10 Kingdom Hearts Appearances/References in Other Video Games

Kingdom Hearts references don't seem to pop up all too often in other video games however there's a few out there so let's take a look!
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[@YatoCalamity]

There's a character in Super Smash Bros Ultimate that slightly resembles Sora.

[@FuriousMMO]

Oh yeah I’ve heard about that one

[@Growmetheus]

Nah hes from a game called Kid Icarus

[@OmegaChase1002]

Oh you mean Pit?

[@comog]

Hahaha

[@Jaedster]

Imagine waiting years for him to get in the game just for people to forget 🥲

[@JenericJ_12]

There's a reference to Kingdom Hearts in KH1. You notice it when the main Antagonist Ansem says Kingdom Hearts. It's subtle. But it's there.

[@wiktordykas5513]

Damn i never noticed that

[@nicoflight3982]

🤣🤣🤣

[@zephyrias]

🤣👏👌 good one

[@TheGamersJoint]

You’re onto something here 🤔🤔🤔

[@z.a.y.n-5053]

Huh never heard of that reference before, you should definitely make a video about it and other discoveries you probably found

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

WoW also has two other references: a shield called Kingdom's Heart, and an inscription staff called Key to the Planes which takes the form of a large key quite similar to a keyblade

[@MrRJWidowMaker]

And the 2h Mace Oathkeeper (though a loose reference, could be anything)

[@miciso666]

i still remember my beloved friend saying : u wanna get a cool transmog staff. i went silent and he thought my pc died :D

[@EpochMakerCJ]

I got that staff on my priest… too much gold

[@noisyphilosopherkrk522]

Well it isn't out of the question that a keyblade weilder of yore wound up there and inspired some locals Mayhaps he held an oath keeper keyblade and its alternate was a sheild?

[@darc5925]

I think Bayonetta could also have a reference. One of the improvised weapons is a large key you need to unlock doors, while the enemies use it as a spear the moment you hold it all the attack animations are the same as the sword and the way she swings the key is similar to Sora's attacks

[@noisyphilosopherkrk522]

If we take kh in smash as being cannon mayhaps keyblade weilders were there and left a subtle impact or dreamed their way there and left some memories behind?

[@darc5925]

@@noisyphilosopherkrk522 probably, in fact both games have a light, dark, human heart motif I just realized. In fact, putting Balder's speech from the first game into KH doesn't sound out of place and could work as a KH villains' monologue.

[@Chaotique0]

There is a weapon for Black Mage in Final Fantasy XIV called "Heartless" which is a staff that represent the Heartless logo, just extended at the bottom to make it a staff.

[@kenzieroots347]

WHAT???

[@zachbahamutson5477]

@@kenzieroots347 it actually resembles the Kingdom Hearts logo not the heartless logo.

[@Chaotique0]

@@kenzieroots347 Haha yeah, buyable in the gold saucer.

[@GuerreiroAventureiro]

also there is a gunblade in FFXIV which looks like Riku keyblade "way of dawn" which is titania weapon

[@illuvatarthechosen5341]

Look who went shopping in 5he gold saucer

[@sergantanthony216]

The fact there are ten makes me 10 times happier. Though not a video game, the new proud family cartoon referenced Kingdom Hearts with a girl playing the first game.

[@NekkoBlue]

That new Chip and Dale movie has a Keyblade in one of its shots too

[@EaZyGoiN12]

we know, he made a video about it

[@supagreatman2826]

@@NekkoBlue nice

[@supagreatman2826]

W

[@noisyphilosopherkrk522]

@@NekkoBlue let's hope its merely a prop and not an errant keyblade

[@W0RLD0FLIGHT]

There are two Kingdom Hearts references in The World Ends With You series. 1. The shoes of Rhyme, who is one of the characters in TWEWY, resembles the shoes of Sora in Kingdom Hearts 2. 2. In NEO: The World Ends With You, at one point during Week 1, Day 5, some members of the Deep Rivers Society will ask the Wicked Twisters three questions about a password of some sorts. In one of the questions, one of the choices for the answers is "simple and clean", which is referencing the intro and ending song of the first Kingdom Hearts game. 3. Also in NTWEWY, the title of Week 3, Day 2 is "Dearly Beloved", which is a reference to the title screen theme song in the Kingdom Hearts series.

