Dark Road final update releases on August 26

[SweetYetSalty]

I don't want "Darkness" to be the reason for Master Xehanort's entire plan. However, I would like to see Xehanort believe he was in control or even manipulating "Darkness" into doing his bidding.

I can see Master Xehanort being so dedicated to his cause, that he might actually put Darkness into himself, just so that he could execute the plan in the future. They can maybe even use Darkness as the explanation for the actual appearance of the Guardian (that Ansem has). I know it's supposed to be Terra - but why present that way, let alone help during the fight? Maybe they can even explain that Darkness was becoming too much of a burden for Master Xehanort to keep at bay, so he needed to dump it on another heart (Terra) while keeping Darkness inside himself, so that he could eventually do the split.

Yeah, basically I rather see Master Xehanort use Darkness as a tool in his crazy experiment/plot rather than have Darkness just lead Xehanort down some "destined path".

I hear you. The main reason I don't want Xehanort to be controlled by Darkness is there is enough Union X influence in his motivations and plot already. He met the Master of Masters, and he had Luxu lurking over his shoulder making sure everything was going to happen, which is fine. But we have too many "vessels" in this series and not enough evil masterminds of their own. Couldn't Xehanort just develop his own strong level of darkness to start all this? I mean he already is using Darkness as his own tool via Vanitas.

 

[the red monster]

do we know what time?

 

[Chaser]

I imagine 3pm JST and 12am PT. I think those were the previous times updates would drop.

The app might update earlier, but the download for the story content should arrive in-app at those times. Well, I'd hope for that. The iOS app store can show the app as updatable for some and not for others until later so that'd be annoying trying to wait for it to randomly say it's updatable aha.

 

[Face My Fears]

Can I just skip everything and watch cutscenes for the entire game?

 

[Face My Fears]

I hear you. The main reason I don't want Xehanort to be controlled by Darkness is there is enough Union X influence in his motivations and plot already. He met the Master of Masters, and he had Luxu lurking over his shoulder making sure everything was going to happen, which is fine. But we have too many "vessels" in this series and not enough evil masterminds of their own. Couldn't Xehanort just develop his own strong level of darkness to start all this? I mean he already is using Darkness as his own tool via Vanitas.

I'm personally hoping that Luxu was guiding Master Xehanort to this result. Not that Luxu told him what to do, but Luxu sort of gave him breadcrumbs to lead the way. Like maybe show that Luxu did something that caused Master Xehanort to learn about heartless/nobodies on his own.

That way you get that Luxu's hand was in this "destined" result, but also Xehanort gets development because he stumbled upon the information Luxu wanted him to find, but Xehanort's own insane usage of that information is what resulted in the current outcome.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Tomorrow is just around the corner, y’all

 

[darknessofheart]

In a way, this is the perfect game/story to truly conclude the Dark Seeker Saga and Xehanort's character. I'm really interested to see how much they cover in Birth by Sleep. I would specifically be interested to see if they include how Xehanort and Braig really met.

 

[Keyblade Knight 1st Class]

Fingers crossed that it's not a Japan only launch with Global coming at a later date.

 

[Chaser]

Fingers crossed that it's not a Japan only launch with Global coming at a later date.

Thankfully not!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1562175344995598339

We're happy to announce that #KHDR's offline mode update (Ver. 5.0.0) will be released Aug. 26, 2022!

 

[bambii]

Guys I’m so ready

 

[Perkilator]

Yay, can't wait to finally see how Xehanort went bald!

 

[Chaser]

App store update is out on Android in Japan. Hope the rollout to all regions and stores is quick

 

[Agroogrooiya]

Habbening any moment guys. Just wanted to say before it drops and I wake up to the shitstorm of new info and chibi artwork, that Xehanort did NOTHING wrong and his only miscalculation was that he was being Madara'd the entire time. Because as we know, Luxu and MoM both made sure that MX would be beaten by Sora. Remember that Nomura saw more of himself in Xehanort at the early stages of KH3 than he did in Sora, and that he made Sora purposefully suffer in KH3.

 

[Sakuraba Neku]

A Nomura sketch to celebrate would be cool.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

A Nomura sketch to celebrate would be cool.

You got your wish

https://twitter.com/x/status/1563154818138460160

 

[Clue.Less]

Do you know when you'll be able to upload the videos?

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Do you know when you'll be able to upload the videos?

Sign will have them up soon!

 

[Clue.Less]

Good luck, Sign! ☆

 

[Agroogrooiya]

Just finished watching and oh BOY was that both underwhelming and overwhelming. Spoilahs ahead.

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Depending on who blue robe was talking to, either Xehanort is a blueblood like Eraqus, or SORA is Ephemer's great great great great (greatx14?) grandson. Well, it'd have to be Sora considering Xehanort was the Dark Seeker.

Additionally, telling this backstory of Xehanort in a fkn chibi game is a cardinal sin. I can't take KH seriously because of these obtuse and alien methods of writing.

 

[Xagzan]

So uhh

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We've gone from the Keyblade War being in the "distant age of fairy tales," to just 4 generations removed from Xehanort. Did I get that right? I mean, my own great great grandparents would've been born a little over 100 years before I was, so that's hardly the ancient past.

I can't really tell everything else that's happening through all the scattered snippets of spoilers, but it also looks like the passive role of Xehanort's ancestor may be all Skuld gets relegated to, since it doesn't look like she'll be subject X after all.