🧵THREAD - The AI-Assisted Kingdom Hearts Cover 🧵
So, this cover have been pointed out for being ai-generated. Yeah it's shit. BUT after I did some dig in, it's actually kinda more complicated than this. So let me expand on this 👇
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And it seems that this original untouched version is used for the Japanese PS5 and Switch 2 version of the game.
(I think the PS5 physical copy is exclusive to Japan)
UPDATE :
To prove my point further, @dekudraws.bsky.social, one of the artist who can mimics the best Nomura's art style, stated exactly the same thing as I.
Kahene
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I know the lyrics to every Disney Afternoon theme song starting with Gummi Bears and not only do I know what the Wuzzles are…
I know what the Fluppy Dogs are.
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Kahene
Kahene
So it seems, in the end, that the blame lies with Square Enix’s U.S. division, which—believing that the Japanese cover art wouldn’t “appeal” to a Western audience, decided to modify it using AI rather than commissioning a new one or simply… keeping the Japanese version. 🤡
