Trivia / Kingdom Hearts χ

• Bad Export for You: The global version had bad translations resulting in at least one Dub-Induced Plot Hole, nerfing medals that were useful in the Japanese version, making guilting medals more difficult by not porting the Mickey & Brooms medal, giving players fewer opportunities for free jewels, and forcing players to pay jewels for things that were free in the Japanese version. Some of these changes would be amended later in the game's life, although it still was in a rough shape compared to the Japanese original.
• Beam Me Up, Scotty!: When Nomura answered a question on whether Lauriam was Marluxia, he said Lauriam wa Lauriam desu^note ラーリアムはラーリアムです meaning "Lauriam is Lauriam". Fans immediately appended their own interpretations of the phrase (such as "...and not Marluxia") into the quote itself and present it as if Nomura directly said such things.
• Lying Creator: The game was originally stated to be "supplementary" to the main story of Kingdom Hearts and would enhance the player's understanding of the story but isn't necessary. By the time of Kingdom Hearts III, however, multiple plot elements from χ started working their way into the main plot, and the Foretellers are set up as major characters for the next arc of the series.
• No Export for You:
  • The Unchained version is not available on mobile outside of the Americas, Europe, and Japan. Still, it's an improvement over the original browser game, which was never translated for release outside Japan at all. It's still unfair to the other Asian countries in the region though. This carries over to Union Cross. Don't be surprised if you hear people who live in Asia but outside Japan ranting about this — it happens quite often.
  • A number of avatar board outfits and accessories are Japan-only, and it's unknown if they'll ever be released in other markets that has the game.
• Official Fan-Submitted Content: A High Score Challenge event in August 2018 introduced a sweepstakes that allowed players to get their player names into Kingdom Hearts III. The names are used as Reaction Command attacks during a climatic battle sequence where Sora (with Ephemer's help) calls upon the power of the Keyblade Wielders who were sacrificed in the Keyblade War to defeat a storm of unrelenting Heartless.
• Refitted for Sequel: According to a Q&A segment from Tetsuya Nomura, various plot elements for Dark Road had to be cut due to time and space constraints, forcing him to move them into the upcoming Union χ sequel, Missing-Link.
• Schedule Slip: The offline version of Dark Road was announced to be released in September 2021, then pushed back to "Winter 2021-2022." On February 28, 2022, it was officially announced that the release had been delayed again to an indefinite date, the stated reason being a significant addition of story content. Finally, on April 4, 2022, it was announced that the final release date for the update is in August of 2022.