[@VarietyCentral]

to be fair, both game franchises are made by Square Enix, and Tetsuya Nomura helped with the development for both game franchises

[@W0RLD0FLIGHT]

@@VarietyCentral I know. That is why I am pointing it out.

[@starduster2829]

One of the days in Neo week three is also titled 'Dearly Beloved'

[@W0RLD0FLIGHT]

@@starduster2829 OH SHOOT yeah, I forgot about that. Thanks for informing me!

[@MirageCross]

There’s also a conversation between Neku and Hanekoma in Week Two that they are talking about Joshua and Neku says “I see dead people” a quote that Haley Joel Osment (English voice actor of Sora) says in The Sixth Sense

[@keeganlafferty1395]

I think the FFXV reference about the key that can open any lock is just referring to something like Dragon Quest's Ultimate Key

[@josephfoxton5257]

The implications of FF15 having Kingdom Hearts as a game are crazy. In KH we have Virum Rex video game and that is another parallel universe which is “unreality” but what if the idea of FF worlds exist in that reality so they are also linked by this idea

[@SeanWheeler100]

Or what if Prompto was actually referencing games where you collect keys to open doors, and through cheats, these keys would open any lock?

[@zephyrias]

@@SeanWheeler100 also Prompto wakes up Noctis in the beginning of the game. I like to headcanon that Noct sleeping he is sent to the alternate Ffversus world. Or he just ends up in all the crossover stuff like ffxiv, dissidia, etc

[@SeanWheeler100]

But if the Final Fantasy Worlds are in unreality, why are Leon, Aerith, Cloud, Cid, Yuffie, Tifa and the Gullwings living in Radiant Garden?

[@zadi10gaming16]

Verum reX, take the last letter and the first one and you get XV

[@Daydream_N]

@@SeanWheeler100 prompto said "the" video game. Meaning he was referencing one very specific game in which a key can open any lock, not just any key in any video game.

[@devonteedwards2093]

The kh references in many games are always something cool, along with the many references from different games

[@MichaelLight96]

I asked one of the game devs for castle crashers a few years back in an online event, and though he said he was a big fan of kingdom hearts, they never outright said it was a kingdom hearts reference. Hope this helps at least a little lol 😅

[@SeanWheeler100]

Such a generic looking key couldn't be a Kingdom Hearts reference, even if you swing it like a sword.

[@DABOOMBOXED]

@@SeanWheeler100 could still be inspired by or created in respect to.

[@SeanWheeler100]

@@DABOOMBOXED It could be inspired by KH, but it could also be a coincidence.

[@jts.1535]

@@SeanWheeler100 looks intensely at Riku

[@SeanWheeler100]

@@jts.1535 Riku never wore Sora's shoes. He wears blue and white shoes, and in KH3 he wears realistic boots.

[@OmegaChase1002]

Final Fantasy Record Keeper had a Kingdom Hearts event. And AdventureQuest Worlds has multiple parody Keyblades that look pretty cool.

[@ZeroTheHeartlessKing]

the mobile game "final fantasy: brave exvius" had two events as well the first event had sora, riku, KH cloud, KH sephiroth the second had KH3 sora, KH3 riku, KH3 kairi and young xehanort

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

AQW -- a name I never thought I would see again. Damn it's good to see people reference it*

[@MarcosUmAutistaemapuros]

Fun Fact: The Game Super Dragon Ball Heroes also references Kingdom Hearts, with Super Saiyan God Trunks wielding a weapon that is similar to the X-Blade, even the name is a reference to The Keyblade. Note : Sorry to not explaining it well.

