A Key Kingdom Hearts Game Was Just Delisted

Earlier this week, the Kingdom Hearts Union χ Dark Road application was unexpectedly delisted from the Apple and Google Play stores.

The Kingdom Hearts Union χ Dark Road mobile game contained pivotal lore, key story details, and an in-depth plot for the basis of much of the Kingdom Hearts series. Unchained X–previously known as Union X–and Dark Road did receive a cutscene compilation people can watch to experience the story, but playing the game seems to now be a bygone pasttime for Kingdom Hearts fans.

This delisting poses great problems since one of the main characters introduced in the mobile game, Strelitzia, also appears in the first Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer and is teased to play a major role in the new installment alongside Sora.

Delisting games abruptly without an announcement is nothing new. Just this past April, Capcom delisted three of its games, and according to the Video Game History Foundation, 87% of video games released in the United States before 2010 are “critically endangered,” making these games lost and/or susceptible to disappearing.

Fans hope that Kingdom Hearts Union χ Dark Road will receive a remake or make its way outside of the mobile space. Clicking on the Google Play link for Kingdom Hearts Union χ Dark Road brings up an error screen.

Square Enix has yet to make an official announcement of pulling the plug on Union χ Dark Road, even though the game’s official website is still up and running.