| Developer(s) | Square Enix Business Division 3 |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Director(s) | · Tetsuya Nomura
· Tai Yasue |
| Producer(s) | Rie Nishi |
| Designer(s) | Tai Yasue |
| Programmer(s) | · Hideki Matsuoka
· Tomohito Hano |
| Artist(s) | Tetsuya Nomura |
| Writer(s) | Tetsuya Nomura Masaru Oka |
| Composer(s) | Yoko Shimomura Takeharu Ishimoto Tsuyoshi Sekito |
| Series | Kingdom Hearts |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 4 |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
| Release | · JP: January 25, 2019
· WW: January 29, 2019 |
| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Plot: Believing light and darkness must remain in balance, Master Xehanort seeks to spark war against the “tyranny of light” to restore equilibrium.
The gameplay is an Action RPG style game.
I find this gam amazing and all so nostalgic.
Pros: the backgrounds, graphics & animation for this game looks phenomenal, the storyline for this game is a simple good vs evil narrative, the game does girt the player a change to take part in 8 levels of Disney’s most profitable bands & this game will bring you to this world to those who never play kingdom hearts.
Cons: a lot of the cut scenes do go on do long, the main boss battles got harder as the game goes on, the customized skill tree was a bit hard to guess which was which, the ship battles was a distraction to me & I wish most of the newest characters did help Sora, Donald, goofy & the rest of the gang in battle.
Casts & Crew:
Directed by
| Tetsuya Nomura | |
| Tai Yasue |
Writing Credits
| Tetsuya Nomura | … | (creator) |
| Masaru Oka | ||
Cast (in credits order)
| Haley Joel Osment | … | Sora / Vanitas (voice) | |
| David Gallagher | … | Riku / Riku Replica / Dark Riku (voice) | |
| Alyson Stoner | … | Kairi / Xion (voice) | |
| Jason Dohring | … | Terra / Lingering Will / Guardian (voice) | |
| Willa Holland | … | Aqua (voice) | |
| Jesse McCartney | … | Ventus / Roxas (voice) | |
| Quinton Flynn | … | Axel / Lea (voice) | |
| Meaghan Martin | … | Naminé (voice) | |
| Zachary Gordon | … | Hayner (voice) | |
| Tristian Chase | … | Pence (voice) | |
| Ashley Boettcher | … | Olette (voice) | |
| Vince Corazza | … | Ienzo (voice) | |
| Ben Diskin | … | Young Xehanort (voice) | |
| Drake Bell | … | Young Eraqus (voice) | |
| Scott Adsit | … | Baymax (voice) | |
| Carlos Alazraqui | … | Mike Wazowski (voice) | |
| Tony Anselmo | … | Donald Duck (voice) | |
| Kristen Bell | … | Anna (voice) | |
| Eva Bella | … | Young Elsa (voice) (archive sound) | |
| Jeff Bennett | … | Merlin (voice) | |
| AnaSofia Bianchi | … | Little Girl (voice) (as Soso Bianchi) | |
| Susanne Blakeslee | … | Maleficent (voice) | |
| Paul Briggs | … | Marshmallow (voice) | |
| Corey Burton | … | Yen Sid / Zeus / Dale / Ansem the Wise (voice) | |
| Jared Butler | … | Captain Jack Sparrow (voice) | |
| Jamie Chung | … | Go Go Tomago (voice) | |
| Jim Cummings | … | Pete / Winnie the Pooh / Tigger (voice) | |
| Tate Donovan | … | Hercules (voice) | |
| Robin Atkin Downes | … | Davy Jones / Luxord (voice) | |
| Susan Egan | … | Megara (voice) | |
| Bill Farmer | … | Goofy (voice) | |
| Crispin Freeman | … | Will Turner (voice) | |
| Josh Gad | … | Olaf (voice) | |
| Brian George | … | Captain Hector Barbossa (voice) | |
| Mary Gibbs | … | Boo (voice) (archive sound) | |
| Michael Gough | … | Gopher (voice) | |
| Jonathan Groff | … | Kristoff (voice) | |
| Jim Hanks | … | Woody (voice) | |
| Bret Iwan | … | King Mickey Mouse (voice) | |
| David Kaye | … | Narrator (voice) | |
| Tom Kenny | … | Rabbit (voice) | |
| Kelsey Lansdowne | … | Rapunzel (voice) | |
| Zachary Levi | … | Flynn Rider (voice) (as Zac Levi) | |
| Katie Lopez | … | Anna’s 5-year-old singing voice (voice) | |
| Tress MacNeille | … | Chip (voice) | |
| Mike MacRae | … | Buzz Lightyear (voice) | |
| J.P. Manoux | … | Randall Boggs (voice) | |
| Aidan McGraw | … | Roo (voice) | |
