Square Enix Japan released a new trailer video showing off what fans can expect fromKingdom Heartsthis year in 2020. It featured both updates forUnion CrossandDark Roadbut also confirmed thatKingdom Hearts Melody of Memoryis an official game coming out this year.
The trailer also reveals that Square Enix has even more upcomingKingdom Heartsprojects besides these three. When the video reaches the 0:09 mark, it reveals a graphic that shows off a collection ofKingdom Heartsgames that Square Enix calls “Phase 2,” which sounds like it took inspiration from the MCU.
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Five games in total make up this phase. We know three of them already —Kingdom Hearts 3 Re: Mind,Kingdom Hearts Dark Road, andKingdom Hearts Melody of Memory— but there are two others still blank. According to the graphic,Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memoryleads into one of the unrevealed projects, and then that project will lead into what looks like the final game of the phase. PerhapsKingdom Hearts 4?
Tetsuya Nomura, the director of theKingdom Heartsseries, talked about howSquare Enix brought on two newKingdom Heartsdevelopment teams earlier this year, and that each one was working on their ownKingdom Heartstitle. The announcement for one of these games was supposed to happen in April but never did. Nomura confirmed last night that it ended up suspended over coronavirus concerns and that this 2020 video is what it was supposed to be.
This means thatKingdom Hearts Melody of Memorycomes from one of the new dev teams, so one game is still being worked on by the other. We know it’s notDark Roadbecause it comes from the devs that worked onUnion Cross. We know it’s notRe: Mindbecause that came from Osaka, which only leaves whatever comes afterMelody of Memory.
Since Square Enix is going out of its way to name the nextcollection ofKingdom Heartsgamesa “phase,” it would make sense that it plans to wrap up said collection with a numbered title or “core game.” If this is the case, then the blank space between this numbered title andMelody of Memoryshould be whatever new project the remaining dev team is working on. The question is whether or not the new game will release on current generation-consoles or the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
Kingdom HeartsPhase 2will release across 2020 and beyond for different consoles.
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