The first game in the Kingdom Hearts series was released way back in 2002. Back then, the story was fairly simple for a JRPG. Now, 20 years later, it has grown into something else entirely – involving time travel, cloning, finding ingredients, lots of retcons and even more mentions of HEARTS and DARKNESS. But what can we learn about the storytelling, writing and narrative design in the Kingdom Hearts series? Spoilers: it’s not all bad.
Kingdom Hearts: Lessons in Storytelling
Miku Pesola
Sonaatti 2, – (1 h 15 min)