Kingdom Hearts Composer Yoko Shimomura Reacts To Missing Link's Sudden Cancellation, Hopes Fans Will Hear Her Unreleased Tracks "Someday"

Kingdom Hearts Composer Yoko Shimomura Reacts To Missing Link's Sudden Cancellation, Hopes Fans Will Hear Her Unreleased Tracks "Someday"

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Legendary Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura has reacted to the surprising news of Missing Link's cancellation, calling it "unfortunate" and hoping that fans hear the music she put together for it.

Over the past few years, Kingdom Hearts fans have been through the wringer. After the incredibly exciting announcement of Kingdom Hearts 4 and Missing Link at the series' 20th anniversary event in 2021, news regarding the series has slowed to an absolute crawl, and we heard pretty much nothing about either game in the three years since they were revealed.

With the Switch 2 being a more powerful console, Kingdom Hearts shouldn't have to be cloud-based anymore.

That's not too surprising when it comes to Kingdom Hearts 4, but it was weird for Missing Link since it seemed so close to release when it was announced. Couple that with the fact that it had multiple closed betas (which I even played), and its sudden delay into 2025 made it seem like the project was in big trouble. Surprise, surprise, it was.

Earlier today, Square Enix announced that Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link had been cancelled, leaving many fans of the series wondering what the heck happened after all...

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