SORA IN SMASH!!! | Full Presentation Reaction!

[@tomo627]

Never thought that Sora would be the last character to end all DLCs. The music is a perfect choice for his entrance as the last character in the trailer.

[@ashtoncooper5478]

I love the music

[@cephery8482]

For real, dearly beloved is the perfect song to end it all on, regardless of who the character was.

[@cryguy0000]

@@cephery8482 That's not the song that played...

[@purcinnamon7404]

@@cryguy0000 xD

[@5278ryan]

That song is called hikari it’s is the instrumental of simple and clean which is the deaf to main theme of the entire series. Dearly beloved is the main title screen but hikari is iconic

[@josephremonte962]

Kingdom hearts as a game was originally developed in the hopes of combating the popularity of Mario 64 or smt right? Crazy and ironic to see Sora and Mario shaking hands at the end there. Kind of a way of saying we’ve both done great and deserve to be here🤝✨

[@SSJUnderDog]

Smt? Smt isn’t not that popular

[@cryguy0000]

I can't tell if this is a joke or not?

[@sheridan5175]

@@SSJUnderDog I think it means something

[@FullSpiritTv]

@@cryguy0000 Idk about the SMT part but the mario 64 part is true, square and disney wanted to compete with mario 64 and square wanted to make a mickey game and disney wanted them to make a donald game.

[@jmoz9347]

@@FullSpiritTv smt and smth is “something” for short

[@KingKP96]

That final trailer actually put tears in my eyes. It's wild to think that this game is over.

[@punkapunk9917]

This is only the beginning

[@kurumauchiha153]

@@punkapunk9917 how

[@hanino6453]

Same man

[@muffledpotat0245]

Same, not even a kingdom hearts fan, but i still almost cried

[@Thorozak]

The game lives on, the memories stay with us, but the man behind the game has signed off. He shall be missed

[@StormierNik]

The Final character for the Ultimate Smash game ends up being the character designed specifically for a crossover. Now featured in the most popular crossover fighting game. It's poetic actually.

[@Endershock1678]

I'm just happy that Sephiroth and Cloud final smashed each other. EDIT: Nah, I think my phrasing is flawless with no issues or innuendo to be found.

[@SeithrEsm]

w-what? :o

[@chriscrawford6073]

ayo

[@skuptex3221]

sus

[@justsomeguywithaquestionab3175]

hol up

[@sconscers1234]

u need to word it out better buddy

[@thecakesnake]

I love how the only sliver of actual Disney is the Mickey head on the sword lmao not even the symbol on the win screen looool

[@eanderson9599]

That one Mickey symbol probably costed nintendo more than Sora himself

[@AntHony-og4uq]

Good I was low key mad he was it cuz the Disney relation

[@eanderson9599]

@@AntHony-og4uq low ”key”

[@KantiDono]

@@eanderson9599 _Heavy Weapons guy voice_ "It costs four hundred thousand dollars to put this symbol in a video... for three seconds."

[@palmerhugh6866]

And the mention of Maleficent in the stage reveal.

[@CatBarron]

That simple and clean rendition gets me every time man. Such an emotional song.

[@andri7037]

Never played Kingdom Hearts but that was such an amazing ending to an amazing game… The emotional music, an wholesome character, that was so good

[@everyonesidol9731]

The music seemed like perfect finale

[@ondusidaja]

Music is from KH

[@dayggo1302]

You should play it

[@superstinkybeans]

Mario lowkey performed fire raid AND opened a keyhole the first time he touched a keyblade

[@darylsdog9521]

Mario’s plot armor is nuts

[@TheVirginMeri]

If he had a KH2 moveset he'd be so busted

[@Endershock1678]

If he could charge meter and change forms, he would be top tier.

[@its_truema_6754]

@@Endershock1678 but nooooo he's going to look like a mid tier with is 3 hit combo

[@wigglytuffgaming]

@@its_truema_6754 he bottom 10 ez

[@cryguy0000]

I mean yeah but like his current moveset feels lacking. Like ANOTHER counter down B? Really?

[@TheVirginMeri]

@@cryguy0000 Oh no I agree, I want the busted KH2/3 moveset.

[@shamis2085]

4:27 "It's going to be a kingdom key that when Sora shots up in the air" Almost correct, but god damn so good of a prediction.

