Thanks to a fan project made in Dreams, Shrek is the newest character to (unofficially) join the Kingdom Hearts multiverse. While the project is still in its early stages, it is exciting to imagine where fans could take Sora and friends in the future.
The Kingdom Hearts series tends to incorporate pre-existing films into its story in a modular way, which is a good fit for fan projects. Namely, Sora and his allies fight their way through retellings of each film over the course of a couple of hours. Along the way, the party often gains a guest party member from the film, and when the day is saved, Sora flies off to another world. While this formula has produced some incredible Kingdom Hearts levels, they have all been drawn from Square Enix properties, Disney properties, or created specifically for Kingdom Hearts.
Reddit user lions_in_09 shared a Dreams screenshot of Sora exploring a world based on Duloc, the realm featured in the iconic 2001 film Shrek. Excitingly, Shrek appears to serve as a party member, replacing Donald. Unfortunately, lions_in_09 gives no indication of how Shrek fights, or how he would help Sora. Given that many of the best-loved Kingdom Hearts character cameos are valued because of their contributions to combat, Shrek will hopefully have some interesting tricks up his sleeve.
Still, it’s hard to imagine how Shrek’s trademark crude humor and pop culture references could co-exist with Kingdom Hearts‘ tone. In pre-existing Disney worlds, the game creators circumvent pop culture references even when they were a major part of the corresponding films. For example, Aladdin’s Genie references other franchises and actors constantly in the film, but doesn’t do so in Kingdom Hearts. Of course, setting their approaches to humor aside, Shrek and Kingdom Hearts are both offbeat and weird. While Shrek might not attack enemies with flatulence when aiding Sora, Duloc could still be a weird place filled with satirical depictions of classic fairy tale characters.
While DreamWorks films like Shrek are still off-limits for the Kingdom Hearts developers, Disney’s recent acquisitions mean some iconic animated properties are fair game. This includes Fox films like Ice Age, Rio, and Robots, each of which could make for an interesting world for Sora to explore. As Disney+ expands its offerings to include Fox content, it is only appropriate that Kingdom Hearts consider doing so as well.
While the fan-made Shrek scenario isn’t an official part of the franchise, there are signs that future Kingdom Hearts worlds could be very different than what came before. Namely, Kingdom Hearts 4 will likely take place in Quadratum, a mysterious Tokyo-like realm that could blend elements from many famous Square Enix titles. This suggests that Kingdom Hearts 4 will shift almost entirely away from Disney holdings to instead concentrate on Square Enix properties.
Dreams is now available exclusively for the PlayStation 4.
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