Kingdom Hearts

The videogame Kingdom Hearts features a level based on Halloweentown and its inhabitants, familiar from the movie Nightmare Before Christmas. Below is a description of the game written by our forum member pumpkinqueen15.

Kingdom Hearts is the story of a 14 year old boy, named Sora. He lives a peaceful life on the Destiney Islands with his two best friends, Riku and Kairi.
An evil darkness and creatures called the Heartless come one night and destroy Sora's Island, they also take his friends! It is up to Sora now to save the day.
Equipped with a Keyblade and two new friends, Donald Duck and Goofy, they travel to unfamiliar worlds to find their lost friends and destroy the Heartless. But these worlds may not be that unfamiliar to you.

One world the threesome visit, is none other than Halloween Town, from Tim Burtons "Nightmare Before Christmas"! Before entering Halloween Town, Donald inquires that this place seems a little eerie, and that they'll need macabre costumes to fit in. So dressed as town citizens, they go in the Halloween world. Soon they meet with the town Mayor, who introduces them to Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King.
Jack is curious about the Heartless and wants to make them part of his annual Halloween Festival. He and Dr. Frankelstein have been concocting a bizarre experiment to control the Heartless by actually giving them an artificial heart. Jack then asks Sora if he would help him find an ingridient for the experiment. After finding it, they discover that Lock, Shock, and Barrel have stolen the Heartless' heart. Giving it to their master, Oogie Boogie, who beleives he can control the Heartless now. Sora and Jack know that Oogie must be stopped and bolt to his manor.

At the manor, they talk to those mischievous trick-or-treaters to get some clues to where Oogie is. Once you locate him, you'll have to find a way to avoid a lot of damage inflicted by Oogies giant roulette machine! This battle is very tricky.

When you've defeated this trouble maker and left the manor, you suddenly realize it has been posessed by darkness and starts coming after you! This can also get a little tricky after awhile.

Halloween is Saved! Jack realizes his errors of trying to tame the Heartless (they're not so easily controlled) and postpones the festivities until the damage's done by Oogie are repaired.

Your adventure in Halloween Town may be over, but during the remainder of the game you can vist Jack and walk around anytime you want, in the place that perhaps you've seen in your dreams.

You can buy the game and other related items from Amazon through these links:

Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts Official Strategy Guide
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition)
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack


A sequel to Kingdom Hearts and a videogame of The Nightmare Before Christmas (titled Oogie's Revenge) have also been released.

   

 

 

Home / Site Directory / Read the FAQ / Contact the Webmasters
Original site concept by Mike Jackson. Current design by Melanie McDermott, 2006.
All articles and text copyright of their noted contributors.