KHX Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] updates & story linking with Kingdom Hearts III

[DChiuch 5,773]

Square Enix have detailed many updates that Kingdom Hearts χ[chi], the Japan-exclusive online browser game, will be receiving in December and January. These updates contain a message from series director Tetsuya Nomura, where he confirms that a passage written in the Foretellers' Script of Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] contains an important fact that leads to Kingdom Hearts III.

KHInsider have translated these messages, and thanks to them, the translation can be read below.

Development Team News #2

 

Thank you for continuing to play Kingdom Hearts χ.

We are soon planning a huge update for Kingdom Hearts χ [chi] to be more enjoyable.

As it was announced before in the Hangame site, new players that will be joining in December, the structure of the game will be revised to suit both new and veteran players. In January, there will be an addition of new worlds with plenty content that will be updated sequentially.

The Development Team News #2 will introduce some of the new updated content for December and January.

※ We will notify you of any addition changes during the update.
※ The images shown are currently in development.

■ The Worlds Finally Begin to Move...

1. A Serious Story Begins!!

Five Foreseers

A War for their Land

Servants Entrusted by Chirishii

The Last Message in the Foreteller’s Script

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The ultimate story will begin in December 2013.

2. Addition of a New Worlds!

● Daybreak Town

(Kingdom Hearts χ [chi] original New World)

● Olympus Coliseum

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Released in January 2014.

3. Release the Keyblade’s Power!

● Upgrade the Keyblade to a maximum number of 10 times.

● Upgraded Keyblades look more flashier and stronger!

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Released in January 2014.

There is something fun everyday! New features!

1. Addition of Power Accessory “Strength Bangle”

● All players will be given a Strength Bangle!

● For a certain amount of time, you can boost your attack power by defeating specific Heartless in the field.

● The Heartless in particular are switched periodically. These Heartless can appear anywhere in the field. Get help from friends and you can find them quickly!

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By gathering power around various worlds, you can deal great damage to Raid Bosses.

Released in December 2013.

★ Also, you can enter worlds with party members to help defeat these Heartless more easily!! Released in January 2014.

2. Raid Boss Variant appears with New Rules

● You can get large amounts of LUX by strategically defeating these variants with your party members.

● Raid Boss Variants can appear by defeating Normal Raid Bosses.

● The more quickly you defeat Normal Raid Bosses, points for Raid Boss Variant will accumulate quickly!

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Released in January 2014.

3. The “Moogle Stamp” Opens!

● Everyday you log in, you get a chance to get a Mog Medal.

● The more you login, other prizes and Limited Avatars will appear.

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Released in December 2013.

4. Addition of Recycle Draw

● As previously reported, Recycle Draw is still under development.

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Released in January 2014.

5. Easier Gameplay Additions!

● Alongside HIGH/LOW rendering modes for cost performance, MIDDLE has been added.

● There will be a continue option for strong Heartless you couldn’t defeat.

● More phrases for your introduction bio.

● Party join notification added.

● Attack Card Boosts also correspond with Defense.

Released in November~December 2013.

There are also seasonal events!

● Functionalities that were announced previously will sequentially be added.

● Get Character Cards and Avatars from seasonal events!

● To be in the event spirit, Raid Bosses are also dressed up.

Christmas event! New Years event?!

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Held sequentially in December 2013.

◆ Message from the Director ◆

Thank you for your patience.
Finally, I will begin to talk about the story of Kingdom Hearts χ.
There is a passage written in the Foretellers’ Script.
It is an important fact that leads to Kingdom Hearts III.

Everyone can be a character in this story and be happy to realize you can become a part of it.

In this Kingdom Hearts, everything is connected to the main storyline.
To all fans that have been playing the series, do not overlook this expansion in the story and please look forward to it.

Also, even though we have announced plenty of additional features, there is still more to expect.

We understand that many of you may be dissatisfied but there will be many updates that will enhance the game and the staff is committed to working everyday.

Thank you in advance.

So, I’ll be waiting for you in Daybreak Town.

Kingdom Hearts series director Tetsuya Nomura

[KH4Real 749]

Important for KH3? That means we must probably get it.

We will mayby get it as a facebook game.

[Kittenz 4,281]

secret message~~~

[Roxasrox 131]

I'm sorry, but I still refuse to follow this game. I mean, "Daybreak Town"? It fels like this game is mocking the series.If this little paragraph actually turns out to be important, I'll look it up whenever its published. I might just ignore it anyway, see how much KH3 players will get confused at without that prior knowledge.I still cannot believe they're trying to make this game canon.

[Light Guardian 33]

hmm... wonder what will the passage be about

Important for KH3? That means we must probably get it.

