The Kingdom Hearts series has been around since the year 2002 when Square Enix released the game Kingdom Hearts.  Since then, there have been many adaptations to the game including the new release for the 3DS:  Dream Drop Distance.  This game, though, is the second game in the series, despite the game following this game being called Kingdom Hearts 2 (making me wonder if the title for Assassins Creed 3 was based off the same premise).  This game attempts to input the idea of cards in to an action game, which ends up going horribly wrong, even though it was good in theory (maybe it is just another "bad in execution" type of thing).  You use the cards in this game as a way to battle, with each card doing a certain amount of damage, doing a magic attack, or calling in an ally to help you.  But, you have the ability to run out of cards, which was probably a result of Square Enix trying to add a strategy portion to this game.  Nevertheless, you can regenerate cards and will have the same amount of cards per regeneration as long as you don't waste them on special moves that seem to do nothing at all.  This game starts off with two annoying cut-scenes, one in a different point of view, and one in the point of view from which you play the game.  Even with this said, this game is very good and provided me with a fun experience.

   Graphics 6:  The graphics in this game are good, but definitely don't measure up to some of the games on the system.  For example, the graphics in this game may beat the graphics of Backyard Baseball (even though BB came out after Kingdom Hearts), but don't even seem to measure up to the graphics of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald (which 2/3 of these came out 2002, before this game).

   Sound 5:  The sound is okay at first, and then starts to annoy you.  Regardless, I'll still go with my original score, but don't be surprised if you find yourself screaming from the repetitiveness of the sounds.

   Addictiveness 7:  This game was addictive for a bit, but when I got to the end I was ready to give it up.  You'll be able to lose time for a while in this game up to the point where you beat the game, because there isn't really a point after that.

   Story 9:  I found the story in this game interesting, especially how it incorporates Disney characters in to the game.  The main "high" point for the story is how the whole game is pretty much a figment of your imagination, which adds a whole new perspective to the game.

   Depth 10:  This game took me a while to beat, but maybe that is because I had to beat every single enemy no matter what, and could not go to another room with surviving enemies in the room.  While it may not be the deepest game ever, it is definitely one of the most deep games on the system.

   Difficulty 3:  While this game took me a while, it really wasn't  very hard at all.  You should have no problem easily beating the game.

   Overall 8:  I enjoyed playing this game a lot, but it seems that all good things have to end, such as this one did.  If it wasn't for the story, this game would have a much better score.  I would only recommend this game to people who have played the PS2 version, because it seems to me that you have to play that in order to understand what is going on in this game.
  

Great review and the gameboy one is so easier than the remake for the PS2. It took me days to beat Soras story because of one of the bosses have a annoying sleight that freezes you and it do a ton of damage.

I wonder if I should give this game another try. When I played it for the first time I was really turned off by the card system. At the time I had just finished playing Kingdom Hearts II ( I believe ) than I tried out this game and was disappointed. I guess I expected it to be the same as Kingdom Hearts II back than. I haven't played a Kingdom Hearts game in a while because I was turned off by all the side tracks and side stories that were coming out in the series. Hopefully I can give this game another try and will understand the confusing, plot twisting storyline of Kingdom Hearts. Anyways, this is a very great review. Good work !