Square Enix and Disney have unveiled a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts IV during the D23 Expo Disney Entertainment Showcase panel.

This new trailer confirms that the Disney film Coco will be featured in Kingdom Hearts IV. It also revealed that a late 2027 release is in the works for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.

The new trailer showcases Sora interacting in the Coco world, alongside Mickey in Scala ad Caelum, as well as Strelitzia and Sigurd in Quadratum.

UPDATE 08/15/2026: An extended version of the new Kingdom Hearts IV trailer was revealed at the D23 Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts panel. View both Japanese and English versions of the nearly 4 minute trailer below:

Kingdom Hearts IV - Extended D23 2026 Trailer - English

Kingdom Hearts IV - Extended D23 2026 Trailer - Japanese

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No words would describe how I'm excited to see my favorite Pixar film now a Kingdom Hearts world, and it's worth noting that unlike the Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. worlds from Kingdom Hearts III, which followed an original plot, apparently Coco's story in Kingdom Hearts IV is following the plot of the movie, which is a first for a Pixar-based world.

I think this could open the door for future Pixar-based worlds in the Kingdom Hearts series, based on The Incredibles, Brave, Inside Out, Soul, Turning Red, Hoppers, and the upcoming Gatto and Ghost Market either following the movie's plot or an original story, and I think the reason Coco is following the plot of the movie over an original story might be thanks to Pete Docter now being CCO of Pixar Animation Studios since 2018 after he replaced John Lasseter.

WE ARE SO DAMN BACK😭😭😭😭

I'm going to pop in to warn any newcomers that, between here and the game's launch, Square is going to announce/spoil every single Disney world. 100% coverage, no hyperbole. I'm pretty sure that's been true of every game to date – it's deliberate, they want to make sure they get as many eyes as possible. If you don't want to be spoiled about the worlds, now's the time to stick your fingers in your ears for the next year and a half.

Now that that's done:: hype! This was one of the worlds I was looking forward to the most, what with the art style, KH4's overall themes, and at least one plot prediction I've got lined up. So far, so good!

Edited 22 hours ago22 hr by Blackdrazon

Fantastic

Weirdly, of all the Disney worlds I was hoping would be in KH4 I didn't really ever consider this film. However now that I think about it, this film's theme is PERFECT for KH4 and I can't believe I never realised it before! It goes back to what Aerith said at the end of KH3 Re:Mind DLC: "If we all still remember him, then he must still be with us".

Also how amazing do the graphics look?! It's like Sora literally stumbled into Coco!

13 hours ago, Blackdrazon said:

I'm going to pop in to warn any newcomers that, between here and the game's launch, Square is going to announce/spoil every single Disney world. 100% coverage, no hyperbole. I'm pretty sure that's been true of every game to date – it's deliberate, they want to make sure they get as many eyes as possible. If you don't want to be spoiled about the worlds, now's the time to stick your fingers in your ears for the next year and a half.

Now that that's done:: hype! This was one of the worlds I was looking forward to the most, what with the art style, KH4's overall themes, and at least one plot prediction I've got lined up. So far, so good!

It looks like this world is in Reality and not Unreality (people theorize the heartless in Quadradum are different due to just being how they look in the Unreality side, and the Coco heartless are clearly the normal ones we're used to), which could answer one question I had: Unreality is so different that the normal type of worlds wouldn't make sense, so I would just be expecting stuff like Square worlds and Star Wars and Marvel in Unreality.

How does Sora get back to Reality? There must be a catch of course. Iirc in TWEWY, underground residents couldn't interact with the living world, and neither can Land of the Dead ones. Maybe Sora can be in Reality for short times but can't interact with people there, and the Land of Dead Coco characters are an exception?

7 hours ago, Rebellious Treecko said:

It looks like this world is in Reality and not Unreality (people theorize the heartless in Quadradum are different due to just being how they look in the Unreality side, and the Coco heartless are clearly the normal ones we're used to), which could answer one question I had: Unreality is so different that the normal type of worlds wouldn't make sense, so I would just be expecting stuff like Square worlds and Star Wars and Marvel in Unreality.

How does Sora get back to Reality? There must be a catch of course. Iirc in TWEWY, underground residents couldn't interact with the living world, and neither can Land of the Dead ones. Maybe Sora can be in Reality for short times but can't interact with people there, and the Land of Dead Coco characters are an exception?

Someone pointed out to me that with the Donald and Goofy sequences juxtaposed with the scene of Sora seeing them in Quadratum, might imply that Sora is seeing them because they're currently in Olympus' land of the Dead? You could be on to something, we could have some sort of liminal space setup coming!

I wonder how Riku will react to Sora's new friends? Since it seems like Sora will be teaming up with some of the dandelions.