Playing through Hollow Bastion the first time was such a frightening experience. Starting off with the Wooden Sword as your only weapon, losing the friends who fought alongside you and protected you for so long, and every dark corner holding some new and terrible monster to bite, tear, or blast you to shreds... It was kinda overwhelming.
Then you realize Beast hits like a freight train, is gung-ho for combat like Tarzan, can take punishment even better than he can give it, and you still have your spells for doing damage from afar or even cheesing with summons. Blizzara is quite effective, as is Tinker Bell.
Okay I got so emotional seeing Hollow Bastion as the stage and theme, I know there’s only 9 tracks and so many more songs could have gotten in, but out of all the Kingdom Hearts music that exists, THIS IS THE ONLY SONG I WANTED…
Seeing all the platforms in the background did really give me an intense blast to the past that i just instantly started kh1 again lol. While the battle system is way more basic compared to kh2, DDD and kh3, i honestly really like how because of this, the fights in KH1 are just more challenging and harder to overcome. Really like KH1 a lot (eventhough it hasn't aged that well, but it can't be helped), specially the Hollow Bastion theme. Really glad he made it to Smash, and be the one to seal the deal with Smash Ultimate.
Bro I felt so betrayed by Goof and Donald and when Riku threw me the sword I actually felt kinda mad since he was supposed to be the actual Keyblade wielder but he just fell to darkness and so we had to pick up for him. It honestly felt like our journey truly was over and hopeless at that point. Probably why it’s my favorite world lol
@@jakewondoAtlántica is the worst world of the game what are you talking about. The swimming controls suck, there is a lot of backtracking and the final boss is a pain in the balls if you don’t have equipment that reduces lightning damage
Riku: No vessel, no help from the Heartless... So tell me, how'd you get here? Beast: I simply believed. Nothing more to it. When our world fell into darkness, Belle was taken from me. I vowed I would find her again no matter what the cost. I believed I would find her. So, here I am. She must be here. I will have her back! Riku: Take her if you can.
Hollow bastion isn't a world, but a test. A test to see how you do without relying on your only tool to stop the darkness. A test on your knowledge on how to overcome obstacles. A test of patience after falling over and over and over and over and over and over *and fucking over*
@@MatanumiKinda wish that Hollow Bastion would have been the last world. The End of the World feels so weird. It just like, exists. Oh final world? Here have some strong enemies... and more strong enemies... and more strong enemies! And just when you thought it couldn't get any weirder, we get this darkness dick ansem ship, whatever tf that was? Still a very annoying boss fight to this day. I really can't bring myself to like that world.
I remember playing the game up to this point and being surprised at how enjoyable it was. I honestly hadn't been expecting much; I bought it for the sole reason of the Final Fantasy connection. However, when this world and this music hit...I remembering thinking to myself, "Have I just stumbled into an epic story?" This was the moment when I became a Kingdom Hearts fan.
At that point in my life my only experience being fully immersed in a game was Zelda ocarina of time and majoras mask. When I got to hollow bastion I was like wow this is surprisingly on that level.
@@finalbossd That's how I got through. The nice thing about KH over, say, Final Fantasy, is that magic is not only usable but very much necessary in many cases. My first run, I was already very much a mage-type so this wasn't as daunting for me as it was for others, not physically, but emotionally it was still one of the best moments in the game.
Yknow I personally think this is the best iteration of the Hollow Bastion theme. I feel like it somewhat loses its charm with its successors' extension and slower tempo. This theme truly brings that intensity and I rly wish they kept it.
So this is something u have to remember, Hollow Bastion at this point is as the name says, hollow. It's barren and a former shadow of what it once was before being corrupted by darkness. The music reflects this by being very ominous and desolate. So when we get to KH2, it still has the same damaged feeling but with a little more hopeful melody put into it as the FF cast are working on rebuilding it back to its former glory, which ofc is Radiant Garden. BBS is obviously the starting point so it's the most bombastic seeing how this is when Ansem the Wise was ruling over it and the city was at its prime. This is just how I see it. The charm is still there as the song keeps transforming from a dead and barren but dangerous place filled to the brim with darkness to how it once was a magnificent garden filled with light
Hollow bastion was like the climax of the game. That whole first visit was an uphill battle from the start. Sora was basically an underdog the whole way through. Lost the key blade and his friends, defeated a powered up maleficent, then had to slug it out with dark Riku all while deep in enemy territory when the most powerful enemies in the game had a very strong home field advantage. It felt like you were running on fumes and winning the whole time. After the first hollow bastion visit things were kinda back in Sora's favor. The rest of the game just sorta felt like tying up loose ends.
