KINGDOM HEARTS – Una saga fuori da ogni logica

Kingdom Hearts is one of the most ambitious, complex, and debated franchises in video game history. Born from the unlikely meeting between Square and Disney, it has grown over time into much more than a simple saga: a cultural phenomenon that shaped an entire generation. In this episode of RetroLab – Anatomy of a Franchise, we retrace the history of Kingdom Hearts: from its creation, through creative choices, production constraints, artistic turning points, and up to its most recent evolutions. Not a simple recap, but a journey into the idea, ambition, and contradictions of a project that perhaps should never have worked… and yet left a lasting mark. 🗝️ A story made of visions, risks, mistakes, intuitions, and connections. 🧪 CHAPTERS – RETROLAB 0:00 INTRO 1:40 CHAPTER 1 / The Birth of an Improbable Dream 7:59 CHAPTER 2 / Kingdom Hearts 16:11 CHAPTER 3 / The Beginning of Fragmentation 24:16 CHAPTER 4 / KH II, the First “Blockbuster” 30:43 CHAPTER 5 / 358/2 Days 36:06 CHAPTER 6 / Episode Zero 42:10 CHAPTER 7 / The False Spin-off 46:38 CHAPTER 8 / The Realm of Sleep 52:46 CHAPTER 9 / Understanding the Past to Read the Present 56:57 CHAPTER 10 / KINGDOM HEARTS III 1:03:27 CHAPTER 11 / The Melody of Destiny 1:07:35 CHAPTER 12 / The Missing Link 1:11:02 CHAPTER 13 / An Ending Still Far Away… ⚠️ This video aims to tell the history of the Kingdom Hearts franchise (creative, production, and artistic context), not the complete narrative of the saga. Story events from the games will be mentioned only briefly and superficially, solely when necessary to understand the evolution of the project and its overall vision. #KingdomHearts #documentary #ff #nintendo #playstation