Hollow Bastion

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## **Stage Info**

Hollow Bastion is a dark and foreboding world featuring a large castle which is one of a small number of worlds which aren’t based on various Disney properties. That said, when Sora first visits Hollow Bastion it serves as the home base for Maleficent and her Heartless. Following Sora’s triumph over Ansem and the defeat of the Master Control Program inside of Hollow Bastion’s computer systems, Hollow Bastion finally regained its previous name from before Maleficent corrupted it, Radiant Garden.

This stage also features the “Dive to the Heart” area of Kingdom Hearts which is a dreamlike realm and seems to be a physical manifestation of a person’s heart. Dive to the Heart has served as the starting point for several keyblade warriors when they’re at the start of their adventure.

## **Stage Layout**

Hollow Bastion features a very Battlefield-esque main platform with a single soft platform floating above it in the center. The background of the stage will rotate around to show different areas of the Hollow Bastion world starting with the rising Falls before soaring through the skies going around the outside of the castle, and then eventually returning to the Rising Falls.

When the match is getting close to the end (either by the time running low, or the fighters getting low on their stocks/health) the stage will transition from Hollow Bastion to Dive to the Heart. The stage keeps the same platform arrangement as Dive to the Heart, but the background will change to reflect one of the Stations of Awakening and display different cameos in the background. The cameos in the Stations of Awakening are as follows:

* **Sora’s Station** - Sora’s Station features Sora prominently with Destiny Islands in the background. The station also includes Riku, Kairi, a Paopu Fruit, and the Highwind raft. The ring border includes the crown design which is prominent throughout Kingdom Hearts.
* **Riku’s Station** - Riku’s Station features Riku prominently with the Realm of Darkness in the background. The station also includes Sora, Namine, and Ansem. The ring border includes the cards from Chain of Memories.
* **Roxas’ Station** - Roxas’ Station features Roxas prominently with Twilight Town’s clock tower in the background. The station also includes Riku, Xion, and Axel. The ring border includes the Nobody emblem.
* **Xion’s Station** - Xion’s Station features Xion prominently with the Where Nothing Gathers area of The World That Never Was in the background. The station also includes Saix, Axel, Xemnas, and Sora. The ring border includes the Nobody emblem.
* **Aqua’s Station** - Aqua’s Station features Aqua prominently with a checkered pattern of hearts, crowns, and the Unversed emblem. The station also includes Terra, Ventus, Vanitas, and Master Xehanort. The ring border includes the Wayfinder.
* **Ventus’ Station** - Ventus’ Station features Ventus prominently with the Keyblade Graveyard in the background. This station also includes several Wayfinders as opposed to other characters which is unique amongst the stations. The ring border includes Terra’s emblem.
* **Terra’s Station** - Terra’s station features Terra prominently with a checkered background of hearts and crowns. This station also includes Aqua and Ventus along with three Wayfinders. The ring border alternates between Wayfinders and Terra’s emblem.

## **Soundtrack**

* **Kingdom Hearts**
	+ Blast Away! - A remix of the Gummi Ship tracks Blast Away! I, Blast Away! II, and Blast Away! III
	+ Bustin’ Up on the Beach
	+ Destiny’s Force
	+ Fragments of Sorrow
	+ Hand in Hand
	+ Hollow Bastion
	+ Night of Fate
	+ Shrouding Dark Cloud
	+ Simple and Clean (English)
	+ Simple and Clean (Instrumental)
	+ Simple and Clean (Japanese)
	+ Simple and Clean (Orchestral)
	+ Squirming Evil
* **Kingdom Hearts II**
	+ The 13th Dilemma
	+ The 13th Struggle
	+ Darkness of the Unknown
	+ Deep Drive
	+ Scherzo Di Notte
	+ Sinister Shadows
	+ Tension Rising
* **Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep**
	+ Dark Impetus
	+ Forze dell’Oscurit
	+ Future Masters
	+ Master, Tell Me the Truth
	+ Night of Tragedy
	+ Terra’s Theme
	+ Unforgettable
* **Kingdom Hearts III**
	+ Armored Xehanort
	+ Hang in Hand -Attraction Flow Version-
	+ Scala ad Caelum
	+ Xehanort Theme (Dark Clones)
* **Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory**
	+ Dearly Beloved -Swing Version-