Mario + Disney = Mushroom Kingdom Hearts
by John Bardinelli 
{ Mar 10th 2007 at 9:30PM }
The April issue of EGM lands on newstands March 13, but the folks at Obvious Diversion have already sampled the goods. The big "news" is Mushroom Kingdom Hearts for Wii. According to the magazine that never lies, it's Kingdom Hearts sans Final Fantasy characters with Nintendo's Mushroom Kingdom folk in their stead. Over 41 characters will be featured in the game that's set to make more money than the Sultan of Brunei could ever dream of.EGM's April issue is a famous launching ground for concepts that seem too good to be true. Remember how excited we were when the realistic Wind Waker remake was announced? Wait. That was an April Fools joke? Think what you may, but EGM hasn't officially confirmed Mushroom Kingdom Hearts as a prank. You might want to place a pre-order this weekend. Go ahead, we dare you.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
scepia @ Mar 10th 2007 9:36PM
I hope this is true, even tho it is not :P
What a clever name, seriously!
Fatass of Kickassness @ Mar 10th 2007 9:37PM
Totally fake. 41 characters... when is April Fools Day? 4/1.
Lord Chako @ Mar 10th 2007 9:44PM
Cant wait for Halo Kingdom Hearts.
Marioarm2 @ Mar 10th 2007 11:18PM
This is definitely fake. As soon as I read it, I went to the cover to see if I all ready had the April edition and it was. I wonder how many people will actually believe it.
Lord Chako @ Mar 10th 2007 9:45PM
Good eye fatass.
Nintendo doesn't have 41 characters. more like 14 at most.
azesino @ Mar 10th 2007 9:44PM
April's fool, every year the same stupid lame ass pranks, iam getting tired of them
Zer0 @ Mar 10th 2007 9:47PM
Does this mean, that the Dead Rising thing...is real?
Anni @ Mar 10th 2007 9:59PM
Man, I can't wait to do the Mermaid Level with Mario in a frog suit!
Sam G. @ Mar 10th 2007 10:03PM
I'll say this: If this game was ever really made, it would absolutely shatter all sorts of sales records.
jcraig1701 @ Mar 10th 2007 10:19PM
Of course it's the April Fool's Prank. 41 characters, 4-1, April 1st, April Fool's Day. Its a great thought tho. But just like how Sonic and Tails were "unlockable" in Super Smash Brother's Melee, this is just their annual prank.
Wes @ Mar 10th 2007 10:13PM
Lord Chako
14 characters ?
Have you ever played Smash Bros ?
Brian manning @ Mar 10th 2007 10:12PM
41 characters = 4-1 = april 1 = ?????
AJ @ Mar 10th 2007 10:17PM
Why is it always Nintendo? Well not always, but there is this, the WW remake, and the Sonic and Tails in SSBM.
VanGuardian1 @ Mar 10th 2007 10:20PM
I'm still waiting for KH2 to hit the bargain bin, but if this were true I'd pick it up on release day. :D
joseph matt @ Mar 10th 2007 10:22PM
Oddly enough I got the April isse the other day, havne't had time to read it...
"Preview: Exclusive First Look"
Mushroom Kingdom Hearts
The Ultimate Fanyboy Pipe Dream
Platform: Wii
Publisher: Square Enix
Developer: Square Enix
Release Date: 2008
Admit it- the origional idea for Kingdom Hearts was absolutely absurd. A role-playing game featuring characters from Final Fantasy and Disney? Hell, that's about as asinine as combining Legos and Star Wars (wait- scratch that). But the only dumb ones were the ones who doubted it'd work - the unlikely combination actually touched a helluva lot of gamers' hearts. So now that we're used to seeing Mickey Mouse and the rest of his cartoon clowns muck it up with the FInal Fantasy crew, we thought we'd seen the last of these oddball pairings. Boy, were we wrong - publisher Square Enix is ramping up a radically new Kingdom Hearts sequal... only this game isn't set in under the sea, but rather under the pipes of the Mushroom Kingdom. We don't know much of the juicy deets right now (all Square Enix gave us was this early logo) but we were able to squeeze out some helpful intel. First off, Mushroom Kingdom Hearts is a Wii exclusive and will feature a cast of over 41 Nintendo characters. Not only that, but it will also feature Sora, Mickey, and a flock of other favorites from the first two Kingdom Hearts. And as far as the story goes, all we know is Mario will get his hands (and feet) dirty hammering down on the Heartless... oh, and apparently some princess needs saving, too."
