I decided to head back to the Southern Sea Temple to see if there was anything inside, and found this glitch (Alice hiding behind the pillar, while Alice is right behind me).
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As far as my thoughts on the game so far are concerned, it's all right. Luka's angel powers being replaced with monster lord powers concerns me, but hopefully it's nothing too drastic. I haven't seen anything too crazy with the changed dialogue except for the stuff concerning Laura and the Queen Mermaid.
In the original, it's explained that due to Alan's death, the townsfolk regretted their actions in regards to their treatment of mermaids, and it's because of Alan and Laura's story that mermaids became accepted in Port Natalia. However, it's also said that the Mermaid Queen despises humans, and it was when mermaids became accepted in Port Natalia that she disappeared. But in the remake, it says that not only is Queen Mermaid the true Queen of the Southern Seas (with Kraken only being a temporary leader), but that she disappeared just a single year before the start of the game. Which, if we used the logic of the OG game, would mean it took 99 years after Alan's death, and Port Natalia only just a year ago started accepting Mermaids. Also, Kraken directly refers to Queen Mermaid as Laura and no one comments on this.
So yeah, that was pretty weird.