You can really tell that Popeye and other classic cartoons of its era really had a huge influence on Nintendo, so it's fun to see them pay tribute to said cartoons, and in terms of presentation it's done really well. All the animations here are really good and expressive for each of the main characters, especially Bluto. They even capture the aspect of Popeye where every short has the characters in different settings/roles through the three unique levels in the game. Also Bluto is fucking scary in this game, he's way too good at being able to cut you off whenever you get close to him, and can pull off some genuinely unexpected moves to fuck you over. The first time he swiped beneath himself to get me when I was on a platform under him genuinely startled me, like I said he's almost too good at killing you. That’s kind of another way this game pays tribute to the cartoons, because until you get some spinach, Bluto will always overpower you, so it's a lot of learning how to run away from him and give him as little opportunity as possible to touch you. Very impressed by this all around, even if I couldn't get past the third stage.

EDIT: Made it past the third stage, turns out I actually like this game more than I initially said I did in this review.