Take it for what it's worth...
Poisoned Al @ Mar 10th 2007 10:25PM
It's a joke!
...
Please say it's a joke.
ur a retard, @ Mar 10th 2007 10:41PM
your all crazy! this is real!
i'm also waiting FF7 mario remix!
Sai @ Mar 10th 2007 10:42PM
So uh, Mario? Loving the hat/vest combo, girlfriend. Let's do lunch, go paint our nails...you know, just LIVE a little. What do you say? You're straight? Huh. Could'a fooled me.
Zertoss @ Mar 10th 2007 10:47PM
I'd buy it. Mario looks like a better fit than Final Fantasy.
Also can't wait for Rayman Chaotix.
kraoro @ Mar 10th 2007 10:57PM
It may be fake, but Square-Enix and Nintendo would be damn stupid to not try to make this game. It would demolish sales records.
NintendoFanbot @ Mar 10th 2007 11:00PM
If this were real, I would hate SE forever for giving Mario such a screwed up golf hat. :P
It's a good attempt at the KH-style though, I guess.
Blue_Falcon @ Mar 10th 2007 11:05PM
Obviously a fake, but I like Mario's jacket. =P
WakkaWakkaHeyOh @ Mar 10th 2007 11:10PM
I remember some years ago when they published the "AKUMA" code for Resident Evil 2...then it turned out to be their prank...that made me sad. Still a good game though. :)
Wil @ Mar 10th 2007 11:12PM
BWAHAHAHAHA!! This is PRICELESS. I run a parody webcomic CALLED "Mushroom Kingdom Hearts!" Oh, Lord. Free advertising XD - http://wheretheresawil.kiwibonga.com/mkh
Neko Ewen @ Mar 10th 2007 11:22PM
Seriously, EGM needs to just stop this April Fools' crap. It was never funny in the first place, and then everyone else copied it an ran it into the ground.
And, you know, the April issue is in peoples' hands three weeks before April 1st. That kind of defeats the purpose.
Dann @ Mar 10th 2007 11:27PM
Lol, reminds me of that one Super Smash Bros. prank where you can unlock Sonic.
Makes me wonder if people are still actually trying to unlock him...
mike @ Mar 10th 2007 11:28PM
april fools jokes on the internet are retarded. Its just a bunch of people giving out false information. Even expect joystiq to report false information on april first (more rediculose however, clearly pointing to not real).
Listen up gaming sites and magazines, FALSE INFORMATION DOES NOT = FUNNY. Its just lame. No point to even buying an april issue of a gameing magazine, because nothing is trust worthy.
If you watn to celebrate april first on your job, pour a pile of sugar into a co-workers coffee, dont put up fake information in your product. Imagine our local news papers reported fake crimes and discoveries in april 1st editions of the news paper, people would riot everywhere.
PuniPuniSakura @ Mar 10th 2007 11:55PM
looks like a bad photoshop, Mario is clay-styled as opposed to the more 3D-render style of Mickey and Sora, and the logo looks awful..
KC @ Mar 10th 2007 11:59PM
Why can't people take a joke? Seriously does it offend you THAT much?
Anyway, if there were a square/nintendo/disney KH game, hell yeah it would sell like MAD.
I wonder if one of the higher ups saw this mock up, if it would push them to make the real deal.
Richard DeV @ Mar 10th 2007 11:59PM
if it was real mario wouldnt be holding the same weapon as the character in the kingdom hearts game. It would have different text and pry look nothing like that screen if it were real. Think about it. Anyways I've been reading EGM since I was a little guy and I can smell their mean april fool jokes from a mile away.
FSK405K @ Mar 11th 2007 12:00AM
Actually, wasn't Lamepro popular long before EGM started with the April Fool's stuff?
