Description
Sora, Donald and Goofy are back in the third installment (second for PS2) of the
Kingdom Hearts series. The game continues where
Chain of Memories left off. (If you haven't played the previous 2 games, no worries because Jiminy Cricket have documented the entire adventure in his journal). The trio awakens from their sleep and went to Twilight Town. When the game begins, you will first have control over a boy name Roxas who wields a dual-Keyblade. He is in town trying to enjoy the remainder of his summer vacation with his friends but he keeps having flash-backs of someone else's memories.
When he meets up with Sora, the two will learn they have a special connection with one another. Afterwards, the group will continue their search for King Mickey and Riku.
This time, they will travel to more different worlds and work with various characters from the Disney and Final Fantasy universes. This time around, it includes worlds from not only Disney's animated movies, but other movies as well like Pirates of the Caribbean and TRON.
In Kingdom Hearts II, Sora and his friends will battle various enemies including the Heartless from KH1 but also a group of enemies called Nobodies. Nobodies are "Nonexistent beings" who are under the control of Organization XIII - a group of 13 black-coated members that Sora and his friends have reduced down to just half.
Gameplay is very similar to
Kingdom Hearts 1: you will mostly control Sora with Donald and Goofy helping you out with their magic and attacks. You can use various magic powers yourself and you can use Summon which will call upon the aid of special Disney characters that will temporarily fight along side Sora for a brief period of time. As the trio level ups and progress in the game they will gain new abilities that they can equip.
Other familiar features include the Gummi ship and the synthesizing new items.
What's different is that this time Sora will control 2 keyblades instead of just one. Also, later when Mickey joins the party, if Sora is KO'd he will have the option of having Mickey take over and you will then control Mickey.
There are 3 gauges to pay attention to: the HP & MP gauges and the Drive Gauge. When the Drive Gauge fills up, Sora will be able to execute a Drive that can transform Sora to something different depending on who is in his party.
Alternate Titles
- "王國之心2" -- Chinese Title (Traditional)
- "王国之心2" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "Wangguo zhi Xin" -- Chinese Title
- "KH2" -- Abbreviated name
- "キングダムハーツII" -- Japanese Spelling
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Trivia
On the Japanese release of the game, in the level Port Royal, the character Will Turner points his gun to his head and attempts to commit suicide. For obvious reasons, this was removed from all other versions of the game, although another cutscene, which depicts a sword pierced through someone's chest, was left intact. Other changes for the American and English versions of the game include differences in the battle with Xigbar, on the final level, where his "shooting scope" is brighter and more accurate to see.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
monkeyislandgirl 
(8183) on Apr 04, 2006.