| Kevin McNally | … | Joshamee Gibbs (voice) (as Kevin R. McNally) | |
| Idina Menzel | … | Elsa (voice) | |
| Piotr Michael | … | Sarge (voice) | |
| Leslie L. Miller | … | Tia Dalma (voice) (as Leslie Miller) | |
| T.J. Miller | … | Fred (voice) | |
| Donna Murphy | … | Mother Gothel (voice) | |
| Travis Oates | … | Piglet (voice) | |
| Joe Ochman | … | Jiminy Cricket (voice) | |
| Bret ‘Brook’ Parker | … | Trailer Mom (voice) (as Bret Parker) | |
| Khary Payton | … | Wasabi (voice) | |
| Jeff Pidgeon | … | Squeeze Toy Aliens (voice) | |
| Ryan Potter | … | Hiro Hamada (voice) | |
| John Ratzenberger | … | Hamm (voice) | |
| Enn Reitel | … | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | |
| Genesis Rodriguez | … | Honey Lemon (voice) | |
| Eliza Schneider | … | Elizabeth Swann (voice) | |
| Wallace Shawn | … | Rex (voice) | |
| Roger Craig Smith | … | Corporal / DEA Agent / Trailer Boy (voice) | |
| Amelia Stanger | … | Lumpy (voice) | |
| Delaney Rose Stein | … | Young Rapunzel (voice) (archive sound) | |
| Livvy Stubenrauch | … | Young Anna (voice) (archive sound) | |
| Christopher Swindle | … | James P. Sullivan (voice) | |
| Russi Taylor | … | Huey / Dewey / Louie (voice) | |
| Katherine Von Till | … | Woman in Distress (voice) (as Katie Von Till) | |
| Mick Wingert | … | Lord Cutler Beckett (voice) | |
| James Woods | … | Hades (voice) | |
| Chris Jai Alex | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| John Eric Bentley | … | Additional Voices (voice) (as John Bentley) | |
| Laila Berzins | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| G.K. Bowes | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Alvin Chea | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Greg Chun | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Randy Crenshaw | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Moe Daniels | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Remy Edgerly | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Gideon Emery | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Erika Harlacher | … | Additional Voices (voice) (as Erika Lynn Harlacher) | |
| Jess Harnell | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Joe Hernandez | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Shane Johnson | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| JP Karliak | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Sasha Knight | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Jason Charles Miller | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Iara Nemirovsky | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Tara Platt | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Laura Post | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Jamieson Price | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Andre Robinson | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Michelle Ruff | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Jeff Schine | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Patrick Seitz | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Nick Shakoour | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Desiree Siahaan | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Keith Silverstein | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Karen Strassman | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Cristina Valenzuela | … | Additional Voices (voice) (as Cristina Vee) | |
| ViviAnn Yee | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Julian Zane | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Richard Epcar | … | Ansem / Terra-Xehanort (voice) | |
| James Patrick Stuart | … | Xigbar (voice) | |
| Paul St. Peter | … | Xemnas (voice) | |
| Derek Stephen Prince | … | Vexen (voice) | |
| Kirk Thornton | … | Saïx (voice) | |
| Ryan O’Donohue | … | Demyx (voice) | |
| Shanelle Gray | … | Larxene (voice) | |
| Keith Ferguson | … | Marluxia (voice) | |
| Lara Jill Miller | … | Chirithy (voice) | |
| Michael Johnston | … | Ephemer (voice) | |
