Playing through Kingdom Hearts again, I'm reminded that Atlantica and the 100 Acre Woods are a repeated mistake across Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 where both games would have been better off without either world.
Atlantica already wasn't very good in Kingdom Hearts. Swimming combat was wonky, and the two stage Ursula boss fight was pretty crap. The first half is a gimmick fight, and the second half is basically just mashing the X button by her giant face while waiting to heal when needed. Then they found a way to make it worse in Kingdom Hearts 2 by making it a musical. Technically an optional musical, but one you had to endure if you wanted Ultima Weapon and to experience the whole game. The developers just need to drop the fascination with Atlantica and for all that is good in this world, not bring it back in Kingdom Hearts 3.
100 Acre Wood is mini-game spam using characters that are meant to have appeal to five year olds with their nonsensical fears and communications. This one just needs to GTFO because I really don't want to collect more pages in the KH3 just so I can play more shoddily put together mini-games meant exclusively to pad the experience. It has yet to improve either game it has been a part of, and locking abilities and useful items behind crap mini-games is just unnecessary.
While I'm at it, Disney Town in Birth By Sleep. Crappy music AND crappy mini-games. Just what nobody wanted or needed.
