they fucking revealed Doom Slayer (my most wanted) as a mii costume before they showed off Sora, another anime swordfighter with a down b counter

not to mention he plays like shit

back to the Nick All Star Brawl bottle

My experience with Kingdom Hearts is limited but I can't deny this inclusion was a huge deal. I have a friend who has been wanting this character in Smash for years and just hearing him freak out over this was priceless.

Sora's playstyle is pretty simple and only really takes inspiration from the first game, but I can't fault this too much as I'm sure just getting Sora in the game already had its share of difficulty. Similarly, his stage and music only takes from the first game, but the choices made were good enough to where it doesn't bother me all that much.

Inclusion: Seeing Sora finally enter the game made me absolutely giddy. I was almost convinced that it was impossible by the usual excuses, so it was satisfying to see that he was not only in the game, but was THE most requested character in the whole game. Kingdom Hearts is very close to my heart, and seeing its representation filled me with so much immense joy.

Fighter: I must have some weird condition that makes me play annoying characters because of character loyalty because Sora's now one of my mains. I think that some things people say are a bit exaggerated, but I can't deny that he has a pretty frustrating playstyle. I do think that his focus on aerial movement is actually pretty fun to navigate with, I don't really get the same feeling as people who say he controls really badly.

Stage: Hollow Bastion is great, there's so much attention to detail around everything surrounding the location. The transformation into Dive to the Heart is also breathtaking, I love all of the art of the characters that shows up during this transformation too. I love how it's also a stage that's perfectly legal, much like Sephiroth's. Easily makes it one of my most played stages.

Music: The music here is really great, Shimomura's work on the series is spectacular, but it does run into a problem I have with Sora's representation in general. It leans a bit too much on KH1 for his moveset and music, when some elements from other games, hell even just 2, would've been appreciated. A few more remixes would've helped too.

Incredibly happy to see him in the game and a great way to send off a game that defined an era of my life. (Also please fix the cover here so it's consistent with all of the other DLC fighters)

My first impression day 1 was "wtf is this hot mess". I admit he kind of grew on me a bit as I continue to play with him. That being said, I still do firmly believe that he doesn't only has a lot of design flaws but he also embodies all of the issues I have with ultimate and modern smash bros as a whole. The restricting movement options, the unnecesary down b counter when you force the rest of his potential moves into his taunt, the auto-aimed movement attack, the auto-combos that barely leaves room for expression, the fact that he'll probably be optimal if played spammy and like a puss*.

Anyways. He still is fun casually and not the worst of the DLCs. Certainly not on banjo, min min or hero level. His stage looks pretty nice and the music certainly doesn't disappoint as expected. The fact that no disney thing appears is very funny, considering that 98% of his franchise is disney stuff, but that was to be expected and I bet most people are actually okay with that.