{"id":354677,"date":"2026-06-22T14:50:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=354677"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:20:47","slug":"kingdom-hearts-collection-1-3-has-recent-cover-art-following-ai-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/kingdom-hearts-collection-1-3-has-recent-cover-art-following-ai-accusations\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom Hearts Collection 1-3 Has Recent Cover Art Following AI Accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The most recent Nintendo Direct included two big Kingdom Hearts announcements – our greatest look yet at Kingdom Hearts 4, and the reveal of plans to make the series playable natively on Switch 2. The latter features a latest Kingdom Hearts 1-3 Collection, the reveal of which was tainted in a pair of how, including accusations that AI was used to create its artwork.<\/p>\n

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There have been just a few elements in the gathering’s cover art that had Kingdom Hearts fans’ AI alarm bells ringing. Essentially the most egregious of all, nevertheless, was Donald Duck’s left hand. The Disney mascot has one too many fingers. Not only an odd mistake for an official artist to make, but despite how advanced people claim it continues to get, AI still can not seem to get its head around fingers.<\/p>\n

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\n Donald’s Hand Is Hidden In Alternate Kingdom Hearts Cover Art
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Square Enix hasn’t officially addressed the accusations, but it surely does appear to have heard them. Spotted by Nintendeal<\/a>, some retailers at the moment are using alternate cover art for the physical version of the Kingdom Hearts Collection on Switch 2. It hasn’t removed Donald’s five-fingered hand, however the offending appendage is now obscured behind the Sora in the center.<\/p>\n

The brand new artwork being showcased at select retailers doesn’t actually appear to be latest. It’s just an alternate piece of key art that was revealed similtaneously the opposite cover. Nonetheless, Square appears to be pushing this alternate version harder than it was this time last week, potentially since it doesn’t have the allegedly AI-generated Donald Duck on it.<\/p>\n

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Well, it does, however the a part of him that makes people assume he has been created by AI is obscured.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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\n There Are Currently Two Kingdom Hearts Collection Covers Out There
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Meaning there’s now a combination of each covers on the market, and which one you see will depend on the retailer you visit. Amazon appears to have switched out the unique for the one which hides Donald’s hand in some unspecified time in the future within the last three days, further leaning into the conspiracy that Square has asked for the featured art to be modified across the board.<\/p>\n

The thing is, the newer version doesn’t address all the AI accusations. The thing that stands out most, to me at the least, even greater than five-fingered Donald, is the Sora hand on the suitable. It looks far too big, and the fingers look unnatural. That continues to be the identical on each versions of the duvet. Specializing in a version of the duvet that already exists and hides a number of the problems is much easier than creating and distributing a complete latest cover. Possibly one where we will not see Donald’s extra finger is the most effective we will hope for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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