@@FrankMaster73 tbh Ansem had a bigger advantage in the final part of the game.Especially in that void when Sora has to fight him alone for the first half.Also I don’t think he was an underdog after winning back the keyblade since that proved his heart was stronger than Riku’s thus strong enough to wield the keyblade. But yeah, at the start of HB he was at his lowest.
After so many years I never moved over than Tarzan world, my 2004 brother finally does it and I discovered the rest of the game saga till the third. And this world is one of the most amazing I’ve ever seen in the game
well long story short: he had to delete them in order for his channel to get monetized again. The osts I have are also the reason my channel is not monetized anymore, but opposite to most people I refuse to delete any videos to comply with TH-cam's guidelines.
@@PoloDaReaper I thought that might have been what happened to Everglow. Heard he ran into a bit of trouble from his Twitter. Oh, well. Thanks for taking one for the team, PoloGeist.
@@PoloDaReaper _So THAT'S what happened..._ I was feeling devastated that I couldn't find those videos in particular, but thank you so very much for keeping these up 😢
I swear of god, they need to make a soundtrack collection called “The Yoko Shimomura masterpiece collection” and this track could be one of them and it’s also tracks that she composed from other games too like the Mario and Luigi Series as well
Always been my favorite world, this track and the battle one gives me goosebumps still. I spent so many hours as a kid leveling up there. Good ole PS2 days...
Hollow Bastion is most beautiful world in KH because the sky looks like a sunrise, we have the rising falls, a huge castle that has a lot of rooms, giant metal pipings outside of the castle and a giant cogwheel exposed next to a heartless symbol also I’m glad that they made Hollow bastion in smash ultimate, the stage can fly around the castle and if stage hazards are on we can go to the Dive to the heart, but sadly there’s no option to go inside of Hollow bastion
This is a song that I remember as I had to keep going through this world killing every single Heartless enemy OVER and OVER again until I reached Level 69! For one main reason. ANSEM-RIKU!!!
Classic mode: "The Light Within Darkness" 1) Vs. 3 Shadow Kirbys Stage: Wuhu Island Music: Night of Fate 2) Vs. Giant Shadow Link Stage: Find Mii Music: Destiny's Force 3) Aided by Duck Hunt Vs. Giant Meta Knight (Galacta Knight color) Stage: Town & City (Night) Music: Shrouding Dark Cloud 4) Aided by Duck Hunt Vs. Cloud (Will turn invincible for a brief time) Stage: Coliseum Music: Hand & Hand 5) Aided by Duck Hunt Vs. Giant Ridley Stage: Hallow Bastion Music: Scherzo De Notte 6) Vs. Male Corrin (Will final smash when weak) Stage: Hallow Bastion Music: Fragments of Sorrow 7) Boss Fight against Master Hand & Crazy Hand Stage: Final Destination Music: Final Destination (64) - I'll let you guess what these battles represent.
1. Attack on Destiny Islands 2. Sora vs Darkside 3. Sora, Donald and Goofy vs Guard Armour (Traverse Town) 4. Sora, Donald and Goofy vs Cloud (Olympus) 5. Sora, Donald and Goofy vs The Dragon (Hollow Bastion) 6. Sora vs Riku (Hollow Bastion) 7. Sora vs Ansem (Finale)
Playing this game for the first time, this level hits hard! Between losing the Keyblade (along with Goofy and Donald); the new Heartless, the beast that was well… the Beast, Sora being a Heartless, and of course the boss fights. But the biggest effect this level has was this theme!! Man this is a beautiful theme! Hell it reminded me of a computer game I used to play in the 90s called “Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant”. Floor/Level 7 (as well as the “ice realm”) theme is the closest music to Hollow Bastion before well Hollow Bastion. th-cam.com/video/qeK6w30J_6M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8u84WqVhxRmMZQi4 Bottom line: this is the Chef’s Kiss of KH1
This is such a Beautiful Track but Riku taking the Keyblade from Sora and Loosing Donald and Goofy was honestly one of the most saddest moments in Kingdom Hearts.
