How was Corona worse than Arendelle? Sora and Rapunzel/Flynn actually seemed to have a friendship. Not only that, but they actually got a goodbye scene. They were close enough that Maximus listened to Sora when he commanded him to get Flynn.
I said this post before but here we go. While I agree with you and to everyone that Kingdom of Corona had a better environment and story than Arendelle as Sora and the gang had more interactions with the cast (minus Pascal) than the Frozen characters which is what this world did better on, it doesn’t mean that the worlds story is “Better” as frankly parts of the world felt “forced” (even more FORCED than Arendelle and The Caribbean) and TOO linear compared to the original movie such as How Eugene/Flynn got knocked unconscious, Him escaping from the Guards with Maximus help (minus the Pub Thugs) and Revealing his real name at the end of the world to SDG.
I also don’t think that Rapunzel and Flynn ever went to the Snuggly Duckling and the Dam off-screen like in the film while Sora and the gang went looking for them. I think they were written out entirely as Rapunzel's journey from her tower to the Kingdom actually lasted for a day and went a different route in the forest compared to the movie. Which makes sense cause compared to the original movie where it was the Guards and Maximus going after Flynn, it was ONLY Maximus that goes after Flynn Rider hence his quote: "The Horse was enough, I don't need monsters on my trail." So obviously they went to a different route in the forest.
Secondly, Sora just wouldn’t shut up when he tried to call out Rapunzel and attracted attention of the antagonists even if he showed concerned for Rapunzel's well being. The First time attracted Gothel’s attention, the second time attracted Marluxia’s attention. Just watching him calling Rapunzel (the second time before Marluxia appeared) almost made me want to shut him up about to interfere the events of the movie and especially the “world order!”
Even. Donald and Goofy did absolutely
NOTHING and stood idle while Sora remained unconscious until Maximus woke him up the next day thanks to Marluxia. Shame on them.
On top of that, they drastically changed Flynn/Eugene’s character in the game compared to his role in the original movie. Basically as the Stabbington Brothers were written out of the game and replaced with Marluxia (believe me EVERYONE but their Grandmothers saw this a mile away when the film was announced as a world and knew he was going to replace the brothers) he is the ONLY thief that steals the crown and his reasonings on why he wanted to return the crown and Satchel in KH3 felt not only lacking and “forced” but it had little to no purpose compared to why he wanted to return it in the original movie.
Another issue is that not only do Sora and the gang never question Rapunzel's long hair along with witnessing Rapunzel’s magic powers through her hair, but they also didn’t know about Mother Gothel true colors and remained blissfully unaware about her after their first and ONLY time encountering her until Marluxia reveals her real colors to them through context. Wanna hear the worse part, they, especially Goofy (who is supposed to be the intelligent one of the trio) didn’t grow suspicious with Mother Gothel especially when she coldly dismissed them and said they were “useless and of no help”. I mean If I was present with them and after our first encounter with Gothel once she dismiss us and leaves, I too would be the first to question and feel suspicious about Gothel especially when she coldly dismiss us as “useless” and wether if she really is Rapunzel’s “real mother” (which she isn’t). Even they remain blissfully unaware that Flynn/Eugene got knocked out and when they (particularly Donald and Goofy) see him again they don't question what happened to him theg just say, "Flynn Sora's unconscious" and "Oh no Rapunzel is held Captive" it felt too preachy and over the top.
Lastly, when compared to the other Disney worlds in KH3 such as Toy Box, Monstropolis, San Fransokyo, Olympus and The Caribbean, especially the former 4 they were not always together with Rapunzel and Flynn/Eugene in the world as they tend to separate then reunite with them for certain instances of the world which just became "repetitive".
Think about it Rapunzel and Flynn separate from the trio while they were fighting the Reaper Nobodies, when SDG reunited with them they just befriended Maximus, then they separate again when they arrive at the Kingdom (which is where they stop joining the party afterwards, mainly Rapunzel following post story) and don't reunite with them when Rapunzel does the Kingdom Dance, then they don't interact with them again (mainly Rapunzel) until once they start rescuing her from Gothel and after Flynn/Eugene has been healed.
I'm sorry If I'm making this a rant or coming off as being Anti-Kingdom of Corona, but I’m more disappointed with the Kingdom of Corona than Arendelle IMAO (of course this doesn't mean Arendelle was superior), so I put it above Arendelle but below the Top 5 KH3 Disney worlds in terms of story in my opinion.
The point is if we wound up getting worlds based on
Wreck-it Ralph, Moana and especially
Zootopia I really want SDG feeling more involved and relevant to the plot of the movie's world (be it an original or a retelling of the movie) and not having them go to what happened to the
Frozen and especially the
Tangled worlds in KH3 where they act as strangers and have little interactions between them (in Frozen's case) or having the story feel "forced and linear" by making SDG involved for a time being with the cast then separating from them in parts of the story then not be involved until the climax of the world, making changes by changing characters personalities and replacing certain characters from those films with one of the Foretellers or Luxu (e.g. Marluxia replacing the Stabbington Brothers, Making Flynn/ a lone thief without Empathy, Gothel a pawn to the Organization) and leaving so many plotholes out from the original film, that will confuse players who haven't seen the original movie (in Tangled's case),, which the funny thing is not many people have actually watched the movie Tangled upon playing the Kingdom of Corona. So I just don't want to have these films suffer the same treatment as what the Frozen and the Tangled worlds in KH3 endure.