Over 100 characters in(and that's including characters I can't get an image of yet), hoo boy. Got some proper images of Epona now. She has mane-like hair, and is one of three characters who can travel to other worlds freely. ...The remake adds like... maybe one or two more at best, depending if you consider that something Colleen can do, and Kiliac's ship allows safe to travel to another world, being the Isle of Skye.
That said, one other weakness of Quest RPG is very very long cutscenes. Something the N64 versions don't have(except the Japanese ending, which the game is done, so it's no big deal. Fun story to enjoy and all).