There were quite a few noteworthy announcements during Square Enix's 20th anniversary event for the Kingdom Hearts series. This includes the reveal trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4, which saw Sora continuing his journey after the events of Kingdom Hearts 3. Alongside this was the surprise announcement of a mobile game known as Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link, which aims to be the titular missing link between various plot threads of the series.
The trailer for Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link shows off a number of elements, from a mysterious character wielding the No Name keyblade, to a white uniformed character in the middle of the game's town. The gameplay showcased in the trailer has combat that is more akin to the mainline console entries, fighting heartless in various locations with different characters. While fans wondered if it would involve multiple protagonists or character customization, series director Tetsuya Nomura confirms that elements of character creation will be present.
In an interview with Famitsu, Nomura revealed many pieces of information regarding these upcoming titles, including Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link. He confirms the main character seen in the trailer will represent the player, where they can create their own avatar. He notes that this character creation process is similar to another mobile game in the series, Kingdom Hearts Union X.
Nomura also touched upon a number of other elements for the game, such as the Disney worlds that will be coming to Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link. He states that he is currently in a process of experimenting with them. Nomura stated that the game was originally going to be filled to the brim with Disney motifs, but felt as though it was "overkill" and aimed to balance things out.
The interview also asked about the usage of augmented reality in Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link, where Nomura states that players could simply walk to any location or use in-game currency to teleport to said location immediately. He noted that players can avoid spending the currency by just walking there instead. Nomura then closed out the interview by saying that he is trying something he wouldn't be able to do normally in the mainline titles, and hopes fans will be excited about the closed beta test of the game in the Fall.
Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link is in development for mobile devices.
Source: Famitsu (via Siliconera)