Kingdom Hearts Walkthrough (Ps2)

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Story

From the manual:

The Destiny Islands are a beautiful paradise where children's laughter
abounds. Day after day, Sora, Riku, and Kairi talk and dream of new places,
new worlds beyond their islands. They ponder the usual questions that
adolescents do - about the world outside, about their own existence. Little
do they know a great destiny awaits them. One stormy night, a terrible
darkness invades the Destiny Islands.

Thus does their journey begin...

Sora awakens in another world, in a place called Traverse Town. His hopes
of seeing new worlds are realized, but his friends Riku and Kairi are nowhere
in sight.

Meanwhile, Donald and Goofy have also arrived to Traverse Town. They have
come from Disney Castle in search of a "key" and its owner. Their king, who
has mysteriously disappeared, has left them a cryptic message:

"Now, there's somebody with a 'key' - the key to our survival... We need
that key."

What is happening to this world?

The "somebody" mentioned by the missing king turns out to be Sora. To find
Kairi and Riku, Sora joins Donald and Goofy and embarks on an epic journey.

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Controls

-=-Normal Use-=-

Left Analog = Move Sora
Right Analog = Move menu cursor
Left Analog (press) = N/A
Right Analog (press) = Select menu choice
D-Pad = Move menu cursor
CROSS button = Choose menu command/Use spell while L1 held
CIRCLE button = Jump/Cancel
TRIANGLE button = Make members attack targeted enemy/Use spell while L1 held
SQUARE button = Use spell while L1 held
L1 button = Hold for spell menu
R1 button = Lock on target
L2 button = Move camera/Cycle locked on targets
R2 button = Move camera/Cycle locked on targets
Start = Pause game/Display menu
Select = Toggle first person view

-=-Special Uses-=-

SQUARE button = If Superglide is enabled, makes Sora slowly glide/Descend while
flying or swimming
CIRCLE button = If Glide is enabled, makes Sora glide/Ascend while flying or
swimming

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Game Mechanics

-=-Game Screen-=-

The game screen may take a little getting used to. First off, the there's
usually not much on it. But later on two things will be added, including one
more thing depending on a skill you have enabled.

::BOTTOM LEFT CORNER::
The bottom left area is the COMMAND AREA. The COMMAND AREA is where, obviously,
your Commands are. The first Command is the Action Command. It is almost always
Attack, which is to attack enemies or certain attackable items. But sometimes
it changes to something context-suitable, such as Examine for an object, or
Talk for a person. The second Command is not there until later in the game.
This is the Magic Command, where you use spells you have acquired. The third
Command is the Items command, where you use items that are equipped on each
character; more on that later. The final Command is usually a question mark
except for special cases, such as using a special skill on an enemy you have
equipped, or for activating a Trinity mark.

::BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER::
The bottom right area is Sora's status. His picture shows how well he is doing,
and will change to mimic how he is. The green bar shows his HP, or Health
Points. As he takes damage, his HP will decrease. He can restore his HP by
standing on a Save Point or by using Potions and other such items. The blue bar
shows his MP, or Magic Points. As he uses Magic skills, his MP will decrease.
He can restore his MP by standing on a Save Point or by using Ethers and other
such items. Also, as his maximum MP increases, a new small bar will appear in
the MP bar. It is an orange bar that increases whenever you recover MP, and
when the bar reaches the end of the blue bar, a new blue MP block will be fully
restored.

::TOP RIGHT CORNER::
The top right area will show the status of other party members with Sora. They
act the exact same way as Sora's status, except they are only active when other
people are with Sora.

::TOP LEFT CORNER::
The top left area will only operate if you have the skill Scan equipped, which
is learned early on in the game. This will show the HP bar of the currently
targeted or highlighted enemy or boss, except it will be a straight bar rather
than Sora and the party's curved bars.

::CENTER AREA::
The center is usually where a targeted object will be moved. If you lock on
to something, the screen turns until that object or thing is around the center.
If you move too far away in a direction and the object is taken off the center,
it will most likely be untargeted.

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-=-Items-=-

Using items in Kingdom Hearts may be a bit different than other games. To use
items, you must make sure they are equipped to characters. Thus, whenever you
want to be able to use an item such as a Potion, you must first have a Potion.
Then, in the menu, go to Items and then Stock. Choose the Potion, then Exchange
and choose a slot on one the characters you wish to equip it too. For example,
if you equip Sora with a Potion, you can use the Potion in battle or while
exploring by choosing the Items Command, Potion, and finally who you
wish to use it on.

