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Hello everyone. That popular online fighting game "Super Smash Bros. Smash Bros. SP" has finally announced the character who will be the last fighter to participate in the war. It is the main character "Sora" of the action RPG game "KIINGDOM HEARTS series" set in the world of Disney characters, which was produced in collaboration with Walt Disney Company and Square (later Square Enix).
About the announcement, it was announced as the 11th paid additional content in the last special program (YouTube) of Smash Bros. SP, and Mr. Masahiro Sakurai, the game director of Smash Bros., talks about how to use Sora while actually playing. He told me the charm. * Please see here for this Smash Bros. article.
→ # Smash Bros. overseas fans go crazy with the announcement of new characters! ｜ What is the best character for the last? Now, I would like to write about the original game "KINGDOM HEARTS series" in which the last character plays an active role.
About KINGDOM HEARTS
In the first place, I knew only the name of what the character "Sora" was like in the main character's game, so I looked it up.
Title: Kingdom Hearts (KINGDOM HEARTS, abbreviation: KH). Later serialized
Genre: Action RPG
Compatible models: PlayStation2-DS, PSP, 3DS, browser games, iOS / Android, PC, PS4 / Switch / XB1, PS3
Developer: Square (currently Square Enix)
Publisher: Square (currently Square Enix), Sony Computer Entertainment
Distributor: Disney Interactive
Producers: Shinji Hashimoto, Yoshinori Kitase
Director: Tetsuya Nomura
Designer: Jun Akiyama
Scenario: Daisuke Watanabe, Kazushige Nojima, Jun Akiyama
Music: Yoko Shimomura
Art: Tetsuya Nomura
Series: Kingdom Hearts Series
Number of people: 1 person
Media: 1 DVD-ROM
release date: Japan → March 28, 2002 USA → September 16, 2002 European Union → November 15, 2002 Australia → November 22, 2002
Target age: CERO (for all ages), ESRB E (6 years old and over), PEGI 7
Number of units sold: PS2 version Overseas → 6.4 million units, Japan → 1.49 million units
Overview
Created with a world view based on the world of Disney in collaboration with Walt Disney Company and Square (Square Enix), Disney characters and characters from the Final Fantasy series who appeared as guests co-starred. Tetsuya Nomura, who was the character designer for the FINAL FANTASY series, served as the director for the first time, and Hikaru Utada was in charge of the theme song "Hikari". (In the English audio version of "Kingdom Hearts Final Mix", it is the arranged song "Simple And Clean".)
Award
「PlayStation Awards 2002 "Gold Price, Grand Prix Nomination (one of 5 works). "The 6th CESA GAME AWARDS" 2001-2002 Excellence Award.
What are the characteristics of the game?
Disney characters and Final Fantasy (FF) characters are appearing, and the star system (a system that systematically creates such a flower-shaped person by repeating large-scale advertisements using capital power and news media) It seems that it is adopting. This method is a system that can only be done by a fairly famous company among major companies 💦 It seems to be an action RPG as a classification, but it seems that it has a strong color as an action game that exists in large numbers such as jump actions. There is no switch to the battle screen, and you enter the battle on the same map as the enemy you encountered while moving. According to director Nomura, this 3D-built world-free-moving style was inspired by Super Mario 64 and rebuilt.
I've never played Super Mario 64, does it feel like the way Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) plays and battles its successor? The battle method is based on the FF series commands, magic, and items, and it seems that you can choose what you want to execute from the four command fields of "Strike / Mahou / Item / Shokan (summon)". The method of selecting this command is familiar to me, so I might have been addicted to it if I was playing it. Basically, only the main character Sora can act in a three-person party, and the player can directly operate it, but Donald Goofy who usually acts together and characters who become friends in a specific world fight in the form of NPC (* 1) It seems to participate in and follow. * 1: NPC = non-player character is simply a word that refers to a character that the player does not operate, and is a synonym for "player character (PC)" that the player operates.
(Reference / Quotation: Wikipedia, official website)
This is a very nice play style not only for gamers but also for Disney fans. After all, my favorite characters will adventure and fight together.
Characters
Sora: The main character
Riku: Sora's best friend and rival Kairi: A girl who is Sora and Riku's best friend Donald Duck: Royal Mage for Disney Castle Goofy: Knight Captain of the Royal Palace who hates fighting that can be used at Disney Castle The King: The King of Disney Castle Jiminy Cricket: Cricket, the conscience of Pinocchio Maleficent: An evil witch who manipulates the power of darkness Ansem: The wise man who ruled the world of Hollow Bastion While there are many other worlds, it seems that many of Disney's leading characters will appear for each theme of each world, and it must be a game of crazy 🤤 for fans.
Voice appearance
I was wondering who was in charge of the voice, so I checked both the original cast (Japanese) and the final mix cast (English). (The order is written in the order of original / final (English version))
Sora-Miyu Irino / Haley Joel Osment
Riku-Mamoru Miyano / David Gallagher
Kairi-Risa Uchida / Hayden Panettiere
King-Takashi Aoyagi / Wayne Allwine
Donald-Koichi Yamadera / Tony Anselmo
Goofy-Yuu Shimaka / Bill Farmer
Maleficent-Toshiko Sawada / Susanne Blakesley
Anthem-Akio Otsuka / Billy Zane
Sora's mother-Yuko Doi /?
