A rush of Kingdom Hearts 4 news out of the Nintendo Direct June showcase has soured due to credible suspicions that generative AI was used in the lead art for the series' newly announced Nintendo Switch 2 collection.
A large illustration straight from Square Enix's official asset library has been picked apart online, and the more you look, the uglier it gets. Fans quickly clocked that Donald has an odd number of fingers – five on his left hand, four on his right. The layering in Sora's hair is also bizarrely inconsistent, and several background details carry the telltale meltiness of AI art.
