Editing Hollow Bastion

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|caption      = [[File:KingdomHeartsSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Hollow Bastion in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.

'''Hollow Bastion''' ({{ja|ホロウバスティオン|Horou Basution}}, ''Hollow Bastion'') is the final [[downloadable content (SSBU)|downloadable]] stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', based on the location of the same name from the {{uv|Kingdom Hearts}} series. It is the home stage of {{SSBU|Sora}}, and is bundled with him as part of Challenger Pack 11. It was released on October 18th, 2021.

When time, stocks, or health are running low, the stage transforms into '''Dive to the Heart''' ({{ja|ダイブ・トゥ・ハート|Daibu tu Hāto}}, ''Dive to Heart''), which keeps the same layout, but features one of seven Stations of Awakening in the background, with cameos from different characters and objects:

*{{iw|khwiki|Terra}}'s station has Ventus, Aqua, and the {{iw|khwiki|Wayfinder}}s he and they possess. Its background depicts a checkered pattern with the series' famous heart and crown designs along with the {{iw|khwiki|Unversed}} emblem, and its ring border alternates between a Wayfinder and Terra's own emblem.

*{{iw|khwiki|Aqua}}'s station has Terra, Ventus, {{iw|khwiki|Vanitas}}, and {{iw|khwiki|Xehanort}}. Its background depicts a checkered pattern with the series' famous heart and crown designs along with the Unversed emblem, and its ring border features a Wayfinder.

[[File:Hollow Bastion Art.png|thumb|x300px|Official artwork for Hollow Bastion in ''Kingdom Hearts''.]]

[[File:Dive to the Heart Art.png|thumb|x250px|Official artwork for Dive to the Heart in ''Kingdom Hearts''.]]

{{iw|khwiki|Hollow Bastion}} is an important world in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series, appearing in multiple cutscenes and repeatedly being alluded to leading up to its appearance as the penultimate world of the first game, and making numerous appearances as both a playable and non-playable world in the future games in the series. Though the original release of ''Kingdom Hearts'' first showed the world as the headquarters of {{iw|khwiki|Hades}}, {{iw|khwiki|Jafar}}, {{iw|khwiki|Ursula}}, {{iw|khwiki|Captain Hook}}, {{iw|khwiki|Oogie Boogie}}, and {{iw|khwiki|Maleficent}} after Sora meets with {{iw|khwiki|Donald Duck}} and {{iw|khwiki|Goofy}} in {{iw|khwiki|Traverse Town}}, the Final Mix version of the game adds an additional cutscene that plays after Sora fights {{iw|khwiki|Squall Leonhart}} earlier in that same world, where it's revealed that {{iw|khwiki|Riku}} ended up in Hollow Bastion after the {{iw|khwiki|Heartless}} attack on {{iw|khwiki|Destiny Islands}}. Later cutscenes reveal that Maleficent and the other villains are watching Sora's progress through the worlds, and kidnapping the {{iw|khwiki|Princesses of Heart}}, including {{iw|khwiki|Kairi}}, to open the {{iw|khwiki|Door to Darkness}}. After Sora, Donald, and Goofy visit {{iw|khwiki|Neverland}}, where they learn that Riku and the villains have obtained Kairi, they travel further to Hollow Bastion, where Riku reveals himself to be the true Keyblade wielder instead of Sora. As a result, Sora loses the Keyblade to Riku, and Donald and Goofy subsequently leave him to join Riku due to their mission from {{iw|khwiki|Mickey Mouse}} being to stay with the wielder of the Keyblade. With help from [[khwiki:Prince|Beast]], Sora travels through the giant castle with only a wooden sword to make his way to Riku, where he regains Goofy, Donald, and the Keyblade after a heartfelt speech. They travel further into the castle, and Riku reveals to Sora that Kairi's heart is residing within him. After the two have an intense battle, Sora, realizing he is unable to lock Hollow Bastion's keyhole without all seven Princesses of Heart, stabs himself with the Keyblade of heart to free Kairi's heart. This causes Sora to fall to darkness, and Kairi, Donald, and Goofy leave him for gone, until they realize that he was turned into a {{iw|khwiki|Shadow}} Heartless, and Kairi is able to return him to normal by a flash of light. The four escape Hollow Bastion, and return to Traverse Town to request a Gummi Ship upgrade from {{iw|khwiki|Cid}}, which allows them to swiftly return to Hollow Bastion to seal the keyhole, and prevent Ansem from destroying the castle with a {{iw|khwiki|Behemoth}}.

