Man they really upped Estelle's utility in the remake. Joshua's better too but Estelle's combat kit feels like a massive improvement over her FC self's, to say nothing of how you're getting way more money and Quartz on average. A simple Morale-boosted Hurricane keeps one-shotting things with the side-attack bonus, and if it doesn't it's usually enough to put them in follow-up range for Joshua.
I say all of this as a good thing though, this is fun.