I've seen a lot, and I mean a LOT of good proyects ruined because they wanted to please everyone and try to adjust their story to every little complain that a fan has.
Even if you paid for the game, that doesn't make you the boss of the people in charge of making it, I get where you're coming from, but don't accuse the creators of "Hiding" content just because you need to wait a little longer for it.
Personally, even if I myself will miss the old sprites, I get it. I think the new ones were needed, if you compare the old style to the cutscenes, they just looked too different and that can make it jarring.