Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts Art Sparks AI Debate Over Donald Duck's 4 Fingers
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Updated · Nintendo Life · Jun 10
Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts Art Sparks AI Debate Over Donald Duck's 4 Fingers
3 articles · Updated · Nintendo Life · Jun 10
Summary
Nintendo Direct excitement over Kingdom Hearts 4 and native Switch 2 versions of earlier games quickly gave way to scrutiny of Square Enix's North American Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] box art.
Donald Duck appears with four fingers on one hand instead of his usual three, a detail fans flagged as a possible sign that AI was used to enhance or extend Tetsuya Nomura's original artwork.
Artists and streamers on Bluesky argued the image may not be fully AI-generated but rather a reworked version of Nomura's art, with hidden areas extrapolated and repositioned for the Western cover.
Square Enix had not commented at publication, but the dispute drew extra attention because the company has previously said it plans broad AI use in areas including QA.