Fully agreed. For better or worse, the physical version of the game is something in which the design team has put a lot of time, energy, and thought. If they want the physical version to gain...

I agree with most of your points, but I wanted to comment on the part in bold.

I think making the interface look too much like the one in HS can also have the effect of pushing away new players...

Count my vote as yet another against the proposed re-design shown in the original post. I'm absolutely supportive of the interface being updated to be more stylish and sexy, but what is shown is so...