Kingdom Hearts 3 May Get Post-Launch DLC

Kingdom Hearts franchise director Tetsuya Nomura spoke with IGN and gave his thoughts on the possibility of DLC to expand Kingdom Hearts 3 after launch.

In the interview, Nomura stated that he and the other developers are “open to expanding the game with DLC after launch” with whatever would be a good fit for the franchise. Nomura reasoned that most major game titles have DLC of some kind, and he believes Kingdom Hearts 3 is a major title that deserves DLC.

Nomura said that gamers shouldn’t expect any announcements about this soon, but he did say that one possibility could be the return of accessory customizations. Kingdom Hearts 0.2: A Fragmentary Passage featured cosmetic items to customize Aqua’s appearance, so it’s not a first for the franchise. However, it will likely not be in Kingdom Hearts 3, since Sora, Donald, and Goofy usually have specific outfits for almost every world they visit. One example of this is that in the Toy Story world shows off the gang if they were action figures. Fans can actually obtain physical versions of these action figures with the recently announced deluxe collection for Kingdom Hearts 3.

Kingdom Hearts 3 got another delay, pushing the release date back to January 2019. However, despite what fans expected, the delay was not a result of needing more development time. In a separate interview, Nomura stated that the delay was to better align the global release date with the Japanese release date, which is January 25, 2019.

The idea of Kingdom Hearts 3 DLC is certainly new to the franchise. The highly anticipated game is certainly one of the biggest titles coming soon, so it’s no surprise that Tetsuya Nomura and the other developers are considering the addition of downloadable content.