Do you really think Kishi catered to the fanbase? Most fans are story fans, not pairing fans. If he catered to the fanbase, shouldn't he have answered to the below?
-He didn't really show Naruto ending the cycle of hatred.
-What happened to Orochimaru? Or Suigetsu with that mystery scroll?
-What about the foreshadowed Sakura's genjutsu ability and surpassing of Tsunade?
All these things could have happened even WITH a NH/SS ending. If he were catering to the fanbase shouldn't he have tightened those loose ends? It doesn't make sense that he catered to the pairing fans over the story fans.
There's a lot of things that this ending omitted. Heck there isnt even any interaction between the parents. And Sasuke even after having a child still likes to leave Sakura in the village. That walk through the forest indicates that he will be linked somehow to it.
Thing about this mini series is that we have to see how is he constructing it
At this point what I perceived as a true ending is 699 but its more of a character/arc ending then a manga ending. It looks like Sasuke's character was resolved
The movie and probably this mini series will show what happened to Naruto and Sakura.
I actually know nothing new about the movie. Haven't checked and haven't discussed with any other Japanese. I'll wait after someone watches it because I don't want to waste my money in case the movie was kitten. And I don't want to visit the Japanese forums that's going to be filled with speculations and bashings. It's a waste of my time to go there when the movie isn't out yet.
Understandable I was curious to see what is the normal japanese reaction to the manga ending considering that plotwise it's very weak.