Mario handshaking Sora is honestly beautiful. The first character to the last, and fitting in pieces of music styled from N64, makes me so happy. Couldn't have made a better choice to finish off the roster, and Sakurai deserves to retire, go on vacation, and never work again.
“You could go from middle school to high school during this time” Dude, I played Smash 64 as a kid, grew up with Melee in middle, Braw in high school, and 4 in college. Smash has literally been in my life all my life.
I played Melee in middle school, Brawl in high school, Smash4 in undergrad, and Ultimate while working on my PhD. I just graduated this fall, so it feels like the end of an era.
Kingdom hearts for me and smash is part of my childhood and see this two things finally encounter each other made me to left tears. I am really happy. And of course thank you Sakurai for making so happy game to all of us and finally give a super gift in the end it means a lot. Thank you Sakurai.
I didn't think that at all honestly. When it called back to the original trailer and the fire of Smash Bros was the only thing keeping all the characters alive, my immediate thought was "This needs to be a character who lights the fire of passion of the Smash community or someone who embodies the passion of gamers everywhere that can reignite the fire". I was honestly expecting Captain N The Game Master to be the final character in order to fit the motif of what was being shown.
The whole character reveal trailer is styled extremely close to the way KH intros are done. The way the fire slowly glitters out and the trophy stand Mario is on slowly fades away, even the way Mario moves. It is all very well done in the way a KH opening scene would be.
Yes but that individual trailer with the title didn't release until after the presentation to keep the surprise. In retrospect it would be easy to guess by the title if you're narrowing down only video game characters
To answer you ESAM, the only time we could be sure is a SPLIT second before everyone else when the Keyblade was shown outlined in fire, right before the keychain haha
@Tyler Davis That could also just be it happening to happen, you could assume at that point but it's not nearly as definitive as the early moments of some other trailers.
@@nikoa5795 just a minut 5-6 year battle trying to attain licensing lol I'm sure it was a nightmare to get like most things from Disney. They even had to cut most of it and just get it through SE
From the emphasis on contrasting light and darkness, I was 50% sure that meant Kingdom Hearts. I saw the sparkle effect after Mario stepped off his platform and thought, "That looks straight ripped out of Kingdom Hearts" and was 90% sure. Then I saw Mario standing in front of that final ember, all other characters bathed in dark. As he reached out for it, I was like 10% thinking "Is it someone out of Dark Souls?"
Dude you should play it just the first one is enough youll love it and plus it will make this reveal trailer even better. I honestly cried when i saw this
Right before Mario reached his hand in the fire was similar to the way Sora summons the keybalde some times. This game is truly complete now IMO. They definitely did a awesome job representing so many franchises throughout gaming history.
Think of the fiery Smash emblem as the fighters' "lifelight". It may be mostly burnt out, but there was one last ember of light left, which Mario used to call upon Sora. Sora IS that final spark of lifelight. Also: _"Colors weave into a spire of flame; Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed; Bear this torch against the cold of the night; Search your soul and reawaken the undying light/Light will guide you on your way to the ultimate fight"_
That counter is more useful than people give credit for. It completely stops the enemy leaving them wide open for a guaranteed attack which means characters like Lucina who snap to the ledge while also attacking through the stage will get 2 frame countered AND get hit even if you're countering from the ledge.
I’ve played KH since I was in elementary school, and I’ve graduated college. So nostalgic for me, and I’m so excited to play this character. Regardless of how good or bad he is.
Sora to me is literally a sword pika. He has quick attack, thunder, potentially high combo potential, and looks like a better off stage presence than pika. I wouldn’t be surprised if esam picks up sora as a alternative main.
He's definitely going to be my alt but I main Link. Was thinking a bout making Pika my alt for about a week now and as soon as I saw this it was sealed. Still going to main Link tho.
y'know, with this being sakurai's final project coming to an end, it almost feels right that the final character was a sword character. and the best one yet.
