Kingdom Heart's Sora joins the Super Smash Bros Ultimate Ensemble

Who is Sora?

In what will go down as the final character reveal, not only for Super Smash Bros Ultimate but also for, series director Masahiro Sakurai showcased Sora, from the Kingdom Heart's series. For those unfamiliar, Kingdom Heart's is a beloved series of somewhat convoluted story games developed by Square Enix, of Final Fantasy fame, set in a weird amalgamation of Disney and Square Enix properties. Sora is, more or less, the central protagonist of the franchise, though not always the playable character.

As noted by Sakurai, early in Ultimate's release, a poll was made to ask fans which character they wanted in the game. Sora was among the top of the rankings. As it would happen, Sakurai and Square Enix would work on Sora since, which means that this final character has been, more or less, in development since 2018.

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How Does Sora Play?

Of course, things will be far more evident once the character gets in the hands of pro players to discover all his utility. But, from Sakurai's presentation is clear that Sora will be a tough to KO character thanks to his multitude of recoveries. Sora's domain will generally be the air game, with multiple attacks that track or launch him into the air. We also know he is lighter than Isabelle. Sora has three unique attacks, called Magic, that rotate from Firaga, Thundara, and Blizzanga; in that order. Thanks to High-level player ESAM, we have some, albeit not final, information on the frame data of Sora's moves.

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ESAM's Frame data for Sora.

Attack	Description	Frames
Neutral Ground Attacks
Neutral Attack	Quick 3-hit combo	6
Forward Tilt	Low trusting attack	13
Up Tilt	Sweeping uppercut	8
Down Tilt	Low Poke	9
Smash Ground Attacks
Forward Smash	Forward Launch	16
Up Smash	It launches opponents if they are grounded and meteors them if they are airborne	16
Down Smash	Shockwave that knocks opponents away	24
Dash Attack	Dashes forward and hits with his Keyblade	7
Neutral Air Attacks
Neutral Air	Similar to his ground neutral	9
Forward Air	Swings his Keyblade forward	10
Back Air	Power full swing to hit behind him	13
Up Air	Aerial sweep that will give Sora more air time	10
Down Air	Sends Sora downwards quickly while swinging his blade, he can influence his movement while doing so	13-15
Grabs & Specials
Grab	Grabs opponent, up, down, forward, and backward throws can be performed after	7
Dash Grab	Similar to Grab	10
Firaga (B)	Sends a horizontal fireball, can be tapped multiple times to send off multiple fireballs	16-19
Thundara (B)	Sends a rising column of lighting that can hit multiple times	???
Blizzanga (B)	Sends a horizontal Freezing cone, if tapped will increase the size but won't freeze opponents	15
Side B	Sonic Blade, allows Sora to travel in the direction of the stick up to three times, dealing damage each time. It will also auto target enemies	20
Down B	Counter Attack, allows sora to counter any attack, projectiles will pass through him	7
Up B	Aerial Sweep, which sends sora upwards while spinning, dealing damage, can be immediately converted to Side B at its peak.	10

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When Does Sora Release?

On October 18th, as part of the challenger pack 11, Meaning owners of the Fighter Pass Vol. 2 will receive it as part of their purchase. Besides that, players can purchase Sora individually for $5.99.