I'm more fascinated by the bizarreness of Sky Skipper than the design itself, especially with it being a Nintendo arcade game lost because of poor internal reception. Takeda and Miyamoto had this strange idea of a pilot saving a set of Alice In Wonderland-esque characters by having them drop bombs on giant apes, and combos are achieved by saving these characters in chains (because they're all based on card suits).

There's a lot at play here and I get it not being straightforward for gamers at the time. But, that truly doesn't stop it from being charming and unique; something that's no stranger to Nintendo.