[@Daydream_N]

But what's the name of his weapon lol

[@MarcosUmAutistaemapuros]

@@Daydream_N Keysword

[@noisyphilosopherkrk522]

Mayhaps an ancient keyblade weilder left a few stories behind? Wouldn't be the first time an "ancient aliens" occured that influenced modern day as my various comments in this video note in there own way

[@metabee13]

In a game called terrrorbane that came out in April, there are two kingdom hearts references. The first one is found in Dana's blacksmith shop in wiskerburg, there you'll find the keyblade along with famous swords. The second one is found in the 22XX map, if you chose to sacrifice villager Maggie you'll find an orphanage in the corner of the map. And every time you leave the name of it changes with the characters there simular the sora and riku poking kingdom heart's story and title naming conventions.

[@Captain_Legoman]

There's a game called Evoland 2 which has multiple references to multiple video games, including Kingdom Hearts. Inside one of the forests in the game, you can find a bunch of video game hero's standing next to one another, one of which very closely resembles Sora. (As a bonus, if you talk to him, he starts singing "Let It Go" and mentions that he can't get that song out of his head)

[@JobiMorkos]

Finally remembered what that stupid game was called

[@ryank69420]

In final fantasy brave exvius they had a literal kingdom hearts crossover event where you could get a ton of characters and weapons from the games like: kh1 sora and riku, kh3 sora, riku and Kairi even young xehanort was a unlockable character to play as. You could also unlock the kingdom key, and rikus keyblade too

[@TomasM30]

Was there also an event for record keeper, cuz I remember that pretty vividly

[@ryank69420]

@@TomasM30 Yes that was a thing too, happened a few years before the one i was talking about

[@cynrid8209]

In Final Fantasy XIV there is a reference to Xehanort when you unlock new game plus. You have to talk to a man wearing the same yellow/brown cloak as he did in the first game at the very beginning. He's also facing the ocean, but when you turn the camera you can see he has golden colored eyes This feature also essentially allows you to basically time travel backwards to relive the story.

[@backstoryben]

Disney Tsum Tsum and Disney Emoji Blitz, both mobile games, include playable Kingdom Hearts characters like Sora, Aqua, KH Donald and KH Goofy, and more. They both are full to the brim with KH characters. (Also, before Smash Ultimate, Sora and Pac-Man were both in Disney Tsum Tsum.)

[@user-dk9bh9bx2j]

In Neo: TWEWY one of the answers in the early game is "Simple and Clean" referencing KH's theme song.

[@foxxarie]

Based TWEWY and KH fan!

[@Redxan600]

If you wanna know, there is a KH reference from a fighting game known as Skullgirls. The characters color palette swap reference characters in other media. One of the characters named Eliza has a KH3 Sora color. The devs can even confirm it, too.

[@KodenX]

In Phantasy Star Online 2, there's multiple outfits that takes inspiration from Sora, as well as Vanitas and Aqua. There's also a weapon camo that was a contest winner in the game that's based off from the Oblivion and Oathkeeper, granted one is a sword and the other is an actual keyblade, but they both have keychains on them and the keyblade has like 3 hearts on it.

[@FrostedZaibatsu]

What? You have links or know the names?

[@KodenX]

@@FrostedZaibatsu The name of the weapon camo is "Lumiere Fonse". I also remember they also have the Organization XIII hoods and coats

[@HarxasIsMyNobody]

@@KodenX Yes! I flipped out when I saw the Cursed Coats pop up in the fresh finds and rushed a bit of the story and farmed titles just to get the SG for the female version. I adored it to pieces and wore it just about all the way up to NGS. It's a shame that only the male/Type 1 version got remade into NGS specs. Hardly any NGS longcoats for females/Type 2s, really.

