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Kingdom Hearts Collection [I-III] launched today on Nintendo Switch 2. The set bundles four entries — 1.5, 2.5, 2.8, and 3 — into a capstone package for the series, set across the worlds of Disney and Pixar. On the forum, many pointed out that the three main-numbered titles alone aren’t enough to follow the series’ tangled story, which also sprawls across GBA and mobile spin-offs. Reports of control issues on the PS5 version, along with renewed criticism of past overseas releases that kept Japan’s button layout, also became talking points.
[Topics] A story woven from light and darkness, set in the worlds of Disney and Pixar. Kingdom Hearts Collection [I-III], bundling three packages together, launches today on Nintendo Switch 2.
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What people said
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Apparently overseas boxes have a warning notice on the front just like the Switch 2 version, but people are complaining it's hard to notice
Though I'm torn on just buying Kingdom Hearts 3 alone
Never played that Birth by Sleep thing either, so that could work too
The key disc should be free too lmaooo
'Kingdom Hearts Collection,' released for Switch 2 and other platforms, is getting a reputation as a sloppy port straight from the PC/North American version
https://krsw.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/ghard/1791339579/
On Amazon:
Switch 2: ranked 2,000+
PS5: ranked 700+
Yep, it's definitely losing lol
Even with FF7, PS5 is still ahead but only by a hair
Square Enix titles are increasingly selling better on Nintendo platforms
If that 'garbage PS' (ゴミステ, a derisive nickname for PlayStation) that's no longer even on store shelves is losing even online, there's no coming back from that
Adding the KH4 announcement that dodged the State of Play to the betrayal list, dammit!
That's probably why people aren't buying this lol
Well, several of them did come out on Nintendo hardware too
In fact there are more of those, so more people have probably played those versions
Chain of Memories, Re:coded, 358/2 Days, Kingdom Hearts 3D
Finally something like that exists
You still have to read through the GBA, PSP, DS, 3DS, and mobile stories too
You literally just wrote that yourself
Of that whole group, only one or two actually get enough screen time to matter, so you'll be fine
It's fine, just forget about the rest
Looks like the rhythm game and the mobile game aren't included
I'm not too familiar with them, but I heard those also tie into the main story
Ah right, there was a rhythm game too
Well, that one's playable on Switch anyway
I think the 'X' one is the mobile game
As for the rhythm game not being included, maybe it's just 'go buy that separately since it's already on Switch and PS4'
It's technically supposed to have concluded with 3
Though I haven't played 3 myself so I can't say for sure
Apparently the 'Dark Seeker Saga' wrapped up there
As long as Nomura's still active, I'm sure you'll live that long at least
— Why '2.8'?
Nomura: There are several layers of meaning behind it, but for one way of thinking about it: the 'KH3D [Dream Drop Distance]' (hereafter 'KH3D') included this time as 'KHDDD' is positioned as the work that comes after '2.5' — the previous HD compilation — so it's equivalent to '2.6.'
And we consider the 'χ' series — 'KHχ,' 'KH Unchained χ,' and 'KHχ Back Cover' — to be the '0,' since Sora is absent from them.
'KH BbS' is '0.1,' and this time's 'KH 0.2 BbS,' as the title itself suggests, is '0.2.'
So if you add '2.6' + '0' + '0.2,' you get the number '2.8.'
Reminds me of that 'l'Cie from the Cocoon of Pulse' nonsense (a jab at Final Fantasy XIII's famously jargon-heavy opening exposition)
— I see! So the numbers are assigned according to the series' timeline, then added together on top of that. To think even the '0.2' in 'KH 0.2 BbS' carried that kind of meaning.
This one's part of the set too
But this is a series where it doesn't even make sense unless you also play the spin-offs
Yeah, this title is really confusing
In reality it's a bundle of 1.5 + 2.5 + 2.8 + 3
Wait, so does that mean 1 and 2 aren't actually included?
1 and 2 are included within 1.5 and 2.5
Background and Key Points of Discussion
The Kingdom Hearts series is known for weaving HD remasters and spin-offs like ‘1.5,’ ‘2.5,’ and ‘2.8’ in between its main numbered entries, and this collection is effectively another bundle of ‘1.5 + 2.5 + 2.8 + 3.’ What split opinion on the forum was whether this release alone lets players grasp the full story — since it doesn’t include the GBA, PSP, DS, 3DS, and mobile titles, many argued that ‘the main entries alone make it impossible to understand.’ Meanwhile, for the PS5 version, users cited a separate thread started around the same time reporting ‘control issues,’ and the conversation also revisited past criticism of overseas releases that kept Japan’s button layout. One post claimed the Switch 2 version was outranking the PS5 version on Amazon’s bestseller chart, but it’s worth noting that’s just a snapshot at the time of posting, not official sales data.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread ‘Kingdom Hearts Collection [I-III] launches today on Nintendo Switch 2.‘
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