I was going to pick this game up on release date which was September 29th but.. I forgot. Anyways Kingdom Hearts 358 / 2 Days centers around Roxas and is set around the time of Kingdom Hearts: Chain Of Memories. The game has two modes: Story Mode and Mission Mode. Story Mode relies heavily on the mission system - which is basically being assigned a mission or two then going from world to world completing them. Afterwards your treated to a small chunk of the story. Mission mode is just replaying these missions with a character of your choice(theres 13 available at the start, you need to unlock the rest). Overall I feel a little disappointed with Story Mode. You simply go from world to world killing heartless and barely get to interact with the worlds inhabitants. Although the story, while kind of drawn out, is still excellent. The games battle system is similar to Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2. Attacking, jumping and casting magic is done with the buttons and moving is done with the the directional buttons. No complaints over the combat really. It's fun.

The graphics are really good for the DS. Some very good cutscenes in this game. The game is great and is definitely recommended. I am going to buy KH 1 and play 1 and 2 over again now.

Annoying: That Roxas, Axel and Xion need to meet EVERYTIME after a mission to have ice cream. Seriously..it's good to let players know that those scenes are important but showing it everytime?

~Sibs