Square Enix and Disney's Magical RPG Returns - Kingdom Hearts 2 In Stock Now for PS2

December 22nd, 2005, 19:41 Posted By: wraggster

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Back in 2002, combining the untouchable RPG experience of Square Enix with the magic of Disney resulted in one of the greatest team ups of videogame history. Rather than have their hands tied by a specific story from a certain movie, the developers of this RPG were free to create an entirely new adventure including all of Disney's most famous works. Then in September of 2003 the sequel was announced, and in stock now, the wait is over for those who pre-ordered, your copies are on their way. Meanwhile new orders are welcome, and will ship within 24 hours. Please bear in mind that this Asian release is all in Japanese and that you should wait for the US edition (due somewhen in 2006) if you want to follow the storyline in English.

Set after Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories on the GBA, the original lead character Sora, and Disney comrades Donald and Goofy have slept for a solid year while regaining their lost memories. Waking up, Sora puts on some fresh clothes (we should hope so!) and continues on his quest to seal the keyholes of each world, protecting their innocence from the dark forces of the Heartless, Organization XIII and Nobodies. With a much more complex plot development than that of the original awaiting you, players of the GBA sequel will get the absolute most out of this title. The developers however have gone to great lengths to ensure you won't feel left out at all if you haven't played the portable adventure, and new comers who missed both that and the first game need not worry either, you'll quickly be brought up to speed.



The original drew content from Alice in Wonderland, Hercules, Tarzan, Aladdin, Pinocchio, The Little Mermaid, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Lion King, Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, 101 Dalmatians, Beauty and the Beast, and more. Here there's more of those classics, plus Lilo & Stitch, Chicken Little, Mulan, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tron, The Return of Jafar, Fantasia and others. In fact they range all the way back to 1928's Steamboat Willie, which of course takes place in black and white.

Despite some movies being used again, every level is brand spanking new, often taking place in completely separate settings of than before. For example instead of on the streets of Agrabah for Aladdin, you'll be exploring the Cave of Wonders. Some franchises like Beauty and the Beast and Mulan which were only represented with characters in the original have been fleshed out with entire worlds here too.

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