Sup I'm staff, but I'm not going to speak on their behalf.
TBH I wouldn't expect a real response, release month is a busy time.

You're far better off waiting for release, then sparking up the discussion

Moving away from the staff side

IMO it's no surprise with the items etc. Everyone got some TBN currency years ago, and you can't seriously expect them to make a new game in a new engine yet keep everything from the old game. That'd be like the Wii players complaining about items...
People still play TBWii, a whole 53 of them across 3 regions. So if an obscure Wiiware title that requires a modded console & game patch still has people playing it online, I doubt TB is going to straight up die over night

I dunno, TB's a 17 year old game. Personally I'd rather not have old stuff janked into what's supposed to be a new game just to people please