Unchained Key

In a surprising announcement, Square-Enix has provided Kingdom Hearts fans with a new trailer today, revealing a few surprises in store for us coming this year:

First off, the trailer shows what to expect with upcoming new story quests in 'Kingdom Hearts: Union X[cross]'. After that, the trailer gives us our first real look at the other mobile game, 'Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road', giving us an additional look at the game's characters, and the gameplay in action. Lastly, the trailer confirms the game will be released less than a week from now on June 22nd!

Ever since the game first released a year and a half ago, fans have been demanding an official soundtrack for 'Kingdom Hearts III' to be made available. Now, it appears that the folks over at Square-Enix and Disney have granted the wishes of fans, with the trailer confirming that an official soundtrack of the game will be releasing in Fall 2020!

The final announcement from today's trailer came in the form of a reveal, confirming that a rhythm action game (sort of similar to Theatrhythm Final Fantasy), named 'Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory', will be releasing in 2020 for the PS4, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch (marking the first time a Kingdom Hearts game was released on that console)! What's more is that the game seems to also have a playable scenario that takes place after the events of KH3: ReMind, allowing players to play as Kairi!

While these announcements were terrific, eagle eyed viewers will have noticed that the beginning of the trailer reveals that the series is now in its "2nd Phase", which seems to have started with KH3: ReMind, and includes Dark Road and Melody of Memory. But what's interesting is that the series' 2nd Phase contains five slots, three that are occupied by ReMind, Dark Road, and Melody of Memory, while the other two slots may hint at two currently unannouced projects!

EDIT:

English version of the trailer has released:

Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ launched on iOS and Android in the west on April 7, 2016. On April 5, I pitched an idea to the rest of the KHV staff: What if we set up official KHV parties within the game? And we set to work organizing said parties and even a weekly leaderboard to go with them, so we could have some friendly competition in the community. We launched the parties on the game's release day, and after a delay from our intended July launch, the first leaderboard went up on August 8, 2016.

Four years later, we're well into Union χ, and Dark Road is on the horizon. But with the continued declines in activity in both the KHV community and within the in-game parties, we've decided that it's time to retire the KHV parties and leaderboards. For those who still play the game (or who will in the future), a party recruitment thread will be created so you can still play with your friends from the community.

I'd like to thank, first of all, my fellow staff members who helped brainstorm and organize this whole thing. I'd also like to specifically thank everyone who helped out as a party leader (in alphabetical order): @Aelin, @Arch, @Calxiyn, @Cat~, @Explode, @Fearless, @Karuta, @Krowley, @LadyAzura, and @Scarred Nobody. And one more special thank you to @Plums for editing that lovely header image for the leaderboards. And lastly, thank you to everyone who played with us, no matter for how long, or for how much Lux you contributed. Thank you all for the fun times. We'll see each other at the Daybreak Town fountain plaza again!

May your heart be your guiding key! Aced did nothing wrong! Ursus forever!

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To commemorate almost four years of the KHV leaderboards, here are some records I've compiled!

(The Lux records are probably right? I didn't check every single weekly leaderboard lol; at least with the week-to-week placements I had a spreadsheet I continually kept throughout the years.)

First Top Score:

1. KHV_Vulpes: week of 8/1/2016 - 8/7/2016
2. KHV_Anguis: week of 9/26/2016 - 10/2/2016
3. KHV_Unicornis: week of 10/10/2016 - 10/16/2016
4. KHV_Leopardus: week of 3/27/2017 - 4/2/2017
5. KHV_Ursus: week of 5/1/2017 - 5/7/2017

Longest First Place Streak:

1. KHV_Unicornis: 24 weeks (10/10/2016 - 3/26/2017)
2. KHV_Vulpes: 8 weeks (8/1/2016 - 9/25/2016)
3. KHV_Anguis: 8 weeks (8/5/2019 - 9/29/2019)
4. KHV_Leopardus: 5 weeks (4/22/2019 - 5/26/2019)
5. KHV_Ursus: 5 weeks (1/20/2020 - 2/23/2020)

Total Weeks in First Place:

1. KHV_Unicornis: 89 weeks
2. KHV_Anguis: 45 weeks
   
3. KHV_Vulpes: 24 weeks
4. KHV_Ursus: 19 weeks
   
5. KHV_Leopardus: 15 weeks

First Earned Party Don't Stop:

1. KHV_Vulpes: 8/22/2016
2. KHV_Unicornis: 10/31/2016
3. KHV_Anguis: 10/16/2017
4. KHV_Leopardus: 5/13/2019
   
5. KHV_Ursus: 2/10/2020

Highest Lux Total per Party:

1. KHV_Anguis: 173,359,151,891 (12/23/2019 - 12/29/2019)
2. KHV_Ursus: 107,236,565,920 Lux (1/20/2020 - 1/26/2020)
3. KHV_Leopardus: 72,968,278,474 Lux (1/13/2020 - 1/19/2020)
4. KHV_Unicornis: 71,931,800,982 Lux (5/14/2018 - 5/20/2018)
   
5. KHV_Vulpes: 42,290,498,574 Lux (5/18/2020 - 5/24/2020)

Highest Individual Lux Score per Party:

1. KHV_Anguis: 173,359,151,891 - @Explode (12/23/2019 - 12/29/2019)
2. KHV_Ursus: 107,236,565,920 Lux - @tamale (1/20/2020 - 1/26/2020)
3. KHV_Leopardus: 72,868,314,774 Lux - @Cat~ (1/13/2020 - 1/19/2020)
4. KHV_Unicornis: 34,058,791,767 Lux - @GarrettFinch (5/14/2018 - 5/20/2018)
   
5. KHV_Vulpes: 32,446,358,867 Lux - @Fearless (5/18/2020 - 5/24/2020)

As promised, Square-Enix has revealed new information on the upcoming mobile game, 'Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road'. The game's official Twitter account revealed four brand new characters from the game who appear to be friends of Xehanort and Eraqus. The characters' names are Urd, Hermod, Bragi, and Vor (interestingly, these names, along with Skuld from 'Union X[cross]', have a connection to Norse mythology). Check out images of the new characters below:

Also, another announcement related to the game will be made on June 10th. We'll be sure to report it once it is revealed.

Welcome back to Daybreak Town! Everyone ready to see how your hard work has stacked up?

Tied for last place this week are KHV_Anguis, KHV_Leopardus, and KHV_Unicornis with a total of zero Lux each. Better luck next time!

In second place this week is KHV_Ursus with a total of 2,390,670,663 Lux! The top scorer was @tamale with 2,390,670,663 Lux—exactly 100% of the party's earnings.

In first place this week is KHV_Vulpes with a total of 41,148,031,405 Lux! The top scorer was @phoenixkh93 with 23,240,265,848 Lux—about 56% of the party's earnings. @Fearless followed with 17,907,765,557 Lux.

1. KHV_Vulpes
2. KHV_Ursus
3. KHV_Anguis, KHV_Leopardus, KHV_Unicornis

Congratulations to the Keyblade wielders of KHV_Vulpes! Master Ava would be thrilled with all your work! Maintain your top position for two more weeks to earn the Party Don't Stop pin!

Special congratulations to this week's top scorers from each party—tamale and phoenixkh93! You'll all be sent special pins to commemorate your accomplishments if you've not yet received one!

If you want to join in the competition, you can still sign up for our official KHV parties here!

NOTE: If your Player ID is not already recorded in the party sign-up thread, please post it there in order to facilitate the creation of these leaderboards every week!

See you all back here at the fountain plaza next week!

Welcome back to Daybreak Town! Everyone ready to see how your hard work has stacked up?

Tied for last place this week are KHV_Anguis and KHV_Unicornis with a total of zero Lux each. Better luck next time!

In third place this week is KHV_Leopardus with a total of 2,167,462 Lux! The top scorer was @Scarred Nobody with 2,167,462 Lux—exactly 100% of the party's earnings.

In second place this week is KHV_Ursus with a total of 4,872,957,204 Lux! The top scorer was @tamale with 4,872,957,204 Lux—exactly 100% of the party's earnings.

In first place this week is KHV_Vulpes with a total of 42,290,498,574 Lux! The top scorer was @Fearless with 32,446,358,867 Lux—about 77% of the party's earnings. @phoenixkh93 followed with 9,844,139,707 Lux.

1. KHV_Vulpes
2. KHV_Ursus
3. KHV_Leopardus
4. KHV_Anguis, KHV_Unicornis

Congratulations to the Keyblade wielders of KHV_Vulpes! Master Ava would be thrilled with all your work! You've maintained your top position for three weeks and have earned the Party Don't Stop pin! Keep up the good work!

Special congratulations to this week's top scorers from each party—Scarred Nobody, tamale, and Fearless! You'll all be sent special pins to commemorate your accomplishments if you've not yet received one!

If you want to join in the competition, you can still sign up for our official KHV parties here!

NOTE: If your Player ID is not already recorded in the party sign-up thread, please post it there in order to facilitate the creation of these leaderboards every week!

See you all back here at the fountain plaza next week!