[@DeVruu]

Nairo looling kinda happy. You love to see it

[@dee6561]

Nairo always has the reads. Seph usage, Magic Use, Hollow Bastion, etc.

[@jackfearow]

Lowkey when they were figurines, I thought it was Tabuu. But, it was inevitable of Sora being the last fighter. Last direct was a big giveaway

[@crjonch8044]

Those trophies got my hope up SO MUCH

[@Conellu]

They really had me thinking it would be Primid 🥲

[@acidfruitloops]

How so?

[@Jackpauler4lyfe]

I thought the trophies coulda been for waluigi being promoted from a trophy to a fighter and I was hella scared for a bit

[@fishermanjoe1738]

@@Jackpauler4lyfe didn’t think about that one lol

[@judex24]

Mario shaking Sora's hand was what made me cry and say wow this is the end of an era crazy.

[@dabromba867]

Bro it's crazy to think that we have a game where Sora and Sephiroth can fight each other, so wild ✨

[@almilall]

can fight each other again*

[@bynosaurus4024]

isn't seph in KH already?

[@melreinh5265]

IMO they probably made Kazuha and said "yeah let's make Sora's combo not go 0-80%" Though in converse, they made him a better off-stage chaser. presumably.

[@Kevin-yp7yk]

Probably not gonna be crazy good I'm gonna say mid high tier. Just looks like slower pikachu

[@TreebeardXIV]

@@Kevin-yp7yk Doesn’t look like Pikachu at all, he has a recovery move that you can angle and you’re gonna call him a slower Pika? Might as well call Greninja a Pikachu too.

[@Kevin-yp7yk]

@@TreebeardXIV what I meant was he's gonna do what pikachu does but worse Worse edge guarding Worse recovery No real oos option No ledge trapping Etc

[@Kevin-yp7yk]

@@TreebeardXIV greninja doesn't really edge guard so that's why they're different They have different game plans. Besides, most of Sora's moves will fish for the same options pika would. Except worse

[@danielhikari5128]

@@Kevin-yp7yk Probably I'd just wait till he's out to see what people can do with him since Sakurai isn't a pro or anything and they might make some last minute changes.

[@Shantaq]

The combo he used on banjo was nair nair up b. Nair hits more up than forward. The nair animations go frontflip slash, upward slash to another frontflip slash. Fair is Downward slash with spread legs to upward slash then a frontflip slash with a slight change on the startup animation on the last hit to where it looks like he's twisting his body around sideways before the frontflip.

[@cristobalgonzalez324]

It was insane the fact the freaking leaks were true, even after reading that I couldn't help but smile and tear up, because he was revealed on a time I was struggling like hell with emotional stuff, he was...the light I needed. What a good memory.

[@XxILikePie03]

Azura from FE 14 (Fates) is Aqua in Japanese, that's why they have to differentiate her and Aqua (KH BBS, etc.)

[@gothmint1357]

Sora is light with a floaty jump. Yep it's mewtwo/Ness with a key sword.

[@victorhaydes9065]

Ness isn't light

[@TreebeardXIV]

@@victorhaydes9065 They were referencing the floaty jump.

[@victorhaydes9065]

@@TreebeardXIV Ah

[@SuperPrestogamer]

Mixed with links up B

[@ellieporter3270]

Yooo didn’t know you were active again dude! Good to see you back, been a fan since the Smash 4 days.

[@onlysmiles4949]

This was the single best sendoff the game could ever have

[@wiltstay000]

“Kingdom hearts is a square enix/ Disney game” and that was the last time Disney was mentioned

[@mr.person1219]

Kind of like how Sora emphasizes fun over being a broken DLC. Like you get him, he will be a fun character to play, bad or good.

[@donellebullock7404]

Thing is, He was as good as Cloud in 3DS/Wu if you knew how to use his attacks. it was more about the combos with Sora rather than heavy attacks.

[@chibilink73]

Too bad he a glue eater

[@LucasDanielCab5]

i love how Nairo guessed this one so accurately 💀💀

[@carlospolk5033]

Hearing the music in his reveal trailer kinda reminds me of Etika. But he’s at peace, hyping it up in heaven, breaking all the shelves lol Thank you for everything Sakurai. Hopefully now you can take a good rest!

[@derrickedwards9191]

Sorry to tell u dis But he’s not in heaven…… but hey I know he’s lookin up at us right now 🙏

[@ultimate8948]

@@derrickedwards9191 And why is that?