-=-Gummi Ship Traveling-=-

Later in the game when you receive a Gummi Ship, you must travel to new worlds
this way by traveling in a sort of mini-game where you destroy enemy ships.
It is generally straightforward and not that hard. You just need to move the
ship to aim it at enemies. Also, even later on, you'll receive a Warp Gummi
piece, which will allow you to automatically Warp to a world you've been to
already on the World Map. The only time you can't Warp is when you haven't
been to the chosen world; you must complete the traveling mini-game to reach
it.

-=-Magic and Abilities-=-

You will have the option to use Magic and various Abilities in Kingdom Hearts.
As you learn them, you can view them in the menu. Magic normally doesn't need
any tweaking, as you always have it, although you may wish to make shortcuts
by choosing Customize in the menu. Here, you can map spells to button shortcuts
that you wish to use. For example, you can map Fire to the Cross button.
Therefore, to use the shortcut in battle, you will hold L1 and press X to cast
Fire. Vice versa, you can map it to the Triangle button, and press L1 and then
Triangle to cast it.

Abilities are where the tweaking is needed. Abilities need to be equipped, and
you can have many Abilities at once. The only thing to watch is your AP, or
Ability Points. Equipping Abilities to a character will decrease their AP, and
if you don't have the amount of AP needed to equip another Ability, you can't
equip it. You must be careful when balancing Abilities and AP. Really think if
you need that Ability or not. Don't worry though, as your AP will increase as
you level up in the game.

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Walkthrough Guide

NOTE 1
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ONE HUGE NOTE, don't email me about spoilers. THIS WILL HAVE SPOILERS! Go read
somewhere else if you don't want any.

NOTE 2
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The chapters I use to split up the game are what I believe to be the best path
to take in the game. You may go other ways, but you'll wind up at every spot
I say at some point, so it's best to follow the guide.

NOTE 3
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This guide is being done under the Normal difficulty of the game. If you are on
Expert, things may be a little bit harder for you.

NOTE 4
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I highly recommend that whenever Sora learns the ability called Scan, that you
equip it on him and keep it. That's how you'll tell how much health is left on
the enemies and/or bosses you are fighting. I usually use the color of bosses'
HP bars as waypoints, such as I'll say "when you get the bar down to yellow,
then the boss..." and so on.

NOTE 5
------
There are different Commands in the game. You'll always have your Command Menu
in the bottom left of the screen as you go around worlds. In the guide, when
I capitalize certain normal words like Examine or Pull, that means I'm telling
you to use that Command on the thing I tell you to. Commands like that are
usually the bottom one in the Command Menu. It is always a ? mark until you
target something you can use the Command with.

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Awakening

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Snow White Platform
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After the introductory video, you will be on top of a platform painted with
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves on it. This will be somewhat of a tutorial.
Follow what it says and move forward. Three pedestals will appear, each holding
a Sword, Shield, and Staff. You must choose one to keep. After that, you'll
choose one to sacrifice.

Keeping the Sword makes you stronger, the Shield makes you more protected, and
the Staff makes you have more MP and AP, which are Magic Points and Ability
Points. Sacrificing the Sword makes you weaker, the Shield makes you less
protected, and the Staff makes have less MP and AP.

The most balanced out statistics is to keep the Staff, and sacrifice the Sword.
Also, take notice that depending on what you keep, you'll get different skills
early on. If you keep Sword, you'll have more attack abilities. If you choose
Shield, it'll be defense. And if you choose Staff, it'll be magic.

Personally, I chose Staff then Sword, my first two playthroughs. Then I just
went random on plays after that.

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Cinderella Platform
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After you choose what you want, the glass shatters and you fall to the next
platform. Here, you'll be holding the weapon you chose to keep. Use it to
defeat the Shadow Heartless that appear, and just follow the directions that
pop up. After you're finished, you'll fall to yet another platform.

It will be an unknown platform, but it is still painted. It has a door on it,
so choose to examine it. It won't open, but a chest appears. Open the chest to
get nothing. A crate will appear, so break it for a Potion. Finally, break
the barrel that appears and the door will turn into a real one. Examine it for
a second time.

