Kingdom Hearts Magical Puzzle Clash

Kingdom Hearts Magical Puzzle Clash
Developer(s)	Square Enix
Publisher(s)	Square Enix
Release date(s)	2009
Genre	Arcade
Game modes	Single-player
Ratings
Platform(s)	Online Flash Game

"Defeat the Heartless in magic duels and prove who is the best Keyblade bearer in the Organization VIII!"

—Instructions

Kingdom Hearts Magical Puzzle Clash, stylized as Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Magical Puzzle Clash, was an online flash game released to the Disney website by Square Enix and Disney. It has since been discontinued and is no longer officially accessible. The game was made to promote Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and is not canon to the series in any way.

There are three playable characters – Roxas, Xion, and Axel – although the gameplay is largely the same regardless of which character is chosen. There is no story to the game, aside from a brief plot summary of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days: as members of the Organization, Roxas, Xion, and Axel must defeat Heartless and release captured hearts.

Upon clearing the game or losing all three lives, an advertisement for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days is displayed.

Gameplay

Kingdom Hearts Magical Puzzle Clash is an arcade style puzzle game similar to Bejeweled. There is a 7x7 game board made up of different colored tokens. The goal of the game is to swap two adjacent tokens to form a row of at least three of the same color. After a valid match is made, the tokens disappear, and more fall from above the game board. The game boards start with four different colors of tokens, with two more being added to the player's board as the game progresses. The player is given a score throughout the game based on how many matches are made and how many tokens are cleared.

While the player is matching tokens, an enemy Heartless is making matches in a game board of their own. Each token cleared deals damage to the opponent, depleting their HP. Although normal enemies begin the level with the same amount of HP as the player, the player deals 2HP of damage per token cleared, while enemies deal 1HP of damage. To compensate, both sides are given certain special tokens whose powers can give an edge in the match.

There are two types of special tokens: spells and power ups. Which spells and power ups appear is determined by character selection and the current level. Spells cannot be matched; instead, they must be allowed to drop to the bottom row of the game board, where they will be automatically collected (if a spell token is on the sixth row, it can be swapped down to the bottom row to be collected, which counts as a valid move even if no match is made). The player can store up to five types of spells at once; multiple casts of the same spell will stack in the inventory. At any point, a reserved spell can be cast, either inflicting a negative effect on the opponent or negating a negative effect placed on the caster.

Power ups, on the other hand, can be activated anywhere on the game board, even without a proper match. When the player makes matches of four tokens or greater, the Row Destroyer or Crossroad Destroyer power up will spawn at the bottom-rightmost token of the match. Each character's individual power up will naturally spawn if enough of the regular power ups are used.

If the player waits too long without making a match, a pair of adjacent tokens will flash, indicating a possible match. In the event that no matches can be made, there are no power ups on the board, and the player is not under the effect of an enemy spell, "No More Moves" will be declared after a short delay. All tokens on the game board are rearranged, guaranteeing at least one possible match. When this happens, it is possible that spell tokens are placed on the bottom row or that colored tokens are rearranged into rows of three or more (the latter can also happen as a result of the Randomizer spell being cast on the player). In either case, no matches are made and no spells are collected until the player makes their next move, which is carried out regardless of if the swap would usually result in a successful match.

There are five worlds which can be played in: Agrabah, Wonderland, Olympus Coliseum, Neverland, and Beast's Castle. Each world has five levels, for a total of 25. The last level of each world is a boss fight. If the player is defeated a total of three times, the score is reset to zero, but progress through the levels is not lost.

Tokens

• Gem (Mickey) KHD.png
• Gem (Heart) KHD.png
• Gem (Crown) KHD.png
• Gem (Keyblade) KHD.png
• Gem (Heartless) KHD.png

  Unlocked upon reaching Level 7

• Gem (Nobody) KHD.png

  Unlocked upon reaching Level 13

Power Ups

Power Up	Name	Description
File:Gem (Row Destroyer) KHD.png	Row Destroyer	"Earn the Row Destroyer power up by matching 4 tokens at once!"
File:Gem (Crossroad Destroyer) KHD.png	Crossroad Destroyer	"Earn the Crossroad Destroyer power up by matching 5 tokens at once!"
File:Gem (Roxas's Power Up) KHD.png	Roxas's Power Up	"Use this power up to destroy all the tokens present on the board that matches its color."
File:Gem (Xion's Power Up) KHD.png	Xion's Power Up	"Use this power up to change the color and shape of tokens."
File:Gem (Axel's Power Up) KHD.png	Axel's Power Up	"Use this power up to collect several tokens chosen at random all at once!"

