Now that I'm finally sober enough... I can finally make a sensible post.
I definitely understand the sentiment of wanting a Something Souls game, but this seems as unexpected as Dark Souls was when it was announced. It may only be Dark Souls 2 in order to let people know that it is related to Dark Souls. I only say this because I met quite a number of people that knew of Dark Souls, but were clueless as to what Demons Souls is.
What worries me is having a new director and Miyzaki only taking a supervisory roll in all of this, like Pete said. Here's to hoping it turns out well. For the most part, I like everything Pete said. I didn't even realize the black leather armor, but they tend to use a lot of the same armor between the two games. What I would love to have in the game is another slight trolling. That would make my day.