Weeks after Square Enix was accused of using generative AI for the cover artwork of Kingdom Hearts Collection [1~3], the company responded by denying the claims. The response from Square Enix came ahead of the October 8 launch of Kingdom Hearts Collection [1~3] on Nintendo Switch 2.
First revealed during the June 9 Nintendo Direct broadcast, Kingdom Hearts Collection [1~3] is a digital compilation that was previously released as Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece on other platforms. Kingdom Hearts Collection [1~3] includes native current-gen console ports of several Kingdom Hearts games, such as Kingdom Hearts Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts 3 + ReMind, along with HD movies that cover the events of games like Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Kingdom Hearts Collection [1~3] is priced at $74.99 as of this writing, with digital and physical pre-orders now available at different retailers.
New footage from last year's canceled Kingdom Hearts game has surfaced online, and it's leaving fans scratching their heads at what it shows.
While artwork from the Kingdom Hearts series is usually attributed to Tetsuya Nomura, the series' director and lead character designer, Square Enix came under fire for potentially using generative AI for the cover artwork of Kingdom...
