So we’re reaching the endgame territory for this app now (or rather the Union X part since Dark Road’s story is still going).

It’s super crazy to think of just how long this app and the story has been going, more crazy that it’s been with us for even longer which I never knew before I found out on Wikipedia.

I've waited for this day for years, I never thought I'd see it :')

As Tony Stark said "We're in the endgame" super sad.

The picture looks interesting.

on one hand i'm glad it's finally over, but also sad we won't get the frequent KH content .

About time...

Whoa.

So if I'm reading this correctly the final, probably huge, Dark Road story drop will happen when Version 5.0 releases? And that is by the end of september. I was wondering, because we haven't gotten a story update since November... Maybe they're saving it all, and droping it at the same time.

Man I thought I'd never see the day, when DR released I kind of got into UX for a little bit, but man, if I had to look over the KH history of games, X has probably been one of the worst ventures the series has taken and I can't say I'm to sad to see it go.

Though, I'm pretty sure some type of mobile game will come sooner or later again.

I'm sad we won't get renders of characters who never interacted with each other, but damn if I haven't waited on this for a while

Thank god. I can finally save money again.

I feel bad for those who genuinely enjoyed the story, but the writing was on the wall that the story would end (especially since they said we were in the final chapter last June).

But this game was a stain on the Kingdom Hearts brand due to its predatory gambling practices. It's absolutely shameful that Square Enix and BitGroove went so extreme with no mercy banners, guaranteed medal after 15-30 3000 jewel pulls, advertisements of bonus jewels after buying the $160 AUD jewel package, and the events that encouraged having certain Keyblade builds that were achievable through whaling.

The story lives on in the theatre mode and in the novel (perhaps a second novel could be delivered unto us?) so I'm glad those who enjoy the story can look back on it fondly. I just wish the rest of the "game" hadn't been assigned to the Kingdom Hearts brand.

Also a BIG round of applause should be given to [USER=73968]@Goldpanner[/USER] for her amazing work over the last 8 or so years, tirelessly providing translations for thousands of people to enjoy, and coining official Kingdom Hearts names and terms such as Chirithy and Foretellers. Goldpanner, you are absolutely amazing and a beautiful person and thank you so, so much for everything you have done for us through Kingdom Hearts X, Kingdom Hearts Unchained X, Kingdom Hearts Union X, and Kingdom Hearts Dark Road ❤️

HELL YEAH IT WAS ABOUT TIME

Now give us KH 3.5 including KH3+ ReMind, MoM and a UnionX/Dark Road movie which recaps the WHOLE story so that nobody has to play this awful mobile games.

I wouldn’t mind if the movie lasted 2-3hrs just like Days and ReCoded.

Guess I'm never finishing the keyblade war event :/ Never came close to even putting a dent in Aced.

Wow, so we've finally reached the end. I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting the DR story to be as short as it was, but ultimately thats a good thing, after how long the Union X story dragged on. If there was one silver lining though, it was the fact that it at least gave us some regular KH content to enjoy to ease the droughts. All the same, I agree with Chaser above. Although I enjoyed the story, the extreme P2W quality of the game really kind of hurt it. Glad we can finally close this chapter of KH, and move on. I also agree that all of us owe the biggest thank you to the KHInsider staff and Goldpanner, for constantly keeping us up to date with all updates that came to the game, and for giving us the great translations, respectively.

Hip hip, Hooray!!!
I had a lot of hopes when this game first released, even though it was a mobile game. I don't like mobile games because they're all so predatory, but, for some weird reason, I thought this one would be different.

Well, it wasn't. I stopped playing years ago but kept up with the story thanks to the awesome staff on this site~

I am happy the story is finally coming to an end. They dragged it out way too long and completely drained even the most avid fans' interest.

Should they try to make a Kingdom Hearts mobile game again, I can only hope they present the story better than they did and be less money grubbing (but I doubt it)

Wow, I really wasn't expecting end of service to happen so suddenly. Even Jewel purchasing was suspended, which seems crazy to me considering there's still two months to go.

