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Kingdom Hearts: DLC Trailer, KHUX Updates, and a “Third Line” Coming Soon

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Sep 022019
 

Get ready, because we have a lot of Kingdom Hearts news coming up.

First, a new trailer for the Kingdom Hearts 3 DLC “Re:Mind” has been announced for September 9. Hopefully it will shed a little more light on what we can expect.

But that’s only the start.

As we speculated last week, a special Keyblade War event has begun in the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts Union Cross. It appears to be a standalone event, rather than specifically coming up in the story, at least for now.

It’s the 4th anniversary of KHUX in Japan, and Nomura released a special message about it, translated here by KH Insider.

Nomura has been working on the main scenario of Union Cross, and four story updates are planned for October. He shared two screenshots related to the first two of these updates.

The first one appears to be the Master of Masters talking to Luxu, telling him something about when he (the Master) was a child. The second shows Ava meeting with Brain, who says her message has been received. Both of these are significant, the first because it sounds like we’ll be learning about the Master of Masters’s past, and the second because it implies Ava chose Brain after all.

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Ever since Brain was confirmed to be the “virus” in the system, it seemed clear he was the impostor union leader who took Strelitzia’s place… but if Ava chose him, then the actual impostor (and possibly murderer) is most likely someone else.

Of course I’ll be speculating about this in more detail over at my Kingdom Hearts theory site.

Finally, Nomura gave a general update on his current progress: he’s finished the Re:Mind scenario and the first two KHUX story updates, but before he returns to working on the rest, he needs to work on a “mystery request” related to “a yet-unannounced 3rd ‘line’ of KH.”

What does that mean?

A third line of Kingdom Hearts sounds like it could be something separate from the console games and the mobile game (if we take those to be the first two lines, which is my theory).

Is it a game? A parallel universe? Something related to the new Kingdom Hearts novel series from Scholastic?

Whatever it is, it sounds like we have a lot of exciting Kingdom Hearts updates to look forward to. Oh, and Nomura mentioned that “mind boggling” changes might be on the way to KHUX, giving only the hint “double feature.”

What do you think Nomura is talking about? What will the “3rd line” of Kingdom Hearts be? Are you looking forward to the Re:Mind DLC trailer? Share all your thoughts in the comments below, and join me in my current Kingdom Hearts confusion/speculation (the natural state for Kingdom Hearts fans).

“The Time to Remember” is Approaching in KHUX

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Aug 262019
 

We haven’t talked about Kingdom Hearts Union χ in a long time, partly because I’ve long since stopped playing it.

However, I’ve still been keeping up with the story updates (of the Japanese version, since it’s well ahead of the English version) and now it seems like something big is being teased.

The official Twitter account recently said “The time to remember is arriving” and “History will soon unfold.” Meanwhile, fans have noticed ads on Crunchyroll showing what appears to be the Keyblade War.

If you haven’t been keeping up with KHUX’s story, the basic premise for the split from the original browser game is that the characters were taken into a new realm with their memories rewritten so they don’t know the Keyblade War occurred.

This sounds like the player character might be about to remember the Keyblade War, possibly making it a playable section of the game for the first time. Of course, the strange part is that this is apparently being teased for the English version of the game, even though the story is further ahead in Japan.

Is it coming to the Japanese version first and it’s just being teased because it’s such a big event? Is it a bonus scenario coming to the English version since we never had the browser game?

Right now it’s unclear, but between this and the upcoming release of the Kingdom Hearts χ novel, maybe the mobile game’s story is about to be tied up in preparation for the future of the saga.

Personally, I still think Kingdom Hearts Union χ should be remade as a console game once its story is complete, so we can play through the events free of the mobile game structure, but that might be asking too much. In the meantime, what do you think the game is teasing?

New Kingdom Hearts 3 Re:Mind Details

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Jun 192019
 

We briefly discussed the trailer for Kingdom Hearts III’s “Re:Mind” DLC during Square Enix’s E3 press conference, and now we have some new information about it.

(Warning: the trailer and this post might at least imply spoilers for Kingdom Hearts III.)

From the previous announcement of the DLC, we knew it would include a new scenario called Re:Mind, a “Limit Cut” episode and bosses (“limit cut” is the term Japanese fans use for Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix’s data battles), and a secret episode and boss.

There were all sorts of theories about what the trailer showed, but thanks to a Famitsu interview with Nomura, we have some new details translated by Gematsu.

First, the trailer does not include any Limit Cut scenes. Most of what we see in the trailer is from the new scenario. The new scenario is also standalone and can be played after you beat the main game. The other playable characters will be available as you progress through this scenario.

This is significant, because many people thought the boss battles shown in the trailer would be either data battles or a revamped version of the game’s climax.

Second, Oathkeeper and Sora’s new form will be released as free DLC around the same time as Re:Mind. Finally, the Limit Cut bosses should be about the same amount as in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix.

There’s no release date yet for the DLC, but they’re hoping to avoid having it too close to Final Fantasy VII Remake’s March 3 release. That makes it likely that we’ll see Re:Mind in early winter.

I loved Kingdom Hearts III, and I can’t wait for the DLC. The news that those trailer scenes are mostly from the new scenario has me excited to see how it all fits together.

Are you planning to get Kingdom Hearts III’s Re:Mind DLC?

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