4/5 - Very Good
I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed it, this game aged better than I expected!
The positives:
Great controls and tight feel
Excellent level design with a ton of variety and creativty
Simple but engaging and decently challenging combat
A map that benefits from it's small size by being highly memorable
Enjoyable exploration and lots of cool upgrades and extra moves and skills
Some of the next pixel art I've ever seen, absolutely beautiful game
Highly catchy music
A decently enjoyable story
The negatives:
Warp system can feel superfluous, still requiring too much backtracking at times. The lack of a warp point in Scuttle Town is baffling.
Map doesn't show your location inside rooms or even the entry point you came in from making it easy to forget where you even are
Needed a guide a few too many times, although some felt like my fault
Overall came out really liking the game, It's probably one of the best DS games I've played, very impressive for DSiWare.
I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed it, this game aged better than I expected!
The positives:
Great controls and tight feel
Excellent level design with a ton of variety and creativty
Simple but engaging and decently challenging combat
A map that benefits from it's small size by being highly memorable
Enjoyable exploration and lots of cool upgrades and extra moves and skills
Some of the next pixel art I've ever seen, absolutely beautiful game
Highly catchy music
A decently enjoyable story
The negatives:
Warp system can feel superfluous, still requiring too much backtracking at times. The lack of a warp point in Scuttle Town is baffling.
Map doesn't show your location inside rooms or even the entry point you came in from making it easy to forget where you even are
Needed a guide a few too many times, although some felt like my fault
Overall came out really liking the game, It's probably one of the best DS games I've played, very impressive for DSiWare.