Operation Backlog Completion 2026

Let’s Talk About the Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link Leak

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Jul 202026
 

What a journey we’ve gone on with Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link.

Missing Link was another mobile game, this one using GPS mechanics, and we did get some interesting details from the trailers and beta test.

Then the news came that Missing Link was cancelled.

Since we’d barely seen anything from Kingdom Hearts IV at the time, the sudden cancellation of the mobile game presumably meant to bridge the gap came as a blow even to fans like me who don’t care much about mobile games.

Now, the intro to the game has seemingly leaked, first a partial video yesterday and now the full nearly 5-minute intro today. I won’t link to it here, but you should be able to find it if you search.

I’m not quite sure what to think. The intro is crazy, and the first part had me questioning if it was even Missing Link or if it was all a misunderstanding and it was actually something else entirely. Some people are still arguing that it’s fake due to some odd parts of the video, but right now the general feeling is that it’s legitimate.

My biggest question coming out of it is just, “What the heck was this story going to be about?” It looks so strange!

Kingdom Hearts keeps getting mobile entries with stories that are too interesting to be trapped in an eventually-cancelled mobile game, so I can’t help but hope Missing Link’s story returns in some form, maybe a movie or a non-mobile game. If not, maybe they can incorporate parts of it into Kingdom Hearts IV.

On the other hand, I’ve now seen several fans joke that it is literally the “missing link” in the series. Fitting…

What are your thoughts on Missing Link and the leaked intro?

Kingdom Hearts Will Be Featured at D23

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Jul 132026
 

D23, the Disney fan event, will be held this year from August 14-16, and they just announced the list of events.

The list includes a “deep dive into Kingdom Hearts.”

This event is described as commemorating 25 years of Kingdom Hearts and will feature “insights from the creative minds, character voices, and more behind the magic.”

Now, this isn’t actually the 25th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts. The first game came out in Japan in March 2022, so next year will be its 25th anniversary. But D23 isn’t actually held every year, so I guess that’s why they decided to celebrate it now.

Moving on to the announcement itself, on the surface it doesn’t seem like we should get too excited over it. It could well be a discussion of the series itself without any new announcements. However, D23 has been a source of Kingdom Hearts news in the past. Back in 2018, for example, a ton of Kingdom Hearts III information came out of D23.

So D23 would be a solid contender for Kingdom Hearts IV news even without the series having its own dedicated panel.

Since we finally got a new Kingdom Hearts IV trailer during last month’s Nintendo Direct, here’s hoping this means it’s time for the information floodgates to open. I’ll have my fingers crossed as we get closer to D23.

In the meantime, I just have one question… is it really a coincidence that this news came out on 7/13??

We Got a Tiny Update on Kingdom Hearts IV and Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3

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Sep 052025
 

Earlier today, there was a Japanese-only live stream for Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, the mobile game I tried briefly before its gacha-ness got to me and I quit.

Anyway, during the broadcast, Nomura addressed two games that have been on everyone’s minds.

According to the translation from Gematsu, he said the third part of the Final Fantasy VII Remake is “progressing really smoothly” and “the release timing has already been decided.”

As for Kingdom Hearts IV, he said it’s “steadily moving forward according to schedule.”

The last time we got an update on Kingdom Hearts IV was when Missing Link got cancelled back in May, which I’m not sure we ever talked about. Square Enix followed the announcement with a couple new Kingdom Hearts IV screenshots to balance the bad news with some good.

Just from the way Nomura responded to the questions, I’d guess the third Final Fantasy VII Remake game is further along than Kingdom Hearts IV. It sounds like they’re just waiting for the right time to announce it.

I’m nowhere near ready to play that yet, since I never got around to playing Rebirth. On the other hand, I’ll jump on Kingdom Hearts IV as soon as it comes out. Maybe it’s a good thing for my backlog that we don’t have a release date for it yet.

Anyway, while it would have been nice to get more substantial news, at least we know things are going well. Maybe we’ll hear more during TGS?

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