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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

スリー ファイブ エイト デイズ オーバー ツー

Developers: Square Enixh.a.n.d. Publisher: Square Enix
30 May 2009
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Story-Writing can only carry a game by so much
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A technical marvel considering the hardware it runs on, and far and away the best writing and character development in the series. That's where i'm giving it points because it flops hard on the gameplay front. The DS simply wasn't made for 3D Action RPGs and no matter how impressive it is, it shows. The controls are a mess, the game ranges from mindnumbingly easy to tortorous, usually due to the aformentioned control issues. Certainly worth watching the cutscenes in one of the collected editions, but don't feel like you need to actually play this thing, it's simply not very good on that front.
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Some of the best writing in the series
Yeah, yeah, everybody knows the gameplay on this one is boring, repetitive, clunky, and features nothing interesting or new (aside from maybe the versus mode). It was originally just a humble Nintendo DS game. But who has ever played Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days for that anyway? This entry features some of the best writing and drama in the entire series (perfect for the emo kids at a middle school near you). The amazing aesthetics of the cult-like Organization XIII are put front and center. It would be neat if there was also a page on GlitchWave for the version of this featured in Kingdom Hearts 1.5, because transforming this into something like a visual novel was just what it needed to make what's great about 358/2 Days shine through. And also, the Disney crap has less prominence in this one than in pretty much any other Kingdom Hearts game; the various worlds are more or less a background for the much more interesting original characters.

So why is the writing and drama so good in 358/2 Days? The player character is Roxas, the most interesting character in the series. He's something like a doppelganger for Sora, the protagonist of Kingdom Hearts. Created when Sora nearly died, Roxas is Sora's nobody; a shadow self that's leftover from when a person loses his or her heart (essentially a soul in the metaphysics of the game, uniquely created by Kingdom Hearts, the source of all hearts, which is a placeholder for God). So called "heartless" are actually beings made from corrupted hearts and "nobodies" are actually somebodies without hearts--go figure.

Roxas is taken in by Organization XIII, a group of thirteen powerful nobodies working to create an artificial Kingdom Hearts to grant themselves hearts. Given the unique abilities he inherited from Sora, Roxas is just what the Organization needs to bring this about. The plot, themes, and aesthetics surrounding Organization XIII is basically just a (very well done) Evangelion ripoff. From the repetitively used, striking, crucifix like emblem for the Organization to its sci-fi/religious goals like those of SEELE, everything about it screams Eva.

For as much as friendship is a major theme of the series, too often we're told what it is and not shown what it is (lame callbacks to other Disney products don't count). Not here though. As the game progresses we get to see authentic friendship between Roxas, Axel, and Xion blossom in the cold, inhuman Organization XIII and later see the tragedy of it being crushed so the "protagonist" Sora can come back. The ending is actually really sad, moving, and memorable. One of the best of any Kingdom Hearts game . . . and completely undone by Kingdom Hearts III so the series can "reboot" into an even bigger train wreck than it already is.

The visual novel like adaptation for consoles removes most of the garbage gameplay, so play that if you're interested in this game for a faster, more direct but less immersive experience, unless you're a total weirdo (like me).
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this game is kinda hard i just want to see the funny ice cream scene ):
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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days applied the Kingdom Hearts aesthetic to a mission-based format while documenting the bridge of events between KH1 and KH2. The game is as dull as the concept.
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Blah_Blee 2021-06-28T13:45:35Z
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For the most part, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this entry in the series. The mission system makes it clear that this was meant to be played in short bursts, but in terms of carrying the kind of experience from the mainline games over to the DS, it does a pretty damn good job. And even if it ends up just adding more fuel to the fire known as the series' narrative with things like Xion, I ended up being quite fond of this as a side-story.

With that being said, there are two big elephants in the room for me in regards to this:
1. Whoever thought that the level-up system in this game was a good idea needs to be fired (or at least get demoted to being a janitor).
2. The Emerald Serenade might be the worst enemy I've encountered in any game period. Or if not the worst, at least the most obnoxious. If you've played any of the later Wonderland missions, you know what I'm talking about.

Other than that, it's good. Though I also have a giant soft spot for Chain of Memories, so maybe take my opinion with a grain of salt if you never liked that.
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LordofSushi 2016-04-06T12:30:25Z
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With that having been said, I would recommend reading the manga adaptation of this game over playing it. Not only do you not have to deal with the flaws of the game, but the extra content added in for the worlds is pretty fun (and surprisingly great in Neverland's case: Peter Pan leaving around maps to give Captain Hook a reason to live is a lot better than Pete's "HAHA I'll just make Hook's greed rise so I can get some good Heartless!" in the game). It's just a great alternate take on this IMO, and I'd recommend it over even watching the cutscenes in the HD collections (though you do miss out on the soundtrack).
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fatumcustos スリー ファイブ エイト デイズ オーバー ツー 2023-12-30T05:58:09Z
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  • blendernoob64 2021-09-14 19:40:34.03058+00
    10 year old me cried at the end of the game, thus making me a Kingdom Hearts fan.
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    • slib 2021-09-27 23:21:23.807583+00
      blendernoob64, that's a stick
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  • Fowlawneeshafow 2022-06-18 09:04:54.775255+00
    You could say I am... the biggest Nobody of them all
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  • variouswordss 2022-10-21 22:58:06.162541+00
    i dont think that the gameplay is that good but the vibes + story are immaculate so it is regardless foundational to me
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  • Tundra44 2022-12-10 23:28:16.332555+00
    The boxart is incredible, and then everything goes downhill from there..
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  • Qwertchi 2023-04-26 06:07:10.134906+00
    An unbelievably good story with some of the worst gameplay that I've ever encountered.
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  • M1N4fknRVVM3Z 2023-06-08 20:36:47.742816+00
    this is one of the best titles to a video game ive ever read. what the fuck does 358/2 days mean
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  • Sosimuo 2023-07-27 12:29:33.69844+00
    it means 358 days over 2 characters, which is what the game is about. title sucks doodoo like most of the series lmao. this game has made me fall asleep not once, but twice, and i feel no need to ever revisit it again, which is a shame because the story for the most part is enjoyable, but xion as a character is so pointless in existing. love everything about axel and roxas and their relationship, though
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  • Pumas 2024-02-27 22:01:43.586913+00
    3d games on the DS were so painful to play for the most part. Honestly some of the worst looking games ever and controlling a 3d character with a dpad feels like absolute shit. action combat never felt good either. It was so rough for me to try and switch from some beautiful 2d games like pokemon to something like this.
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