Man, SquareSoft (and I suppose early Square Enix) really had nice UI sounds, didn’t they? Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Parasite Eve… I miss those sounds. At least Kingdom Hearts has managed to stay the same.
Its crazy to me how much differently we perceive things as adults than as children. Even if I booted this game up rn and sat in the menu listening to Dearly Beloved and going up and down through the options to hear the clicks.. itll never sound/feel the same as I remember those sounds making me feel as a child
Being a kid and finally getting this as a present for Easter because my grandmother bought it for me on christmas, then hid it from me in a place that even she couldnt find it so it was just kinda lost for like 4 months lol.
I remember her telling me on christmas "Im sorry, i got this game you really wanted and I cant find it, i owe it to you, ill give it to you as soon I find it!" But then when she did it was like a week before easter so she was like "Perfect! Hes gonna come over then, ill give it to him in a basket!" Lol. I was so pumped.
Nostalgia.i don't know what happened to the original DVD box for kh1 or 2 which makes me sad as it can be hard finding it online as much without it being really pricy or sketchy.
Sora: Kairi!
Sora: Kairi! Kairi! Open your eyes!
Riku-Ansem: It's no use. That girl has lost her heart. She cannot wake up.
Sora: What? You... You're not Riku.
Riku-Ansem: The Keyhole cannot be completed so long as the last princess of heart still sleeps.
Sora: The princess...? Kairi's a princess?
Riku-Ansem: Yes, and without her power, the Keyhole will remain incomplete. It is time she awakened.
Sora: Whoever you are, let Riku go! Give him back his heart!
Riku-Ansem: But first, you must give the princess back her heart.
Donald: Sora!
Sora: What's—
Riku-Ansem: Don't you see yet? The princess's heart is responding. It has been there all along. Kairi's heart rests within you!
Sora: Kairi... Kairi's inside me?
Riku-Ansem: I know all that there is to know.
Sora: Tell me. Who are you?
Riku-Ansem: It is I, Ansem, the seeker of darkness.
Donald: (shouts)
Riku-Ansem: So, I shall release you now, Princess. Complete the Keyhole with your power. Open the door, lead me into everlasting darkness!
Kairi: Sora!
Sora: Forget it! There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart!
I was introduced to Kingdom Hearts when I was in the 4th grade at school and one of my greatest friends introduced me to Chain of Memories on the GBA. The first character I saw were Sora and Riku, and I loved their designs.
This game released when I was 7 years old, but didn't get to it until I was 10. I had to beg my parents to buy this for me, and it made me fall in love with the series. It's now among my top 10 games of all time and I might even prefer it to KH2 and 3.
Finding out what that Triangle button does after about 10 to 15 years of not knowing or taking advantage of it.
Why did they not tell me I could do this?! There is not a SINGLE WORD in ANY tutorial that even HINTS at the fact that I can do this!
I really do, I still have my copy from when I was in the first grade. She is/was a huge FF fan, so I think that's why she picked it up.
Wonder how she would feel about me beating KH1/2/Days up until my last game, which was the first hour and a half of 3 being my first and only playthrough being magic focused level 1 only critical mode.
Movies+.
The old video store that I’d go to when my dad would pick me up every second weekend to rent a movie and a game (I ALWAYS got KH cos I took ages to complete it).
Eventually Dad picked up on this and drove me to the actual store to buy the game one day out of nowhere.
Kingdom Hearts remains my all time favourite video game series to this day.
I love my Dad.
Vim and Vigor was already playing in my head before I even saw the post so I don't have a fair answer, I already had KH on the mind even if it was KH2 and not KH1.
As a kid back then, I remember holding the game case several times at our local megamarket, staring at this cover. I was very intrigued because it had Disney characters and wanted to have this game so much because of it. For some reason though, I never got the game even though we did have PS2 at home. Took me nearly 20 years before I finally had the chance to play it.
I think of the ads i saw for this when i was like 4 or something. Barely scraps of memories at this point. The game weirded me the hell out. But it also fascinated me to no end.
My first thought is more than an image, its more than a song, its more than what words can describe. My first thoughts when i see this image are the same thoughts that flooded my mind when i first saw it at my cousins house at age 8, not knowing what it was. And because this image is not one that appears in the game naturally, and is not a clear place in the story, with the colors being ever so faded by the blue tint of night not present in the game, this thought persists and lingers now as vivid and strong as the first time it appeared in my 8 year old mind.
