Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is the second game in the Kingdom Hearts series. It is a direct sequel to Kingdom Hearts and exclusive to the Game Boy Advance. It was published by Square Enix and developed…

80 11 November 2004

Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS) Action Comedy Fantasy

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Jupiter Corporation, released 11 November 2004 on Game Boy Advance. The main story takes about 16 hrs to finish.

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What Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Jupiter Corporation and released in 2004. It was published by Disney Interactive. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories takes place directly after the ending of the first game, Kingdom Hearts. The game is set in Castle Oblivion, a mysterious castle kept by Lord Marluxia. Sora and his teammates are told that the castle causes visitors to lose their memories upon entering. The lobby and areas between floors are white with flower-themed decorations, but each floor can be transformed into a different world from the first Kingdom Hearts game using "world cards" created from Sora's memories. Like before, many of the worlds are based on Disney films while the rest were created by Square Enix.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Disney series

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is the 252nd of 516 entries we hold in the Disney series. The next entry was That's So Raven in 2004. Its critic score of 80 is 14 points above the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Kingdom Hearts III at 90.

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How it was received

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 128 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 16 hrs.

What it launched against

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories launched on 11 November 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and World of Warcraft. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, World of Warcraft.

Cheats and codes

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