Awww... We lost the 2D characters... That was one of my favorite artistic style of the original game, it was so unique and was done so well done.
Oh well, still willing to try it, I get 3d characters are easier so maybe we got more variety mechanically, as you can morph models with numbers, not so much 2d sprites, but man, I loved the it aesthetic the 2d drawn characters in a simple 3d world created.
Eh who knows, maybe someone will do a remake/remaster of it, so we can have new mechanics and keep my favorite bit from the game. I'm just interested in the fact a sequel happened to begin with, I'm excited to see where it goes.