
We finally know who the final fighter to join Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be, and we can all let out a huge sigh of relief.
Yes, Sora from Kingdom Hearts was chosen as the final pick, and if you've had the time to settle down since the announcement earlier today, we're here to share a closer look at what the character will bring to the game.
Below, you can check out Sora's new Hollow Bastion stage, the music included in Sora's Challenger Pack, his Final Smash, some Spirits you'll spot on the Spirit Board, and even a cheeky look at Sora's Kirby transformation. Ready? Jump in...
Hollow Bastion - Sora's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Stage
The new stage that players will receive in Challenger Pack 11 is Hollow Bastion. Fans of the KINGDOM HEARTS series will immediately recognize this familiar location, featured heavily in many of the franchise’s games. The dynamic stage contains one platform in its centre, and, as the battle nears its close, players will travel to a special area inspired by Dive to the Heart with visuals featuring some familiar faces from the KINGDOM HEARTS series.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Full Kingdom Hearts Songlist
After downloading Challenger Pack 11, players will also receive nine music tracks from the KINGDOM HEARTS series. An additional music track, Dearly Beloved -Swing Version, will be added to this game for those who have played KINGDOM HEARTS Melody of Memory.

Sealing the Keyhole - Sora's Final Smash
Sora locks out his foes with his Final Smash, Sealing the Keyhole.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Kingdom Hearts Spirits
A new Spirit Board starring characters from KINGDOM HEARTS like Riku, Kairi and Roxas will also be added.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Sora's Kirby Transformation
No words needed here. Just look at him.
If you missed today's other big reveals, it was confirmed that three Kingdom Hearts games are headed to Switch, Steve and Alex are getting amiibo figures, and a new batch of Mii Fighter costumes were also revealed.
And breathe.
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You can really see all the stuff they wanted to include here but weren’t allowed to.
Sora is a great choice.
He will single-handedly pull more interest from new players than Waluigi or Master Chief ever would have.
A very popular character that reaches across generations, fandoms, and age brackets? That's the very heart of Super Smash Bros. ❤
Sora is not what I expected for the final char, was hoping for something out of left field, but makes sense I suppose. Doomslayer outfit ftw!
I think this is the perfect character to send off the series with, even though I didn't really want Sora. I'm still very happy for everyone who wanted him, and for the game and developers as a whole. Thank you Sakurai for making such an awesome franchise.
It’s a real shame that they couldn’t get the Disney characters, Trinity would be a perfect final smash. Even just the moment near the end of 3 with all the keyblades from the players of the mobile game would be a great final smash.
Of course they couldn't include Disney characters aside from the Mickey emblem on Sora's keyblade but it would've been so funny to have Goofy, Donald, Mickey, Pooh, etc as spirits.
@nessisonett and as soon as I was about to post this comment lol
A very fitting end to a game series that will always be phenomenal.
@nessisonett I kinda find it strange he said he wasn't gonna talk about it, then shows it off, It makes me think that the different alts of different final smashes but that's waaaay to hopeful.
@Jackpaza0508 Donald and Goofy are already in Smash Bros.

@CharlieGirl Why are people so happy about a Kingdom Hearts rep, we've had one for years
Not even having spirits of Donald and Goofy is probably a good indicator of what licensing hell this character has sent the team through.
I was hopeful for Disney Spirits, but at the very least the Mickey icon on the Keyblade is just enough to say "Hey I'm from Disney!" Aside from his large shoes, floaty magical nature, etc.
@StarPoint
It’s a send off for what a mess it is to include Character/Series when the rights holder doesn’t wanna play ball like the others do, you get the double whammy of Square meets Disney working together to make sure you don’t get a true celebration of its source material, even including that Mickey charm was probably a Herculean task with some wacky caveats we’ll never hear about.
Wow that Final smash it AWFUL!
Get in my Door!! Boom
Thought the FINAL character to have something interesting.
Where is DONALD DUCK??
@Bunkerneath Have you ever even played the games? if you did its waaay better.
Trailer made me emotional and I never played kingdom hearts. For a moment you could feel the Disney magic in the presence of Nintendo characters and it was special.
That being said I seriously thought solaire was about to sit up from what I thought was a bonfire 😂
I’m sad the orchestrated theme song isn’t in the game. Especially after the reveal trailer had it. I’d love to fight to that one. Great pick though, especially after revealing he won the poll from years ago.
So is that two stages in this second DLC pass which are just static platforms in front of an animated background? That's a bit of a boring comedown from where the game started.
@RevrsblSedgewick this stage is dull. I never played Kingdom Hearts, but bring me into that castle. Why are we floating around it and not even landing on it? Land us on those obstacles, like in the Pokemon Tower, Skyloft or Mario Kart 8 arenas. Boring waste.
@Thwomp_Stomper truly I felt the same, those sparckles following sora's flight was really magical not to mention the music which added even more magic to the moment.
Ohh Angry eyebrows Kirby! I see you!
