Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep: A Fragmentary Passage
Kingdom Hearts III had a whole lot of storylines and character arcs to wrap up by the time it was finally released in 2019, including the story of Aqua, one of the heroes of Birth by Sleep. Rather than bloat the game further with those details, Square Enix cut a slice of Kingdom Hearts III out to release it in the 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue package and call it Birth by Sleep: A Fragmentary Passage. The prelude is a short, sweet taste of what would come in Kingdom Hearts III, and gave fans a chance to reacquaint themselves with Aqua, who had been hidden away in the Kingdom Hearts equivalent of purgatory since the events of Birth by Sleep. The most important thing it does, though, is explain why Mickey wasn’t wearing a shirt at the end of the original Kingdom Hearts. Priorities.
