Square Enix's blog recently interviewed composer Yoko Shimomura after she won a BAFTA Fellowship, the highest honor an arts organization can grant.
Throughout the interview, Shimomura answered questions about the award, how she came to compose video game music, and her involvement with specific titles, including the Kingdom Hearts series.
You can view the relevant quoted portion of this Shimomura interview below. It delves into her impressions of Kingdom Hearts as a project and the creativity involved with both Disney Worlds and original world music.
You can view the full interview on Square Enix's blog, which also contains comments about Live A Live and Final Fantasy XV.
Square Enix have released new Kingdom Hearts IV screenshots following the cancellation of Kingdom Hearts Missing- Link. These show Sora in Quadratum fighting Heartless, Strelitzia, a playable King Mickey segment, Sora in a parking lot, and a Darkside Heartless. It's worth noting that while the same screenshots were shared across both Japanese and Global social media handles, the Japanese collection of screenshots contains a slightly different variation of the top first image.You can view the screenshots in our gallery below.
Alongside these new screenshots, a message was shared with fans on the official Kingdom Hearts social media handles:
What do you think about these screenshots? Let us know in the comments below!
In an announcement on both the Japanese and Global Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link official accounts on X, the Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link development team has shared a message on the decision to cancel the development of the game.
You can read the full announcement message below:
While the news may be difficult the message does reassure fans that the Kingdom Hearts series will continue, and that the team is hard at work on Kingdom Hearts IV.
How do you feel regarding Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link's cancellation? Let us know in the comments below!
Various Kingdom Hearts themed pet merchandise are now available for pre-order from the Square Enix Japan e-Store. The items range from leashes, beds, pet apparel, toys, and bags all inspired by the Kingdom Hearts series. Each of these items can be viewed along with their product pages and prices below. The items are set to release September 4th, 2025.
Square Enix initially announced the line of pet goods in April of last year.
Kingdom Hearts & Pets Monogram Bandanna - ¥2,200 (~$14.95 USD)
Kingdom Hearts & Pets Framed Bed - ¥9350 (~$63.49 USD)
Kingdom Hearts & Pets Monogram Pet Bed - ¥6996 (~$47.49 USD)
Kingdom Hearts & Pets Walking Bag - ¥4950(~$33.64 USD)
Kingdom Hearts & Pets Dog Wear - ¥7700(~$52.30 USD)
Kingdom Hearts & Pets Paopu Fruit Rope Toy - ¥2970 (~$20.17 USD)
Will you be picking up any of these items for your pets? Let us know in the comments below!
Square Enix's online Japanese store has listed several new pieces of Kingdom Hearts-themed items, comprised of various types of pouches crafted by Artisan & Artist.
All five items are planned to be releaed in Japan on June 14, 2025, though their prices vary. You can view each product via our galleries below, with their store pages hyperlinked above.
Kingdom Hearts x Artisan & Artist Multi Mini Pouch - ¥11,000
Kingdom Hearts x Artisan & Artist Pouch - ¥18,700
Kingdom Hearts x Artisan & Artist Key Pouch - ¥14,300
Kingdom Hearts x Artisan & Artist Vanity Pouch - ¥17,380
Kingdom Hearts x Artisan & Artist Wallet Shoulder Pouch - ¥26,400
The Square Enix Japan e-Store has revealed a new Kingdom Hearts II Formism Riku figure, available for pre-order now for an August 30th release. The figure will cost ¥7480 (approximately $49.60 USD). Previously, Square Enix had announced a Kingdom Hearts II Sora Formism figure in the same line.
You can take a closer look at the Kingdom Hearts II Riku Formism figure in our gallery below.
Will you be adding this new figure to your Kingdom Hearts collection? Let us know in the comments below!
The final volume of the Kingdom Hearts III Manga, Volume 4 is now available for pre-order on the Square Enix Japan e-Store as well as other online Japanese retailers such as Amazon Japan, Rakuten, and 7net for ¥840 and set to release on March 12, 2025. Alongside this, Gangan Online has unveiled the cover art for Volume 4 which you can view in our gallery below.
