History VideoGame / KingdomHeartscoded

** The Command System is also an example because of how it was retooled from VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep: instead of having to fully level up a command to get it ready for command melding (which also meant every command in that game had a fairly low level cap) in Recoded converting comands is ''how'' you level them up: you first need to gather enough command points to fill the bar of each command you intend to merge, and once they are fused
together the bar will reset to be partially or completely empty depending on the quality of the components. Every command can be leveled up to level 100 (represented by a [[ArcSymbol Crown]]), which means even basic starting command can remain competitive with end game ones with enough grinding... But it also means it takes [[LastLousyPoint ''forever'' to level up every command to max level, even with the in-game cheat that gives you more CP in exchange of less XP]].

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: The level cap is 99, but you will probably finish the main game in the Level 50 area. That said this is {{Downplayed|Trope}} compared to other Kingdom Hearts games because of the Post-EndGameContent: the optional post-game system sectors pit you against powerful enemies, beating the final boss gets you the Oathkeeper keyblade that eventually gains the Exp Boost ability, and each level you gain is technically two levels if you put them on the paths between [=CPU=]s. Thus level grinding is nowhere near as tedious or time-consuming as past games, and the final optional system sector at Hollow Bastion has a recommended level of 80, but before that are level 70 and 60 sectors, so you can work your way up gradually.

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: As per usual you can finish the game in the Level 50 area, but the optional post-game system sectors pit you against powerful enemies, beating the final boss gets you the Oathkeeper keyblade that eventually gains the Exp Boost ability, and each level you gain is technically two levels if you put them on the paths between [=CPU=]s. Thus level grinding is nowhere near as tedious or time-consuming as past games, and the final optional system sector at Hollow Bastion has a recommended level of 80, but before that are level 70 and 60 sectors, so you can work your way up gradually.

** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud's Buster Sword]] is still massive: far, far bigger than Sora's keyblade and he hits hard as truck with it. [[spoiler:Both when he is your ally and your enemy.]]

* AntiGriding: In similiar vein to its predecessor, VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2. Sure, you can grind all 49 level up chips on Destiny Island, but you won't have any space to put them in the Stat Matrix to actually raise your level. The size of the Stat Matrix is more of less a soft cap to how high your stats and levels can be at that point of the story, and the only way to unlock other parts of it is by completing a world.

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%%** The Zone of Ruin [[LimitBreak Overclock Finisher]].
%%** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud's Buster Sword]]

The game was later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS as ''Kingdom Hearts Re:coded'', using the same engine as ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', released in Japan shortly after the original game’s completion in 2010, and given an international release in 2011. ''Re:coded'' adds a new multiplayer mode called the Avatar Menu that allows some communication between games, implements aspects of the Command Deck system from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' for combat, and a new system called the Clock Program that gives temporary buffs as the player fills up the Clock gauge by dealing damage.

''"That's what "he" felt in his.''"\\

''"That's what "he" felt in his.''"\\
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--->King Mickey Mouse

->''"Sora, when Namine's words are passed on to you,''"\\

** [[spoiler: The ending wherein Data Sora and Mickey meet Data Namin&eacute and find out the truth about the messages]].

The game is set shortly after the events of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. While organizing the records in his journal from his travels with Sora and his friends, Jiminy Cricket's curiosity about the line "thank Naminé" results in him finding a message that he did not write: "Their hurting will be mended when you return to end it." To investigate this message, King Mickey digitizes the contents of the journal and goes into the simulated world to investigate, awakening a virtual Sora on Destiny Islands to carry out the contents of the journal to uncover the identity of "them". However, the virtual Sora encounters "bugs", which take the form of red and black blocks. The plot takes the data Sora through seven worlds from previous games.

* AdaptationExpansion: The movie version of the game in ''HD II.5 [=ReMIX=]'' places more emphasis on the WhatMeasureIsANonHuman aspect of the story, on the friendships Data Sora makes, the emergence of Data Sora's heart (foreshadowing [[spoiler:that hearts can be grown, as revealed by Xemnas in ''Dream Drop Distance'']]), and adding scenes connecting ''Re:coded'' to ''Dream Drop Distance'' and even χ [chi], further foreshadowing ''Kingdom Hearts III''.

* ArcWelding: [[spoiler:The end of the game ties the plots of ''358/2 Days'' and ''Birth by Sleep'' into the series' present with Data Namine's revelations and Mickey's letter to Sora.]]

** Unless you decide to take it into the Avatar Sector, fight [[spoiler:Bugged Data Riku]], or take on the Bonus sector again with various Cheats turned on to make things harder.

** There is a version of this trope in the game itself, as Data Sora arrives in Disney Castle... Except it's not the one in the journal, it's the one where Mickey and the other characters are watching the journal itself, complete with the monitor showing them watching the monitor...

