Should the new Shoichi sprite be added in early? (Patreon)

Hello everyone,

Hopefully you guys have been keeping up with the Tennis Ace twitter where I've been posting status updates on occasion (as it is much easier to post status updates there due to the Patreon app not working well on mobile and the website forcing me to relog in and go through 2FA authentication every time I make a post).

As mentioned on Twitter, the Shoichi update is near to being done. However, as Nyaruh has finished the majority of the work on Shoichi's sprite (his main pose and all facial expressions and outfits required for it), I was wondering if you guys think I should program it in.

There would be some concessions that have to be made, however. She hasn't yet done his secondary pose for scenes where he is very angry, so whenever those pop up, he would have to switch to his old sprite. I also wouldn't have the time to go hunting through the code to program in bulge variations during scenes where he gets too "excited" as that would take too long mucking through old scripts instead of finishing the update. She will also eventually make an "addon" tail for him that can be shown on occasion when he's happy and wagging his tail, which also hasn't been made yet.

Despite all that, putting the sprite itself into the game would be easy with using batch replacement scripts and the likes. It would take me about four or five hours at the most and then I could go back to finishing the update. Therefore, I leave it up to you guys.

Do I add the Shoichi sprite into the game now or do I wait until all the work on it is finished (i.e. the second pose). I'll leave the poll open for a few hours just so I can get it done today in case you guys decide that's what you want. Feel free to also leave your thoughts on the post.

Here's an example what the sprite change would look like in-game. Keeping in mind that the new sprite hasn't been programmed in yet (since the sprites are composed of all the clothing, arms and parts in separate images so they can be put together in-game by Ren'py. I just made a single flat image of the new Shoichi sprite to serve as an example).