Kingdom Hearts
by Square Enix
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Product Summary
Brand: Square EnixAudio: English (Unknown)
Published: 2002-09
Release Date: 2006-06-15
Platform: PlayStation2
Model: 662248902012
Publisher: Square Enix
Product features:
- Real-time battle system that incorporates innovative new elements with traditional RPG gameplay
- Meet other Disney characters from films like Aladdin, Tarzan, Hercules & Alice In Wonderland
- Disney characters act like their film personas - Peter Pan flies, Tarzan climbs and King Triton swims, among others
- Cameo appearances by Final Fantasy characters - Meet Selphie (FF VIII), Tidus & Wakka (FF X) and others
- Integrated voiceovers, with actual voices of Disney characters
- PlayStation: The Official Magazine (1-year)
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- Playstation 2 Memory Card 8MB 2PK Red/Blue
Video Game Reviews of Kingdom Hearts
Customer Review: An astounding RPG that will leave you breathless
Summary: 5 Stars
It was about four years ago when I first went over to a friend's house and I started playing Kingdom Hearts near the middle of the game, and I begged him to let me borrow it. He complied and I played through the whole game in a little less than a week. I was thrilled at how much the game had to offer: new and exciting plotline unlike anything I had ever seen, deep characters that were deceptively human, richly elaborate worlds and platform environments, and some of the best graphics of its day. The mix of Square Soft (now called Square Enix), possibly one of Japans best gaming companies, and Disney, an American treasure trove of classic stories and characters, proved to be a huge win when Kingdom Hearts was born from years of hard work and persistence.
The controls are simple and easy to manage, although combat can get a bit hectic at times when so much is going on in the screen space you lose track of what's happening. I applaud the leveling up system, since I lean towards games where the more you battle and get more experience the stronger your character becomes. And in this game, when you fight, not only your character gets stronger, but so do your partners! At times all of the items and key chains and abilities can seem to get out of hand, but if you take the time and learn their attributes they can prove quite useful in a tight spot.
What really got me going, however, was the unique plot and character development used to make Kingdom Hearts a truly one-of-a-kind gaming experience. It begins centered on the lives of three young children: Sora (our main protagonist), Kairi (the classic damsel in distress), and Riku (a very dynamic character and side-switcher of our story). The game starts out on Destiny Islands, where our three friends begin their tale. The plot thickens as we learn that Sora is the one chosen by the Keyblade, the ultimate weapon against Darkness, and must use its power to rid the universe of its taint once and for all. Riku and Kairi mysteriously disappear from the Island one night when it is attacked by Heartless, creatures whose hearts have been lost to the Darkness and prey off the hearts of others. Sora is whisked away to the world of Traverse Town, and there our real adventure begins...
But I won't go spoiling the whole story for you, now! There are a collection of worlds in this game, and Kingdom Hearts boasts one of the widest selections of levels and scenarios of any game of its day. You get to travel between worlds on your quest, of which many of are modeled after Disney movies. The animations are very good and with an interactive environment that stretches the limit of previous 2002 games, with thought-out level design that resembles their Disney counterparts with mirror precision, also keeping in mind the characters that inhabit these worlds. Square Enix even threw in some of the stars from the very successful Final Fantasy series, including Aerith, Cloud Strife, Squall Leonhart, Cid, Yuffie, and Sephiroth (although some may not be able to see him in specific game play courses). Sora, Riku, and Kairi are some of Square Enix's finest creations, having personalities akin to that of real human beings and I became quite attached to them throughout the course of the game. Hats off to Tetsuya Nomura, a longtime Square Enix character designer who created them and the genius who directed the development of Kingdom Hearts.
Another point that I must make it that the music floored me. The incredible opening theme by Japanese-American artist Utada Hikaru with breath-taking animation had me hooked the moment I started and the music that accompanies the story line fits and flows beautifully with every passing moment. It sped up with the battle sequences, gave background and depth to the lush animations of game play, and provided perfect momentum for the well thought-out choreographies of the cut scenes. Yoko Shimomura is a credit to the small league of women composers with her captivating scores to one of the, in my opinion, greatest games I have ever played.
Description of Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts is the story of Sora a 14-year-old boy whose world is shattered when a violent storm hits his island-paradise home and is separated from his two closest friends Riku a 15-year-old boy and Kairi a 14-year-old girl. The storm scatters the three to differnt and unknown worlds.At the same time there's turmoil in Disney Castle. King Mickey is missing and Court Wizard Donald and Captain Goofy set out to find him. On their travels they meet Sora on his own search for his lost friends. The three are told of ominous creatures known as the Heartless - beings without hearts derived from an unknown dimension and as it turns out manipulated by Disney villains and the ones responsible for the devastating storm.Upon discovering the link between the Heartless the storm and the disappearance of King Mickey Sora Donald and Goofy join forces and help familiar Disney heroes to save their worlds.Format: PS2 Genre:?ACTION/ADVENTURE Age:?662248902012 UPC:?662248902012 Manufacturer No:?9808Ever wondered what would happen if the worlds of Final Fantasy and Disney collided? It's an odd concept to be sure, but from the most schizophrenic of acorns the mighty gaming oak of Kingdom Hearts has grown. Legendary role-playing game makers Square have been given unprecedented liberties with the entire Disney universe and have created a game featuring everything from The Nightmare Before Christmas to The Little Mermaid. This is odd enough in itself when you have characters as disparate as Tarzan and Donald Duck teaming up, but becomes majorly freaky when Square thrown in a variety of their own characters such as Cloud, Squall, and Aeris from the various Final Fantasy games. But this incongruity has one side benefit in that the storyline behind the game is by necessity rather vague, which seems to have stopped Square from filling three CDs full of their usual New Age whining about Mother Earth. Instead they've spent even more time on the graphics, and the end result is a quite stunning 3-D cartoon.
As for the gameplay, it may come as a surprise to learn that it doesn't actually feature, as all the Final Fantasy games do, turn-based combat. Instead it's essentially a scrolling beat-'em-up-cum-platformer with exactly the kind of complicated Square-style knobs you'd expect. The game may be a little shallow, but it's an impressive artistic achievement and to be quite frank any title that allows you to magically summon Bambi out of thin air to attack evil demons of the underworld has got to be worth some sort of recommendation. --David Jenkins
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