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Only the numbered titles get mass critical acclaim. It's popular to hate on the spinoffs, and lately the story is widely credited as being, at the very least, "really, really complicated," and that's when the site is putting it in a nice way.While all of this is basically true (if a bit hyperbolic, KH is actually one of the more popular game franchises for the genre and is regularly critically acclaimed), I don't think a devout fan of the series is necessarily meant to rationalize why it isn't being shown as much attention as it could be, ideally. At least for me, it's much more rewarding to criticize every little mishandling of the game saga as it is liekomg the best thing evar rather than giving voice to all of the perfectly legitimate reasons it's not being shown the attention to detail a major blockbuster (by video game standards) release would be. Which isn't to say you're wrong, just that I don't actually, as a consumer, care about any of that. I want what I want and I want it my way, now.
Basically, I'll be happy if, when/if KH3 is developed, there is a large blimp in every major city in the world announcing its imminent release while jets drop care packages of Sora, Donald and Goofy plushies and heart-shaped hot air balloons with speakers broadcast orchestral arrangements from the series' musical scores so loudly buildings quake and windows shatter.
The spinoffs don't sell as well as the numbered titles in the States, so naturally Squenix made a business decision to choose the most lucrative release date based on careful consideration. A choice that falls flat to the ignorant whiners, i.e., "fans."