Bravely Default II Producer Tomoya Asano comments on Bravely Second, doesn't feel as though the game met expectations

According to a recent interview with Famitsu (and translated by DualShockers): producer Tomoya Asano shared his thoughts about Bravely Second and how he hopes to better meet fan expections when developing Bravely Default II:

Before getting more into Bravely Default II details in this interview, I’d like to apologize to the fans about Bravely Second. There were parts of that game that didn’t meet the many expectations fans had. The development team deeply reflected on Bravely Second‘s problems and it showed in all our following projects.

Asano and the rest of his team are working hard on Bravely Default II, and he is using his learning experience from Bravely Second and Octopath Traveler to help him create a game that he hopes fans will enjoy.