AndrewHankinson 311 Posted May 23, 2015 (edited) The idea for Kingdom Hearts was thought of through a chance meeting between Final Fantasy developer Shinji Hashimoto and a Disney executive in an elevator. Square Enix (or as it was known then, Squaresoft) and Disney had previously worked in the same building in Tokyo, before Squaresoft became Square Enix and moved away. During their time this encounter allowed Hashimoto to pitch the idea directly to Disney and ultimately led to the creation of Kingdom Hearts! An elevator pitch at it's best! Edited May 23, 2015 by AndrewHankinson 8 JohnnyMomb, Lu Xun, irinasi and 5 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuya Sakaki 5,212 Posted May 23, 2015 I actually knew this little interesting tale. "Destiny is never left to chance." Peace! 3 catmaster0116, HarLea Quinn and KeybladeLordCheeseCurd reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted May 23, 2015 Technically Square Soft was 80% of Square Enix. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleTSUBAME 483 Posted May 23, 2015 Yeah, I've heard this somewhere before. ^^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soravids 1,056 Posted May 23, 2015 The idea for Kingdom Hearts was thought of through a chance meeting between Final Fantasy developer Shinji Hashimoto and a Disney executive in an elevator. Square Enix (or as it was known then, Squaresoft) and Disney had previously worked in the same building in Tokyo, before Squaresoft became Square Enix and moved away. During their time this encounter allowed Hashimoto to pitch the idea directly to Disney and ultimately led to the creation of Kingdom Hearts! An elevator pitch at it's best! Yep! This sure was an awesome elevator moment! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeybladeLordCheeseCurd 1,542 Posted May 23, 2015 The day where everything changed.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AngelTheWeirdStranger 504 Posted May 23, 2015 So glad this happened. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catmaster0116 2,676 Posted May 23, 2015 Never underestimate elevator small talk big things (including relationships) always start with "Hey...umm...so how's the weather? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hazimie 1,595 Posted May 23, 2015 Thank goodness there's no Marvel developer in that elevator,or else the future of the games might be darker than ever... 1 Philip Ellwell reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RikuFangirl2008 1,368 Posted May 23, 2015 I keep hearing this tale over and over. It's fate or destiny? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caity 3,946 Posted May 23, 2015 I did, it's my job to know (yet still no one pays me) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
