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'''''{{ssb|Super Smash Bros. Ultimate}}''''' is a fighting game for the {{w|Nintendo Switch}}, featuring characters and properties from various Nintendo franchises, with occasional appearances from other third party properties. This is a list of all ''Kingdom Hearts'' property added to ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. | '''''{{ssb|Super Smash Bros. Ultimate}}''''' is a fighting game for the {{w|Nintendo Switch}} being the sixth game in the ''{{ssb|Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.}}'' series, a fighting game franchise featuring characters and properties from various {{w|Nintendo}} franchises, with occasional appearances from other third party properties. This game introduced ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|series}}'' content to the series in the form of [[Sora]] and various other media as downloadable content. This is a list of all ''Kingdom Hearts'' property added to ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. | ||
==Development== | ==Development== | ||
''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' released on December 7, 2018 as the first game to include every characters who had previously appeared in the series, with various newcomers later added as downloadable content. In the previous game, ''{{ssb|Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U}}'', an official Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot was announced for users to vote for their favorite characters as an upcoming downloadable content character. While game director {{w|Masahiro Sakurai}} revealed on December 15, 2015 the game's final DLC character, {{w|Bayonetta (character)|Bayonetta}}, was the ballot's winner among "realizable and negotiable characters", after the announcement of ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' he revealed that the ballot was primarily used to determine the newcomer roster for that game instead. On October 5, 2021, [[Sora]] was revealed as the final newcomer added to the game, and was revealed as the real winner of the ballot. Sakurai also revealed he had gotten permission to include Sora after a chance meeting with a Disney executive at a game awards venue, and thus the final number of new characters was increased by one. | |||
Tetsuya Nomura revealed that while Disney was eager about Sora's inclusion in ''Super Smash Bros.'', he | Tetsuya Nomura revealed that while Disney was eager about Sora's inclusion in ''Super Smash Bros.'', he had concerns that the crossover may interfere with the established ''Kingdom Hearts'' lore and thought it would be difficult to pull off. Nonetheless he was very happy with the end result after hearing the positive outpouring from fans.<ref>[https://www.gameinformer.com/exclusive-interview/2022/06/14/nomura-reveals-more-on-kingdom-hearts-iv-and-the-series-future-with '''''GameInformer'', Nomura Reveals More On Kingdom Hearts IV And The Series' Future With Final Fantasy''']</ref> | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
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When a fighter is on their final stock or low on health, or if the timer is at one minute, the stage transforms into the [[Dive to the Heart]]. The layout remains the same, but the large platform is now a generic station, and the smaller platform now resembles part of the stained glass staircase. The background features a random Station of Sora, Riku, Roxas, Xion, Terra, Ventus, or Aqua. | When a fighter is on their final stock or low on health, or if the timer is at one minute, the stage transforms into the [[Dive to the Heart]]. The layout remains the same, but the large platform is now a generic station, and the smaller platform now resembles part of the stained glass staircase. The background features a random Station of Sora, Riku, Roxas, Xion, Terra, Ventus, or Aqua. | ||
Sora's, Riku's, Aqua's, and Terra's stations are from the Square Enix Cafe's coaster design | Excluding Ventus's Station, the designs of each characters' Station of Awakening are the versions used in the 15th anniversary merchandise: Sora's, Riku's, Aqua's, and Terra's stations are from the Square Enix Cafe's coaster design, while Roxas's and Xion's stations are from the [[Memorial Stained Glass Clock]] event. Ventus's station however is directly from ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''. With hazards off, the stage does not transform into the Dive to the Heart, even in Battlefield and Ω forms. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Keeping in line with the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series's connections to the numbers thirteen and seven, Sora's inclusion in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' alludes to these numbers as well: | |||
*Keeping in line with the '' | |||
**The ''Kingdom Hearts'' series added five fighter spirits, five primary spirits, and three support spirits, totaling to thirteen spirits. | **The ''Kingdom Hearts'' series added five fighter spirits, five primary spirits, and three support spirits, totaling to thirteen spirits. | ||
**Hollow Bastion features one of seven different Stations of Awakening in the background when transitioning to Dive to the Heart. | **Hollow Bastion features one of seven different Stations of Awakening in the background when transitioning to Dive to the Heart. | ||
*If | *If Sora lands the final hit in a Stamina battle, the screen will fade to white, mimicking the animation that plays at the end of certain encounters in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series. | ||
==Notes and references== | ==Notes and references== | ||