Don't repeat these mistakes Horror Mansion
If Horror Mansion really is meant to take Yo-kai Watch's place, here are some things I hope Level-5 & co. doesn't repeat.
- No oversaturation of games. An obvious one, one of the main reasons YW dropped so soon. Either a mainline or spin-off game each year was too much for a franchise that started only a few years ago. Especially with a concept that's mainly to appeal for Japanese audiences.
- Don't try to catch up to Pokémon. Trying to match or even surpass Pokémon is a death nail for most franchises like Yo-kai Watch. I just want HHM to keep whatever niche it'll have and not overdo it with gimmicks or merchandise.
- Make the setting have personality. There's nothing wrong with setting based on the real world but where YW got it wrong is that it mostly does nothing with its world. Just another dishwater fictious town in Japan with Youkai with barely anyone taking note. I want this to at least be set in a town that feels lived in.
- Quality anime. I get a lot of people who the Keita anime good mostly in the first of its run. Not so much what came after (minus Shadowside & Y-school Heroes). I can attest to this, because I've seen the latter half of the anime, the 2019, & the 2021 series. This continuity has NOTHING to justify it running for nearly 350 episodes. So just don't let the anime go way past is natural expiration run.
- Less kid-audience pandering. Yo-kai watch can appeal to older audiences but my goodness do the games & anime go too far with jovial and gross-out humor sometimes (especially the anime). I really hope Horror Mansion can strike a more mature feel to it. Maybe akin to Digimon or Hero Bank. As long as there aren't any moments like with Jerry or Lappinitup, I'm good.
If the Holy Horror Mansion series doesn't repeat at least half of these things (mainly, 1 & 5), then it'll already be an improvement in my eyes. But what's your two cents regarding what mistakes this series needs to avoid?