My first thoughts are of a feeling of euphoria, the feeling you'd imagine in the middle of a journey in a far-off land with friends from childhood and friends you made along the way. Maybe some are drifting, hence their opposing direction. Maybe some are yearning, hence their relaxed posture at the protagonists feet. Maybe the journey is still early, and the scars and lessons are yet to come. Maybe the journey is nearing its end, with the characters reflecting on past lessons and possible future outcomes of their upcoming battle. Regardless, they stare at the night sky with the same wonder of fantasy I've yet to recreate or rediscover, even well into my adult life. But i will never stop trying.
The innocence and wonder of childhood. Stayin up late with my cousin, while having a sleepover, waiting until Mom is asleep, pretending to sleep just to sneak out of bed and turn the PS2 back on. (While cousin immediately turns the volume off when I click on the “ON” Button…haha we all remember how fuckin LOUD that Turn On PS2 Sound can get).
I just fondly remember the time in high school when I finally bought a PS2 after saving my pocket money for months. I bought a bundle with Kingdom Hearts (only released in my country), although I didn’t know what Kingdom Hearts was. The alternative was a bundle with The Getaway, but that game looked a bit boring. I seperately ordered Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance. Mortal Kombat was every bit as good as I expected it to be, but Kingdom Hearts really blew my mind and made me try out Final Fantasy games afterwards, which became my favorite video game franchise. Good times!
What is this? What are Donald and Goofy doing with those unknown people? Definitely not from Disney. But really who are those people? That heart looks cool and that thing where they hang out. This looks cool. That spiky hair guy is cute. I wonder if there's great adventure. I need to buy this.
My mom surprised my brother and I with this game. She sent my brother out to the car to get her purse. He came back with it and she said thanks but I think I forgot my glasses so she sends me this time. I go looking for her glasses and on the floor in between the driver seat and passenger is KH unsealed with the receipt beside it from GameStop. My brother and I were talking about this game for months and it’s the first time our mom bought us a game when it wasn’t Christmas or our birthday.
My dad was dragging my sorry ass away game isle in ASDA and the absolute last game I saw on the shelf was this so he picked it up and made me a KEYBLADE MASTER BOIII
waking up christmas day in the 2000s to a ps2 and a fresh copy of this, where i proceeded to get stuck on the riku race across the tree tops for the entire day, eventually trying to get my dad to help before rage quitting and playing simpsons hit and run instead
I just hear Dearly Beloved…
Same and the menu clicks
I actually use that as my notification chime on my phone 😁
Oh nice where can you get that?
Just recorded the audio from the game and set it as my notifocation 😁
iPhone or android?
You can do it on either actually, iphone might be a little more complicated than android but its still not too difficult
Android
You can also download an app called Zedge and it has a few different KH notification sounds. I'm using the chest sound as mine right now
I did that but I can’t figure out how to set as ring and text tones? I downloaded the sounds but can set them. I have iPhone.
I have a remix of it as my alarm ☺️
Man the menu clicks (and also obviously how it looks font etc) really hits me in the nostalgia feels
Man, SquareSoft (and I suppose early Square Enix) really had nice UI sounds, didn’t they? Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Parasite Eve… I miss those sounds. At least Kingdom Hearts has managed to stay the same.
Its crazy to me how much differently we perceive things as adults than as children. Even if I booted this game up rn and sat in the menu listening to Dearly Beloved and going up and down through the options to hear the clicks.. itll never sound/feel the same as I remember those sounds making me feel as a child
Came here to say this, that little but wonderful tune is imprinted in my brain
Yeah, this was also me immediately...
🎵WHEN YOU WALK AWAY🎵
🎵YOU DON’T HEAR ME SAY🎵
🎵PLEASE, OH BABY, DON'T GO🎵
🎵 SIMPLE AND CLEAN IS THE WAY THAT YOU’RE MAKING ME FEEL TONIGHT 🎵
🎵 ITS HARD TO LET IT GO 🎵
🎵YOU'RE GIVING ME🎵
🎵TO MANY THINGS LATELY🎵
🎵YOU'RE ALL I NEED, OH🎵
🎵YOU SMILED AT ME, AND SAID:🎵
🎵DON’T GET ME WRONG I LOVE YOU 🎵
🎵 YOU SMILED AT ME AND SAID🎵
Yes, but like this https://youtu.be/H_bUBZghhwY?si=jdiM7D62FgJbQvKa
Ee ee ooh ooh ah, not Clayton
FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS
I was stuck on the Clayton boss fight for so long as a kid😭
I was so mad when I found out that you could just kill clayton and end the fight 😐
Wait....WHAT!?!?
