Square Enix officially announced Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, revealing the game's concept as a remake/retelling of the original Kingdom Hearts coded for the Nintendo DS.
The game Kingdom Hearts Re:coded was released in Japan for the Nintendo DS, continuing the Kingdom Hearts series storyline.
Square Enix announced that Kingdom Hearts Re:coded would be localized and released in North America and Europe, making the game accessible to a wider audience.
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded was released in North America for the Nintendo DS platform.
The game was released in Europe, completing the major regional releases across key markets.
Data versions of Twilight Town characters are created within the Digital Twilight Town world to investigate the mystery of the journal.
Sora digitizes himself to enter Digital Twilight Town, starting his quest to solve the journal's mystery and combat the data bug.
Sora fights various data bugs spreading corruption throughout Digital Twilight Town, which threaten the data's integrity.
Sora discovers that the journal contains messages from Mickey about the status of the real world and previous events.
The identity and motives of Data Ansem, a digital copy of Ansem's data born from the journal, are unveiled.
Sora confronts and defeats Data Ansem to prevent the destruction of Digital Twilight Town and purify the corrupted data.
The mystery of the journal is resolved, with Sora successfully restoring the Digital Twilight Town and securing the data.
