Kingdom Hearts

Sales Rank: 348 (Video Games)
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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Square Enix
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EAN: 0662248902012
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ESRBAgeRating: Everyone
Feature: Real-time battle system that incorporates innovative new elements with traditional RPG gameplay
Feature: Meet other Disney characters from films like Aladdin, Tarzan, Hercules & Alice In Wonderland
Feature: Disney characters act like their film personas - Peter Pan flies, Tarzan climbs and King Triton swims, among others
Feature: Cameo appearances by Final Fantasy characters - Meet Selphie (FF VIII), Tidus & Wakka (FF X) and others
Feature: Integrated voiceovers, with actual voices of Disney characters
Genre: Role Playing Games
HardwarePlatform: Playstation 2
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IsEligibleForTradeIn: 1
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Label: Square Enix
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LegalDisclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
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Manufacturer: Square Enix
Model: 662248902012
MPN: 9808
Number of Items: 1
OperatingSystem: PlayStation 2
PackageQuantity: 1
PartNumber: 9808
Platform: PlayStation2
ProductTypeName: CONSOLE_VIDEO_GAMES
Publication Date: 17. September 2002
Publisher: Square Enix
Release Date: 15. June 2006
SKU: LD-9754-O0CR
Studio: Square Enix
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UPC: 662248902012
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Price: $14.19

Product Description

Kingdom Hearts: Greatest Hits is a classic role-player for the PS2 -- now rereleased at an affordable price, for those who missed out the first time around! This is the story of Sora, a 14-year-old boy whose world is shattered. When a violent storm hits his island-paradise home, he is separated from his two best friends and goes to look for them. Meanwhile, King Mickey is missing from Disney Castle and Captain Goofy and the court wizard Donald are off to search for him. When Sora, Donald and Goofy meet, they hear about the Heartless: Strange and powerful creatures who caused the terrible storm and kidnapped King Mickey. They'll work together to help each other meet their goals - and have an incredible adventure as they go!

Amazon.co.uk Review

Ever 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