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5 min read“I have a question that I’ve asked before, and I’m going to ask it again at the start of this podcast,” Pat says. “What the fuck is Kingdom Hearts?” The question lands differently this time because leaked footage of a canceled mobile game, Kingdom Hearts Missing Link, has surfaced, showing faceless astronauts pulling keyblades out of the ocean to fight a giant darkness kaiju. Woolie answers in two parts: in-universe, Kingdom Hearts is light—a metaphor for childhood’s unbridled optimism. In practice, it is a scattered mess of Square Enix’s long-term nonsense, using its IP in ways that damage the property overall. The canceled mobile game was canon, and that is the problem.
The Kingdom Hearts Canon Trap
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- 2 (00:41) **Opening: What the Fuck is Kingdom Hearts?** - Pat asks his recurring question, and Woolie attempts a real answer.
- 3 (06:44) **The Kingdom Hearts Canon Trap** - Why every canceled or obscure spin-off is suddenly crucial to the main plot.
- 4 (12:49) **Square Enix Mobile Games: You Are a Rube** - A sweeping condemnation of Square's mobile strategy.
- 5 (15:48) **Dog Stories and Pal World Return** - Caboose's chaos and the decision to revisit the early access hit.
- 6 (21:03) **Pal World's Perfect Loop** - How the game forces you to alternate between base management and exploration.
- 7 (26:14) **The Satisfactory Urge** - Why the factory-building genre scratches a specific itch.
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