Michael Eisner Forgets Why He Approved 24-Year Kingdom Hearts Franchise
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Updated · Kotaku · Jul 22
Michael Eisner Forgets Why He Approved 24-Year Kingdom Hearts Franchise
2 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jul 22
Summary
Michael Eisner said he does not remember why he approved Kingdom Hearts, the Disney-Square Enix crossover that began 24 years ago.
Game File asked the former Disney CEO at a Delphi Interactive press event; Eisner first said he did not recall the game, then remembered the Tokyo pitch after being told it paired Final Fantasy with Disney characters.
Eisner, who ran Disney from the 1980s to 2005, said only “I don’t” when asked why he said yes to the project.
The lapse leaves fans without new insight into how Disney signed off on a series that put its characters into an unusually strange, anime-styled game universe, with a D23 retrospective panel due next month.