What's even more surprising is that they're converting the game into an offline version.
Though it's a shame UX will only be a theater mode, and that you can't back up your data in any way to transfer to a new device.
Kind of insane to think that, for the first time in the better part of a decade, there will be nothing releasing between May and September. Not even a Disney filler episode.

YES! YES! YESSSSSSSS!!!!

This is beyond my dreams. I thought Kingdom Hearts would be stuck being told in parallel between proper entries and dripfeed cutscenes on a system I can't use indefinitely because it (theoretically) makes money. I'm honestly very shocked this is allowed to happen. And both of the stories will be told within the year, wow! (I hope Dark Road isn't super truncated because of this, but it almost doesn't really matter if they have pressing reasons to just make a Re: game or whatever.)

Kingdom Hearts is finally saved for me.

Wonderful news. Although I would like to better understand what will happen regarding Dark Road. Does this app shutting down mean Dark Road is also shutting down in April, or when they say "shutting down", do they actually just mean a restructuring of the app? I can't fathom DR's story coming to a close so quickly.

Regardless, I'm elated to finally see the end of this awful, awful game. I've never been coy about my distaste for this title. For me, it's bar none easily the worst thing that's ever been released under the Kingdom Hearts brand. Re: Coded looks like KH2 in comparison.
More than anything, I really hope that the speed with which they're bringing this thing to a close implies that the devs and higher-ups at Square have learned their lesson about telling stories through endless drip-feed and swindling their player base for every cent they can get. I don't know which aspect of this game was worse, the gameplay or the story. The gameplay was insidious and predatory, and on top of that not even a little bit fun, whereas the story was just atrocious to plod through and not really interesting. I think now that we're at the end, the whole story taken together has consisted of about 70% filler, which is unforgivable, even for a KH title. Of course, I could have forgiven a bit more if this story hadn't been so goddamn integral to KH3 and demanded so much from loyal fans. This game was a cancer on that title, and on the future of the series, and I'm glad it's finally being ripped out.
I am still interested to see what happens in Dark Road, though, because unlike Union X, DR actually seems to have an interesting and cohesive narrative to tell. But at the same time, its gameplay is even worse (a remarkable feat!) than UX, so I won't be too sad to see it go, either. I just hope they manage to wrap up the story in SOME satisfying way, or if not, might as well plan to remake it for a proper console.

Hopefully, this signals the end of the mobile gatcha era of Kingdom Hearts. A dark time it has been indeed. Now, hopefully, the series can return to its proper format of handheld titles interspersed between proper console entries. I know none of us liked having to hop between handheld consoles for this franchise back in the day, but I'll take that ANY DAY over another one of these horrendous story-relevant mobile titles.
So, UX, it's been way too long and not that fun. Good bye, and good riddance. May Nomura have mercy on you and remake you as an actually engaging console title in the future.

Oh thank God! FINALLY!

I never thought this drip feed of a sinkhole would ever end! All those wasted years and dollars! IT’S! ALL! OVER! No more torturous saving! No more FOMO! NO MORE POWERCREEPS! No Illustrated Naminé medal which I’m sad about but it’s FINALLY! ENDING! so I don’t give a damn anymore! I’ll take what I can get! Goodbye UX! See you never again everytime I open my phone!

Final eulogy for a long-ass game that’s been with me for years, I’d just like to humbly say…

THIS IS THE MOST PATHETIC IMAGINING OF A WORLD ENDING WAR I’VE EVER SEEN!

I know this is Disney, so no blood or major violence, and this was essentially supposed to be a fairy-tale version of what really happened, but good lord every single filler made me groan and the war wasn’t even all that convincing or heartbreaking! I can’t remember who said it but someone high up said that in order to fully tell the story of the Keyblade War, they’d have to use a really good engine and console and all we got was a phone and frickin’ flash animation! God I am so glad this is all over after being kicked in the teeth for 5 years!

edit: 8 years because I played the original browser game.

