Both.
Example of simplified - No more bound, which makes the combo system much easier and more closer to a Tekken 4/5 mentality
Dumbed down: Invincible “special” moves…
You got them free in magazines and if you liked the demo you paid to buy the full game once and got all the characters/stages/costumes/ect. and could play as much as you wanted forever.
And there’s my problem with freemium really, a lot of the time if you actually go beyond the demo experience you get less actual game for your money than a full release.