Square Enix Japan releasedthree newKingdom Heartstrailerstoday in a mashup video. One of the teasers happened to be forKingdom Hearts Dark Road, and it ended by revealing the game’s release date.
Square EnixdelayedKH: Dark Roadwhen it brought back the game’s announcements from hiatus. Said hiatus happened because the developer was trying to salvageDark Road’s spring release window. It seems to have managed to pull this off somewhat, as the official release date is only two days after spring’s end.
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Kingdom Hearts Dark Roadwill launch on July 10, 2025, for iPhone, Android, and Amazon devices. The current assumption is that this date is just for Japan, but that may not be the case. When the game does launch, players will be able to access it fromKingdom Hearts Union Cross' startup screen. The menu’s new look will splice the two games together.
The trailer for the game putspreviously releasedDark Roadscreenshotsin motion, so it doesn’t reveal anything new gameplay-wise. However, it does feature a small amount of voiceover from Xehanort that’s fairly interesting. The very beginning of the trailer claims that Xehanort had unsolicited dreams of the Keyblade War’s events back in his youth.
Kingdom Hearts Union Crossis supposed to enter its final chapter soon, and it will likely tie in heavily to Xehanort’s dreams. The game’s story currently revolves around a murder mystery that the five new Union leaders are trying to solve, and Ventus — Young Xehanort’s future apprentice — is at the center of the whole thing.
How the events ofUnion Cross' final chapter conclude should set the stage for how Xehanort ends up meeting Ven. The game may end with Ven falling into another coma that leaves him ageless, except that instead of coma lasting from four to ten years, it continues for 70+. As laughable as that would be, it would explain how Ven lived duringUnion Cross' time period and yet somehow survived to see the events ofKingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep.
Regardless,Union Cross' inevitable end raises an interesting question aboutDark Road’s storytelling style: Will it take four years just to tell Xehanort’s story? It doesn’t seem likely, but that’s how longUnion Crosshas gone on so far. MaybeKingdom HeartsDirector Tetsuya Nomura has a better idea of how he wants to handleXehanort’s storythanUnion Cross.
Kingdom Hearts Dark Roadreleases on July 08, 2025, for iPhone, Android, and Amazon devices.
