Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (2002) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix

Originally released only in Japan on December 26, 2002, Kingdom Hearts Final Mix has several events and a number of gameplay tweaks that are not in previous releases. Spoken dialogue is in English, with…

26 December 2002

What Kingdom Hearts Final Mix is

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Product Development Division 1 and released in 2002. It was published by Disney Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Several new cutscenes were added. The first, shown after Sora fights Leon in Traverse Town, has Riku lost in Hollow Bastion, calling out for his friends and Maleficent looking on. Another, played after Sora speaks to Kairi in the underground waterway in Traverse Town, showed Riku lost in the Realm of Darkness after Ansem, Seeker of Darkness took his body. There, he is assisted by King Mickey who reveals that he has the realm's Keyblade. Neither of these cutscenes used any new audio and instead the subtitles were seen on a black screen. An optional cutscene was a confrontation between Cloud and Sephiroth, seen after the player defeats Sephiroth. Cutscenes were provided for the Unknown, using…

Description from the publisher · source

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 Final Mix is the fourth of 63 entries we hold in the Kingdom Hearts series. The next entry was Kingdom Hearts in 2004.

See all 63 Kingdom Hearts games in release order →

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 26.7 hrs.

What it launched against

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix launched on 26 December 2002, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Sonic Advance 2 and Space Rangers.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Sonic Advance 2, Space Rangers.

Official trailer