Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura, along with Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory co-director Masanobu Suzui and Kingdom Hearts series executive producer Ichiro Hazama sat down for an interview recently to discuss Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory's development. A lot of what they had to say is somewhat disappointing, though other details were expected.

Speaking with Gamekult, the trio revealed that Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory would not feature any new worlds. On top of this, players will not be able to customize any of the playable teams; the trios are preset and cannot be mixed and matched. When asked if the game's story elements will be playable, Nomura responded with "not really."

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Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory will be a recap game that takes players across the entire Kingdom Hearts series using the franchise's music library. Being a rhythm-game, Melody of Memory also deviates from the Kingdom Hearts series' regular action-RPG formula, so overall, it makes sense for it not to have any new worlds.

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The inability to customize teams is where things get disappointing. It's logical for players to be unable to do it during Melody of Memory's World Tour mode, as it would break the story's logic. But KH: MoM has several other modes outside of World Tour that make perfect opportunities for the player to build their teams consisting of their favorite characters.

As for the game's playable story elements, the way Nomura describes them is a bit strange. His stating that they're "not really" playable instead of responding with an outright "no," implies that Melody of Memory will let players play as Kairi in some capacity. Exactly what that will look like remains as mysterious as Nomura's answer.

Nomura could just mean that players will fight a rhythm-style boss battle using KH3 Kairi, and that's about the extent of what they'll get out of her gameplay-wise. Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory's trailers show Kairi initiating a fight with someone she believes to be Apprentice Xehanort, which is a good opportunity for a boss battle to occur.

While it might not feature new worlds, Melody of Memory will feature new songs, so whoever Kairi's fighting might have a new boss battle theme players have to make their way through successfully. The game releases in less than two months, so there's not much longer of a wait to find out what it has planned. There's also a Tokyo Game Show event happening at the end of September that might reveal more information.

Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory releases November 13 on PS4, Xbox One, and Switch.

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Source: Gamekult