KHWiki:Kingdom Karts

Kingdom Karts is the upcoming fifteenth game in the  series.

Announcement
Kingdom Karts was announced in a Famitsu interview with Tetsuya Nomura on March 31, 2021, as the big surprise for the 20th anniversary of the Kingdom Hearts series.

Story
Kingdom Karts will focus on the story of Chirithy. Only part of the story will be available at launch, with the rest being released as DLC.

Mechanics
Players can customize karts in a similar style as Gummi Ships. Only a handful of parts are available at first, with more being able to be purchased in the form of loot boxes.

To avoid players easily beating the AI, all AI opponents will increase speed when falling behind.

Worlds and Characters
Unlike past games, Nomura wanted to put the untold heroes of the series in the spotlight.
 * Barrel
 * Chien-Po
 * Chirithy, who constantly makes the ”owowowowowowowowo” sounds while driving.
 * Cubby
 * Drizella
 * Gopher
 * Horace Horsecollar
 * Panic
 * The Peddler
 * The Struggle tournament sponsor
 * Wardrobe
 * White Rabbit

So far, six circuits have been shown.
 * A circuit on the Crumbling Island in Destiny Islands, comprising a simple circle.
 * A circuit in Sunset Terrace in Twilight Town.
 * A circuit in the Sandswept Ruins in Agrabah.
 * A circuit in the Rocky Expanse in Neverland.
 * A circuit in outer space, around the Deep Space ship. Falling off the track at any point brings you back at the start of the lap.
 * A circuit on the North Mountain in Arendelle. This will be the longest track, expected to take at least 10 minutes per lap.

Items
Like other karting games, racers can pick up items during the race. These items include:
 * One of Bouncywild's banana peels: can be thrown on the ground to make other racers slip.
 * One of the Mushrooms found on Destiny Islands: using one will increase your speed for a short while.
 * A Thunder spell: shrinks all other racers.
 * A yet unconfirmed item.

Music
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts, Utada Hikaru wrote a new theme song to go with the game. A preview of the song, called "Donald, Why Won't You Heal Me?", has been uploaded to YouTube.

The ending song will be a currently-untitled track composed by Takeharu Ishimoto.