When I was 6 and played the game for the first time hollow bastion creeped me out and I hated the world. Thought the lifts stop was super confusing. Now after my umpteen millionth play through this world is my absolute favorite of any world in the series.
@@TheLateLordKardokI used to over level for every world. I would kill everything… everything. Tbh I still do this but even worse now because I do it to max out synthesis as early as possible
SORA IS IN SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE! I REPEAT- SORA IS IN SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE ALONG WITH HOLLOW BASTION AS HIS HOME STAGE! TALK ABOUT AWESOME!!!!!
It's funny because in French the name of this place is not at all the same as in English. In English: "Hollow Bastion" and in French: "Forteresse oubliée" (literally translated it is "Forgotten fortress")
Can I just point out how terrifying it was not only to lose the keyblade and downgrading to the wooden sword, but the fact that my first playthrough was on proud mode? Had these new big enemies chasing me and I had to dodge them all because I had little MP to play with.
You know smash isn't just about the characters...its also the stages and songs And while.the dojo was incredible with kick ass tekken music and Ff7 got a few more tracks..... hollow bastion is an incredible place with breathtaking music...even if it's just KH1 ...and of course....the square eqnix levels are created to be good "legal 1v1 levels"
now that i know hollow bastion used to be radiant garden from playing kingdom hearts 2 final mix, that revelation clears up the questions in my head about where that place is for those of you who don't know what im talking about, around the part of the game after you defeat the corrupt program in space paranoids, tron becomes the new voice for hollow bastion's computer and as a reward for stopping the flow of the heartless into the world and returning the defense system to normal (before the program was defeated, it tried to target you instead of the heartless), he shows you footage of hollow bastion's early days. aerith then tells you the former name of the world
Some themes i would have liked to see in smash would have been Reviving Hollow Bastion,13th Struggle,Rage Awakened,Scherzo Di Notte(2.5) and The Other Promise but oh well...
This song is pretty dope, and i never played kh1 so i didnt know about it until smash. They had so many great tracks to pick from kh2 and kh3, wasted potential.
What's strange is that unlike KH2, KH3's OST was officially released Yet none of the tracks from KH3 are used, despite KH3 tracks being rearrangements of KH2's tracks so you get the best of both worlds. I'm also disappointed
Yeah, this track is definitely my favorite of KH1...but dear god I HATE that world. I had to basically let Beast fight the heartless and skim around the ones he couldn't. Bear in mind that my first ever playthrough of this game was a few months ago...on final mix. Yeah, that's right. So let me just say this: SCREW the Riku/Ansem fight. I HATED him so goddamn much. I actually had to farm the coliseum and come back to fight his ass, and still couldn't beat him right away. That aside, in terms of video game worlds, Hollow Bastion is just mesmerizing in that physics no longer apply there. You can walk on water, use bubbles to travel underwater and a myriad of other stuff. It's an unforgettable experience....but god it was hell for me.
I am coming back to this AWESOME song, because of my boy Sora is NOW in Smash!!! Hollow Bastion is also going to be a song in Smash also. I fell in love with KH way back in 2002, and it is very dear to my heart. The reveal that Sora was going to be in Smash made me very emotional.
The embodiment of the pain of falling down after trying to do an air combo on an enemy
Actually literally true
That one section before the gondola I dread every time because of the air enemies right out of your reach
And those wyverns fly around and you can't do nothing.
Damn, now I know the pain of that. And then having to climb back up and fight the same enemies…
I know right? Especially those wyverns. Super annoying. Hate those wyverns.
