Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance Impressions

I remember when Kingdom Hearts 1 came out on the PS2, I loved it. Then I played Kingdom Hearts 2 and loved that even more. SquareEnix and Disney got together and created two really great games. The combination of Disney & Square characters just worked!

After that, I didn't get to play the Kingdom Hearts on the Gameboy Advance, but I did play Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and thought it was just OK. The gameplay was good, but the worlds were all the same worlds from Kingdom Hearts 1. The game ended up being very stale.

I missed out on Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep because I did not have a PSP when it came out. I remember hearing good things about it though.

Enter the newest Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance for the 3DS.

While the basic gameplay is similar to Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2, new additions like reality shift & flowmotion really add to the experiance and make it seem fresh again.

Thankfully, though, new gameplay additions isn't the only thing new to KH3D. This time around, there are NEW worlds and a couple of returning worlds that are pretty different.

The story in KH3D is also very interesting. Plus you don't just control one character in this game, you control two characters, Sora and Riku. You switch between them by "dropping". Basically one character falls asleep and then you take control of the other character. There is a drop meter, so if you're not careful, time will run out and you'll be "dropped" into the other character. I've heard this can be annoying, but I've been careful and make good use of the 'Drop-Me-Not' items (items that add more time to your drop meter) when I'm getting close to dropping into another character and wanting to stay in the world I'm in.

I actually like the Drop feature quiete a bit. I also like sending one character into one world and another character into another. It adds quiete a bit of variety to the gameplay and story.

Oh and there are two other things I'd like to talk about: graphics and music.

Kingdom Hearts 3D has some of the best, if not the best, graphics on the 3DS. It looks amazing. And the 3D is fantastic. I hardly ever turn the 3D off. It just looks so good.

As for music, the game has a bunch of great tunes, some familar and some not. The Fantasia world, of course, has the best music of the entire game. Wow.

Overall, if you're a fan of the series, I think you'll love this game. If you've never played any of the games before & you're a Disney fan, I think you'll love it too. Kingdom Hearts 3D is a great game for the 3DS. Its my favorite game right now too.