Never was happening, crash is owned by Sony and Activision who have hated Nintendo ever since Nintendo "backstabbed" them. Nintendo and Disney are on relatively good terms and the reason sora wasn't happening earlier was because the former president of Disney was a copyright hound.
38:20 The only way to guess before the mouse ears was to guess that the fire was "the light in the darkness" which is representative of Sora. I thought it was Dark Souls.
Kingdom hearts being represented in smash just makes sense smash is the biggest crossover in gaming history while the entire kingdom hearts series is a crossover imo perfect end to a perfect crossover!
I didn't even notice he skipped his dash attack. Hopefully he's thinking about changing it to add the switch like he did to jab, nair,fair and side tilt.
You do realize that recoveries that would normally be able to armor through a counter if you didn't pull the counter off at the apex, will get stopped dead in their tracks thanks to this stagger mechanic right? Marcina and Mr. GnW just to name a couple.
38:21 i think for me, i had a feeling it was Sora from the moment Mario threw the flame, it reminded me of the ability Strike Raid, which was when the player throws the keyblade like a boomerang, and i believe in later games you could combine it with different magic spells (I.e Fire, blizzard, thunder)
I had an inkling it was Sora when Mario's trophy pedestal disappeared. The particle effects were very Kingdom Hearts. I also recognized the Keyblade before the Keychain was distinct lol.
the earliest someone knew was in July… the posted a tweet about how they worked for Disney and Nintendo requesting rights to kingdom hearts music and stuff
Sora counter staggering actually does change stuff. I believe you've seen videos of people landing counters on certain moves and it doesn't actually hit the opponent. Of course the downside is that it doesn't work from behind him like the other counters.
I was 9 years old when the original Smash Brothers game came out on the N64; the only time I ever got to play it was whenever me and the family went to a local McDonalds Play Place, and there they had these cubicles installed including games like Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and Super Smash Brothers. Although Super Smash Bros. Melee came out in 2001, I never had a Game Cube growing up--I would eventually get one as an adult though--so I never even knew of Melee's existence until around 2004-2005 when I first got into competitive Yugioh. By that point in time, I was most definitely in high school. Brawl came out just as I was wrapping up my senior year in high school, though again, I never got around to playing it until a couple years later--at least by then, I already had a paying job and was attending college, so I wound up upgrading my GameCube and got a Nintendo Wii, and Super Smash Brothers Brawl along with it. The Wii was used, but it came with Wii Sports, several pre-purchased Virtual Console titles like Super Mario Bros. 3, A Link to the Past, and Sin & Punishment; it also just so happened to have had enough credits left over that I was able to get Sonic 4 Episode 1 free of charge. Regardless, I trained vigorously in Brawl, competing with my brother and one or two of his friends constantly every weekend, so I could attend a Super Smash Brothers tournament. With Toon Link by my side (my original main was Sonic, but I found myself to be significantly more sufficient with Toon Link), I managed to get 2nd place--went right down to the wire, so close to winning it all and everything. A couple years later--after I returned home from a faraway trip for some job training, I got a much better paying job at full time hours, got a Wii U (already got a 3DS a year prior for Pokemon and Dream Drop Distance), and was left so thoroughly speechless by Cloud's reveal trailer that I decided that I had to get Cloud as a DLC fighter for both my 3DS and Wii U versions (all of this also occurred the same time I went on a warpath to complete my Pokedex in Pokemon Omega Ruby as well). And now we have Sora finally here in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate as our final fighter. Within reason, just about every single video game icon from my childhood is represented here. Sonic, Kazuya, Cloud, Sephiroth, the Pokemon franchise as a whole, and now Sora. The only notable omissions that immediately spring to mind and are within reason are Crash and Spyro. Maybe Master Chief, but if anything, it was my brother who was more into Halo than I ever was. If Crash was in the game, and Spyro was a Mii Costume or Assist Trophy, this roster would have been truly complete in my opinion. But, I'll take what I can get either way. I wouldn't be surprise that the campaign for Crash and Spyro probably weren't super amped up during the Smash Ballot days due to the fact that both franchises were essentially dead by that point, with the latter in particular condemned to Skylander purgatory. The Crash N. Sane trilogy literally sparked so much interest and demand for Crash and Spyro that I'm pretty sure these remakes of the classic games were what propelled them all the way to the stratosphere in terms of Smash requests. Otherwise, nobody really gave a crap about them in 2015, and by the time news of the N. Sane and Reignited Trilogies were announced, it was already too late.
