry
Mon 10th Dec 2018

Decent enough song until the awful Skrillex mixing stuff near the end which kinds of ruins it for me! Definitely keenly anticipating KH3 now - loved most of the Disney worlds so much, though replayed 1&2 recently after a decade and I can't put into words how much main villain annoyed me at the end of both games and couldn't help thinking that they should've been collecting brains instead of hearts!