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\nThe addition of Kingdom Hearts’ Sora to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the game’s final DLC character was a complicated process, creator Masahiro Sakurai has revealed. <\/p>\n

Writing in his latest Famitsu column, Sakurai initially thought the rights issues to include Sora in Smash would be too insurmountable to sort out (thanks, PushDustIn<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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The addition of Kingdom Hearts’ Sora to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the game’s final DLC character was a complicated process, creator Masahiro Sakurai has revealed. Writing in his latest Famitsu column, Sakurai initially thought the rights issues to include Sora in Smash would be too insurmountable to sort out (thanks, PushDustIn). Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":387612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"\nSmash Bros. Ultimate's Sora DLC was tough to make happen | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The addition of Kingdom Hearts' Sora to Super Smash Bros. 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