I'm shocked that no one here thought of kindling the first flame from Dark Souls when Mario reached for the fire. For those of us in that sphere, that was a serious bait...
It's ironic that I literally went from 6th grade to 9th grade when smash ultimate came out until now. From Inkling to Sora, this is the only reveal I almost cried to.
Sora's cool, sure, but can we please have Hallow Bastion replace Smashville? Better visuals, better music, and changes on the last stock. I'm sick of having intense, crazy tournament sets on calm, chill Animal Crossing stages.
As an Avid fan kingdom hearts I couldn’t tell it was sora until the keyblade was shown. Oh and on rewatch all I could get was no hope darkness was about to take over after sora arrived he saved everyone??? Maybe he sealed the keyhole to no more smash characters???
Why do some people not get that the fire represents the last spark of imagination and magic that the smash ball gives the fighters? The fire in of itself does not represent a particular character, it is a metaphor representing the life breathed into the characters, which are toys being played by a child in canon.
You know why Sora is the last character in Smash? He's got the key to end a long living gamer legacy and the longest story in gamer history. To close the door of Smash history.
@@doflamingo7009 Doesn't really count since Sora is being revealed as the last DLC fighter. No matter who got revealed, a lot of people just had their dream character lost, so they were gonna be salty and dislike it.
*As soon as Mario stepped off the podium and it turned into "Glitter" I knew it was Sora* . I've been playing KH for years and basically know the micro-animations. If you look at the key-blade glitter & Sora's glitter it matches Mario's podium glitter animation.
They couldn't have ended stronger, honestly, only like Master Chief and Crash maybe are big enough to have an impact like that. I'm speechless, I don't know what pact woth a demon Sakurai has, or what dirt he has on every high end employee at these companies to make this happen. Disney doesn't even play nice with Square and they made Kingdom Hearts. I'm more than shocked.
My KH bothers and sisters the war is over the meme is died we have won Sora: The Heart ( The Smash ball fire ) many be weak, and sometimes it my even give in ( The Fire goes out ) but I've learn that deep down there's a Light that never goes out ( The small Ember )
Every time Esam says some part of Sora's kit is simple
My brain: You mean it's simple and clean.
True
It is the way
@@brod7173 That you're making me feel tonight?
@@TheOriginalYaski It's hard to let it go
@@extinctive3737 and hold me, whatever lies beyond this morning, is a little later on
Mario handshaking Sora is honestly beautiful. The first character to the last, and fitting in pieces of music styled from N64, makes me so happy. Couldn't have made a better choice to finish off the roster, and Sakurai deserves to retire, go on vacation, and never work again.
Nah I need him to work on the online netcode before he retires
@@Chaoskae i mean All star brawl does if you wanna get hit with Sandy cheeks infinite
when did they shake hands?
@@cliffordthomas8305 at the end of the vid
Could’ve had lots of better characters than clown shoes….
“You could go from middle school to high school during this time”
Dude, I played Smash 64 as a kid, grew up with Melee in middle, Braw in high school, and 4 in college.
Smash has literally been in my life all my life.
I played Melee in middle school, Brawl in high school, Smash4 in undergrad, and Ultimate while working on my PhD. I just graduated this fall, so it feels like the end of an era.
Same, honestly
Smash 64 came out before I was born
I was 2 when melee came out
8 when brawl came out
14 when smash 4 came out
Now 21 when Sora got revealed.
