I think they cut the scene because it gave too much side info about Yozora/Verum Rex. It would put him into a situation where he would have to live up to what he stated IE Yozora's companions look like Donald and Goofy and their names being Magia/Aegis. It's better to have Nomura figure out what he wants and then implement it, rather than have him backtrack and explain stuff that he didn't mean to be so crucial to the game.
I have a sneaking suspicion that there were scenes cut in Corona. The whole satchel thing felt weird and unexplained, like one cutscene would have been enough to explain it.
I would have mentioned Arendelle, but there was edited exactly to Disney's request. So any strange things that happened, I assume were because Disney told them that's all they could do (I'm looking at Hans).
Yeah, this makes a lot of sense. It also kinda makes sense as well as why there was a strict "No Cutscene" policy back during the demoing of KH3. Don't want to give too much away, especially if it's not set in stone.
Yeah, the satchel thing was weird to me too. Maybe they were going on the assumption that you've seen the movie, so you don't need that there... But it would've helped. I think a lot of the Disney edits would've been up to Disney. And who knows what their reasoning behind that could be. Licensing is such a tricky business, and messy as hell if you don't comply.
If Yozora means "Night Sky" like Noctis Caelum, then it's likely the others expies will follow suit and share name meanings with their counterparts.
So whatever "Fire Nerd" "Sword Bro" and "Star Sword" would be. Although I can see Nomura going with "Shield Bro" and "Flower" (fleurette) instead of the fencing foil (fleuret)
He's most likely going to do the same for the other characters, since it would stick out if only Yozora had a name completely different in translation than everyone else. It'll be interesting to see where he goes with it, I wanna know more about the characters.