![]() ![]() For a franchise I have loved and grown up with, it doesn’t do itself any favours with the telling of the plot, as for the longest time crucial plot elements were littered on a variety of consoles.Īnd, we don’t have long to wait, as Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory launches on 13 th November for Xbox One. This might then mean that fans finally have a nice digestible format on the Kingdom Hearts chronology. It will be focussing mainly on a huge recap of the events so far for the franchise, narrated by Kairi, but it will go beyond the Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC which, to this point, is the latest in the franchise chronologically. There will be over 20 playable characters too whether they can be mixed and matched together and spread across different games is unknown yet, but it would be cool to see mashups between characters and worlds.Īnd perhaps, most importantly, there will be a new story in Melody of Memory. There’s a good chance then that one of your favourites will be included. However, we do know that there are over 140 songs featured in the final version, from nearly 50 worlds sprinkled throughout the series. Maybe fans aren’t used to seeing Kingdom Hearts games released so soon after being announced? As a result, we do not know all that much. Even the first release of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix is now more than seven years in age.Īs for the main game, it seems to have come along quickly since its initial announcement back in June. ![]() These look like they have been plucked straight from the recent remasters featured in Kingdom Hearts 1.5, 2.5 and 2.8 which does retain the charm, but in return does mean that they start to look a bit dated. Getting into a track will have your chosen trio – additional characters are available in the main game including Aqua, Roxas, Riku and returning Disney characters – put through instantly familiar areas. Still struggling to find what you need? Then a press of RT will throw you into any track at random. You can then choose which style to play them as – whether that be the standard way or a simplified style – but on top of that is a difficulty mode, with series standard Proud mode being the most difficult. You can sort the songs by A-Z, game or even difficulty. It looks like a busy menu at first, but everything is designed so that you can find the track you want to play as quickly as possible. Wave of Darkness I (Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep – A fragmentary passage -).The Rustling Forest (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.There are a choice of four tracks to choose from: For the demo though, only Track Selection or Co-op is available. In the main menu we see options for World Tour, Track Selection, VS Battles, Museum, Co-op and Config. Whether you can configure this or not in the main game is unknown but for me, leave it as is. The main menu music is Traverse Town a piece that feels as homely now as it did in 2002. When Melody of Memory was announced it came as a surprise that this wasn’t then called Theatrhythm Kingdom Hearts, but judging by recent naming conventions for Kingdom Hearts, Melody of Memory is certainly one of the easier ones to remember. This was followed by a sequel for the Final Fantasy series, as well as one after that for Dragon Quest. This style of character instantly reminds me of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, a title that did something very similar by celebrating the music of Final Fantasy on the Nintendo 3DS. The loading screen then features chibi styles of Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy, strolling along the bottom of the screen. If ever there was a statement that Melody of Memory is a celebration of the music from the franchise, hitting players with an upbeat ‘Dearly Beloved’ is the best possible statement. Not going to lie, I’m a fan of this new arrangement from Yoko Shimomura. It is once again ‘Dearly Beloved’, but this time a much more upbeat and jazzed up version. Straight off the bat, the title music once again completely drew me in. ![]()
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