Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days: Difference between revisions

|japan    = キングダムハーツ 358/2 Days

|romaji    = Kingudamu Hātsu 358/2 Days

|publisher = Square Enix

|release  = [[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] May 30, 2009<br>[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px]]/[[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] September 29, 2009 <br>[[File:Flag of European Union.png|20px|Europe]]/[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] October 9, 2009

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{{Q|What mattered the most was remembered the least.|Tagline}}

The Ultimate Hits edition was re-released in Japan on March 29, 2012 as part of the [[10th Anniversary Box]].  

During pre-production, it was decided that the game should not focus on Sora and should instead flesh out another "main character." Roxas was eventually decided on as the protagonist to both explain his backstory, connection to the organization and his ultimate fate before the events of ''Kingdom Hearts II''. Unlike ''Chain of Memories'' before it, the increased processing power of the DS allowed the game to play much more similarly to a traditional ''Kingdom Hearts'' game, although the team ran into technical hurdles due to the lack of buttons on the system. The team opted to not use the touch screen to further complicated the controls. The logo being a warm red color was made as an allusion to the sunset of Twilight Town.{{fact}} The subtitle ''358/2 Days'' was initially left unexplained until the game released, where it was revealed to refer to the 358 days Roxas spent as an organization member and how Nomura expected the average player to complete the game in 2 days.{{fact}}

Demos of the game were made available at Jump Festa in December 2007 and the DKΣ3713 Private party in August 2008. The game initially had a late 2008 release date, but was delayed to February 2009 and again to its Japanese release on May 30, 2009. The official trailer was released during E3 2009 and officially released on September 29, 2009 for North America and October 9, 2009 for Europe. To promote the game, a tie-in game titled ''[[Kingdom Hearts Magical Puzzle Clash]]'' was released for web browsers around the release of the main game.

==Story==

Shortly after Roxas's induction, the Organization sees the arrival of a mysterious fourteenth member, [[Xion]]. Her appearance changes from person to person, depending on their relationship with her. Later, when Axel and several other members are assigned to [[Castle Oblivion]] (setting the stage for ''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]''), Roxas is paired with Xion. The two begin to bond, and the reclusive Xion begins opening up to Roxas, revealing her resemblance to Sora's friend [[Kairi]], and her ability to wield the Keyblade.

A few days later, Roxas falls into a coma for several weeks, around the same time Sora is put to sleep to regain the memories he lost in Castle Oblivion. Roxas finally awakens and finds that all the members dispatched to Castle Oblivion, except Axel, have been eliminated. Feeling lonely, Roxas suggests that he, Axel and Xion all spend time together, and the three become close friends, eventually including Xion on their trips to the clock tower. However, Roxas begins experiencing Sora's memories and grows frustrated when his questions about them go unanswered, becoming increasingly curious about why he wields the Keyblade and doubtful of the Organization's motives.

[[File:Xion's End 01 KHD.png|thumb|left|Xion asks Roxas to set Kingdom Hearts free as she fades in his arms.]]

Soon afterward, he encounters and battles Riku, who had been dispatched by DiZ to capture him so that he may merge with Sora and complete the restoration of his memories. When Riku is nearly defeated, he taps into the growing darkness in his heart, granting him the power necessary to subdue Roxas, but also giving him the appearance of [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]], who resides in his heart. Riku subsequently brings the unconscious Roxas to DiZ, who digitizes and places him into a virtual Twilight Town.

Roxas wakes up in his bed in the virtual town after having another dream about Sora, his memories altered by DiZ to forget his time with Organization XIII. He changes clothes and runs outside to the Usual Spot, wondering if he, [[Hayner]], [[Pence]], and [[Olette]] will finally go to the beach, leading to the beginning of ''Kingdom Hearts II''. After the credits, a brief scene of Roxas encountering Sora is shown.

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[[Gear]]s allowed character to access different weapons . Additionally, each individual weapon has its own attack combo, with many of them having secondary combos, called [[Y-Combo]]s, activated by pressing {{button|dsy}} when prompted in mid-attack.

This game contains the most playable characters ever in the series, with a total of nineteen characters: all of Organization XIII, Sora, Riku, Donald, Goofy, and King Mickey.

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;List of primary playable characters

*[[Xemnas]]

*[[Riku]]

;Other

==Special editions==

Preordering through {{w|Amazon.com}} in North American came with a slipcover that has Roxas standing in a background of Hidden Mickey, Hearts, Roxas's symbol, Crown, and Nobody insignias.

*[[Saïx]] and [[Xemnas]] are the only Organization members never to pair up with [[Roxas]] for a mission at any point.

*The Japanese version of the opening video lists each Organization member's attribute and weapon type, along with a short paragraph describing them which includes their title; the English version instead mentions their attributes within the paragraph and lists weapon types, with no mention of title. However, the English version of the ''HD 1.5 ReMIX'' compilation of this game's cutscenes gives the titles of the Organization members.  

==Notes and references==