Playing through Hollow Bastion the first time was such a frightening experience. Starting off with the Wooden Sword as your only weapon, losing the friends who fought alongside you and protected you for so long, and every dark corner holding some new and terrible monster to bite, tear, or blast you to shreds... It was kinda overwhelming.
Then you realize Beast hits like a freight train, is gung-ho for combat like Tarzan, can take punishment even better than he can give it, and you still have your spells for doing damage from afar or even cheesing with summons. Blizzara is quite effective, as is Tinker Bell.
I felt the same way when I was at the Hallow Bastion world when 12 year old me first gotten into the KH franchise!
yeah; i tried to attack enemies because i thought doing that would tell beast to attack that enemy
That's honestly the most sadness moment in Kingdom Hearts.
@@emeraldphoenix5868 the part of kingdom hearts 3 where a demon tide eats everyone and sora cried from being powerless: am i a joke to you?
Okay I got so emotional seeing Hollow Bastion as the stage and theme, I know there’s only 9 tracks and so many more songs could have gotten in, but out of all the Kingdom Hearts music that exists, THIS IS THE ONLY SONG I WANTED…
The only ones I truly wanted was this one and Vector to the Heavens. But Fragments of Sorrow will suffice 😆
Can’t wait to use Scherzo on Final Destination for Competitive tournaments
Seeing all the platforms in the background did really give me an intense blast to the past that i just instantly started kh1 again lol.
While the battle system is way more basic compared to kh2, DDD and kh3, i honestly really like how because of this, the fights in KH1 are just more challenging and harder to overcome.
Really like KH1 a lot (eventhough it hasn't aged that well, but it can't be helped), specially the Hollow Bastion theme. Really glad he made it to Smash, and be the one to seal the deal with Smash Ultimate.
i felt that way with scherzo di notte as well. both of these songs are really gonna hit me with nostalgia every time i hear them play on stage !
Yeah all KH songs in Smash is from Kingdom Hearts 1, wonder why? There's so many iconic KH songs they could of added
Best world in kh1 by far
Agreed. This lvl made me fall in love with kh1
Yeah bro!!!
Agreed. I would come to this world just to level up and hear the music
I don't know about that one chief
I think you mean, best world in the series.
This is when you knew the game just told you, "Alright kid, Gloves are off now. Lets see if you have what it takes."
“Sorry, your part’s over now. Here, go play hero with this.”
felt betrayed
Bro I felt so betrayed by Goof and Donald and when Riku threw me the sword I actually felt kinda mad since he was supposed to be the actual Keyblade wielder but he just fell to darkness and so we had to pick up for him. It honestly felt like our journey truly was over and hopeless at that point. Probably why it’s my favorite world lol
@Terryl Lear He adds a layer of emotion to the series. Especially with his role in Kh2 as well
@@joelles I think that's an underrated Riku quote
And he did.
And with the help of beast he did just that
What makes KH so great is the music
(memories of Bippity Boppity Boo playing for hours on end because of a side-game mini-game)
Case by case basis.
No Atlantica is the best, It has the most coherent way to go, and doesn't drag on at all
@@jakewondoAtlántica is the worst world of the game what are you talking about. The swimming controls suck, there is a lot of backtracking and the final boss is a pain in the balls if you don’t have equipment that reduces lightning damage
Riku: No vessel, no help from the Heartless... So tell me, how'd you get here?
Beast: I simply believed. Nothing more to it. When our world fell into darkness, Belle was taken from me. I vowed I would find her again no matter what the cost. I believed I would find her. So, here I am. She must be here. I will have her back!
Riku: Take her if you can.
Hollow bastion isn't a world, but a test. A test to see how you do without relying on your only tool to stop the darkness. A test on your knowledge on how to overcome obstacles. A test of patience after falling over and over and over and over and over and over *and fucking over*
Beast tanks, use Spells
GREAT level though. It was supposed to be last world until the game was expanded upon. Makes all the sense
@@MatanumiKinda wish that Hollow Bastion would have been the last world.
The End of the World feels so weird. It just like, exists. Oh final world? Here have some strong enemies... and more strong enemies... and more strong enemies! And just when you thought it couldn't get any weirder, we get this darkness dick ansem ship, whatever tf that was? Still a very annoying boss fight to this day. I really can't bring myself to like that world.