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Destiny Islands Haven
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You'll wind up in a little haven area with Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie, your
friends. They'll each ask you questions. Your answers determine the speed of
how you level up with EXP, or Experience Points, that you get from defeating
enemies and other things.

If you choose all the first answers, you'll start at Dawn. You'll level up
fast until you reach around the halfway mark to Level 100, then you'll level
up slower to 100. If you choose all the second answers, you'll start at Midday.
You'll level up normally the whole way. If you choose all the last answers,
you'll start at Dusk. You'll level up slow until you reach around the halfway
mark to Level 100, then you'll level up faster to 100.

Choose wisely. If you're a beginner, I recommend all the second answers. After
choosing your answers, you'll be transported again.

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Sleeping Beauty Platform
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Here you will face around 10 or more Shadows. If you take more than 5 hits
maximum, you probably need to practice fighting more in the game. After you
defeat them, a Save Point will appear. This is only one type of Save Point.
There is another you will see later on. Stand on top of it and choose Save.
Save your game if you want, and follow the path that appeared in the air to
another platform.

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Belle Platform
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At the top, Sora's shadow will come alive. First, it will just be a dark form
of Sora, but then after the camera turns back, it will be a huge dark beast.
It even has an empty space in the middle of it shaped like a heart. This is the
first boss battle, however easy it may be.

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BOSS: Darkside|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
| EXP: 18
|
| :SUMMARY:
| Darkside is basically a shadow beast who has been maximized in his
| size. He aims to beat Sora to a pulp, but we won't let that happen. He
| will not be much of a problem for you, unless you're really bad at
| fighting bosses in this game.
|
| :STRATEGY:
| The first thing to do is to just run forward in front of him. He will
| probably start by slamming his fist in the ground, which is his weak
| point. Just target his hand and attack it with all your might, while
| it is stuck in the ground. After he takes it out, he'll do whatever.
| Just dodge the beams and you'll be fine. He'll go back to whatever,
| and keep alternating this pattern over and over. Just keep laying the
| smackdown on his hand to take him out.
|________________________________________________________________________

No matter if you win or lose, you will wake up from all this, as if it was a
dream, on your home of Destiny Islands.

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Destiny Islands

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Day One
-------
After the scene that plays with Sora and his friends, you'll be in front of
Kairi. Talk to her to hear what to do now. You'll have to find:

Cloth x1
Logs x2
Rope x1

First, the logs are nearby. Turn around and swim out to the little island and
go behind it. Climb up the wooden ladder and get the Log next to you. Riku is
here, but don't duel him yet. Go to the bridge and drop off to the left. The
next Log should be right by you. Now, head towards Wakka. Go up the steps and
ramp next to him, then go right and up the stairs leading to a room at the top
of them. Inside the room, there's a Cloth hanging on the wall. Go back out
and drop to the beach by Wakka again. Go back up the steps and ramp again,
then up the ladder towards the left. Follow the platform to where Tidus is,
and grab the Rope nearby.

Now with everything, you can do some free stuff. Talk to Tidus, who is by where
you got the Rope. He will challenge you to a duel.
___________
|DUEL: Tidus|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
| :SUMMARY:
| Tidus is a big pushover for a duel. If he wins, you probably should
| not duel anymore people.
|
| :STRATEGY:
| The easiest thing to do is just dodge an attack, then hit him three
| times. Then dodge another and keep it going. You may be able to get
| two combos in at once sometimes, but don't try it a lot. It should be
| over soon.
|________________________________________________________________________

Now, you should head back to the beach. Selphie is sitting on the pier, so you
should probably duel her next if you want.

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DUEL: Selphie
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
| :SUMMARY:
| She's a relatively easy duel too. Her weapons a little weird to dodge
| though.
|
| :STRATEGY:
| Selphie is certainly the most annoying person to duel. Her voice is
| is pretty dumb and the jump rope is pretty hard to dodge. Just keep
| moving around and whenever you get a combo hit on her, just keep on
| doing it.
|________________________________________________________________________

After defeating Selphie, walk over to Wakka and duel him.

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|DUEL: Wakka
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
| :SUMMARY:
| Wakka is a pretty easy guy to duel like Tidus. His Blitz Ball is not
| a really hard weapon to avoid.
|
| :STRATEGY:
| Just run around avoiding the Blitz Ball. Whenever he's open, just keep
| hitting Wakka with all your might.
|________________________________________________________________________

Now, you have no one left to duel. Oh wait, we do! Remember Riku on the little
island? Head to him and challenge him.

