<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Coded	I-Application
is	O
an	O
episodic	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
,	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Disney	O
Interactive	O
Studios	O
,	O
for	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
remake	O
titled	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Re:coded	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Europe	O
,	O
and	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
cinematic	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	I-Application
2.5	I-Application
Remix	I-Application
video	O
game	O
compilation	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
centered	O
mostly	O
around	O
puzzle	O
solving	O
,	O
with	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
elements	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
previous	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2007	O
,	O
game	O
director	O
Tetsuya	O
Nomura	O
decided	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
spin-off	O
for	O
mobile	O
phones	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
a	O
different	O
gameplay	O
style	O
than	O
previous	O
titles	O
and	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
explore	O
the	O
game	O
like	O
a	O
playground	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
reach	O
a	O
wider	O
audience	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
remade	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
released	O
internationally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
coded	I-Application
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
series	O
and	O
is	O
set	O
after	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
coded	I-Application
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
game	O
with	O
action	O
elements	O
mixed	O
into	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
action-RPG	B-Application
style	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Re:coded	O
has	O
an	O
added	O
system	O
to	O
incorporate	O
multiplayer	O
experiences	O
called	O
"	O
tag	B-Device
mode	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
other	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
players	O
are	O
nearby	O
,	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
playing	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
they	O
will	O
be	O
registered	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
ghosts	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
after	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
follows	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Jiminy	O
Cricket	O
,	O
Mickey	B-Application
Mouse	I-Application
,	O
Donald	O
Duck	O
and	O
Goofy	O
in	O
Disney	O
Castle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
progress	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
levels	O
which	O
are	O
virtual	O
representations	O
of	O
worlds	O
contained	O
within	O
the	O
digitized	O
version	O
of	O
Jiminy	O
's	O
journal	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
game	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
arranged	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
order	O
in	O
which	O
Sora	O
visited	O
the	O
worlds	O
originally	O
in	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
virtual	O
worlds	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
various	O
locales	O
from	O
many	O
Disney	O
animated	O
films	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
original	O
worlds	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
first	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
including	O
Destiny	O
Islands	O
,	O
Traverse	O
Town	O
,	O
Wonderland	O
in	O
Alice	O
in	O
Wonderland	O
,	O
Olympus	O
Coliseum	O
in	O
Hercules	O
,	O
Agrabah	O
in	O
Aladdin	O
and	O
Hollow	O
Bastion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
protagonist	O
and	O
sole	O
player	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
an	O
artificially	B-Application
intelligent	I-Application
virtual	B-Application
avatar	I-Application
of	O
Sora	O
,	O
occasionally	O
referred	O
to	O
in-game	O
as	O
"	O
Data-Sora	O
"	O
,	O
created	O
from	O
the	O
data	O
from	O
Jiminy	O
's	O
journal	O
entries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
setting	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
first	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
Data-Sora	O
resembles	O
the	O
original	O
Sora	O
in	O
his	O
attire	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
other	O
original	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
characters	O
—	O
Riku	O
,	O
Naminé	O
,	O
and	O
Roxas	O
—	O
similarly	O
appear	O
as	O
virtual	B-Application
avatars	I-Application
of	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
previous	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
titles	O
,	O
coded	O
features	O
numerous	O
Disney	O
and	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
characters	O
who	O
have	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
first	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
characters	O
include	O
King	O
Mickey	B-Application
Mouse	I-Application
,	O
Pluto	O
,	O
Jiminy	O
Cricket	O
,	O
Donald	O
Duck	O
,	O
and	O
Goofy	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
two	O
of	O
whom	O
appear	O
as	O
computer-controlled	O
partners	O
of	O
Sora	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
antagonists	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
software	B-Error_Name
bugs	I-Error_Name
that	O
corrupt	O
the	O
data	O
of	O
Jiminy	O
's	O
journal	O
,	O
which	O
take	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
red-and-black	O
blocks	O
and	O
Heartless	O
that	O
Sora	O
encounters	O
in	O
the	O
first	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	O
Mickey	O
digitizes	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
journal	O
to	O
investigate	O
this	O
message	O
,	O
only	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
datascape	O
has	O
been	O
corrupted	O
with	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
which	O
take	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
red-and-black	O
blocks	O
and	O
Heartless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
this	O
happens	O
,	O
Mickey	O
,	O
Donald	O
,	O
Goofy	O
,	O
and	O
Jiminy	O
are	O
imported	O
into	O
the	O
datascape	O
by	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
