Was the dev team suddenly obsessed with arcade games like Ghouls n' Ghosts and wanted that sort of "ending"?

There's never an inappropriate time to use this image from Hark! A Vagrant:

Succubus: Fuck youuuuu! (barfs out green liquid)

I get it. He's the president of ESPN, not the millions who watch and play games like Dota 2, Street Fighter IV and CS GO.

Just a reminder:

Because you asked and I was not specific:

One thing for sure: They seriously need some good artists on board.

It's not physics-defying, but Ophis' pedobait outfit makes me puke. The front of the outfit(not shown so police won't show up) exposes her chest while x-shaped tape is stuck to her nipples. Why? Besides pedo-otaku-pandering, I have no fucking clue.

If you want Dragons, fanservice, and a good story, go read(then watch) the High School DxD novel series instead. Here's a memetic, albiet NSFW image to briefly summarize my experience with the series:

That's got to be the greatest victory animation I have ever seen in the history of digital media.

Meanwhile in Nichijou...

It would be much better if they actually explained these things to us instead of forcing us to justify some of the leaps in logic.

So this is where losers get sent to after playing card games according to 4Kids?

Why You Should Watch It: Basically, Sword Art Online II is a cyberpunk murder mystery where Kirito must discover not only if there really are murders taking place from within the game, but also, if so, how? Moreover, everything is taking place in an unfamiliar virtual world where literally anyone could be “Death Gun”…

Nah. More Gundam and Red Dawn. Only if they had to name their team it would be Scrambled Eggs!

Watch It If You Like: Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3, anything full of fourth-wall-breaking humor.

Yes! Ai!

Well, you can't summon Satan, but you can summon his smoking hot sister.

No matter how you use another label, it's still Activision.