This game was freed in the United States on December 7, 2004 and in Europe on May 6, 2005.

Plot summary

A story of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories requires place directly fallowing a ending of the foremost installment, Kingdom Hearts. I call for Sora, his two friends Donald Duck and Goofy, when well as Jiminy Cricket, walking down the on the face of it never-incessant path, while suddenly the mysterious, hooded human dressed around a melanize trenchcoat tells Sora, "Ahead lies something you need. But to claim it, you must lose something dear." When it prove my point down the path, Sorthe & his companions locate a massive castle known as Castle Oblivion. After it enter, it locate a mysterious figure.

Whilst Sora & his companions attempt to locate a figure, it locate that their abilities seem to use there are no consequence. A figure so explains that at a moment my heroes entered a castle, it forgot each ability it got known. This figure continues by creating the deck of cards mass produced from either Sora & his friends' memories, & tells the two that all about it encounter therein castle is according to their memories. However a higher it last, a other memories it lose in the run.

Meawhile, floors in a image below, Riku somehow returned from either the the World of Darkness & fights his have inner demons when he battles upward himself. However neither he nor Sora come caring it were existence targeted per mysterious ORGANIZAZTION...

Characters

Sora

By owning a Keyblade & his brother, Donald Duck and Goofy, he defeated Ansem and saved all the worlds from either eternal darkness. Around Castle Oblivion, Sora was targeted per Organization, world health organization tried to erase his memories therefore that it can have a Keyblade's power in their evil plans. At long last, Sora traveled across worlds created from either his memories of his last risky venture & met several old friends & enemies. Fallowing he conquered the worlds of his memory & defeated many members of a Organization (Vexen, Larxene, & Axel) & processed it across to the top floor of Castle Oblivion, he engaged Marluxia, the 1 withinside charge of the Castle, in a final face-off. Upon Marluxia's kill, Naminé informed Sora that none of his memories got actually been wasted. Instead, she told him, it got been rearranged to lawsuit a Organization's plans. Namaroundé said that she can repair his memories, however all about that he had experienced piece in the castle would exist as forgotten in exchange. Sora chooses to restore his old memories, which requires One month, bridging a gap between this game & a hanker waited sequel, Kingdom Hearts Two.

Donald Duck
A royal magician of the Magic Kingdom. Since Ansem's kill & his stumbling into Castle Oblivion, Donald has forgotten his charming abilities. When he & a others last farther inside a castle, he possibly begins to forget his independent mission, which is to locate a King. Donald's card allows him to cast Two magic spells. a further Donald cards come stocked within a row, a thomas more mighty the spell.

Goofy
A captain of the royal knights of the Magic Kingdom. Since Ansem's kill & his stumbling into Castle Oblivion, Goofy begins to forget his independent mission, which is to buy a King. Cockamamy's card allows him to physically attack enemies. A One-Two cards stocked with is the "Goofy charge". Tercet Wacky cards stocked with around a row, initiates the "Goofy Tornado".

Riku
One of Sora's right friends world health organizatiwithin swallow him on Destiny Islands until a Heartless come, due to the darkness in Riku's heart. He is available to play in the "Reverse/Rebirth" mode of the game, which is unlocked by beating Sora's version of the game.

When existence utilized by Maleficent and Ansem, Riku helped King Mickey and Sora seal Kingdom Hearts. Unluckily, sequentially to seal it he & a king were forced to stay in the globe of darkness. However ascribable existence "half-dark", Riku somehow escaped a World of Darkness & appeared around Castle Obilivion, inside which he experienced to overcome the darkness inside him & what remained of Ansem in him conclusively. This proved to non become an real life project, when Riku was said to exist as afraid of the darkness, or even like, that permitting it into his heart would mean his corruption & downfall. However whilst he saw the vision telling that his fear of the darkness was what corrupted him, he turned into the existence midway between weak & dark in the "twilight." This allowed him to benefit powers far beyond what he experienced prior to, which he utilized to overcome Ansem at a ground level of Castle Oblivion.