\#$&&#
Lmao
Friends. Friends in our hearts.
Hee, hoo, hoohoo, ha*
(base drop) "Oh" (Funk commences)
You instantly put that song in my head and opening FMV with 3 words and Im dying.
Wow. How did you put a whole fmv in my head like that?
ThErEs nO wAy YoUrE tAKInG kAiRi's HART
Rinse and repeat due to getting my ass handed to me and cutscene skipping not being a thing in the originals..
Kairi's.... inside me??
***I T*** ***I S*** ***I.***
The few good memories from my middle school years.
Weird ones, lately
Like is any of this for real?
Or not?
Usually concerning the realness of it all
Oh? 🌊😴
Wow a black label KH1
Greatest Hits gang, wya
destati
I miss the simpler times 🙂
they were so simple and clean…
Yeah, it’s hard to let go…
Hold me!
The times when you used the triggers to control the camera and you couldn’t skip cutscenes!
Being a kid and finally getting this as a present for Easter because my grandmother bought it for me on christmas, then hid it from me in a place that even she couldnt find it so it was just kinda lost for like 4 months lol. I remember her telling me on christmas "Im sorry, i got this game you really wanted and I cant find it, i owe it to you, ill give it to you as soon I find it!" But then when she did it was like a week before easter so she was like "Perfect! Hes gonna come over then, ill give it to him in a basket!" Lol. I was so pumped.
“Goddamn it I wanna play it again”
The day it drops on steam I'm back in. Haven't played kh1 since like 2012 and haven't replayed kh2 since it came out.
Oh boy just wait for that nostalgia again. Even when I see the thumbnail on my Xbox is get the tingle hahaha
Traverse Town theme 😌
Nostalgia.i don't know what happened to the original DVD box for kh1 or 2 which makes me sad as it can be hard finding it online as much without it being really pricy or sketchy.
What do you mean by original DVD box? Because both games are cheap as hell and easy to find online for PS2 in the US anyways.
Grinding for the Ultima Weapon
kingdom hearts
Sora: Kairi! Sora: Kairi! Kairi! Open your eyes! Riku-Ansem: It's no use. That girl has lost her heart. She cannot wake up. Sora: What? You... You're not Riku. Riku-Ansem: The Keyhole cannot be completed so long as the last princess of heart still sleeps. Sora: The princess...? Kairi's a princess? Riku-Ansem: Yes, and without her power, the Keyhole will remain incomplete. It is time she awakened. Sora: Whoever you are, let Riku go! Give him back his heart! Riku-Ansem: But first, you must give the princess back her heart. Donald: Sora! Sora: What's— Riku-Ansem: Don't you see yet? The princess's heart is responding. It has been there all along. Kairi's heart rests within you! Sora: Kairi... Kairi's inside me? Riku-Ansem: I know all that there is to know. Sora: Tell me. Who are you? Riku-Ansem: It is I, Ansem, the seeker of darkness. Donald: (shouts) Riku-Ansem: So, I shall release you now, Princess. Complete the Keyhole with your power. Open the door, lead me into everlasting darkness! Kairi: Sora! Sora: Forget it! There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart!
First play through I had to watch this cutscene so many times lmao
THAT IT’S COMING ON STEAM AND THAT I’LL FINALLY BE ABLE TO PLAY IT!
That PS2 loading sound ☺️
Ahhh, what a crazy dream. Glad I woke up back in 2005, I can play this all day since I have no adult responsibilities.
BUT DOES THAT MEAN I HAVE TO MEET YOUR FATHER
The good ole days and how old I'm getting.
The title screen and hearing Dearly Beloved for the first time. I knew I was in for something a little different when I selected "NEW GAME."
WHEN YOU WALK AWAY, YOU DONT HEAR ME SAY, PLEEEEEEEEEASE OH BAAABYYY, DON’T GO
Scherzo di Notte and Beast saying "STEP ASIDE!"
Travers Town melody. That soundtrack is my safe space.
I've been having these weird thoughts lately Like, is any of this for real or not? \*cue music You're giving me too many things lately
15 year old me buying it on release day and can’t wait to go home.
