The 2020 Tokyo Game Show continued today, and as promised,Square Enixparticipated and talked aboutKingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, one of its upcoming projects. Most of the information revealed touched on things the public already knew, but there was one announcement that stood out.
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memorywill be getting a playable demosoon. The announcement for the exact date of the demo’s release will happen later, but it does have a mid-October release window. It’s also unclear how long the demo will be, but a pretty good guess would be the span of a single world, as that’s usually how longKingdom Heartsdemos last.
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As far as gameplay goes,Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memorywill be the series first rhythm game, but its controls will apparently work similarly to the franchise’s action-RPGs. During the game show, Kasumi Ashizawa, a member of the e-Sports team G-Star Gaming, showed offKingdom Hearts: Melody of Memoryand compared its gameplay to any otherKingdom Heartstitle, “Jump is jump and attack is attack.”
At the moment, Square Enix has only confirmed the demo for Japan, but it’s considering a potential western release as well. Should a western release happen, Square Enix will announce the news alongside the demo’s release date, or at least, it’ll announce it in the same timeframe. There are less than two months left untilKingdom Hearts: Melody of Memorylaunchesas a full game, so Square Enix should be talking about the demo’s release fairly soon, especially since the developer aims to put it out by mid-October.
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memoryreleases November 13 on PS4, Xbox One, and Switch.
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