 Tetsuya Nomura, creator and lead producer of the "Kingdom Hearts" franchise, had requested for Oswald's use in "Kingdom Hearts III", but the response from Disney was that the character would be "too difficult" to use, with no further clarification or details from Disney.Nomura cites Oswald as one of his favorite Disney characters.Oswald starred in "Harem Scarem", a new 2012 cartoon created by archivist from Walt Disney's sketchbook taking dozens of drawings.