[@derrickedwards9191]

@@ultimate8948 I’m guessing since he believes there’s a heaven he believes in the Bible and in the Bible it says anyone who commits suicide they will go to hell basically

[@nathanl8769]

@@derrickedwards9191 How to be a shitty person AND wrong at the same time. Good shit dude

[@ultimate8948]

@@derrickedwards9191 when I asked "why is that?" I was referring to you...... Even if you think it's true and the bible you read say it. Don't say shit like that especially if the other person is mourning.

[@CalebHoss37804]

This journey has been amazing. I have to say, the 3 Square character reveals are probably the best. Cloud during Smash 4, Sephiroth, and Sora now. Sephiroth was more unexpected, Sora's more surprising. But all 3 were amazing reveals. Now that the Smash character DLC is done... Nintendo... give us skins. You'd make SO much money.

[@ninjajay26]

4 😃

[@CalebHoss37804]

@@ninjajay26 You're right. Mario from Super Mario RPG makes 4 Square characters.

[@ninjajay26]

@@CalebHoss37804 Hero

[@Arzene22]

Nairo still got that irl reads lmao

[@its_truema_6754]

And the last Iron Man BEGIN

[@taurajpn4733]

6:08 get your ass down here and lose lmfao

[@bionicallyacomputer292]

LMFAOOOOOOOOO

[@joeydeejay5386]

All the feels in this reveal trailer. 😭💜😭💜😭💜😭💜

[@rock21611]

I’d actually say that his down air might be good for controlling his position. His jump is so high, and he falls so slowly that having a move that carries him down quickly might be important, especially since his recovery is so ridiculous.

[@Alex-rr5kb]

Maybe, but his fast fall is also ridiculous. Have you seen the clip? He has, like, Fox fast fall. It's ludicrous.

[@rock21611]

@@Alex-rr5kb So, I'll be real with you, I'm not that well versed in the more technical side of the game, but I'm not surprised that his fast fall is good considering how strong his air game is designed to be.

[@Alex-rr5kb]

@@rock21611 That's understandable. But if you move to the clip where Sakurai does a nair on Bowser, fast falls, and then jabs? Yeah, it's nuts how fast he's actually dropping.

[@Isaha8]

Damn they really did it

[@TriforceZard]

What a ride it has been

[@jude_210]

6:10 I hate how accurate that ended up being

[@killerbeanfan64]

Dude Forreal 😂

[@atari_hmb]

This aged like Milk haha- Sora is busted.

[@nathantaylor9292]

Nairo actually guessed so many of the things in the presentation before seeing it with crazy accuracy 1.The kingdom key and keyhole 2. Thé stage being Hollow Bastion 3. Having magic and the 3 main spells

[@asiandude918]

I was a junior in highschool when this game came out. It's been a long ride and I am now a junior in college.

[@spencerboyd8870]

For all the people who were watching the stream “psychosis zucchini” 💀

[@da_nanu329]

Monkey kingdom

[@tobyjones7682]

Gorilla Kingdom hearts

[@gullible3842]

Salute to Mister Iwata, the greatest man in all of gaming history

[@EchoCedric561]

Just in case you missed it, the Blurred zoom in is ONLY for stamina battles. Its the sole reason Sakurai did stamina battle

[@ThirtyfourEC]

"Never thought I'd see the day."

[@Davi_L]

Forget rage awakened they didn’t even include the song they introduced Sora with lol (it’s simple and clean)

[@almilall]

whats the music in the trailer?

[@stephanbarger3816]

@@almilall It’s called Hikari (Orchestral Version)

[@deadpoolinthehouse]

Probably because it's owned by the composer.

[@iswiftyfox8997]

Im telling yall, square enix characters always have the most fun movesets.

[@carlosroque1816]

Duck hunt is donald and goofy

[@justsomeguywithaquestionab3175]

genius

[@gullible3842]

And Pikachu is Mickey

[@alexnice2221]

People said Kazuya was going to be bad at the reveal. Now everyone wants him nerfed. Im sure Sora will be OP

[@falconmain8616]

They both cheeks

[@hank2815]

29:51 Sephiroth just THANOS SNAPPED Sora.

[@mariodude7424]

This was amazing

[@Luiz9566]

Sakurai you fucking did it

[@ElinSnatyrVODs]

I will say the counter causing the opponent to stagger will mean that moves that are fast enough to bypass the hitbox of most counters will stagger and get hit by the counter.

