Square Enixpublishedthe second part of the Q&A regardingKingdom Hearts 3 Remind: the 13 Questions of Darkness with Tetsuya Nomura.Kingdom Hearts' Director chatted about the DLC’s content and most notably mentioned that while it’ll take a while for the next mainKingdom Heartsgame, other games are coming soon. An announcement regardingKingdom Hearts Union Xwill also happen on January 23.Note that I have merged and summarized questions 1 and 2 together in my translation as the answers simply summarize previously known information.

1&2/ What’s different about pastFinal Mixgames and theRemindDLC? What’s the difference between theKHIIIversion 1.07 Free Update and theRemindDLC?

“UnlikeFinal Mixgames which added new elements and balance changes to the whole game,Remindis independent content you can enjoy after clearing the main game. You can think ofRemindas theFinal Mixequivalent ofKingdom Hearts 3. The Free Update also adds new content that would have been included in aFinal Mixversion in the past, like the new Keyblades and abilities.

3/ Are you planning to release a “Kingdom Hearts 3 Final Mix"game later on? Or a physical version that includes theRemindDLC?

“At the time, we have no concrete plans for that. Maybe we’ll think about it ifKingdom Hearts 3is ported to a new platform. I didn’t think about whether that could be aFinal Mixor not either.”

4/ When does the additional scenario of theRemindDLC takes place? And what does it depicts?

“Some parts are skipped, but if you take Sora as the reference, it starts from the end of the final battle in the main game and goes until the ending. And it depicts Kairi’s rescue. The player has a broader point of view on the story than Sora’s point of view, so the Sora inRemindhas a broader point of view than in the main game. It’s difficult to explain, But “KHIII” ended in “KHIII”, and its ending leads and connects toRemind’s ending.”

5/ Does theRemindDLC affects the story shown in the main game?

“There are no changes to the main game’s story.Reminddoesn’t affect it as it can only be played after clearing the main game. As for the cutscene corrections in the main story included in version 1.07, those are things I wanted to do but couldn’t until now for various reasons. Specifically speaking, it concerns the depiction of damage in cutscenes and the depiction of the sky.”

6/ Why theFinal Fantasycharacters didn’t appear inKingdom Hearts III? And why did you make them appear in theRemindDLC?

“InKHIII’s story developments, there are no reasons to visit Radiant Garden, and we had some development problems regarding that too. The story developments inRemindnecessitate the appearance of theFinal Fantasycharacters, and it would please the fans, so we added them. Even if they don’t play a big role, it conveys the fact that they’re still here.”

7/ What should we look forward to regarding the Limit Cut Bosses? Which ones are the most interesting?

“We decided from the start the Limit Cut Bosses would be fights against the Real Organization XIII members, but we disagreed about whether we should include Xion or not. I consulted Tai Yasue about it during development. Xion almost didn’t make the cut. So I hope you’ll enjoy her boss fight and struggle just like we struggled about whether to include her or not. She’s really strong.”

8/ In the past you said you wished to add one World’s worth of content with theRemindDLC, did you manage to do so?

“The truth is, at first we started to plan and design an actual new World, but it just didn’t feel right to me to add a new world by itself. If we try to do that again one day, I think it would be better if we had it from the start among our list of possible Worlds to add. To make up for that World we didn’t do,Remindhas even more than 1 World’s worth of content. In particular, we had a hard time developing so many new bosses.”

9/ Can you tell us more about the Secret Boss & Episode?

“They include my thoughts regarding what comes next in the series. I don’t think you can predict them with the information you have now. The Secret Boss battle also turned out into something pretty different than what I initially ordered from the development team.”

10/ Why does theKingdom Hearts 3 RemindDLC Final Trailer includes a line from the beginning ofKingdom Hearts 1?

“I wrote that line so I could reuse it someday if I had the occasion. I don’t think you’ll get what I mean at all, but back then, adding that line is what made the world ofKingdom Heartsapproved. This mystery won’t be resolved now, but I think we’re at the entrance of the way leading to it.”

11/ Are you planning to do any new updates or DLCs followingRemind?

“We don’t have any plans for future updates, but maybe more could come. As for DLCs,Remindis the first and last one. I’ve already moved on to the next game.”

12/ Can you tell us more regarding the future of theKingdom Heartsseries?

“It’ll take some time until the next mainKingdom Heartsgame. But on January 23, an unexpected announcement from theKHUχteam will happen. Moreover, besides theKHIIIdevelopment team and theKHUχdevelopment team, two other teams are currently at work, and one of these two teams' games will come out unexpectedly quick.”

13/ Do you have a message to share with the fans?

“AfterKHIII’s development ended, some organizational changes happened. Because of that, we made you wait longer than expected for theRemindDLC and I apologize. TheRemindDLC is packed with awesome content. I thought we’d focus on story elements, but most of the development time was spent on the boss battles and new systems. I hope you will enjoy all the merciless battles we could only add through this DLC. Co-director Yasue said he wanted to see players fight against the Secret Boss, so we also removed nearly all the Share restrictions. I hope you’ll enjoy the DLC.”

Square Enix also published some gameplay footage of boss battles in the DLC:

If you wish to hear my unneeded opinion about all this. I’m one of those who disagree about the opinion thatKingdom Hearts' story is overly complicated, though I do agree it is needlessly complicated at times. And God, translating Tetsuya Nomura’s words when speaking about the series feels the exact same. Sometimes I wish he’d just stopKingdom Heartsand announceThe Bouncer 2on PlayStation 5.

We also translated the"7 Questions of Light” with Tai Yasueregarding theRemindDLC. you’re able to read more about the DLC’s content with our previous coveragehere,here.here,andhere. We also translatedpastKingdom Hearts 3 RemindinterviewswithTetsuya Nomura.

Kingdom Hearts 3 Remindlaunches on January 23 on PlayStation 4. It’s already available in Japan as I’m writing this. The DLC will be available a month later on February 25 on Xbox One.