Kingdom Hearts |  | From: Square Enix
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Rating:  1303 reviews
Sales Rank: 547
Platform: PlayStation2
Genre: Role Playing Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 6 - 17 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
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Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 9808
Model: 662248902012
UPC: 662248902012
EAN: 0662248902012
ASIN: B000066TS5
Publication Date: September 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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 |
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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
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!
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 Great Game! November 1, 2009
Catherine Humphrey (Macon, GA)
My child just loves this game, he has been begging me for this game for a long time now! He was so excited to be able to get this game and receive a NEW one! He thought if he was able to get this game it would definately be used, since it was an older game. He was thrilled and plays it everyday! Thanks Amazon.com!
Kingdom Hearts, One of the Best in All the Worlds October 17, 2009
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Kingdom Hearts for the PlayStation 2 is on the top 50 games of all time list for any person that can enjoy any form of media.
In Kingdom Hearts you play as Sora, a teenaged boy from Destiny Islands, where the world is soon taken over by darkness, brought upon by creatures called the Heartless, who are hearts that have been corrupted by darkness and taken over by it. In the game you team up with Donald Duck, the Court Wizard of King Mickey Mouse, and Goofy, Captain of the Royal Guard. While with them you travel and warp between several different different Disney Worlds, staving off the Heartless and trying to find Sora's best friends, Riku and Kairi.
This game is what is called a "hack-n-slash" RPG. In an RPG such as this, you are continually pressing the attack button, but surprisingly that requires strategy. The battle system is flawless, but is slightly repetitive. However, the variation of abilities and enemis and battlefields and worlds completely negates that little problem.
A compelling storyline to along with all this creates a game that will surprise and delight people of all ages.
In my top 3 fav games of all time October 15, 2009
Brian J. Binder (Philadelphia, PA)
If you like adventure games where you upgrade powers/weapons, etc. and like any type of disney characters, then this is for you! I'm not a huge disney fan, but wow.. this game has it all:
1) Awesome gameplay - camera angles aren't bad, but the shoulder buttons help
2) Plot - one of my favorite plots (up there with Resident Evil 4) and music in the game is great
3) Difficulty - some of the puzzles take a little figuring out, but aren't "God of War" difficult (in my opinion). Fighting enemies can seem daunting, but you can "level up" in other worlds
I did spend hundreds of hours playing this game (beating it several times) and it's one that I'd never get rid of, and would play through again... I can't wait for KH3 on PS3...
 A Mixed Package September 18, 2009
Andrew Merkevicius (Nebraska)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kingdom Hearts: It's what you get when you combine classic RPG with platform puzzles, action adventures, and a bit of a shooter. All in all, it creates a new genre of gaming experience, one that can probably only be classified as a multicade rpg, or something of the sort. At first glance, the game would seem almost perfect. Elements of various Final Fantasy games meets various elements of Disney. What more could you ask for? And certainly the pro's out weigh the con's. However, the few flaws that are in this game are not minor flaws, but glaring. For starters, the camera angle plainly sucks! When I play a 3d game, the camera should rotate around smoothly, without any problems. But in this game, it's very sloppy. Because of this, it is hard to line up your characters to make jumps that would otherwise be easy. Another problem I had was with the attack methods. Sometimes it's hard to tell who you're fighting, and whether or not you are close enough to attack. On top of that, it makes no sense to limit how many potions a person can carry, yet stock them up in a bag. You should be able to access your bag at any time. Finally, the gummi ship was a drag. It had potential, it certainly did, but in the end it served no benefit to the gaming experience. Aside from these few points, though, the animation, voice acting, storyline, and overall gameplay is wonderful. Too bad they haven't made an animated series based on this game.
Edit: One thing I wanted to add to explain why I gave the overall game high praise, in spite of the flaws. There are secrets and side quests galore, many of which will take up a good portion of time or allow for many repeat visits to areas you've already explored. Most of these secrets and side quests are enjoyable and enhance the experience. And when you do manage to make that nigh impossible jump, or manage to defeat the tough-as-nails boss, or locate the special treasures (like dalmations, missing pages, trininities, etc) and open up new areas of exploration, you really do feel a sense of accomplishment unlike a lot of other simpler rpgs, especially if done without a walkthrough or cheats. All of this, combined with a rather dark and mature story, really make the game a worthy experience.
 Neverending Story Meets Disney and Final Fantasy September 14, 2009
David W. Faulkner (Knob Noster, MO United States)
I haven't gone too deep into the story yet, but it's sort of like the movies Never Ending Story meets the Disney and Final Fantasy universes. A dark force is gobbling up worlds and you are given the task of stopping it. I think it's geared more towards the younger crowd in its graphics and mechanics. Each area is like walking through a ride at Disneyland. They are actually fairly small areas, but it is tough to figure out without a walk through where you are supposed to go or what you are supposed to do.
The controls can be aggravating, particularly when trying to jump. It seems like your jumps are limited and fall short of where you are trying to get to. If you like the idea of playing Disney Characters in an adventure game, this is for you, however, I think are better role-playing games out there though.
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