PushDustIn then hands off the translation to KodyNOKOLO, who continues and says that Sora’s Ultimate development was supervised by both Disney and Square Enix, which meant there were “a lot of high hurdles to his inclusion and many guidelines to follow.” However, once Sora was given the green light, Sakurai decided to add the sixth spot to Fighter Pass 2. Sakurai said in the column that Fighter Pass 2 was originally going to have just five fighters, just like the first fighter pass. After long and careful discussions with Square, Nintendo, and Disney, the ok was finally given.” “The higher-ups could feel differently and talks could fall apart. “But that meeting alone wouldn’t be able to get Sora into Smash Bros.,” PushDustIn said on Twitter. Sora’s inclusion seemingly started with this chance encounter, which is reminiscent of the literal elevator pitch that led to the creation of Kingdom Hearts (reportedly, a Square Enix executive and a Disney executive were in an elevator together, and the pitch happened during that ride). They said it would be great if Sora could get in.” At a certain award venue, Sakurai had the chance to meet with a Disney representative. “There’s no doubt that the team involved with negotiations for Smash Bros also thought it was impossible as well. “Even though he was highly requested, Sakurai thought it’d be highly unlikely to get Sora into Smash,” PushDustIn says in a Twitter thread detailing the translated column.

Please make sure to follow both of us for the full details! /GyBRbKOvUf is joining me with this translation and will be posting the second half. Sakurai discusses Sora’s inclusion in Smash Ultimate. This is the summary of Sakurai's Column 639, “The Final One”.

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