technical advancements for the game and combat. GamesRadar was generally positive, but also panned the Gummi Ship game mode for its "blandness". VideoGamer panned it in general, finding it too simplistic and repetitive. Critical response to the narrative was mixed, with both RPGamer and GamesRadar finding the visuals of the Pirates of the Caribbean world awkward to watch due to Square's attempt to emulate realism. Despite panning the narrative as "incomprehensible", VideoGamer.com found the Toy Story worlds and Pixar in general the most entertaining. GameRevolution enjoyed the Disney worlds, complimenting both their narratives and visuals. The more complex subplots was also generally praised, but DenOfGeek claimed it was "confusing". The absence of Final Fantasy characters in the initial release of the game, apart from Moogles, were criticized by fans. GameRevolution and EGM found that the Organization XIII as final stage villains made the narrative accessible to most gamers and praised the voice acting, especially Haley Joel Osment as Sora, and Richard Epcar and Paul St. Peter as Xehanort's alter egos. Sora's characterization was praised for retaining likable heroic traits, though Polygon felt Sora's characterization was "off", lacking change. RPGamer said Sora's hero's journey is mostly shown in the climax. His fate in the ending was the subject of analysis due to his apparent death after saving Kairi to the point GameRevolution stated that Kingdom Hearts III did not give the audience the happy ending they expected despite ending Xehanort's arc. The ending was generally praised for its bittersweet character endings, although GameSpot claimed that "heavy-handed storytelling... inevitably culminates in battles that are impressive set-pieces but feel cheap and spammy to play" with the story wrapping up "in an incredibly unfulfilling way." Sales In its debut week, the game topped the EMEAA (Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia) charts, in terms of both unit sales and gross revenue. In Japan, the game debuted at the top of the Media Create charts with 610,077 retail sales, above Resident Evil 2. It also debuted at the top of the UK charts, with Kingdom Hearts III more than doubling the launch week sales of Kingdom Hearts II. In North America, it was the top-selling game in January 2019, and the third top-selling game in February 2019 (behind new releases Anthem and Jump Force). Kingdom Hearts III is the overall top-selling game in North America during the first two months of 2019, exceeding the sales of