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Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2003)
... I liked this game.
I don't know why so many people are flaming it. It basically follows Sora, Donald, and Goofy through a very creepy place called Castle Oblivion. *Apparently* Riku and the King are there. (-koffkoff- Yes and no. There's actually TWO Rikus in this game, but I'm not going to say anything else. That's a huge spoiler right there, it is. ^.~) The Castle is controlled/owned/used by a group called The Organization. There's actually twelve members, but you only get to see about eight. Axel, Larxene, Vexen, Zexion, Marluxia (who, despite the girly name, is a guy. And Lord of the Castle.), Lexaeus, DiZ, and the hooded guy in the beginning, who is still unidentifiable. I personally think it's Larxene, but whatever. The Castle ALSO is controlled by cards and memories. It's only a little confusing at first, and the mysterious guy at the beginning does a way better job than me of explaining. Wanna attack with the (a, really. There's about sixteen different types of the buggers.) Keyblade? Use a card. Spells? Items? Same thing. Basically you're supposed to wander through different worlds of Sora's memory and kill members of the Organization/Heartless. Not that complicated, but then there's the other storyline with Sora's memories of Kairi being replaced by false memories of a girl called Namine.
It's a fun, dramatic (-I- think so), whacking-stuff-with-the-Keyblade game. And I didn't really get a lot of what was going on ('cos I didn't play Kingdom Hearts), but I had fun anyway. I give it 8.7/10... and a whack with the Keyblade for good measure.
(Oh, and if you beat the game as Sora, you unlock both the multiplayer aspect and Reverse/Rebirth, where you play as Riku and basically play the game in reverse from Riku's viewpoint. It'd be sweet, but I haven't beaten the game yet. ^^)
Winx Club (2004)
Eh... it's all right in small doses.
"Keep on searching, far and wide/For the fire burning deep inside"
If you want something with a true plot, character development, and/or good dialogue (this one may be debated), then pick something else. Preferably Japanese/true anime. If you want something to keep a seven year old girl occupied or otherwise pass time, you may want to check it out. However... be forewarned. I recommend this in VERY small doses, as it clearly caters to the mentioned seven-year-old female audience. I've seen it a few times while babysitting, and the plot's not very complex. It's kind of like Sailor Moon, or so I've heard.
Plot A fourteen-year-old Earth girl, Bloom, encounters both her magical powers ('Winx') and a princess from another world while walking her rabbit one day. (I KNOW it sounds ludicrous. It IS. Walking the bunny, I mean.) As 'repayment' of sorts, the princess, Stella, invites Bloom to come with her to the Alfea School for Fairies and learn how to use the magical powers she has. She agrees, after hesitation and argument from her parents, and somewhere along the line they encounter three 'senior' witches. Think your average American popular trio and give them bad-ass attitudes and magical powers, and you've got them. Zero imagination. They're after Stella's ring at first, but the Dragon Fire later on. Not quite sure where the transition is. So, they employ various schemes and stuff... not to give too much away, but one of the girls has that lovely Dragon Fire stuff.
Overall Score- 3/5 Keep in mind that it could have been worse, and you'll do fine. However, be sure to watch something else that's better quality overall later.