| Madison Davenport | … | Nameless Star (voice) | |
| Matthew Mercer | … | Ira (voice) | |
| Travis Willingham | … | Aced (voice) | |
| Kevin Quinn | … | Gula (voice) | |
| Karissa Lee Staples | … | Invi (voice) | |
| Mark Hamill | … | Master Eraqus (voice) | |
| Rutger Hauer | … | Master Xehanort (voice) | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Shin Aomori | … | Mr. Gibbs (voice) | |
| Takashi Aoyagi | … | King Mickey Mouse (voice) | |
| Yutaka Aoyama | … | Randall Boggs (voice) | |
| Masumi Asano | … | Go Go Tomago (voice) | |
| Shigeru Chiba | … | Vexen (voice) | |
| Mari Doi | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Keiko Domon | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Kosuke Echigoya | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Tomohiro Fujitaka | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Keiji Fujiwara | … | Axel / Lea (voice) | |
| Takahiro Fujiwara | … | Marshmallow (voice) | |
| Tesshô Genda | … | Tigger (voice) (as Tessyo Genda) | |
| Atsushi Goto | … | Merlin (voice) | |
| Kana Hanazawa | … | Invi (voice) | |
| Shinichirô Hara | … | Kristoff (voice) | |
| Hiroshi Hatanaka | … | Flynn Rider (voice) | |
| Yu Hatori | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Daisuke Hirakawa | … | Will Turner (voice) | |
| Yuka Hirasawa | … | Olette (voice) | |
| Hiroaki Hirata | … | Captain Jack Sparrow (voice) | |
| Yûtarô Honjô | … | Hiro Hamada (voice) | |
| Shingo Horii | … | CDA Officer 2 (voice) | |
| Kenichi Hoshino | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Takanori Hoshino | … | (voice) | |
| Shûichi Ikeda | … | Marluxia (voice) | |
| Minoru Inaba | … | Dale / Buzz Lightyear (voice) | |
| Takashi Inagaki | … | Yen Sid (voice) | |
| Takuya Inagaki | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Airi Inoue | … | Boo (voice) | |
| Makio Inoue | … | Master Eraqus (voice) (as Maquio Inoue) | |
| Miyu Irino | … | Sora / Vanitas (voice) | |
| Akira Ishida | … | Ienzo (voice) | |
| Kaito Ishikawa | … | Gula (voice) | |
| Hidehiko Ishizuka | … | James P. Sullivan (voice) | |
| Maki Izawa | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Haruhiko Jô | … | Captain Barbossa (voice) | |
| Sayaka Kanda | … | Anna (voice) | |
| Tomoko Kaneda | … | Chirithy (voice) | |
| Mitsuaki Kanuka | … | Winnie the Pooh (voice) | |
| Mina Katahira | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Kunihiro Kawamoto | … | Gopher (voice) | |
| Tokuyoshi Kawashima | … | Baymax (voice) | |
| Yuki Kazu | … | Woman in Distress / Trailer House Mom (voice) | |
| Kôsei Kimura | … | Roo (voice) (as Kosei Kimura) | |
| Subaru Kimura | … | Aced (voice) | |
| Katsuhiro Kitagawa | … | Pete (voice) | |
| Kenji Kitamura | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Takako Matsu | … | Elsa (voice) | |
| Hideyuki Matsumoto | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Rica Matsumoto | … | Megara (voice) | |
| Yasunori Matsumoto | … | Hercules (voice) | |
| Yumiko Matsura | … | Additional Voices (voice) (as Yumiko Matsuura) | |
| Akihiro Matsushima | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Yûji Mitsuya | … | Rex (voice) | |
| Takahiro Miyamoto | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Yûko Miyamura | … | Larxene (voice) | |
| Mamoru Miyano | … | Riku / Riku Replica / Dark Riku (voice) | |
| Yu Mizuno | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Masayasu Nagata | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Shôko Nakagawa | … | Rapunzel (voice) | |
| Iku Nakahara | … | Naminé (voice) | |
| Satoshi Nakao | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Jôji Nakata | … | Luxord (voice) (as Jyogi Nakata) | |
| Daisuke Namikawa | … | Young Eraqus (voice) | |
| Hideto Nitta | … | Fred (voice) | |
| Koji Ochiai | … | Alien A (voice) | |
| Mitsuru Ogata | … | Scrooge McDuck / Piglet (voice) | |
