Editing Struggle

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[[File:Struggle (Roxas) 01 KHII.png|thumb|right|Roxas fighting with Hayner in a Struggle Battle.]]
'''Struggle'''<!--nihongo--> is a popular sport played throughout [[Twilight Town]]. It consists of two players who battle with foam weapons in order to knock "Struggle Orbs" off of each other. The winner is the player with the most Orbs at the end of three minutes.{{fact}}<!--confirm this is the time limit-->
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==Story==
Struggle is a popular sport in both [[Twilight Town]] and its [[Simulated Twilight Town|simulation]], and one of the main forms of recreation. The reigning champion is the gambler [[Setzer]], who has become very popular with Twilight Town's women.

When Seifer's gang shows up to pick on Roxas and his friends, they fight through a Struggle battle.<!--who challenges who?--> Roxas chooses from three different Struggle bats: a normal bat that increases his [[Strength]], a bat with a handguard that increases his [[Defense]], or a wand-shaped bat that increases his [[Magic]].
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[[File:A Promise with Hayner 01 KHII.png|thumb|Roxas and Hayner promised to compete in the Struggle tournament.]]
Later that week, Roxas tries to earn money by doing odd jobs around town, one of them being to [[Poster Duty|put up posters]] for the Struggle Tournament at the end of the summer.
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[[File:A Midsummer's Struggle Battle 01 KHII.png|thumb|The winner of the tournament gets to take on Setzer.]]
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#Champion: [[Game:Setzer|Setzer]]
#[[Fake Vivi]]
#[[Game:Hayner|Hayner]]
#[[Game:Seifer|Seifer]]
*Should Roxas defeat Setzer in the final match, he'll receive the [[Champion Belt]], which increases his element resistance by 20%. Losing to Setzer will result in a different cutscene, and Roxas will instead recieve the [[Medal]].-->
As the winner of the Struggle Tournament, Roxas gets to take on the champion, Setzer. Setzer asks him to throw the match, but Roxas decides to play seriously, and wins the [[Champion Belt]].<!--add details of that scene, add Medal option as canon-tagged, add Struggle Trophy and falling off the tower-->
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[[File:Struggle (Sora) 01 KHII.png|thumb|right|Sora fighting Hayner in a Struggle match in Twilight Town.]]
In the real Twilight Town, Seifer apparently won the Struggle tournament and became the new champion. When Sora returns to Twilight Town near the end of his journey, he can challenge Hayner, then Setzer, and finally Seifer in practice Struggle battles. Sora must defeat each opponent ten times to be able to challenge the next one. Some time after Xemnas's defeat, Hayner engages Seifer in a Struggle battle.
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==Rules==
Each player begins with one hundred colored orbs, red or blue. Each time a participant is hit, they drop orbs of their color, which either player can pick up to increase their score. The players have three minutes{{fact}} to collect as many orbs as possible; they can also end the match early by collecting all one hundred orbs. In Sora's matches, he can also temporarily knock out the opponent by depleting their HP gauge.

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In the [[Kingdom Hearts II (manga)|''Kingdom Hearts II'' manga]], the the orbs are adhered to velco straps worn by the players.
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*Match list for Sora (Roxas's is not considered a mini-game, I think)
*Jiminy Memo requirements
*Reaching the finals adds a journal entry about [[Setzer]].-->

==Strategy==
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As Roxas does not have access to many abilities, his focus should be on simply acquiring more Struggle orbs than his opponent. Once he has the number advantage, he may continue fighting or simply retreat.

Sora, however, has access to many useful abilities like [[Draw]] and [[Trinity Limit]]. Trinity Limit can be used to immediately knock out the opponent, at which point they will drop three orbs per hit until they recover. When not dazed, the number of orbs the opponent's drop depends on the strength of the attack used on them, so combo finishers can be useful in emptying their stock.
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