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Kingdom Hearts (JP) is a franchise of RPG games developed and published by Square Enix with content licensed from Disney. It combines Final Fantasy elements with those of Disney films, and in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, characters from The World Ends with You are also present. However, most of the games are not on Nintendo consoles, and they are usually found on Sony platforms.
Games released on Nintendo platforms[]
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (Game Boy Advance) - 2004
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Nintendo DS) - 2009
- Kingdom Hearts Re: coded (Nintendo DS) - 2010/2011
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (Nintendo 3DS) - 2012
- Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory (Nintendo Switch) - 2020
- Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece (Nintendo Switch) - 2022
Influence[]
As a whole, the franchise has sold 21 million copies and it reviews relatively strongly. Kingdom Hearts has even crossed over into Disney Infinity with the Kingdom Key being a special unlock for the more recent games. Due to Sora's increasing popularity, dedicated fans consider him to be the #1 choice to be a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. series. In 2021, Sora would make into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the final DLC character of the roster. His English voice actor, Haley Joel Osment, reprised the character and he marks the only "celebrity voice actor" to appear in Smash.