It was ruined.
You had a great thing going till twiddle dee joined the picture. I used to like to imagine this as a walkthrough of Chrono Trigger that had very, very good humour along the way. Now you've got some wanna-be big-shot guy who apparently thinks he's some kind of hot potato with his little "PLAY MY GAME!" adverts and crappy side animation, so I'd say you've completely ruined the entire gig.
It feels more like a sponsorship sell out like DBGT, and many others I can't seem to pinpoint right now.
Don't even want to give anymore in this series the time of day. Peace out.
PS: I think it's more about what the fans like.. to say, that if you still want to say you're pulling the strings and it's not your little buddy's fault it sucks now, Hah, well, I guess you suck.