[@scarffoxandfriends9401]

But in return, you have to use the counter while facing the opponent. Little give/take.

[@ButterStick64]

6/11 DLC fighters have the Stall N’ Fall down-airs lol

[@christidwell180]

I was super happy to finally have sora. I was hoping they would do a shulk type menu for his magic skills though and make him play more like the 2nd game. hopefully he doesn't disappoint though.

[@Hollowshy]

Nintendo avoided Disney like the plague LOL

[@Rylopero]

Disney's expensive. If Nintendo doesn't want to pay to fix their online, what makes you think they'll pay more than they have to for Disney property rights?

[@eyyy2271]

@@Rylopero I don't think it's necessarily that. I think Disney wanted their characters in the game, but Sakurai's rule is video game characters only.

[@Rylopero]

@@eyyy2271 perhaps. But i also doubt Disney was as forthcoming with their properties. They're notoriously stingy with the use of their properties, whether this be through high asking prices or stringent requirements

[@bakon321]

Dude nairo showed big brains in this video

[@littlenoodlepie7096]

fr

[@Lightningstrike1220]

Or he's just whining about his hardcore competitive use when he's missing the point.

[@michaeljakeem5009]

I was so weak at Nairos expression when he expected a big mii fighter costume and Judd just pops out with that music. 🤣

[@blueheart9873]

I literally thought it would be Sora 3 days for the direct. I just knew they were gonna do it eventually

[@focusfernand0]

Also, I just noticed that Game and Watch is supposed to be a heartless when they get to the stage 26:05

[@King_GrimlockVR]

Smash players: can we have goofy and Donald? Sakurai: we already have those two in smash In smash: DuckHunt

[@brianagosto8411]

Who put these onions here?!?

[@Elegiast]

How come both Nairo and Alpharad be guessing the fighters I wanted? Tabuu and a Dark Souls rep. I like what we got, but god doesn’t need to rub it in like that!

[@wlt3585]

Coney said those as well 😆

[@eanderson9599]

I mean it’s the natural reaction. I’d say Sakurai did that on purpose

[@ElPsyKongroo]

Kingdom hearts basically is dark souls on critical difficulty

[@oureyesareglued]

What makes it worse is that square enix wouldn't allow their characters to be in trailers unless it was square enix related, meaning without the leaks, we would have known by sephiroth, cloud, and maybe hero being in it.

[@its_Dizzle]

"weres the big one?" THIS IS THE BIG ONE !

[@Nandezaron]

he said the most requested was Bayo in smash 4's final reveal

[@dasverynice]

most requested in europe if i remember correctly and 4th i think in america, overall #1 was Sora. Positive 2nd and 3rd was Goku and Shrek but they werent originally videogame characters so they couldnt be included

[@ringabel5256]

The trailer was so magical I couldn’t help but cry, thanks for everything over these 3 years Sakurai!

[@jenkins7721]

Cringe

[@BROXBasher]

Yooo, I never noticed. The horizon in Hollow Bastion looks so similar to the true ending scene of World Of Light.

[@jackbordar2727]

We'll have to wait and see how Sora plays. From what we know he could either be a low tier laggy kid or a combo beast that combos you from neutral unto under the stage and still easily recovers.

[@SkellyHertz]

A tournament legal stage? Awesome.

[@dimzar4748]

The Mickey logo on his sword probably cost 50 million dollars

[@burbusburbus8782]

Regardless of whether sora is fun or lame, good or bad, there was very few options to end smash ultimate with.

[@DvonAntonio]

Hearing Simple and Clean playing made me tear up. I was at work, and my students started to hug me because they thought I was sad. 😅 Beautifully done Sakurai.

[@icon-blaizegt-3979]

I never heard of sora before, but I did know he was a Disney character. Very shocking for me.

[@parkerking6410]

More of a Square Enix character. He’s the main character in a collaboration game between Square Enix and Disney. He visits various worlds throughout his games which are different Disney properties.

[@mobbuscappus]

@@parkerking6410 disney has full ownership over kingdom hearts characters, square enix just develops the games

[@yolo_turtle209]

5:00 Never seen kingdom hearts in my life so I didn't care too much about this one, but don't ever make an ember fall from the sky then pull out a sword from the center and not make it coiled. This got me hyped and broke my heart so fast back to back lol.

[@neoxsora918]

The up aerial, back aerial, up tilt, and down tilt were really popular with people watching this presentation. So people use them so much they forget how crucial and useful the jab and neutral aerial variations are.... and I feel like his magic should be stronger because they're level 3 spells from Kingdom Hearts. They should be stronger just like how level 3 spells are stronger in Kingdom Hearts.

[@ZaxFSO8083]

It was MIGHTY SUSPICIOUS that the only third party dlc characters were from Square Enix

[@6shallos9]

You have to redo the iron man challenge now

[@Testify087]

I can’t believe this is it. A lot has happened in the past 3 years

[@LittleNamMan]

Sora... Nairo's natural enemy. Let's hope you're luckier than the original Sephiroth that fought Sora (and by that I mean let's hope no top players pick up Sora as a main).

[@Radical_Sir]

I wonder if you can get Dearly Beloved with just the free demo data of KH:MoM instead of havin to purchased the full $60 game.

[@SpottedZebra]

You wanted some boss battle themes in your fighting game? Laughs in Blast Away - Gummi Ship! It's Persona all over again with that bullshit. Still grateful, but damn. Just damn.

[@vnusfmtv]

Tabbu is ode imagine 😭🤣 the final character… sora was the perfect choice god bless u sakurai

[@ccboy3960]

That side B came straight from Disney

[@Lariat._]

0:00 Yes it was, Nairo. Lmfaoooooooo

[@slagarcrue85]

Rip iowata you great President and loved your employees. To the point he took to pay cuts to avoid firing employees after the 3ds under sold for a while after its release. He took the second after the Wii U launch did so bad compared to the Wii.

[@canned3880]

Paid Disney for that micky mouse key chain

[@weirdo7319]

At first I thought "Eh, thats fine I guess" but know I think it's really cool and I'm really happy for people who really wanted Sora

[@nicostein9875]

I wouldn't be mad if their next game was all KH / FF characters. But that's just me.

[@dee6561]

Wow. The leak was right for once.

[@Adamski-]

5:11 This is how Nintendo reacted when they have to give away 80% of their company to disney to get Sora in smash but did it for us.

[@jrgdrawing4189]

From what I remember Enix owns Sora the character. But I’m sure Disney still got a pretty penny

[@obijuandy-liacco328]

@@jrgdrawing4189 Disney owns Sora and the franchise, but im thankful they weren't super stubborn

[@acidfruitloops]

@@obijuandy-liacco328 You must not be familiar with disney....or more specifically bob fucking chapek.

[@obijuandy-liacco328]

@@acidfruitloops no i meant in this situation, like im thankful they didnt stop sora coming to smash. i know they did give nintendo trouble for it but i appreciate that they still gave us sora

[@acidfruitloops]

@@obijuandy-liacco328 I'm still upset over the way they handled the laughable 50th anniversary of wdw, and generally the last number of years with chapek at the helm effectively killing any and all left over magic from Walt.

[@dangerroom1066]

"That forward air is trash!!!" Not realizing it's neutral air. Which was stated that the neutral attacks were not as strong. Lol.

[@E_MOtionaldamage]

Yep I'm gonna be listening to kingdom hearts songs the rest of the day

[@FullBitGamer]

No Disney? I mean, he got the mouse on the blade. licensing that "logo" is probably hard enough, fully expected to see the Mouse logo replaced with the smash logo on the end of the chain.

[@lildan419r2]

I'm sad it's the last one ..But I'm GLAD going out on a huge bang

[@evanlandry7153]

FINALLY... THE ROCK HAS COME BACK TO SUPER SMASH ULTIMATE

[@OrashiTV]

No 13th Struggle or Darkness of the Unknown. . .

[@Moonfischer]

Everything was pretty kept to kh1 and rage awakened is kh2 so unfortunately no tie in☹️

[@MarcosCompost]

Simple and clean

[@forastero54321]

Now doomslayer can hangout with his bbf Isabella.

[@Alejandro333777]

5:09 I thought it was Taboo too lol

[@taskmagician4289]

It’s been a wild ride

[@never_ending2220]

The reason why there are no Disney characters in smash isn’t because of legal issues but it’s because, as sakurai had stated before, they only wanted game characters in smash and goofy, Donald, micky and all the other Disney characters did not appear as video game characters. That’s why you only see the square enix characters from kingdom hearts.