You've been having a fun and whimsical adventure with your favorite Disney characters. Then this starts playing and you just know shit got real.
I cant believe Sora finally made it!
Yup he's really here. and on Next Monday too
@@surprise_electrical9283 😂
I remember playing the game up to this point and being surprised at how enjoyable it was. I honestly hadn't been expecting much; I bought it for the sole reason of the Final Fantasy connection. However, when this world and this music hit...I remembering thinking to myself, "Have I just stumbled into an epic story?" This was the moment when I became a Kingdom Hearts fan.
At that point in my life my only experience being fully immersed in a game was Zelda ocarina of time and majoras mask.
When I got to hollow bastion I was like wow this is surprisingly on that level.
From the moment you travel to hollow bastion, you just KNOW: “oh shoot, things are getting SERIOUS NOW.”
The Beast was such a Beast, He destroy everything so powerful and so helpful.
*My* *FAV* *Map*
Just imagine having to go through the whole area up to the first riku fight without him
@@randomyoutubecommenter2312 It’s doable if you really invested in maximizing MP. You can defeat all those heartless with fire spells.
@@finalbossd it's possible but damn annoying. Like 8 mp max. I'm running a huge mp build rn and I died once even with Beast.
@@finalbossd That's how I got through. The nice thing about KH over, say, Final Fantasy, is that magic is not only usable but very much necessary in many cases. My first run, I was already very much a mage-type so this wasn't as daunting for me as it was for others, not physically, but emotionally it was still one of the best moments in the game.
5/4 time signature. Played in the key of D minor. Tempo of 180BPM.
Caifabe B minor, but D major is the relative major key.
Tf am i supposed to do with this information
@@entruh4520 if you're in any way musically inclined, tap it out and be glad you know the time sig
@@entruh4520 I recreate songs in MIDI form and this type of info is a life saver
I knew it!
By far, one of my favorite "final" level theme in video game history. (And i still cant believe that it's in smash now)
Yknow I personally think this is the best iteration of the Hollow Bastion theme. I feel like it somewhat loses its charm with its successors' extension and slower tempo. This theme truly brings that intensity and I rly wish they kept it.
So this is something u have to remember, Hollow Bastion at this point is as the name says, hollow. It's barren and a former shadow of what it once was before being corrupted by darkness. The music reflects this by being very ominous and desolate.
So when we get to KH2, it still has the same damaged feeling but with a little more hopeful melody put into it as the FF cast are working on rebuilding it back to its former glory, which ofc is Radiant Garden.
BBS is obviously the starting point so it's the most bombastic seeing how this is when Ansem the Wise was ruling over it and the city was at its prime.
This is just how I see it. The charm is still there as the song keeps transforming from a dead and barren but dangerous place filled to the brim with darkness to how it once was a magnificent garden filled with light
I dont know why but the aesthetic inside the castle just fits so well with this song. Especially in the library
This theme FEELS like the grand finale in terms of world music, even if there’s more game after Hallow Bastion
Hollow bastion was like the climax of the game. That whole first visit was an uphill battle from the start. Sora was basically an underdog the whole way through. Lost the key blade and his friends, defeated a powered up maleficent, then had to slug it out with dark Riku all while deep in enemy territory when the most powerful enemies in the game had a very strong home field advantage. It felt like you were running on fumes and winning the whole time.
After the first hollow bastion visit things were kinda back in Sora's favor. The rest of the game just sorta felt like tying up loose ends.
@@FrankMaster73 tbh Ansem had a bigger advantage in the final part of the game.Especially in that void when Sora has to fight him alone for the first half.Also I don’t think he was an underdog after winning back the keyblade since that proved his heart was stronger than Riku’s thus strong enough to wield the keyblade.
But yeah, at the start of HB he was at his lowest.
Apparently in early drafts of the game HB was supposed to be the final dungeon
@@MatanumiShould've sticked to it tbh... sigh
This music brings back stressful memories
If I'll ever somehow manage to get a castle, I'll install a sound system to play that music all around it.