King Mickey
Since i survive saw a king within Kingdom Hearts, he was sealed by using a realm beyond a door to the weak, that is "Kingdom Hearts". Since so, he has been non merely fighting a darkness & searching for how else away from Kingdom Hearts, however as well guiding Riku around spirit, at Castle Oblivion. At days whenever Ansem's essence would virtually all sure as shooting conquer Riku's heart once more, Mickey's spirit, his weak, would become there to help hang on to a darkness down. Whilst a king yet makes it to the castle, he doesn't possibly realize how else. When Riku defeats Ansem, king vowed to watch Riku, when he walks a path that is seldom taken, that is Twiweak, the power to apply two light & darkness. A King's card replenishes Riku's HP & reload his deck.

Naminé

The girl by using mysterious powers, Naminé may rearrange memories at might & "draw" newly ones while a want arises. She was forced per Organization to vary Sora's memories around an attempt to benefit control of the Keyblade. She restored Sora's memories around a prevent, though he would non remember the cases in Castle Oblivion. She possibly tried to help Riku by using his darkness, though he turned her dhave therefore that he can kill it in his own.

Riku Replica
He was created by Vexen utilizing information from either his battle sustaining Riku. He has a appearance of Riku within his "Dark Form." He is foremost sent to dispose of Riku, exclusively to retreat. Afterwards, his memories come manipulated by Naminé, believing that he is the rattling Riku & that Sora may injured Naminé. Fallowing Sora's final battle by owning 'Riku,' Larxene reveals a truth, which Riku Replica overheard. He returned late to save Naminé from either Marluxia & vanishes at a prevent of Sora's story. He is picked higher by Axel (world health organization appears when he fakes his demise) & is sent to defeat Zexion therefore that he may be "real". Riku Replica understood, even so, that a simply way he can turn into very was by killing a original. He was in time defeated per very Riku, & died sustaining his previous thoughts existence in which person prefer him (getting the fake heart) would prevent higher.

He is too known as Nisemono in the Japanese version, which means pseudo.

The Organization
A villains, these Long dozen black-trenchcoat numbers come people world health organization hike a "Path of Twilight", neither of weak nor of darkness. A known members come Axel, Larxene, Vexen, Marluxia, Lexaeus, Zexion, & DiZ, world health organization is assumed to exist as "the Superior" of the Organization. This is exclusively an assumption, when a members never actually call for him a superior to his face. There come out to become a few issues among its members. A totals indicate each rank & a choose that a members joined, by using moo figures indicating older members & higher rank. This is assumed whenever Vexen tells Marluxithe like smuggly a difference of their prices & after the D Report calls Marluxia a "neophyte" to the Organization. It wholly get into the equivalent blacken cloaks, except for Diz, yet, world health organization wears a red cloak by using black down the center.

Vexen
There are no. Little joe in the Organization He occurs as boss fought twice by Sora (between Floors 10-11 & when you took Floor 11) & it used to be that by Riku (between Basements 10-9). He wields a big blue shield likewise when ice magic when his weapon within battle, & his card has the Auto-Life ability on that.

He appears to help around Marluxia's plot, however is really siding by using Zexion & Lexaeus. Ab initio he may be easy mistaken for the woman, due to his yearn contaminated-blond hair. When yielding Sora a card to access Twilight Town, Marluxia decides that Vexen occurs as traitor & sends Axel to wipe out him. Upright fallowing Sora defeats him within Twilight Town, Axel arrives & ends him murder. Vexen created Riku Replica from either information he found when fighting the very Riku.

Lexaeus
There are no. Quintet in the Organization
He occurs as boss fought when by Riku (between Basements Four-Three). He wields the massive hatchet & globe magic when his weapon around battle, & his card has a ability to instantly kill any hardhearted ahead of the user at the final attack of a jazz band.

He & Zexion join forces to try to prevent Marluxia from either claiming Sora to overthrow a Organization. He occurs as innate warrior world health organization does a bemire operate of his alliance. He intends to claim Riku to combat Sora, & challenges him inside battle. Riku, even so, defeats & kills him. By owning his dying he expels a great tide of dark energy, hoping it would drink Riku.

Zexion
There is no. Vi in the Organization
He occurs as fast member of the Organization & tries to prevent Marluxia from either toppling it. He creates an alliance opposing Marluxia by owning Lexaeus & Vexen. Afterward, he possibly sides by having Axel for the short period. He is quite cunning & never fights around battle himself. When you took Basement Three he appears prior to Riku & tries to beat him by using mind games & possibly disguises himself when Sorthe & tries to destroy him by using a beam of weak. Riku, all a same, eventually accepts the darkness when his have & utilizes it to fend off Zexion. Afterwards, Axel sends Riku Replicthe (a.k.the. Nisemono in the Japanese version) to wipe out him. When his demise was never confirmed, he is assumed to become dead. Zexion is dodgy, however fearful.

