During its original story run,Kingdom Hearts 3introduced a brand new character to the series by the name of Yozora – some players may not have realized it at the time, though, as his introduction was unconventional.
Yozora made his first appearance on Toy Box, theKHworld based onToy Story. He appeared in a video game commercial as the main character of a series called Verum Rex, which became a mini-game that players could experience as Sora. In this way, Yozora came off as just a costly way to introduce one ofKH3’s many mini-games.
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However, duringKH3’s secret movie, Yozora made another brief appearance, confirming that he was, in fact, someone of importance. This became more evident inRe: Mind’s final trailer, where Yozora appeared once again, but this time, he had a full-on face-to-face with Sora, even mimicking the main character’s very first lines of dialogue in the series. Now, days beforeRe: Mind’s release, Yozora has received one moretease in the form of tweeted screenshots taken from the DLC’s final trailer. The screenshots – along with the tweet’s text – go over Sora’sRe: Mindjourney to save Kairi, and his meeting with this mysterious “other person”: Yozora.
As it stands now, Yozora looks to be the character who’ll end up being the secret boss ofRe: Mind’s limit-cut episode, though that is mere speculation at this time. What he can do will more than likely be further detailed in this episode and boss battle. If Yozora does end up being the game’s official secret boss, he’ll definitely be explored in the series next installments, as that’s what happened with Unknown, Lingering Will, and Mysterious Figure (the secret bosses of previousKHgames).
Yozora’s video game commercial introduction makes him one ofKingdom Hearts' biggest mysteries to date. Is he real or not? Is he just another one of Sora’s strange thoughts? Nomura,Kingdom Hearts' long-standing director, gives a little more insight into the character through statements made in theKingdom Hearts 3Ultimania interview.
According to him, the setting ofKingdom Hearts 3’s secret movietakes place in Verum Rex, and Verum Rex takes inspiration from unusedFinal Fantasy Versus 13concepts, which explains why the two seem so similar in presentation. Nomura was the prime director behindVersus 13before it becameFinal Fantasy 15, and wants to use the unexplored plans for the game to develop Verum Rex. Essentially, a lot of effort is going into Yozora’s character, which gives credence to him beingRe: Mind’s secret boss and thus being important to the series in the future.
Kingdom Hearts 3is out now for PS4 and Xbox One.
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