[@darkrai205]

i was hoping someone would bring this up

[@darkrai205]

also their is a winter themed weapon that looks like a big keyblade its white and blue with a bell on the hilt

[@rogix-9847]

The title of a chapter in Neo:Twewy is called Dearly Beloved

[@Daydream_N]

There's also an answer option that's "Simple and Clean"

[@danny2256]

In good ol' GaiaOnline you could get a weapon called the G-Blade way back in the day, that's just a keyblade. I thought it was so cool

[@LxJ3F3]

God damn Gaia Online that brings me back to my middle school days. I remember really wanting a G Blade for my avatar

[@axie545]

This immediately launched me over a decade back in time, but my haircut stayed the same. Weird

[@masteraqua2408]

FFBE has kingdom hearts representative. Also the first keyblade user in video game is not sora but clockwork knight from sega

[@GeoChicx]

I think it's perfectly logical that if you're able to get the kingdom key, in any game, that it's one of the most powerful weapons

[@noisyphilosopherkrk522]

Considering its nature not that surprising

[@thefoxmoonlight]

Just thought Id also mention, Sora shows up (or at least his back) in Evoland 2 in the Sylph Forest (past, present and future)

[@TheAzulmagia]

While I don't doubt that it might be a reference to Kingdom Hearts considering how much traction the series had gained by the time XV had come out, the Final Fantasy XV one could also be a reference to the Magic Key items from earlier Final Fantasy games that can open any locked door.

[@NotAHero13]

In Disney Emoji Blitz you can play with emoji of Sora, Aqua and Kingdom Hearts versions of Donald and Goofy

[@luckyjack2500]

Not sure if it's a KH reference, but in dark souls 2 the demon of song boss drops the key to the embedded which is both a great-sword and a key

[@Purechaos61]

6:19 I think that’s actually a fair assumption. In fact, as a weapon, the keyblade would realistically function more like a club than a sword. While Sora and other characters have used theirs to slice through buildings and enemies alike, I like to think that’s due to them infusing the keyblades with magic rather than the keyblade itself being able to cut through stuff.

[@KBM_Sonic]

I'm pretty sure its actually confirmed that dull Keyblades use magic to slice through things.

[@comog]

Dude marvel heroes was such a fun freaking game! Came to consol for like 4 months and then ended. So much fun man. Soooo good of a game

[@RichardKSJStudios]

There was this online social game called Gaia Online. It had a cosmetic item called the "Keytarblade" it was a weapon shaped like the keyblade with a key for the blade as well as a keyboard and a guitar on it.

[@jarotheboar8398]

I remember when I was 11 or older, I didn't know what was KH at the time, but a friend who likes kh was autistic and made Keychains that has a star in the bottom Referring to friendship Wayfinder keychains, most were different colors

[@jeremiahtortilla4090]

in overwatch on dorado you might find the heart logo on a building this one is kinda a hit or miss

[@devinjohnson9133]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about Final Fantasy: Record Keeper as that had a collaboration in 2018 and 2019 in February both times, which added Sora and Riku in the first wave with different soul breaks that reference different abilities and moves they pull off, then in the 2019 wave, they both got their KH3 outfits as costumes, along with more Soul Breaks, along with adding Roxas and Axel whom also got their own stuff too, though sadly those were the only times to get those items, plus some stuff for Yuffie, Cloud, and Squall (like soul breaks and/or costumes), though it's still a strong reference, especially the 2nd time since it was to celebrate KH3 being released

[@CasualGamerDude]

In the recent Backpack Heroes, there's an Item that is called the Key Sword. It buffs its own damage based on the amount of Keys you have around it.

[@Saturn537]

You missed another Kingdom Hearts reference in The Simpsons Game. In the same level, the Comic Book Guy sumo wrestler enemies say Ansem's Kingdom Hearts 1 quote of "Every light must fade. Every heart return to darkness!" They screwed up the quote by having him say "Every heart "returns" to darkness!", but it's pretty much the same quote.

[@matt_playzsora7654]

This was similar to my video I made for March Caprice! Nice to see more :D

[@zupasha]

1:40 sora's tiny yellow shoes, lmao XD

[@noahdean9685]

I remember playing under mine and I came across the keyblade with Lynch and I immediately knew what it was when I first saw it and I loved it but then I died and I lost it.

