Back in October, Square Enix revealed that the entire Kingdom Hearts series would be coming to Nintendo Switch as cloud games. Although there has been some debate internally at Square about eventually bringing proper ports of these games to fans, for now these cloud versions are the only options. Following the announcement, though, it was unclear when they’d finally be released. We’ve now learned that fans will be able to enjoy the sprawling adventures of Sora and friends starting on February 10. However, in the meantime, fans can head to the eShop right now for free demos of everything on offer.
For those who want to buy everything all at once, there’s a special bundle on offer dubbed Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece. It offers everything at a discounted price—indeed, the bundle itself is discounted for pre-order, selling for $71.99 instead of the regular $89.99. The caveat, of course, is that being cloud versions, all of these games require an active, stable Internet connection in order to be played. It’s a bit of a catch-22 for fans, as interest in the games (meaning sales) is what will ultimately convince Square Enix to do ports, but many fans aren’t all that keen on cloud/streaming games. It will be interesting to see how Nintendo fans embrace these cloud versions of Kingdom Hearts. Given that there are a number of cloud-based games on the platform already, clearly there’s a crowd who enjoys them.
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Source: Kingdom Hearts Twitter Page