Cloud-Takahiro Sakurai / Steve Burton
Aeris-Maaya Sakamoto / Mandy Moore
Yumi-Yumi Kakazu / Christie Carlson Romano
Leon (Squall)-Hideo Ishikawa / David Boreanaz
SELPHY-Mayuko Aoki / Molly Keck
Tidus-Masakazu Morita / Shaun Fleming
Wacka-Kazuya Nakai / Dee Bradley Baker
Sephiroth-Toshiyuki Morikawa / Lance Bass ("Final Mix" only)
Queen Minnie-Yuko Mizutani / Russi Taylor
Daisy-Mika Doi / Tress MacNeille
Pinocchio-Yuki Tokiwa / Seth Adkins
Zepet-Kazuo Kumakura / Tony Pop
Jiminy Cricket-Kenta with Liver / Eddie Carroll
Alice-Mika Doi / Kathryn Beaumont
White Rabbit-Shigeru Ushiyama / Corey Burton
Queen of Hearts-Sumie Ozawa / Tress MacNeille
Peter Pan-Mitsuo Iwata / Christopher Steele
Wendy-Yuriko Fuchizaki / Kathryn Beaumont
Captain Hook-Chikao Otsuka / Corey Burton
Smee-Kazuo Kumakura / Jeff Bennett
Pooh-Shun Yashiro / Jim Cummings
Piglet-Kiyoshi Komiyama / John Fiedler
Tigger-Tetsuaki Genda / Jim Cummings
Ariel-Mayumi Suzuki / Jodi Benson
Triton-Taro Ishida / Kenneth Mars
Sebastian-Koichi Yamadera / Kevin Michael Richardson
Flounder-Yuki Tokiwa / Eri Russell Linets
Ursula-Whale / Pat Carroll
Flotsam & Jetsam-Shuichiro Moriyama / Corey Burton
Beast-Koichi Yamadera / Robby Benson
Jack Skellington-Masachika Ichimura / Chris Sarandon
Sally-Yuko Doi / Rita Ladner
Finkelstein-Yuji Mitsuya / Jess Harnell
Mayor-Toru Ohira / Jeff Bennett
Oogie Boogie-Hiroshi Hatanaka / Ken Page
Rock-Shintaro Sonooka / Jess Harnell
Shock-Yuko Doi / Kath Soucie
Barrel-Shigeo Matsuzawa / Jeff Bennett
Aladdin-Shinichiro Miki / Scott Weinger
Jasmine-Kaori Asoh / Linda Larkin
Genie-Koichi Yamadera / Dan Castellaneta
Jafar-Akira Takarada / Jonathan Freeman
Iago-Akira Kamiya / Gilbert Gottfried
Heracles-Yasunori Matsumoto / Sean Astin
Phil (Philoctetes)-Ichiro Nagai / Robert Costanzo
Hades-Kyusaku Shimada / James Woods
Mushu-Koichi Yamadera / Mark Moseley
Tarzan-Jurota Kosugi / Tony Goldwyn
Jane-Mayumi Suzuki / Nia Kelly
Turk-Yuko Doi / Audrey Wasilewski
Clayton-Banjo Ginga / Brian Breast A lot of gorgeous voice actors were appointed, and I thought it was a stone's throw. ..
Appearance world
Destiny Islands
Disney Castle
Traverse Town
Wonderland (work: Alice in Wonderland)
Olympus Coliseum (work: Heracles)
Deep Jungle (work: Tarzan)
Agrabah (work: Aladdin)
Monstro (work: Pinocchio)
Atlantica (Work: The Little Mermaid)
Halloween Town (Work: Nightmare Before Christmas)
Never Land (work: Peter Pan)
100 acre wood (100 Acre Wood, work: Winnie the Pooh)
Hollow Bastion
End of the World
There are 14 stages ... this is definitely a blockbuster. (Quote / Reference: Kingdom Hearts Series-Wikipedia, official website)
About the development process
Why was this dreamy all-star casting game created in the first place? The reason for this was that Square, which was under development for "FF VIII" at that time, was in the same building (Arco Tower) as Walt Disney Japan, and Shinji Hashimoto, managing director of Square Enix, was in the elevator with Disney executives k and others. It seems that it started when he was offered to collaborate on a game.
And when Mr. Hashimoto who received the talk was discussing the direction of the game with Mr. Hironobu Sakaguchi, it seems that Mr. Nomura, the director, happened to be present at that seat.
(There is something like this ... That's why the world is interesting !!) Regarding the content of the game, it seems that the Square side initially proposed Mickey Mouse and the Disney side with Donald Duck as the leading role, but Mr. Nomura, the director, is neither of them, and adventures in the world of Disney with the original character as the main character. It seems that he brought in a proposal that will be the prototype of the current "KH". Is this the strength of the director who can do it? If you are an ordinary person, the stereotype that the main character is the main character such as Mickey or Donald Duck in the game related to Disney may come first.
Through this process, the series of epic action RPG games "KINGDOM HEARTS", which is now said to be a masterpiece, has been completed. There are many things that happen from miracles and chances in the world, but it is such a development process that you can realize that miracles and chances exist in the world of this game as well. In 2005, Square Enix combined this series with "Dragon Quest" and "Final Fantasy" and positioned it as "three pillars".
(Citation / Reference: Wikipedia)
Theme song
Finally, I would like to finish by uploading the YouTube video of Hikaru Utada, who was in charge of the theme song. KINGDOM HEARTS "light"
KINGDOM HEARTS FINAL MIX "Simple and Clean"
Summary
This time, I wrote an article about the original game "KINGDOM HEARTS" series in which "Sora", the last fighter of Smash Bros. SP, is active. Looking back on past history with popular games is also a good opportunity to remember your youth. I would like to continue to write information about games that interest me, so I look forward to working with you. Thank you for reading until the end.
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