You and I both, I've clamored for it since RE:2 as much as some hated the idea. REmake is my favorite title in the series, it is perfection. With that said though, younger audiences accustomed to the new style of RE:2 will see it as an oddity. Furthermore, the assets were lost so it doesn't have the proper re-release Zero has. It's also the smallest game locale wise, which should make for an easy turnaround. They could beef it up with modes such as classic camera angle mode, etc. It's such an odd game not to do and to say because it's been remade already is a cop out excuse, it's been 20 years since the remake.
I'm so passionate about this topic I'd love for a thread to exist (feel free), this is one I'd be up for any debate with haha.