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Kingdom Hearts

  • Video Game
  • 2002
  • E
IMDb RATING
9.1/10
8.3K
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Haley Joel Osment, Tony Anselmo, and Bill Farmer in Kingdom Hearts (2002)
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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.

  • Director
    • Tetsuya Nomura
  • Writers
    • Tetsuya Nomura
    • Keiko Nobumoto
    • Hironobu Sakaguchi
  • Stars
    • Miyu Irino
    • Mamoru Miyano
    • Risa Uchida
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  • IMDb RATING
    9.1/10
    8.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tetsuya Nomura
    • Writers
      • Tetsuya Nomura
      • Keiko Nobumoto
      • Hironobu Sakaguchi
    • Stars
      • Miyu Irino
      • Mamoru Miyano
      • Risa Uchida
    • 97User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Miyu Irino
    Miyu Irino
    • Sora
    • (voice)
    Mamoru Miyano
    Mamoru Miyano
    • Riku
    • (voice)
    Risa Uchida
    • Kairi
    • (voice)
    Kôichi Yamadera
    Kôichi Yamadera
    • Donald Duck
    • (voice)
    • (as Kouichi Yamadera)
    • …
    Yû Shimaka
    • Goofy
    • (voice)
    • (as Yutaka Shimaka)
    Akio Ôtsuka
    Akio Ôtsuka
    • Ansem
    • (voice)
    • (as Akio Ohtsuka)
    Toshiko Sawada
    Toshiko Sawada
    • Maleficent
    • (voice)
    Mika Doi
    Mika Doi
    • Alice
    • (voice)
    • …
    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
    Tesshô Genda
    • Tigger
    • (voice)
    • (as Tessho Genda)
    Kiyoshi Komiyama
    • Piglet
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Tetsuya Nomura
    • Writers
      • Tetsuya Nomura
      • Keiko Nobumoto
      • Hironobu Sakaguchi
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews97

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    Bungle-9

    If you want something done right...

    ...let Square (sorry, Square Enix) do it. A lot of people groaned when they heard the words "Disney" and "platform game" put together when this game was first described, although a lot more interest was spawned when people heard that several Final Fantasy (the best game series ever) characters would be appearing. People demand a lot more from games these days - plot, story, character, action. People would never have dreamed of this when they were sitting playing KABOOM on their old Atari 2600s. The old platform game is now dead hopefully, make way for a new breed of platform game.

    I can only describe this game as a masterpiece of entertainment. It had action, drama, coherent plot that got typically complicated towards the end (very Japanese sorta thing). It was well worth the money I paid for it, although the problem with Final Fantasy-esque games is their lack of replayability. Everyone likes surprises in plots, but they only work once. I wish I had some sort of operation to make me forget certain specific things so I could play FF9 again...
    10The_Fifth_Echo

    Embrace the Magic

    Kingdom Hearts, I'm saying this straight out, it is one of the best video games ever created. Video Games don't get much better than this, it is absolutely magical. The kind of magic you got from Disney 50 years ago with movies like Bambi or Snow White. The imagery is way ahead for its time. (2002) If you don't like this game, I have no clue what to say to you expect good luck ever liking a video game.

    This movie is enchanting to the point you want the characters to be real. I mean it is quite an addicting game. It soothes your mind and takes all the problems you have on the real world. I give this movie a 10/10. I would rate it way higher if I could.
    KellySmiths55358

    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.
    au_law2001

    Best crossover of Disney since Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Except this time in a video game

    This PS2 video game is great, and is also a Disney game you can all enjoy, and won't be ashamed to buy or mention to anyone that you played it. It combines Final Fantasy like characters, the game play and storyline and puts a Disney like storyline and characters in it. Ingenious! A very cute game with less gore, and blood, perhaps no blood or gore at all, you play as Sora a young spiky haired kid, who searches for his friends and has to work with Goofy and Donald. The other Disney character come from various films such as Peter Pan, Aladdin, Tarzan, etc. Anyways, the controls are easy, and it doesn't have the wait system like most RPGs do, it's more of an action adventure RPG game, much like The Legend of Zelda, or Castlevania, and mostly you control the main character while others attack randomly, but it still has a few things from other FF games or RPGs, for example you can still give items to other party members, like health or potions, and you can also level them up, and yourself as well, and can even switch allies as well, depending where you are. Overall, great graphics, fair controls, nice game play, it deserves a stunning 9! Thank you Disney, arigato gozaimasu Tetsuya Nomura-sama! So far the best Disney game.
    tjranma

    Fun, Memorable, and Emotional. . .

    I have always been a fan of both Disney & video games like Final Fantasy! A small challenge & memorable characters, this game caught my attention right away! After playing it, conquering the game, and the ability to save your place in the game, I just could not get enough of it! I recommend this game to anyone who's a fan of Disney & Squaresoft! Not just the gameplay, but knowing that 90% of the original voice casting from the movies & series of Disney was what also caught my attention in the credits! Being knowledgeable of entertainment and performer myself, I checked up on much of this! This Playstation 2 game's VERY WELL DONE! I certainly look forward to the sequel! BRING IT ON! I give this game, on a scale of 1 to 10, an: 11!

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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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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 17, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Japan
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Japan)
      • Official Website
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Corazones del Reino
    • Filming locations
      • Japan
    • Production companies
      • Disney Interactive Japan
      • Disney Interactive
      • Square Company
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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