Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9682023-20140214004036/@comment-477304-20140827024503

Spades Slick wrote: ^ No, it wasn't. They wanted a new continuity with a focus on humor instead of the already massive, complex, and somewhat serious world that exists as the primary canon. Better to have a different look to further differentiate the two universes.

The characters didn't need a redesign for that though. At least not one so drastic