Hallelujah! What brings me the most joy about this is how decisive it is. One would like to think it means they're paving the way for something big. I just hope, in rushing to conclude Dark Road's story, they don't waste all the new characters they've introduced. The complete lack of backstory and basic character development has been disappointing, to say the least...

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Very grateful it is over. No more hiding plot on a mobile game please.

Ohmygosh, luckily I never put much money into this game. But still it's great to see this mess is finally ending; I didn't like the gambling thing either.

[Edit] They now have a save user data thing. If I can find out where it saves, I'll back that up!

Yay...I guess?

For me it is more like a shoulder shrug since I never invested anything in any incarnation of UX anyways and while I found the storyline of the original Browser-Chi to be pretty interesting and engaging it got progressively worse and less coherent the further it got with what I would certainly call "twist overloads" and the unnecessary addition of present day characters forcing overly thick and blatant direct connections to the distant past era.

Hopefully this means no more mobile games in the future and that we are back to consoles and PC only. As much as I liked the main story of Union X ( not the Disney stuff) It should of never been told as a mobile game in the first place.

Although I’ll admit I’m slightly disappointed because I wanted Union X to last until the next Kingdom Hearts game was announced, now that it’s ending there isn’t any new Kingdom Hearts stuff coming out

First I want to thank [USER=89972]@Sign[/USER] and [USER=73968]@Goldpanner[/USER] for all of their hard work over the years. Without their dedication and endless push, we may have never seen x[chi] come to the west. You both make sure that this game has a better translation than the one by Global. ???

To [USER=56553]@Chaser[/USER] for putting up with this game. You’ve been such a great help and support to Sign despite hating this game haha ❤️

To all of the staff and support who came and went like [USER=241321]@faemarch[/USER], [USER=146636]@Solo[/USER], [USER=219675]@Kazr10[/USER], [USER=31373]@Saken[/USER] and anybody else I’m forgetting. ❤️

To [USER=86401]@Antifa Lockhart[/USER], you damn psychic. God damn it. (❤️)

Special thanks to [USER=53743]@Gexus[/USER] and [USER=88509]@Taochan[/USER] for being there in the background looking for answers to the questions this game refused to answer hahaha ❤️

Thank you to every user here for using our site for UXDR news for all of these years. ❤️

Thank you all for everything and all of the memories! Let’s make these last few months uncovering the mysteries behind this game our best times yet ?



NO THANKS TO SE. God, why did we have to suffer for years like this...shitty official translations, worse deals than Japan...

This, just this
Okay, I meant to quote Chaser and someone else but yeah, I'm glad it's over, super excited for the ending and I hope they re-release it in another format, maybe even as an anime or cartoon

I want to thank everyone involved for the translations and videos over the years. You're all a bunch of heroes. I've really enjoyed having these small story updates between games.

Good news keep coming this year. :ROFLMAO:

They won't even bother to wait for Union Cross quest 1000 to end this. I honestly don't know how they managed to drag his story for so many years.

Special thanks to [USER=231599]@Muke[/USER] for this incredible thread.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.khinsider.com/forums/index.php?threads/the-story-of-khux.214843/[/URL]

Thank fing god. F UX, f mobileshit, f gacha.

Am I right in thinking the English version is still way behind the Japanese one? Does that mean they will catch up by May? I'm pretty new to all of the UX stuff.

And Dark Road will also not continue for years?

I just realized that the original browser version of this title came out when I was still in high school, and now I'm a grad student. Obama had just won his second term when this monstrosity of a game got off the ground. Holy shit.
Btw, I just played the most recent update, and it's goddamn unplayable. I spent over 3000 Jewels just trying to last through the Cy-Bug fights, and even then I couldn't get through it. And I'm LVL 480! Isn't the level cap like 500 or something?
I'm five times as glad now that they're ending it, because this game has now officially become bullshit-level unfair to non-whale players. I really haven't ever seen a worse game in my life (except maybe DR). No exaggeration. What utter, despicable, reprehensible garbage this title has been.