[@dadodem2157]

I am so glad I downloaded the Sora dlc for WOFF when I had the chance!😁🙌🏽

[@hanakoisbestgirl4752]

I'm sure it'd be pretty easy now to unlock the keyblade in disney infinity. Custom NFC tags baby. Just buy 46 nfc tags and find the necessary files online and put them on the tags and voila your able to unlock the keyblade for maybe 20 bucks and spending maybe a couple hours online looking for the necessary files and how to in order to do this. If they don't sell the figures anymore than no need to feel bad about it.

[@CocoMario28]

There was one in one of the Final Fantasy mobile games, although it was a limited-time event (I THINK). I know that this next one isn't from a video game, but the Kingdom Key was an easter egg in a trailer for the Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers reboot movie.

[@ckmishn3664]

You missed the Kingdom Hearts reference in Elden Ring: After you give the 4th Deathroot to the Gurranq Beast Clergyman, he goes nuts and attacks you. If you beat the crap out of him he comes back to his senses and is friendly again, an obvious reference to KH story mechanics.

[@axie545]

I thought that was a DBZ reference.

[@Little16Dragon]

please master please control yourself

[@iamjoehill]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Sjono]

In Neo: The World Ends With You the song Simple and Clean gets a couple of nods, being used both to describe the style of clothing sold by Shepherd House and as an option while trying to guess a password used by the Deep Rivers Society on Day 5 of the first week. Similarly, Day 2 of Week 3 is titled "Dearly Beloved".

[@Unstable_45_degree_angle]

Namoras multiverse of madness

[@Kazuki_23]

There's Adventure Quest Worlds Where some weapons there are a mix between Star Wars and Kingdom Hearts, and it's description has some lines from Simple and Clean song Another one is the armor based on the Organization XIII and helm that resembles Roxas's head

[@cykurosaki1337]

Sad that we didn’t get a KH reference in FFVIIR.

[@clintbrew]

I got the sora dlc for world of final fantasy before i own the game they also did sephiroth dlc but i missed out on that

[@azazel7505]

This is such a old classic cynical style video, really missed these :), also terraria has kh reference too, let's see if this video will include. It's my favourite

[@Nova-zt5cd]

There was a small Kingdom Hearts reference in the 2003 game Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon. When you enter the Praque Castle there was a small room for an IT worker there (You had to go there anyway to get a key card unlocked). And on the computer there was a wallpaper of the first Kingdom Hearts game hidden by application windows.

[@mcgrubby_]

I could be wrong but, I could've sworn I remember seeing some Red Flavor Text in a Borderlands Game that referenced Kingdom Hearts. It might have been Wonderlands.

[@knightofanguish7399]

Fun Fact: Whenever I walk away from someone, I never hear them say "Please, Oh baby! don't go!"

[@OhKayEl]

How did you not include Final Fantasy Brave Exvius? That game literally has playable KH characters.

[@OmegaChase1002]

Wasn't that Record Keeper?

[@OhKayEl]

No, Brave Exvius.

[@OmegaChase1002]

They were also in record keeper. Using sprites from the Game Boy Advance game Chain of Memories

[@TheDragonfang134]

Ratchet and Clank Rifts apart also has a scene from the Pirates of the Caribbean in it where a robotic dog is holding this same key in its mouth while a robotic pirate tries to coax the dog closer. Which not only acts as a reference to the disney ride, but also the fact that it's a world you can visit in KH2 and 3.

[@memeelfman324]

I would buy one of those king Mickey disc but I didn’t have a Mickey figure

[@darkhour1000]

I know of another. In the mobile game Guardian tales in the kama zone there is a random chance of getting a keyblade shape artifact

[@Tee_Wilson]

Guardian tales and even in Terraria aswell

[@tjcthulhu]

the Simpsons one is cool because Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer, also does Genie’s voice for Kingdom Hearts

[@jamescool7419]

There was the KHux/ FF multiple series game that had a crossover event where you can play as pixelated Sora and Riku, Disney Tum Tum game with KH characters, and more

[@thezpmc9859]

The ffXV reference might also be a Zelda 1 reference, as there is a magical key that unlocks any door in the game

[@illuvatarthechosen5341]

Well Keyswords exist in the orginial darksiders,, although the blade looks like Clouds Buster Sword. They look nothing like a key, BUT they re keys that can open gates... IDk if you count this !

