Kingdom Hearts II

Kingdom Hearts II is a 2006 action role-playing game developed and published by Squaresoft (Now Square-Enix) and distributed by Disney Interactive for the Playstation 2. The first game in the Kingdom Hearts series, it is the result of a collaboration between Square Enix and The Walt Disney Company. The game combines characters and settings from Disney animated featues with those from Square's Final Fantasy series. The story follows a young boy, Sora, as he is thrown into an epic battle against the forces of darkness. He is joined by Donald Duck, Goofy, and other classic Disney characters who help him on his quest.

Plot

Kingdom Hearts II begins where Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days left the story off. Sora and his companions have been asleep for about a year, regaining their memories following what happened in Castle Oblivion with the Organization and Naminé. When Sora awakens, he eventually arrives in Twilight Town, the place where a mysterious boy, Roxas, lived before he suddenly left. Gaining new clothes and powers after visiting Master Yen Sid, Sora began his journey anew, unaware of the events that have taken place in "Chain of Memories". Sora continues his quest by unlocking paths to new worlds, learning of "Nobodies" and fighting the "Heartless", as well as facing the remaining members of the mysterious Organization XIII. As the game progresses, Sora learns about Roxas and how much they have in common.

The story begins with the player in control of Roxas in "Twilight Town". Roxas has dreams of Sora's adventures from the original Kingdom Hearts while increasingly mysterious activities begin taking place in Twilight Town during Roxas's summer vacation, especially in the last week of it. After obtaining the Keyblade to defend himself from the Nobodies, Roxas comes in contact with a young man in black named Axel on the fourth day of his last week of summer vacation. Axel appears to know Roxas, though Roxas has no recollection of him. Roxas eventually makes his way into an abandoned mansion where a girl named Naminé informs him that he is a Nobody, although he did not quite know what a Nobody was at that time. Finally, confronted by a mysterious, red-cloaked man called DiZ on the sixth and final day, Roxas discovers Sora, Donald, and Goofy sleeping in the hidden basement of the mansion. Roxas seems to merge with Sora of his own will, giving up his own existence to awaken him. As Sora, Donald Duck, and Goofy awaken from their year-long slumber. Jiminy Cricket, who had previously chronicled the trio's adventures during their first adventure, finds that his journal is now completely blank, save for the note: "Thank Naminé" (which was written by Jiminy himself during Chain of Memories).

After meeting Pete, a new villain, and speaking with Yen Sid, the party is informed that they must once again visit many worlds to protect them from both the Heartless and the Nobodies in an attempt to stop Organization XIII. These include both old, but greatly changed places, like Hollow Bastion, and brand new worlds the party has never encountered before, such as Port Royal and Beast's Castle. In the course of their travels, the Heartless, headed by a revived Maleficent and the Organization, regain power, eventually forcing Sora to face a massive army of Heartless that are attacking Hollow Bastion. Along the way, they learn that the Ansem they fought a year ago was actually the Heartless of Xehanort, and that the Nobody of Xehanort, Xemnas, is the leader of Organization XIII. They also learn that Xehanort was an apprentice of the real Ansem, who is missing.

After the battle, Xemnas appears and reveals their ultimate goal: the Nobodies plan to create another Kingdom Hearts, a doorway to the heart of all worlds that will presumably allow the Nobodies to get their hearts back and exist fully and completely as whole people again. After confronting and defeating more members of the Organization that were causing trouble in worlds he visited during the course of the game while dealing with Maleficent, Pete, and the Heartless initially, Sora goes to The World That Never Was to settle the score with the Organization for good; he also finally reunites with his friends Riku and Kairi. Sora learns the truth about Roxas as well; he and Naminé are, respectively, Sora and Kairi's Nobodies, created when they lost their hearts in the original Kingdom Hearts game when Sora sacrificed himself to return Kairi's heart to her body and destroy Ansem's dark Keyblade and complete Hollow Bastion's Keyhole so he could lock it.

In the end, only Xemnas is left of the original thirteen members. Sora and Riku unite to defeat him, and his new Kingdom Hearts is closed. Sora and the others are returned to their homeworld of "Destiny Islands". Although Sora has to say goodbye to Donald and Goofy, he knows in his heart that true friends are never gone. However, sometime later, Sora, Riku, and Kairi receive a letter from King Mickey after the credits. They proceed to read the letter, but the contents are left unrevealed.

Worlds and Characters

Twilight Town/Simulated Twilight Town/Mysterious Tower/Geppetto's Workshop

• Roxas
• Hayner
• Pence
• Olette
• Seifer
• Fuu
• Rai
• Vivi
• Setzer
• Pinocchio
• Yen Sid
• Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather
• Naminé
• Ansem the Wise

Destiny Islands

• Sora
• Riku
• Kairi
• Selphie

Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden

• Leon
• Cid
• Aerith
• Yuffie
• Merlin
• Scrooge McDuck
• Huey, Dewey, and Louie
• Tifa
• Cloud
• Yuna, Rikku, and Paine
• Stitch
• Sephiroth
• Maleficent
• Pete
• Xehanort/Terra-Xehanort

The Land of Dragons

• Fa Mulan
• Li Shang
• Mushu
• Yao, Ling and Chien Po
• The Emperor of China
• Shan-Yu
• Hayabusa

