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Favorite Handheld Kingdom Hearts Game



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Favorite Handheld Kingdom Hearts Game?

  • 358/2 Days

    Votes: 1 4.3%
  • Birth By Sleep

    Votes: 15 65.2%
  • Coded

    Votes: 2 8.7%
  • Dream Drop Distance

    Votes: 5 21.7%

  • Total voters
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kuraudoVII

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Unfortunately for me, I have yet to physically play any of the handhelds aside from Chain of Memories and Birth by Sleep. Nevertheless, I have at least seen footage of both gameplay and cutscenes for all of the games save Chi.

For me, the top pick would have to be Birth by Sleep. This game really helped me get back into the series and it's mythos in a way that Kingdom Hearts II never could. I liked the fact that there were multiple characters that I could choose to pick and play and had very distinct playstyles that developed as you progressed through the game. The command deck battle system was one of the best things ever conceived and implemented into the series. Yeah, it was broken as all hell, but I defy anyone who didn't enjoy getting incredibly overpowered commands early in-game. I enjoyed the fact that the game brought elements of PLATFORMING back into the series with interesting and multiple ways of reaching places (i.e.: getting Superglide by platforming throughout all of Pete's Rec Room and then abusing several Sliding Dashes to get to the other building as Ven instead of waiting to get Glide to get it). It also had what were, in my opinion, some of the most interesting cast of original characters in the game. Master Xehanort is a fantastic main villain and I think I speak for a fair number of people when I say Vanitas needs to come back.

Chain of Memories would be next as it is the only other one that I have actually played. I will admit that the card system could have been a bit less tedious (they did it right with the command deck in Birth by Sleep), but it also allowed for some interesting experimentation. Sora probably has the most proficiency with magic in this game and Dream Drop Distance. The dialogue in the GBA version is top notch and consistently trumps it's console counterpart.

As for the games I still have yet to physically play, I'd have to say Dream Drop Distance, coded, then 358/2 Days. 3D is an obvious answer for me since it FINALLY concludes Riku's Road to Redemption (that should be a chapter title) and allows us to use a playable Riku with command deck system. The storyline is also very engaging and while I'm kind of bummed that most of the plot takes place at the end like most games have an annoying tendency of doing, I do like the character development that Sora and Riku (moreso the latter) undergo. The cast was memorable as well from the characters from The World Ends With You to the new Disney characters and especially Young Master Xehanort who has gone on to be my favorite antagonist from the series.

coded barely comes next thanks to gameplay and - to an incredibly small extent - the fact that it tries to have some semblance of balance between Disney and Square Enix elements in regards to characters. At least here, you can meet up with some Disney characters in Disney worlds with a slight dash of Final Fantasy. It also did a much better job with it's endgame reveal than most of the other games in the series. No, I'm not talking about Master Xehanort - that was called back in Birth by Sleep - but rather the fact that it was actually Data-Roxas that met Data-Sora at the Station of Awakening and Castle Oblivion.

Days comes last here partly because the story, while interesting, really only picks up at the very tail end of the game. My other major problem is that we don't get to actually meet as many major Disney characters as we did in other installments. I also really wish that there were new Disney worlds to explore so that it would at least mean that Roxas might accidentally bump into someone who we haven't seen in the Kingdom Hearts Universe yet.
 

kupo1121

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*cough* There is a distinct lack of Kingdom Hearts V-Cast here *cough*

While I don't think anyone would choose it...I still think it'd be funny if it go recognition lol

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Since I have to withhold my opinion on a game I haven't played, my order is:
1. Dream Drop Distance
2. The original CoM (it was the reason I bought a GBA in the first place)
3. Coded
4. Days
The gap between DDD and CoM in that list is very small. I enjoyed both storylines, so it was DDD's gameplay that gave it the edge for me. I love CoM's card system, but it was nice to be able to control Riku's customization of attacks, special moves, etc. in DDD. With CoM, Riku was limited to three special attacks, and the only variations in his battle strategies depended on the deck you were given in each world that set which of those moves you could use.

Also, forgive my ignorance, but what is V-Cast?
 

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There are so many things that I like about each of the handheld titles that make them their own, solid and unique experiences, and they flesh out the nature of Kingdom Hearts with needed experimentation and innovative ideas. I really do love them all in their own right, but I can't kid myself. Birth by Sleep really does take the cake. I would not be as infatuated with the series if it didn't exist.

Also, forgive my ignorance, but what is V-Cast?

V-Cast was a one-off mobile title developed for Verizon. It's irrelevant to the series as it stands.
 

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The handhelds are great. They may not have the exact.. longevity and technical prowess of their console counterparts, but they've got a lot of things right that KHII didn't. They put gameplay first. I think DDD is the best handheld KH, merely for it's presentation being awesome.
 
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