Whenever one puts together a list of most-wanted DLC characters for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Sora from Kingdom Hearts is likely to make an appearance. The Kingdom Hearts franchise's impressive legacy and the fact that many games in the series have appeared on Nintendo consoles makes Sora an obvious choice for a DLC character, but it's never come to pass. However, it turns out that Sora's absence from Super Smash Bros. isn't due to a lack of trying on Nintendo's part.

This revelation comes courtesy of former Game Informer editor Imran Khan, speaking on the Kinda Funny Gamescast. Apparently, Nintendo has approached Disney about adding Sora to the Super Smash Bros. roster (not necessarily for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate specifically), but Disney Japan is preventing it from happening for whatever reason. Additional details on the situation are unavailable at the time of this writing.

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For Super Smash Bros. fans hoping to see Sora in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, this is disappointing news for sure. Assuming Khan's information is accurate, it means that Sora can be ruled out as a possibility for the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass Vol. 2, which plans on adding six more characters to the game between now and the end of 2021.

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To date, none of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass Vol. 2 characters have been confirmed. However, we do know that they have been finalized by Nintendo, so fan demand won't be able to will any other new fighters in existence.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass 1 consisted of a variety of characters, many of which were third-party. It included Joker from Persona 5, Terry Bogard of SNK fame, and even the Microsoft-owned characters Banjo and Kazooie as a duo. The final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass 1 DLC character was revealed to be Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, who was met with a mixed reaction from the community.

Considering the backlash to Byleth being the final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter, it seems unlikely that any Fire Emblem characters will be included in Fighters Pass Vol. 2. However, fans will just have to stay tuned to learn more.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.

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Source: Kinda Funny Gamescast (via Nintendo Everything)