Kingdom Hearts

Video Game
2002
E

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9.1/10

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Haley Joel Osment, Tony Anselmo, and Bill Farmer in Kingdom Hearts (2002)

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Fantasy Epic Action Adventure Family Fantasy

When his world is destroyed and his friends mysteriously disappear, a young boy named Sora is thrust into a quest to find his missing friends and prevent the armies of darkness from destroyi... Read allWhen his world is destroyed and his friends mysteriously disappear, a young boy named Sora is thrust into a quest to find his missing friends and prevent the armies of darkness from destroying many other worlds.When his world is destroyed and his friends mysteriously disappear, a young boy named Sora is thrust into a quest to find his missing friends and prevent the armies of darkness from destroying many other worlds.

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IMDb RATING

9.1/10

8.1K

YOUR RATING

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Sora
(voice)

Mamoru Miyano

Riku
(voice)

Risa Uchida

Kairi
(voice)

Kôichi Yamadera

Donald Duck
(voice)
(as Kouichi Yamadera)
…

Yû Shimaka

Goofy
(voice)
(as Yutaka Shimaka)

Akio Ôtsuka

Ansem
(voice)
(as Akio Ohtsuka)

Toshiko Sawada

Maleficent
(voice)

Mika Doi

Alice
(voice)
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Sumie Ozawa

Queen of Hearts
(voice)

Shigeru Ushiyama

White Rabbit
(voice)

Takehiro Koyama

The Doorknob
(voice)

Jûrôta Kosugi

Tarzan
(voice)
(as Jurota Kosugi)

Mayumi Suzuki

Jane Porter
(voice)
…

Banjô Ginga

Clayton
(voice)
(as Banjo Ginga)

Yuko Doi

Terk
(voice)
…

Shun Yashiro

Winnie the Pooh
(voice)

Tesshô Genda

Tigger
(voice)
(as Tessho Genda)

Kiyoshi Komiyama

Piglet
(voice)

Storyline

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Trivia
Ariel was originally meant to be a Princess of Heart, but in order for her to be captured by Maleficent, the story portion of Ursula giving her legs would have had to take place first. It was already too late in production to add this, so the producers chose Alice as a Princess of Heart, which garnered fan outrage, due to not staying true to the Disney Princesses. However, after finding out the troublesome production of the game, the fans forgave the game developers.

Goofs
When using the Gummi Ship for the first time, Goofy warns Sora that 'the Heartless ships often give us a hard time. However, he and Donald have only just learned who the Heartless are - leaving Traverse Town is their first Gummi Ship journey since then. Ergo, they have no way of knowing that these enemy ships are Heartless (except having just figured it out, but Goofy acts like it's common knowledge to them that these are Heartless).

Quotes
Kairi: So, suppose you get to another world. What would you do there?
Riku: Well, I haven't really thought about it. It's just... I've always wondered why we're here on this island. If there are any other worlds out there, why did we end up on this one? And suppose there are other worlds... then ours is just a little piece of something much greater. So we could have just as easily ended up somewhere else, right?
Sora: I don't know.
Riku: Exactly. That's why we need to go out there and find out. Just sitting here won't change a thing. It's the same old stuff. So let's go.

Crazy credits
While the credits are rolling you see scenes of various Disney characters and characters from the game, including the "missing" characters of Riku and King Mickey. After the credits are finished you see Sora, Donald, and Goofy walking along a path wondering if they'll ever see Riku and King Mickey again.

Alternate versions
In keeping with Squaresoft tradition, the U.S. version contains additional features not found in the original Japanese release. These include three hyper-difficult bosses. An International version has been released in Japan entitled Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix.

Connections
Edited into Kingdom Hearts II (2005)

Soundtracks
Simple And Clean -PLANITb remix-
Written by Hikaru Utada (as Utada Hikaru)
Produced and Remixed by Russell McNamara
All Vocals by Hikaru Utada (as Utada Hikaru)
(US version only)

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Featured review

A perfect collaboration between two entertainment giants!

Like most other Square Fans, I was extremely skeptical when I first heard that the RPG legend would be teaming up with Disney, of all people, to produce a game. However, as time went on and more screenshots and gameplay tidbits were released, Kingdom Hearts became more and more appealing. Thankfully, When the big release day finally arrived, I was not disappointed. Square had managed to perfectly intergrate the Disney mythos along with the Final Fantasy universe to create a game of a game. Square has once again shown its talent for creating magical RPGs.

Kingdom Hearts is truly a stunning accomplishment and may very well be the game of the year for 2002. The biggest problem with Kingdom Hearts is that many gamers are bashing it because of the inclusion of the Disney characters without even playing the game. This is very short-sighted. Kingdom Hearts is a classic game, and if you own a PS2, this is one game that should absolutely be in your collection.