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Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

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Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is a 2004 action role-playing video game developed by Square Enix and Jupiter and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney Interactive for the Game Boy Advance (GBA). The second game in the Kingdom Hearts series, it is a direct sequel to Kingdom Hearts whose ending is set about a year before the events of Kingdom Hearts II. Chain of Memories follows Sora and his friends as they explore Castle Oblivion while battling Organization XIII, a new group of antagonists. The game uses a new card-based battle system rather than its predecessor's real-time combat system, and it was one of the first GBA games to incorporate full-motion video (FMV). Though it was not as successful as the other Kingdom Hearts games, Chain of Memories received positive reviews and sold well. It was praised for its story, graphics, and FMVs, but its card-based battle system was criticized. When it debuted in Japan, the game sold over 100,000 units in 48 hours. Chain of Memories was remade for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) as Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, which was packaged with Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix and released in Japan in March 2007. The remake was released in North America on December 2, 2008, and was remastered in high-definition (HD) and included in the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix collection—released in 2013 for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) and later for PlayStation 4 (PS4), Xbox One, and personal computer (PC).

Infobox

Developers
Square EnixJupiter
Publishers
mw- WW: Square EnixPAL: Nintendo
Directors
Tetsuya NomuraAguro Tanaka
Producers
Shinji HashimotoYoshinori KitaseHatao Ogata
Artists
Tetsuya NomuraTakayuki OdachiTomohiro Hasegawa
Writer
Daisuke Watanabe
Composer
Yoko Shimomura
Series
Kingdom Hearts
Platforms
Game Boy AdvancePlayStation 2
Release
Game Boy AdvanceJP: November 11, 2004NA: December 7, 2004AU: January 13, 2005EU: May 6, 2005Re:Chain of MemoriesPlayStation 2JP: March 29, 2007NA: December 2, 2008
Genre
Action-role playing
Modes
Single-player, multiplayer

Tables

Aggregate score
GBA
GBA
Aggregator
GBA
Score
PS2
Metacritic
Metacritic
Aggregator
Metacritic
Score
76/100
Score
68/100
Aggregator
Score
GBA
PS2
Metacritic
76/100
68/100
Review scores
GBA
GBA
Publication
GBA
Score
PS2
1Up.com
1Up.com
Publication
1Up.com
Score
C+
Score
B−
AllGame
AllGame
Publication
AllGame
Score
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
Publication
Eurogamer
Score
8/10
Famitsu
Famitsu
Publication
Famitsu
Score
36/40
Game Informer
Game Informer
Publication
Game Informer
Score
7.75/10
Score
6.75/10
GamePro
GamePro
Publication
GamePro
Score
Score
GameSpot
GameSpot
Publication
GameSpot
Score
6.5/10
GameZone
GameZone
Publication
GameZone
Score
9.1/10
IGN
IGN
Publication
IGN
Score
8/10
Score
8.4/10
Publication
Score
GBA
PS2
1Up.com
C+
B−
AllGame
Eurogamer
8/10
Famitsu
36/40
Game Informer
7.75/10
6.75/10
GamePro
GameSpot
6.5/10
GameZone
9.1/10
IGN
8/10
8.4/10

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