Kingdom Hearts (Super Nintendo)

Kingdom Hearts (キングダムハーツ Kingudamu Hātsu) is a 1992 Japanese role-playing-game developed by Square and Enix for the Nintendo Super Entertainment System. It is the first game in the Kingdom Hearts series and is the result of a collaboration between Square and The Walt Disney Company.
The game combines characters and settings from Disney animated features with those from Square's own franchises series, in addition to original characters and worlds created for the game. It follows the adventures of Sora, a cheerful teenager who fights against the forces of darkness alongside Donald Duck, Goofy and other Disney characters. The score was composed by Yoko Shimomura as her first large-scale project after joining Square, and the directorial debut of then-recent hire Tetsuya Nomura.
The game's success would later lead to a spiritual successor in 1995's Chrono Trigger, a game cited as one of the greatest video games of all time and whose protagonist appears as an early bird cameo. It would later receive an HD-2D remake in 2022 in celebration of the franchise's 30th anniversary alongside other games in the Kingdom Hearts: Xehenort Saga collection.
== Gameplay ==
Kingdom Hearts features standard role-playing gameplay. The player controls the protagonist and his companions in the game's two-dimensional world.
Navigation occurs via an overworld map, depicting the landscape from a scaled-down overhead view. Areas such as forests, cities, oceans, and similar places are depicted as more realistic scaled-down maps, in which players can converse with locals to procure items and services, solve puzzles and challenges, or encounter enemies. Kingdom Hearts' gameplay deviates from that of traditional Japanese RPGs in that, rather than appearing in random encounters, many enemies are openly visible on field maps or lie in wait to ambush the party. Contact with enemies on a field map initiates a battle that occurs directly on the map rather than on a separate battle screen.
Players and enemies may use physical or magical attacks to wound targets during battle, and players may use items to heal or protect themselves. Each character and enemy has a certain number of hit points; successful attacks reduce that character's hit points, which can be restored with potions and spells. When a playable character loses all hit points, they faint; if all the player's characters fall in battle, the game ends and must be restored from a previously saved chapter, except in specific storyline-related battles that allow or force the player to lose. Between battles, a player can equip their characters with weapons, armor, helmets, and accessories that provide special effects (such as increased attack power or defense against magic), and various consumable items can be used both in and out of battles. Items and equipment can be purchased in shops or found on field maps, often in treasure chests. By exploring new areas and fighting enemies, players progress through Kingdom Hearts' story.
Kingdom Hearts uses an "Active Time Battle" system—a recurring element of Square's Final Fantasy game series designed by Hiroyuki Ito for Final Fantasy IV—named "Active Time Battle 2.0". Each character can take action in battle once a personal timer dependent on the character's speed statistic counts to zero. Magic and special physical techniques are handled through a system called "Limits". Limits deplete a character's magic points (a numerical meter similar to hit points), and often have special areas of effect; some spells damage huddled monsters, while others can harm enemies spread in a line. Enemies often change positions during battle, creating opportunities for tactical Limits use. A unique feature of Kingdom Hearts' Tech system is that numerous cooperative techniques exist. Each character receives eight personal Limits which can be used in conjunction with others' to create Double and Triple Techs for greater effect. For instance, Sora's special Rising Spiral attack can be combined with Donald's Flare, creating the Flare Force Double Limit.
Kingdom Hearts features several other distinct gameplay traits, including a couple of shoot-em-up levels similar to those found in King's Knight. Players have access to seven worlds based on a Disney film. Throughout these worlds, players find new allies based on either Disney, Square, or Enix properties, complete side quests, and search for keynote villains. World travels accomplished via portals and pillars of light called "worlds", as well as a space ship named the Gummi Ship.
== Worlds and Characters ==
=== Dive to the Heart ===
=== Destiny Islands ===
* Sora
* Riku
* Kairi
* Tom Sawyer (Tom Sawyer)
* Aisha (Romancing SaGa)
* Alamoon (Hanjuku Hero)
=== Disney Castle ===
* King Mickey
* Queen Minnie
* Daisy Duck
* Donald Duck
* Goofy
* Pluto
* Jiminy Cricket
* Chip and Dale
* Enchanted Brooms
=== Traverse Town ===
* Firion (Final Fantasy II)
* Cid (Final Fantasy IV)
* Rosa (Final Fantasy II)
* Bianca (Dragon Quest V)
* Merlin (The Sword and the Stone)
* Fairy Godmother (Cinderella)
* Huey, Dewey, and Louie
* Moogles
* Pongo (101 Dalmatians)
* Perdita (101 Dalmatians)
* 99 Puppies (101 Dalmatians)
=== Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland) ===
* Alice
* Queen of Hearts
* White Rabbit
* Cheshire Cat
* Doorknob
* Card Soldiers
=== Ancient Jungle (The Jungle Book) ===
* Mowgli
* Baloo
* Baghera
* King Louie
* Shere Khan
=== Sherwood Forest (Robin Hood) ===
* Robin Hood
* Little John
* Merry Men
* Prince John
* Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy IV)
* Bartz Klauser (Final Fantasy V)
* Golbez (Final Fantasy IV)
* Chrono (Chrono Trigger)
=== Baker Street (The Great Mouse Detective) ===
* Basil of Baker Street
* Dr. Dawson
* Olivia Flavisham
* Professor Ratigan
* Fidget
=== Monstro (Pinocchio) ===
* Pinocchio
* Geppetto
* Cleo
=== Atlantica (The Little Mermaid) ===
* Ariel
* King Triton
* Sebastian
* Flounder
* Ursula
* Flotsam and Jetsam
* Shark
* Dolphin
=== Prydain (The Black Cauldron) ===
* Taran
* Princess Eilonwy
* Flim-Flam
* Gurgi
* The Horned King
=== Neverland (Peter Pan) ===
* Peter Pan
* Wendy
* Tinker Bell
* Captain Hook
* Mr. Smee
* Crocodile
* Psaro (Dragon Quest IV)
=== 100 Acre Wood (Winnie-the-Pooh) ===
* Winnie the Pooh
* Piglet
* Rabbit
* Tigger
* Eeyore
* Roo
* Owl
=== Hollow Bastion ===
* Ansem, Seeker of Darkness
* Garland (Final Fantasy I)
* Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
* Erdrick (Dragon Quest III)
* Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves)
* Cinderella (Cinderella)
* Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
* Kairi's Grandma
=== End of the World ===
* Chernabog (Fantasia)
* Dark Figure
=== The World That Never Was ===
* Roxas
=== Dark World ===
=== Other ===
* Saber (Dragon Quest V)
* Darkwing Duck (Darkwing Duck)
* Arthur (The Sword and the Stone)
* Figment (Journey into Imagination)
== Trivia ==
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