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No idea what you are talking about, that never happened!
I don't exactly get what this video you posted there is supposed to show, if anything it just reinforces the point I made because everyone except Sora gets easily captured by Luxord without even a slightest hint of resistance.
Okay, let's not exaggerate here. Sora has not been shown to be more powerful than, say, Riku or Mickey so I imagine he'd be at most on par with the others. Not to mention, Sora's the big hero not because of his battle abilities but because of his capacity to love with child-like enthusiasm.
Correct, the point I made there was also completely in context of
portrayal rather than actual battle power or gameplay issues.
It's also one of the reasons as to why "tiers" for the characters and those "who is the strongest out of X, Y and Z" do not really work because of vastly different portrayal of the different characters outside of gameplay.
If we're not going to exaggerate then we also need not misinterpret. I didn't mean battle abilities but in the context that he is the hero and going to save everyone in KH3. Meaning more moments for him to shine over other characters and thus making it possible to get a repeat of KH2 in some form.
Then I'm afraid you misinterpreted my whole point.
It is a no-brainer that Sora is the main protagonist and that he is supposed to be the one saving all the tormented ones is a thing set in stone since BBS.
The point I made was about how the portrayal of his allies is handled, which for KH III would mean mostly
after all the rescue stuff is done. When the others will eventually fight alongside Sora, they should actually show some of their prowess as well that we have seen throughout the series and not just be cannon fodder for the villains in cutscenes.
What would be the point in rescuing all those or have Mickey, Kairi, Riku, Donald and Goofy alongside you if in the end they are portrayed more as a liability rather than a help and Sora has to do it all alone nonetheless playing Hollywood Rambo?
In that case, we could skip all the hassles and just send Sora out alone to destroy Xehanort and the thirteen seekers on his own.
I just took the post I was quoting in the context of Sora showing up everyone else. Even if it isn't to KH2 level the odds of him not being flashier than everyone else is slim I think due to his role.
He may not slice through skyscrapers in KH3 but if what we see in the trailer is what is to come then I don't see him being not flashy at all.
Sora being flashy is not even a problem if the other characters get to show of their "flashy" moves as well, as we
know from their gameplay that they can do more than just swing Keyblades around. The ratio of things shown off is the important issue, as otherwise thread questions such as the one given here are bound to not get a remotely close answer because the characters cannot be gauged against each other due to a disparate ratio of showing abilities.
Not to mention that this also only counts in battle abilities and
shown abilities during story scenes, disregarding all the other factors than may decide a battle like stamina, agility, wit, environment, emotional state of all participants etc.