A surprisingly unique blend of platformer and rpg that I don’t think has been ever truly replicated. The characters old and new are great, the design for enemies is fantastic, especially bosses which all have a certain theme of being weapons. The pacing is very solid and doesn’t ever feel slow or tedious and force you to grind. It is an amazing gateway game for kids learning rpgs or anyone who has never experienced one before. My only issue would be a bit of an early game difficulty spike with annoying status conditions that can make some fights drag on and the villain while looking amazing not really having a single second of screen time before the final fight, which is unusual for an rpg such as this.