And since it’s important that gamers keep track of both their storylines, the game keeps bouncing you between the heroes with a ticking clock of sorts. One of the fresh/confusing ideas this time around is a game mechanic called a “dream drop.” The two teens have taken off on parallel journeys. And so our good guys must turn their practice efforts into real ones, battling his malevolent minions in the kingdom’s many Disney-centric worlds. But wait, in the midst of the exam, an evil baddie named Xehanort pops up with his mind set on world domination. Both guys want to take on the exam necessary to master a magical key-shaped weapon called (logically) a keyblade. To boil it all down to its simplest form, though, this particular game is the story of two spikey-haired teen pals named Sora and Riku. So the complex, intertwining narrative-even with flashback recaps-isn’t easy to unravel. There have been six games in this series so far, and each is a continuation of the last. Never ventured into the Kingdom Hearts realm before? You should be prepared for a dash of charm, a sprinkling of fantastical twists, a steady stream of violent-but-sanitized clashes and some head-scratching confusion. ‘Cause it’s Donald, Mickey and Goofy, along with a whole host of other Disney characters who once again populate the latest in this unique series. When it comes to Japanese RPGs, the Kingdom Hearts games are odd ducks.
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