Count me in as one of the people who say it's better than the original. That said, I have somewhat of a personal vendetta against Game Boy. I don't like how the thing looks or sounds, so I'm quite glad that some of the most influential games receive remakes.

The game suffers from some pacing issues which mainly stem from there being a lot of repeat minibosses, and while I don't dig the tunes from this one even when they're arranged, I think the atmosphere tops its NES predeccesor easily.