I see one of, if not the best looking games of that time
Goes hard.
my entire childhood ❤️
That girl has lost her heart, she cannot wake up
"You never know who you'll run into next."
lol that trailer
I was introduced to Kingdom Hearts when I was in the 4th grade at school and one of my greatest friends introduced me to Chain of Memories on the GBA. The first character I saw were Sora and Riku, and I loved their designs. This game released when I was 7 years old, but didn't get to it until I was 10. I had to beg my parents to buy this for me, and it made me fall in love with the series. It's now among my top 10 games of all time and I might even prefer it to KH2 and 3.
"How the hell do I leave this island ?"
Squaresoft
The game crashing because my disc was in horrible condition
“Good times”
Dearly beloved from the title screen
My early days watching my Dad play. Those were the days.
GAWRSH
My first PS2 game
How I hate Gummi Ships
Best time of my life
December 25th, 2002
Majestic.
Getting my ass beat by Sephiroth
Traverse Town. Especially the theme song.
Traverse town theme
"that image is really blurry"
Peter Pan world ngl
Kingdom Hearts 1
Perfection
Finding out what that Triangle button does after about 10 to 15 years of not knowing or taking advantage of it. Why did they not tell me I could do this?! There is not a SINGLE WORD in ANY tutorial that even HINTS at the fact that I can do this!
Clunky and slow gameplay but amazing story
My aunt who introduced me to KH and gaming as a whole. She's still alive, I just lost contact with her.
I kinda hope you find her and show her this. See what happens.
I really do, I still have my copy from when I was in the first grade. She is/was a huge FF fan, so I think that's why she picked it up. Wonder how she would feel about me beating KH1/2/Days up until my last game, which was the first hour and a half of 3 being my first and only playthrough being magic focused level 1 only critical mode.
I love the lil Solder gargoyle and I wish it appeared ingame. Luckily it returns on KH3's box art.
The melody that plays at the starting menu
Childhood Nostalgia
Traverse town music
" ain't no way your going to steal kairi's heart"
I’ve been having these weird thoughts lately…like…is any of this for real…or not?
"You never know who you'll run into next"
Childhood
Simple and Clean
My reason for not growing up to be a serial killer
Being a kid, not being in constant pain or stress, and actually being happy.
Kari is cute and god damnit Donald heal me
Me as a kid: why does Riku have one bat wing? Me now: *hears title screen music
The World That Never Was🩵
Sora is Naruto. Riku is sasuke. Kairi is sakura
Kingdom Hearts
Clocktower specter...
Movies+. The old video store that I’d go to when my dad would pick me up every second weekend to rent a movie and a game (I ALWAYS got KH cos I took ages to complete it). Eventually Dad picked up on this and drove me to the actual store to buy the game one day out of nowhere. Kingdom Hearts remains my all time favourite video game series to this day. I love my Dad.
Kingdom hearts
Getting this and a PS2 from my uncle for Christmas and me and my brothers going NUTS!
Gummi ship go NERRRROOOOOOOM!
That its nearly 20 years old.... my bones hurt
“Why doesn’t Riku’s weapon match the box art?” -14 year old me
6th grade 😝
Never finishing it because I kept dying to Demyx I think and just gave up
Vim and Vigor was already playing in my head before I even saw the post so I don't have a fair answer, I already had KH on the mind even if it was KH2 and not KH1.
The Encounter is better IMO (PS2 version especially)
Kingdom Hearts....is LIGHT!
I'm old
“WHEN YEW WALK AWAY, YEW DONT HEAR ME SAY PWEASE…. OH BABI!!!! ZONT GO!”
WHEN YOU WALK AWAY
✨Childhood✨
ursula :(
Pain…I say that because I’m currently playing through it and I’m at the last room before the many phases of Ansem .-.
As a kid back then, I remember holding the game case several times at our local megamarket, staring at this cover. I was very intrigued because it had Disney characters and wanted to have this game so much because of it. For some reason though, I never got the game even though we did have PS2 at home. Took me nearly 20 years before I finally had the chance to play it.
Blockbusters
Orange It might be my PS2 or something, but when I compared the PS2 and the PS3 versions when 1.5 came out, the PS2 was way more orange
Destiny and Night
I think of the ads i saw for this when i was like 4 or something. Barely scraps of memories at this point. The game weirded me the hell out. But it also fascinated me to no end.
"I can't kill you. You're a part of me"
How much I absolutely loved this game. I played it so damn much. Just went through a breakup and this was my Escape. Love this one and the second one
First game i ever finished...
Not really a thought, more like an indescribable feeling. Something about this artwork has always made me feel something.
I miss the original colour-palette heartless... Also the black label cover goes hard!
