Kingdom Hearts (2002) (VG)

Director:

Tetsuya Nomura

Writers:

Jun Akiyama (scenario writer: scenario)
Keiko Nobumoto (scenario supervisor: scenario)

Release Date:

17 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

Tagline:

You never know who you will run into next.

Plot:

Beloved Disney characters such as Goofy, Donald, and Mickey interact with many characters from the Final Fantasy RPG series and characters from the Disney animated films.

Plot Keywords:

Disney | King | Final Fantasy | Mickey Mouse | Kingdom

Cast

Haley Joel Osment	...	Sora (voice: English version)
David Gallagher	...	Riku (voice: English version)
Hayden Panettiere	...	Kairi (voice: English version)
Billy Zane	...	Ansem (voice: English version)
David Boreanaz	...	Squall Leonhart (Leon) (voice: English version)
Mandy Moore	...	Aerith Gainsborough (voice: English version)
Steve Burton	...	Cloud Strife (voice: English version)
Christy Carlson Romano	...	Yuffie Kisaragi (voice: English version)
Shaun Fleming	...	Tidus (voice: English version)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Wakka (voice: English version)
Molly Marlette	...	Selphie Tilmitt (voice: English version) (as Molly Keck)
Lance Bass	...	Sephiroth (voice: English version)
Seth Adkins	...	Pinocchio (voice: English version)
Wayne Allwine	...	King Mickey Mouse (voice: English version)
Tony Anselmo	...	Donald Duck (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix (Japan) (reissue title)
Kingudamu hâtsu (Japan)

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:E | Australia:G | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Disney Interactive Japan

Trivia:

Sora, Riku, and Kairi are named after the three primary elements of nature. In Japanese, riku means 'land', kai means 'ocean', and sora means 'sky'. the name Kairi could originate from the Japanese word "hikari", which means light, because she is the only untainted main character. "Hikari" is the Japanese version of "Simple and Clean," though the lyrics have an entirely different meaning.

Goofs:

Plot holes: In Jiminy's Journal it says that nobody knows what happened to Tidus after Destiny Islands disappeared. But in 1st District of Traverse Town there is a character exactly like Tidus across from the item shop.

Quotes:

Phil: You rookies still don't understand what it takes to be a true hero.
Goofy: So, what does it take?
Hercules: Well, that's just something you'll have to find out for yoursevles. Just the way that I did.

Movie Connections:

References The Wise Little Hen (1934)

Soundtrack:

Hikari

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.