| Toshihiko Ogisawa | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Chikao Ohtsuka | … | Master Xehanort (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Saori Okamoto | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Ryôtarô Okiayu | … | Terra (voice) | |
| Takanori Okuda | … | Young Xehanort (voice) | |
| Kyoko Sakai | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Chika Sakamoto | … | Huey / Dewey / Louie (voice) | |
| Toshiharu Sakurai | … | Alien C (voice) | |
| Shunsuke Sakuya | … | Hamm (voice) | |
| Hiroyuki Sase | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Ginpei Sato | … | Saïx (voice) | |
| Shuki Sato | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Miyuki Satô | … | Girl / Trailer House Boy (voice) (as Miyuki Sato) | |
| Toshiko Sawada | … | Maleficent (voice) | |
| Kyûsaku Shimada | … | Hades (voice) | |
| Yû Shimaka | … | Goofy (voice) | |
| Risa Shimizu | … | Nameless Star (voice) | |
| Makato Suto | … | Hayner (voice) | |
| Ken’ichi Suzumura | … | Demyx (voice) (as Kenichi Suzumura) | |
| Youhei Tadano | … | Jiminy Cricket (voice) | |
| Sayaka Takahashi | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Urara Takano | … | Tia Dalma (voice) | |
| Kôji Takeda | … | Wasabi (voice) (as Kouji Takeda) | |
| Yukimi Takeuchi | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Pierre Taki | … | Olaf (voice) | |
| Roko Takizawa | … | Chip (voice) | |
| Naoki Tamanoi | … | Sarge (voice) | |
| Hiroto Tanaka | … | Lumpy (voice) | |
| Yuji Tanaka | … | Mike Wazowski (voice) | |
| Yuki Tanaka | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Naoki Tatsuta | … | Rabbit (voice) | |
| Hayato Taya | … | Pence (voice) | |
| Megumi Toyoguchi | … | Aqua (voice) | |
| Kôji Tsujitani | … | Woody (voice) | |
| Miyuki Tsurugi | … | Mother Gothel (voice) | |
| Risa Uchida | … | Kairi / Xion (voice) | |
| Koki Uchiyama | … | Ventus / Roxas (voice) | |
| Yûto Uemura | … | Ephemer (voice) | |
| Yuichiro Umehara | … | Ira (voice) (as Yuuichirou Umehara) | |
| Jin Urayama | … | Narrator (voice) | |
| Norio Wakamoto | … | Xemnas (voice) | |
| Genzô Wakayama | … | Ansem the Wise (voice) | |
| Audrey Wasilewski | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Yuna Watanabe | … | Olette (voice) | |
| Kôichi Yamadera | … | Donald Duck (voice) | |
| Masaomi Yamahashi | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Mai Yamane | … | Honey Lemon (voice) | |
| Wataru Yokojima | … | Lord Cutler Beckett (voice) | |
| Kenji Yoshida | … | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Saori Yumiba | … | Elizabeth Swann (voice) | |
| Akio Ôtsuka | … | Ansem / Terra-Xehanort / Master Xehanort (voice) | |
| Hôchû Ôtsuka | … | Davy Jones / Xigbar (voice) | |
Produced by
| Adam Evanko | … | producer: disney |
| Shinji Hashimoto | … | producer |
| Alex Moresby | … | localisation producer |
| Rie Nishi | … | producer |
Music by
| Takeharu Ishimoto | |
| Tsuyoshi Sekito | |
| Yôko Shimomura |
Art Department
| Tatsuo Heianzan | … | lead artist: character |
| Dorian L’Heritier | … | environment artist |
| Tetsuya Nomura | … | main artist |
| Misako Sakai | … | lead artist: character |
| Chiemi Tada | … | lead artist: character |
| Shin Yuasa | … | lead artist: character |
Sound Department
| Alex Baghdassarian | … | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jack Carter | … | sound recordist |
| Martín Gutiérrez | … | dialogue editor / recording engineer |
| Don Hoffman | … | sound recordist |
| Nadia Kedineoglu | … | production supervisor: Skylark Sound Studios |
| Rita Kedineoglu | … | dialogue editor: Skylark Sound Studios / recording engineer: Skylark Sound Studios |
| Dominick Michele | … | adr recordist |
| Justin Kozonis | … | dialogue editor (uncredited) / recording engineer (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
| Johnson Chuang | … | fx artist: Image Engine |
| Danny Singh | … | visual effects editor |
| John C. Sparks | … | visual effects artist: Image Engine |
Animation Department
