
the coolest characters in the game (and also workshop) are the ones who take notes from other fighting games like guilty gear and give the mechanics from those characters a unique spin in a platfighter setting. La Reina is Full of references to traditional fighters and e.g. Helios and Bhadra also take ideas from Venom and Johnny respectively

Understood. The next character will be a hybrid of Sonic and Aegis.

Unfortunately, they seem set on the game being a Melee clone. No innovation or inspiration allowed here!