Using this as a psuedo-series retrospective (gameboy what's that?): Overall a fine enough series that never quite reaches the highs I would like from a gameplay perspective but is pretty consistent in excellent visuals. I'm not sure if this is controversial but I though Seven Sirens was about equal to the most popular entry, Pirate's Curse, in quality. This game does away with the weird half level-based/half metroidvania elements of the last two entries and simplifies to good ol' one map metroidvania, and the game benefits from it as a whole. Really my main issue is that the card system rewards killing enemies but I found a large amount of enemies to be spongy or placed in rather annoying spots for killing them. And a criticism in general for the series is while these games are simplistic platformer-mascot types, with presentation like this I think fleshing out characters would really boost the appeal and charm.

Final important though is I think the music is surprisingly underappreciated for its quality; I know people like it but its talked about way less than its contemporaries, what gives?