Don't like the change they did to getting cool mode. Instead of it being point based it checks for specific requirements which hinders freestyling imo.

This had some great new additions like:
-It not resetting each button line in cool mode when you press another button.
-Multiple Line Variations
-Repeating lines when you drop down a rank to make recovery easier
-Showing your Timing after you pressed a button

But the removal of Coop and a (not braindead) versus mode makes this feel like a step back from Um Jammer Lammy.
Also just being able to play as PaRappa after we had three playable characters in the previous game is sad

Best Rhythm Game.
The Freestyling Mechanic puts the PaRappa Franchise above other rhythm games. And this is the best of the series.

Freestyling is also expanded as you now have more options like Pitch Bending and putting Effectors on your Guitar, some of which can be further manipulated like "Harm" and "Wah2" with the up and down keys. If you put the time in you will find that freestyling has an incredibly high skill ceiling and it truly feels like a game where YOU play the music instead of just pressing buttons at the right time. People figured out a way to play camel by camel in Stage 1's cool mode and that is so neat.

The Cutscenes are also really Trippy and have more of a Cinematic feeling compared to the PaRappa Games. Almost remind me out of something like Xavier Renegade Angel at times in terms of weirdness.

One of the best NES games.
Haven't beaten it yet and my Runs usually end in Level 8 or 9.
I'm sure I can beat this one with a little more practise.

Also Turbo Tunnel is not difficult tbh

Not as good as the original.
Walls suck up your speed instead of bouncing you off
Getting hit slows you down too much and also the weapon balancing is terrible.

Blue Fire while nice for single player and time trails destroys any sensable meta for multiplayer. Could have been amazing if they paid attention to the little things that made the original so great as a multiplayer game.

A good racing games's meta is about everybody wanting to take first place. This game is about the lower ranks fighting each other while the first place drives away. The meta is so messy and the more I think about it the less I can believe how bad they messed this up.

There is two options:
If you want the best player to win:
Make a no weapons race
If you want to make hype races:
Balance the game around everybody Vs. First Place with First Place changing frequently.

This game archives neither