Kingdom Hearts' Director Was 'Picky' About Sora in Smash Bros

It wasn’t Disney, but Tetsuya Nomura who had some concerns about the crossover

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Disney apparently weren't the ones being 'very picky' over Sora's Super Smash Bros. inclusion, it was Tetsuya Nomura