Sora is joiningSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatealongside Cloud, Sephiroth, andDragon Quest’s Hero as Square Enix representatives. Many fans are excited at the line-up available, especially as Sora and theFinal Fantasycharacters have a history with each other throughout theKingdom Heartsgames. While the chances ofKingdom Heartstitles ever mentioning that these three met inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateis very low, if Sora’s home games ever chose to there atr a few open spaces that could work.
Kingdom Heartsbegan as a crossover betweenFinal Fantasyand Disney, with Cloud andSephiroth making appearancesthroughout the series. Ever sinceKingdom Hearts 2, however, their appearances have been scarce. Many fans didn’t like thatKingdom Hearts 3was without a way to challenge Sephiroth as a secret boss fight. Yet, at the same time, many fans understood their absence from the story.
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Cloud and Sephiroth’s “Great Battle” In Kingdom Hearts 2
If playersfight Sephiroth in Hollow BastioninKH2, they’ll be treated to a unique set of cutscenes dealing with Cloud and Sephiroth that talks about the former’s battle against his own darkness. After Tifa joins in to protect him, Cloud is surrounded by light, and the two vanish. When Goofy asks where they went, Sora responds that “Cloud went off to fight a great battle.” Since it was left cryptic, fans didn’t have many answers, and still don’t to this day.
Since then, Sephiroth and Cloud have been absent fromtheKingdom Heartsseriesbeyond the occassional duplicates. EvenKingdom Hearts 3doesn’t see Buster Sword wielder make any appearance beyond a statue in Mount Olympus. Whenever the nextKingdom Heartsgame arrives, an answer for where they went could explain the waySmash Bros.gets tied into the series' lore. However, that would only explain where Cloud and Sephiroth went.
Is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate a Sleeping World?
At the end ofKingdom Hearts 3, Sora uses the Power of Waking to search for Kairi, despite the party’s concerns about what would happen. Theending ofKingdom Hearts 3: ReMindsees Sora vanishing, with the next story beat being about trying to re-locate him. It could be possible that where he ended up was with Cloud and Sephiroth in the world ofSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, but as a Sleeping World.
Sleeping Worlds were a concept introduced inKingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. They’re worlds that fell into darkness but were not restored into the Realm of Light, and are instead kept in a dream-like state. The Sleeping Worlds were Sora’s test to obtain the Power of Waking, which was ruined by Real Organization 13. While in the Sleeping Worlds, Sora reverts back into his child-like form from the firstKingdom Hearts,not unlike hisSmashappearance. Alongside that, Sora’s reveal trailer shows the fighters ofSmash Bros.reverted back into their trophy forms in a dark, empty abyss before Mario picks up the Kingdom Key and frees Sora, whose light then frees everyone else.
This theory would make it soKingdom Hearts 2,Kingdom Hearts 3, andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateare seamlessly connected, even though it puts the world ofSmashin a tough situation if it truly is a Sleeping World. Still, while this is merely speculation, it’s easy to put Sora in a position to compete inSmash Bros.while on his wayto meet Yozorain the true ending ofKH3. Even if blanks as to where Sora was between games aren’t fully filled with this information, many fans should enjoy the fun of speculating about it in the meantime.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimateis available now on Nintendo Switch.
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