History VideoGame / KingdomHeartsChainofMemories

** Sora also becomes one, albeit for a little one. He gets mad at Donald and Goofy out of spite and temporarily abandons them. When Jiminy calls him out on it, he tells him to shut up. However, {{ThePowerOfFriendship}} reunited the heroes.

* DawsonCasting: In the remake, Sora is supposed to be fourteen at this point like in the original ''Kingdom Hearts'', yet the voice of Haley Joel Osment sounds nothing like a kid anymore. Averted in the original Game Boy Advance, however, because Sora's voice came from sound files reused from ''Kingdom Hearts''.

* MrFanservice: The Organization members and Repliku. The manga even portrays Repliku as a [[TheWoobie Woobie]] in the epilogue, even if it's PlayedForLaughs.
* NoExportForYou: As above, Japan got the ''Re:'' version as a ''Final Mix'' pack-in, and the US got it as an end-of-life PS2 release. Europe, however, got [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed by ]][[SquareEnix Squeenix]]. Fortunately, it did eventually get a release in Europe as part of ''1.5 HD Remix''.

* NoExportForYou: As above, Japan got the ''Re:'' version as a ''Final Mix'' pack-in, and the US got it as an end-of-life PS2 release, and then later as part of ''1.5 HD Remix''. Europe, however, got [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed by ]][[SquareEnix Squeenix]].

* NoExportForYou: As above, Japan got the Re: version as a FinalMix pack-in, and the US got it as an end-of-ilfe PS2 release. Europe, however, got [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed by ]][[SquareEnix Squeenix]].

This game introduces Organization XIII, the main antagonists for both ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2''. (Though they were also [[VillainProtagonist the protagonists]] for the latter. Wrap your head around ''that'' one.)

* ParanoiaFuel: You know that big crystal ball in the room where Marluxia, Larxene, and Axel talk about their plans? They use it to see everything going on in Castle Oblivion. So the three of them are watching ''everything you do'' throughout the whole game.

-->'''Marluxia:''' "Imebeciles! You would knowingly shackle your heart with a ''chain of memories'' born of lies?!"

** Also, the 1.5 HD Remaster which has [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts1 Kingdom Hearts Final Mix]] bundled with the PS2 Remake, and it finally travels over seas to europe as well.

''Chain of Memories'' was later remade as a PlayStation2 game (titled ''Re:Chain of Memories'') as part of the [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] release of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII: Final Mix+''. It was (much later) released as a standalone PS2 game in North America. [[NoExportForYou Europe and Australia never got it]], but will be getting ''Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix'', which will contain ''Re:Chain of Memories'' remastered in HD.

* UpdatedReRelease: The Remake for PS2, bundled with KH2FM for Japan, released as a late PS2 entry solo in the U.S. with new battles and features. But [[NoExportForYou it never came to Europe]].

** Also, the 1.5 HD Remaster which has [[VideoGame/Kingdom Hearts 1 Kingdom Hearts 1 Final Mix]] bundled with the PS2 Remake, and it finally travels over seas to europe as well.

* Awesome, Yet Practical: Riku can instantly reload his deck, unlike Sora who needs to leave himself open for alot of time to reload it. He can also use boss cards freely due to having a fixed deck, and once he gains a boss card, he keeps it in his deck for the rest of the game. Meaning certain cards like the Oogie Boogie card and Maleficient card are extremely useful for him, having no downsides.

* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: As Sora's heart is manipulated by Namine, he ''definitely'' becomes more Jerkass compared to his original self.]]

** Larxene.
-->"I'm... fading? No, this isn't the way I... I won't ALLOW..!" (Especially sad when delivered by Creator/YukoMiyamura.)

-->'''Sora:''' The games are canceled? How come?
-->'''Phil:''' Three words: everyone's pooped!
-->'''Goofy:''' Wait a minute, that was only two--
-->'''Sora:''' You gotta be kidding!

-->'''Phil:''' "Two words: You! Ain't! Heroes!"
-->'''Sora:''' "You're wrong!"
-->'''Goofy:''' "Yeah, he said three words."

* AscendedExtra: Jiminy Cricket has a significantly bigger role in this game compared to others, appearing in almost all scenes.

** Exploiting the double-jump glitch.

** Some enemy cards have interesting effects, but they all cost a lot of CP. Riku, however, doesn't need to worry about CP and can use boss cards freely. And since he doesn't need to charge deck reloads, the Maleficient card has no downsides for him.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Marluxia is probably supposed to sound elegant and sophisticated, but it really just sounds like he's throwing words together in the English dub of ''Re:[=CoM=]''. Could be blamed/{{justified|Trope}} by the LipLock effect.

-->'''Marluxia:''' "That would be an unfortunate denouement."[[hottip:*:Translation: That'd be a bad outcome.]]

--->'''Vexen:''' "As if you have such a heart to speak of yourself!"[[hottip:*:Translation: You're one to talk!]]

** Dark Firaga on Riku. It's just a Firaga that's blue... but it can ''really'' hurt some enemies, ''especially'' Lexaeus.

-->'''Riku [[spoiler:Replica]]:''' "What can you possibly think I ever had? [[spoiler:Both my body and my heart are fake]]. But there is one memory I'll keep, [[spoiler:even if it's just a lie]]. Whether it was a [[spoiler:phantom promise]] or not, I will protect Naminé!"

* ArtificialStupidity: Donald's card, for the most part, is very unreliable. You could have scenarios when he would cast Cure on you two times in a row when you don't need it, and when you DO need it, he won't cast it.

->'"'Adventure is in the cards."''