Amazing. All of you.
Well he meant ultimate but yeah
The Smash symbol dying out symbolizes the end of Ultimate. But the one flame dropping is the last character. that's what got out of it at least.
Just like the theme says he reawakened the undying light.
It's actually a reference to a certain line in KH "The heart may be weak, it may even give in. But deep down there's a light that never goes out."
yep, the smash symbol used the last vestige of its powers to summon the last fighter: it has served its purpose, and gone to rest.
@@trial_with_an_error9687 Does that make Smash 'Kingdom Hearts'?
Ive never played KH, but this is a fitting Final character
I agree. I hear all kinds of good stuff, but I wish I got into the series sooner.
literally how
actual biggest weeb character
@@hotgirlsinyourarea3782 If you need to ask, you wouldn't get it.
@@hotgirlsinyourarea3782 you by yourself
Kingdom hearts for me and smash is part of my childhood and see this two things finally encounter each other made me to left tears. I am really happy. And of course thank you Sakurai for making so happy game to all of us and finally give a super gift in the end it means a lot. Thank you Sakurai.
This comment was typed by sora himself
After watching that trailer a few times, I'm honestly shocked more people didn't guess Dark Souls.
Sakurai and his team did an amazing job here.
Lol i straight thought bonfire from DS
@@kayleencooper5432 Same
Same
I didn't think that at all honestly. When it called back to the original trailer and the fire of Smash Bros was the only thing keeping all the characters alive, my immediate thought was "This needs to be a character who lights the fire of passion of the Smash community or someone who embodies the passion of gamers everywhere that can reignite the fire". I was honestly expecting Captain N The Game Master to be the final character in order to fit the motif of what was being shown.
Mind you every dark souls player thought that
The whole character reveal trailer is styled extremely close to the way KH intros are done. The way the fire slowly glitters out and the trophy stand Mario is on slowly fades away, even the way Mario moves. It is all very well done in the way a KH opening scene would be.
Except it doesnt feature someone drowning
“It couldn’t have been Mickey because that’s not his key blade” is what I thought when you were asking if it was Mickey lol
But Mickey Mouse comes out with the infinity gauntlet, pushes sora and uses his invitation in Smash.
To be fair, that's TECHNICALLY not Sora's Keyblade either.
@@littlebigb5370 If that's not his keyblade than which one is?
... Mickey... isn't a damn game character... Why are people this dumb?
@@littlebigb5370 I mean, it is now
I love how the reveal trailer captures the Disney magic. It’s so simple but feels extremely grand!
This would make sense because the title of his reveal was called the "The Last Key" and I approve of this.
The key to "who is the last fighter?" mystery was in front of us all along...
Indeed he was.
Yes but that individual trailer with the title didn't release until after the presentation to keep the surprise. In retrospect it would be easy to guess by the title if you're narrowing down only video game characters
To answer you ESAM, the only time we could be sure is a SPLIT second before everyone else when the Keyblade was shown outlined in fire, right before the keychain haha
@Tyler Davis That could also just be it happening to happen, you could assume at that point but it's not nearly as definitive as the early moments of some other trailers.
Disney becoming lawful good for a split second.
How much did the IP cost $$$ my god
@@nikoa5795 just a minut 5-6 year battle trying to attain licensing lol
I'm sure it was a nightmare to get like most things from Disney. They even had to cut most of it and just get it through SE
From the emphasis on contrasting light and darkness, I was 50% sure that meant Kingdom Hearts. I saw the sparkle effect after Mario stepped off his platform and thought, "That looks straight ripped out of Kingdom Hearts" and was 90% sure. Then I saw Mario standing in front of that final ember, all other characters bathed in dark. As he reached out for it, I was like 10% thinking "Is it someone out of Dark Souls?"
I've never played Kingdom Hearts and this reveal still made me cry
It’s that Disney magic at work.
@@imjustalittleqwerty The music and the handshake at the end, man, it's the perfect end to this masterpiece.
Dude you should play it just the first one is enough youll love it and plus it will make this reveal trailer even better. I honestly cried when i saw this
Right before Mario reached his hand in the fire was similar to the way Sora summons the keybalde some times. This game is truly complete now IMO. They definitely did a awesome job representing so many franchises throughout gaming history.
That’s a stretch
@@TK-bm2nc agree... You can see the keyblade right before it's revealed
But my boi Crash Bandicoot 😭
When sora did his side b I instantly had bayo flashbacks lmao don’t take me back to that place
Sora is more than ready to send us all back to 2014
People have already been comparing pyra/mythra to cloud
History repeats itself
It's literally Bayo's twists, Pikachu quick attack and Sonic homing attack (but not frame 0 and completely unpunishable) in one
LOL
@@willycheez7218 look at the versatility on his jab, side tilt, NAir and FAir 12:57 😳😳
Cloud and Sephiroth in the trailer
"Oh shit, not this kid again."
Fun fact: ultimate means final or last so Sora is Sakurai's ultimate character.
Thank you. Did you also know that “beginning” means “start?”
@@imjustalittleqwerty Who doesn’t know that
Eh sooner or later let’s give it another console release and another smash is revealed but let’s happy for this for now
@@waddles6805 It’s a joke. They just made the comment to satirise @Tannis Manha because everyone already knows ultimate means final
he's s tier strictly because of his aerial abilities, he's got like basic a tier swordy moves, but can literally live off stage
There's a pretty large window between each dash in Sonic Blade where you could hit him.
Not a sword user we got them keys boys.
Sakurai said Sword characters are easy to make
Remember when everyone was moaning after Byleth, "Enough with the anime swordfighters!" Poor Sakurai. Sora is hype.
Anime swordfighters was just code for Fire Emblem.
And Byleth isn't even really a sword character lmao
Sora isn't an anime swordfighter though...
He's an anime keyfighter
Man, nostalgia I started when I was 10 years old with Smash on the 64, I'm 31 now. I've had smash in my life for 21 years.
Same here
The first few notes of Sora's intro sound like Disney's "When you wish upon a star" and it kinda fits
Think of the fiery Smash emblem as the fighters' "lifelight". It may be mostly burnt out, but there was one last ember of light left, which Mario used to call upon Sora. Sora IS that final spark of lifelight.
Also:
_"Colors weave into a spire of flame; Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed; Bear this torch against the cold of the night; Search your soul and reawaken the undying light/Light will guide you on your way to the ultimate fight"_
The little bonfire at the beggining of the cinematic, make me tought for a second that it would be a Dark Souls character.
My heart is also full!! I’ve not played the kingdom hearts series but I know he makes a lot of people happy. 🤍
I played just a little bit of KH2 and got to hear the iconic "Sanctuary" song when I was little, but that's about it
Yeah everyone didn’t know who was the fighter till they saw the key blade spinning. Even KH youtubers
24:34 "Does it change anything? Not really"
It means Pikachu's QA will be interrupted if countered :)))))))
Wait
That means G&W's up-smash will get interrupted as well. No more invincibility cheese.
does pikas up b not get countered? 🤔
@@stupidw33b52 normally pikachu is gone by the time the counterattack comes out, unless you are able to activate your counter between the two zips
and finally... after 3 years, Sakurai can take a nap
Goodbye Pikachu. You were a good main.
That counter is more useful than people give credit for. It completely stops the enemy leaving them wide open for a guaranteed attack which means characters like Lucina who snap to the ledge while also attacking through the stage will get 2 frame countered AND get hit even if you're countering from the ledge.
WAIT BIG TRUE
Also it stops the heavy armor mechanics of characters like K-Rool
Time to learn how to be a keyblade master!
I’ve played KH since I was in elementary school, and I’ve graduated college. So nostalgic for me, and I’m so excited to play this character. Regardless of how good or bad he is.
everytime Esam or Sakurai says "simple" i can't help but add "and clean" to it
I remember filling out that Smash Fighter ballot back in the day lol. I don't remember who I put in, but I wouldn't be surprised if I put in Sora once
I put goku
I put Rayman as well 🥲
I put Captain Toad lol
You're all valid. It was good times regardless.
I put Optimus Prime for some reason lol
The way he moves and the fact that he’s light reminds me of mewtwo
Sora to me is literally a sword pika. He has quick attack, thunder, potentially high combo potential, and looks like a better off stage presence than pika. I wouldn’t be surprised if esam picks up sora as a alternative main.
🎯🎯🎯 my thoughts exactly.
He's definitely going to be my alt but I main Link. Was thinking a bout making Pika my alt for about a week now and as soon as I saw this it was sealed. Still going to main Link tho.
Play ssf2 sora and you'll get a good feel for him. He's a literal cross mix between pika, bayo, and a generic sword character.
💯 l
Pika with a sword and Yoshi's double jump.
"I'm just waiting for Disney music, or Kingdom Hearts music."
Well, my friend...
y'know, with this being sakurai's final project coming to an end, it almost feels right that the final character was a sword character. and the best one yet.
He just called it at the first minute, "I'm looking for disney music"
Sora looks simple... and clean
When Mario shook his hand, that shit made me damn near tear up.
Im glad for all the Sora fans, but im so sad for my man Crash Bandicoot, not even one lil representation in all smash, he is an icon of gaming
Never was happening, crash is owned by Sony and Activision who have hated Nintendo ever since Nintendo "backstabbed" them. Nintendo and Disney are on relatively good terms and the reason sora wasn't happening earlier was because the former president of Disney was a copyright hound.
38:20 The only way to guess before the mouse ears was to guess that the fire was "the light in the darkness" which is representative of Sora. I thought it was Dark Souls.
The Sora and Mario shaking hands feels so much like Ryu and Cyclops shaking hands in X-Men vs Street Fighter
I'm beyond excited for his inclusion
Kingdom hearts being represented in smash just makes sense smash is the biggest crossover in gaming history while the entire kingdom hearts series is a crossover imo perfect end to a perfect crossover!
I didn't even notice he skipped his dash attack. Hopefully he's thinking about changing it to add the switch like he did to jab, nair,fair and side tilt.
You do realize that recoveries that would normally be able to armor through a counter if you didn't pull the counter off at the apex, will get stopped dead in their tracks thanks to this stagger mechanic right? Marcina and Mr. GnW just to name a couple.
This just feels right lol
Yes
@@ashtoncooper5478 surprised you didnt have a youtube video link lol
@@nomnom2298 LOL I can see why you thought that, there’s bots everywhere 🤣
@@YSMALXD yeah lol
@@YSMALXDyeah same it’s really annoying
38:21 i think for me, i had a feeling it was Sora from the moment Mario threw the flame, it reminded me of the ability Strike Raid, which was when the player throws the keyblade like a boomerang, and i believe in later games you could combine it with different magic spells (I.e Fire, blizzard, thunder)
Woah sora is in smash!no way!
This is going to be a surprise for everyone!
Yeah!
I had an inkling it was Sora when Mario's trophy pedestal disappeared. The particle effects were very Kingdom Hearts. I also recognized the Keyblade before the Keychain was distinct lol.
I got lucky, I woke up and checked youtube and the smash direct was on Sora. I was so surprised, I wrote off the leaks as hopeful thinking.
Now guys do your best to offer us the most epic Smash competitive scene we could get, so the game will live on for a long time.
I'm in tears. It's been a long run. Can't wait to see how the meta evolves knowing no more characters will be added and people can learn matchups
the earliest someone knew was in July… the posted a tweet about how they worked for Disney and Nintendo requesting rights to kingdom hearts music and stuff
Sora counter staggering actually does change stuff. I believe you've seen videos of people landing counters on certain moves and it doesn't actually hit the opponent. Of course the downside is that it doesn't work from behind him like the other counters.
the earliest anyone knew it was kingdom hearts was mario stepping down from the amiibo platform, it vanishes with kingdom hearts sfx
I was 9 years old when the original Smash Brothers game came out on the N64; the only time I ever got to play it was whenever me and the family went to a local McDonalds Play Place, and there they had these cubicles installed including games like Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and Super Smash Brothers.