* ButtMonkey: The ''2.5 HD [=ReMIX=]'' version reveals Iago's reactions to getting attacked by Data Sora when it comes to reclaiming Genie's lamp and when it comes to attacking Jafar's lamp. Needless to say, he's not quite happy about what Data Sora's doing to him.

** [[spoiler: When Data Naminé explains to Mickey and Data Sora that the real Sora's keeping painful memories of others deep within his own heart during the game's ending, Axel, Roxas, Naminé and Xion can all be seen as the source of the painful memories (alongside Terra, Aqua and Ventus), foreshadowing the plot twist in ''Dream Drop Distance'' that they all managed to gain hearts of their own.]]

* BonusBoss:
** Olympus Coliseum has three more bosses that can be fought if you go through the [[BonusDungeon optional layers]]. The Rock Titan is found on Layer 15, a Behemoth Heartless is fought on Layer 25, and the Ice Titan is encountered on Layer 30.
** [[spoiler:At the end of the optional Hollow Bastion System Sector, a Bugged Data-Roxas can be fought. He has more HP, can buff himself over the course of the fight, and has the ability to inflict Clock Rewind with some of his attacks.]]
** [[spoiler:A Bugged Data-Riku is the last opponent of the 100 Floor Avatar Sector. He's basically the same as before, but stronger and has more HP.]]

* BraggingRightsReward: The Ultima Weapon of this game requires you to complete a Level 80, 13 floor system sector after you complete the game, the final floor holding the BonusBoss. The problem is once you get it, there's nothing left to do.

Like ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' before it, ''Re:coded'' received an HD cutscene CompilationMovie for the CompilationRerelease ''Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 [=ReMIX=]'' in 2014. Once again in lieu of gameplay, cutscenes are rendered for all the major story events, and a new secret ending leading into the events of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance Dream Drop Distance]]'' is added. A novelization was released in 2019.

Like ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' before it, ''Re:coded'' received an HD cutscene CompilationMovie for the CompilationRerelease ''Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 [=ReMIX=]'' in 2014. Once again in lieu of gameplay, cutscenes are rendered for all the major story events, and a new secret ending leading into the events of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance Dream
Drop Distance]]'' is added. A novelization was released in 2019.

Like ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' before it, ''coded'' received HD cutscenes for the CompilationRerelease ''Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 [=ReMIX=].'' Gameplay is not available, but cutscenes are rendered for scenes in the Disney world, as well as a new secret ending. The version included is the ''Re:coded'' version. A novelization was released in 2019.

* DrostImage: In ReCoded and II.5 HD Remix, when Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Data-Sora and Jiminy Cricket see the image of themselves on the monitor in Disney Castle, it repeats at least twice.

The game was later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS as ''Kingdom Hearts Re:coded'', using the same engine as ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', released in Japan shortly after the original game’s complication in 2010, and given an international release in 2011. ''Re:coded'' adds a new multiplayer mode called the Avatar Menu that allows some communication between games, implements aspects of the Command Deck system from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' for combat, and a new system called the Clock Program that gives temporary buffs as the player fills up the Clock gauge by dealing damage.

** [[spoiler: After Wonderland, when Sora runs off after the mysterious figure, the gang in the library hears a banging noise. Goofy thinks it's Chip and Dale coming back to rescue them...only for Data-Sora to burst in!

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Agrabah]], oddly enough. After Sora cleans the world of bugs as usual, [[spoiler:Maleficent shows up and shatters Sora's Keyblade, and then kidnaps Riku after [[BigDamnHeroes he and Mickey save him]].]]

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The game was later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS as ''Kingdom Hearts Re:coded'', using the same engine as ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', this time given an international release. ''Re:coded'' adds a new multiplayer mode called the Avatar Menu that allows some communication between games, implements aspects of the Command Deck system from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' for combat, and a new system called the Clock Program that gives temporary buffs as the player fills up the Clock gauge by dealing damage.

The game was later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] for an international release in 2011 for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS as ''Kingdom Hearts Re:coded'', using the same engine as ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2''. ''Re:coded'' adds a new multiplayer mode called the Avatar Menu that allows some communication between games, implements aspects of the Command Deck system from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' for combat, and a new system called the Clock Program that gives temporary buffs as the player fills up the Clock gauge by dealing damage.

** In addition to the standard Keyblade combos, this game introduces "heavy" and "light"-type Keyblades, which are identified by having the Impact Arts and Sonic Arts abilities respectively. Many of the combos used by these Keyblades are based on combo modifiers from previous ''Kingdom Hearts'' games, such as Sonic Arts Keyblades getting ''KH1'' Zantetsuken and Hurricane Period as combo finishers and Impact Arts Keyblades getting Dodge Slash from ''Kingdom Hearts II'' as a ground combo finisher.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: The final battle with [[spoiler:Sora's Heartless in its true form of a Shadow]] is done in the classic "dash, leap, slice" of a SingleStrokeBattle