Difficulty:

Just Right

Time Spent:

20 to 40 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Amazing"

The Nintendo DS... Some have very low expectations for this lone portable. And Kingdom Hearts? A great game coming to the DS? That is a nightmare right? WRONG!
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days has blown those people away with similar game play to the PlayStation 2 brethren. And don't forget the Amazing Story it gives in the process. Only few draw backs for this game that include, similar missions, and a few camera issues.

The camera of this game has been given the "R" trigger on the DS. The "R" and "L" triggers are known to not respond after some use of them. So if you "R" doesn't work, send it in to Nintendo before playing this game.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days uses instead of exploring in an adventure manner, this game uses a mission system. When you wake up and go to the "hub," you are given a mission to take out. That mission will take you to a variety of different Disney worlds including Neverland, Halloween Town, and Beast's Castle. The mission you are given varies from Heart Collecting, Investigating, or even facing a Boss Heartless.

The story focuses on Roxas, the nobody of Sora's; a boy who is the Keyblade wielder and hero to the worlds. Being a Nobody, he does not have a heart and therefore cannot feel and have emotion like you or me. Roxas is placed in group of similar powerful Nobodies called Organization XIII.

Music in this game is recycled from the previous Kingdom Hearts games, only remixed. But that doesn't mean that they are bad.

Game play of this game is very similar to the PlayStation but with fewer buttons. Square-Enix tried to get the same feeling with the DS with the other Kingdom Hearts games and succeeded. The only different part of it is the Panel System which allows you to customize Roxas and give him different abilities. The only hard part is placing all of your abilities so you can fit everything in...

Overall, this game deserves a solid 9.0 for amazing Gameplay and Story.