Square Enix has announced Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far, a frankly enormous PlayStation 4 compilation featuring every game released so far in the series – minus the browser/mobile instalment, Kingdom Hearts χ.
As such, The Story So Far is an ideal starting point for newcomers to Square’s Final Fantasy/Disney J-RPG mash-up ahead of Kingdom Hearts 3’s release next year, albeit not necessarily the most efficient way to inhale the series’ notoriously convoluted plot.
A faster option would be to revel in the excellent summary video below, as compiled by Eurogamer’s very own Kingdom Hearts uber-fan Bendix Engmann (be warned, even this needs to break out the diagrams at points), but if you’d prefer to go the old-fashioned route, The Story So Far features nine games to best, each with a name more ludicrous than the last.
Source: Eurogamer Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far bundles up (almost) every game in the series on PS4