Jun 172020
Since we have a break from Not-E3 coverage, I was all set to finish up my Persona 4 Golden review for today’s blog post, but the last two days had too much exciting news for that!
So instead we’re going to talk about yesterday’s Kingdom Hearts announcements and today’s Pokémon announcements.
A few days ago, a mysterious logo for Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory was found in the website for Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road. This led to a lot of debate about what it would be. Were we finally getting a Kingdom Hearts rhythm game? Would it be about the Master of Masters? Was it the long-awaited Kairi game?
How about potentially all three?
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory is a rhythm game due out for the PS4, Xbox One, and Switch later this year, but it also appears to feature a story focused on Kairi, including a confrontation with a man in a black coat. A lot of people think it might be the Master of Masters, especially since the acronym for the game is MoM.
I’m not entirely convinced it’s him, but I’m incredibly excited for Melody of Memory.
And if you’re annoyed the rhythm game has what appears to be critical story content… this is Kingdom Hearts. Even an actual concert contained story details; of course the rhythm game will.
Next, Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road, the upcoming mobile game about Xehanort, will be out on June 22. I saw one report that it’s a global release date, but I’m not sure if that’s been confirmed. Either way, I’m ready to give this game a chance, mobile or not.
A new Dark Road trailer accompanied the news.
But something even more intriguing that came out of the Kingdom Hearts news is the possibility that there are two more unknown Kingdom Hearts projects to be announced.
See, Square Enix also released a “Kingdom Hearts 2020” trailer, highlighting the year’s Kingdom Hearts projects, and a screen just a few seconds in shows “Kingdom Hearts series 2nd phase.” Underneath this heading are the logos for the Re:Mind DLC, Dark Road, and Melody of Memory… with two blank slots alongside them.
This suggests there are currently two more Kingdom Hearts projects in the works in addition to Dark Road and Melody of Memory. Whatever they are, I can’t wait to find out more.
Now let’s move on to Pokémon. There was a “Pokémon Presents” digital event this morning, which I skipped because I’d gotten the impression it would be all about the DLC for Sword and Shield (which I still haven’t played or even bought). Much to my surprise, when I got online, I learned they’d announced a new Pokémon Snap for the Switch!
And… that’s literally what it’s called. “New Pokémon Snap.”
I never played the original Pokémon Snap, although I watched a playthrough of it. It was a missed opportunity not making Pokémon Snap for Wii U, but I’m interested in playing this nevertheless.
They also announced a puzzle cafe management game for mobile devices and Switch called Pokémon Café Mix, and a mobile game called Pokémon Smile that will encourage kids to brush their teeth.
More news is coming on June 24, with a “big project” teased.
So there you have it, lots of big announcements for Kingdom Hearts and Pokémon this week, with even more news coming for both! Are you excited for any of these games?
As someone who played the original Pokemon Snap on N64, I am very hyped for the new Pokemon Snap!
I just wonder, if it gets popular enough for them to ever make a sequel, will that be “New Pokemon Snap 2” or “New New Pokemon Snap”?
They could call it Pokemon Snap 3 for added confusion.
“New Super Mario Bros.”
“New Super Mario Bros. Wii”
“New Super Mario Bros 2”
“New Super Mario Bros. U”
“New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe”
Good point, that seems to be how they like to handle it.
[…] Meanwhile, he confirmed in that same interview that Melody of Memory and Master of Masters having the same acronym is intentional (as theorized back when the title was first revealed). […]