this is definitely from the guys who made Ghosts n Goblins cause the game enjoys throwing things at you just to throw things at you. visually the game appears to have its roots on more comedic Akira Toriyama manga aesthetic which is why, which I'm assuming, when they transferred the game to the West they removed the "bikini-clad" (shoutout to this collection for having game manuals cause I genuinely wouldn't have know about this otherwise) ladies that give you bonus points for saving them because from a glance this game could come off as childlike.