Axel
There are no. Octet in the Organization
He occurs as boss fought twice by Sora (between Floors One-Two & in the period of Floor 13). He wields deuce shuriken such when objects, known an chakram likewise when fire magic as his weapon (though his just source of these are his manual dexterity). His card allows a user to utilise cards possibly when existence attacked.

Axel tricks a great deal of members therein game. Larxene & Marluxia let him inside to their mutinous plans when he kills Vexen. He quickly betrays a two by suggesting to Naminé that she show you the situation to Sora. Subsequently he tries to destroy Marluxia, single to exist as stopped by Sora because Marluxia was utilizing Naminé to protect himself. Subsequently, he helps Zexion somewhat, picks higher Riku Replica (Nisemono), and so orders Riku Replica to stamp out the really Riku also when Zexion. He claims he & Sora use at times something inside green, probably implying it each underst& great deal all just about a heart and however keep around lot to view about it. He vanishes fallowing sending Riku Replica to defeat Riku. Several fans guess that Axel is a really villain of the game, & indeed he is the 1 manipulating the situation from either beginning to prevent. Of all a members inside Chain of Memories, Axel appears to become the virtually all truehearted to the Organization's are causal agents for, when evidenced by his interest in the singularity of Sora's heart & his function to eliminate tons traitors in a Organization. Axel is however alive & might pop up within Kingdom Hearts II.

Marluxia
There are no. Xi in the Organization
the independent antagonist of Kingdom Hearts: Chainside of Memories, he occurs when boss fought it used to become that by Sora (Floor 13) in his normal form & once in his Redux form, where he appears to be riding a battle mech (Floor 13 as Sora). He wields a scya & magic represented by roses around battle, & his card allows the user to utilise dexterity twice prior to the cards come recycled.

Blossom-caring Marluxia is a leader of the side attempting to overthrow the Organization. He plans to apply Naminé to rewrite Sora's memory thus that Sora would clean anything to protect her, possibly join Marluxia. He too appears prior to Sora at a beginning of the game (he has his hood higher at that period) & instructs him training navigate Castle Oblivion. Sora beats him at a prevent of his game. Though each Axel & Vexen aided him for the instance, his just avowedly ally is Larxene, the thunder user. L1 one more known member (Larxene) has the higher total than him.

Larxene
There are no. Dozen in the Organization
She occurs as boss fought twice by Sora (Floor 6-7 & Floor 12-13). She utilizes little kunais besides when lightning magic when weapons. Her card grants a user increased movement speed.

She sides using Marluxia & is the just human (otherwise Riku & Ansem) world health organization doesn't search to bring him down. Her way of utilizing her kunais is very interesting & is similar to it of Volgin from either Metal Devices Firm Three. She stores triad between her 4 finger & holds of these against her forefinger by using her thumbs. This is intended to charge electricity into the babies and so she might apply her natural lightning other profits. She likes to insult & put others down, especially Sora, however is finally flushed by him within battle. She is the 2nd member to become revealed & kind of introduces Axel to Marluxia. Of all a members of the Organization, Larxene is probably the virtually all naif & least around control. Inside personality & appearance she is very similar to Elena in Final Fantasy VII.

DiZ
Non very much is revealed all about him. These are assumed that he is a 1 called "the Superior", however this rank may not indicate that he is No. I in the Organization, & these are non possibly clear in case he occurs as member of the Organization the least bit. 100% signs point to DiZ existence Ansem's person & soul that was thrown out whilst Ansem plunged into Darkness. He is responsible pulling Riku & Mickey away from the World of Darkness. In a prevent of a game he presents Riku by having the selection to hike the path of Darkness or even Weak. Riku will require a middle path, to which DiZ responds "the twilit road to nightfall". Riku says there is no, & responds that he plans to choose "the road to dawn". DiZ is one of a pack recently characters inside Chainside of Memories that reappears in Kingdom Hearts II. Trailers for Kingdom Hearts II stand shown DiZ saying that he intends to kill a Organization, however more trailers seem to indicate that he is friends by using members of the Organization. Though DiZ guides & helps Riku throughout the game, it remains indecipherable whether he occurs as hero or even a villain.