#Factz
What a legend
cringe
@@gabeitches87 what's really cringe are people that just says "cringe" 🙃
@@Neoste no it isn't. and that's more cringe to say, lmao
corny ass.
A beautiful yet foreboding song
The chorus in background really sells void empty space.
This song is in a 5/4 time signature; notoriously difficult to remix, but beautiful in its entirety. Yoko Shimomura is an absolute genius.
Honestly Sora Himself I didn’t think he would make it to Smash When he was in a Fan Made Smash bros game But Sora is a Legend
After so many years I never moved over than Tarzan world, my 2004 brother finally does it and I discovered the rest of the game saga till the third. And this world is one of the most amazing I’ve ever seen in the game
Super Smash Bros Infinite:
Newcomer: Riku
New Echo Fighter: Kairi
New Stage: Destiny Islands
New Assist Trophy: Ansem
New Boss: Darkside
It feels more muted and mysterious in this, while in the original you feel the oppression and anxiety of danger lurking every corner.
Hollow Bastion, a Heartless version of Radiant Garden.
Any idea what happened to Everglow's OSTs?
They've seemingly all vanished at once. Thank God people like you have also uploaded this music.
well long story short: he had to delete them in order for his channel to get monetized again. The osts I have are also the reason my channel is not monetized anymore, but opposite to most people I refuse to delete any videos to comply with TH-cam's guidelines.
@@PoloDaReaper Oh wow, that really sucks. Thanks for biting the bullet for us dude.
@@PoloDaReaper I thought that might have been what happened to Everglow. Heard he ran into a bit of trouble from his Twitter. Oh, well. Thanks for taking one for the team, PoloGeist.
TH-cam demonetizes anyone with long static screens as videos
@@PoloDaReaper _So THAT'S what happened..._ I was feeling devastated that I couldn't find those videos in particular, but thank you so very much for keeping these up 😢
The final Smash stage. Someday it will be just as iconic as Fountain of Dreams.
Smash bros followers....welcome to the start of an amazing game
I swear of god, they need to make a soundtrack collection called “The Yoko Shimomura masterpiece collection” and this track could be one of them and it’s also tracks that she composed from other games too like the Mario and Luigi Series as well
Always been my favorite world, this track and the battle one gives me goosebumps still. I spent so many hours as a kid leveling up there. Good ole PS2 days...
what a banger i never explicitly knew this was in 5/4 but makes so much sense now
It will always be an unforgettable experience landing here the first time and the ascent up the castle to stop maleficent...
Well boys we did it. Sora is now finally in Smash.
Never realized this song was in 5/4. Kinda helps the tense feeling
Couldn't have asked for a better timing.
Hands down the best Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden theme.
Ughh, this song is insanely beautiful.
Yoko is a godly composer
One of the best songs
Don't mind me, just touring through the song list that'll be featured in Smash Bros after Sora's announcement
Same
Hollow Bastion is most beautiful world in KH because the sky looks like a sunrise, we have the rising falls, a huge castle that has a lot of rooms, giant metal pipings outside of the castle and a giant cogwheel exposed next to a heartless symbol also I’m glad that they made Hollow bastion in smash ultimate, the stage can fly around the castle and if stage hazards are on we can go to the Dive to the heart, but sadly there’s no option to go inside of Hollow bastion
the best Hollow Bastion theme
Heavenly music, great to study to.
This is a song that I remember as I had to keep going through this world killing every single Heartless enemy OVER and OVER again until I reached Level 69!
For one main reason.
ANSEM-RIKU!!!
