![]() With that said, Kingdom Hearts 4 bringing Coliseum Cups back creates opportunities to introduce new Final Fantasy characters for players to square up against, and it's long overdue for Kingdom Hearts to bring in new FF characters. Said matches play to the theme of the place, and Kingdom Hearts doesn't have to waste time fleshing out new arena-based worlds for these matches to take place. They likely only appear in Olympus at all because of their participation in Coliseum Cups as Olympus serves as the perfect world to hold exhibition and tournament matches. Beyond it, Kingdom Hearts confines them to its original planets, such as Traverse Town and Radiant Garden. In fact, Olympus stands as the only Disney-based world where Final Fantasy characters ever appear. Outside of Sephiroth in K ingdom Hearts 2, the Coliseum Cups serve as the only places players can meet different Final Fantasy characters in combat. Kick it up a notch and have Sora face off against both Zeus and Hercules at the same time, and that would be a match fitting to close out Olympus as a world for good. There's probably no one else that would make for a more exciting opponent for players to face off against in the Coliseum rounds, and it would be fitting to see Sora, Donald, and Goofy tangoing with the head honcho of Olympus now that they've proven themselves to be true heroes. More importantly, Zeus himself can join the fray. Now that Kingdom Hearts has explored all of Hercules' major villains, they can appear throughout the tournaments too. Just like what Phil and Hades did for their Cups, Zeus can title his events after himself and his allies, as well as add his own rules and stipulations to each tournament - ones that play off of whatever new mechanics Kingdom Hearts 4 introduces. Now that Zeus has appeared in the series via Kingdom Hearts 3, he can hold his version of the Coliseum Cups on Mount Olympus, which also made its first physical appearance with Kingdom Hearts 3. In Kingdom Hearts 1, Phil held the contests in Olympus Coliseum, while in Kingdom Hearts 2, Hades held his own version of the competition alongside Pain and Panic in the Underworld. The venue and host of the Coliseum Cups change with every mainline Kingdom Hearts installment. RELATED: Final Fantasy and Other Video Game Music Featured in Olympics Opening Ceremony Zeus as a Boss Battle Also, in returning Olympus to the world lineup, Kingdom Hearts 3 introduced several new elements to it that Kingdom Hearts 4 can take advantage of when revamping the activity, similar to what Kingdom Hearts 2 did when it inherited the Cups from Kingdom Hearts 1. If the Kingdom Hearts series' near 20-year history is any indication, these activities hold some of the most epic battles players can participate in. Still, it's never too late for Coliseum Cups to return, and they should in Kingdom Hearts 4. Considering how popular and creative the Cups were, this decision was an unfortunate turn of events, especially since it's not clear why it happened in the first place. ![]() Square Enix decided not to add these activities to Kingdom Hearts 3 despite the game reintroducing their hub world of Olympus back into the series. While Kingdom Hearts 3 missed out on several opportunities, one that stands out has to be the Coliseum Cups introduced in Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2.
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