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Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Author - LastDance

05th of May, 07


Synopsis:
After the great struggle between light and darkness,  the worlds returned to its original state, Kairi returned to the islands but in order to close the Door to Darkness, Riku and King Mickey has no choice but to remain in the realm of darkness.
Now in search for Riku and the king, Sora stumbled upon a humongous fortress called Castle Oblivion. Here he was told that someone precious to him could be found in the castle. So without hesitation Sora makes his way up Castle Oblivion, forgetting more and more with each floor he reaches... But at the same time remembering what he had forgotten so many years ago.

General Breakdown:
As the game title suggests this game is about memories
. The basic outline of this story is about Sora who has been told that he will find someone dear to him at the top of this castle. So without question Sora makes his way up this fortress to reach the top floor.
Unlike Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, Chain of Memories is equipped with a completely new game play style. You pretty much run through this game solo, using just Sora alone untill your reach parts with dialogue. The concept of equipping items and keychains have been dismissed. Now you are required to build a card deck which determines what you may do during battle. This is the substitute for magic, keyblades and items.
The Worlds System is much like the other Kingdom Hearts games, just with a different front and no Gummyship mini game.
Same soundtrack as that of Kingdom Hearts with a few additional tracks.
The most impressive thing about this game is how Square Enix has pushed the boundaries of this game in order to get the most out of the Gmaeboy Advance. The graphics are absolutely amazing, by far the best you will find on the Gameboy Advance. There's even a nice special treat during the credits roll.

Soundtrack:
The composition of this soundtrack is by Yoko Shimomura, the same woman who did the soundtrack for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. Pretty much identical soundtrack to that of Kingdom Hearts so their isn't much to say besides its very unoriginal.

Summary:
Chain of Memories brought about a great closure to the Gameboy Advance legacy and shocked the world because of the potential it had drawn from the hand held. Although you can tell a lot of thought had been put into the story of this game, it just didn't seem to have that same spark or glimmer other games such as Golden Sun had. Extremely amazing graphics, surely a game to remember.

 

Details

Title - Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Developer - Square Enix
Platform - Gameboy Advance
Release Dates:
11th of November, 2004
07th of December, 2003
06th of May, 2005