For the longest time, theKingdom Heartsseries has had zero presence on Xbox platforms. That changed this year with the release ofKingdom Hearts 3, and next year, Square Enix will be going back further to bring all of the series’ various remastered collections to the Xbox One. This means that within a year’s time, Xbox loyalists will be able to purchase bothKingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMixandKingdom Hearts 2.8: Final Chapter Prologuewithout having to buy a PS4 first.
This is something that Xbox fans have been waiting for a long time. As much as they’ve been eager for the franchise to make its way onto their platform of choice, they weren’t altogether satisfied with just getting the finale to the storyline the series had been building up for the last 17 years. Understandably, there’s been hope that the rest of the story would someday be added, even thoughSquare Enix wasn’t sure if it would ever bring classicKingdom Heartsgames to Xboxas recently as last year.
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Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMixincludestheFinal Mixversions ofKingdom HeartsandKingdom Hearts 2, along with the spinoffsKingdom Hearts: Re: Chain of MemoriesandKingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. Additionally, the collection rounds things off with the remastered cutscenes from mobile titlesKingdom Hearts: 358/2 DaysandKingdom Hearts: Re:Coded.
Meanwhile,Kingdom Hearts 2.8: Final Chapter Prologueconsists of the remastered 3DS titleKingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance, the one-shot storyKingdom Hearts 0.2: A Fragmentary Passage, and the hour-long movieKingdom Hearts: Back Cover. Between this and1.5 + 2.5 ReMix, Xbox players will be able to finally experience everything that leads up toKingdom Hearts 3. Whether that will make it easier to understandKingdom Hearts’ storyat all is another matter entirely.
Speaking ofKingdom Hearts 3, Square also announced at X019 that a demo for that game is now available for Xbox One. This will give Xbox fans interested in the series something to bide their time with while they wait for the rest of it to come out.
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