Kingdom Hearts II
I preordered my copy online so I wouldn’t have to worry about going to the store. Should be here by the 4th. I’m a patient man. I’ve been doing very well to avoid spoilers. Not having a computer that works helps that along quite nicely actually.
I’m a pretty damned big Kindom Hearts fan. Love the franchise. Fell in love with the first game, got a GameBoy Advance SP for no reason other than to play Chain of Memories. I downloaded the Kingdom Hearts Cell Phone game onto my phone. It sucks, but I don’t care. It’s Kingdom Hearts.
Now, I’m the kinda guy who tries to analyze why I love or hate things when I declare my love or hate of things. I feel it’s important. Because I want to be prepared if I’m ever asked why. So I thought about why Kingdom Hearts captures the love of myself and so many other folks. Why is it such a hit?
It dawned on me.
Kingdom Hearts is the greatest fanfiction ever told.
Think about it: You’ve got your story-focused attention-getting Mary Sue, Sora. Sora gets to go to all these classic Disney worlds, fight with and/or alongside mainstay favorites of the Final Fantasy series, gain ultimate power and answer to a prophecy and destiny. All while being “just your average kid.”
It’s a fan story. They wrote a story that justified bringing all these characters and franchises and worlds together that have nothing the fuck to do with each other, put together some killer graphics and music and bam: Instant hit.
I’m not complaining here. If that’s the formula, then by golly it worked. I fucking love Kingdom Hearts.
But it’s fun to realize just exactly what it is.
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:05 pm
I don’t follow games but whenever Kingdom Hearts comes up and is decribed in any detail the first thing I think is, “crossover”. I love crossovers.
April 4th, 2006 at 1:40 am
You hit it man. I walk by an EB Games store every day on my way to work and they’ve had a Kingdom Hearts standup in the window for like, months now, and there’s been so many times I’ve been tempted to go in and buy a Playstation 2 just for that game. And I never could quite figure out why.
But now I know. It was because Kingdom Hearts really is the ultimate fan fiction. I grew up with all those Disney movies as a kid, and now here was my chance to actually engage with the characters. You can actually have freaking DONALD DUCK in your party. How awesome is that?
Well put, Mr. Kahn.
April 20th, 2006 at 10:40 am
Yeah KH2 is like my all time fav game i mean it rules and mickey mouse w/ a keyblade i mean really wut could b better?
April 20th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
Couldn’t've said it better myself, Cl0ud Strif3.
May 7th, 2006 at 1:02 am
KH is a good game. I didn’t like the first one, but CoM and 2 are really good.
And there’s a guy with purple hair. Honestly, you just can’t top that. And Axel. You can’t ppwn Axel. It can’t be done.
May 7th, 2006 at 10:49 am
Actually, I’m fairly certain you pwn Axel seven or eight times throughout CoM and KH2. But that doesn’t detract from his badassness.
May 9th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
kingdom hearts is the best i play it alot and it is dangit awesome i have kingdom hearts and kingdom hearts 2 man i love the game and i tell hint:get ariel recovery when tryin to defeat sephiroth and put berserk and trinity on it will help alot by the way thanks!
My favorite charactor is Roxas. But i realy wish he would of been playable more on the game..By the way…….axel hes cool. c o
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August 28th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
I love Kingdom Hearts who cares if I’m 9! Sora, Donald and Goofy are my favourite characthers. Mickey is a miniature Sora. I feel so sad for Roxas.