KHUX being theater mode only is such a cop out, they could keep the quests and most mechanics by simply changing the currency from jewels to lux.
It wouldn't make the game a super enjoyable experience either but at least it would be preserved in some kind of way. I think it's the least they can do to after all these years.

?

Just me theorizing (or call it hoping) about the future aloud: Since the end's in sight, I wonder if a compilation of the main story scenes of the mobile games will be a part of a PS5 3.5 ReMIX release alongside 3 Re-Mind and MoM?

I have so many thoughts, and I find it difficult to decide, what needs to be said and what is better left out for now...

First, I didn't expect this. While we have known for some time that UX story is coming to end, Dark Road is only just past its beginning. Assuming the same release schedule as so far (new chapter every three months) and the most likely total number of chapters, it would have lasted until around May 2023. Keeping UX alive on its side after the end of its story would have been almost free, since it uses the same infrastructure as DR. It seems to me that they are killing a cash cow, which raises the question, who made this decision?

I think a Dark Road real!game is actually really likely (sooner or later). Nomura had the idea for Dark Road since before telephone!games took over development opportunities, and now the majority of the story is being made on a platform (UXDR) which is already dead as it's being developed. Seems like prime material for looking at and saying, "yknow, this isn't really what we wanted it to be, let's expand it when we get the chance".

Y’all SE just announced not one but 2 new FF7-related mobile games. Coincidence? I think not

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-7-the-first-soldier-and-final-fantasy-7-ever-crisis-announced-for-mobile[/URL]

I’m praying that this means we can finally have an abridged console remake soon.

BTW if you haven't already realized, the image is most definitely showing Player's dramatic return to Daybreak Town. The corridor they used to get to Game Central Station looked exactly like that:

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Not gonna lie, I will miss the game but at the same time, Nomura could remake it down the road for consoles.

Question is if they'll go with older graphics for gameplay and compressed Unreal Engine cutscenes so it could run on switch...

Dark Road could always be the Reverse/Rebirth of the game, it would use the same assets. Medals and the Cards could be repurposed as the Command Deck, whatever ones you pick would have a different Spell or Attack move.

Speaking of Medals, it's sad that we got no Yozora medal.

Like many others have said, this feels more like a relief than anything else. While the overall story turned out decent, it took far too long to really progress in a meaningful way. I never felt excited when a new world came into play because I never thought a mobile game could do them enough justice and it meant years' worth of largely filler quests.

That being said, I enjoyed the updates within the last year as they have really filled in some blanks, but eager for both games to finally be wrapped up. Hard to believe that Dark Road will already be a year old in a few months.

With both games concluded, this will hopefully finally close off Xehanort's story for a while. I have no doubt that he will factor into future games via a flashback or some type of memory like in MoM (it would be odd if he didn't give the massive impact he's had at this point and Nomura's own love for the character), but I think it's finally time to give him a rest for a bit. After a DLC where you destroy him and his forms several more times, a melody-rhythm game where you fight a phantom of him, and a mobile game elaborating on his origins, all just within over a year, I think the series has seen enough of him for now.

Actually I think KHUX is not bad because it is a mobile game but just simply because it is a bad mobile game. Well, console is better of course but I wonder if it they will make it soon since the cost of creating one is higher. So I just hope if they make a new mobile game one they will not make system similar to this.

I think it's funny how pretty much everyone's reaction is a variant of "Finally!" or "Thank goodness".

While I think UX and DR had interesting story elements, the delivery method definitely wasn't good, nor was the gameplay fun. All the Disney Filler didn't help with the pacing either.

I'm curious what this'll mean for DR, seeing it doesn't seem like it has gotten the ball rolling yet, while they manage to make their way through the story in a good pace or while they have to rush it and skip a lot of ideas they might have wanted to explore.

