Kingdom Hearts II (2005) (VG)

Director:

Tetsuya Nomura

Writers:

Kazushige Nojima (scenario: Stellavista Ltd.)
Tetsuya Nomura (base story scenario)

Release Date:

28 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | War

Tagline:

Those who control the Nobody, are the Thirteenth Order.

Plot:

One year after the events of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Sora, Donald, and goofy awaken in Twilight Town...

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | Teapot | Donald Duck | Final Fantasy | Goofy

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Haley Joel Osment	...	Sora (voice: English version)
David Gallagher	...	Riku (voice: English version)
Hayden Panettiere	...	Kairi (voice: English version)
Jesse McCartney	...	Roxas (voice: English version)
Brittany Snow	...	Naminé (voice: English version)
Justin Cowden	...	Hayner (voice: English version)
Sean Marquette	...	Pence (voice: English version)
Jessica Di Cicco	...	Olette (voice: English version) (as Jessica DiCicco)
Richard Epcar	...	Ansem / Xehanort (voice: English version)
Robin Atkin Downes	...	Luxord (voice: English version)
Ryan O'Donohue	...	Demyx (voice: English version)
Quinton Flynn	...	Axel (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton	...	Saïx (voice: English version)
David Dayan Fisher	...	Xaldin (voice: English version)
James Patrick Stuart	...	Xigbar (voice: English version) (as James Patrick Stewart)

Also Known As:

Kingudamu hâtsu II (Japan)

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:E10+

Company:

Buena Vista Games

Trivia:

Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush were unable to reprise their roles from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) for the scenes in the world based on that film, because they were busy filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).

Goofs:

Factual errors: Organization members Xigbar, Xaldin, and Lexaeus' real names are misprinted in the English version of the game as Bleig (Braig, Xigbar), Dilin (Dilan, Xaldin), and Eleus (Eleaus, Lexaeus).

Quotes:

[first lines]
Sora: [Roxas's voice] A scattered memory like a far-off dream. A far-off dream like a scattered memory. I want to line the pieces up, yours and mine.

Movie Connections:

References Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Soundtrack:

Hikari

An unpopular opinion.....

Square and Disney fans world wide will want to see me pinned to a mickey mouse edition crucifix for stating this opinion , but im going to go ahead and say it anyway: kingdom hearts 2 just isn't that good.

The product is something of an enigma, too convoluted and unengaging to work as a movie yet not playable and well designed enough to function as a game. So what does kingdom hearts 2 have to offer? Not much really, other than seeing mickey mouse dressed in a ganagsta looking coat , and donald duck hitting people .whoopee do.

It might seem like im being harsh on this Disney/squaresoft collaboration , but i have good reason . A game that offers you a chance to to travel to the many fascinating worlds of Disney and square characters has tons of potential for gaming greatness, and yet none of that potential is realised in KHII. All you get (besides stunning graphics and great music) is repetitive hack and slash battles, frustratingly linear level design and TONS of pretentious story bits that constantly interrupt the already unengaging gameplay.

Kingdom hearts 2 looks amazing, and sounds amazing but the end product is far from amazing. That is unless you like basic gameplay and mercilessly boring, pretentious story telling (which many obviously do, judging by how many millions it sold).Poor.