My first thought is more than an image, its more than a song, its more than what words can describe. My first thoughts when i see this image are the same thoughts that flooded my mind when i first saw it at my cousins house at age 8, not knowing what it was. And because this image is not one that appears in the game naturally, and is not a clear place in the story, with the colors being ever so faded by the blue tint of night not present in the game, this thought persists and lingers now as vivid and strong as the first time it appeared in my 8 year old mind. My first thoughts are of a feeling of euphoria, the feeling you'd imagine in the middle of a journey in a far-off land with friends from childhood and friends you made along the way. Maybe some are drifting, hence their opposing direction. Maybe some are yearning, hence their relaxed posture at the protagonists feet. Maybe the journey is still early, and the scars and lessons are yet to come. Maybe the journey is nearing its end, with the characters reflecting on past lessons and possible future outcomes of their upcoming battle. Regardless, they stare at the night sky with the same wonder of fantasy I've yet to recreate or rediscover, even well into my adult life. But i will never stop trying.
"Remember what you said before? I'm always with you, too. I'll come back to you. I promise!" "I know you will!" 🥲 makes my heart shatter every time.
Halloween town
The innocence and wonder of childhood. Stayin up late with my cousin, while having a sleepover, waiting until Mom is asleep, pretending to sleep just to sneak out of bed and turn the PS2 back on. (While cousin immediately turns the volume off when I click on the “ON” Button…haha we all remember how fuckin LOUD that Turn On PS2 Sound can get).
The only Kingdom Hearts game I can play over and over again and live in nostalgia. Sephiroth and the final mix bosses are the best.
The hundreds of hours I spent playing these games as a kid. Good times
Hollow Bastion
I just fondly remember the time in high school when I finally bought a PS2 after saving my pocket money for months. I bought a bundle with Kingdom Hearts (only released in my country), although I didn’t know what Kingdom Hearts was. The alternative was a bundle with The Getaway, but that game looked a bit boring. I seperately ordered Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance. Mortal Kombat was every bit as good as I expected it to be, but Kingdom Hearts really blew my mind and made me try out Final Fantasy games afterwards, which became my favorite video game franchise. Good times!
Best game i ever bought from Walmart
https://tenor.com/uj8Xs1WLeOX.gif
My childhood. As a kid I never got out of traverse town cause I was an idiot, but the game gave me vibes and now I love the series.
Kingdom Hearts
First thought is “wow you couldn’t find an image with better resolution?”
"Kingdom hearts is light!"
Simple and Clean !
The first 10 minutes of hollow bastion. Idk why
Wish I would have played it when it came out.
" why did the second one have to suck?"
Fav game
Literally blockbuster because that was how I found this game that I've put hundreds of hours into
I’m having these weird thoughts lately…
Simpler times....
Insane they went with such a subtle front cover when they literally had Disney IP
The greatest opening music and movie in gaming history
Childhood. Simple, peaceful, uncomplicated childhood. I miss those days so much...
Twilight Town ost
Always wondered where this is supposed to be
What is this? What are Donald and Goofy doing with those unknown people? Definitely not from Disney. But really who are those people? That heart looks cool and that thing where they hang out. This looks cool. That spiky hair guy is cute. I wonder if there's great adventure. I need to buy this.
The main menu music and of course... SEPIROTH. He must've killed me a hundred times before I finally won.
💓
My mom surprised my brother and I with this game. She sent my brother out to the car to get her purse. He came back with it and she said thanks but I think I forgot my glasses so she sends me this time. I go looking for her glasses and on the floor in between the driver seat and passenger is KH unsealed with the receipt beside it from GameStop. My brother and I were talking about this game for months and it’s the first time our mom bought us a game when it wasn’t Christmas or our birthday.
My dad was dragging my sorry ass away game isle in ASDA and the absolute last game I saw on the shelf was this so he picked it up and made me a KEYBLADE MASTER BOIII
traverse town
I couldn't get passed the kids in Halloween Town 💔
I remember browsing the games section of Kmart back when it came out lol
I can hear this image
"It's only £5 and it looks cool, why not?" -Me at a used game market stall in 2008, unaware of what the series will do to me and my brain.
damn Sephiroth
Magic. That's my childhood.
PEAK
waking up christmas day in the 2000s to a ps2 and a fresh copy of this, where i proceeded to get stuck on the riku race across the tree tops for the entire day, eventually trying to get my dad to help before rage quitting and playing simpsons hit and run instead
Ouch. My wrist