Hollow Bastion

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Kingdom Hearts Hollow Bastion
{{{content1}}} {{{content2}}} Hollow Bastion in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Universe	Kingdom Hearts
Appears in	Ultimate
Availability	Downloadable
Crate type	Normal
Maximum players	8
Music Bolded tracks must be unlocked Ultimate Kingdom Hearts series music
Article on Kingdom Hearts Wiki	Hollow Bastion

Hollow Bastion (ホロウバスティオン, Hollow Bastion) is a downloadable stage in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, based on the location of the same name from the Kingdom Hearts series. It is the home stage of Sora, and is bundled with him as part of Challenger Pack 11.

Stage overview

The stage is primarily a floating, traveling platform, with one extra platform on top, that soars in the skies around the outside of the Hollow Bastion castle.

When time, stocks, or health are running low, the stage transforms into Dive to the Heart (ダイブ・トゥ・ハート, Dive to Heart), which keeps the same layout, but features multiple intricate designs in the background, based on the platforms themselves. One of seven artistic designs, based on the platforms in Dive to the Heart, will appear in the background, with cameos from different characters and objects:

• Sora's design has Riku, Kairi, a Paopu Fruit, and a raft.
• Riku's design has Sora, Naminé, and Ansem, Seeker of Darkness.
• Roxas's design has Axel, Xion, and Riku, as he appears in 358/2 Days.
• Xion's design has Axel, Saïx, Xemnas, and Sora.
• Terra's design has Ventus, Aqua, and the Wayfinders they each possess.
• Ventus's design exclusively has Wayfinders, uniquely lacking any other characters.
• Aqua's design has Terra, Ventus, Vanitas, and Xehanort.

Ω form and Battlefield form

The main platform of the Ω form and Battlefield form is identical to how it appears in the normal form but resized and reshaped to match Final Destination and Battlefield, respectively. The three soft platforms of the Battlefield form also resembles the floating soft platform of the normal form.

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  Ω form

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  Battlefield form

Origin

Hollow Bastion serves as the penultimate world in the original Kingdom Hearts, traveled to after visiting Neverland. After a brief encounter with Riku, Sora loses the Keyblade, Donald, and Goofy, due to their mission being to stay with the wielder of the Keyblade. With help from Beast, Sora travels through the giant castle to make his way to Riku, and ultimately fights him after the Keyblade returns back to Sora after a heartfelt speech.

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.

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	ホロウバスティオン, Hollow Bastion
English	Hollow Bastion
French	Forteresse oubliée
German	Hollow Bastion
Spanish	Bastión Hueco
Italian	La Fortezza Oscura
Chinese (Simplified)	虚空城
Chinese (Traditional)	虛空城
Korean	할로우 바스티온, Hollow Bastion
Dutch	Vergeten Kasteel
Russian	Полый бастион

Trivia

• Many Dive to the Heart station designs have been changed from their original appearances for Ultimate. This is likely due to Disney's notorious stance on copyright, as all the changes remove explicit references to other Disney properties. All of these changes are also seen in the 15th anniversary versions of the stations used in merchandise.
  • Sora's is missing images of Donald Duck and Goofy. They have been replaced with icons of a raft and paopu fruit from the "Sora's Mind" station from Birth by Sleep.
  • Riku's is missing the image of King Mickey. He has instead been replaced with art of Sora originating from the cover of Re:Chain of Memories.
  • Terra's has had Mickey symbols on the outer ring border replaced with alternating Terra and Wayfinder symbols.
  • Aqua's has had Mickey symbols in the central checkerboard background replaced with more Unversed symbols.
    • This is in spite of the fact Sora’s Kingdom Key's Keychain retains this symbol.
• Hollow Bastion is the only stage to outright transform into another as part of the stage itself (unlike other transforming stages like Castle Siege and Reset Bomb Forest, which are still considered to be the same stage).
  • Additionally, said condition is time running low, being on one stock, or having low stamina, meaning this stage is also the only one to do something besides changing music when this occurs.