Although Super Smash Bros. Melee came out in 2001, I never had a Game Cube growing up--I would eventually get one as an adult though--so I never even knew of Melee's existence until around 2004-2005 when I first got into competitive Yugioh. By that point in time, I was most definitely in high school.
Brawl came out just as I was wrapping up my senior year in high school, though again, I never got around to playing it until a couple years later--at least by then, I already had a paying job and was attending college, so I wound up upgrading my GameCube and got a Nintendo Wii, and Super Smash Brothers Brawl along with it. The Wii was used, but it came with Wii Sports, several pre-purchased Virtual Console titles like Super Mario Bros. 3, A Link to the Past, and Sin & Punishment; it also just so happened to have had enough credits left over that I was able to get Sonic 4 Episode 1 free of charge. Regardless, I trained vigorously in Brawl, competing with my brother and one or two of his friends constantly every weekend, so I could attend a Super Smash Brothers tournament. With Toon Link by my side (my original main was Sonic, but I found myself to be significantly more sufficient with Toon Link), I managed to get 2nd place--went right down to the wire, so close to winning it all and everything.
A couple years later--after I returned home from a faraway trip for some job training, I got a much better paying job at full time hours, got a Wii U (already got a 3DS a year prior for Pokemon and Dream Drop Distance), and was left so thoroughly speechless by Cloud's reveal trailer that I decided that I had to get Cloud as a DLC fighter for both my 3DS and Wii U versions (all of this also occurred the same time I went on a warpath to complete my Pokedex in Pokemon Omega Ruby as well).
And now we have Sora finally here in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate as our final fighter. Within reason, just about every single video game icon from my childhood is represented here. Sonic, Kazuya, Cloud, Sephiroth, the Pokemon franchise as a whole, and now Sora. The only notable omissions that immediately spring to mind and are within reason are Crash and Spyro. Maybe Master Chief, but if anything, it was my brother who was more into Halo than I ever was. If Crash was in the game, and Spyro was a Mii Costume or Assist Trophy, this roster would have been truly complete in my opinion.
But, I'll take what I can get either way. I wouldn't be surprise that the campaign for Crash and Spyro probably weren't super amped up during the Smash Ballot days due to the fact that both franchises were essentially dead by that point, with the latter in particular condemned to Skylander purgatory. The Crash N. Sane trilogy literally sparked so much interest and demand for Crash and Spyro that I'm pretty sure these remakes of the classic games were what propelled them all the way to the stratosphere in terms of Smash requests. Otherwise, nobody really gave a crap about them in 2015, and by the time news of the N. Sane and Reignited Trilogies were announced, it was already too late.
Fortunately I do know the majority of the references, like Sora fighting Sephiroth was a thing in KH2.
The thumbnail looks like a new soyjack
I'm shocked that no one here thought of kindling the first flame from Dark Souls when Mario reached for the fire.
For those of us in that sphere, that was a serious bait...
I never played KH and I really don't like Disney period....but fine with this character!! I'm just thrilled its not Pokemon
No matter if your character got in the game or not, everyone is here...In every player's hearts
No Phoenix Wright... Instead we got a Fire Emblem reskin
@@zbazza6978z i can taste the salt
@@brod7173 yeah man, I'm salty it's just a fire emblem reskin
It's ironic that I literally went from 6th grade to 9th grade when smash ultimate came out until now. From Inkling to Sora, this is the only reveal I almost cried to.
Sakurai made a point to beat Cloud with Sonic blade, because Sora learned that move from Cloud in KH1.
