Has all the necessary components of a high quality Gamecube title, including colourful graphics, slightly gimmick-y gameplay, and (of course) saving up all the real difficulty for the final phase of the final boss. I really did not like the soundtrack though (except for the track playing during the wolf boss!!) and that of course hurts in a supposed rhythm game. (Speaking of, I bet the rhythm aspect might actually help beginners to get into character action games in general? It heavily dissuades you from button mashing mindlessly as well as clearly illustrating concepts such as "holding off" the attack button (for a single beat here) for more advanced combos etc. Definitely not the deepest game in the genre but maybe a worthy introductory step into the pleasures of expressive combo:ing?)