Will you be picking up this final volume of the Kingdom Hearts III Manga? Let us know in the comments below!
Kingdom Hearts Halloween Town themed coats, jackets, and hoodies for both men and women are now available for pre-order from the Square Enix Japan e-Store. The apparel features Sora, Donald and Goofy as they appear in the Halloween Town world, alongside other Halloween Town themed motifs featured in the game.
Each item is set to release February 1st, 2025. The Nylon Coat is priced at ¥23,000 (~148.85 USD) the Blouson Jacket at ¥29,700 (~190.87 USD) and the Long Hoodie at ¥19,800 (~122.10 USD).
You can take a look at each of the items in our gallery below, alongside their respective product links:
Kingdom Hearts Halloween Town Nylon Coat - Men's
Kingdom Hearts Halloween Town Nylon Coat - Women's
Kingdom Hearts Halloween Town Blouson Jacket Men's
Kingdom Hearts Halloween Town Blouson Jacket Women's
Kingdom Hearts Halloween Town Long Hoodie
Which of these items would you like to add to your wardrobe? Let us know in the comments below!
Ichiban Kuji has announced that the Kingdom Hearts -Linking Hearts- Ichiban Kuji, previously held from May of last year will be returning from May 23rd, 2025, at select Seven Eleven, Ito-Yokado, and Yume Town stores in Japan. Similar to its previous go around the lottery will include the same line up of various Kingdom Hearts themed prizes including Sora and Roxas themed character statues, plates, towels, cushions, glass tumblers, and keyblade charms. The MSRP for the prizes is expected to be ¥790.
You can take a closer look at the prize line up and tiers below:
Prize Tiers
♦ Tier A - Sora Statue
♦ Tier B - Visual bath towel
♦ Tier C - Cushion
♦ Tier D - Glass plate
♦ Tier E - Selection of towels
♦ Tier F - Design Tumbler
♦ Tier G - Keyblade Charm Collection
♦ Last One Prize Tier - Roxas Statue
♦ Double Chance Campaign Tier - Sora Statue
Will you be picking up any of the merchandise from this second round? Let us know in the comments below!
The official Twitter account for Square Enix, has announced a new line of Kingdom Hearts Stationery products is on the way for a June 28th release, and are now available for pre-order on the offical Square Enix e-shop!
The items avaliable for pre-order are:
Kingdom Hearts/Roxas Journal: 6,380¥; $40.41
Kingdom Hearts/Monogram Pen Case: 4,290¥; $27.17
Kingdom Hearts/Olympus Coliseum Refillable Notebook: 1,320¥; $8.36
Kingdom Hearts/Olympus Coliseum Sticker Set: 880¥; $5.57
Kingdom Hearts/Atlantica Sticker Set: 880¥; $5.57
Kingdom Hearts/Agrabah Sticker Set: 880¥; $5.57
Kingdom Hearts/Atlantica Masking Tape: 880¥; $5.57
Kingdom Hearts/Agrabah Masking Tape: 880¥; $5.57
Kingdom Hearts/Atlantica Stickey Note Set: 880¥; $5.57
Kingdom Hearts/Agrabah Stickey Note Set: 880¥; $5.57
Kingdom Hearts/Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Refill Desk Pad Vol. 1: 880¥; $5.57
Kingdom Hearts/Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Refill Desk Pad Vol. 2: 880¥; $5.57
Shibuya based merchandise retailer, Loft Japan has also announced a new collaboration in which the new line of stationery merchandise, as well as a timed event with other exclusive Kingdom Hearts themed goods at participating locations, will be available.
Dubbed the, "Kingdom Hearts Goods Collection", the event is scheduled to take place January 16th, through March 18th, and the website states that all 80 of Loft's store locations across the country will be participating! Here's what we know so far, direct from the website:
The website, for those able and curious, has a list of the participating stores.
