Fourth Wall Breaking in Kingdom Hearts 4

[Sonofjafar]

With Kingdom Hearts 4 delving into the realm of what is fiction and what is real in the Kingdom Hearts universe, I think now would be a good time to talk about the fourth wall and how much meta story telling it can take before it finally breaks. The way I see it there are a few possibilities:

1. Disney and Square as companies will be revealed to be existing presences in Quadratum.

2. Sora will discover that he has indeed lost been defeated multiple times and the player is what always brings him back. In addition to this, the player will be addressed as a presence in the game

3. Mickey Donald and/or Goofy will reveal that they are indeed aware of the fourth wall but keep it a secret to avoid giving everyone existential crises

Or 4. All of the above

 

[WaltK]

1. Disney and Square as companies will be revealed to be existing presences in Quadratum.

That’s already been subtly revealed to be the case in Toy Box.

 

[Sonofjafar]

That’s already been subtly revealed to be the case in Toy Box.

True but they never said who made Verum Rex

 

[WaltK]

True but they never said who made Verum Rex

 

[Sonofjafar]

ah. nevermind that one then. still leaves possible mentions of the player as a presence and the possibility of Mickey and Co being fourth wall aware. I will say they never explained how timeless river and by extension DIsney Town and Castle went from black and white to color

 

[shadywinters]

That’s already been subtly revealed to be the case in Toy Box.

You know, you're not wrong about that.

 

[shadywinters]

This kind of makes me think of this one piece of artwork that someone created. Where it was Sora, Riku and Kairi. They were all piled up in Sora's room, and all the little trinkets and such scattered about were reminiscent of the adventures that the three of them went on, making it seem as if it was one collective dream they all had.

 

[MATGSY]

This kind of makes me think of this one piece of artwork that someone created. Where it was Sora, Riku and Kairi. They were all piled up in Sora's room, and all the little trinkets and such scattered about were reminiscent of the adventures that the three of them went on, making it seem as if it was one collective dream they all had.

Sora wakes up in a pile of Disney VHS tapes and FF discs the morning after the sleepover and says "I guess those thoughts weren't real afterall".

 

[Sonofjafar]

Sora wakes up in a pile of Disney VHS tapes and FF discs the morning after the sleepover and says "I guess those thoughts weren't real afterall".

And then reality starts glitching between kingdom hearts and the real world. We take control of Sora during these glitches but the real life segments are just cutscenes with dialogue options

 

[HakaishinChampa]

can't wait for Sora to deal with a existential crisis

 

[shadywinters]

can't wait for Sora to deal with a existential crisis

Literally would be the plot of KH4.

 

[Squood!]

ah. nevermind that one then. still leaves possible mentions of the player as a presence and the possibility of Mickey and Co being fourth wall aware. I will say they never explained how timeless river and by extension DIsney Town and Castle went from black and white to color

Do we really need an explanation for that

 

[Sonofjafar]

Do we really need an explanation for that

If they felt the need to make the X in every Organization 13 member’s name an important part of Xehanort’s master plan, nothing is above a bizarre explanation

 

[MATGSY]

Deadpool appears in the inevitable Marvel world and there's a Muppets world. That should cover all of the 4th wall breaking right there.