You are allowed to go to any stage that the first player has reached in their 1p mode, and item drops are based on the 1p's Section ID. Also, instead of having to clear Normal to enter Hard, there are level caps. So, once you both reach level 20, you can jump straight into Hard mode.
Speaking of Section IDs, I think that will add a lot to the TR experience. There are 10 different IDs, and each of them get different item drops. So, we could all be farming/swapping around our cool rare items.
Can't wait to start dreaming about Red Boxes again.
