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However, after a meeting with Sakaguchi, Nomura elevated the storyline to better appeal to Final Fantasy fans. The storyline and narrative would be helmed by Nomura, marking his debut as a director and lead writer, and it was originally planned to be a simple narrative meant to appeal to Disney's core audience. Disney approved the concept on the condition that all original characters, settings, and assets would be fully owned by them. Nomura decided to compromise by creating an original character, Sora, to serve as the protagonist instead, combining Disney's character design aspects with his own.

The lead protagonist was undecided between the two companies, with Disney wanting Donald Duck and Square wanting Mickey Mouse. It was eventually decided that the game would be a crossover title with Disney and Final Fantasy characters interacting with original characters, however contention arose when settling on the game's premise and direction. By a stroke of luck, Square and Disney of Japan shared an office building at the time, and Hashimoto would have a chance encounter with a Disney executive in an elevator which allowed him to pitch the concept of using Disney properties in this game, which was eventually approved in 2000. Final Fantasy character designer Tetsuya Nomura overheard these conversations and volunteered to create this project. The two bemoaned about Square needing a game like Super Mario 64, but realizing only a company like Disney has characters that could rival the popularity of Mario. The developer was in a financially unstable position at the time and needed a blockbuster success to save them from going bankrupt.

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The origins of Kingdom Hearts can be traced back to conversations between Squaresoft executive Shinji Hashimoto and Final Fantasy series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi in the late 1990s.

3.13 Kingdom Hearts III / Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind.

3.10 Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

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Alongside Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts is considered a flagship franchise for Square Enix. Since the release of its first installment in 2002, the franchise has been one of the best-selling action RPG series in the world and is most notable for its crossing-over of Disney properties with various Square Enix properties, namely Final Fantasy, The World Ends with You, and Einhänder. The series primarily centers around the adventures of Sora, who travels across various worlds themed after properties owned by Disney and its subsidiaries while stopping schemes plotted by both original antagonists and Disney villains. series' collection of characters, stages, and properties that hail from the action role-playing game (ARPG) franchise created by Square Enix (formerly Squaresoft) in collaboration with Disney, the official owner of the franchise. The Kingdom Hearts universe ( キングダムハーツ, Kingdom Hearts), stylized in-game as KINGDOM HEARTS, refers to the Smash Bros.