Their idyllic life in the Destiny Islands is fragmented by a great storm that separates the friends and takes Sora, our initial protagonist, to Traverse Town, which ends up being the initial entry point to the majority of the games. The tale (referred to as the Dark Seeker Saga) begins with three youngsters: Sora, Riku, and Kairi. Japanese storytelling is a little different from Western storytelling, and in my experience, less linear and not as dependent on creating definitive interpretations and conclusions. Storywise, the games continue to weave a complicated path. It has six parts: “KINGDOM HEARTS FINAL MIX”–the original Kingdom Hearts game with additional scenes, updated menus, and camera movement “KINGDOM HEARTS Re:Chain of Memories”–a remake of a Game Boy Advance offering that features a card-based battle system “KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days”–an adaptation of the original Nintendo DS game into a two-plus hour cinematic “KINGDOM HEARTS II FINAL MIX”–“Kingdom Hearts 2” changed to HD with remixed audio “KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep Final MIX”–a prequel to the first Kingdom Hearts and “KINGDOM HEARTS Re:coded”–a three hour cinematic based on the Nintendo DS game with around two hours of new content to tie Re:coded and the next game “Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance” (on the 2.8 collection) together. Finally, 2.8 came out for the PS4, but as I found out in my earlier review, the plot was hard going without any knowledge of the first six games.īut finally! The new “KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX” collection has all of the previous games represented and remastered for the PS4. The games had all come out originally on multiple earlier systems, and the big HD collections 1.5 and 2.5 were only playable on the PS3. So for those of us late to the Kingdom Hearts game, there was no way to play the whole thing on the Playstation 4.
So the latest release from Square Enix is a collection of roughly the first two-thirds of their long-running action role-playing Kingdom Hearts series, “KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX” which, when combined with their recent compilation of the last one-third “Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue” (of which I wrote here) should get you up to speed on the current state of the Dark Seeker Saga. No matter how impossible things seem…a powerful enough dream will always be enough to light the darkness.” –Terra She made me realize how powerful it is just to believe. The title was originally released for Nintendo DS in 2010.“There’s this girl here–her name is Cinderella. Kingdom Hearts Re:coded – a spin-off with its action set after the conclusion of Kingdom Hearts II. The production enriches the world’s mythology and features three new playable heroes: Ventus, Terra, and Aqua.
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The title initially launched on the handheld Sony PSP console in 2010. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep FINAL MIX – the prequel to Kingdom Hearts which action takes place 10 years before those of the first game.
The title was initially released for Nintendo DS in 2009.
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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days – the second spin-off of the series that connects the second and the first installment of the series, shedding some light on the period which Roxas spent in Organization XIII’s ranks.
The game expands the combat system and introduces many new gameplay elements as well as previously unavailable Disney worlds. Sora and his friends have to thwart the evil plans of Organization XIII. Kingdom Hearts II FINAL MIX – the second numbered installment of the series that was released for PlayStation 2 in 2006. The production features new antagonists (Organization XIII) and offers a unique combat system based on the use of ability and attack cards. Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories – a spin-off installment of the series which initially came out for Game Boy Advance in 2004 and is a sort of a bridge between the events of the first and second game in the franchise. The hero meets loyal allies on his way (Goofy, Donald, king Mickey) and opponents that control dangerous creatures called the Heartless. The title follows a teenaged Sora, the main protagonist of the series who embarks on a journey between worlds, trying to find two lost friends of his. Kingdom Hearts FINAL MIX – the first installment of the series that came out for PlayStation 2 in 2002. A compilation of the first six installments of the Kingdom Hearts series created by Square Enix in cooperation with Disney.