Kingdom Hearts 2

A Second Splash of Disney Magic and Final Fantasy: Celebrating Kingdom Hearts II
A Second Splash of Disney Magic and Final Fantasy: Celebrating Kingdom Hearts II
A Second Splash of Disney Magic and Final Fantasy: Celebrating Kingdom Hearts II
When we talk about brand crossovers in any sort of media, it’s always a sketchy question of licensing issues, getting the material correct, and presenting it in a way that’s new and enjoyable. Disney hadn’t been any stranger to video games for better and for worse, but when Square-Enix Final Fantasy character Tetsuya Nomura and producer Shinji Hashimoto reached out to Disney to create an action RPG themed around Disney characters and worlds, Kingdom Hearts was born and it became a match made in heaven. The game came out to critical acclaim and had a great spinoff follow it with Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, but for the next core entry in the series, they needed to once again turn heads in a way that never had. Lucky for all of the series’ fans, they were up to the task. In 2006, the United States was about to fall in love all over again with Kingdom Hearts 2.