[@Kai-nn9sw]

I'm guessing other studios don't make KH references often for fear of summoning The Mouse, like Beetlejuice or Satan.

[@Sky-gd7cw]

Miitopia has a small kingdom hearts Easter egg. A mii assigned the cleric role can purchase the key staff as a weapon which looks like a keyblade while a mii assigned the mage role can purchase a zipper robe as armor and that resembles the organization XIII cloaks.

[@HungryNinja8U]

there is a Kingdom hearts reference in phantasy star online 2 in the form of a weapon camo as oath keeper and oblivion for the sword, katana, and souring blades

[@Calruxio]

I love World of Final Fantasy and I got the Sora medal day 1 when it was released. However I do not believe the Sora medal was released on the Switch port World of Final Fantasy Maxima. Meaning, for some reason, the Sora medal is exclusive to the Vita version for those that received it, while everything else is on the Switch version.

[@zephyrias]

Yup~ i just went and bought the maxima dlc, i still want Sora medal in ps4 ver

[@DaxtotheMax479]

Brave Exvius had some guest characters you could get, Neo The World Ends with You has a Simple and Clean ref in one of the questioning parts

[@keeperofsecrets14]

Every single reference makes my day. I always freak out over them haha

[@juby6359]

Talking about wow reference, you have a quest item in old Uldaman that looks like a keyblade and later on you can craft it in Cataclysm and it is called Key to the Planes. There's also a shield named Kingdom's Heart but it doesn't have a visual linked

[@eggbreakerdotexe]

1:46 Also, the sumo enemies in this level will occasionally quote Ansem.

[@MarcMarioMaster]

I wonder, if it's not one of your franchises, do you have to always ask when referencing something in a game? I wonder if there ever are cases of companies asking another to delete their eastereggs because they didn't give them money for licensing a character or item.

[@soytack]

In the Overwatch map Dorado there is a tent that has the Kingdom Hearts logo all over it

[@turmulus1825]

Theres a weapon called Keyblade in Dicey Dungeons

[@autisticsareawesome]

I cannot stop laughing over the fact that the Sora npc in WoW is basically if Sora saw Lexaeus and decided he wanted to look like him

[@unkxwn]

I have 400 hours (idk how that’s wut it says on my playstation) in ffxv and i lost my sh*t when i heard that easter egg

[@jasmine-ruff-puff9951]

I remember, as a child, staring at the statues in The Simpsons game and thinking for way too long "is that a keyblade?" Lol

[@samireland54]

In the game Hyperdimension Neptunia: Megadimension Neptunia" there is a character named S-sha with a second personality named E-sha. On S-sha/E-sha's jacket there is a zipper in the shape of a Keyblade (S-sha and E-sha are based on Square Enix)

[@masterseal0418]

I agree. The new "Third party company" characters in both their default and CPU forms are heavily inspired by the properties owned by Bandai Namco, Capcom, Konami and Square Enix which they were based off of.

[@anubisstar5016]

I think in overwatch in one of the maps called dorado it has a few hearts shapped like the heart logo from kingdom hearts

[@AxeIVonDerlnfo]

In the anime "Date a Live" (season 4, episode 5), the boy who's named Shido, make nearly the same like Sora - he opened with his sword a portal to an other world. In the next episode, the (normal) Shido copied the key(blade) of the girl in space and had a key(blade), too. This was awsome! 😍

[@hubster3055]

6:00 In actuality compared to most other weapons, the Keybrand really falls flat. Being a sword with no projectile really limits its use compared to the True Nights Edge/True Excalibur or Terrablade, and thats just taking into account swords.

