What design choices?
My friend said people were raging across the internet because it had no move list in the game and that while it was going to please the hardcore crowd it would have a hard time with casuals, which he thought would be trouble since the game was supposed to appeal to casuals or something.
But I haven't checked any game news for ages so I haven't heard anything except that it just came out now.
As for me, it looks like a great game, but none of the characters really capture my interest. Maybe Parasol.