i am a huge fan from the first hour and this game deserves 4. but if i were compairing it with the original gba game for real, it would be become a single, because of the well balanced chaining of events and its classical adventure feeling. I have played the half of the game yet, but the way to this point it was pretty linear. If you would build that game, even with this graphics (loved it) but with a similiar complexitiy to the original, me and sure many other people were confirmed to pay for. you got the right graphs, also sounds, even catched the right atmosphere. fixing the missing component were absolutley bossmode.
The other thing is.. i`ve readed the instruction everything works just how its explained except leveling up! I`ve started collecting start`s by killing me an respawning over and over again, but i kept starting level. suiciding is getting usual to me.. not good skill at all.. As kid i always have done things my parents asked me to not hehe :p