From the North American perspective - my LS mates tell me of the horror stories some people "advise" in the Mentor network which make me blanch and the fact that some of the most inept play I've seen usually comes from someone with a Mentor Crown makes me believe it's really not working out very well >>; Take my comment with a grain of salt as I'm not a mentor myself. [EDIT] Overall and funny enough I tend to see Leaf'ers player better than Mentors when I do see them . . . Don't know if because the New Leaf is just an alt or if the Novice Network actually is improving the overall play of new players.

I hear the Japanese side of things the Mentor and Novice Network works out great but again, take with a grain of salt as I don't speak the language so my comments come from potentially biased hearsay.