Beach credits, the "boyboyboyboyboyboy ah-yeah" song haha. Will the default scaling be the similar/same as the original game, so if emulated on Linux (where it sounds like scaling isn't an option or is locked) it'll be a good experience? Glad to hear about the items though. I could never figure out how to 'cheat' in the original to try the items out, but they look very useful.
Looking at the 'cutting room floor' for TSE2, you'd have plenty of excellent material for a potential TSE2 too, should you want to one day after this. I really hope this game does big numbers and Mark Pay sees the appetite for a 3rd installment. Perhaps you could co-develop!