Spells

Spell	Name	Description
File:Gem (Blind) KHD.png	Blind	"A hovering cloud blocks the opponent's view. Only visible tokens may be swapped."
File:Gem (Block) KHD.png	Block	"A cap appears on the upper part of the board, temporarily preventing new tokens from falling into play."
File:Gem (Blizzara) KHD.png	Blizzara	"Reduce a moderate amount of the enemy's hit points."
File:Gem (Confusion) KHD.png	Confusion	"All tokens change color but only in appearance. You can no longer tell which is which."
File:Gem (Cure) KHD.png	Cure	"Heal a small amount of hit points."
File:Gem (Cura) KHD.png	Cura	"Heal a moderate amount of hit points."
File:Gem (Curaga) KHD.png	Curaga	"Heal a huge amount of hit points."
File:Gem (Firaga) KHD.png	Firaga	"Reduce a huge amount of the enemy's hit points."
File:Gem (Freeze) KHD.png	Freeze	"Freeze a certain amount of tokens on your opponent's board."
File:Gem (Petrify) KHD.png	Petrify	"Several tokens on your opponent's board are turned to useless stones."
File:Gem (Randomizer) KHD.png	Randomizer	"Several tokens on the opponent's board are swapped at random."
File:Gem (Remedy) KHD.png	Remedy	"Removes a harmful opponent's spell."
File:Gem (Remove) KHD.png	Remove	"Removes all power ups from your opponent's board."
File:Gem (Remove Spell) KHD.png	Remove Spell	"Removes a randomly chosen spell from your opponent's spell board."
File:Gem (Silence) KHD.png	Silence	"Prevents your opponent from casting spells."
File:Gem (Slow) KHD.png	Slow	"Opponent's tokens move slower."
File:Gem (Thunder) KHD.png	Thunder	"Reduce a small amount of the enemy's hit points."

Levels

World	Level	Enemy	Enemy HP	Enemy Spells	Player HP	Roxas's Spells	Xion's Spells	Axel's Spells
Agrabah	1	Shadow	100		100
	2	Scarlet Tango	132	Block Freeze	132	/	Blizzara Cure Cura Curaga Firaga Slow Thunder	/
	3	Fire Plant	163	Block Freeze	163	/	Blizzara Cure Cura Curaga Firaga Slow Thunder	/
	4	Deserter	195	Block Cure	195	/	Block Slow	/
	5	Large Armor	295	Confusion	227	/	Block Remove Silence	/
Wonderland	6	Sapphire Elegy	258	Cura	258	/	Blind Block Slow	/
	7	Blizzard Plant	290	Block Cura	290	/	Blind Block Randomizer Slow	/
	8	Tricky Monkey	322	Freeze	322	/	Blind Block Randomizer Slow	/
	9	Pink Concerto	353	Block Freeze	353	/	Blind Block Randomizer Slow	/
	10	Lurk Lizard	501	Blind	385	/	Blind Block Randomizer Slow	/
Olympus Coliseum	11	Flare Note	417	Block Freeze Randomizer	417	/	Blind Block Randomizer Remedy Slow	/
	12	Li'l Cannon	448	Blind Confusion	448	/	Blind Confusion Randomizer Remedy Slow	/
	13	Jumbo Cannon	480	Cura Silence	480	/	Blind Confusion Randomizer Remedy Slow	/
	14	Clay Armor	512	Blind Cura Freeze	512	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/
	15	Morning Star	706	Curaga Freeze	575	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/
Neverland	16	Turquoise March	575	Block Confusion Freeze Slow	575	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/
	17	Air Battler	607	Cura Freeze Randomizer	607	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/
	18	Bubble Beat	638	Confusion Remedy Remove Spell	638	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/
	19	Wavecrest	670	Blind Block Cure Cura	670	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/
	20	Emerald Serenade	912	Cure Cura Freeze Petrify Remove	702	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/
Beast's Castle	21	Possessor	733	Confusion Curaga Freeze	733	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/
	22	Bad Dog	765	Block Confusion	765	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/
	23	Sergeant	797	Freeze Petrify	797	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/
	24	Snapper Dog	828	Cura Freeze	828	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/
	25	Neoshadow	1118	Blind Block Confusion Freeze Petrify Remove Spell	860	/	Blind Confusion Petrify Randomizer Remedy	/

Errors and inconsistencies

• The instructions mistakenly title Organization XIII as "the Organization VIII".
• The instructions mislabel Keyblade wielders as "Keyblade bearers".
• The worlds are mislabeled as "realms".
• Olympus Coliseum is misnamed "Olympus".
• The Blind spell is called "Blind" in the instructions but "Obscure" in gameplay.
• Remove Spell uses the icon for Remove in the instructions.
• When casting Remove Spell, it is misspelled as "Remove Spel".
• The Possessor enemy is misspelled as "Possesor".

Gallery

• Agrabah Magical Puzzle Clash KHD.png

  Gameplay of the Agrabah level.

External links

• Game site (Inactive)