Update 2: We've updated the bottom of the article with all screenshots and character boxes that appear in the game sub-sections of the portal. Enjoy.
Update 1: The translation below has been updated with a complete translation of the website's "about" section. This reveals that as of March 31, 2011, the Kingdom Hearts series had sold 17 million copies worldwide.
Square Enix's official portal website for the Kingdom Hearts series has been completely redesigned. The portal website links to all the Kingdom Hearts games' official Japanese websites, including Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, with each game having a new, pretty button to go along with it. You can see these below, in our gallery.
Two new pages have been added to the Kingdom Hearts portal website: An about page, and a chronology page. A characters page and a glossary page are said to be coming soon. Translations can be seen below, thanks to sqexgal and goldpanner.
A translation of the about page, as well as an alternate translation of the chronology page, is also below in text format, thanks to Oishii from KH13, goldpanner and the KH13 Translation Project.
Kingdom Hearts is series of role-playing games born from Disney and Square Enix’s dream of appearing in a work together. Since the first title ‘Kingdom Hearts’ (released on PlayStation 2) went on sale in March 2002, it has been a popular series, with six titles released so far, and a cumulative total of over 17 million copies shipped worldwide (current as of 31 March 2011).
It is the story of those who wield the legendary weapon known as the ‘Keyblade’, and their friends, as they adventure through various Disney worlds, experiencing new hellos and goodbyes, and growing along the way.
With the universal themes of darkness and light and the heart serving as the axis, a story with many hidden mysteries unfolds.
Countless numbers of charming and fascinating personalities appear, chiefly from a range of Disney works, and also including Final Fantasy and original Kingdom Hearts characters.
Also, the battle, enjoyed through simple button input, is innundatingly refreshing and exhilarating, and throughout the series has received a favourable reputation.
Chronology
Keyblade War
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep begins
- Terra, Ventus, and Aqua travel to other worlds to search for the cause of a strange phenomenon
- At battle’s end, Terra, Ventus, and Aqua disappear from the realm of light.
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep finishes
Kingdom Hearts begins
- Sora wakes up a Keyblade wielder. Sora, Riku, and Kairi are separated.
- Sora, Donald, and Goofy meet, and set off to search for Kairi, Riku, and the King.
- Sora and Kairi reunite, but Sora temporarily becomes a heartless.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days begins
- Roxas is born. He becomes No. 13 in Organization XIII.
- Together, Sora and his friends battle and win against Ansem.
- Sora, Donald and Goofy are finally reunited with Riku and the King. However, to close the door to darkness, the two stay in the realm of darkness.
- Sora, Donald, and Goofy once again set off to find Riku and the King.
Kingdom Hearts finishes
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories begins
- Sora, Donald, and Goofy arrive at Castle Oblivion.
- Riku arrives at Castle Oblivion.
- Sora and Riku each fight the Organization XIII members in Castle Oblivion, and triumph.
- To regain the memories that they lost, Sora, Donald, and Goofy fall asleep inside pods. To fight against the darkness inside him, Riku sets off together with the king.
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories finishes
- Roxas abandons Organization XIII, and is captured by DIZ.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days finishes
Kingdom Hearts II begins
- After having a 7 day vacation, Roxas falls asleep.
- Sora, Donald, and Goofy wake up from their sleep, and once more venture off.
- Sora, Donald, and Goofy are once again reunited with Riku and the King.
- Sora and his friends face off with Organization XIII in one final battle, and win.
Kingdom Hearts II finishes
Kingdom Hearts coded begins
- The King, Donald, and Goofy perform and analysis on the strange occurence in Jimminy’s Journal.
- A letter arrives to Sora from the King.
Kingdom Hearts coded finishes
Kingdom Hearts 3D begins
- To be continued.
Lastly, the portal contains a sub-section for each game in the Kingdom Hearts series. These sections contain a brief summary of the game (basically what you'd find on the back of the game box), and also some neat screenshots and character boxes. You can see these below, in our gallery.
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