Sora's cool, sure, but can we please have Hallow Bastion replace Smashville? Better visuals, better music, and changes on the last stock. I'm sick of having intense, crazy tournament sets on calm, chill Animal Crossing stages.
After 13.0 drops the modding scene is going to crack the game wide open.
As an Avid fan kingdom hearts I couldn’t tell it was sora until the keyblade was shown. Oh and on rewatch all I could get was no hope darkness was about to take over after sora arrived he saved everyone??? Maybe he sealed the keyhole to no more smash characters???
Sora's "Simple and Clean" to play🤗
Why do some people not get that the fire represents the last spark of imagination and magic that the smash ball gives the fighters? The fire in of itself does not represent a particular character, it is a metaphor representing the life breathed into the characters, which are toys being played by a child in canon.
You know why Sora is the last character in Smash?
He's got the key to end a long living gamer legacy and the longest story in gamer history. To close the door of Smash history.
btw for ppl who dont know septhiroth was in kh1 and 2 as a hidden boss fight with 15 life bars........... still haunts me
Pikachu with a sword! Sora going to be a beast!
how is kirby going to look with his ability
6:26
"He looks cute"
FBI: *EEEEEHHHHHHHH!?*
why do i feel at 23:55 my man got to excited then caught himself lol
A dream come true!
I guess you can say that Sora is "Simple and Clean"🥁🥁
Lots of people are gonna be mad that it's another anime sword fighter
Lets face it. We all wanted anime sword fighter.
Sakurai literally said that Sora won the poll.
@@Aflay1 I'm not sure since the sora stream has more dislikes than kariya trailer and pyraythra one
@@doflamingo7009 Doesn't really count since Sora is being revealed as the last DLC fighter. No matter who got revealed, a lot of people just had their dream character lost, so they were gonna be salty and dislike it.
It's a key, not a sword
@@Kaz999998
It’s a key, AND a sword. A key-blade.
That tweet they did just makes all of this even more hilarious. You probably won't know who this is. That's funny.
The flame dropping is the last light in the scene which is said as a line in kh1
When Mario pulled the Fire Sword out I thought it was going to be Alphen from Tales of Arise
I would have also loved Alphen. Haven't finished Arise yet but it's fantastic so far. As a huge KH fan though this was bo kers...
@@MikesFoodForThought Same here. Im glad it was Sora but I would have popped off for Alphen too
I am so happy.
"Why can't they do that for Hero" Because Sora has 3 spells and Hero has 21
*As soon as Mario stepped off the podium and it turned into "Glitter" I knew it was Sora* . I've been playing KH for years and basically know the micro-animations. If you look at the key-blade glitter & Sora's glitter it matches Mario's podium glitter animation.
Nickelodeon vs Disney
Think about it
The moment I saw Marios foot moving i was just like its sora
i was watching this trailer and as soon as i saw Sora’s Keyblade i was in TEARS
They couldn't have ended stronger, honestly, only like Master Chief and Crash maybe are big enough to have an impact like that. I'm speechless, I don't know what pact woth a demon Sakurai has, or what dirt he has on every high end employee at these companies to make this happen. Disney doesn't even play nice with Square and they made Kingdom Hearts. I'm more than shocked.
I feel like the counter could have been a shield special that is really underutilized
The thumbnail😂 lmaoo he looks like a kingdom hearts fan
Kingdom Hearts and Smash Bros are my childhood. It’s “simple and clean”.🥲🥲👊🏾👊🏾
My KH bothers and sisters the war is over the meme is died we have won
Sora: The Heart ( The Smash ball fire ) many be weak, and sometimes it my even give in ( The Fire goes out ) but I've learn that deep down there's a Light that never goes out ( The small Ember )
The games over easy kh1 playthrough coming in clutch.
this feels like a dream
Sora kind of IS the Disney character just excluding the non video game characters.
surprised how fun he looks considering how watered down his moveset is. despite wasted potential im still super excited for this
this video is what we needed