Ni No Kuni is a beautiful game, but dammit if I can't stand turn-based. Didn't know the second one came out until I was picking up Pops from Gamestop yesterday. If any of my friends happen to pick it up I'll probably watch them play it. It's like watching an animated movie that the viewer is controlling.
I'm kind of afraid this will happen to me too, and I certainly hope not. I think it's just one I really need to put time into. There seem to be a lot of little mechanics that make the game as a whole so enjoyable, but at times it feels like a slog to commit it all to memory. It's reasons like this that I like games like Diablo so much I think.