Kingdom Hearts II by over 80% during the same time span. On February 4, 2019, Square Enix announced that more than 5 million copies were sold, becoming the fastest-selling title in the franchise, less than two weeks after its release. On April 11, 2022, Kingdom Hearts III was revealed to have reached a total of 6.7 million units as of September 2021 surpassing Kingdom Hearts total of 6 million to become the current best selling title in the series. Accolades Kingdom Hearts III was nominated by IGN for the Best Game of E3 2018, Best PlayStation 4 Game of E3 2018, Best Xbox One Game of E3 2018, and Best Action Game of E3 2018. It also won the Momocon E3 Choice 2018 Game Award, and was nominated for Unreal's E3 awards. Re Mind The DLC received "mixed" responses based on the review site Metacritic. IGN criticized the new boss characters were too difficult to defeat as there are few ways to level up. GameSpot and GameInformer called it a director's cut, with the former praising the inclusion of Riku, Aqua and Kairi as playable characters, but criticizing how the main fighting area, the Keyblade Graveyard, had poor design in contrast to other worlds previously seen in the franchise. JXV said that the high difficulty of the boss fights the DLC offers was Square's response to gamers' criticism in regards to the easy difficulty of the actual game as well as the return of quick time events from the previous game, Kingdom Hearts II. Destructoid liked the inclusion of new playable characters and how the new bosses seem to be a response to the easy difficulty. Comic Book Resources regarded Data Xehanort and Yozora as the most challenging bosses in the entire game. In regards to the narrative, GameInformer found it disappointing as, while the game allows the player to explore a new area and see more Final Fantasy characters, they are not properly followed. Still, they felt the new cutscenes helped to improve the game's final act, making the story more enjoyable. Destructoid enjoyed the new cutscenes that expand on the game's final battle between Sora's group and Xehanort's forces, especially because Kairi is given more screentime and plays a more pivotal role in the outcome than in the original game. Unlike GameInformer, Destructoid praised the new boss characters as fighting them provided the reviewer more fun. IGN felt