{"id":1044465,"date":"2026-06-23T06:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1044465\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T06:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:57:18","slug":"kingdom-hearts-collection-switch-2-local-box-art-reportedly-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1044465\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom Hearts Collection Switch 2 Local Box Art Reportedly Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kingdom<\/a> Image: Square Enix<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Square Enix revealed it would be releasing a physical version of the Kingdom Hearts Collection<\/a> on the Switch 2.<\/p>\n

Apart from the fact it’s a Game-Key Card release, there was also some debate about the key art<\/a> on the western retail box and the alleged use of AI. Square Enix did respond to these claims at the time, but it’s now reportedly changed the local box art.<\/p>\n

This has been highlighted in a post on Reddit. As you can see, this update appears to replace the local box art with the same cover as Japan’s<\/a> current listings, which supposedly uses the “original untouched” artwork by Tetsuya Nomura.<\/p>\n

\nSquare Enix silently replaces Kingdom Hearts Collection background<\/a>
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\nu\/Longjumping-Mud-3203<\/a> in
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Instead of buildings, this artwork features clouds in the backdrop and also has the characters in different places. Donald Duck’s “4 finger” hand is not on display, either.<\/p>\n

Although the box art may have been replaced, nothing else about the Switch 2 retail version appears to have changed – with the game case still listing the title as a Game-Key Card. This collection will arrive for the Switch 2 on 8th October 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What do you make of this? Will you be picking up the physical or digital version of the Kingdom Hearts Collection on Switch 2? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source reddit.com<\/a>, via nintendoeverything.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Square Enix Earlier this month, Square Enix revealed it would be releasing a physical version of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1044466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[299,47502,270,613,53,16,15,614,978],"class_list":["post-1044465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-europe","tag-kingdom-hearts","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-square-enix","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-upcoming-releases","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116798125910793117","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1044466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}