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Square and Disney Team Up for Kingdom Hearts

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the goofy-versus-tidus dept.

jaredcat writes "Ever wonder what would happen if the incredibly creative talents of Squaresoft and Disney got together? Well I never did, but that didn't seem to stop them. The first joint production of Square and Disney, Kingdom Hearts, was just released in Japan. Its an RPG with a Square CGI, a Square story, a Disney sense of humor, and Square and Disney charectars. If the opening movie is any indication of what's to come when Kingdom Hearts becomes available in the US, its going to be the best thing to hit the PS2 since, well, Final Fantasy X :)." Very positive review. Gotta admit, I'm intrigued. Update by J : Check out this review too, with a ton of screenshots, from the GIA: "By all rights [it] should be an awkward, conflated mess... instead, it's an epic piece of crossover fanfiction."

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  1. Before anyone gets too excited: by Glytch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Remember who owns Fritz Hollings.

  2. Voice Acting and More by jaredcat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I didn't mention this up above, but there is more...

    - Many of the side charectars, shop keepers, etc., in Kingdom Hearts are well known Disney charectars or charectars from past Squaresoft games. For instance, Donald Duck is the chief magician to the court. Cid from FFVII runs an items shop. Even Wakka from FFX makes an appearance.

    - The Disney voice acting and animation seem to be authentic. i.e. Donald Duck moves and sounds exactly how you would expect him to. Check out one of the movies where he enters the throne room and says good morning (in Japanese), and runs into Pluto. The camera angles and the voices look like they are right out of those old Disney cartoons that we all grew up with.

    Last but not least... Make sure to check out the opening movie. Its ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, and 10-times better than any FMV from FFX, which is saying a lot as FFX FMVs look 10-times better than any CGI DVD I've seen.

  3. Disney by tempest303 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, I'm intrigued too, Taco, but it's still Disney. Ever hear the one about Michael Eisner in the Senate hearing saying he couldn't think of a single reason for Michael Dell to sell PCs without hardware copy prevention except to sell to infringers?

    I can't believe as an EDITOR (the founder, no less) of /. that you'd still consider giving money to these sleezy bastards.

    I don't care how "great" this game might be. It's Disney, therefore I'm not buying it.

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  4. Ever wonder.. by Chicane-UK · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ..what would happen if the incredibly creative talents of Senator Hollings and Disney got together?

    The CBDTPA!

    *sigh*

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