An Unusual Adventure: Kingdom Hearts Side Story

An Unusual Adventure: Kingdom Hearts Side Story (Japanese: 異常な冒険:キングダムハーツ [サイド物語], Hepburn: Ijōna Bōken: Kingudamu Hātsu [saido monogatari], stylized AN UNUSUAL ADVENTURE: KINGDOM HEARTS [side story]) is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Loire & Co. in 2015 for th e PlayStation 3. The game is the ninth installment in the bestselling Kingdom Hearts series and is set to be released in Japan on May 31, 2015. Set after the events of Kingdom Hearts III, the game focuses on a new Keyblade Wielder named Nico, who is thrown into an epic battle against the Eirians, a new enemy in universe. He is joined by Donald Duck, Goofy, and other classic Disney characters who help him on his quest. This is the first game to feature characters from movies aside from Disney, such as Dreamworks and Warner Bros.

Scenarios
An Unusual Story adopts Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep's scenario system, with multiple scenarios. Although only Nico's scenerio is available from the start, others are unlocked once the main scenerio is complete. Nico's story will take about thirty hours, while the scenerios for Yu and Angelica will take at least twenty each, making An Unusual Story: Kingdom Hearts Side Story the longest game in the series to date. The game is divided into three separate scenarios, with each scenario surrounding an individual of the Loire Family members: Nico, Yu, and Angelica. The gameplay of each scenario differs based on the personalities and abilities of each character such as speed, magic, and strength.

After the completion of all three scenerios, a secret scenerio under the name of The 3rd Birthday is unlocked, which focuses on Eve, Nico's aunt, and her point of view of the story. After the completion of Eve's story, a final episode is unlocked, simply displayed as ''??? ''in the story mode selection. The ??? scenario starts out with a cutscene of Caius Ballad, the immortal Guardian of the seeress, Paddra Nsu-Yuel, overseeing the events of the journey of the Loire's. Midway through the cutscene, it becomes playable once Caius' fated rival is summoned to the shores of Valhalla, engaged in an endless battle with Eve Loire.