[@xPLAYAxMADExESSAYx]

In Rayman Origins There a Flag that has the Kingdom Hearts Logo on it

[@LitoSunflower]

Sora, Riku, and Kairi were added to Final Fantasy Brave Exvius a while back in a gacha banner.

[@DJAB87]

Young Xehanort was also added to FFBE when Kingdom Hearts Dark Road was released.

[@RaidenKaiser]

I'd love to see a short where Deadpool begs Disney to let him in kh4 if he behave himself haha

[@brad777luck]

Sora hair was just in the new Rescue Rangers movie....I paused it the second I saw it and realized it and laughed my ass off for 5 min straight

[@brad777luck]

I was a bit high tho so probably wasn't as funny as I thought it was

[@aesuradracaheorte3585]

in Evoland 2 you can find sora in a forest along with several other characters (cloud from ff7, ryu from street fighter, and mario being some of them)

[@Eliwoodfan10]

In Thracia Overclocked a fan made hack of Fire Emblem Thracia 776, The thief Lithis is in possession of The Thiefblade. Not only is the item icon The Kingdom Key, but in battle also. It also gives Luna and can unlock chests and doors.

[@Rabki]

Really cool refs !

[@Strike_Raid]

It's not a video game, but in the movie Ready Player One the second challenge (the jade key) looked like it was totally inspired by KH-1. The floating 'islands' he steps across and the key being inserted into the lock made me think it came straight out of KH-1.

[@gothicbutterfly013]

You know the movie was based on a book right? And all the stuff in the VR game was based on like, 80's culture

[@mandarinduck]

0:55 I think skeleton keys that can open any door are just frequently appearing items in RPGs

[@kassie_heartscale6122]

there's a character in the game "Megadimension Neptunia VII" there's a character named S-sha who represents Square enix, in her regular form has a key zipper pull on her top and when she transforms into her gold third form, she has a crown like sora is often depicted wearing in KH Artwork

[@jakeinator2005]

FINALLY someone honors my favorite game. I watched this video just to see Infinity getting more respect. This was such a fun game, and the toys being there or not doesn't change that. Try the PC port with all the content baked in, if you do some code modifying, you can get the Keyblade and King Mickey costume without spending thousands.

[@FinnOtaku]

I was about to bring up Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 as having a potential Kingdom Hearts reference, but after actually looking into it I realized that the poster that I thought was of someone wearing an Organization XIII outfit was actually a parody of Tekken 4 cover art

[@kitestar]

There was a once crossover event in FF record keeper that unlocked an outfit for tyro and sora and Riku as unlockable party members

[@6JokerBoi9]

There’s a cool but unupgradable Keyblade in dark souls 2 that you can choose to keep instead of use, it doesn’t carry over to ng + but it’s pretty solid for the first 2-3 runs

[@corncrab]

In the PSP remake of FF1 in the dungeon room full of kids one of them will say "I've been having weird thoughts lately" which is the first line in the Kingdom Hearts intro.

[@CoreeTartufo]

Kingdom Hearts first reference ever was made for the 1928 short Steambot Willie, that took its setting straight from Kingdom Hearts II Timeless River

[@alandraanasathallahcozyala8452]

a little reference from an indie horror game "The Horror of Salazar's House" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXzafXSaf7msqc0 on 12:17 The character reads a book titled "Hearts of a Kingdom" then the player comments "The eternal war between Darkness and Light.... with keys.... A little confusing"

[@That1Smug]

Fun fact in Adventure Quest World they have a Sword called the Azure Starblade which is in the shape of a keyblade within the description parodying Simple and Clean

[@Leamax33]

In episode 20 of Digimon Data Squad, Marcus says "I got it Memorized right here" while pointing to his mind as a reference to Axel, whose VA, Quinton Flynn, also voices Marcus.

[@Ron_Junkman]

It's so in character for Deadpool to have a Kingdom Hearts easter egg.

[@XanderFails]

2:47 I used this the second I unlocked it and kept it for the entirety of my play-through!