Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind

Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind is a DLC expansion for Kingdom Hearts III. It was officially announced at the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres- on June 8, 2019, and is the first major downloadable expansion in the Kingdom Hearts series. It was released worldwide on January 23, 2020 for the PS4 and will be releasing on February 25, 2020 for the Xbox One.

Story
In Thebes, after Xigbar watches Maleficent and Pete conclude their search for the Black Box there, Luxord appears before him. He mentions an old Japanese parable about a white goat and a black goat, his point being that while he's been loyally following his orders to find the box, he's questioning who gave them in the first place. Xigbar claims it must've been Xemnas, but Luxord already asked him and concluded that Xigbar gave the order, and wonders why. Xigbar says the box has important information guarded by generations of Keyblade wielders. Luxord says he's only searching for it now because others seek it and Xigbar needs to find the box first to keep his connection to it a secret. He asks Xigbar who he really is before leaving, then Xigbar asks the same of him.

75 years earlier, Young Xehanort meets with a cloaked man in the Keyblade Graveyard after he gave Xehanort a black coat with which to ward off the darkness while travelling the worlds. Xehanort tells the man that all the darkness and selfishness he's seen across the many worlds he's visited have caused him to lose his faith in humanity. Determined to bring order to the chaos, he resolves to remake the worlds. He says his decision will become clear after his upcoming Mark of Mastery exam, but the man tells Xehanort the results don't matter because he's already made up his mind. He says Xehanort will soon outgrow his coat, for he'll be powerful enough to control the darkness without it. Xehanort asks if he's a fortune-teller, but instead the man claims to be trying to destroy the world and tells Xehanort his name and that he's one of the Lost Masters.

75 years later, Master Xehanort mentions the encounter to Xigbar and Saïx. Xigbar insists on focusing on more important matters, like the fact that their loss of Sora has left them without a thirteenth vessel, and only the three of them were there now. Saïx and Xigbar list the other members' statuses and missions, saying the Nobodies that became human and then Nobodies again are themselves, Luxord, Marluxia, and Larxene, while their allies from the past transferred to replicas are Ansem, Xemnas, Vanitas, Riku Replica, and Young Xehanort. Xigbar says that leaves them two short of thirteen. Xehanort says he implanted Terra-Xehanort's heart from the past into Terra's recompleted body. Saïx discusses the replica program, in which Vexen created twenty replicas, the first twelve of which were barely human puppets, and that the first prototypes were the Riku Replica and then No. i. He says five of the last six are currently vessels for their past members, leaving one left. He explains how No. i was erased from memory but remained in Vexen's records, and that its heart's link to Sora's memories should make it an adequate thirteenth member. Xigbar and Saïx leave to do their parts in the plan, then Xehanort says, "May your heart be your guiding key."

To save Kairi, Sora uses the power of waking to return to The Final World, where he meets Chirithy, who tells him he will disappear if he saves her. Determined to save Kairi despite the consequence, Sora is guided by Chirithy to the crack he made in time. He experiences the doomed first version of the guardians' battle with Terra-Xehanort as several of his allies, first as Ventus, whose heart he is forced from by a entity calling itself Darkness, which manifests as Dark Inferno χ. After Sora defeats it, he enters Aqua's heart, but her fear and despair manifests as Anti-Aqua. After defeating her, he passes through the tear and into his own heart, where he meets with Naminé, who says she's brought out Terra's strongest thoughts to aid them. Sora witnesses the second version of their battle with Terra-Xehanort and his subsequent battle with the Lingering Will. He reappears to save it from the Dark Figure, but after the Lingering Will sacrifices itself to save Sora, he is forced to fight Terra-Xehanort alone. After the Dark Figure grabs Sora, Terra-Xehanort tells him "Darkness awaits you!" as he launches a wave of darkness at him. The next thing Sora knows, he has entered his own past self, who begins the final fight against the real Organization XIII at the Keyblade Graveyard with his allies. Sora continues to traverse their hearts while his past self helps them defeat members of the Organization.

