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Kingdom Hearts (キングダム ハーツ, Kingudamu Hātsu?) is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix. It is a collaboration between Square Enix and Disney Interactive Studios, and is under the direction of Tetsuya Nomura, a longtime Square Enix character designer. Kingdom Hearts is a crossover of various Disney settings based in a universe made specifically for the series. The series features an all-star voice cast, which includes many of the Disney characters' official voice actors and well-known actors such as Haley Joel Osment, David Gallagher, and Hayden Panettiere. Characters from Square Enix's Final Fantasy series make appearances and interact with the player and the Disney characters. The series centers on the main character Sora's search for his friends and his encounters with Disney and Final Fantasy characters on their worlds.
The series currently consists of seven games across multiple video game consoles, and future titles are planned. Most of the games in the series have been both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, though each title has seen varying levels of success. As of March 2011, the Kingdom Hearts series has sold over 17 million copies worldwide. A wide variety of related merchandise has been released along with the games, including soundtracks, figurines, companion books, novels, and manga series.
Sora's world is shattered when a violent storm hits his home, and is seperated from his two closest friends. The storm scatters the three to unknown worlds. At the same time, there is turmoil in the Disney Castle. King Mickey is missing, and Court Wizard Donald and Captain Goofy are out to find him. On their travels they meet Sora, on his own search for his lost friends. The three are told of ominous creatures called Heartless, being without hearts derived from an unknown dimension and are the ones responsible for the devastating storm. The Disney villians, enticed by the power of darkness, manipulate the Darkness to help them gather the princesses of heart, who are needed to open a mysterious final door. Upon discovering the link between the Heartless, the storm, and the disappearance of King Mickey, Sora, Donald, and Goofy join forces and help familiar Disney heroes to save their worlds from the Heartless.
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Squall (Leon): Still hard to believe that you of all people are the chosen one. Well, I suppose beggars can't be choosers.
Sora: I've been having these weird thoughts lately... like is any of this for real or not?
Kairi: So, suppose you get to another world. What would you do there?::Riku: Well, I haven't really thought about it. It's just... I've always wondered why we're here on this island. If there are any other worlds out there, why did we end up on this one? And suppose there are other worlds... then ours is just a little piece of something much greater. So we could have just as easily ended up somewhere else, right?::Sora: I don't know.::Riku: Exactly. That's why we need to go out there and find out. Just sitting here won't change a thing. It's the same old stuff. So let's go.
Ansem: This world has been connected. Tied to the darkness... soon to be completely eclipsed. There is so very much to learn. You understand so little.
Donald Duck: We've got a problem, Goofy! But don't tell anyone...::Goofy: [looking past Donald] Queen Minnie?::Donald Duck: Not even the queen!::Goofy: Daisy?::Donald Duck: No, it's top secret!::Goofy: G'morning, ladies.::[Donald turns and sees Minnie and Daisy standing behind him]
Ansem: One who knows nothing can understand nothing.
Goofy: While we're in other worlds, we can't let on where we're from. We've gotta protect the world border.::Donald Duck: Order, Goofy, order!::Goofy: Right, world order.
Riku: Once we set through, we might not be able to come back. We may never see our parents again. There's no turning back. But this may be our only chance. We can't let fear stop us! I'm not afraid of the darkness!
[Pluto sniffs in the direction opposite of where Donald is walking to]::Goofy: Uh, Donald. Ya know, I betcha that...::Donald Duck: Aw, what do you know, you big palooka?::Goofy: What do I know?
Yuffie: I think you might've overdone it, Squall.::Squall (Leon): That's Leon.