Nomura is keeping the series 20th anniversary in mind? Wonder what he has planned for it? Maybe that will be th announcement of DDD Volume 2

Lot's of cool little tidbits here. I think the biggest shocker for me is the no DLC for this game statement, figured this game would be perfect for DLCs.

The keeping 2022 in mind for the anniversary is quite interesting though.

1) the game is perfect for music track DLC, see ROckBand and Guitar Hero
2) no secret ending is a bummer but to be fair this is a covid-19 release so we can't complain too much
3) 20th anniversary so we'll be getting KH2FM UE4 edition right? I kid

There are 47 normal worlds, 16 of which are "Kingdom Hearts" worlds, and 31 of which are Disney worlds. In addition to that, there are about 33 boss arenas.

Wait what? We even have 16 original KH worlds?

With no secret ending, I can play on baby-one-button mode if I want without the fear of knowing I'm making the secret ending harder to get. Because there is none, mwahaha. Still think I'll at least try Standard mode at first.

I believe the idea is to follow Sora's journey. He never visited Disney Town or Daybreak Town, so those don't count. Mysterious Tower to my knowledge is a Disney World from Fantasia. But if we double count worlds that have two versions (Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden, Castle Oblivion/Land of Departure, and real/data Twilight Town), count Disney Castle as an original World, and include the world where Sora is now, there seems to be exactly 16 of them.

I wonder if Cavern of Remembrance counts? Yeah it's part of Radiant Garden, but has it's own theme song.

I’m super excited for Melody of Memory! This new information just makes me even happier! While I do wish we could get more new story details than what has been confirmed, I’m still very much looking forward to this entry. I’m excited to revisit different key points throughout the series in the form of a rhythm music game, and even though the new story information we’re getting is probably going to be on the smaller side, I can’t wait to see what hints Nomura has for us this time. I was personally very impressed and excited by all the hints of what’s to come from the endings of Kingdom Hearts III and the ReMind DLC, so even if it’s just something small again, I’m very excited to play the game on November 13!

I guess this game serves as a recap before we dive in the next saga. No secret ending is disappointing though.

Nomura is already thinking about the 20th anniversary and seems confident that the next announcements will be amazing, so hopefully no more rhythm games or mobile games.

We still don't know what kind of game one of the four KH teams is doing.

1 - Osaka team is most likely doing the next "normal" KH game
2 - Mobile team is handling Union X and Dark Road
3 - MoM team
4 - ????

A Verum Rex game seems inevitable. Now which team will do it and if it will become its own IP its another thing.

I love how much Nomura acts as a vanguard against extraneous DLC and microtransactions.

Well, yes. But being mobile games at all, those are already compromised to hell. (We're at the point where Apple can block updates to your program if it DOESN'T include microtransactions; look up Wordpress for more.) And from the interviews it sounds like he mostly just delivers scripts to the dev team.

I can't believe this one game is going to have that many worlds. Like I am really glad and it seems plausible, but I didn't expect them to go that hard. Definitely seems like the perfect way to catch new fans up while also introducing new people to the series in preparation for what's to come. Also it makes even more sense that this will be on switch since it seems like you need zero KH experience to jump into this one. Maybe future games will also have switch accessibility alongside PS and Xbox.

Seeing the theatrythm team be just as fervent as fans for a KH rhythm game cheers me up

The more I learn about Melody of Memories, the more I warm up to it. This really feels like a game that's full of content.

I'm super excited to learn about the 2022 announcement, maybe it's the rumoured Kingdom Hearts show for Disney+?

I'm of course glad that Nomura decided to make Kairi the main character over Chirithy--and thought that that was the natural decision--but while I want to see that as another step in the right direction, part of me worries that this is all they'll ever do for her. But I'm going to try and think positively, of course, since all of this is exciting and no matter what, MoM looks like a cute and fun game.

wonder what the next saga is going to be about?

On the subject of the 20th anniversary, it'd be cool if they could get KHIV done by then--since Nomura somewhat wished they could release KHIII by KH's tenth anniversary, but they couldn't--but I sort of doubt they will, since I feel they might keep this "We've Got to Save Sora" arc up for a while. Maybe it will be DDD 2.0, but if so... I hope that game doesn't have some of the issues that DDD did, and it actually treats the female characters well.

Seeing as UX story is about to end, i think 2022 project will be UX remake for consoles.
No DLC for MoM is a shame since i doubt ReMind music will be part of the base game.

UX remake would be a huge deal though, the most important story for the next arc would be portrayed in full detail.

I'm sure we will get a wholly new story soon enough too, so it really just depends on what project they happen to have ready by that year I guess.

UX remake on consoles with Unchained and Union being like CoM where one story unlocks after the finishing the other would be great. Also no disgusting MTX gacha bullshit.

20 years? Maybe we will get the final compilation on ps5 with days, re coded and Chi playable.