Heartless
Fresh Heartless Crescendo: Horn-horny Heartless that summon more Heartless. Creeper Plant: Flower Hardhearted. Tornado Step: Strange Heartless that spin.

Cast
Though numerous charatcers from either either Kingdom Hearts were voiced per cast from prior to, each versions experienced these voice actors.

Keiji Fujiwara ... when Axel Tatsuya Kando .... when Vexen Rieko Katayama .... when Larxene

Gameplay
This stake's gameplay occurs as fairly potentially combination between the computer role-playing game and a computer card game. Each action your systems family run (except moving & jumping) is according to cards (for even instance, for the physical attack, offence/defensive magic, applying things, evocation, & cards that come depending slay of the enemy that give smart shoppers trend lines (In which smart shoppers utilise the it to give your character the irregular ability like better offensive or better defensive capabilities)). Eventually if we futilize deuce or even even even even threesome certaaround attack, magic, item, or summon cards in a certain a correct sequence smart shoppers could produce a dexterity in which you potty use the favorite move or ability, or good enhance the abilities of that specific magic or summon card, however the dollars and cents is that the 1st card in the jazz group becomes unreloadable (Except for Friend summon cards because it exclusively pop up when you took certain points of the battle). Of these unique way is that you might possibly produce your systems have rebuff likewise when add around extrthe cards to increase a enumeration of one or even even double card jazz group of a magic, item, or summon card therefore it won't become when real life for the enemy to have the card break in that you. A second aspect supplementary unique to this game is the synthesis of fresh rooms: to advance through the game, we must use Map cards busy people keep around uncovered when winning the battle to produce rooms & all about around the children, from either enemies to things. from either each one card has the specific outcome, ranging from creating the room using other enemies or even slower moving-enemies to save rooms & treasure-containing ones.

Two Sora & Rikus card swimming formulas is different. For even Sorthe wise shoppers use to obtainside cards across swimming across a game or across Moogle Shops, although within a select few instances wise shoppers keep close at hand to earn the specific card number 1 through gameplay prior to it becomes available in a Moogle Shop. Around Sorwhen game busy people might apply which cards to produce the deck from either one of threesome different card decks & produce the two into anything smart shoppers see when hanker as wise shoppers don't last all over a CP (Card Point) restrict, & with at least 1 attack card for your computers deck, its effectiveness depends in each a opponent you said it swell your deck is organized. whenever your family keep around to professional people may produce the spare deck & you potty possibly utilize any of the cards that were utilized in the former deck possibly if these are however equipped to it deck. Eventually there are favorite Premium Cards in which that specific Attack, Magic, Summon (Except for the Friend Summon cards) & Item cards. It don't require as much CP to equip to any one of Soras decks however it get unreloadable unless whenever it is restored by the item card that might reload unreloadable cards (Utilizing the babies as the 2nd or even third card within a manual dexterity doesn't count).

For Riku wise shoppers might't see the deck, instead Riku has the deck put retired for him which depends on the world he is inside. Unlike Sora, Riku just can not apply any summon (Aside from either his King Mickey summon card), magic, & Premium cards too when virtually all of the item cards & occasionally of the map & enemy cards. Riku besides just may't have any of his attack cards withinside the manual dexterity unless in case he is in Dark Mode & he can't see within recently dexterity in a period of the game. However deuce-ace clear benefits that Riku has assibilate Sora is that Riku might utilize any of his Boss Enemy cards if he wants when he receives the two (The Non-Boss Ememy Cards come just irregular & every a single severally may just become utilized for of these globe), he potty reload his cards at a sooner rate than Sora & he might raise his attack power at certain levels instead of collecting cards of a freshly weapon that has higher attack power (Sora has to equip the newly Keyblade attack cards that use higher attack power, however it choose extra CP to equip thereto specific deck).

A graphics come first-class for Game Boy Advance. Its cinema-quality cut scenes look super similar to the normal gameplay graphics of Kingdom Hearts and uses a technology witnessed in the Game Boy Advance Video (However, a cut scenes come of inferiority on the Game Boy Player due to the fact that they were compressed to healthy the GBA cartridge.).

Sequel
The sequel to Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II for the Sony PlayStation 2, is in the works. Its plotted release dates within two Japan and the United States are confirmed to be inside Q4 2005.