Beast's Castle

• Beast
• Belle
• Lumiere
• Cogsworth
• Mrs. Potts
• Chip Potts
• Wardrobe

Hundred Acre Wood

• Winnie the Pooh
• Piglet
• Roo
• Tigger
• Rabbit
• Eeyore
• Kanga
• Owl
• Gopher

Olympus Coliseum/Underworld

• Hercules
• Megara
• Philoctetes
• Pegasus
• Auron
• Hades
• Pain and Panic
• Hydra
• Cerberus

Disney Castle

• Mickey Mouse
• Minnie Mouse
• Donald Duck
• Daisy Duck
• Goofy
• Pluto
• Chip and Dale
• Jiminy Cricket
• Magic Broom

Timeless River

• Mickey Mouse
• Clarabelle Cow
• Horace Horsecollar
• Clara Cluck
• Pete

Atlantica

• Ariel
• Prince Eric
• Flounder
• Sebastian
• Andrina
• Attina
• King Triton
• Dolphin
• Flotsam and Jetsam
• Ursula

Port Royal

• Jack Sparrow
• Will Turner
• Elizabeth Swann
• Hector Barbossa
• Undead Pirate

Agrabah

• Aladdin
• Jasmine
• Genie
• Abu
• Magic Carpet
• The Peddler
• Iago
• Jafar

Halloween Town/Christmas Town

• Jack Skellington
• Sally
• Mayor of Halloween Town
• Dr. Finkelstein
• Santa Claus
• Zero
• Reindeer
• Lock, Shock, and Barrel
• Oogie Boogie
• The Experiment

Pride Lands

• Simba
• Nala
• Mufasa
• Rafiki
• Timon
• Pumbaa
• Shenzi, Banzai and Ed
• Scar
• Scar's Ghost

Space Paranoids

• Tron
• Hostile Program
• Sark
• Master Control Program

The World That Never Was

• Xemnas
• Xigbar
• Xaldin
• Lexaeus
• Vexen
• Zexion
• Saïx
• Axel
• Demyx
• Luxord
• Marluxia
• Larxene
• Roxas

Keyblade Graveyard

• Lingering Will

Other

• Peter Pan
• Tinker Bell
• Chicken Little
• Moogles

Videos

Longplay

Longplay of Kingdom Hearts II (1-3)

Longplay of Kingdom Hearts II (2-3)

Longplay of Kingdom Hearts II (3-3)

Voice Cast

• Haley Joel Osment as Sora
• David Gallagher as Riku
• Hayden Panettiere as Kairi
• Jesse McCartney as Roxas
• Brittany Snow as Naminé
• Justin Charles Cowden as Hayner
• Jessica DiCicco as Olette
• Sean Marquette as Pence
• Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse
• Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse, Fauna
• Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
• Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck, Chip, Merryweather, Kanga, Shenzi
• Bill Farmer as Goofy, Pluto
• Corey Burton as Dale, Yen Sid, Sark, Master Control Program, Flotsam, Jetsam, Peddler, Santa Claus, Shan Yu
• Jim Cummings as Pete, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Ed
• Seth Adkins as Pinocchio
• Eddie Carroll as Jiminy Cricket
• Chris Steele as Peter Pan
• Barbara Dirickson as Flora
• Susanne Blakeslee as Maleficent
• Jeff Bennett as Merlin, Lumiere, Barrel
• Travis Oates as Piglet
• Jimmy Bennett as Roo
• Ken Sansom as Rabbit
• Gregg Berger as Eeyore
• Andre Stojka as Owl
• Michael Gough as Gopher
• Bruce Boxleitner as Tron
• Jodi Benson as Ariel
• Christopher Daniel Barnes as Prince Eric
• Parker Goris as Flounder
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Sebastian
• Kenneth Mars as King Triton
• Pat Carroll as Ursula
• Paige O’Hara as Belle
• Robby Benson as Beast
• David Ogden Stiers as Cogsworth
• Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts
• Bradley Pierce as Chip Potts
• Jo Anne Worley as Wardrobe
• Scott Weinger as Aladdin
• Linda Larkin as Jasmine
• Dan Castellaneta as Genie
• Frank Welker as Abu
• Gilbert Gottfried as Iago
• Jonathan Freeman as Jafar
• Chris Sarandon as Jack Skellington
• Kath Soucie as Sally, Shock
• Jess Harnell as Dr. Finkelstein, Lock
• Glenn Shadix as Mayor of Halloween Town
• Ken Page as Oogie Boogie
• Cam Clarke as Simba
• Vanessa Marshall as Nala
• Robert Guillaume as Rafiki
• Bruce Lanoil as Timon
• Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa
• Cheeah Marin as Banzai
• James Horan as Scar
• Tate Donovan as Hercules
• Susan Egan as Megara
• Robert Costanzo as Philoctetes
• James Woods as Hades
• Ming-Na Wen as Fa Mulan
• BD Wong as Li Shang
• Mark Moseley as Mushu
• Harvey Fierstein as Yao
• Gedde Watanabe as Ling
• Jerry Tondo as Chien Po
• Pat Morita as The Emperor
• Chris Sanders as Stitch
• Zach Braff as Chicken Little
• James Arnold Taylor as Jack Sparrow
• Crispin Freeman as Will Turner
• Eliza Jane Schneider as Elizabeth Swann
• Brian George as Hector Barbossa

Voice Sounds

Kingdom Hearts II / Voice Sounds