fusions are not for new players

I assume you meant fragments. And I get that they are focusing on player who have already finished. But I know its not a difficult thing to do and there is no harm giving some access to new players.

He's been playing for over a year, I wouldn't consider him a new player at this point.

Fusions are hard man, they are designed to drain all your resources so that you have to spend money to get the fusion.

That's where the Gatcha comes into play.

Notice how they were offering Yoshi fragments in the shop? So if you were short just a few fragments, you could always pay for them.

I mean, its a freemium game, they gotta make money somehow.