Here’s why Sora joining the cast of ‘Smash Bros. Ultimate’ is a big deal

Do you want the simple and clean details? We’ve got you covered.

So, you don’t know who Sora is or why he’s  joining Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, eh?

 For starters, Sora is the protagonist of Kingdom Hearts, a popular JRPG series where Sora, along with Donald Duck and Goofy, run around battling evil beings called Heartless. Yes, you read all that right. Kingdom Hearts is a crossover series between Disney and Square Enix, the developer and publisher responsible for classics like Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Nier, and loads more. 

The original Kingdom Hearts came out on the PlayStation 2 back in 2002, and the series has shipped over 30 million copies worldwide  since then. So despite Sora maybe not being a household name, the character is popular among RPG (and Disney) enthusiasts alike.

Oh, and he’s voiced by none other than Haley Joel Osment. As in the “I see dead people” kid from The Sixth Sense. Osment has been voicing Sora since the first game. That’s 12 games over 20 years!

Okay, we’ve laid out who Sora is, so why is it a big deal that he’s part of Smash Bros Ultimate, then? The simple answer is Smash Brothers is a Nintendo franchise, while Kingdom Hearts’ mainline games have historically been exclusive to PlayStation platforms. However, that’s not the case anymore, as the series  recently made its way onto PC.  

Oh, and in conjunction with Sora coming to Smash Brothers Ultimate, Square Enix announced that the core Kingdom Hearts series is coming to Nintendo Switch next year.

During Tuesday’s Smash Brothers Ultimate broadcast, game director Masahiro Sakurai revealed that Sora had been the most requested character for years now too. And now he’s finally part of the roster! 

So yeah, that’s why everyone is losing it over Sora’s inclusion downright momentous for many people. Not to mention that his move sets in Smash Brothers Ultimate just look cool as all hell too. 

This has been a long time coming, that’s for sure.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. 

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