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''''Leon'''' (real name, '''Squall''') is a character from all the Kingdom Hearts games. | ''''Leon'''' (real name, '''Squall''') is a character from all the Kingdom Hearts games. | ||
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Squall's physical appearance consists of longer medium-length brown hair and cold grey-blue eyes. Character designer Tetsuya Nomura has stated that actor River Phoenix was the influence for Squall; both share the same birthday and physical appearance. A small scar runs diagonally across the bridge of Squall's nose, which he receives at the beginning of FFVIII game in a training duel against his rival [[Seifer]]. But, as Seifer is younger in the game series, the Kingdom Hearts explaination is never settled. | |||
Squall's physical appearance consists of medium-length brown hair and cold grey eyes. Character designer Tetsuya Nomura has stated that actor River Phoenix was the influence for Squall; both share the same birthday and physical appearance. A small scar runs diagonally across the bridge of Squall's nose, which he receives at the beginning of | |||
==In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''== | ==In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''== | ||
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'Leon' (real name, Squall) is a character from all the Kingdom Hearts games.
Appearance
Squall's physical appearance consists of longer medium-length brown hair and cold grey-blue eyes. Character designer Tetsuya Nomura has stated that actor River Phoenix was the influence for Squall; both share the same birthday and physical appearance. A small scar runs diagonally across the bridge of Squall's nose, which he receives at the beginning of FFVIII game in a training duel against his rival Seifer. But, as Seifer is younger in the game series, the Kingdom Hearts explaination is never settled.
In Kingdom Hearts
Squall appears as a non-playable character in Kingdom Hearts, although he looks older and similar to Laguna Loire. He no longer wears his fur coat and wears a short leather jacket with red wings on the back, resembling the ones in Rinoa's back, but he still wears his Griever necklace. He assumes the name Leon because he was unable to protect those he cares about from the Heartless when the Radiant Garden was consumed in darkness. "Leon" is voiced by David Boreanaz in the English language version of the game and Hideo Ishikawa in the Japanese version.
There is also a Keyblade in the game, called "Lionheart." It has a keychain resembling Griever, a reference to Squall (received after defeating Leon and Cloud in the Hades Cup Tornament at the Colisuem). Leon also held the Earthshine Gem which contained Simba, he gave it to Sora. His role in Kingdom Hearts is to help guide Sora, on his battle with the Heartless, alongside various other Final Fantasy characters. While his appearance and age change (in Kingdom Hearts, he is 25, whereas in Final Fantasy VIII, he is 17), his personality remains the same. A memory-based version of Leon appears in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
In Kingdom Hearts II
He returns in Kingdom Hearts II and was voiced by Doug Erholtz for the English version . Here, Leon is seen to be slightly more cheerful than he is seen in the original Kingdom Hearts — which could depict his personality after Final Fantasy VIII. He actually fights alongside Sora in one of the fights near the beginning of the game. Sleeping Lion, a Keyblade in Kingdom Hearts II, is another reference to Squall. Leon seems to be the leader of the "Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee," which is composed of the returning Final Fantasy cameos from the first Kingdom Hearts and Merlin. He also, along with many other characters, including Tifa and Cloud, help Sora fight the Heartless on the Ravine Trail in the Hollow Bastion (later named, the Radiant Garden). Leon also plays the largest role for any Final Fantasy character in Kingdom Hearts II storywise, the only Final Fantasy character that has relations to King Mickey, and works very close to Sora and company. Leon is also the only Final Fantasy character in the game to come face to face with the Organization and fight the Nobodies. He seems to be a good friend to both Cloud Strife and Aerith Gainsborough.
Trivia
- In the japanese version, Leon was voiced by popular seiyuu Hideo Ishikawa, whose other involvements with SquareEnix were voicing Cait Sith of FF7 and Auron of FFX, who later appeared in KH2. In the English version of Kingdom Hearts, Leon was voiced by David Boreanaz, known for his role as Angel in the Buffy/Angel shows. In the English version of Kingdom Hearts 2, however, Leon was voiced by Doug Erholtz, who voiced TK in Digimon 02.
- While his first outfit was original, Leon's attire in KH2 is more similar to his jacket in Final Fantasy VIII.
Other appearances
- Squall is an unlockable character in Chocobo Racing and Itadaki Street Special. In addition, a 2D sprite of Squall occasionally makes an appearance on the loading screen of the PlayStation version of Final Fantasy VI.
