Now that the entire saga is available, including the ReMind DLC, we give you a hand so you can enjoy the whole series in the right order.
Kingdom Hearts is a saga that, in one way or another, is already part of the history of the video game. The arrival of its third part a year ago showed that the wait of more than a decade since the events narrated in the second part required a title that lived up to expectations. Fulfilled or not, it is something that everyone should value, especially now that we have ReMind available to close some of the fringes left open by the Kingdom Hearts 3 adventure.
With all the compilations already available and the prompt availability of the original deliveries on Xbox One after its passage through PlayStation 4 (Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 REMIX and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 FINAL CHAPTER PROLOGUE), there are few who feel more attracted than never for the saga; one that is not exactly easy to enter if we are aware of the number of deliveries derived from the two numbered or cinematic remastering as a film. This should not be a problem to enjoy.
Kingdom Hearts 3
The arrival at Kingdom Hearts III stores is getting closer. With the recent news of the Square Enix and Tetsuya Nomura title, there are few who are more attracted than ever by the saga, one that is not exactly easy to enter if we are aware of the number of deliveries derived from the two numbered or cinematic remastering as a movie. This should not be a problem to enjoy.
That is why we bring this article, which seeks to serve as a guide or recommendation on the order in which the Kingdom Hearts saga should be played to know its history and not miss anything when Kingdom Hearts III arrives. Although there are those who prefer the chronological order of events, because the most accepted option by the majority is the order of publication, we will rely on that order to establish our parameters. Before you start, this is what you should buy:
1. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX; no headaches
As we want to make things easy for you, we will recommend the easiest way to have everything on a single disc (almost) on your bookshelf. If you have a PlayStation 4, write down this name: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX. At the moment it is for 24.90 euros on Amazon, a 50% discount. And what is included? Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix: Kingdom Hearts Final MIX + Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories + Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days; Regarding the second, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix: Kingdom Hearts II Final MIX + Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final MIX + Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded. We insist that everything is included on a single disk.
2. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Unfortunately with that compilation there is not the whole saga, because to have the absolutely complete series you need to add to your bookshelf the also released in PS4 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, which right now is for 31.93 euros on Amazon, a 47% less than usual. It includes Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, the playable episode KINGDOM HEARTS 0.2 Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage and the video KINGDOM HEARTS χ (chi) Back Cover. If you have not backed down, let's move on to the guide. Another option, with the two compilations in one, is The Story So Far.
Which one should you play first?
Kingdom Hearts I
We start with the first of all, the original released on PS2. The Final Mix version has added content, so it is and looks better than in PlayStation 2. It tells the initial story of Sora, although in reality the role is shared with Donald and Goofy, who will travel through multiple worlds of Disney to find the locks that stop the feet of the Sincorazón.
Kingdom Hearts: Re: Chain of Memories
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, originally released on GBA, is this peculiar card game that later came to light on PS4 with its top-down remastering. We found him in 1.5 ReMIX and he tells us the adventures of Sora and Riku in the Castle of Oblivion. The reason for its close relationship is evident here, and although it is not essential to complete it to get ready for the second part, there are great moments that then intensify parts that could go unnoticed in the second numbered episode.
Kingdom Hearts II
Now, Kingdom Hearts II. The road has been long, because we are talking about tens of hours between the first and the second, but if you have decided not to skip 58/2 Days and Re: Chain of Memories you will enjoy this one of the beautiful. In 2.5 ReMIX is in its best version, although unfortunately the excellent dubbing into Spanish of the PS2 title is lost, but not the Spanish translation.
Kingdom Hearts: Re: coded
Before arriving at Kingdom Hearts III there are a few more books to read, to put it in some way. Kingdom Hearts: Re: coded, original mobile phone title and later recreated on Nintendo DS, arrives through 2.5 ReMIX with all its remastered cinematics. Here you can leave the command at the table and simply enjoy a kind of movie that will help you to chain with the events of the impending new episode. Its duration is only 3 hours.
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
Original of Nintendo DS, in the version of 1.5 ReMIX we have the sequences remastered in High Definition, it is not playable. Here as a movie, it is a key title that chains the events of KH1 and KH2. Missing it does not prevent you from enjoying the second part, but when you complete it you realize that it has been worth knowing who Roxas is. Some of the questions that Kingdom Hearts 2 does not answer are solved here. Highly recommended not to leave it out; It only lasts 2 hours and a half.
Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep
Originally released on PSP, Birth By Sleep is essential to understand the events that will take place in the work that spawned the phenomenon. It tells the story of Terra, Venus and Aqua, friends who want to become Masters of the Keyblade. Knowing the origin of Sora and Xehanort or how the heirs of the Keyblade were is elementary. This is where it is best explained.
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
Originally released on Nintendo 3DS and only in English, in 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue we have it in Spanish. It is placed immediately after Re: coded, with Sora and Riku to points of being examined to become Masters of the Keyblade by Yen Sid. A series of events will give rise to the conflict we will encounter, but that is essential to approach the True current moment of the saga.
Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-
Although the main story of this latest remastering of cinematic scenes is located chronologically next to those of the original game, it is best to do so now because both its beginning and especially its end are located just before the start of Kingdom Hearts 3. You can find it at 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue.
Kingdom Hearts: χ Back Cover
We end with a movie. His cinematic scenes – available in 2.8 recreated with Unreal Engine 4 – are only one hour long, a necessary snack for the third part that serves as a remake of Kingdom Hearts: Unchained χ, released on smartphones. Here it is more comfortable because it tells the events of the Keyblade War, specifically the story of the five Augures, Luxu and the Master of Masters. It is a direct link with the beginning of the saga.
Kingdom Hearts 3
Everything has an end. It is unavoidable. Eighteen years of adventure culminated, in a way, with Sora's last great expertise. A contrast of emotions, sensations and story arcs that are closing little by little in a video game whose scene is undoubtedly spectacular. We already said it in our Reviews: it is the finishing touch to a saga that thousands of fans expected to see concluded. Is not perfect; in fact, it has many flaws in the playable plane, with some of them corrected based on updates. Luckily, players of both PS4 and Xbox One have been able to verify that Nomura's work was not made to beg by chance, but that there was a complex story to be told millimetrically to satisfy everyone. It is this factor, possibly, one of his double-edged weapons. That said, yes, it is worth getting here.
Kingdom Hearts III ReMind
Suppose you have finished Kingdom Hearts 3, only if you have finished the title, and you have doubts along the way; history that more than closed opened even more; Secrets to which you failed to respond. This DLC, an expansion of only about four hours long, tells us again that final stretch to finish outlining the plot arc of Xehanort's trip. Opinions have been very polarized around what we find; both for what he promised and for what he has ended up offering. Not surprisingly, to play it – sold separately at a current price of 29.99 euros – it is necessary to have finished the main game of KH3. We insist, because it is really necessary to do it in this order.
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix (inside The Story So Far)
- Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
- Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (cinematic scenes in HD)
- Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix
- Kingdom Hearts Re: coded (high definition kinematics)
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (within TSSF)
- Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD
- Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep –A fragmentary passage–
- Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover (as a movie)
