SynopsisWhen Sora released both Kairi's heart and his own by turning the Keyblade on himself, he also brought about the creation of his Nobody, Roxas. With no memory of his previous life, Roxas joins Organization XIII and slowly begins to discover truths about both himself and the Organization. As he and the Organization travel through a variety of exciting Disney worlds, he will encounter familiar friends and foes, befriend the mysterious 14th member of the Organization and find himself at the heart of the Kingdom Hearts series' biggest secrets.In Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, you will experience the adventures of Kingdom Hearts II's Roxas in his days as a member of Organization XIII. Journey to an array of Disney worlds, and get to know the members of Organization XIII, including the mysterious 14th member, who also has no recollection of her past. Explore the secrets of the Kingdom Hearts saga, including the origins of the Organization XIII name and the connection between Roxas, Sora and the 14th member, as well as what becomes of them. Plus, in a revolutionary new multiplayer mode, you and up to three friends can play together to control Organization XIII members.
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This game will make almost anyone that plays it forget that Chain of Memories ever existed, it's just that good. The sound is almost that of the PS2. The storyline is completely new with a brand new member of Organization 13 (or should it be called Organization 14 now LOL), her name is Xion and like few others she is a keyblade wielder, you play through days now with one mission coinciding with each day and the days go in no particular order so don't try to figure them out but the missions have numbers so that's useful. The graphics are absolutely amazing for the DS, it's a full 3D environment like the rest of the franchise. There's two modes now the first being story mode where you play through the entire story as Roxas and then there's mission mode where either A) you play missions by yourself as any of the Organization 13 plus unlockable characters which are Xion,King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Riku, and Sora. or B) you can play in multiplayer mission mode with up to three friends to play the missions (which is really fun by the way). One thing that's a little different at first is that with each weapon there's a different attack style, but it's really awesome after a while.
One thing that I didn't like in the game at first was that there's another new system. The new system is called the panel system and is based on blocks and panels (It's a little hard to explain but in the game it's fully explained way better than I can tell you). Here's a quote from Wikipedia that gives the gist of the new system, but if not then just search 358/2 Panel System in Google or Youtube and you should get helpful tutorials and tips. "358/2 Days features a new gameplay mechanic known as the panel system which involves the customization of the character's levels, items, magic, weapons, abilities, armor and accessories. Magic in this game is mainly controlled by this system; certain spells cannot be used if their corresponding panels aren't equipped, but can be used consecutively if multiple are attached. Weapons are also equipped using panels, as well as abilities. There are also "Link Panels" with which multiple panels can be combined to form new, stronger abilities." -Wikipedia
Another thing that really I didn't like at first was how the controls were layed out, because is almost nothing like the PS2 controller.
Those things are basically my only complaints but the rest of the game is FTW.
What's great about it: Sound, Storyline,Graphics,19 playable characters,Multiplayer Missions, and really just about everything.
What's not so great: New system to get used to. Controls are a bit awkward.