After Xehanort strikes Kairi down, Sora enters the portal generated from him to travel to Scala ad Caelum ahead of his past self to find Kairi. Xehanort explains that he crystallized Kairi and split her into seven pieces as a final failsafe. After completing a series of puzzles, Sora finds five fragments of her heart there, but is forced to leave before finding the other two because his past self shows up. He connects to the other seven guardians, which engage in a battle with Replica Xehanorts. They all escape except Mickey, who narrowly limps out of there and repels the replicas with Sora's help. Sora finds the remaining fragments and rejoins them by connecting to the guardians' hearts. Kairi is restored, and she and Sora defeat Armored Xehanort together. They help the guardians open the way through Kingdom Hearts to join past Sora at Scala ad Caelum after his final battle with Xehanort. The pair then end up in The Final World, where they invite Chirithy to come home with them. They secretly witness the other guardians' journeys home, bringing Chirithy to Ventus and Naminé's heart to her replica body. Finally, Sora and Kairi share a final moment sitting together on a paopu tree before he fades away.

Xigbar, who survived the Keyblade War, retrieves the No Name and summons Ira, Aced, Invi, and Gula, revealing himself to be a reincarnation of their fellow Keyblade apprentice, Luxu. He begins to recount his actions to the foretellers, with Maleficent and Pete watching from afar. In a flashback to their youth, Eraqus and Xehanort begin a new game of chess enacting a battle between seven dark pieces, and then placing a white piece on the board.

Limitcut Episode
One year after the defeat of Master Xehanort, Riku goes to Radiant Garden to visit Leon, Cid, Aerith and Yuffie to try and uncover any clues to Sora's whereabouts. Cid recreates Sora's battle data in a simulated version of the Garden of Assemblage, along with stronger data copies of the real Organization XIII in the hopes of yielding some answers. Cid can only access their data after Riku uses Sora's data to defeat the strengthened digital copies.

After all thirteen copies are defeated, the data analysis shows up as an inconclusive error, forcing Riku and Leon's gang back to square one. The Fairy Godmother then appears at Merlin and Yen Sid's request to aid them, and has Riku recount the strange dream he's been having: He finds himself in an unfamiliar city surrounded by tall buildings, while a mysterious figure observes him from atop a skyscraper. He can't recall what happens next, but she claims she knows, because dreams are her specialty. She explains that the wizards sent her to Riku because, due to his time in Sora's dreams, the key to finding Sora might be his dreams, "and the other two." Kairi's sleeping body in Ansem's lab and the daytime version of The Final World are then shown.

If Riku speaks to Cid afterwards, he says "I hope you're not expectin' me to turn a dream into data."

Secret Episode
Sora wakes up in a nighttime version of The Final World, and desperately calls out to whoever he can. A young man answers back and appears before him. Sora recognizes him as Yozora, the protagonist of Verum Rex whom he learned more about from a girl he met before, and is surprised to discover that Yozora is actually a real person. Yozora appears to know exactly who Sora is and claims that he is tasked to "save" him, but suddenly questions whether that is truly Sora at all. To Sora's shock, he summons his crossbow and sword and transports them to the 104 building in Shibuya, where a fearsome battle ensues.

After Sora defeats Yozora, Yozora fades away into light and Sora ends up in the daytime version of The Final World. Meanwhile, Yozora is woken up from his slumber in the back seat of a car by his driver, who asks him, "Impressive, is it not?" Sora and Yozora both wonder whether or not their encounter was real or just a weird dream. Sora then states that none of this makes any sense to him. The screen ends with the words An Oath to Return.

Content

 * The brand new Re Mind scenario, with new story cutscenes and gameplay elements, including the ability to replay certain battles in the Keyblade Graveyard gauntlet as Riku, Aqua and Roxas. Players will have the ability to explore Scala ad Caelum and take control of Kairi in the final battle against Xehanort.
 * Limitcut Episode, featuring new story scenes and the Data Analysis feature, allowing players to battle more powerful Data versions of the Real Organization XIII in the Garden of Assemblage.
 * Secret Episode, featuring new story scenes and boss battle against Yozora.
 * Data Greeting feature. It allows players to choose various locations, props, effects and characters and arrange them in a wide variety of ways and snap photos.
 * Slideshow feature. All photos players have saved in their Albums can be arranged into unique slideshows, with various transition effects and background music.
 * Premium Menu. Upon starting a new game file, in addition to their current chosen difficulty level players can implement a second difficulty option with diverse settings.
 * EZ Codes: Allows settings designed to make the game extremely easy, such as automatic HP recovery, one-hit kills and auto-guarding against enemy attacks.
 * PRO Codes: Allows settings designed to give additional challenges, such as disabling certain abilities and constant HP drain.
 * An English voiceover option for Japanese copies.