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It's funny you mention Cars, Lightning McQueen seems like the perfect candidate to be a Link summon.
Yeah, er... no. That argument works at face value, but when you look deeper into the speculative category, it's not all that valid. Both Treasure Planet and Atlantis: The Lost Empire were financial flops for Disney. The Princess and the Frog, on the other hand, is considered a success for Disney Animation (albeit underperformed due to Avatar).
Square Enix doesn't have a bias against 2D properties in this title, it's just that said 2D properties are either too obscure compared to the blockbusters already added, or just don't fit in with the theme of Kingdom Hearts III's diverse environments. The Princess and the Frog is environmentally diverse, thematically fits, is still relevant in Disney Parks and Resorts and just so happens to be a 2D property.
To be honest, I don't know if I would call Atlantis or Treasure Planet obscure at all or out of the question.
A lot of fans want it and they are fan favorite amongst a lot of people, even casual fans. They were the popular things to watch on streaming services a few times but I guess that's not saying much. Still, they were only failures mostly due to the animation industry transition at the time and their own subjects matters deeming too mature for kids which partly the reason why Altantis got a mixed reception and not because it was a bad property. Honestly, I feel like they're pretty much on the same boat as Hunchback and that managed to be in Kingdom Hearts and I don't think Hunchback is that popular of a Disney film with casual audiences, at least not that I've seen recently. It's beloved, of course, but its not a go to film for a lot of people but had enough of a following due to the film bring extremely good. Plus, the Hunchback didn't do as well the previous movies before it and I don't see it at Disneyland parks at all. Still managed to be in Kingdom Hearts. And no, it's not different because that was a side game because they're treating this game as any other KH game despite the massive hype and vast improvement on graphics.
And I honestly Atlantis and Treasure Planet are in the same, if not a little better position despite being flops which I don't even think is entirely the films own fault and more had to do with the way the industry was at the time. I think Disney is smart of enough to pay enough to the following those films have gotten over the years, at least enough popularity to warrant consideration.
Its not the same as The Black Cauldron where it has a cult following but there is no way on God's green earth as long as Disney stands on it that the film will ever be brought ever again by them because that film almost killed Disney. Treasure Planet and Altantis are not on that boat, they just came out at the wrong time and appealed much more to a mature audience when that wasn't what most audiences wanted out of their Disney movies. Hunchback even had the same issue as well.
But hey, maybe I'm not seeing the bigger picture and I don't how executives work when it comes to this stuff. I mean, Disney allows Noruma to chose whatever world he wants right?
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