I wonder why they redid the art. That must've been expensive.
you never know... sometimes art rights can be quite strange.
It might actually be simpler, and cheaper too, to have new art made, considering that the layout will be completely different in any case, due to the different text lengths in German.
I suspect that it will utilize a mix of old and new art.
I can only hope that they do NOT align their translation with that of the novels... because the German version of the novels STINKS... but they probably will.
Sorry... I'm just sad because the german version could have been great, and it was ruined by utter incompetence.