Kingdom Hearts

Video Game
2002
E

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9.2/10

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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.

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Seth Adkins and Yuuki Tokiwa in Kingdom Hearts (2002)

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

Dan Castellaneta, Jonathan Freeman, and Scott Weinger in Kingdom Hearts (2002)

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

Haley Joel Osment, Jonathan Freeman, Linda Larkin, and Scott Weinger in Kingdom Hearts (2002)

Haley Joel Osment in Kingdom Hearts (2002)

Haley Joel Osment and Dan Castellaneta in Kingdom Hearts (2002)

Top cast

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Miyu Irino

Sora
(voice)

Mamoru Miyano

Riku
(voice)

Risa Uchida

Kairi
(voice)

Kôichi Yamadera

Donald Duck
(voice)
(as Kouichi Yamadera)
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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)
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Banjô Ginga

Clayton
(voice)
(as Banjo Ginga)

Yuko Doi

Terk
(voice)
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Shun Yashiro

Winnie the Pooh
(voice)

Tesshô Genda

Tigger
(voice)
(as Tessho Genda)

Kiyoshi Komiyama

Piglet
(voice)

Director
- Tetsuya Nomura
Writers
- Tetsuya Nomura(concept)
- Keiko Nobumoto(scenario supervisor: scenario)
- Hironobu Sakaguchi(series creator: "Final Fantasy") (uncredited)
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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

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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