of	O
the	O
journal	O
's	O
uncorrupted	O
data	O
,	O
which	O
takes	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
virtual	O
Riku	O
,	O
to	O
better	O
assist	O
Sora	O
in	O
debugging	O
the	O
journal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atop	O
Hollow	O
Bastion	O
,	O
Pete	O
infects	O
Riku	O
's	O
code	O
with	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
and	O
forces	O
him	O
to	O
fight	O
Sora	O
,	O
endangering	O
the	O
datascape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
debugging	O
process	O
also	O
activates	O
the	O
bug	B-Error_Name
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
data	O
's	O
corruption	O
,	O
which	O
takes	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
Sora	O
's	O
Heartless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sora	O
destroys	O
the	O
bug	B-Error_Name
while	O
Mickey	O
and	O
the	O
others	O
are	O
returned	O
to	O
their	O
world	O
by	O
Riku	O
before	O
the	O
reset	O
occurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
he	O
and	O
Mickey	O
encounter	O
a	O
virtual	O
Naminé	O
,	O
who	O
reveals	O
the	O
real	O
Naminé	O
was	O
the	O
one	O
who	O
left	O
the	O
message	O
after	O
discovering	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
memories	O
relating	O
to	O
people	O
tied	O
to	O
the	O
real	O
Sora	O
's	O
heart	O
—	O
herself	O
,	O
Roxas	O
,	O
Axel	O
,	O
Xion	O
,	O
Terra	O
,	O
Aqua	O
,	O
and	O
Ventus	O
—	O
while	O
restoring	O
his	O
lost	O
memories	O
;	O
the	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
are	O
also	O
revealed	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
an	O
unintentional	O
side	O
effect	O
of	O
her	O
message	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mickey	O
relays	O
this	O
message	O
to	O
the	O
real	O
Sora	O
through	O
the	O
bottled	O
letter	O
shown	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
coded	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
eight	O
episodes	O
,	O
released	O
monthly	O
between	O
June	O
2009	O
and	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
preview	O
episode	O
released	O
November	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2007	O
,	O
Nomura	O
mentioned	O
a	O
desire	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
spin-off	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
game	O
on	O
a	O
mobile	O
platform	O
and	O
wanted	O
it	O
to	O
play	O
slightly	O
different	O
than	O
other	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
was	O
initially	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
fluid	O
"	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
fit	O
into	O
the	O
chronology	O
of	O
the	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
series	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
developers	O
tied	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
final	O
chapters	O
into	O
Birth	B-Application
by	I-Application
Sleep	I-Application
and	O
358/2	B-Application
Days	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
designed	O
around	O
hardware	O
that	O
was	O
more	O
powerful	O
than	O
any	O
yet	O
available	O
,	O
like	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Agito	I-Application
,	O
but	O
developer	O
were	O
not	O
as	O
aggressive	O
with	O
this	O
boundary-pushing	O
with	O
Coded	O
to	O
help	O
it	O
spread	O
to	O
overseas	O
markets	O
where	O
mobile	O
phones	O
were	O
not	O
very	O
powerful	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
alongside	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Birth	I-Application
by	I-Application
Sleep	I-Application
and	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
358/2	I-Application
Days	I-Application
at	O
the	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
trailer	O
was	O
shown	O
in	O
a	O
photo-prohibited	O
theater	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
trailers	O
highlighted	O
codeds	O
gameplay	O
,	O
while	O
later	O
ones	O
focused	O
more	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
fill	O
in	O
some	O
plotholes	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
on	O
the	O
phone	O
was	O
an	O
online	O
mobile	O
phone	O
portal	O
called	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Mobile	I-Application
which	O
will	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
avatars	B-Application
and	O
play	O
minigames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
English	O
voice	O
actor	O
for	O
Jiminy	O
Cricket	O
,	O
Phil	O
Snyder	O
,	O
who	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
role	O
after	O
the	O
passing	O
of	O
Jiminy	O
's	O
former	O
voice	O
actor	O
Eddie	O
Carroll	O
,	O
wrote	O
on	O
his	O
official	O
website	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
recording	O
his	O
first	O
voice	O
work	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Re:coded	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
speculated	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
Coded	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Re:Chain	O
of	O
Memories	O
brought	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
:	I-Application
Chain	I-Application
of	I-Application
Memories	I-Application
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
director	O
Tetsuya	O
Nomura	O
wanted	O
to	O
re-release	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
:	I-Application
coded	I-Application
,	O
and	O
considered	O
releasing	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
through	O
the	O
Wiiware	O
virtual	O
game	O
store	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
then	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
chapters	O
just	O
like	O
on	O
the	O
mobile	O
phones	O
 '	O
original	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nomura	O
's	O
prime	O
reason	O
for	O
wanting	O
to	O
re-release	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
to	O
reach	O
a	O
broader	O
audience	O
however	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
being	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
portable	O
video	O
game	O
system	O
in	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
,	O
was	O
chosen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
originally	O
planned	O
on	O
simply	O
re-releasing	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
after	O
they	O
selected	O
software	O
developer	O
h.a.n.d.	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
done	O
an	O
"	O
excellent	O
"	O