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|DUEL: Riku
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
| :SUMMARY:
| Oh, Riku is one hell of a fighter alright. He's probably the hardest
| to duel on the island. Be sure to have your Potion. Hopefully you did
| not use it up already, or else you'll have some problems with this.
|
| :STRATEGY:
| The hard part is that Riku is a heavy hitter. The best thing to do is
| to him hit whenever he is open. If he has just finished and attack and
| you dodged it, try to hit is back. Just keep hitting him and dodge his
| counterattack. Remember, don't let him hit you too much. If you are
| hurt, use the Potion if you still have it.
|________________________________________________________________________

After the fight, you'll receive another Potion if you win. Now, after you're
done fighting, you should head back to Kairi. She'll give you a Hi-Potion for
finding everything. If you want, call it a day to start up some scenes.

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Day Two
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After the scenes finish playing, you'll be back at Destiny Islands for another
day. If you haven't saved your game already, you probably should. Look for a
door nearby that leads into a little shack room. Inside will be a Save Point
much like the one you found on the Sleeping Beauty Platform. Use it the exact
same way then head back out.

Swim over to the island Riku was on the day before, and talk to Tidus. You can
duel against the trio of kids if you want: Tidus, Selphie, and Wakka. I would
recommend you do so, for more practice in fighting.
_________________
|DUEL: Island Trio
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
| :SUMMARY:
| The trio of kids isn't really that hard a match if you're quick on
| your feet to dodge everyone.
|
| :STRATEGY:
| The first one you should take out is Selphie. She's the most annoying.
| Next to defeat is Tidus, and lastly Wakka should be no problem. Just
| move fast to dodge attacks.
|________________________________________________________________________

After you finish the fight, you'll get a Potion if you win. Now, head over to
the door Kairi was at the day before. Enter it and talk to Riku on the other
side. Choose a name for your raft and then you'll race Riku for it. Go whatever
way you can to be the fastest and after tagging the tree, just run back. Riku
is pretty easy to beat even if you mess up. You'll get a Pretty Stone if you
win. Now head back to tower thing and look to the right. There's a box, so pick
it up and turn around towards the cliff wall with a hole. Throw it under the
hole and jump on it to get up to the chest for a Protect Chain. It is best to
equip this on Sora right now, to help for later.

Now head over to the raft and talk to Kairi. She'll send you item hunting again
so you have to find:

Seagull Egg x1
Mushroom x3
Coconuts x2
Fish x3
Water x1

Turn right around and look at the rock blocking a hole in the cliff wall.
Push it away for a Mushroom. Head around the cliff up to the tower, but don't
go up the ladder. Next to the tower in the bushes is another Mushroom. Turn
around towards the way you entered the area, and look at the waterfall in the
water on the right. Run into the waterfall to get Water in the Empty Bottle.
Now go up and out through the door you came in.

Go right underneath the bridge and jump into the water. Swim around everywhere
to get the three Fish in the water. Afterwards, head to the small island and
climb the back ladder. Keep hitting one of the brown trees to make Coconuts
fall. You want the yellow ones, not the brown ones. After collecting two yellow
Coconuts, cross the bridge. Climb the slim tree and jump onto the top of the
brown tree with the Seagull Egg on it. Collect the egg and jump down. Head
over to where Wakka is, and look between the waterfall and the big tree thing,
in the dark area. There's a hole in the cliff wall so enter it. Head to the
back of the cave and collect the last item, the third Mushroom.

After receiving it, a cutscene will show with a flashback and Sora drawing
himself giving a paopu fruit to Kairi. Then, a cloaked person talking of other
worlds will appear. You can examine the door if you want but nothing happens.
Leave the cave and head back to Kairi.

Talk to her twice and she'll give you a Hi-Potion. She'll ask if you want to
call it a day again, so unless you forgot something, I'd say you should do so.
Another scene will play with Sora and Kairi talking on the pier. Afterwards,
another Disney Castle cutscene will play and Donald and Goofy both take off
to another world. Yet again, it cuts back to Sora, but he's at his home. He
notices and storm at Destiny Islands and rushes to save the raft.

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