The only thing missing from the Kingdom Hearts franchise, aside from a solid third entry in the main franchise? Pixar.
You're not alone, however, because Kotaku caught up with Dream Drop Distance's co-director Tai Yasue and asked what Disney property he'd like to work with. Pixar probably took less time to say than it did for the light to shine in every fan's eyeballs when thinking about Wall-E and Sora going to town on a Heartless themed monstrosity from The Incredibles, or a clunky and gear-like Monsters Inc. realm with all sorts of silly things running back and forth.
But it's not real, nor official, so tongues back in mouths. Yasue made clear the choice was a personal and non-news choice, but cited a Toy Story would be interesting. We could think of some worlds, like A Bug's Life or The Incredibles, being exactly right for the tone that Kingdom Hearts has strived for--redeeming friendship, becoming a hero, pulling together, sunshine and puppies and all sorts of Disney references.
Then come the bad ideas. The horrific idea of a Cars world, where Sora and friends turn into anthropomorphic vehicles fighting other evil vehicles. How does a car even wield a keyblade, even though it seems like such a simple concept. Or worse: Finding Nemo. Sora already became a merman (boy?) once in Kingdom Hearts 2, so why not become full-on fish this time? The main boss battle would be against Bruce the Shark; Sora would try to help Dory and Martin find Nemo. It all becomes a little frightening.
Then again, an Up world would mean the return of Dug, who would make an amazing side-character. This is the problem when franchises are connected: it forces fans into speculation about the fantastic and the utterly horrifying--still can't get Car-Sora out of our heads--until they will be forced to happen in the third game. Because we need a Pixar world. And not just on a handheld, but in glorious next-gen formating that looks just like a Pixar film.
Now we're so riled up we need to watch the Brave trailer just to calm down.
