The biggest letdown is that they could have done something like tie things in to the mechanics of Yo-kai Watch to get new players interested in the series (I know it's huge in Japan but the NA playerbase is much smaller )

Instead we got a horrible grindfest that does nothing to communicate the kind of game YW is and why I find it so fun.

Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely getting YW2 when it finally hits NA in September, but this whole thing has definitely soured me a bit on the IP, which is a real shame.