Great music and one of the hardest worlds in the game
I know why you're here so let's get enjoy this track together. Hello fellow Sora mains
"Yeah, that's it"
"Come on"
"Back off"
"Hey, Hey"
Sora main here
Classic mode: "The Light Within Darkness"
1) Vs. 3 Shadow Kirbys
Stage: Wuhu Island
Music: Night of Fate
2) Vs. Giant Shadow Link
Stage: Find Mii
Music: Destiny's Force
3) Aided by Duck Hunt Vs. Giant Meta Knight
(Galacta Knight color)
Stage: Town & City (Night)
Music: Shrouding Dark Cloud
4) Aided by Duck Hunt Vs. Cloud
(Will turn invincible for a brief time)
Stage: Coliseum
Music: Hand & Hand
5) Aided by Duck Hunt Vs. Giant Ridley
Stage: Hallow Bastion
Music: Scherzo De Notte
6) Vs. Male Corrin (Will final smash when weak)
Stage: Hallow Bastion
Music: Fragments of Sorrow
7) Boss Fight against Master Hand & Crazy Hand
Stage: Final Destination
Music: Final Destination (64)
- I'll let you guess what these battles represent.
amazing ideas, hope the official thing is close to this
Cool idea!
1. Attack on Destiny Islands
2. Sora vs Darkside
3. Sora, Donald and Goofy vs Guard Armour (Traverse Town)
4. Sora, Donald and Goofy vs Cloud (Olympus)
5. Sora, Donald and Goofy vs The Dragon (Hollow Bastion)
6. Sora vs Riku (Hollow Bastion)
7. Sora vs Ansem (Finale)
Playing this game for the first time, this level hits hard! Between losing the Keyblade (along with Goofy and Donald); the new Heartless, the beast that was well… the Beast, Sora being a Heartless, and of course the boss fights. But the biggest effect this level has was this theme!! Man this is a beautiful theme! Hell it reminded me of a computer game I used to play in the 90s called “Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant”. Floor/Level 7 (as well as the “ice realm”) theme is the closest music to Hollow Bastion before well Hollow Bastion.
th-cam.com/video/qeK6w30J_6M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8u84WqVhxRmMZQi4
Bottom line: this is the Chef’s Kiss of KH1
You know why youre here
GOD I miss this theme so much this is by far my favorite theme of all time other than anger unchained
Here is where Minecraft Steve will be fighting Mario and Sephirot with a massive hammer
We can fight Sonic the hedgehog here now
And steve with robin
I wonder what the cast of Smash think of this place, or the fact that there are other worlds anyway.
@@ansemthetrueseekerofdarkne2730 For quite a few, it's probably just another Monday.
This is such a Beautiful Track but Riku taking the Keyblade from Sora and Loosing Donald and Goofy was honestly one of the most saddest moments in Kingdom Hearts.
At least the Beast was there for Sora
@@ShepardN7. Yeah.
Donald and Goofy had no choice since Mickey ordered them to follow the key blade welder. Fortunately it didn't take long
literally this place was the most tense part of the game and it was because of this music
Sora in Smash les go
When I was 6 and played the game for the first time hollow bastion creeped me out and I hated the world. Thought the lifts stop was super confusing. Now after my umpteen millionth play through this world is my absolute favorite of any world in the series.
You got to Hollow Bastion when you were 6? Goddamn, I never made it past Deep Jungle at age 8 or 9.
The Late Lord Kardok same
I got up to the final Ansem fight when I was 8 or 9. I didn't understand RPG mechanics back then so I just gave up.
@@TheLateLordKardokI used to over level for every world. I would kill everything… everything. Tbh I still do this but even worse now because I do it to max out synthesis as early as possible
SORA IS IN SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE! I REPEAT- SORA IS IN SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE ALONG WITH HOLLOW BASTION AS HIS HOME STAGE! TALK ABOUT AWESOME!!!!!
It’s sad seeing how radiant garden turned from great city in bbs into this shell of itself in kh1
Thank god most enemies are skipable in the wooden sword section cause at level 1 Beast takes ages to kill any enemy.
Ladies and gentlemen. It is with great pleasure to welcome Sora into Smash Bros Ultimate.
This is the only song I'm using in the new stage in smash.
If you come to think about it, KH1 was kinda overwhelming and dark
who's here after sora's reveal in smash?
@PoloGeist, your music is amazing for the kingdom hearts series
Also, I rarely listen to other channels
this theme made up for all the time i spent lost in the lift stops
This makes me want to run in a castle and save a princess
Smash announcer: 3! 2! 1! GO!!
