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5 unusual facts about Kingdom Hearts


HDD Utility Disc

While many Japanese PlayStation 2 games support the HDD as a location to save and load game saves, support for that function of the HDD, and many others, were removed from nearly every North American release of those games during the time before the North American HDD release (ex. Xenosaga Episode 1, Dark Cloud 2, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy X), and even a few games afterwards (ex. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director's Cut).

Kingdom Hearts

The initial idea for Kingdom Hearts began with a discussion between Shinji Hashimoto and Hironobu Sakaguchi about Super Mario 64.

The story and art are done by Shiro Amano, who is also known for his manga adaptation of the Legend of Mana video game.

The games have also been adapted as a light novel series, written by Tomoco Kanemaki and illustrated by Shiro Amano.

Kingdom Hearts Mobile

Unlike Kingdom Hearts coded, Mobile is not part of the main Kingdom Hearts story-line.


DigiCube

Although they are primarily known as a resource for the Final Fantasy series, there have also been Ultimania guides published for several other Square Enix titles, including the SaGa series, Legend of Mana, Chrono Cross, Vagrant Story and the Kingdom Hearts series.

High-definition remasters for PlayStation consoles

During an interview with Gameinformer, Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura expressed interest in "HD versions" and is "currently researching them" for his Kingdom Hearts series.

Parker Goris

Parker Goris (born January 16th 1995) is a child actor who is the voice of Flounder in Walt Disney's direct-to-video animated film The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning and the Kingdom Hearts series.

Random encounter

A more commonly used tactic in later RPGs (used in Final Fantasy XII, Radiata Stories, Fallout 1 and 2, Legend of Legaia and all Kingdom Hearts games) is to set a finite number of enemies in a given area.


see also

Kikan

Organization XIII, a fictional organization in the Kingdom Hearts video game series

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix

In January 2013, Jesse McCartney, the voice of Roxas, posted a picture on Instagram showing Roxas clearly displayed on a screen in a recording booth, along with the caption, "For all you ‘Kingdom Hearts‘ Fans. Recording the next chapter, #KingdomHearts #Roxas #Gamers."

Yuffie Kisaragi

In both Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, Yuffie is additionally featured as an opponent in the Olympus Coliseum, while Kingdom Hearts coded features a virtual simulation of Yuffie.