Kingdom Hearts

Square and, uh, Disney.

The idea of Squaresoft making a game that featured Disney characters got many people excited... but frightened a number of others. It happened, though... and they pulled it off pretty well. With the exception of three main characters, the entire cast of this game is composed of familiar faces from Disney's movies and Square's games. Disney's Goofy, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse appear alongside Square's Squall, Tidus and Cloud. (And in a breakthrough for some of Square's previously 'silent' characters — they all have voice actors behind them.) The gameplay is a typical action-RPG, but repetative attacks and difficult camera controls are the only obvious drawbacks to this game.

Kingdom Hearts follows the story of a young Sora who seeks to venture beyond his small island. He finds himself in a strange world that has been infected by dark villans known as the Heartless.