Hello. Like many have said before, I've been following this a while and just now decided to join.
Before all else, I'd just like to say that I love what you're doing here, JKB. The first 3 X games are like the closest games to my heart, and metroidvania is like my favorite type of gameplay style, so I'm very happy about all this. Looks awesome. Sounds awesome. Can't wait to play it.
You seem very dedicated to avoiding the problem of many multiple character games, where you'll usually just focus on one. So kudos. Also, the harder difficulties really excite me. The whole no health drops thing is REALLY cool. I feel too many games don't really punish you for your mistakes, but with this every mistake will count! Awesome!
So on that note, I noticed you saying there will be no checkpoints and no extra life refills at Save Capsules in S+.
So are there even lives in S+? Because without checkpoints, they're pretty much pointless. That would be fine. I'm just curious.