Riku is a character that I personally would remove. I know, this is a very unpopular opinion, but he doesn't really come off as a close friend to Sora anymore. And especially to Kairi. If I'm not mistaken, he and Kairi didn't interact once in KH3.
A lot of the fan-favorite characters I also see as very pointless right now. Kairi is just a price for Sora to collect by the end of the game. Same I can say about Xion and Naminé. You can tell, that those last two are kinda pointless for the KH franchise because they had such few screentime in KH3, the great final of the first saga.
A lot of the fan-favorite characters I also see as very pointless right now. Kairi is just a price for Sora to collect by the end of the game. Same I can say about Xion and Naminé. You can tell, that those last two are kinda pointless for the KH franchise because they had such few screentime in KH3, the great final of the first saga.