Cr33pingparanoia @ Mar 11th 2007 12:14AM
Though I would dearly love it to be true, I call bullshit on this.
Donald @ Mar 11th 2007 12:45AM
Fake.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to finish reading this month's issue of LamePro...
ALH @ Mar 11th 2007 12:55AM
my god i hope this is a joke.
Cuja @ Mar 11th 2007 1:14AM
A shooter called Super Smash Brothers Shootout would make a better April's Fools joke.
Janssen Dunn @ Mar 11th 2007 1:22AM
Like, this would be really cool if it were true. Only I highly doubt it because of the April Fool's thing, and thats the same official artwork from KH2. I mean, if SE were making a new game with mario, surely they'd give us new artwork? And it'd prolly be Mario style, not KH style. Still a cool thought.
Does anyone have the pic of the two years ago prank, with Wind Waker not be cel shaded?
WhatIsThatThing @ Mar 11th 2007 1:46AM
My head a sploded when I saw that title in a mass of spit and teeth. Then it grew back as I realized that this was the April issue.
Microfoot @ Mar 11th 2007 3:06AM
EGM needs to put more effort into making their jokes convincing. It's much more amusing when they convince people to attempt near-impossible feats in games.
Nino @ Mar 11th 2007 4:06AM
This would be funny if it were really true because everyone thinks it's fake. THAT would be like the best april fool's joke ever.
ncxcstud @ Mar 11th 2007 9:24AM
If it was real, why would they change the name of the game? Wouldn't it just be called Kingdom Hearts 3? It was never Final Fantasy Kingdom Hearts, just Kingdom Hearts.
And those games sold well initially because of the Disney characters, but were continued good sellers because they were good and fun games.
I'd see something like this sell well too. And it fits right into Square's philosophy of only (really) developing for one console.
Dr. Zombie @ Mar 11th 2007 9:32AM
Anyone else remember in EGM when they had a code that supposedly let you play Simon Belmont in TMNT II for NES? I think that might have been their first April Fool's joke. Since there was no precedent for fake stuff at that point, I totally wasted 4 hours trying to enter that stupid code. Man, I feel old now just thinking about it . . .
John @ Mar 11th 2007 12:35PM
But what if this is simply the companies involved testing our salivary glands? Putting out something like this could give them feedback as to how much people really want it. I wouldn't put it past Disney to dream up this sort of meta-polling.
fox619_master @ Mar 11th 2007 12:54PM
can someone please show it to nintendo and square to make this a real game because the wii will sell like crazy if this comes out. My sony loving friends will want a wii even more and when shops finally get them in stock they will buy, buy, buy.
Mongoos150 @ Mar 11th 2007 12:57PM
Kingdom Hearts sans FF? No thanks...
Tatsuya @ Mar 12th 2007 3:54PM
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
I hate Mario! Please, say it's not true!
Joey @ Mar 11th 2007 1:47PM
no wait!
((4-1)*(4-1)*(4-1))-4 = 23!!!!
OMFGBBQCONSPIRACY!
Pal @ Mar 11th 2007 3:09PM
Poor EGM. Even before they can sneak up on its readers, online blogs rip it to pieces and even gets the entire article typed in by a commenter.
Aero @ Mar 11th 2007 4:31PM
It's called MUSHROOM Kingdom Hearts. Meaning Mario only. And there are no way 41 Mario characters they could put in a game.
But yeah, I can't wait for this. In fact, I think I'll spend my time waiting by unlocking Sonic, Tails and Toad in Smash Bros Melee.
Mr Khan @ Mar 11th 2007 6:11PM
@ microfoot
I know, i still want to kill them for the 8+ hours i spent trying to get 21 kills in Cruel Melee
If i ever find that guy, i will kill him, or at least force him to do that near-impossible feat
And Nintendo easily has 41 characters, lord Chakro
26 for melee, and another 15 would be easy as cake
Alex @ Mar 11th 2007 6:44PM
Is EGM even Relevant anymore?
Poorly conceived and executed.
However, if it were true, and the April Fools Joke was making the game SEEM fake, that'd be cool.