The website also states there will be two different giveaway raffles held across the event, the first beginning January 18th, through February 15th, and the second being held February 16th, through March16th- each of the raffles offering 5 items each.
Check out our gallery down below to see what else this new collaboration is going to bring! Stand outs include the journal done up in the image as the one Roxas kept in 358/2 Days, the plush for Kingdom Hearts II Sora, and Black Coat King Mickey as well as the stylized black hoodie.
Let us know which item has you the most excited below, and if you have the chance to enter either of the raffles, best of luck to you!
The Sega Plaza crane game service has announced the arrivals of new Kingdom Hearts plushes featuring Heartless, namely the Shadow, Large Body, Soldier, White Mushroom, Rare Truffle, Black Fungus, Pink Agaricus.
The Shadow, Large Body, and Soldier plushes are compiled into one set that is planned to be available on January 24, 2025. On the other hand, the Mushroom Heartless set will be available on February 21, 2025.
However, fans can also obtain these plushes conventionally by pre-ordering them from the retailer Aitai Kuji, with the sets costing ¥2,500 ($16 USD) each. They are all planned to be released at some point in January 2025.
Shadow, Large Body, and Soldier (8 x 6 x 10cm)
Mushrooms (7 x 4 x 10 cm)
You can view these upcoming Heartless plushes via our gallery below:
Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura has shared a new message to fans commemorating the 15th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.
This secret anecdote extensively discusses the crossroads that have been present throughout the series since its debut in the original secret ending of Kingdom Hearts II, "The Gathering."
Throughout this message, Nomura details the location's appearances in Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts χ [Chi], and Kingdom Hearts III.
The crossroads always indicate losing something to then gain something else. So, the natural question is what this means for the Fortellers' return in the epilogue of Kingdom Hearts III.
You can view Tetsuya Nomura's full message to fans below:
Kingdom Hearts manga writer and artist, Shiro Amano has announced the conclusion of the Kingdom Hearts III manga, with the final chapter now available to read through the Gangan Online app. The web version of the final chapter will be available to read on the Gangan Online website from January 9th, and the final volume of the manga, Volume 4 is scheduled to release in Japan on March, 12, 2025.
You can view Amano's comments regarding the conclusion of the Kingdom Hearts III manga below, thanks to our team's Ryuji and @corfidbizna:
Currently, there seems to be no word on Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind content receiving an adaptation through the manga, and no word on a Western release of either volume 3 or the final volume of the manga.
The Kingdom Hearts III manga had initially began releasing in April 2019, and has been releasing chapters over the past 5 years via Gangan Online. Volumes 1 & 2 of the manga were published through Yen Press for release in the West, while Volumes 1, 2, and 3 were available for Japan.
What do you think of the conclusion of the Kingdom Hearts III manga? Let us know in the comments below!
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the PlayStation, Sony has released a special "Thank You" video on the PlayStation Youtube Channel. The video shows different video game franchises that have shaped the legacy of the PlayStation with a tagline "It's About" that is accompanied with a single word that best describes the game being shown.
Many games are shown from God of War and Uncharted to Batman: Arkham Knight and Sly Cooper, but one video game series has been part of the PlayStation since the early 2000's: Kingdom Hearts. The shot from the intro of Kingdom Hearts III with Sora and the others facing off against Master Xehanort was shown in the video with the tagline "It's about Connection", symbolizing the connections that the PlayStation has with its fans similiar to Sora's connections in the series.
You can watch the full video here.
What are your favorite moments with the PlayStation? Let us know in the comments below!
Square Enix has announced that the mobile game Kingdom Hearts Missing Link has been delayed to an unknown date. The team's latest message doesn't reveal any specifics surrounding this delay other than that it was a "difficult decision."
Alongside apologizing to fans, Square Enix also says to look forward to future information, whenever that may be. You can view the latest post from the Kingdom Hearts Missing–Link below:
Following beta tests on Android and iOS devices containing new story content, information surrounding this game has been entirely silent. Kingdom Hearts Missing–Link was previously planned for a 2024 release.
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