Kingdom Heezy Taught Me

[divider type=”thin”] [dropcap1]G[/dropcap1]rowing up, Disney movies ruled the world. (Favorite Disney Movie: Jungle Book ). I still have the VHS tapes of allllll the Disney joints stacked in a box at the crib right now! My cousin got me into the Final Fantasy series when I was young (Favorite FF: FF VIII). Then ’02 came and Square Enix had the insane idea of combining Disney and Final Fantasy (Later on The World Ends With You joined the party) into the most influential creation to my entire life: Kingdom Hearts!

When the game first dropped I didn’t have a PS2. I was hooked on the small purple box called the GameCube. But my cousin had a Playstation 2 and I was over my aunt’s house all day everyday anyway so we would take turns defeating Heartless. Sometimes we wouldn’t even play the game. We would just play the opening sequence over and over jamming out to Sanctuary. It was a one of the most memorable family bonding experiences I have from my childhood. In ’05 Square Enix struck lightning again with the second console installment of KH. The same year my mom got the realest MVP award & bought me a PS2, KH, & KH 2! I was going back to back way before Wheelchair Jimmy had a record deal. I kept up with the series for the story and the connection I had with the characters. Sora, Riku, Kairi, we practically grew up together. I caught a lot of heat from the cooler kids for loving the games so much. But I didn’t care. Call me a nerd. Fine. You don’t want it with this Keybla…