Sora from Kingdom Hearts is the final Smash Ultimate DLC character
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It is shocking to hear that the developer of the game and the president of Nintendo had to have a conversation about how shitty the Smash fandom would be if they revealed the results of a poll. A lot of people seriously need to get a grip. Just shameful.
I find it utterly touching that this team went to such lengths to fulfill the number 1 fan request, even knowing the above about those fans. There's obviously a lot of big money at play, but I can't help but feel there is some real heart there as well to pull this off.
My favorite of the DLC characters is Byleth. I doubt I'll buy Sora.
I find it utterly touching that this team went to such lengths to fulfill the number 1 fan request, even knowing the above about those fans. There's obviously a lot of big money at play, but I can't help but feel there is some real heart there as well to pull this off.
My favorite of the DLC characters is Byleth. I doubt I'll buy Sora.
This ain't the internet at large's opinion. Everyone seems pumped. Outside of here.
People? No as sakurai said most requested character. Era? What dont a vocal part of this community hate? And even than it's a minority thing
Sometimes it's good just to see other people happy. The unadultered joy Mighty Keef had was infectious
Goku was personally higher on my list, but Sora is a fantastic character to end everything off on. He fits fantastically with a mashup game like Smash Bros Ultimate, and he's the lead character of a game series that held closely to the hearts of many gamers.
Goku was personally higher on my list, but Sora is a fantastic character to end everything off on. He fits fantastically with a mashup game like Smash Bros Ultimate, and he's the lead character of a game series that held closely to the hearts of many gamers.
As someone who doesn't play or follow the franchise, I thought he would have already been in it. I'm kinda surprised.
To be fair to Sora, no matter who was chosen here was not gonna live up to the mass amount of hype for the last choice.
With that said, once he is officially in, we will all be able to actually sit back and really marvel at the sight of an 89 man roster (100 counting alts) spanning across numerous companies and eras...something we may very well never see again in a Smash Bros. game and quite honestly something I never thought I'd see to begin with. Lack of diversity aside, it is quite an accomplishment and truly a once in a lifetime roster.
With that said, once he is officially in, we will all be able to actually sit back and really marvel at the sight of an 89 man roster (100 counting alts) spanning across numerous companies and eras...something we may very well never see again in a Smash Bros. game and quite honestly something I never thought I'd see to begin with. Lack of diversity aside, it is quite an accomplishment and truly a once in a lifetime roster.
Even if they could have added Master Chief this time around (as in MS was willing to do it), it's kinda smart to save that for the next Smash Bros. game as that would be a definite sales hook.
I like it.
Kingdom Hearts is still kinda all over the place as a series and FUCK Disney but I'm glad its Sora
Kingdom Hearts is still kinda all over the place as a series and FUCK Disney but I'm glad its Sora
I mean, KH is probably the biggest dedicated crossover series outside of Smash. Those two franchises and everything both entail colliding couldn't be more symbolic of what Smash is about in the first place.
I think that's a stretch, they just didn't want to say "Here is someone we know you want, we just can't do it". They opted to focus on what was possible.
I'd argue Simon's design is more unique than Sora's among the Smash cast, at least.
LMAO he was so sure it was Dark Souls. I am surprised we didn't at least get a Solaire Mii Costume or something.
I kinda fell out of love with KH, but yeah some of the joyous reactions have been great.
This - Sora was the impossible charcter - even more so then Crash or Master Chief and Sakurai did it
i want to object to this, but there's definite truth here
and to be clear i love leather barbarian simon specifically because he's just a he-man stand in
After chewing on this for several hours, I gotta say, it just feels right. I was holding out hope for Master Chief, but damn that Sora trailer was magical.
Late as hell cause I was working but the motherfucking Door to Light opened! I love how Sora saved the entire Smash verse with the Power of Waking.
I was honestly not invested at all in the DLC cause none of the pics were among my wanted characters but finally I got Sora and he looks perfect
I was honestly not invested at all in the DLC cause none of the pics were among my wanted characters but finally I got Sora and he looks perfect
Sakurai:
"While this ballot was happening, we spoke with Mr. Iwata, who was still with us then, and we decided not to reveal the results. For the fighters at the top of the list, we thought that some people might demand them from respective game companies. We believed that this would cause some inconvenience to many parties."
I read this as a very polite way of saying that they knew harassment would happen and they felt it best to avoid it.
Granted, I'm reading a translation, and granted I'm reading between the lines, but I have a pretty hard time interpreting this series of statements in some completely different direction.
Maybe I'm wrong.
Kingdom Hearts is a very popular series but it's not making any Top 20 list of the most impactful series in gaming history. It's also not in the Top 50 for best-selling game franchises (although it's probably in the Top 100). It's no Space Invaders or Dragon Quest. Heck, it's not even a Call of Duty or a Monster Hunter.
But clearly they choose very well, because fans seem to be really excited about the inclusion and I'm getting nothing but complaints at my comment that I was hoping for something more creative or relevant to Nintendo or overall gaming history. And I'm sure it'll sell far better than a sillier inclusion like Tetromino or Master Hand.
My personal choices had absolutely no chance of getting included as a regular DLC character much less the finale (Kat & Phoenix Wright).
Yeah, after a few hours I started thinking about how his appearance here ties into the current arc of the KH story, and reading some theories it seems to be popular belief, even if it will likely never be confirmed or alluded to. That, and the explanation that Sora is sending the characters back to their worlds with his final smash has me like
yeah, Nomura's new OC donut steal is not Noctis
he loves Yozora so much he sacrificed the end of the Xehanort saga so that he could show off Yozora some more lmao
I'll give you this: if you want to get upset about Sora just being a "disney-fied" version of a pre-existing Square Enix character, then you're looking at the wrong game.
Let me introduce you to Sion Barzahd.
I thought everyone knew Sora was basically Sion as a child lol.
What other meaningful crossover character is there besides Sora?
The roster already has that balance anyway. Can't get more meaningful than Pacman, Megaman and Banjo. Sora is meaningful in a way that a lot of fans wanted to see him and it's a great way to end Ultimate on.
I personally would have preferred someone else but I can't deny this is an amazing note to end on.
I really don't understand this. Like he's a little boy with a gigantic fucking key that he bonks people with, and he's an air combo fiend. And he's basically the poster-boy for gaming crossovers outside of Smash. Having him cross over WITH Smash is amazing meta-humor.
Love these characters that have no games or history in Nintendo systems. Even doom guy or even chief would be more deserving than this.
Sora has had three exclusive games on three separate generations of Nintendo hardware. He got his first one before Kingdom Hearts 2 came out.
I don't know about that. Trying to untangle Kingdom Hearts' lore, themes and symbolism has definitely left some dort of impact on my psyche.
Shit, Dream Drop Distance was trapped on 3DS until 2.8 came out.
> Complains that Kingdom Hearts has no history on Nintendo systems even though it does.
> Asks for Master Chief.
There have been Kingdom Hearts games on Nintendo systems
The GBA, DS, 3DS and Switch all have KH games on them
All I'll say is I heavily disagree with you on downplaying it, but you a Kat fan so you have my sword for the next Smash game :P
I see what you did there
At least, I hope I'm supposed to be reading this as satire