Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is the seventh game in the Kingdom Hearts series. It was originally developed for the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system. It is a direct sequel to Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom…

74 29 March 2012

Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Square Enix 1st Production Department, released 29 March 2012 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 16.1 hrs to finish.

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What Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Enix 1st Production Department and released in 2012. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

King Mickey and Yen Sid prepare for an impending threat by putting Sora and Riku through the Mark of Mastery exam. Sora and Riku are sent into the Sleeping Worlds, where they will face enemies and allies that have never been seen before. If they can successfully complete the task they are given, they will be deemed true Keyblade Masters.

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Kingdom Hearts series

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is the 27th of 63 entries we hold in the Kingdom Hearts series. The next entry was Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance - Mark of Mastery Edition in 2012. Its critic score of 74 is 6 points below the series average of 80. The highest-rated entry is Kingdom Hearts II at 90.

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How it was received

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 4 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 83 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 16.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 30 hrs, roughly 1.9 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance launched on 29 March 2012, within three weeks of Journey, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, Fire Emblem Awakening and Fez. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Journey, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, Fire Emblem Awakening, Fez.

Cheats and codes

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