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I think we're going back to her roots now, she's last seen colluding with one of the new big bads for starters whereas since 1 she'd been on the outside of things with the Organization. Although even if she plays a bigger villainous role on par with the first game there's a chance she'll be betrayed by Darkness like Ansem did if she does end up working with them like in UX. But she was already a more significant threat in Coded and Union Cross compared to her glorified sideplots where she doesn't even fight in 2, DDD and 3.

It'd be a surprise twist if she did get one over on Darkness and the Lost Masters and becomes the final threat. Like it's a situation where the other threats have been defeated and you think it's over only for her and Pete to show up and take the number one villain spot and she's the real final boss becoming some kaiju sized dragon Heartless. Or she merges with her own darkness to become a super Heartless. If the Queen of Hearts has her own Darkness that's grown inside her in Dark Road shouldn't Maleficent have one too? I wonder if this'll be addressed again.