NNK1 was a flawed game that was greater than the sum of its parts. NNK2 is boring, repetitive and uninspired. Instead of refining it, they axed the most interesting part about NNK1 which was the pokemon style creature raising.

I can't believe I finished it.

Things I did like:
Obviously the ghibli aesthetic is quite nice
A middle aged man as the POV protagonist, who doesnt hesitate to pull out a glock when attacked by rats.
The Chinese dog city and the greek mermaid city were very fun concepts.