Kingdom Hearts

We could hear her flip-flops slapping the concrete steps that led to the basement before we saw her. “Shh!” we hissed at each other, both of us adopting casual, seated poses on the well-worn couch to exude an air of relaxation, of calm. My…

There’s no question that Sephiroth is an icon, striking fear into players even remotely familiar with the villain. Just the opening notes of his theme song, One Winged Angel, are enough to get the heart racing. But Sephiroth didn’t make a…

Let me be clear: I have never played a Final Fantasy game. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth may be out very soon, and the series may be one of the most influential in the history of video games, but I have never touched one. Aside from tangential…

Kingdom Hearts and Street Fighter 2 composer Yoko Shimomura will receive a Lifetime Achievement trophy during the D.I.C.E Awards this year. It will occur on February 15 at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. “I myself am very…

Wish, the 62nd film released by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is a bad movie. The film is meant to celebrate the studio’s 100th anniversary, but instead, its incoherent story and reliance on millennial cliches for cheap jokes come off like…

If you’re a mega-fan, there’s no doubt you’ve been keeping tabs on Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link. More details on the game have finally been revealed, along with a chance to join the closed beta. Think of it as Pokemon GO meets Kingdom…

Donald Duck is considered by many fans to be the most powerful mage in all of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts. For a long time, his reign as the supreme magic user in the franchise was unchallenged. But that’s changed with the release of…

If there’s one video game boss I’d love to see in Hell one day it’s the (admittedly beautiful) Sephiroth from the OG Kingdom Hearts. This bad boy was already a nuisance in Final Fantasy VII, but then you accidentally encounter the jerk in…

“Gee 2B! how come Square Enix lets you have a native port on the Nintendo Switch?”- Sora (probably)Image: The Visking Corporation / Square Enix / KotakuFollowing Nintendo’s announcement that PlatinumGames’ cult-favorite action-RPG Nier:…

Ask any long-time Kingdom Hearts fan if the series makes sense, and you’ll get dozens of different answers. Some of which appear on national television during professional wrestling broadcasts, apparently. Before we delve into the…