Well went to login into the game, might as well spend all the jewels I had been hoarding up untill now...115000 jewels to spend on the 1500 banner, I'll be here for a while I guess.

Union X I can see, but honestly surprised Dark Road is ending. Didn't that just start recently?

Anyway, aside from gameplay, I've also been surprised to see people upset about it for narrative reasons, as I think this whole mobile enterprise has been the absolute weakest output from Nomura in the series. A story with characters that barely qualify as such and serve mostly to deliver exposition, a game that raises a million questions and answers hardly any of them so you can't even get a decent grasp on what you're experiencing (did we ever find out who the original traitor was? or even what that meant exactly?)

Not to mention, taking the Keyblade War, originally presented as some grand myth or fable with all the fundamental potency that entails, and turning it into...some bizarre team scavenger hunt that gets out of hand? The whole thing was an odd mess from the start, more a series of events than a cohesive plot. That's my take.

Amen!

Thank you to all the KHI staff that dedicated years to actually endure this game and translate it.

I have a question - if I download the game when it's offline, does that mean I get access to theater mode immediately? All I care about is seeing English cutscenes. I'm willing to try the app again and see if it works with my phone, because the last time I tried it broke my phone.

UX dont run on the galaxy note. I tried many times but the cpu is just too weak. That said you can always YouTube the vids. Everglow is a god and he will undoubtedly do a KH Timeline vid for UX.

So is there any reason to buy any more medals for KHUx, or should remaining jewels be thrown into Dark Road given it will continue with some playability?

So just put out a notice[/URL] saying the latest Proud quests are too difficult and will be adjusted in the March 25th update (also 300 apology jewels, not like it matters).

Meaning there's gonna be jack shit besides the final story updates lol



;-;

Lol. I'm still getting jewels for free, and i'm just saying thank heaven I never spent much on jewels for this game. Never did.

I don’t understand, I thought only Union X will end? But now I keep hearing Dark road will also end? I guess Xehanort past story wasn’t mean to be long, if so then, instead of a game they could have just released cutscenes first his story.

Aw. I have a lot of memories with this game. The game was toxic and my life has been a lot better since I cut my addiction to it a few years ago, but I still associate it with the time I went to college, had my own apartment, etc. So I have some nostalgia to the game, even though, it...wasn't good for me.

I spent almost all my jewels getting medals I wanted. The only one I don't have is MoM Terra (of the ones I wanted that is)

I just realized.

UX is gonna end with zero mention of the X-Blade.

I was deep into this game the first few weeks it came out. I've been very on and off ever since (and unfortunately, having to make new data every time), but it's a real bummer to just hear about it being shut down. But reading these liner notes, I'm kind of confused: does the offline version of Union X only let you view theater mode up to the point you were in the story (that would be Story Quest no.86 ?for me), or the whole story? Also, is the functionality only limited to theater mode?

I wonder why Global is still shutting down later than JP.
I can't really see a reason why that'd be the case when updates are being delivered simultaneously now.

Also I foresee some confusion about how many updates are left. They didn't make it clear that the last update was Part 1 already.

Wait so are we getting The End pt 2 this month, or is that scheduled for late June?

I decided I may as well download the app again and see if I can follow the story easier with just the cutscene collection.

>the scenes are in an incomprehensible order and they make the baffling decision to group the scenes by world instead of chronologically

…okay, well, at least I can give Dark Road a try.

>"Offline version will be made available at a later date"

…

>insert Dipper Pines "this is worthless" meme here

So I was watching the KHUX series on theatre mode, and I noticed that the episodes "Awakening" and "Dark Footsteps" are nowhere to be found. I feel like those are important because it first establishes Chirithy lying to us, and the first appearance of Maleficent. Does anybody know why those two would be excluded?

Since the release of version 5.0.1 for dark road, has there been some update to the theater mode for Ux? Are the cutscenes still out of order everywhere?

No, they didn't touch Ux and probably never will

They have no points in working on Ux, especially right now that Dark Road is over and Missing-Link has been announced