Hollow Bastion returns as a location in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', with the efforts of Leon, {{iw|khwiki|Yuffie}}, [[Aerith]], Cid, and {{iw|khwiki|Merlin}} (forming the {{iw|khwiki|Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee}}) helping return the town to how it was prior to the events of the previous games. In contrast to its late game appearance in the original ''Kingdom Hearts'', it is the second world visited in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', accessible after Sora meets with {{iw|khwiki|Yen Sid}} at {{iw|khwiki|The Mysterious Tower}} (itself an extension of {{iw|khwiki|Twilight Town}}). The world serves as a hubworld of sorts, with the player frequently needing to make return trips to it for various purposes, and also houses two separate worlds in itself, being {{iw|khwiki|Space Paranoids}} (accessible via Hollow Bastion's computer system) and {{iw|khwiki|100 Acre Wood}} (accessible via an [[khwiki:Old Book|old book]] in Merlin's house)—like the first game, the player can find torn pages scattered across the worlds, and return to Hollow Bastion to put them in the book and continue the story. An additional area in ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'' is the {{iw|khwiki|Cavern of Remembrance}}, which contains [[khwiki:Organization XIII's Replica Data|replica data of the members of Organization XIII]] that Sora can fight in the {{iw|khwiki|Garden of Assemblage}}, located at the end of the cavern. Hollow Bastion also serves as an important plot device, with undoubtedly the most important event being Mickey finally reuniting with Sora, Donald, and Goofy. With his help, they are able to access the DTD dataspace within Space Paranoids, which, while initially scrambled, is fully restored after the trio assist {{iw|khwiki|Tron}} in defeating the {{iw|khwiki|Master Control Program}}, giving Tron full access to the main computers of Hollow Bastion; in the system's archives, he finds information on how the town looked when it was first built, which causes everyone to remember the town's original name of {{iw|khwiki|Radiant Garden}}. Radiant Garden's history is explored in ''Birth by Sleep'', where it is fully seen in its original state as a city of light, and explored by {{iw|khwiki|Terra}}, {{iw|khwiki|Ventus}}, and {{iw|khwiki|Aqua}}. Hollow Bastion is also where Sora, Donald, and Goofy join the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee, [[khwiki:Yuna, Rikku, and Paine|the Gullwings]], [[Cloud]], [[Tifa]], and {{iw|khwiki|Stitch}} in [[khwiki:Battle of the 1000 Heartless|fighting off an immense wave of Heartless]].

 

 

{{iw|khwiki|Dive to the Heart}} serves as the starting location in the original ''Kingdom Hearts'', and has become a recurring location used frequently for tutorials. In the numbered ''Kingdom Hearts'' titles, the player learns basic combat and game controls here. Each character has their own station adorned with symbols and important individuals, and often appear as a dreamlike realm. Battles atop the station can occur whenever an individual enters another heart, such as {{iw|khwiki|Roxas}} briefly attempting to overpower Sora while the former was merged with the latter.

Due to the stage lacking stage hazards and possessing a layout similar to the hazards-off version of the already legal [[Smashville]] (albeit slightly larger main platform) and having the same blast zone distance as [[Final Destination (SSBU)|Final Destination]], Hollow Bastion is often considered as a counterpick in many tourneys, and a starter in some.

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