Sm4sh Fighter Ballot Candidates: #9

#9. Sora
Game appeared in: Kingdom Hearts (2002)
Creator: Square-Enix
Character stance: Third-party (has games released on Nintendo handhelds)

INTRODUCITON

Kingdom Hearts is a franchise created by Square-Enix and Disney, and it’s one of the most beloved franchises Square has ever made, and it’s not just for the Disney fanservice. I know I have #17 on the list that happens to be a Square-Enix character too, but back there, Sora is who I’m talking about. I couldn’t really go into further detail on Kingdom Hearts, but there are many people that do want him in. I’ll explain the why, but let’s go to the detailed specials. I know, the introductions are getting short, but there are those that are just popular choices!

SPECIALS

Now, this is where I usually go and talk about one’s specials, but like #12, something else has done that job for me, and I’d thought I’d have the movelist with you all. Hello, Super Smash Flash 2!

Sora’s neutral B will be Strike Raid. I would normally share this neutral B with you, but there’s a lot of detail on how the move works! To make it short, it function’s like Link/Toon Link’s Boomerang, except that Sora’s vulnerable for until the Keyblade comes back to him.

His Side-B is Flowmotion, which is taken from Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance for the 3DS. This special will allow to be followed up with an attack, and can be guided up or down. Yes, gliding was removed from Sm4sh because of, again, 3DS limitations, but Flowmotion can only travel so far before it wears out when using it.

His Up-B’s his Aerial Recovery. Now this is going to be a bit of a 101 before I continue. In the Smash Bros. games when a recovery move is used, the character is left prone, and cannot do anything unless they land, grab onto a ledge if they make it to one, or just plummet to their doom if they fail to recover. Sora’s Aerial Recovery is a complete exception to that, and is the only exception there is! In it’s description, it says: "Sora leaps into the air while circles surround him, which do no damage. While performing this move, he is able to cancel it by performing any other attack or action, without losing any momentum.” This would make him a more acrobatic character, and the Aerial Recovery ability’s taken from Kingdom Hears as well.

And his Down-B is another unique one from SSF2, and if chosen to be in Sm4sh, will be brough over: Command Deck. Introduced in Birth By Sleep, the Command Deck replaces having to use the D-Pad to move the cursor to the mini-menu and selecting spells/summon/item/what-not. And in earlier version of SSF2, Sora’s side and down B specials were Firaga and Thundaga. In the latest update, it’s been changed for him to use all 3 spells, but rotates the order every time one of the spells is used in the following order: Firage, Blizzaga, and Thundaga.

FINAL SMASH

Sora’s Final Smash, Trinity Limit, is also taken from Kingdom Hearts 2. I was planning on explaining how it would work, but it’s just starting to get rather difficult for me. So, instead of that, I would love to see either his Final or Anti Form from Kingdom Hearts 2. They pretty much explain themselves, but look those up, because I feel rather burned.

WHY THIS CHARACTER?

Well, like with King K. Rool, this is pretty much preaching to the choir. A do agree with Sora being voted on, but there is the fact that, if accepted, Nintendo’s going to be doing some extra work coming to an agreement with not only Square-Enix, but Disney as well, since the Kingdom Hearts franchise is owned by both. But hey, it doesn’t hurt having him in if they agreed.


So there goes #9, and we are closing in on #1! Let me know in the comments below about what you think, and as always, cast your vote before October 3rd.