conversion	O
of	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
358/2	I-Application
Days	I-Application
,	O
they	O
began	O
to	O
consider	O
a	O
remake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scale	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
grew	O
so	O
large	O
that	O
the	O
Square	O
Enix	O
team	O
in	O
Osaka	O
that	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Birth	I-Application
by	I-Application
Sleep	I-Application
was	O
brought	O
in	O
to	O
assist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lower	O
screen	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
was	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
gameplay	O
panel	O
like	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
:	I-Application
358/2	I-Application
Days	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
completely	O
changed	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
:	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
an	O
analogue	O
control	O
stick	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
was	O
a	O
"	O
challenge	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
Nomura	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
simplified	O
combat	O
system	O
and	O
mechanics	O
that	O
borrowed	O
from	O
Birth	B-Application
by	I-Application
Sleep	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
of	O
the	O
remake	O
did	O
not	O
change	O
,	O
although	O
more	O
scenes	O
were	O
added	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
new	O
secret	O
movie	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
hints	O
about	O
the	O
then-unreleased	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
3D	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
elements	O
from	O
other	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
were	O
also	O
used	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
leveling	O
system	O
from	O
358/2	B-Application
Days	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
random	O
encounter	O
system	O
from	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Mobile	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
credits	O
of	O
HD	B-Application
1.5	I-Application
Remix	I-Application
,	O
clips	O
of	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Re:coded	O
were	O
shown	O
,	O
hinting	O
at	O
its	O
inclusion	O
in	O
another	O
collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
14	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Square	O
Enix	O
announced	O
that	O
Re:coded	O
would	O
be	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
HD	I-Application
2.5	I-Application
Remix	I-Application
collection	O
,	O
released	O
exclusively	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
touch	O
screen	O
use	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
console	O
conversion	O
was	O
ruled	O
out	O
as	O
it	O
would	O
necessitate	O
a	O
full	O
remake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
additional	O
hours	O
of	O
cinematics	O
were	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
cover	O
the	O
entire	O
story	O
and	O
show	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
connections	O
to	O
other	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
collection	O
features	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
HD	O
cinematics	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
358/2	B-Application
Days	I-Application
was	O
in	O
the	O
HD	B-Application
1.5	I-Application
Remix	I-Application
collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
collection	O
also	O
includes	O
both	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
II	I-Application
Final	O
Mix	O
and	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Birth	I-Application
by	I-Application
Sleep	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Mix	I-Application
in	O
HD	O
and	O
trophy	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
events	O
occur	O
in	O
the	O
cinematic	O
scenes	O
not	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
with	O
new	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
orchestrated	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
including	O
new	O
battle	O
scenes	O
and	O
a	O
scene	O
that	O
ties	O
Re:coded	O
and	O
Dream	B-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
the	O
graphics	O
were	O
comparable	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
and	O
commented	O
that	O
coded	O
was	O
a	O
sign	O
of	O
mobile	O
games	O
turning	O
into	O
"	O
full-fledged	O
"	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
Re:coded	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
Frustrating	O
platforming	O
and	O
a	O
tepid	O
narrative	O
mar	O
this	O
journey	O
into	O
classic	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
realms.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
said	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
'	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
 '	O
game	O
to	O
yet	O
grace	O
a	O
Nintendo	O
platform.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
While	O
it	O
may	O
suffer	O
from	O
some	O
unforgivable	O
camera	O
problems	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
decent	O
game	O
for	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
fans	O
and	O
will	O
keep	O
them	O
entertained	O
until	O
Dream	B-Application
Drop	I-Application
Distance	I-Application
comes	O
out	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kat	O
Bailey	O
of	O
G4tv	O
stated	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
obviously	O
no	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
III	O
--	O
it	O
's	O
not	O
even	O
a	O
Birth	B-Application
by	I-Application
Sleep	I-Application
--	O
but	O
as	O
an	O
appetizer	O
for	O
better	O
things	O
to	O
come	O
(	O
like	O
the	O
forthcoming	O
3DS	O
game	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
suffice.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
VentureBeat	O
reviewed	O
the	O
HD	O
2.5	O
Remix	O
,	O
and	O
called	O
the	O
Re:coded	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
collection	O
as	O
a	O
long	O
and	O
not	O
particularly	O
interesting	O
retread	O
of	O
plot	O
points	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Kingdom	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
,	O
further	O
complicated	O
by	O
elements	O
added	O
from	O
other	O
games	O
and	O
containing	O
many	O
complex	O
subplots	O
.	O
</s>
