
Coded and Mobile were only released for Japan. Three new titles in the series were announced at the 2007 Tokyo Game Show. The exception is the V CAST mobile game, which was developed independently of Square Enix's games. The main games in the series were released in chronological order, with each new game following the events of the previous.

As of December 2006, the Kingdom Hearts series has shipped over 10 million copies worldwide, with 2.0 million copies in PAL regions, 3.0 million copies in Japan, and 5.6 million copies in North America. The manga was released in the United States by Tokyopop near the end of 2005, but was discontinued in 2008.Įach game in the series has been critically and commercially successful, though each title has seen different levels of success. The manga was originally serialized in Japan by Square's Monthly Shonen Gangan, but has since been released worldwide. Each series is further broken up into multiple volumes. The manga and novel series are both divided up into three series based on each of the three main video games. The stories follow the events that take place in the video games with differences to account for the loss of interactivity that a video game provides. The manga series is adapted by Shiro Amano and the novels are written by Tomoco Kanemaki and illustrated by Shiro Amano. The video games provide the canonical story of the series. Currently the series includes seven video games released on various platforms, a manga series, a novel series, video game soundtracks released on audio CDs, and a collectible card game.

It is the result of a collaboration between Square Enix and Disney Interactive Studios, combining characters and elements from Square Enix's Final Fantasy series and multiple Disney franchises. Kingdom Hearts is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix (formerly Square).

In addition to video games, the Kingdom Hearts franchise includes strategy guides, CDs, novels, and manga.
