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Kingdom Hearts: Recoded (Nintendo DS)

by Square Enix
Nintendo DS  Ages 12 and Over
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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  • Unleash Spectacular Attacks and Spellbinding Magic: The popular “Deck Command” system of KINGDOM HEARTS Birth By Sleep comes to KINGDOM HEARTS Re:coded, allowing you to execute over 100 types of different commands such as attack and recover, with a single button
  • Battle System Variety: Experience a wide variety of different battle systems, including side-scrolling boss battles, 3D shooting and even Command Battles – as seen in the legendary FINAL FANTASY series. The variety of game and battle styles adds to the fun
  • New Growth System: The Stat Matrix: Increase and customise Sora’s power and abilities with an exciting new growth system, by placing new chips found in the adventure, into a circuit board. It’s colourful and simple to use yet with hidden depths for those willing to explore
  • Meet Other Players with Tag Mode: Create your own custom avatar by collecting components from cleared areas. Swap floor maps and avatars with friends and other players and create your own dungeon by collecting maps via Tag Mode
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  • Platform:   Nintendo DS
  • PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over Suitable for 12 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 12. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 12 years of age or over.
  • Media: Video Game
  • Item Quantity: 1

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  • ASIN: B004AYEGHA
  • Item Weight: 104 g
  • Release Date: 14 Jan 2011
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,135 in PC & Video Games (See Top 100 in PC & Video Games)

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Manufacturer's Description

Set after the conclusion of KINGDOM HEARTS II, KINGDOM HEARTS Re:coded offers an exciting new adventure as you revisit events and characters from the previous KINGDOM HEARTS games in order to solve the mystery discovered by Jiminy Cricket. With new game mechanics, a variety of different play systems and a custom avatar system, KINGDOM HEARTS Re:coded looks set to be another colourful and fun-filled KINGDOM HEARTS adventure.

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Set after the conclusion of Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts Re:coded offers an exciting new adventure as you revisit events and characters from the previous Kingdom Hearts games in order to solve the mystery discovered by Jiminy Cricket.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By John Clayton III VINE™ VOICE
Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   
The last DS Kingdom Hearts game, 358/2 Days, was a bit of a let down for me back when it came out. As you can imagine, I approached Recoded with some apprehension, but thankfully it is a pretty big improvement on it's predecessor in technical and gameplay terms, but there are still a number of problems here that get in the way of it being a genuinely great title.

Seemingly taking place after KH2, the story (nonsensical as it is) revolves around Jiminy Cricket's journal charting Sora and company's adventures which was wiped clean at the climax of GBA KH title Chain of Memories. King Mickey, Donald and Goofy discover an ominous new message/warning in the previously mostly blank journal and decide to do what Mickey Mouse does best: Digitise the journal by using a supercomputer to break it down into data and have a computer generated copy of Sora travel into said data and uncover both the meaning behind this new message and why the journal ended up being wiped clean originally. What follows is more or less the same thing as Chain of Memories as a memory loss suffering Sora relives a watered down take on the events of KH1, with occasional snippets of central plot used to break up the repetition. The plot is both convoluted and at times confusing, falling into the same pitfalls that have plagued this series since every game after the first one. It would be one thing if this story had a satisfying payoff at the end, but it doesn't even have that. The plot and how it is presented is this game's biggest failing.

Thankfully, the gameplay is a different story. The combat is a slightly stripped down take on KH2, with fast, button mash heavy battles that are mostly well put together but hampered by the usual KH camera issues and a deeply annoying lock on system. The levelling up system and special move set up could have done with being a bit more intuitive and simply laid out, but overall, the combat element of the game is pretty solid. Exploration is also pretty well handled, as rather than try to create large areas to explore, the game emphasises instead smaller, puzzle/challenge driven areas (With an unusual fetish for blocks and block based puzzles) occasionally broken up with completely new gameplay elements (You could even call them mini-games if you must) that see some areas take the form of homages to games like Mario and Space Harrier. These serve as interesting breaks from the normal gameplay and are well enough put together, so again: solid stuff. There is an intense amount of repetition in here though, and there is a real lack of actual side quests and additional content, and the controls can frustrate alongside THAT camera also. You have been warned.