I am so happy to have a character to be excited for. Pass 2 had been a dud for me so far. Joker, Banjo, and Sora ftw
While I am disappointed with the character (though I do love the Kingdom hearts series) being the final character. Now I understand his inclusion and not fully against the character being included. I was more hoping the final character to be a Nintendo owned character rather then a third party one.
The stupid thing is that we don't see Mickey, Donald or Goofy around. But I guess not surprising, considering it's Disney, and none of their stuff is here
Timeless Sora would be my skin of choice, so cool.
Working Together is actually my favourite battle music from KH2, would had liked to hear that going in a fight, but it's a build up song, probably wouldn't work well.
Always knew Kirby was worthy of a Keyblade. And the Monado. And Falchion (and every other FE main character special weapon). And surely the Master Sword and the Vampire Killer if those special attacks weren't something else
I'm very happy about Sora being in Smash. But as others already pointed out, the licensing issues with Disney are very obvious. His moveset and the stages are missing a lot of the Kingdom Hearts essence due to this unfortunately.
Oh man! I'm not disappointed, but I don't know how to feel.
I was hoping we could see some Disney characters there for no reason. It would've been hilarious to see Mario and a Mii Gunner dressed like Cuphead fighting while Mickey Mouse watches them or Banjo-Kazooie and Kazuya duking it out in front of The Beauty and the Beast, Donkey Kong fighting while Wreck-It Ralph spectates, but I guess that's not in Disney's interest.
I haven't played the Kingdom Hearts games (and I won't play the Switch Cloud versions, at least not for the time being), but if Sora plays like Mickey Mouse would in those games, then I'd consider that match a Mario vs. Mickey Mouse.
Looking at those Kirby shots, there must be some sort of licensing getting in the way of letting anyone else use the Keyblade (probably because of the Mickey keychain).
Apparently disney was not on board because there are no disney characters referenced other than the generic keychain on the key
Not really familiar with this character, but I'm happy for those who wanted him.
@Snatcher I thought he said there was a special version of his Final Smash that he wanted to keep as a surprise...🤔
Kind of like how Cloud has a special FS depending on his costume used
Oh Sora. Well I guess that’s ok. I’m glad for the people who wanted him. Was really hoping for Crash Bandicoot
@Bizzyb Thats what I'm thinking, bc why say you don't want to go into detail about it, yet show the smash off? Makes no sense, what would make sense is that it was different for every skin, bc thats KH1 sora and that scene comes from the first game.
@Jmjfrank Bc if you played the game you would know that said castle doesn't have a lot going on, but I do understand and agree with were your coming from.
@CharlieGirl Why is this funny? XD I hate myself for laughing at this!
Hoo boy that Sora's Final Smash is an absolute spectacle.
For those wondering why Donald and Goofy aren't being shown: They obviously did not originate from video games. Same reason why Goku won't show up.
hm, love the stage but am kinda mixed on the final smash (i totally agree that trinity would've been perfect) and the soundtrack almost feels incomplete without some variation of simple and clean, though i understand that getting rights for these things would've been a nightmare and the orchestral arrangement being in the trailer and the mickey keychain were probably the most they could pull off
Disney characters are the the biggest reason I was ever on board for Sora's inclusion before, but not surprised they're a no-show. At least Sora himself looks pretty hype as a fighter.
@nessisonett I feel like a few years ago, Disney would have enthusiastically come on board for the promotion and Nintendo prominently featuring in Wreck-It-Ralph. Nintendo doing non-Disney theme parks AND non-Disney animated movies made them persona non grata.
If only Disney were a company that was still worth celebrating.
How did they not add “Simple & Clean (Remix)” to the stage music??? Total missed opportunity! 😫
@Arkay
Oh boy here comes the ***** attempt at narrative control.
I was talking with a friend that we all assume Disney was super picky over what could show up in Smash, but it's not outside the realm of possibility that Sakurai/Nintendo/SE also wanted to keep any KH reference strictly to non-Disney characters to maintain Smash's "game characters only" integrity.
Which I greatly appreciate the restraint. Crossovers feel a lot more meaningful when they can commit to some kind of criteria/theme.
There's others I would have preferred. A couple of Nintendo characters in fact. Also a couple of other third party ones as well. However, I understand the choice and I still think it's a solid choice. Also, the previous polls I saw for most wanted characters seemed to suggest Sora was always higher up on the lists for all of them and sometimes top. So yeah, he we are.
@SalvorHardin I'm just gonna pretend to know what you are talking about.
Boo. Couldn't even pay Uta to make a faster instrumental adaptation of the iconic Kingdom Hearts song, Simple And Clean. And hitting on the classic complaint: too many jrpg sword users.
Still kind of a bummer that Rage Awakened, Forze Del Male, Darkness of the Unknown, Enter the Darkness or Dark Impetus didn't make it in to the playlist.
And regarding the spirit board, I'm curious as to why none of the villains made it in? I mean, Xehanort, Ansem and Xemnas I thought were a guarantee, at least.
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