| Carter Abilawa | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Patrizia Agnes | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Miho Akinaga | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Maikoe Alaniz | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Pinaki Bandopadhyay | … | animation supervisor: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Christian Bonora | … | animation translator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Anshul Chauhan | … | animator |
| Bernard Edlington | … | animation studio producer: Toneplus Animation Studios / animation supervisor: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Erik Edvardsen | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Shi Eitetsu | … | secondary animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Luis Garnacho | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Kousei Hosoya | … | secondary animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Mie Inomata | … | animation translator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Kaito Itateyama | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Masataka Kanda | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Sou Karin | … | secondary animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Kondo Kazuyuki | … | animation production coordinator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Ruin John Leo | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Vito Martian | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Yuto Miura | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Manpei Morino | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Mitsuhiro Nakamura | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Jihoon Park | … | animation general manager: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Adi Halim Pratma | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Itaru Sato | … | animation r&d: Toneplus Animation Studios / animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Haku Sei | … | secondary animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Yuuki Shiihashi | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Andrew Shikada | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Ade Suria | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Yohanes Rokhmat Haryo Suwasono | … | animator: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Hiroto Takahashi | … | animation studio production assistant: Toneplus Animation Studios |
| Liu Zhi | … | animation r&d: Toneplus Animation Studios |
Music Department
| Steve Fitzmaurice | … | music mixed by / music recorded by: theme song |
| Darren Heelis | … | additional engineering: theme song |
| IMJD | … | music coordinator |
| Natsumi Kameoka | … | orchestrator |
| Keiji Kawamori | … | music supervisor |
| Masahito Komori | … | vocals recording: theme song |
| Sachiko Miyano | … | orchestrator: Shangri-la inc. |
| Skrillex | … | music mixed by: theme song |
| Kaoru Wada | … | conductor / orchestrator |
Other crew
| Erica Berghi | … | senior qa lead: italy |
| Seb Ohsan Berthelsen | … | operations director |
| Bob Buchholz | … | voice director |
| Emi Louise Croucher | … | assistant manager japanese language support |
| Manuel Nicolás García García | … | senior qa lead: spain |
| Panos Georgiou | … | in-game cinematics designer |
| Tomohito Hanou | … | lead system programmer |
| Shailesh Iyer | … | senior qa lead: uk |
| Soraya Lamoudi | … | senior qa lead: france |
| John Lasseter | … | chief creative officer: Pixar Animation Studios |
| Hoi-yee Leung | … | senior qa lead: germany |
| Hideki Matsuoka | … | lead system programmer |
| Witawat Rungjiratananon | … | software engineer |
| Jason Walker | … | mastering manager |
| Andre Woitczyk | … | qa manager |
| Tai Yasue | … | lead game designer |
I highly recommend the rest of the other kingdom hearts games along with this new one and buy then on the PS4.
Rating: 9 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident Video Game reviewer,
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