Visually, the game is a big improvement on 358/2 Days, with smoother performance and slightly better texture work. It's still quite jagged and bland in places, but it is still an improvement, with the trade off for the graphical improvements seemingly being much smaller play areas. Whereas 358/2 Days had several huge open areas to explore, Recoded has nothing of the like, as mentioned above. The soundtrack is again a series of reused tracks from KH1-2, with the bare minimum of voice work in game, spared for the rare FMV cutscenes. Nothing new on this front to be honest.

It smacks very much of a game made on the quick to cash in on the KH name, with the whole experience feeling like so much aimless filler in what it accomplishes. It's great Square-Enix put the effort in to refine the technical aspects of the game, and it IS fun to play but I was left feeling deeply unsatisfied by the end of it. I think by this stage, I for one am pretty sick of the constant 'beating around the bush' of the KH spin off games and would say it's long past time Square-Enix started working on KH3 already, but seeing as there is already yet another spin off title coming for the 3DS this year, and it sounds like ONCE AGAIN it's premise involves retreading the events of KH1, I fear that they're likely to run this series so far into the ground before the actual threequel arrives that no one will care when it eventually does.

I mean, when there are three times as many spin offs in a series than actual installments, it is taking things a bit too far, isn't it?
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great game! 17 Jan 2011
By Kris
Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
Just like Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2, Recoded gets into the story quite quickly. The levelling up system is a lot different but it's pretty simple to grasp. The battles are similar to 1 and 2, but so far for the most part it's just Sora fighting alone, no parties... Although in Olympus it changes to a turn-based battle system with a slight twist which I thought was interesting.

The only thing I'm not too happy about is that although it's on the DS you don't actually need to use the touch screen at all, which I think is a shame because isn't that basically the point of the DS?

But other than that I'm really enjoying playing this game, I'm about 9 hours into it and had to force myself to put it down so that I don't finish it too quickly!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars a great game 16 Mar 2013
By Mrs. A. Wright VINE™ VOICE
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Present for my Grandson. He said it was great and it certainly kept him occupied for quite some time which is all you can ask for.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars Thought this was a new game.
Thought this was a new game, but actually it's just a remake. Same game, slightly sharper graphics... Maybe by a few pixels!
Published 3 months ago by Jeff
5.0 out of 5 stars Another good game in the serie
i might be prejudiced as i am a big fan of the serie, who just caught up with those older titles now that i have acquired a Nintendo DS, but so far i m enjoying it !
Published 3 months ago by clement P
5.0 out of 5 stars collecting
now i have the game i can put this game and put in my collection and get the rest later.
Published 3 months ago by fluff
4.0 out of 5 stars So far so good
So far a nice edition to the kingdom hearts family, not as good as kingdom hearts birth by sleep or 358/2 but still playable. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Joe
4.0 out of 5 stars Kingdom Hearts: Recoded (DS)
I would always recomend Kingdom Hearts games as they contain both enjoyable game play and storyline. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Gabs
5.0 out of 5 stars KH Re:coded rev
This game offers a fun gameplay mechanic and entertaining skill customization. A good game for hard core gamers and new gamers and a must have for KH fans.
Published 9 months ago by theonlytoner
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome game
This game is very good. Maybe lacking the story depth of the previous games
but it still has an interesting storyline that fits nicely with Kingdom Hearts 2. Read more
Published 15 months ago by S. facer
3.0 out of 5 stars Good!
Graphics is bad but that is Ds for you but game itself is great :P i think cause the graphics is rly bad it kind of put me off big time
Published 16 months ago by kallumsmart
2.0 out of 5 stars So hard its not enjoyable
I have & completed Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2 on PS2
Also 24/7 on the DS

So the next step was me to get this, like most other people who like the series

To be... Read more
Published 16 months ago by oggy345
4.0 out of 5 stars Worthy addition to the series
It's quite easy to see how this was originally released in eight instalments because the story feels quite jumpy, and because of this I would say that it is the weakest in the... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Harvey Broadhurst
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