Hollow Bastion
Kingdom Hearts Hollow Bastion | |
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Hollow Bastion in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. | |
Universe | Kingdom Hearts |
Appears in | Ultimate |
Availability | Downloadable |
Crate type | Normal |
Maximum players | 8 |
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.
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.
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Names in other languages
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Trivia
- Many Dive to the Heart station designs have been changed from their original appearances for Ultimate. This is likely due to Disney's infamous 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.[1]
- 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 Keyblade retains symbols.
References
Kingdom Hearts universe | |
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Fighter | Sora (SSBU) |
Stage | Hollow Bastion |
Spirits | Spirits |
Music | Ultimate |
Related universe | Final Fantasy |