We will mayby get it as a facebook game.

heh. facebook game, never gonna happen, trust me

[VanitasTheBest 196]

Daybreak Town ... Somehow I waited for this to happen, but not in a game like KH Chi ...

[Yumei 282]

Interesting but too bad the game is japanese,Nya~ Q_Q

[Hazimie 1,595]

Wait,if Nomura said that he will be waiting on Daybreak Town,does that mean he will be playing the game too or there was a mission to find his avatar on that game in order to get an information of KH3?

[Isamu Kuno 2,512]

If they make this canon they have to localize it! I'll be mad if they don't

Is it possible that Disney is developing the English version completely separate from the JP team? Could that be the "KH Online game" they talked about? An independent English version of chi?

[Samantha Dominis 25]

 

You probably have to find his npc avatar.

[Hazimie 1,595]

You probably have to find his npc avatar.

Lol,that took forever and besides,he won't use english languages...

[ktscott11 10]

Weird, I thought this wasn't exactly connected to the main series besides just being set in the early days of Keyblade wielding, and wasn't going to have significance to the plot.Oh well, I await this mysterious passage anyways. KH3 news is KH3 news, after all.

[Tigerruss 576]

I am guessing the important fact will be no more important than KH Coded. Anyways I think the new updates could be nice.I am a bit skeptical about their translation for the keyblade upgrading, since you can already upgrade it a max of 10 times. While following basically keyblade +10 there is this "以降を上限開放!" Which google translate translates to "The upper limit open later!" (kept in context it still says something about the limit being opened) So, I think they are going to raise the upgrade limit on keyblades.

The strength bangle, it seems interesting, though I feel like it will become more of a hassle than anything else.

"★ Also, you can enter worlds with party members to help defeat these Heartless more easily!!" This sounds like a nice feature.

 

I will have to see the actual implementation of the raid boss changes to judge whether I like that change or not.

 

I think the moogle stamp thing sounds like it is better than the current daily logins, even if you get less stuff from it per day on average. Since it seems like it shall reward you for persistence and luck. (potentially granting you better rewards) Also it will remove the "daily log in bonus" event that keeps on getting extended.

I really want to check out the recycle system once they implement it. It sounds like it could be very useful!

 

The middle graphical setting is great in the way that it keeps the Japanese text readable and it isn't as demanding as high is when you have chi open in the background.

Continue option when fighting heartless? This seems like it has been long over due. (sure it might take you double or triple the AP to kill a single heartless, but at least you will be able to kill it)

Attack card boosts now boost defense as well!??! YAY! Not that I get boosted attack cards all that often.

 

 

Anyways those are my opinions on the updates. (T_T that I was the only one that actually commented on any of it aside from the story and Nomura.)

[Hero of Light XIV 2,381]

If this game is supposed to be so important, then why aren't WE getting it!? I played as much as I could in Japanese, but at some point you are going to find out that you have absolutely no idea what to do and that you really do need the text to move onward. When will they just port it to us already!? I thought we were done with dividing the fan base when we got 1.5, so why are they still keeping this as Japan exclusive!?

[Dio Brando 5,810]

 

1.5 was merely for new fans of the series who hasn't spent God knows how many cash to get every console KH is on.As for us,gotta save some cash for a new console if you wanna play KH3All because FFXV took forf***ingever in development

[Hero of Light XIV 2,381]

Still, they didn't have to include the Final Mixes. They could have just barred us altogether like they've always have. But they didn't!  I'd like to think that was a sign of mutual importance in Square's eyes, but now with X being all exclusive, I'm not so sure anymore...

[Tigerruss 576]

Still, they didn't have to include the Final Mixes. They could have just barred us altogether like they've always have. But they didn't!  I'd like to think that was a sign of mutual importance in Square's eyes, but now with X being all exclusive, I'm not so sure anymore...

While it is true that they didn't have to include the FM versions of any of the games, but look at it a different way. They already were working on the FM versions to make them a higher resolution and worked on changing the camera controls and added turned the "????" option into reaction commands. From there they had three options, not release an "HD" collection in any region aside from Japan, do all their work that they just did AGAIN on the NA/EU versions of KH (and who knows how many original files they had for that game since they were missing some for FM), or translate what they had. The first option is basically a no, because they know HD collections do sell well enough in other regions. The second option would tie up the development team in that project for quite some time. And the third option lets them higher translators for the new additions from the final mix version.So,  at least to me, the option to translate the final mix was the only real option. And before you say "the FM would have sold, why didn't they translate it back then". I would have to say either they wanted it to be a Japan exclusive or they thought that director's cuts and the such don't really sell well in the NA/EU regions. (and I have no data with me to say if that is true or not)