Whether is has an effect on them or not has yet to be revealed. Spiritia plays no role in SDF Macross, Plus, or Zero. I don't see why anyone would assume it would in Frontier. Unless they are assuming the Protodeviln play some role in Frontier.
Well, we were pretty militant back then, over the whole Harmony Gold mess. In the end, we still got our toys (sure, we had to import them), and VF-X2 wasn't all that great, anyway.
I've seen this brought up several times, and it doesn't make any sense to me. I've seen several members refer to Ranka and/or Sheryl as "Anima Spiritia", which doesn't make any sense to me, unless they are assuming the Protodeviln are the main antagonists of Frontier.
On my monitor, the 1440's looked cleaner than the 1280's. I could be seeing things, but that's how it looked to me. There may be some other factor besides resolution coming into play, I dunno. But I wouldn't bother downloading them if I didn't think the quality was better.
I can counter your console argument, but this isn't the place. I know this game will perform better on my PC than it will on any of the systems. I know its just a matter of waiting. I have 2 months of vacation going on this summer, I won't miss not having it right away.