People's anger over changing characters is ridiculous. It usually goes something like this;
"Don't change our characters! I can't relate to this new design! Just make new characters for those groups!" *They make new characters* "Don't force diversity in you casts! Those characters were obvious just added to pander to those groups!" *Character is well received by everyone else* "The character actually is super poorly written and their story doesn't make sense and here is a 52 minute Youtube video telling you why they suck and the earlier characters were perfect"
When did they make 'new' characters that were panned?