Good to hear that they seem to have the same voices on hand (hopefully the same musician), and similar mechanics, but I hope there's the same sort of humor, this looks a bit dour at the moment (girl-tossing aside).
From what I've heard (spoiler? Playing it safe) Travis starts at Rank 51 this time around. I've seen people thrill to the idea of fifty bosses, but I'm going to guess bosses will only be on Rank Matches divisible by 5, giving it the same number as the original (barring Letz Shake shenanigans), possibly with a Rank Zero fight on top. The other fights probably replace K-ENT and perhaps the free-roam city altogether. Bummer if true, I enjoyed that.
In any case, I now have an excuse to start my Bitter run.