Critical Mode has been added as a free update to the game. Seems to work similar to Kingdom Hearts 2 where you at least start with a bunch of your good movement abilities that you’d normally get only much later. The game’s co director has said how he was surprised by how cooking was suddenly actually something important in this mode.
More importantly though is that they just announced DLC that will act as the Final Mix upgrade for this game with new story content, secret bosses and keyblades. Great contrast to how Atlus still makes you buy a completely new game!
Release date still TBA