Thank fuck this song made it to Smash
Sora Sakurai sent me here
why is there a weird audio glitch at 0:26 and the other same parts?
it happens from time to time when I render videos but its so minor not worth fixing
heckin' riku bein all sasuke and rightfully reposessing the keyblade
I'm glad that I was right about this being sora's stage
Its Sora's stage... AND Kairi's castle :)
re:coded was my first game and it was scary af with nothing at all at the start.
It's funny because in French the name of this place is not at all the same as in English.
In English: "Hollow Bastion"
and in French: "Forteresse oubliée" (literally translated it is "Forgotten fortress")
Can I just point out how terrifying it was not only to lose the keyblade and downgrading to the wooden sword, but the fact that my first playthrough was on proud mode? Had these new big enemies chasing me and I had to dodge them all because I had little MP to play with.
You know smash isn't just about the characters...its also the stages and songs
And while.the dojo was incredible with kick ass tekken music and Ff7 got a few more tracks..... hollow bastion is an incredible place with breathtaking music...even if it's just KH1
...and of course....the square eqnix levels are created to be good "legal 1v1 levels"
its not fair how good the KH music is, its not fair to all the other games who put in so much effort
It's the Yoko Shimomura magic
Keiichi Okabe: Am I a joke to you?
YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE
fellas he made it
I like this version more than the kh2fm one
Just curious... has anyone tried a match on SSBU where this music plays on the Battlefield level?
Puts the stage on a whole new level... O.O
now that i know hollow bastion used to be radiant garden from playing kingdom hearts 2 final mix, that revelation clears up the questions in my head about where that place is
for those of you who don't know what im talking about, around the part of the game after you defeat the corrupt program in space paranoids, tron becomes the new voice for hollow bastion's computer and as a reward for stopping the flow of the heartless into the world and returning the defense system to normal (before the program was defeated, it tried to target you instead of the heartless), he shows you footage of hollow bastion's early days. aerith then tells you the former name of the world
Some themes i would have liked to see in smash would have been Reviving Hollow Bastion,13th Struggle,Rage Awakened,Scherzo Di Notte(2.5) and The Other Promise but oh well...
This theme just reminds me of Ultima Blade missions 😂
This song is pretty dope, and i never played kh1 so i didnt know about it until smash.
They had so many great tracks to pick from kh2 and kh3, wasted potential.
What's strange is that unlike KH2, KH3's OST was
officially released
Yet none of the tracks from KH3 are used, despite KH3 tracks being rearrangements of KH2's tracks so you get the best of both worlds. I'm also disappointed
They wanted to be faithful of the original version.
The ost of the original game still amazing, so its all right.
SORA IS IN SMASH
Yeah, this track is definitely my favorite of KH1...but dear god I HATE that world. I had to basically let Beast fight the heartless and skim around the ones he couldn't. Bear in mind that my first ever playthrough of this game was a few months ago...on final mix. Yeah, that's right. So let me just say this: SCREW the Riku/Ansem fight. I HATED him so goddamn much. I actually had to farm the coliseum and come back to fight his ass, and still couldn't beat him right away.
That aside, in terms of video game worlds, Hollow Bastion is just mesmerizing in that physics no longer apply there. You can walk on water, use bubbles to travel underwater and a myriad of other stuff. It's an unforgettable experience....but god it was hell for me.
I am coming back to this AWESOME song, because of my boy Sora is NOW in Smash!!! Hollow Bastion is also going to be a song in Smash also. I fell in love with KH way back in 2002, and it is very dear to my heart. The reveal that Sora was going to be in Smash made me very emotional.
Who's here after the smash reveal?
0:27
Best KH game
Theme of 2021
Water and water and water water
I hate the part where you fall all the way down and you have to climb all the way back up. Like, oh my god, so annoying.
First time played Kingdom hearts in order and I felt you lmao
Man the Tarzan world was the worst for that
SMASH!!!!!
I wonder what happens if you swim in the water at the start of the world if they let you.
If it werent for that bad audio stitching at 0:24 and 1:26 I would say its nicer than the original. What kinda producer lets that slip