Last year, it was revealed that Square Enix designer Tetsuya Nomura originally conceived with chainsaws. āThere things I wanted to do [with Kingdom Hearts]ā, Nomura recently told Kotaku, ābut things that were not allowed.ā
https://lastchance.cc/kingdom-hearts-conceived-with-chainsaws-5310597%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Obviously, you canāt have Mickey Mouse wield a chainsaw. (Well, I guess you could. And I guess it would be pretty awesome!) But Disney definitely has a set image in how it would like its character portrayed, which is understandable. Itās Mickey Mouse! That doesnāt mean that Nomura canāt bring his vision to Disney characters.
āI push for things,ā he says. āAnd Iām usually able to do what I want. It is just important to pick.ā So Key Sword? Yes. Chainsaw? Hrm.
Walt Disney, who created Mickey, passed away in 1966. Now, other artists, like Nomura, are either reproducing or reinterpreting the mouse. For gaming, many of Nomuraās characters (like Cloud from Final Fantasy VII) have reach iconic status of their own. What would he think about, say, another artist in fifty years or so reproducing his characters?
āIām not sure other designers could reproduce my characters,ā Nomura said. āHeck, Iām not always able to.ā
