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==Development==
==Development==
In the previous ''Super Smash Bros.'' game, ''{{ssb|Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U}}'', an official Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot was announced for users to vote for their favorite characters as an upcoming downloadable content character. On December 15, 2015, game director {{w|Masahiro Sakurai}} revealed the game's final DLC character, {{w|Bayonetta (character)|Bayonetta}}, was the ballot's winner among "realizable and negotiable characters". After the announcement of ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', Sakurai revealed that the ballot was primarily used to determine the newcomer roster for that game instead, and on October 5, 2021, he revealed that [[Sora]] was the real winner of the ballot, having gotten permission to include Sora after a chance meeting with a Disney executive at a "certain game awards venue".
In the previous ''Super Smash Bros.'' game, ''{{ssb|Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U}}'', an official Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot was announced for users to vote for their favorite characters as an upcoming downloadable content character. On December 15, 2015, game director {{w|Masahiro Sakurai}} revealed the game's final DLC character, {{w|Bayonetta (character)|Bayonetta}}, was the ballot's winner among "realizable and negotiable characters". After the announcement of ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', Sakurai revealed that the ballot was primarily used to determine the newcomer roster for that game instead, and on October 5, 2021, he revealed that [[Sora]] was the real winner of the ballot, having gotten permission to include Sora after a chance meeting with a Disney executive.


Tetsuya Nomura revealed that while Disney was eager about Sora's inclusion in ''Super Smash Bros.'', he was very picky, thinking it would be hard to pull off regarding the lore in the series.<ref>[https://www.gameinformer.com/exclusive-interview/2022/06/14/nomura-reveals-more-on-kingdom-hearts-iv-and-the-series-future-with '''''GameInformer'', Nomura Reveals More On Kingdom Hearts IV And The Series' Future With Final Fantasy''']</ref>
Tetsuya Nomura revealed that while Disney was eager about Sora's inclusion in ''Super Smash Bros.'', he was very picky, thinking it would be hard to pull off regarding the lore in the series.<ref>[https://www.gameinformer.com/exclusive-interview/2022/06/14/nomura-reveals-more-on-kingdom-hearts-iv-and-the-series-future-with '''''GameInformer'', Nomura Reveals More On Kingdom Hearts IV And The Series' Future With Final Fantasy''']</ref>