The last time we talked about Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link, the upcoming new Kingdom Hearts mobile game, we still had a lot of questions.

Now details are coming out of the Missing Link closed beta test, and it sounds pretty intriguing.

As someone who is mostly interested in the story, I was eager to check out new footage from the beta now that there’s story content.

The current story introduces us to Nept, Remus, and Freya, who belong to a group called the Baroque Society. We also see two sinister figures dressed in black who seem to have manipulated guards into trying to apprehend the main character and Remus. While it’s a small amount of story, it’s enough to make me want to know more.

Everyone’s speculating about the two silver-haired figures and any potential connection to Xehanort they might have, but I’m also curious about whether there’s a reason Nept and Remus have broken away from the Norse naming conventions used by the Scala ad Caelum characters so far.

Gameplay-wise, I’m impressed that there’s a full 3D city to explore and character customization of the character model. It looks like a huge step up from the previous mobile games.

Unfortunately, it’s still a gacha. When I look at Missing Link, I can’t help but wish it was just a smaller-scale console game instead of a gacha mobile game.

Oh, and we have an answer to our question about how it can be a GPS game that also lets you play without leaving home. It seems that if you play from home, you have to spend AP to do anything. If you play in GPS Mode, however, you earn AP instead of spending it. So it sounds like you’re greatly rewarded for using the GPS features and walking around with the game.

The only recent gacha game I’ve managed to stick with for more than a few minutes is Love and Deepspace, and I don’t go out and about often enough for the GPS feature to appeal to me. On the other hand, Kingdom Hearts has an advantage over many mobile games since I’m already invested in the overall story. KHUX and Dark Road both had great stories (too good to be trapped in now-offline mobile games), and Missing Link’s few story details already have my interest.

Are you looking forward to Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link? Are you planning to play it? What do you think of the new characters introduced so far?

The next Kingdom Hearts mobile game, Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, was supposed to have a closed beta test this year.

(And yes, it seems Missing-Link is the correct way to write the title.)

The closed beta was delayed, and a recent update on its progress also included a mysterious new emblem.

Well, now the Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link “Prototype Test” has been announced.

This is not a closed beta test, but a smaller-scale test of the game’s functions. It’s only available in Japan and is limited to iOS devices. An actual beta will follow later.

What’s more interesting to me is the new artwork (pictured here) from the website. This is our first real look at Missing-Link, and why can’t I un-see Bloodborne?

At first I saw a tweet that only had a smaller portion of the art, as well as the game’s logo, and I laughed because the character’s outfit reminded me of Bloodborne. Then I got to see the full art and paid more attention to the architecture, and now it makes me think of Bloodborne even more!

I’m not alone in thinking this, and I’ve enjoyed all the Bloodborne Missing-Link memes I’ve been seeing.

So, what can we take from this key art? Despite the Yharnam jokes, the setting appears to be Scala ad Caelum. A lot of fans think the character standing by the lamp post in the background might be Sigurd due to the similar hat and style.

There’s a lot we still don’t know about Missing-Link. It’s set sometime between KHUX and Dark Road, but that’s about it. We also have that new emblem to consider – a new enemy type, perhaps?

Here’s hoping we’ll have more substantial details about Missing-Link before too long, now that things are finally moving again.