Leaked Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link Intro Fuels KH4 Theories as Canceled 2025 Game May Still Shape Lore
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Updated · Kotaku · Jul 20
Leaked Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link Intro Fuels KH4 Theories as Canceled 2025 Game May Still Shape Lore
3 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jul 20
Summary
Fans are dissecting the full leaked opening cinematic from canceled mobile game Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link for clues that could carry into Kingdom Hearts IV, especially after Square Enix tied the spinoff to the series’ main saga.
The scene shows a squad of armored Keyblade wielders battling a massive Heartless in a dark distortion before revealing Quadratum, prompting theories about early expeditions from Scala ad Caelum into the Astral Plane.
Visual parallels to Sora and Roxas diving into the "Dive to the Heart" have also sparked speculation that crossing into Quadratum involves a waterlike boundary between reality and unreality.
Character sightings add to the scrutiny: fans believe the cinematic shows Brain and a clearer look at Sigurd, effectively linking the scrapped game to a figure already seen in Kingdom Hearts IV trailers.
Missing-Link was canceled in 2025, but with its characters expected to appear in KH4, the unreleased story now looks likely to be folded into the next mainline game somehow.