It did kinda strike as odd in BBS where he's the only non-playable character on on the box, especially when he could totally have a plausible scenario.
That was back in 2005, when Pixar wasn't fully a part of Disney & indeed Disney was planning on ditching Pixar after Cars. But the circumstances are different today, Pixar IS wholly Disney now (Pixar's founder is now head of Disney's animation division). So Pixar worlds are more likely now.
Well clearly EVE would be the party member of the world instead. She can definitely put up a fight.
Let's try a more comprehensive list:
Classic animated
Pinocchio home town that was scrapped from Days
Robin Hood
101 Dalmations (kinda iffy on this, would rather have Cruela appear in RG)
Pocahontas
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Atlantis
Treasure Planet
Sword in the Stone (I nominate it as the new colosseum world)
Jungle Book (scrapped from BBS)
Black Cauldron
Emperor's New Groove
Princess & the Frog
Lilo & Stitch (the Hawaii portion of the film)
Bambi? (I need to watch that one again someday, I don't remember anything about it)
Pixar
Toy Story
Incredibles
Monster's Inc.
Wall-E
Bug's Life
Cars (could be a mini-game)
Up
Brave (an upcoming film)
Sequels
Aladdin King of Thives
Pocahontas 2
Mulan 2
Cinderella 3 (skip the 2nd one, trust me)
Little Mermaid 2 (or 3 with another prequel)
Toy Story 2 & 3
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3
Rescuers 2 Down Under (no I didn't leave out the 1st one by mistake)
Live action Alice in Wonderland (sure it looks different but with Wonderland that kinda make sense in it's own weird way)
Tron 2
More Mickey mythos
Lion King 2
TV shows
Gargoyles
Darkwing Duck
Kim Possible (there is a following to this one)
Aladdin TV series
Gummi Bears
Tales Spin (would clash with Jungle Book though)
Buzz Lightyear in Star Command (clashes with Toy Story)
Duck Tales/Other Scrooge mythos
Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers
Oh the individual bars in the command menu are the "cards" in question. I don't think it's a direct repeat of CoM's battle system anyway, looks more KH2 with a customizable command menu.
It looks like the game will be heavier on the heartless type bosses but I hope for some variety.
Gaston-The villain from Beauty & the Beast who was curiously absent in KH2. It would be easy to imagine that he died in battle against Roxas & Xaldin, especially with the irony of his catchphrase.
Hades-Olympus is confirmed & Hades is always good for a high level boss (what with being the god of death & all)
Captain Hook-Neverland's probably more likely than Port Royal.
Queen of Hearts-Oh I just plain hate the b*tch & yearn for the chance to give her a long overdue beatdown. The size changing fruit & bottles of the world can contribute to her being an actual threat by making her gigantic.
Diz-I'm sure a lot of us are curious what this guy is capable of. Perhaps he tried to capture Roxas himself before turning to Riku.
Xion/Shion-Probably gonna be 1 of the endgame bosses.
Other Organization members-I see 3 ways this works out:
A. Hologram mission (particularly with the CoM crew)
B. Sparring session
C. Attacked by them after Roxas leaves the group
You know, the funny thing is that Disney made a Mario movie once. If they based the world after that movie specifically, it would still qualify as a Disney world! :P
So CoM isn't a KH game because of it's different battle system? BbS isn't a KH game because of it's apparent different battle system? Nothing wrong with change man, there's no point in making a new game if it's plays the exact same.
Bully
Mortal Kombat Armageddon
Shenmue (rumored)
Lego Star Wars
The Simpsons Game
Star Wars the Force Unleashed
Guitar Hero 3
Rock Band
GCN=21 million sold
Wii=20 Million sold & still has years to go
Doesn't seem like that big of a difference. Also, how many games are even on both systems? I didn't see many new GCN titles at all when the Wii launched.