This type of genre was fairly new for JRPGs when the first Kingdom Hearts game was released 28th March, 2002, published and developed by a collaboration of Square Enix (formerly known as Square, before merging with Enix) and Disney Interactive Studios. While standard JRPGs have used the Turn Based system as a form of gameplay, Kingdom Hearts diverged into a more modern approach to RPGs Action Role-Playing, where the player would undertake a more active role in the character’s story and actions. The Kingdom Hearts franchise caters to the once popular Japanese Role-Playing Games genre.
