For final boss, did you whip his orbs to make drumsticks appear? It's kind of a funny thing they put in, since I think they meant for the fight to come off more cinematic than difficult after the boss rush beforehand.

@Memoats yeah, the stage 8 difficulty spike is pretty much the only blemish I really have against this even after tons of playthroughs. The hitboxes on the spike platform thingies are insanely big.

Man, this game needs to hurry up and be on a platform I actually use. I don't wanna download it to my damn ipad....after Shinobi 4 they should give Lizardcube the franchise tbh.