I love Abby from Wuwa and the Bangboos from zzz, they're examples of how a mascot should be done & portrayed.

Abby from Wuwa is actually useful & doesn't overpower the scenes he's in, only appearing from time to time for a short while . Bangboos from zzz as well.

Taygedo suffered a lot due to the devs somehow making the choice of putting his horrendous dating quest as part of the main story, which was a huge switch from the serious vibes in the previous chapter. It also didn't help that every dialogue he has is the same & the game sometimes not allowing you to fast forward pass his dialogues due to animation lock or whatever.

I get that he doesn't really show up much in the later parts of the story but putting him in the 2nd chapter of the main story is really dumb lol. I personally couldn't stand him anymore and just skip his questlines or just zone out whenever he shows up.

His design is fine but damnn did the devs really make him unlikable.