Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is quite possibly one of the most popular RPG titles to appear on Game Boy Advance during the 2000’s. The Chain of Memories game was released 20 years ago following the success of the original Kingdom Hearts title that appeared on the PS2 back in 2002. The gameplay Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories was very unique because it was one of the first major card-based battle RPG’s that we saw in countries like America during the 2000’s decade. Not only was the card-based battle gameplay innovative but it was also impressive along the real-time combat system something that was never really done before. Square Enix had decided to utilize an isometric map which made Chain of Memories standout from other RPGs. Also, players got to control Sora or Riku who were the main characters in order to defeat various enemies and earn Card Points for learning new skills. Players had the ability to combine different cards in order to create combo attacks.

It should also be noted that both Sora and Riku’s had different stories which made Chain of Memories interesting and added to its overall replay value. Chain of Memories was considered to be special in some ways because it was the prequel to the critically acclaimed Kingdom Hearts 2 title from 2005. Chain of Memories was also the game where Marluxia along with Larxene from Organization XIII make their video game debuts as primary antagonists. Even though, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories had appealed to a niche audience of gamers during the 2000’s it was still one of the best Disney games of that decade. If anything Chain of Memories got overshadowed by the Pokemon and Super Mario franchises during the 2000’s which obviously had a negative impact on its overall sales. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories was a game that could have easily of thrived during the early 90’s on Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis.