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Okay, so this is super interesting. On one hand, this extremely lessens the possibility of 3rd party characters joining the roster. Nintendo has people on the clock working on their Twitter feed so we can easily bug them to include Sora into the roster and we'd more likely get their attention doing it.
There's not really a point anymore. The selection from NIntendo is already done. Also if you check the reply to that tweet Sakurai made sure to address the North American audience only to not pester him with requests now that the planning is finished.
Please do not do this. It is incredibly disrespectful and will not accomplish anything. Just wait it out like all the other groups.
The last time I was convinced to wait on supporting Sora in Smash bros. because characters were already decided, I got smacked with a scenario where I am being told that no amount of support would matter since DLC characters have been decided. Now, normally I'd argue that there's no guarantee that we're not getting season 2 of DLC but:
I specifically mentioned Nintendo due to the fact that they were the ones choosing but, yikes. If it's that bad then it really is pointless, isn't it?
That is a perfect way of putting it. It’s a win-win for both parties involved (or three, in this case). Who would have ever guessed that Snake would be in Smash? “He’s from an M-rated game series and they are more PlayStation than Nintendo!” Well, he made it. Cloud for Smash? “No way! Cloud represents Final Fantasy’s break away from Nintendo!” What do you know? He’s in Super Smash Bros.
What makes you think so? Personally I'm staying pessimistic from now until KH3 or until we get our Square rep revealed
Just because he seems like the Square rep who'd generate the most hype. I'm staying cautiously optimistic as well.
No no. Sakurai wasn’t saying that they were chosen not too long ago. It’s most likely that the negotiations had just finished and they finally began work on them. Also, there’s 5 characters all coming at different times, lasting up until February 2020, so it’s possible some characters may be further along than others.
The way I see it, it’s not including the character to promote the game. Rather, it’s including the character so that the game promotes the character.
TheCJBrine
said this in the banjo thread and I don’t think this will be a problem 
Well that's true to an extent but he's still got it backward. Yes, Disney expressed an interest in the matter and they do like to consult Square but at the end of the day, Disney is the one who holds all the chips here. No one ever thought Square was the issue.Hey guys
“Disney themselves asks Square Enix if they can use Sora out of respect.
From what I remember people saying, Disney also wouldn't mind Sora being in Smash, but it's up to Square.”
BOOM.
Well, for starters, stages aren’t a problem. There are many original and iconic locations in Kingdom Hearts like Traverse Town and The World that Never Was, so you wouldn’t have to use a Disney location.
Thank you for your honesty. I do understand that Sora does have deep ties to Disney, however Sora can be very much his own even with limited Disney inclusion.
Well, most of your questions have apparently been answered, but I want to know something myself. A lot of people I've argued with tend to bring up the whole "He's just another anime sword fighter" argument quite a lot and I'd like to know why. After all, it's not like he doesn't have gameplay to pull from, he's not a turn-based RPG kind of character, and just from seeing his gameplay alone, you could tell how much differently he would play from any other sword fighter in the current roster.
Nah I wasn't saying that Sora shouldn't be in the game because he's an anime swordsman. What I meant was does Sora have a chance given his similarities to Cloud because Sakurai has stated in the past that a lot of characters are chosen based on uniqueness, but it appears I have already received my answers on that (thanks guys!). I don't really like the anime swordsman argument myself.
I am with you on that myself, BeastHimself. I think Sora might have a chance now. If not, then we can say... He almost made it?
Think about what Sora's name means, it's "Sky" in japanese. That alone and seeing how he fights makes him a specialist in the air.
- Would take longer to fill than Little Mac's K.O. meter.
Disney should, for all intents and purposes, get the money. Afterall, SE doesn't own his character, so there's no reason for them to receive any of it.
