Oh my god. I don’t know how much more of this I could take. I was feeling so cathartic that it would finally end, but then they torture us with this.

That said, I have over 300k jewels left and I’m split between getting medals and keyblade upgrades, or DR cards. Any suggestions?

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Odd that it's such a big delay. Wonder just how much happens in the final update that they felt the need to split it up.

Also wondering if this will delay the complete release of Dark Road.

Oh wow, that's like more than one and a half additional months of Union Cross being kept alive.

Also wondering what this means for Global since they were going to end service in May. Now that the finale has been split into two parts, is JP going to wind up with the extra month (or half I guess) or will they both be booted to June?

But please for the love of god, fix the skirt glitch and bring back the old story events, that's all I want. (Also old avatars too but I guess that's a moot point.)

Wow, now I'm even starting to get impatient. Can they drag this on any longer?

Interesting.

[S]Still more delayed than Balan Wonderworld though[/S]

That is hilarious. I absolutely love it.

The game has been granted a reprieve. And an additional story update. Interesting ?

Hmmm, no notices on Global side. Guess we're still on track to end in May.

Yeah this seems like the dev team didn't have time to finish the update in time. Hoping the 2 animators are all right.

That being said...

The only justification that I can see for the changed schedule is Nomura wanting to add additional story content that was not originally planned for the finale.

Wonder why they're just now delaying it. With such a delay, it should have been clear that there were issues earlier than now. Maybe there were last minute changes to the story?

I take it there won't be an update this month.

Nomura adding more is the only sensible conclusion. There's no other reason they would delay the game's shutdown.

Square: "What do you mean it's already April?!"

Just realized its already april 16th...guys its only 2 more months. Let khux breath a bit.

I'm inclined to blame this situation on Square's higher management. Imagine being a team of what... 2 people (or is that just the artists)? and being told "kay, wrap it up in the next few weeks, it's not earning a profit so we don't really care anymore." Lmao and the same team is also meant to be developing the entire Dark Road story in the next 5 months. They're clearly under-resourced. They probably had to kick and scream to get this extra breathing room.

In any case, it's disappointing but June 17th is fine. Mostly likely one update this month, the final one end of May and a few weeks in June to allow people time to play. Closing JP mere days after the final update was a weird plan anyway.

They are obviously rewriting the secret ending which will be Skuld getting No Name while laughing like a manic, cementing her place as the greatest KH character who ever lived. Union X, you denied me my "Skuld is the killer" storyline, but now is the time to redeem yourself. Skuld has waited patiently in the shadows for her big moment. It must be perfect! If that means pushing back the release date then so be it. It will just make Skuld's victory all the sweeter with a hint of saltiness.

Sooo, can this two month extension be considered KHUx Final Mix? :P

Not really surprising. I think they even said that the original dates could change when making the initial announcement. UX and Dark Road seem to be very difficult games to make because they have limited staff, and especially with the world still in the midst of a pandemic, so it makes sense that would need more time.

That being said, I think that Square really needs to take a step back from this style of game for a while. While the story in general I think is good, it being dragged out over the course of 8 years with revelations beings spread out across multiple mainstream titles makes for incredibly messy story-telling. Nomura usually says how each game of KH can be easily accessible to newcomers, but I really think he needs to let that go. KH3 was not a game for newcomers, it was a game for the fans of this series.

Wow. Square Enix delaying launches is basically a given but delaying a closure? That's a new one. I know there's reasons for it and I don't want to sound too bitter but with how ridiculous and drawn out everything about this game has been I shouldn't be as surprised as I am. I've been ready for it to be over with for a long time.

It's so strange that they are shutting down all content bit by bit. I mean how hard is it to create a raid event or a pvp season? It's all copy and paste anyway, just bring back old events.
Or release an editor so we can make our own content.

I don't think I ever heard about a company delaying a shutdown, but anyway I hope we still get a story update this month.

I’ve never been more excited for a delay until now.