Episode 3 Part 2 - Re:Coded to Kingdom Hearts III

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On the second part of our journey through the Kingdom Hearts franchise, Luke and I talk about the rest of the games…and a kinda-sorta related game that also happened to be directed by Tetsuya Nomura. Most importantly, though, we analyze the recently-released Kingdom Hearts 3: what our expectations were for it going in, the constant tug-of-war between Disney and Kingdom Hearts, the ways it disappointed us, and the ways it succeeded. And in the end, was it all worth it? We cover:

  • Re:Coded

  • The World Ends With You

  • Dream Drop Distance

  • 0.2 Birth By Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage-

  • Kingdom Hearts Chi/Unchained Chi/Union Cross

  • Kingdom Hearts III

Click here to read Luke’s essays on the entire franchise.