Kingdom Hearts Dark Road releases today for mobile devices. As such, Kingdom HeartsUnion Cross is currently in the middle of being updated, and once it finishes, gamers in Japan will have access to Kingdom HeartsDark Road. Union Cross should then update with Dark Road for the international player base later today.
Ahead of the game's launch, Square Enix has gone ahead and updated the official Kingdom HeartsDark Road website. Now it's loaded with new screenshots, gameplay videos, and much more. It even has all of the information previously released about the game, like the Dark Road character profiles.
The Dark Road screenshots seem to precede ones shown off in the past, such as Eraqus approaching Xehanort to talk, and Vor, Hermond, Urd, and Bragi handing out together in class before Master Odin arrives. The most interesting shots relate to Scala Ad Caelum as they have some revealing text accompanying them.
The Dark Road site gives fans the first description of Scala outside of what Xehanort provides in Kingdom Hearts 3. According to the lore, Scala is the main world where Keyblades Wielders — both Masters and apprentices — gather together, and this has earned it the imaginative moniker "City of Keyblade Wielders."
If Scala is now the City of Keyblade Wielders, then some might wonder what happened to DayBreak Town, as Union Cross generally depicts it as the Keyblade Wielder hub world. Union Cross will soon enter its final chapter, so it shouldn't be long before that information arises. Dark Road may even address the question in some of its early quests.
As mentioned, the website also has new Dark Road gameplay videos accompanying it. Like a few of the new screenshots, the video shows how Dark Road's party system works. Whenever Xehanort heads out on a mission, he can choose some of his friends to tag along. Eraqus seems to be a staple party member, but the player can choose to bring along either Hermond, Urd, Bragi, or Vor.
The game will also have a side-task system where completing quests under certain conditions will grant rewards. Players can gain things like Jewels, which is the microtransaction currency that players can use to purchase items from Shop. The typical purchases made with Jewels are new cards that will allow Xehanort and his friends to use new abilities.
Kingdom Hearts Dark Road launched on June 22, 2020, for iPhone, Android, and Amazon devices.
Source: Dark Road